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Question:
The fate of this rp
Option 1: close it down
votes: 1
Option 2: keep on trucking thought
votes: 2
Option 3: start a new one from scratch
votes: 5
This rp is about well like the title suggests the interesting adventures as a royal guard.
Here is the setting you can start off anywhere in the base which is located on the south side of canterlote doing whatever you want like sleeping ,training etc . As for ranks Im going to say that everyone is a new recruit that has just joined if you do want a rank pm me and we can talk about it .
Lt maple sat in his office looking over his paperwork slightly groaning as he looked up at the clock ." On 10:00 this is going to be a long day ". Again groaning.
((Btw I'm ok with bat ponies :D, but anything I'll consider)
//can i play as an enemy? I have my OC Felucia Draconem, she is a dragon-unicorn, her info is here, http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=6860.msg709146#msg709146
((Hmm sure why the heck not but kinda stay subtle then strike when the time is right X3))
//don't worry, I will keep it within forum rules, but watch what you say, you put a word that shouldn't be used on the forums
After a few hours maple was starting to hate his job as the pile of paperwork looked as if it hadn't moved.
Felucia sneaks around surveying the base for a raid of the food stored inside the base.
It took five hours to finish the paperwork according to the clock which did little to I'm prove maples mood as he walked back to the barracks
(( Maple during that paperwork http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/141234/2718100-2685028_head_desk_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.comicvine.com/forums/battles-7/robocop-and-t-1000-vs-hellboy-722724/?page%3D2&h=300&w=400&tbnid=4QxSMekfIg95LM:&zoom=1&q=man+hitting+his+head+against+table+gif+loop&docid=Vwn9E9ganSnuKM&ei=7CUVVLqHAqfoiwKZnYCICg&tbm=isch&ved=0CCMQMygGMAY))
Felucia sees the pony exit the building, she remains quiet so not to raise the alarm. She lies low to the ground minimizing her silhouette. Her excellent eye sight allowing her to see as if it were day time.
All of a sudden maple got that feeling of being watched but played as just being tired.
Felucia waits for the pony to get out from her sight before she does anything.
Maple enterd the barracks yawning as he laid down on his bed trying to get to bed .
Felucia quietly moves on surveying the rest of the base before leaving back into the woods.
Maple woke up to a grumbling inside his stomach " time to go get some breakfast" maple groaned getting up and have a shower.
Felucia puts on her armor as well as some of her underlings preparing to launch a raid on the base she surveyed the night before.
//i'll wait until we get some more to join us
((Yea hopefully someone will join :I))
(Surprise.) :P
Yanmei's furry ears brushed against her metal helmet, causing great amounts of irritation. She sighed, hoping the pony armour would hide the fact that she was an entirely different creature. Her long fangs dripped with saliva as she daydreamed of food. She gazed across the room, hoping that no one would notice she had no idea what she was doing. Yanmei tried to force down the urge to murderer the passing ponies and her subconscious wandered into the depths of her mind. 'Why did Ruolan force me to be a royal guard anyway?' The creature thought and then started to ask herself even more questions.
//hai Neko
Felucia checks over final preparations making sure everything is in order before starting the raid.
We better not have any mess ups this time, do I make myself clear? She gets in the face of the underling standing closest to her and snarls.
Crystal clear ma'am! They don't even flinch.
//brown=the dragon pony underlings
Maple enters the officers office saluteing as they came to attention "at ease gentleman" he waved his hoof sitting down in his desk.
A dark unicorn with fiery hair timidly enters the office. "I heard that this was where you hand in applications.", He whispers more than says. His forced smile gives away his nervous state.
"Why yes" maple smiled
Felucia and the underlings gather their supplies so they have everything they need to launch a raid on the base.
"So where you from?" Maple asked as he went over the papers
Panacea sat in her own living quarters, separate from those of the guards, yet alike with her civilian coworkers who had decided working as full time doctors on the base was a good idea. What she was thinking when she signed up for the position she did not know, nor did it matter to her now. Now all that mattered was work, and so the green haired mare abruptly rose in the well ventilated yet dimly lit room, donned her white lab jacket and her issued white side cap with a large, red cross embroidered on the front of it, then strutted to the door and pounded it open to step out into the blue. A fierce determination which seldom crossed her laced her every movement. She was going to get to work, and she was going to get through a day's worth of work, no matter the odds.
One of the underlings silently scouts the base, he sees a pony in a white lab coat which he ducks quickly to avoid being seen.
A slight russle of the bush can be heard. The underling slowly and quietly sneaks away.
Not entirely oblivious, the mare's head sharply turned to face the disruption, but her eyes spotted nothing of interest. Had to be the wind, the now oblivious pony thought. The same determination that had been with her was rejuvenated as she again snapped her head forwards and strutted onwards. In truth she was weary, fatigued from the constant late nights and early mornings with little time between to rest.
The underling makes his way around the base scouting it quietly. He marks a tree nearby the base with his claws, marking the location to launch the raid from. He proceeds to return to the forest back to the natural fortress where the tribe of dragon ponies live.
The unicorn replies, "I'm from Cantermore."
Kidd: *patroling the halls*" Sigh* I have no idea how i got accepted in the royal guard, i thought only ponies could join, but apparently dragons can as well.....they said it had something to do with a unicorn and her pet dragon or something. Oh well whatever keeps me off the streets is better than nothing...
"Ah a good city ,well everything looks sound letts get you settled" maple finished getting up holding his hoof out "Lt Maple" he smiled
Felucia waits for nightfall so they have the element of surprise.
I want you all to keep your wits about you, we aren't doing this to harm them. We are doing this for survival, we need more food to feed our growing numbers. They can always acquire more food.
Yes ma'am, we will fight only if necessary.
Remember what I taught you and you'll be just fine.
Yes ma'am, we hit their pressure points to temporarily disable them.
Excellent, can't wait to get my claws on their delicious food. She licks her lips.
The unicorn reaches out with his hoof to accept the greeting and replies, "Match". Then remembering his position added on the formality, "Sir."
By whatever time it was at the time, Panacea would've been working, doing what must be done and little more. She would, simply, be hanging around the medical area of the facility, to put it simply.
"Great to have you now follow me to your quarters" maple finished leading the way
Orange Waves walks into a shady southside Canterlot bar. With a air of suspicion, dressed in her puss in boots style attire, after tending her Poison Jokeshrooms. She may have ate a few to many just to test them out. She sits; and orders 2 hard ales. Almost loosing her bits thinking they were two spiders of vivid colors.She proceeds cautiously, trying to find her self into the gaurds inner circle. She starts to ask around on how to join the royal gaurd. :3 ovO
Match follows Lt. Maple, his eyes dart around the base as he familiarizes himself with his new home.
"So over there is the canteen and that building next to it is the mess hall" maple pointed out as the DoD a tour of the base .
A large growl emanates from Match's stomach. Match, obviously embarrassed, says, "Sorry, I guess I skipped breakfast in my excitement."
One of the underlings dressed in royal guard armor casually walks towards the entrance.
"Thats fine we can grab some food later after your settled" maple replied as they reached the barracks
The disguised underling reaches the main gate and knocks on it.
"Wait before we enter I need to get you introduced to your fellow recruits there doing guard at the gate" maple pointed heading towads the gate .
Yes sir. He says with a salute.
Match follows Maple to the gate, exited to meet his fellow guardsmen.
The underling stands at the gate as if standing guard trying to blend in.
((To let everyone know that you don't need to wait for me you can do what you want X3))
Noticing the additional figure at the gate, Match asks Maplewood, "Aren't their normally two guards at the gate?"
"Why yes,hey you come over here!" Maple orders confused that there was an extra guard
Match asks Maplewood, "Is their anything I can do to help?"
"Na it's ok this is just weird " maple explained getting a bad feeling in his stomach
Yes sir. He walks over to Maple. What are your orders Captain?
"How long have you been here there's only supposed too be two guards here " maple asked not correcting him on his rank
I offered to stand guard tonight sir. I started here a couple weeks ago with some of the other recruits.
"Oh ok well here is your new bunk mate" maple smiled
Yes sir. He salutes. My name is Rio.
//the dragon pony underling is a good liar eh? lol
//yes X3
Confused, Match cautiously approaches his new 'bunk mate' and greets him by saying, "Hi Rio. I'm Match, and If it's not to much trouble, could you show me our bunk. I'm sure the other two guards can handle the gate for the minute it will take you."
"Yes that sounds like a good idea besides every time I enter that place there's always some tomfoolery" maple added
Alrighty, but first I could use a bite to eat. Let's head to the mess hall.
Starving, Match replies, "Alright. So what's the special tonight?", as he starts heading back towards the mess hall.
"Alright I'm going to head to the clinic" maple replied starting towards the clinic
I hope it is something good.
Upon arrival at the Mess Hall, Match dashes towards the food line, eager to have a warm meal.
Rio dashes over as well and looks over the spread of food. That there looks good. He says as he fixes himself a plate. He thinks to himself. (I wish there was some meat.)
Maple knocked on the clinic door "doc you here" he asked
Match walks over to a nearby empty table and beckons Rio to join him.
Rio sits across from Match and starts to eat, he does so slowly so not to reveal his fangs.
Match quickly finishes his meal and washes it all down with his mug of apple cider. He then asks Rio, "So, why did you join the Royal Guard?".
Panacea lifted her head up from the amounts of paperwork on the front desk and set the pen down onto the counter, correcting her posture and uniform as she calls out to the door.
At the clinic door a voice could be heard from inside, slightly distant and muffled. "Come in."
"Sorry to disturb you doc just wanted to check up on things, speaking of which did you get the medicine that was ordered" maple asked
The droning of the mare's voice emanated through the room, before it formed into "Come in?" The pony in question relaxed for a moment back into the chair, tapping her hooves together in a bout of alertness.
Maple opened the door "oh hi" he smiled
Her hoof raised, and lazily shook, beckoning Maple over to the desk. "Nooowww, what's your name? We should have them, whatever it is," Panacea's voice droned out as the mare rose from her seat and landed on her hooves, scuffling over the paperwork on her desk.
"I'm sad to here that doc I guess I'll have a talk with the quarter master" maple replied
"We, er, SHOULD have them, the medicines that you need, now... What's your name?" Panacea quickly corrects, clearing her throat. The mare doesn't move from her spot, and a curious expression riddles her face.
"Sorry Lt Maple of the 6th defense squad" maple replied
"Mhmmm..." A loud, audible drone of intrigue escapes the mare as she turns and sorts through the few racks, eventually nabbing a small baggie with her mouth. Panacea paces over to the table and sets it down, sorting through it for a moment before saying "Here, your medicines..." Her hoof lands on it and shoves it forth towards him.
"Thanks doc seya later" maple replied walking back out
Quote from: annosrules on 2014 Oct 20, 17:50:06
Match quickly finishes his meal and washes it all down with his mug of apple cider. He the asks Rio, "So, why did you join the Royal Guard?".
To help protect Equestria of course. He says as if genuinely concerned about Equestria.
Noticing the sudden increase in the ponies lining up for food, Match says,"We should probably get moving, it looks like the guard has just been changed and those ponies are sure to be hungry.".
Yeah, let's meet up later in our room. I need to go do something.
Extremely confused, Match states,"You still haven't shown me where our room is, which was the whole point of you leaving your post early to begin with."
Oh right, follow me. He walks through the halls leading Match to their room.
Match follows Rio, though his suspicions are slowly being reinforced.
*Aura watches as the two ponies pass her in the hall*
Maple walked towards the comunications tower ready to send a message to his sister
*With her friend on patrol, Aura looked away from the two ponies and began walking to the Pegasus obstacle course*
This is our room, I'll return later after I check out the base. He says after pointing towards the door. He walks off.
Looking at the door, Match notices it is inscribe with a long maned pony that's wearing a bow,"Uhm... that's the little fillies room."
Panacea remained still for a few seconds after the guard had left, then slumped back into her chair, scooting forth to her desk. The mare played around with the papers before returning to her work.
*Annoyed her friend couldn't join her, Aura begins the obstacle course, adding in a few of her own tricks for fun.*
This door here. He points at a door numbered 001.
*Aura finishes the course and lands.* "Where is everypony today? I wish Wings wasn't on patrol." *After folding her wings she trots to a bench and sits.*
After sending his message to his sister maple walked by the obstacle. Course noticing a mare sitting alone he decided to ask what's wrong
*A bit tired from the obstacle course, Aura lays down on the bench and stares up at the ceiling, failing to notice the approaching pony.*
"Hey there what you think of the new addition to the obstacle course?" Maple asked
*A little surprised to hear somepony, Aura, still lying on the bench, looked to where the voice came from. She bent her head back, and looked at the approaching Stallion upside down.* "Hm? Oh, I like it, I love it when new stuff gets added on, keeps me sharp." *Rolling over on the bench, she rolled off, and on to her hooves. Immediately, she opened her wings to their full span.* "These things need to stay ready for anything, and to fly fast. Oh, right, the obstacle course, the new catapult is pretty interesting I think. It's fun, but I don't see the point of it."
"Yeah I often wondered about that" maple chuckled
The underling reaches the mess hall and enters it. He quietly walks to the far side and unlocks the door on that side. He comes back out and wonders around finding the obstacle course. That's nice, I wonder what it is for.
"Well have a good day" maple finished with a smile
"Yeah, you too! What's your name, I haven't seen you around before." *Aura folded her wings back in and cocked her head at the stallion. Aura notices the high rank pinned to the stallions shoulder as she scans him.* 'Lieutenant? I haven't heard of this Lieutenant , probably a different squadron.' Aura thought.
Upon entering his room Match notices it's simplicity and lets out a *sigh* as he slumps onto the top bunk and quickly falls asleep.
" Lt Maple of the 6th defense squad" maple replied
*Aura quickly stands straight and tall, and salutes* "Staff Sergeant Electric Aura of the 103d Airborne, Sir."
"Nice to meet you sergeant" maple smiled saluting back
*Aura relaxed a little at Lt. Maplewood's smile.* "Phew, he's not as strict and uptight as some other high ranking officers." Aura thought. "Anything I can be of service to, Sir?" *Aura hoped he would have something, preferably with other ponies, until Wings got back.*
"Hmm now that I think about could you fetch private match from his sleeping quarters I need to go get him suited up" maple asked
"Right away, Sir." *Aura saluted again, and quickly took off, flying down the halls a bit faster then she probably should have.* "Let's see, Private Match's room should be... here!" *Aura knocked loudly on the door.* "Private Match! Lieutenant Maplewood requests your presence at once."
The underling spreads his unique wings at the starting position of the obstacle course. He takes off flying faster than most pegasi.
*Aura knocked on the door again, but louder this time.* "PRIVATE MATCH, Lieutenant Maplewood requests your presence!"
He finishes the course and lands. Good old wings, I see why the pegasi love flying so much. He looks at the timer showing his time and the fastest time. He beat the fastest time by 5 seconds. Awesome! He shouts excitedly. He forgets to close his unique wings.
//his wings are feathered, but are a different shape than a pegasus' wings
*Aura sighed and turned away from the door.* "New recruits, such lightweights." *Aura began flying back to the obstacle course in hopes the Lieutenant was still there.*
Rio stares at the timer admiring his time not noticing the mare flying towards him.
*Aura saw a lone pony at the other end of the obstacle course, and went over to ask if they had seen the Lieutenant.*
A sharp crack split the air, and a cloud of smoke appeared in the middle of the obstacle course. A white mare in Royal Guard armor stumbled out of it, choking and gasping.
"Aw *cough* not again!," the mare groaned. "At least "wheeze" this time *gasp* I wasn't TOO off target..."
*Aura jumped at the loud crack, and saw the puff of smoke that appeared in the middle of the obstacle course.* "What the hay?" *Suddenly a white mare in Royal Guard armor stumbled from the smoke. Quickly, Aura flew down to the distressed unicorn.* "Wow! Are you okay?"
*cough* "Yeah, I am. Thanks for asking," Book Keeper coughed again. "'Just focus intensely and you'll be fine', my flank," she muttered.
*The smoke still thick in the air, Aura flapped her wings and cleared the smoke, giving the two some breathable air.* "Teleportation spell gone wrong?" *Aura folded her wings and studied the mare in front of her."
"Y-yeah," Book Keeper answered the pegasus sheepishly. "I seem to have major problems when teleporting - I'm always WAY off target. Usually by an order of a few hundred miles." Her ears drooped. "The company's head battlemage has been working with me to try to fix this. So far, I've managed to stay within ten miles of the base. I guess today I was lucky."
"Hundred miles!? How do you get back here?" *Aura stood, mouth slightly open in shock.*
"Mostly walking. Sometimes if I'm lucky, there's a caravan about, and I hitch a ride with them. So I rarely teleport," Book Keeper answered with the same sheepish grin. "The head battlemage feels that being able to teleport is an important skill for any battlemage, so he's been trying to get me to improve."
(Kinda wanna hop in here but I just have to know first so I can make up my mind on what character to use, what is the view/version of changelings here?)
*Aura grimaced at the thought of walking that far, and was happy to have wings.* "That doesn't sound fun. Anyway, I'm Staff Sergeant Electric Aura of the 103d Airborne, it's nice to meet you!"
Post Merge
OOC: I'm not sure Chibalt, ask Dark Hooves, he's the expert.
((He is playing a dragon-pony hybrid, not a changeling last time I checked.))
(I don't know, I think it could work though X3)
Book Keeper quickly saluted. "I'm Private Book Keeper of the 54th Magi, ma'am! It's nice to meet you too!"
OOC: Dark isn't playing as a normal pony is what I mean, so he might help.
"So Private, where did you teleport from anyway?" *Aura cocked her head slightly .*
((My question was mostly about how a changeling would be reacted to by the characters in the RP, am considering just improvising a character for this if I can't quite make it work anyways.))
OOC: No, it's cool! Just jump in as maybe, an informant, or double agent, or bad turned good. If it helps, my character can be an already established friend. If there are issues, we an work them out later.
"Ma'am! From Magic Training Room Three!" Book Keeper answered. "The target destination was Magic Training Room Two!"
(None of those three actually, you'll see, though I'm not sure I can really be on regularly all the time, so waiting for me MIGHT happen on occasions.)
*Aura giggled a little.* "Book Keeper, you can call me Aura, we aren't doing anything formal, it's okay. About that teleport though, you are a bit off." *Aura smiled warmly at the unicorn.*
Post Merge
OOC: That's fine, I'd love to have more ponies in this RP, actually any RP, but come on and play. :)
Book Keeper smiled back at the pegasus. "Thanks. I'm kinda new here, so I thought I had to be like that all the time. And yes, I was a bit off," she giggled.
Waking from his nap, Match wonders who woke him up and calls out, "Come in.". Realizing that no one was their, Match starts wandering the grounds looking for ponies and eventually finds himself at the obstacle course.
"Well, I'm glad you are in the guard, not very many mares serve, so it gets a bit lonely on base... Wow, I've completely forgotten what I was doing, caught up in conversation. Have you seen Lieutenant Maplewood? I need to talk to him about a new recruit." *Aura looked up to where the Lieutenant had been not long ago.*
"Um er, you're welcome," Book Keeper mumbled. "I'm afraid I haven't seen the lieutenant," she frowned. "I've been in training all morning."
She suddenly noticed a dark gray unicorn at the start of the obstacle course. "Maybe that's your new recruit? I haven't seen this pony before."
"That is the new recruit, thanks." *Aura turned to the grey unicorn and called out loudly.* "Private Match! Over here, now!"
"Heh, and here I thought only my brother able to miss destinations that much." A nearby pony commented just as Aura was walking away, the first thing that might be noticed, aside from that he was not there half a minute ago, would be his size, the stallion, an earth pony to be precise, standing around a head or so higher than them, the second would be the somewhat odd colouration as his coat was almost completely black with only a slight tinge of blue, making it much easier to notice his eyes, mane and tail being coloured cobalt, his mane and tail seeming a somewhat dulled tone of it while his eyes were a more sharp tone of it. Adding that to him being in royal guard armour and having a quarterstaff balanced neatly on his shoulder while held with one hoof could result in a bit of an intimidating apperance if it wasn't for the fact he probably had a look on his face betraying his quite obvious amusement.
"Couldn't help but listen in on the conversation, or hear the sound of a teleport beforehand, Private Chibalt Wind, and while I did hear you two's names I'm afraid they've slipped my mind." The stallion introduced himself with a short chuckle at his own forgetfulness regarding their names.
((Minor text-walling, this was just to describe him in a way that seemed good for the situation, black coat, cobalt eyes, mane and tail, a bit larger than the average pony. Also, he probably potentially might be good at sneaking, heh.))
Realizing that he was being called for by a Purple Pegasus a few yards away, Match runs over to her then stands at attention and says, "Private Match Stick reporting for duty, Sir.". Then realizing his blunder he corrects himself, "I mean Ma'am"
Quote from: ElectricAura on 2014 Oct 23, 13:49:58
*Aura saw a lone pony at the other end of the obstacle course, and went over to ask if they had seen the Lieutenant.*
//was busy with stuff
He continues staring at the timer not paying attention to any others that may wonder by him.
OOC: I love it, this is gonna be good.
"Private Match, I'm glad you're awake finally. *Aura paces back and forth in front of Match* "Lieutenant Maplewood has requested your presence, you need to be fitted for armor. I don't know where he is exactly, but he is likely waiting for you at the blacksmith's."
Post Merge
OOC: It's okay Dark, Book popped in and made it so I never got to you. XD
((Me? Thanks~ Oh and the quarterstaff isn't standard equipment, it's pretty heavily enchanted, if you're wanting more details about it you should ask my character. Meta knowledge can be a bit of a killer even for just simple conversation between characters.))
A look of glee appears on Matches face as he realizes that all of his childhood dreams are coming true. "Yes!", he shouts in his excitement as he jumps into the air. Realizing yet another of his blunders, Match recomposes himself and says, "Yes Ma'am.". He then walks towards the blacksmith's with a smile on his face and a spring in his step.
Book Keeper giggled at the Match's excitement. The unicorn was definitely happy to be in the guard.
(Reactions to Chibalt Wind approaching book keeper and aura would be appreciated, much as I am fine with waiting I am not feeling much like acting as if a cockatrice caught my eye.)
"Now, what were we talking about?" *Aura turned back to Book to continue the conversation, but she was startled when she saw a large, dark pony in royal guard armor behind her.* "Ack!"
OCC: Was typing it out as you posted that XD
(Sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I kinda missed the part where you introduced yourself X3)
"I'm the one and only Book Keeper!" the aforementioned unicorn exclaimed as she struck a pose. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't used to doing it in armor, and she fell over with a thud.
"Oops, heh heh," she chuckled as she picked herself up off the ground. "Didn't mean to do that."
*Aura may have been professional when on guard, but while hanging around the barracks, she could let loose a little. Aura's face suddenly scrunched up, and her eyes opened wide, before she couldn't hold it anymore and burst out laughing, having completely forgotten the shock of the large pony's appearance.* "AHAHAHAHAHA!"
Chibalt chuckled at the reaction of the pegasus, only just keeping from laughing at the unicorn's posing-related failure of balance. "I'd be more worried if you'd have fallen over intentionally, hah! Anyways, you said you are a.... battlemage was it? I could hear most of your earlier conversation but some parts of it are starting to slip my mind a bit." He said while shifting his quarterstaff's position a little, it having become a little uncomfortable while he spoke. "Say, do you know much about rune-related magic?"
Book Keeper frowned. "Theoretically, yes."
*Aura cocked her head a little and listened to the two unicorn talk over a subject she knew little of.*
"I've never worked with runes before," she continued. "I've never had cause to. But I could tell you a lot about the subject."
"What's a rune?"
Chibalt raised an eyebrow at the unicorn's frown, but shrugged it off mostly as caused by the pegasus's laughter. "Only theoretical? I'm gonna have to introduce you to my brother sometime then, you'd be amazed what he is capable of despite using nothing but runes for spells and such." He responded to Book Keeper before turning towards Aura "It's an alternate means of spellcasting, think of it like how a unicorn casts spells really, runes are much more stable but usually take longer time to use, a downside that some rune users manage to bypass somehow, my brother being one of them."
"I think I understand. All I know is flight stuff, that's all they teach back in Cloudsdale."
Book Keeper raised her right eyebrow. "Your brother only uses runes for spells? He must be a really capable mage!" She turned to Aura. "Learning to use runes is not easy. At all."
*A little annoyed that the two unicorns had magic in common, and could perform spells while Aura couldn't, Aura let her competitive side come out. Aura turned from the two unicorns and flew up and out one of the skylights.* "I'll be right back!" *Aura shouted back.*
Book Keeper watched the pegasus mare fly out of a skylight. "Alright then!" She shouted in return.
((Chibalt is an earth pony you silly, he is not a mage either, he only knows a bit about magic due to interest and also relations to a mage.))
Chibalt shrugged in response. "It's the only casting medium that is viable for him, other alternatives just don't have the stability needed for him to put his magic to any use not involving large uncontrolled explosions. What surprises most when others usually meet him though is that he isn't a unicorn, not like he's the only non-unicorn mage, they're just not all that common, or well known for that matter." He responded while not really seeming to notice or care too much about the pegasus's leave, aside from her flying out what he almost believed was a closed skylight, though thankfully it didn't seem to be.
"I may not have magic, but I do have wings!" *Aura stopped high above the barrack's obstacle course and looked down.* "GO!" *Aura shouted to herself and nosedived, she had both hooves directly in front of her, and her wings flapping as fast as they could. The cone was beginning to form in front of her.* BOOM! The sound barrier had been broken. *Aura spread her wings to slow down enough to maneuver safely back through the skylight. Once back inside, she pulled a corkscrew, a loop de loop, and landed, screeching to a halt feet away from Book and Chibalt.* "Hi." *Aura sucked air in heavily and relaxed, she felt better, her competitive side having gone away for now.*
OOC: Oh... I knew that XD Your characters know about magic while Aura doesn't is what I meant.
Book Keeper blinked. Her face suddenly broke into a wide smile. "OH...MY...GOSH! THAT WAS SO COOL!" she squeed, stars shining in her eyes.
Match, startled by the sonic boom, runs straight into the blacksmith's shop, almost taking the door with him.
Chibalt flinched at the sonic boom, almost excessively so, the earth pony groaning and rubbing his ears by the time the pegasus was back. "Nnnnhhhhh.... Impressive, just.... give a warning or something next time would you?" He muttered as most of the thankfully non-deafening ringing had passed already.
OOC: Sorry, a little preoccupied entertaining my nephew.
(It's okay. I need to go to sleep now anyways. X3)
(Okay, nearing sleep time here too frankly, though I can still stay on a little while longer.)
Quote from: ElectricAura on 2014 Oct 23, 17:27:13
OOC: Sorry, a little preoccupied entertaining my nephew.
((Then I'll take a post))
Amiss the base filled with a variety of structures, all decorated with their military elegance and motifs, lived a small green tent. Of course, tents can not live, but within this patched up tent, lived a pony.
This was your average every day stallion when first viewed. His mane and tail obviously uncombed and not a serious priority for him. Along with the neglected fur he bore on his skin, his gateways to his soul were colour with a thick brown.
Within his skin, lied a withered soul. Long past its overdue date but still able to function. However, he is not withering because of old age, as he does not remember his age, though he could swear it was around near the twenties. In fact, those past twenty years were nothing but memories.
Memories that kept digging out of the ground. Memories that he tried to bury as deep as he could but during the next day, they would always reappear, grabbing him by the ankles and dragging him down.
Deep into the dirt. The strangely realistic dirt...
"...Hey, wake up, would you?" A low-pitched voice with a hint of a Cold North accent thrown into the mix. "We will be heading back into base soon...Hey Pift, are you still dreaming a'boot that?"
Pift, the name he was given by one of his superior officers based on his rank of PFT, slowly opened his brown eyes. His back was sore, along with his arms, his legs and everything else.
A small humming sound began to drift him back to sleep until the force of a thousand hooves was brought upon him in the back.
"We're a kilometre out, get ready, will ya." A voice from behind shouted out, his accent easily originating from Canterlot. Pift, now awake, gave a slight nod to no-one as he began to prepare his station.
Given the job of Co-driver/Freeze Gunner of a Cold North Tank he had yet to remember the type of, there was not a lot to do for the small pony. He checked the magic amount of his Freezer. Although it sounded and looked violent, his superior officer reminded him that, "It doesn't freeze 'em to death. The thing numbs their legs, making them unable to work, such as running or jogging or trying to stun us. What do you think we are, cannibals?"
He never thought of animals as cannibals until his CO told him that. Unintentionally told him that in the world, there were these 'cannibals'. He did not even heard of the word until he asked another worker for the definition. He fainted a moment later.
Next, he checked the throttle of the FTM drive. An amazing piece of technology, it allowed rapid amounts of teleports for a very small distance, allowing movement in all sorts of directions. However, since it is powered by magic, any unsettled movement could cause a chain reaction of epic, and sadly deadly, proportions.
Hopefully, he would never figure out how deadly his crew members talk about it.
"Half a kilometre out. I can see the base from here." The crew member beside him, the driver and the original pony to wake him up, shouted. "We've taken quite a beating from the last battle. Don't do anything stupid folks, we don't want the locals to be scared."
Pift could hear chuckling from behind. "Our looks alone can scare anyone off," He could hear.
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Oct 23, 16:00:30
Quote from: ElectricAura on 2014 Oct 23, 13:49:58
*Aura saw a lone pony at the other end of the obstacle course, and went over to ask if they had seen the Lieutenant.*
//was busy with stuff
He continues staring at the timer not paying attention to any others that may wonder by him.
//edited
((Wow I'm surprised how much this picked up and everyone looks like they were busy :D X3))
Maple could only sigh as match came through the door as he waited in the blacksmith.
Match pants,"Match *pant* reporting for *pant* duty, *pant* Sir.", before succumbing to his fatigue and collapsing onto the floor.
(I'm going out so I won't be able to reply X3) "for the love of" maple face hoofed
OOC: FINALLY! I'm back, got preoccupied after watching nephew. (I tore apart my old computer so I could get the hard drive.) Sorry to be back so late.
"Sorry, I had some uhhh... pent up energy that I needed to release, I promise I'll warn you next time." *Aura shook her mane back to a more presentable state, the straightened up her armor.* "So, not that I was gone long, but did I miss anything?"
"NOPE!" Book Keeper answered, eyes still shining.
"Good... do me a favor and don't tell my CO, or the Lieutenant for that matter, and speaking of the Lieutenant, I hope Match found him. I was ordered to send Match to him nearly an hour ago, and most of the hour was Match sleeping." *Aura looked to Chibalt, and let her face fall a little.* "Sorry about that Chibalt, are you okay?"
"Sure! I can do that for you!" responded a toned down but still smiling Book Keeper.
(I'm heading to work now, so it may be a while before I can post)
OCC: It's okay, its 1 am for me, I need to go to bed. lol
(Okay, nighty night! ^-^)
Chibalt chuckled a little and shook his head. "Don't worry, I'm fine, it was just a bit uncomfortable is all, and I didn't quite expect it either. No hard feelings."
OOC: WHY AM I AWAKE SO EARLY!?
"Okay, good. Now, how about we move somewhere a little more appropriate for conversation?" *Aura looked up at the obstacle course they were in the center of. She then motioned with a hoof towards the bench she had been lying on earlier.* "Over there would be good."
"That sounds fine!" Book Keeper responded cheerfully.
Chibalt nodded, glancing up at the obstacle course for a moment before trotting over towards the bench. "Good idea, don't really wanna get in the way of anyone else flying the course."
Regaining his strength, Match recomposes himself and stands to attention, waiting to be fitted.
"Hey, somepony is over there, how did we not see them?" *Aura pointed to a dark pony staring up at the course timer.* "What are they doing? Maybe somepony should go over there."
Book Keeper immediately turned her head and looked at the pony.
"He seems to be admiring the course timer, for some reason, " Book Keeper said. "Come on, let's go!" And she trotted to the bench.
Not noticing the two ponies approaching him, he continues staring at the timer with his unique wings spread out.
Chibalt looked over towards the strange pony staring at the course timer too before shrugging a little. "Not a clue, that pony was there already when I joined in on your conversation, I'm surprised whoever it is didn't flinch from the sonic boom you did." He commented with not much interest until he looked at the pony again. "I don't think those wings are normal though..."
Rio hears some distant ponies talking and quickly closes his wings. I hope they didn't see through my disguise. He whispers to himself.
"Get him fited" maple told the blacksmith paceing the room
"I don't think I've seen anypony like that on base before, let's go see what they're up too." *Aura motioned for Book and Chibalt to follow her as she began to walk over.*
"I'd definitely remember wings like that, then again I haven't really met everyone either... Eh, I'll indulge a bit in finding out." He said mostly to himself before deciding to follow aura, the stallion becoming increasingly aware of the lack of need for him to walk around with his quarterstaff, causing him to halt for about a second as it started to glow blue for a moment before folding together and he slipped the now hoof-sized item under his armor and then quickly trotted to catch up with Aura again.
*Aura turned her head to look Chibalt.* "You know, I've been here awhile, and I still see ponies I don't know everyday. I only met the leiutenent early today, he's been here longer then me, and I never him in all that time."
"Private match come meet me in my office after your fitted" maple explained exiting the building as he left he noticed the pony he had sent to show match his room but why wasn't he back on guard duty
Hello there, My name is Rio. Nice to meet you.
"Hello Rio, haven't seen you around before." *Aura nodded to Rio before holding out a hoof.* "I'm Staff Sergeant Electric Aura, 103d Airborne."
"Yes Sir.", Match replies as he's fitted for his new armor, but before leaving for Lt. Maplewood's Office, Match helps the blacksmith by relighting the forge and bringing it back up to full power.
I was admiring my time which I had beat the best time by 5 seconds.
Maple shrugs and heads into his office sitting down
About an hour after Maple sits down in his office, Match enters and stands to attention saying, "Private Match reporting as you requested, Sir".
"Impressive time, probably one of the fastest we've ever had 'round this course." *Aura studied the strange pony, looking him up and down, before looking back at the timer.* 'That time is just a second slower then me! I need to step up my game.' Aura thought.
"Ah yes I just forgot to ask what corps you were planning on joining" maple asked
"I never really had a specific corps in mind."
"Well do you have any specific talents" maple asked
"I can cook and tell direction using the stars, but my talent is staring fires."
"Hmm what's your opinion about explosives" maple asked
"To be honest, I don't know much about explosives, but I'm willing to learn if that's where I'm needed."
"Well I think you would do well in pyro techs" maple smiled
OOC: *Waits for all the ponies in the obstacle course room to return to RPimg.*
I'm a natural flyer, I can fly faster than most pegasi.
*Aura pointed to his folded wings.* "Yeah, those aren't normal pegasi wings, you've got something special. Where are you from Rio?"
I'm from the Everfree Forest. I was born with these.
"The Everfree Forest? Wow, what was it like growing up there? Most ponies don't go farther then a few steps, and the patrols we do there aren't very in-depth."
It is survival of the strongest out there.
(Back X3)
"Survival of the strongest, huh?" pondered Book Keeper. "Have you fought manticores before? "
"Pyrotechnics, as in Fireworks?"
"Sorry I said that wrong I ment demolition were in need for one most importantly one to try out the new stuff" maple laughed
"Let me get this state, you want a new recruit with next to no experience with explosives to set off your newest explosive?"
"No I ment you be train as one there's no way they would let you handle a 100 ton bomb with out training" maple chuckled " unless there's something else you would like to do" he asked
"100 ton!? Why in Equestria would you need a bomb that large!"
Maple facehooved " it was an exaggeration recruit"
"I'll take the position, but now more joking around."
"Thats my other question you don't have to if you feel like your not up to it " maple asked
"I don't know of any alternatives, so I'm taking what I can get at this point. Besides, that job will keep me on my hooves."
"Well, it was a pleasure to meet you all, but i need to be going, maybe we'll meet later in the mess hall." *Aura waved to the three ponies as she departed, flying through the administration wing towards the Lieutenant's office.*
"Alright well you start your training tomorrow morning so have a good rest of the day" maple signed a piece
Of paper
Match salutes, Yes sir!, and trots back to his dorm.
"What a day " maple groaned
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2014 Oct 25, 12:07:08
(Back X3)
"Survival of the strongest, huh?" pondered Book Keeper. "Have you fought manticores before? "
I've defeated them.
"Interesting," Book Keeper mulled over the pony's answer.
Quote from: ElectricAura on 2014 Oct 25, 20:47:24
"Well, it was a pleasure to meet you all, but i need to be going, maybe we'll meet later in the mess hall." *Aura waved to the three ponies as she departed, flying through the administration wing towards the Lieutenant's office.*
Book Keeper blushed. "I should probably get back to training, " she said sheepishly. "Maybe I'll see you later too!" she told the other pony. She turned to Chibalt. "It was nice meeting you. I'll see you later!" And she quickly dashed off, as fast her armor allowed.
How's about we train together? He runs alongside Book Keeper.
"You can't," Book Keeper replied. "It's battlemage training!"
Oh, well how's about I watch you then.
(There is now a ooc topic X3)
*Aura quietly landed at the Leiutenants door and knocked lightly.*
"Eh, it's fine with me. But you'll need permission from the company's head battlemage," Book Keeper explained as they ran on. She proceeded to lead them to the other side of the base.
"Yes come in " maple replied
*Aura opened the door and stepped in.* "Thank you sir, did Private Match make his way to you, I hope? It took me quite a while to send him to you."
"Yes and thanks for doing that by the way " maple chuckled
"It was no problem sir, but I think he may be a hooffull. He may be eager, but he is going to need training, and possibly an alarm clock, if I may say so." *Aura kept in a giggle as she spoke.*
"Yes I can kinda see that he also took out the blacksmiths frount door after a certain loud boom" maple sighed
*Aura laughed nervously and shifted her hooves.* "Ehehehehe... Yeah, I hear that, I wonder what it was?" *Aura quickly lied before moving on.* "Really? The door?"
"Yea but I don't the no the blacksmith really cared at least it's very breezy in there" maple laughed "now tell me what's your opinion on creating loud booms" he asked looking amused
"It does get hot in there, I'm sure he actually appreciated it. Opinions on loud booms, could you clarify, sir?"
"Well I'm guessing that was your sonic boom you made sergeant because only you would do something like that to prove a point " maple smiling
*Aura laughed nervously again and blushed a little.* "My reputation precededs me I see. I do get a bit... Competitive and brash sometimes... It's just a thing I happen to do."
"Its fine just don't make an more of my recruits exploded through more doors" maple laughed
"Yes sir! Now, on to an issue that doesn't involve me indirectly breaking things, what do you know about Rio?" *Aura stepped closer to the desk as she spoke, closing the door behind her with a rear leg.*
"Umm nothing in fact why do you ask" maple looked slightly worried
"Nothing... Nothing at all? Now that's worrying. I don't know if you've seen him, he's got some strange wings, Book, Chibalt, and I spoke to him. He grew up in the Everfree Forest, Sir."
"Hmm that's very interesting" maple started to write things down on a pad of paper
"I was speaking to Book and Chibalt under the obstacle course when I decided we should move. Noticed him standing in front of the course timer with his wings spread, he must've been there for a while before we noticed." *Aura paced in front of the Lieutenants desk.*
Was there something wrong with his wings " maple asked
"They looked... Diffrent, bigger then mine, and sure as sugar not shaped like anyponies I know sir. He is one hay of a flier though, his time was only a second slower then my best, and I'm fairly sure he hasn't done that course very much, if at all."
"What are you implying sergeant" he asked
"I'm not sure sir, I haven't seen him before, which isn't suspicious at all, but he didn't have what I would normally in a Royal Guard. He's odd, born in the Everfree Forest, strange wings, his personality felt odd as well. I wanted to know more about him, but you don't know anything either."
"Nope in fact he came out of nowhere when I was checking the gate guard" maple sighed
"It's most likely nothing, we never met until today even though I'm Staff Sergeant, and you're Lieutenant. All this time separate units prevented that. Maybe Rio is in a different airborne squadron. I was a bit suspicious of him, but your lack of knowledge of him only strengthens my suspicions. Sir, I know he is busy, and this could be nothing, but I think we should go to Captain Shinning Armor sir." *Aura stopped pacing and looked at the Lieutenant with worried eyes.*
"Are you sure because if your wrong I will get in a lot of trouble " maple asked sighing
"Sir, I don't want you to risk your position, but if you can't find a record of him, something needs to be done. I can go myself if it would be better, it is my suspicion after all. Lieutenant, I know this isn't solid, he could be a changeling, spy, or traitor. We don't know anything about him that says he is or isn't, we have nothing about him. *Aura sighs and looks at the Lieutenant.* "Actually Sir, since I see you have plenty of work, I request authorization to check personnel records." *Aura pointed to the pile of paperwork.*
Maple thinks for a secound "granted" he says with a deep sigh
"Thank you sir." *Aura saluted and walked out the door of the Lieutenant's office.* "I hope I'm right about this, otherwise... I'm in deep trouble." *Aura spoke to herself as she walked to the offices that held personnel files.*
OOC: THIS IS AWESOME. I really hope Dark comes back soon, I have an idea, but I need him.
Maple groaned and drank some water then turning on some music relaxed
(Good night :D)
*Aura quickly and quietly opened the door to the personnel records storage room and stepped inside. She shut the door behind her quietly and began searching, not for Rio's record, but for her own first. She found it almost right away, knowing where it would be in alphabetical order. She opened the file and laughed, all her old reports from her trainers. Aura hasn't been the best recruit and constantly got in trouble, she giggled as she looked at her old shennagins.* "Oh I was so bad to them, I almost feel sorry, but it was SOOO funny!"
Post Merge
OOC: Dark, can you go to the OOC chat, please?
Rio finishes checking out the rest of the base and decides to head back to the Everfree Forest. He knows his welcome will wear out soon so he takes off the stolen royal guard armor and retreats into the forest.
Ha ha ha ha, those ponies didn't even know I was a spy.
OOC: DARK!!! Hello?
//hi, i did read the rp posts before my most recent post
OOC: Not that, just please go to the OOC chat, Book and I need you.
Two tanks began to roll in from the south side of the base. Unlike the serenity and motifs of the well, thought-out design of the base, the tanks...were something else to talk about.
The first tank, comprised of ice armour created from the Frozen North, had obviously been damage in battle. It's main barrel was completely annihilated, making it more of an armoured jeep than a tank. The two treads that guided the tank forward now squeamishly brings its way back to base, about to fall out at any moment.
The second didn't serve any better. Unlike the first, it's main gun seemed to be in usable condition. Unlike the first, both tread had been completely blown off, forcing the tank to drive on whatever wheels it had left. The smooth coated ice armour of the first tank contrasted with the pieces of ice still surviving on the second.
They continued their way onto the base. Slowly, but surely.
OOC: WELL THEN!
((???))
OOC: Nothing, just taken back a bit.
Book Keeper noticed the new pony galloping away from her for some reason. She made a mental note to keep an eye out for him later.
She finally arrived at the magic training compound. She trooped in to Magic Training Room Two, and found the head battlemage waiting for her there.
"Report, Private," he commanded in a gruff voice.
He returns to the tribe grounds which Felucia greets him. How did the mission go?
It went flawlessly, they are none to wiser either.
Excellent, you'll get a promotion for this. We launch our attack in three days.
Yes ma'am.
The two tanks stopped at the south entrance.
One pony came out from the 2nd tank and began to talk to no-one who was stationed.
"Um. Hello? Anyone there!?" He screamed, hoping for a response so that they could have a discussion about getting permissions to station their tanks at this base for repairs.
"Sir!" Book Keeper saluted. "I attempted to teleport from Magic Training Room Three to Magic Training Room Two. I ended up at the Pegasus Obstacle Course."
"Hmmm," he mused while Book Keeper stood at attention. He shook his head.
"Private, that was disgraceful! You need to step up your A game!"
"Yessir!"
"Next time, I want to see you within a five hundred yard radius!"
"Yessir!"
"Dismissed!"
"Yessir!"
*Aura finally finished laughing at her own personnel file, and began working to find a file on Rio.* "This is gonna take a while, there sure are a lot of R's."
As Book Keeper left the training room, she couldn't help but wonder how she was going to teleport to within a five hundred yard radius. Today's teleport had been a lucky fluke.
*Files weren't exactly well organized in the personnel file room, and Aura began finding Gs and Qs mixed in with Rs, her own file had been a lucky find.* "I guess this is gonna take even longer then awhile." *Aura sighed.*
As she walked on, Book Keeper noticed two damaged tanks stationed right outside the south gate. She galloped towards them.
"Hey! What's going on here!? Are you alright!?" she hollered.
"Everything is alright." The stallion stated as he began his trek back into his tank. "We just request permission from one of your superiors to bring them to your base."
"Sure! Wait right there!" Book Keeper told them, and quickly rushed back to find the head battlemage.
Maple was relaxing when a call came in from captain shining armour " hello sir whats up" maple talked chill with him
The head battlemage, Power Wave, was just leaving the training area when Book Keeper came galloping into view.
"Sir! Sir! There's a bunch of tanks-"
"At attention, Private!" Power growled. "Keep a calm and ordered head! Else you'll be doing a hundred laps. On two hooves."
Book Keeper's ears drooped. "Sorry, sir." she said less excitedly. "There are two tanks waiting outside the south gate who wish to enter for repairs."
"Nothing much just wanted to ask how the job is at the base " shining asked "umm it's ok stressful at times"maple groaned
"Two tanks, eh?" Power muttered to himself. He shook his head, then said, "Private, describe the tanks for me."
Match knocks of Maplewood's door.
"Sorry gtg sir" maple replied turning off the device "come in private" maple sighed
*Aura sat in the file room, surrounded by dozens of files.* "This is ridiculous, at this point I should just risk my career and have the Captain find out."
Match enters Maple's office and asks him, "Were do you want me to report for my duty, sir?"
"Go meet the demo master in the range and watch what you do " maple smiled suddenly one of the guards came in "sir there seams to be some tanks at the gate"
Match replies,Yes sir., before leaving for the range.
"Tanks umm I'll head out there now" maple got up and headed out to the. Gate where the tanks where located
The stallion, who seemed to be the commanding officer of the tank battalion, became to scream orders.
"Lieutenant ahead, stand ready!" The tanks attempted to line up in an orderly fashion "Permission to dock for repairs, sir!"
Maple looked at the tanks "by celestia what happened to you " maple asked
"Just ran into some things. We'll be fine. Do we or do we not have permission to enter your base, sir?"
Upon arriving at the range, Match starts searching for the base's demolitionist.
"Yes you can enter but I want a report in my office by tonight " maple nodded towards a guard who opened the gate
"Very well," The stallion said. Another stallion got up from the first tank, seemingly the captain of said tank by his ranks.
"This is not good." He said to his CO.
"We just move out before dusk. Common. Time is of the essence here."
Power suddenly stiffened.
"Private, I believe the matter has been taken care of. You are dismissed!"
"Yessir!" Book Keeper saluted, and started heading to the mess hall.
OOC: Dark come back pls!
//i had to go to work earlier
Rio rests in a tree after eating some wild fruit.
OOC: Ah, real life suck doesn't it?
//that it does
OOC: So... can somepony cause something that makes Aura do something other then search files? XD
//lol
Match waits patiently for the demolitionist to appear. Though his patience is growing thin.
Maple whispers to the guard " if they start to act suspicious tell me as soon as you can"
OOC: No seriously. Somepony help me out here!
maple went to look for the sergeant still not sure if she was crazy or just tired
OOC: Thank you! XD I was worried Aura would be there searching files forever.
Maple knocked on the door " sergeant you there "
*Aura jumped at the sound, surprised to hear anypony other then herself. She stood and opened the door to the small room, still a mess with files everywhere.* "Sorry sir, I'm here."
"Good come let's go Iv decided your just getting stressed about this problem go get some sleep " maple ordered
*Aura wasn't convinced that this was nothing, and quickly thought up an excuse.* "Yes Sir, but before I go, I need to clean up the mess I've made. *She motioned with a hoof at the stacks of personnel files on the floor.*
Book Keeper started walking to the mess hall.
Rio wakes up and almost falls from the tree.
Today is the day.
That it is Rio. Let's get ready.
Yes, lets.
"Fine but I better see you at the mess hall" maple left
"Yes sir, I'll be there ASAP." *Aura saluted as the Leiutenent left, before turning back to the files for one last frantic search.*
Book Keeper arrived at the mess hall. "I hope they have good food this time," she muttered as she went inside.
"That's every single R file I can find, no Rio, better report this." *Aura dashed out of the office, leaving everything a mess, and flew towards the mess hall.*
Book Keeper sat down at a table and sighed. All of the food was still the usual fare: disgusting and unhealthy.
*Aura was a purple blur as she entered the mess hall, she spotted Book and beelined for her.* "BOOK! Where is the Lieutenant!? I need to see him now!" *Her voice was frantic.*
Book Keeper looked up from her plate of half-eaten food. "I haven't seen the lieutenant yet. Is something the matter?" she asked with concern in her voice.
Realizing that the demolitionist wasn't coming, Match returns to his dorm.
"Maybe. I don't know. Rio, that pony we met earlier, he was a little strange, so I asked the Lieutenant about him, and he didn't know anything. I searched personnel records and he doesn't exist. This is really suspicious and I need to tell the Lieutenant!" *Aura breathed in deeply, finally breathing after her explanation.*
Book Keeper stood up, her food forgotten.
"We need to find the lieutenant immediately!" Book Keeper exclaimed. "This pony may have been attempting to spy on us!"
Felucia, Rio, and the rest of the underling warriors await at the forest's edge for nightfall to launch their raid on the base. The group stay alert so not to get spotted before nightfall.
Maple was going through the reports on his desk getting very annoyed that the demolition tech was caught buy booze agian
"Let's check his office first!" *Aura, forgetting Book wouldn't be able to keep up, shot out of the mess hall in a purple streak. She through the halls at dangerously fast speeds. Having forgotten to given herself time to slow down, Aura slammed into the Lieutenant's door, breaking through it with her hard guard helmet.*
This had happened way to many times according to maples face which was in the midst of facehoofing
"Sir! There isn't any record of a Rio in the guard, he doesn't exist."
"Well then and what do you suspect we do" maple
*Aura realized she hadn't thought this far ahead.* "Well... I don't know sir, I hadn't really thought that far ahead. He could be a threat, or part of something bigger."
"Well I can't do anything until you have him here " maple explained
"There must be something you can do, an extra patrol? More guards at the gate? Tell the Captain?" *Aura's eyes stared at the Lieutenent with a worried expression.*
"Fine double the patrols and guards at the gate tell private match that he is going to be posted with one of those patrols along with you " maple sighed
Post Merge
(GtG to bed 0:))
Book Keeper was about run out of the mess hall when Aura suddenly flew out of the hall with great speed. She shrugged, and returned to her food
"Yes sir, and sorry about the door sir. I'll fix it once I return." *Aura quickly saluted and left the room as fast as she had entered.*
Chibalt glanced up from his meal as Aura flew out of the hall, watching the exit for a few seconds before shrugging and going back to his meal, letting out a quiet chuckle as he thought. "Heh, maybe I'll take up cooking so I can protect people from unhealthy food..." He muttered to himself with a smirk on his face.
*Aura flew past the mess hall to the barracks. She hit the ground running a few feet from Match's door, she slammed on the brakes and slammed a hoof on his door.* "Private Match! The Lieutenent has assigned you to patrol with me, get to the front gate ASAP!"
Match bursts through the door, stands at attention and responds, "Yes Ma'am!".
"Come on, we got other guards waiting." *Aura took off down the hall towards the front gate.*
Match follows behind Aura, staying a couple yards back as to act as a rear guard.
*Aura walked up in front of the patrol, pacing back and forth.* "Okay everypony, we're stepping up security for now. I want you all on high alert, look for anything strange, and if you come across a dark pony with strange wings, bring him to me. He may be dangerous, so proceed with caution." *Aura pointed to Wings, now back from her patrol from earlier.* "Wings, with Match, he's new, keep an eye on him." *Wings watched as her best friend continued giving orders to a few more ponies.*
Match looks over to Wings, and blushes at the mention of his recent employment.
"Let's move ponies! Report back to me here in 30 minutes." *Aura shouted at the pairs of guards, before flying away to patrol on her own.*
"So recruit, ready to go?" *Wings looked over Match, analyzing him.*
Book Keeper left the mess hall, yawning a bit as she went.
*Aura flew to where some guard armor had been left earlier, and began searching the area. She knew the armor was the same as Rio's and assumed it was his.* "It has to be his, so he must've been here!"
"I think I'll take a nap now," Book Keeper yawned again as she walked away from the mess hall.
Match says to wings, "I'm ready, but my armor is still being forged.".
"You'll be fine recruit, I'll be with you the entire time, now let's get going." Wings motioned with a hoof to move, and walked out of the gates and along the walls.*
Match follows wings and says to himself, "Why did the demolitionist have to bail today.".
"Keep sharp Match, if that pony is dangerous, then we need to be careful." *Wings continued along the wall, scanning for anything suspicious, or any danger.* "I've known the Staff Sergent awhile, she seems a little frazzled right now, and I'm not sure if she's all there, but I know she's determined as all hay, and that means something with her."
"This is just like the story of when Sir Canter Taunt chased down the crook who stole the royal cake." Pausing for a second, Match peers around himself, checking for movement when an owl's coo startles him. Match then states, "Only now, it's me!".
"Anything there Private?" *Wings scans the area again.*
"No" Match sighs, realizing that he had just said all that out loud, "Only some wind and an owl."
"Let's keep going then, the faster we get this done, the faster we get back. This is my second patrol today, I need a break." *Wings sighed and continued forward.*
Book Keeper passed by a pegasus and the new recruit on patrol.
Match, genuinely concerned, Match offers, "If you need to take a break I can stand guard while you rest.". But before he could get an answer Book Keeper appeared, so Match approched her and asks her, "Have you seen any dark ponies with strange wings around?"
Book Keeper stopped to think for a bit. "Dark ponies with strange wings...it might have been that pony we met on the obstacle course."
Realizing who Book might be referring to, Match further asks her, "Roi?"
Book Keeper shrugged. "Could be. I never did catch his name."
Match then questions Wings, "Is it Rio were looking for?"
Chibalt eventually left the mess hall too after eating his fill of the not all that good food, having opted to spend some time reading on one of the benches near one of the obstacle courses and mostly oblivious to what was happening.
"Yes, that's the name Staff Sergeant Aura gave me."
Match States fiercely,"I knew he was trouble ever since I met him."
*On the other side of the base, Aura searched alone in the area of the armor Rio abandoned.* "Come on, I need something."
Match starts thinking out loud saying,"Well, I first met Rio at the gate, and if he was scouting out for an attack the gate is the most vulnerable section off the wall. So it would be safe to assume that they might be attacking that quadrant first."
*Back to Wings* "The gate has extra guards, as well as there being more patrols then normal. Lieutenent Maplewood sent extra guards out to watch for trouble. Staff Sergeant Aura is coordinating everything to do with this. I think the gate should be safe, let's keep going to check for anything else." *Wings turned to Book.* "Private Book, I suggest you keep an eye out for trouble."
Match continues by saying, "Well then were would the least guarded section in this situation be? Because if he was an experienced scout he would have used his time to gather information about all of our defenses, guard distribution and guard race."
"This was a last minute scramble, not planned, I doubt anypony would know about the current guard information. Not only is this unusual, but the Staff Sergeant is organizing, not the Lieutenent."
Match responds with, "Then why would they have a scout who had enough knowledge of this base to both trick everypony into believing he was a legitimate guard and who knew where the empty dorm was? In my opinion, we need reinforcements."
"We already have guards doubled, and the patrols are twice as often. Reinforcements are already out there, Private. I'm not the pony to take this up with, you'll need to see the Lieutenent and voice your opinion." *Wings turned and followed the wall, scanning the environment.*
Match submits to Wings and continues his observations in silence.
*Other side of the base.* "Where do these go?" *Aura noticed hoof prints in the dirt and began following them.*
Match hears a large amount of rustling emanating from the opposite side of the wall and asks Wings, "Do you here that?"
OOC: I'm gonna hold off on posting until Dark comes back, we need him... Again.
OOC: agreed
Felucia sees a unicorn stallion and quietly gets close using her magic she binds his legs, mutes his voice, and jams his magic.
Take him and hide him. She whispers to an underling.
The underling nods and carries the captive pony away on his back.
"Yes, I did... Did you hear where it came from Private?" *Wings turned to look at Match.*
Book Keeper was keeping an eye out for trouble.
Chibalt suddenly looked up from his book and looked around cautiously.... one minute... two.... "I could've sworn I felt something.... must just be my imagination." he muttered to himself as his attention returned to the book he was reading, only shifting his position very slightly on the bench occasionally.
//OC Match was captured by Felucia and hidden by one of the underlings
*Wings dropped into a defensive stance, and called out quietly.* "Private Match?" *Wings stood with spear at the ready, and with a fierce look on her face.*
Felucia and the underlings remain extra vigilant so not to be discovered before the time of the raid. The time grows ever closer.
"Private Match!?" *Realizing the Private was gone, Wings shot upwards, she had to get back to the Staff Sergeant or Lieutenant before anything else happened.*
Book Keeper noticed the pegasus sergeant rise up like rocket . "WHAT'S WRONG?" she shouted.
*Wings heard her, but didn't turn to look, she only shouted back as she flew away.* "Get back inside the base, NOW!"
Chibalt jumped up as he heard shouting, not able to quite hear the words but it still startled him. "
Read the forum rules.it, that's fear I'm tasting!" He muttered to himself as he closed the book and started running in the direction of the shout, not taking long to get to Book, the large stallion halting so suddenly he almost made furrows in the ground. When he heard the pegasus's order he started walking backwards towards the base, pulling out his quarterstaff and assembling it with a burst of blue magic as he kept an eye out.
Book Keeper nodded as she ran, screaming "EVERYPONY INSIDE NOW!". She noticed Chibalt keeping pace with her, but moving backwards.
"Shouldn't you be running forwards!?" Book Keeper shouted as they ran on.
Chibalt continued hopping backwards while keeping his vision focused on what was behind them, if anything. "I'm doing this so you don't get shot in the back with a spell, or anyone for that matter." He replied simply with a cold tone, making it quite clear he wasn't going to do otherwise, not with some very good arguments for the contrary.
Book Keeper shrugged. "Suit yourself!" she replied.
Match struggles with his captors, failing to escape he decides to send a flare of his magic fire into the air to alert the other guards of his position.
The other side of the base:
*Aura only managed to get brambles stuck in her coat and mane as she tried searching the over growth. She stumbled out of the brush and back into the open near the main entrance.*
Wings: *Aura in sight, Wings dove and landed hard next to her friend.* "Aura! Match is gone, he just disappeared, something is happening NOW."
Aura: "Get to the main gate and keep guard, make sure nopony leaves or enters, I need to find the Lieutenent, or maybe the Captain!" *Aura shot up much like wings had, and rocketed towards the Lieutenent's office.*
Maple was looking at some blueprints for the tanks that were now parked in his base and looked as if they had gone through so.e tough fight
Realizing that nopony was coming for him, Match decided that he had to take actions into his own hooves. So he once again calls upon his innate magic, this time not creating a flare in the sky, but on the tip of his horn as to blind his captors.
*Aura flew at ludicrous speed through the hall and slammed on the brakes as she hit the ground in front of the Lieutenant's door. Without knocking, Aura burst through the door.* "Lieutenant! We have a situation outside sir, Private Match is missing, something is happening, and it's happening now. Wings is at the main gate to supervise gate guard, I don't know about anypony else."
((Lol your using my oc name instead of matches)) "well I guess your right let me get the captain on call "" maple began to press buttons
NOW! CHARGE!!!!!!
Felucia and the underlings burst forth from the overgrowth. She is leading the raid and rushes towards the gate with several underlings with her while other approach from the flank.
But before maple could activate anything the sirens went off " oh hay later sergeant we've got a battle to join"
*Aura flinched slightly at the alarm, then turned and flew towards the main gate without another word.*
Wings: "EVERYPONY TO DEFENSE POSITIONS!" *Wings barked out orders as the alarm blared, before taking her own position, spear pointed at the gate. Wings knew something was charging, she had seen shadows, and heard voices, but the threat was still unknown.* "Backup better get here fast." *Wings mumbled to herself.*
Felucia uses her magic to take the enemies' weapons throwing them into the forest.
She and the five underlings with her surround Aura all growling.
The group flanking the base readies to blast through the wall.
*Without any magic to counter, or attack, the pegasi guards, including Wings, were defenseless and unable to do anything other then hoof to hoof combat. Wings and the other guards that had been surrounded stood in an outward a facing circle, ready for any moves the underlings might make.* "Celestia help us, we need back up." *Wings muttered under her breath.*
Aura:
*Aura shot like an arrow towards the main gate, but the second she saw the circle of underlings she slammed down into the ground, hard, to stop herself. This was bad, and she knew it, they needed more unicorns and archers ASAP. Aura could see wings in the circle, but was helpless to help her. Aura turned to face behind her, and shouted to the Lieutenant.* "TURN BACK, GET MORE GUARDS, UNICORNS, ARCHERS, AND CALL THE CAPTAIN." *Aura wasn't a high enough rank to bark orders at the Lieutenant, but she did anyway.*
Chibalt growled under his breath as his staff was tugged away from him by someone's magic, though the stallion's angry expression soon turned to a smirk as his hoof was engulfed in blue flame a moment and his staff flew back towards him, mercilessly bowling over anyone in the way before finding it's way back to his hoof, the staff conveniently knocking one of the underlings surrounding Wing right off his hooves. "I still can't believe I thought an enchantment like that would be useless." He muttered to himself before quickly checking to see if everyone had gotten to safety before galoping towards Wings's group to help them.
OOC: You and Book get to play hero now! Yay. >.<
Book Keeper suddenly noticed Chibalt running away. "What are yo-" she started to say, when she saw why he was running: the base was under attack! A group of enemy ponies were surrounding some guards. Well, she wasn't going to let them have their way!
She quickly reversed direction and starting casting a spell. Moments later, vines started creeping out of the ground to entangle the enemy ponies.
(Is this gonna be some kind of dynasty warriors situation or something where everyone's useless in fighting except the players tearing through hundreds of enemies? lol )
OOC: The pegasi and earth ponies can't do much against magic, so unicorns are going to be primarily fighting, pegasi and earth will support later on once they get freed and the enemy are engaged.
( ....maybe.... :3 )
( actually no. Book Keeper's magic power is average for a unicorn. Her talents lie in knowledge; she has thousands of spells at her disposal. So she's going to have to fight smart X3)
(Chibalt might be an exception though, he can counteract spells somewhat with his staff, deflecting or even disrupting them depending on their type, has to smack them with his staff though so inventive mages can still beat him. If he gets close to them though he would have a huge advantage since one, he is fast, two, he hits pretty hard.)
*Wings watched one underling smack face first into the ground as something struck him. Wings took the opportunity to attack, the commotion having distracted the underlings for a moment.* "AAAHHHHH!!!" *Wings screamed something like a battle cry and slammed into the nearest underling. Taking it as a cue, the other surrounded guard quickly did the same, either tackling, or bucking the nearest enemy.*
Maple walked out into the battle as it raged on " ah Felucia I guessed it was you" maple asked with a amusing tone
Aura:
*Seeing the sudden commotion, Aura flew towards the chaos, and flew into an underling at speed.* "STAY OUT OF MY BASE." *Aura screamed as she threw the underling to the other side of the battle, before turning to help Wings.*
Chibalt had just gotten to the group of underlings that were assaulting Wings too, immediately throwing his staff at one of the underlings that were standing on the sidelines and trying to use spells, the underling only barely managing to block the staff itself only to have Chibalt's armored hooves strike him in the chest right afterwards, sending the underling tumbling away while Chibalt himself caught his staff and jumped into the fight.
*Although the underlings were outnumbered, they had magic on their side, as well as strength and weight. Aura and Wings fought against a single underling, their light and small Pegasus frames doing little against him, only the occasional hoof to the face hurt him.* "Aura this isn't working!" *Wings shouted to Aura over the sounds of battle.*
Aura: "I have an idea, but you might want to cover your ears." *Aura shot up in the air, and gained altitude as quickly as possible.* "I hope this doesn't kill me..." *Aura did a sharp U-turn and flew straight down. A vapor cone began to form at her hooves, and just a few feet from the ground, she pulled up. BOOM! The shockwave from a sonic boom spread over the base, shattering windows, briefly deafening ponies, and shocking many ponies as well. The fighting slowed from the shock, both allies and enemies were stunned.*
The diversion group at the gate dodge the attacks, Felucia shoots some fireballs at the ponies.
The raider group places a naturally occurring flammable jelly on the wall. Rio shoots a fireball at it which blasts a large hole in the wall.
Come on, let's finish our mission.
Rio and the underlings following him enter the base and head for the mess hall.
OOC: What? No reaction to a point blank sonic boom? Happy Nightmare Night BTW!!!
(Heh, spooky scary nightmare night~)
OOC: Have a spooky Nightmare Night!
Freeing himself from his captors, Match charges back to the front gate with his magic at the ready.
//they saw the attack coming and dodged it
You are smarter the I gave you credit for. Still not smart enough though.
The raiders run off with a large amount of food heading back to the rendezvous point.
Noticing the raiders leaving the base with the base's foods supply, he changed his course to intercept them.
Rio intercepts Match allowing the raiders to get further away.
You are no match for our kind.
OOC: Actually, he's a perfect Match lol
Match's pace quickened at the sight off his quarry. He charges strait at Rio, horn first, and the flame on his horn increases in intensity.
Please we are impervious to fire. He stops the attack with his clawed hoof.
Match violently curves to Rio's left and slams into Rio's side with his horn as he continues pursuit of the raiding party.
OOC: how does a clawed hoof work?
Maple stumbled but kept on fighting "On come on I know your just trying to steal something,like food most likely" maple began to circle Around
OOC: No reaction... :c Anyway, I'll wait to post until Dark returns, all I can do now is continue fighting.
((There I hope that made you feel better :D))
OOC: :3 *squee* Thank you! <3
Book Keeper noticed that the raiding party was getting away!
She chewed nervously on her lip. She didn't want to summon a meteor down on them, but she couldn't let them get away either. She thought a bit more, then started casting a spell.
Vines, grass, dirt, and stones rose out of the ground forming a giant plant golem in front of the raiding party.
//sorry about the delay
Looks like I'm needed elsewhere. She teleports to Match knocking him down allowing the raiders to get away.
An underling tackles and pins down Aura.
Oh no you don't.
(Is the distraction party still distracting? Hah.)
*Aura, still flying after the sonic boom, slammed into the ground as something struck her. An underling stood over her, pinning her hooves.* "Get. Off me!" *Aura bucked and twisted to try to free herself.*
Wings: *Although in the middle of the fight by the gate, Wings saw Aura get tackled, and flew from the flight like an arrow. She put her hooves in front of her and slammed into the side of the underling who had Aura pinned.*
Prone on the ground, Match's mind once again begins to race with ideas and after only a few moments on the ground he makes his decision. His horn glows orange with magic and his entire body is engulfed in flames and disappears. Reappearing a few feet away, Match struggles against his wounds to stand once more.
Two more underlings joined the other shooting fireballs towards them.
Felucia stands between Match and the retreating underlings.
Now standing once more, Match's determination to stop the raiders does not cease. He continues his valiant charge against the stalled party.
*Fireballs incoming, the two pegasi shot skywards, leaving the underlings in the dust. The two gained altitude fast, knowing they couldn't do much without magic, so it was best to run.*
Aura: "Thanks for saving my flank back there."
Wings: "Don't thank me just yet, we still have a battle to finish, got any ideas?"
//these two are pegasi/dragon hybrids
The two follow them with the fangs showing.
*Aura glanced down at the battle, only to see two dark ponies shooting up at them.*
Aura: "How about dealing with them first!"
Wings: "I go this way, and go that way." *Wings flew away.*
*Knowing what she meant, Aura shot the opposite direction Wings flew.*
The two split up chasing after both of them.
You won't stop us.
OOC: They better be stoppable, I swear neither side has dealt even the smallest amount of damage.
*With a good distance between them, the began flying up and toward each other in a large arc. The two flew directly at each other at ludicrous speed, in hopes of leading the two dragon ponies into each other. The two pegasi went sideway last second, but Wings was just the tiniest bit to late, and clipped her wing on Aura's back hooves. One wing injured, the grey pegasus began falling from the sky.*
The two underlings crash into each other knocking themselves out.
Rio sees this occur. You feather brains, you can't even fly without crashing into others.
Felucia launches a flare with her magic signaling the underlings to retreat.
Chibalt has been busy keeping two other underlings at bay, doing a surprisingly good job of evoiding their attacks, the armor he still wore thankfully taking the brunt of the damage he could not avoid from time to time. As the flare was launched and his two opponents were distracted for a moment he took the chance and bucked the two, hitting them in the chest with one hoof each and making them stagger backwards. "Geh, how durable ARE you ponies?"
*Aura glances behing her just in time to see the two crash, but notices Wings isn't flying away from them.* "Uh oh." *Aura looked down to see her friend plummet to the ground and land in a tree, snapping branches as she fell.* "HOLD ON WINGS!" *Aura shot down towards her fallen comrade, having forgotten the battle.*
All the underlings except the two that are knocked out have retreated.
"Yeah, that's right! You'd better run!" Book Keeper shouted as the plant golem lumbered after them.
(I post, go to the chat, and notice 40 minutes later a whole slew of posts X3)
*Aura landed hard next to Wings, and nudged her with a hoof.*
Wings: "Not now, I'm busy." *She mumbled.*
*Aura pulled her friend onto her back and flew out from under the cover of the trees. With all the underling having retreated, or in the process of doing so, Aura landed near the guards at the front gate.* "She's unconscious, we need the medics for her and the wounded." *Aura ordered a few guards, and sat next to her friend. The Lieutenant missing for the moment, Aura took command.*
OOC: LOL lol X3 We were busy.
//what about the two that got knocked out, they are laying on the ground
Felucia and Rio organize the food they took while the underlings patrol around.
OOC: Was waiting for another post to break it up.
*Aura began shouting more orders to the guards.* "First, find the two underlings that crashed some where in the forest, bring them to interrogation! Second, role call, make sure every pony is accounted for. Third, check for what was damaged, or stolen. Fourth, get some rest, we need fresh guards out here ASAP."
(You forgot something Dark Hooves...)
The plant golem suddenly crashes through the trees by the raiding party.
OOC: Oh yeah... forgot about that. XD
Maple had't seen the underling come and felt a picering jab hit his cybernetic eye smashing in the class so there was only sparks and some oil dripping out " oh buck my eye " maple turned hit it square in the face . After getting the terrible nausea he stumbled right into the sergeant as he was holding his eye
OOC: I'm Back :)
A plant golem, follow me. No worries, we've hidden the food already.
The underlings all follow Felucia which they all jump over a hidden pitfall trap big enough for even the biggest of foes.
The lumbering golem slowly approaches the hidden trap.
(It's a plant golem, Dark Hooves. A plant golem X3)
The plant golem roared as it suddenly fell into the pit trap with a large crash. It immediately began seeking a way out.
Match races after them, easily clearing the pitfall trap. He is only a few short yards behind the party now. Seizing the opportunity, he teleports himself right in front of the group and uses his momentum to charge straight through their lines.
(really? you just charged in there without backup? :/)
OOC: He's rushing with adrenaline and is throwing caution to the wind because he wan'ts to be the hero that he reads about in his books. He's also been very solitary for most of his adolescence and is trying to prove himself to not only his superiors, but also himself. I was thinking of him levitating the golem out of the hole, but I thought that would either be too powerful or take too long.
(Ah, ok. I just keep thinking back to all times I played that way in D&D and got my character killed X3)
OOC: Oh, He's definitely doing a final charge right now!
Quote from: annosrules on 2014 Nov 02, 10:33:33
Match races after them, easily clearing the pitfall trap. He is only a few short yards behind the party now. Seizing the opportunity, he teleports himself right in front of the group and uses his momentum to charge straight through their lines.
Felucia stops the charging unicorn easily. I commend you for your bravery, but you are foolish for charging in without back up.
Rio strikes Match on the back of his head knocking him out.
Leave him here. She teleports the whole group away.
The plant golem starts climbing out of the pit trap.
Match succumbs to his wounds and, with a scream, falls unconscious to the ground.
((Sigh I need electric to responed :D))
The plant golem climbs out of the pit with a roar of triumph. The moment it finishes, it falls apart; the magic used to animate it spent.
Match gains consciousness and jumps back onto his feet only to collapse back onto the ground. There he lies gowning in pain.
Book Keeper runs up to Aura. "Ma'am!" she saluted. "Is there anything I can do to help out now?"
OOC: Oops, sorry about that. I'm back now though :D
*Aura was bumped forward by another pony, and spun to face them. She gasped in surprise to see Lieutenant Maple standing there, wires sticking out from his cybernetic eye, and oil dripping onto his coat.* "Lieutenant! I uhmmm, I didn't see you there, are you alright?" *Aura saluted quickly, before replying to the voice behind her, not looking to see who it was.* "Tell the medics to hurry up, then take role call, make sure EVERYPONY is accounted for."
Book Keeper saluted again. "Yes, ma'am!" she barked, and left to tell the medics to hurry up.
*Laying on the ground beside Aura laid the unconscious Wings, still out from her fall. She twitched slightly as she dreamed.* "Aura..." *Wings spoke in a voice so quiet nopony but her could hear.*
"I'm good..." Maple suddenly felt sick and stumbled back a bit " wow that was new" he replied still holding his eye
"What's new, sir?" *Aura lowered her hoof from her salute and stood watching the Lieutenant.*
"Medic! We needed that healing ten minutes ago!" Book Keeper yelled at one of the medics.
"I'm doing the best that I can," the medic replied coldly. "Your screaming at me doesn't help matters."
Book Keeper's ears flattened. "Oh. R-right," she whispered. She started to wander about, taking down the names of the ponies around.
"Just never felt like that for awhile " maple started to to walk forward but stumbled agian the oil was now dryed on his hoof
"Sir, are you alright?" *Aura followed the Lieutenant, her armor clanking together from the damage it took.*
Book Keeper kept on taking names.
"Well aside from losing an eye I'm just peachy sergeant" maple replied in a sarcastic tone. "Sorry that was rude" he groaned sitting down
"You were stumbling, got a bit worried." *Since the Lieutenant say, Aura returned to her friend's side as she laid unconcious still.*
Book Keeper galloped back to Aura. "Ma'am!" she saluted. "All ponies except one are accounted for!"
"Ah, Private Book, that was you earlier. Who is missing?"
"The new recruit, ma'am! Private Match!"
"Oh no... This can't be good, we have no idea what his fighting ability was, and he didn't even have armor! We better find him, and hope he's in one piece." *Aura's face had a worried expression, she knew this could be very bad.*
"You talking about the one who ran after them into the forest? Bit of a stupid move considering how well trained those ponies were, and also how stupidly sturdy they seemed to be." Chibalt said while limping over to them, the cause for the limp becoming apparent as some of his armour had bent in a rather unlucky fashion.
"Could somepony pass me a bandage" maple asked
Book Keeper passed the lieutenant a bandage. "Ma'am! I know a spell that can help us find him!"
*Wings slowly came to, her eyes slowly fluttering open. She could feel a pain in her left wing, and she felt the stone pressing against her as she laid on the ground. She could see four purple hooves next to her, Aura's, she was safe.* "Hey." *Wings poked at one of Aura's hooves.*
Aura: *Aura jumped in surprise as she felt something brush her leg.* "AHHH! Oh... It's you, thank Celestia you're alright!" *Aura looked down at Wings with joyful eyes, before turning back Book with a serious expression.* "You were saying something about a spell?"
Maple lifted his hoof away from his eye as as bulg of wires fell out abd onto the ground . Then he wrapped the bandage around his eye and side of head
"I know a spell that help find Private Match," Book Keeper repeated. "If we have anything that belongs to him, even if it's just a hair, I can use it to track him down."
Match slowly limps towards the group of ponies, his spirit as broken as his third and fourth rib.
"Well, there must be something, at least a hair, in his room. It's number 101 if I'm not mistaken. Go find it and do the spell, I need to stay out here." *Aura pointed towards the Barracks before turning to Wings.*
Maple started to see black spots in his vision getting up he made his was to the HQ to call the captain
Book Keeper saluted, then galloped towards the barracks to find something belonging to the new recruit.
*With her attention focused on her injured friend, Aura failed to notice Match approach, or the Lieutenant leave.*
Maple enters the office slumping into his chair he call the captain
Book Keeper arrived at room 101 at the barracks. She stepped inside to find a plain room, with some things she assumed belonged to Private Match.
"Right, let's get this over with," she muttered.
She took a well worn object from the pile, and started casting.
OOC: Match didn't bring any possessions with him... Rio might of though.
OOC: That was the plan, I figured Rio would have brought stuff, this would keep Dark in the RP because we would be tracking them. You might what to make some noise by the way Match, Aura isn't really paying attention.
(You know, Chibalt DID point out he saw Match running after the raiding party, didn't notice?)
Match reaches Aura an Wings, but pays them no heed and continues to the base.
OOC: Match could have been miles into the (Everfree?) forest by the time you guys regrouped, might even have gotten lost. Their plan is a valid one.
OOC: :O Whoops, sorry Chibalt, not totally with it right now. Let's just say everypony missed due to the aftermath of the battle throwing them off.
Match knocks on Lt. Maplewood's office door.
Book Keeper finished casting the spell. She levitated the object, which shined very faintly. She trotted out of the room.
*Aura laid next to Wings, and waited for her friend to fell well enough to stand.* "Take your time Wings."
Wings: "I plan on it... Might want to bring some pillows though."
Book Keeper soon reached Aura. "Ma'am! The closer to Match we get, the brighter this object of his will shine," she said, indicating the levitating object.
Quote from: ElectricAura on 2014 Nov 02, 14:57:41
OOC: That was the plan, I figured Rio would have brought stuff, this would keep Dark in the RP because we would be tracking them. You might what to make some noise by the way Match, Aura isn't really paying attention.
//Rio left behind the armor he was wearing.
OOC: Let's say he left a book in the room, for RPs sake. I have an idea BTW if you follow me to OOC chat!
*Aura brought her attention to Book.* "Excellent! Wings, get to the medics and get fixed. Book, you and I will go find Match."
Book Keeper nodded. "Yes ma'am!"
//the idea is excellent
Felucia, Rio, and the underlings settle down to relax after a successful raid.
*Aura watched Wings as she made her way to the infirmary before turning back to Book.* "Okay, now that she is taken care of, let's go find Private Match, assuming he is still in one piece."
Match knocks again on Lt. Maple's office door, his patience thinning.
OOC: This is gonna be so good!!! *rubs hooves together*
"Come in" maple coughed still trying to contact the captain
A battered and beaten Match opens the door and walks into Maple's office. He raises his head and begins to give his report, but is shocked by the battered state of Maple and stalls for a few moment. But with a shake of his head he collects himself and tells Maple,"I am sorry to report that the raiders escaped with our food. I take personal responsibility in this matter due to my failures in both discovering the scout earlier and in failing to prevent the raiders from escaping into the forest, Sir.".
"Ba it's not your fault for catching them it was just you,but the fact that you didn't report anything about Rio troubles me" maple got the communicator working
((I'd like to join, but my OC is already in the guards as a captain...))
"With all do respect sir, I did inform you of Rio's suspicious appearance and you took him in as one of your guards."
Maple looked up his face more menacing with the bandage on" you did is that right hmm well then good job" and imputed the code for the captains holo
Reassuring Maple of his allegiance, Match asks him,"Is their anything else you require of me sir?"
"No I'm good " maple waved him off
Felucia gives Rio a promotion. A job well done Rio, you deserve it. She leaves a hot branding iron with the new rank emblem on it.
Rio winces after burning the new emblem on his left shoulder.
"Yes ma'am!" Book Keeper lead Aura into the forest.
*Aura quickly adjusted her battered armor before following Book Keeper.* "Hopefully this doesn't take to long, I've had a long day."
Book Keeper continued to lead them through the forest, the object shining brighter and brighter.
"I can't believe he followed them this far, and without armor!" *Aura continued to follow the white unicorn, looking around at her surroundings as she went.*
The object shined very brightly. "He must be close!" Book Keeper said excitedly.
"Fantastic!" *Aura galloped after Book.*
"My gosh maple what happened" he hears the captains voice
Now, let's move on with our lives and tend to our young.
Yes, lets.
OOC: Where is Felucia? This way the RP makes sense when we find her.
//in their tribe lands, they are tending to the young dragon ponies.
Match retires to his dorm for some well deserved rest.
OOC: Is it a village, cave, clearing? I just want to make sense.
//a clearing with crudely made tents out of sticks and large leaves
A black unicorn mare with a white mane stepped off of a carriage, she was a captain from Manehatten who had been transfered to Cantermore for the time being.
"Here we are!" Book Keeper sang as the two ponies entered a clearing with crudely made tents out of sticks and large leaves. Filled with dragon ponies.
She gulped.
*Aura wasn't looking where she was going and walked right into the stopped Book.* "OOFH! Wha? Oh..." *Aura stared at the camp with wide eyes.*
Being unable to sleep, Match goes to the library to do some research.
"Hmm kinda had some resistance I couple of minutes ago" he sighed
The mare walked into the library, she was intent on finding a map of the area.
Books fly past Grey Scale's snout and over to the only table with a lit lamp, where a badly beaten Colt with a grey coat and a fiery mane sits.
Felucia is showing off her battlescars to the young dragon ponies.
You are so awesome Ms. Felucia.
I want to be just like you Ms. Felucia.
Just be yourself little girl and thank you little boy. She pats both of their heads. I see your horns are starting to grow little boy.
The colt smiles happily.
Rio watches for danger flying around, he has yet to notice the trespassers.
Grey shook her head at the young recruit, then decided to ask them for map. You there, recruit! Where can maps be located in this library?
*Aura gave a worried look to Book, before whispering.* "Turn around... And run, FAST."
Turning to face the grey mare, Match answers, "Sorry to inform you ma'am, but this is my first time in this library, and I haven't a clue where the maps are stored.". Finished with his answer, Match turned back to the large book he was reading before being interrupted by Grey.
Grey sighed Go figure, you would think somepony would be able to know anything in this place..
Ponies, why are they here?! He descends quickly right in front of them.
He growls at them.
Still nose deep in his tome, Match tells Grey, "You could always ask Lt. Maple where the librarian is, his office is marked on the itinerary outside the library."
Grey looked to the recruit Noted. What is your name recruit?
"Oh... Not good." *Aura stood still, staring at the underling, not realizing it was Rio.*
Seemingly taking no interest in the conversation at hand, Match utters plainly, "Private Match Stick, as of two days ago."
Matchstick eh? Well private, it might do you well to learn my name and rank. I am Captain Grey Scale, head of the Royal Street Guards. As she said all this, she was thinking about this recruits attitude towards commanding officers, and how bad it was.
The call suddenly ended as shining was about to ask something
Hearing Grey's rank, Match springs out of his seat, stands at attention and states, "Private Match at your service, Ma'am!".
" oh hay " the device short circuits
Grey mentally chuckled, but kept her face bland of emotion. Better, for the sake of not getting stripped of rank, I suggest you assume that every enlisted pony you meet is in higher rank than you. It will save a lot of trouble in the future.
Keeping his composure, Match replies, "Yes Ma'am!"
OOC: Since Dark and Book are away, I'll switch back to Wings.
*Wings stood up after having her wing wrapped up, and began trotting towards the barracks.* "I need sleep..." *She continued forward, head down.*
"I think we should run away now," Book Keeper whispered to Aura.
Aura: "A little late for that..." *Aura whispered in return, still not moving.*
I know you two, you were guarding the base. Why have you followed us here?
*Aura stared and studied the dark underling.* "Wait... Rio! You... You made the raid happen, you caused all this!" *Aura stomped a hoof, snorted, and her eyes narrowed. She glanced around the camp, and knew there was no way she could start a fight and win.* "We didn't follow you, we followed Match. Book, run."
We have young that need food and no bits to buy food with. He snarls back.
Grey sighed At ease private, tell me, where is your SOs' office.
((SO means Senior Officer))
((I assumed as much))
Match relaxes and answers Cpt. Grey by saying, "Lt. Maple's office is the third door on the left in the administrative wing in the main building. His door has a large sign, so you shouldn't miss it."
*Aura stood her ground, knowing that at any moment somepony else could notice the argument.* "Get a job, grow some food, don't come and attack us, and steal our food! You and your group better not come back... Ever."
Several underlings notice the commotion but stay behind Rio.
You think we haven't tried to get jobs. Nopony hires our kind.
"That may be true... But you can grow food, you have hooves, you can plants seeds." *Aura was beginning to back up, slowly, in preparation to turn and run with Book.*
We have nothing! Don't you understand?
"You have dirt, right at your hooves." *Aura spoke in a condescending tone, angered by the attack, and upset that Wings, along with others, had been injured.*
Dirt, what can we do with dirt. We have no seeds and no running water. We drink from rivers and lakes and forage food from bushes. Which isn't enough for our growing numbers.
Book Keeper noticed Aura tensing, like she was preparing to run. She did the same.
"Hmm what to do now" maple started to say to him self
"1000 years ago ponies did it without help from modern technology." *Aura now noticed the underlings who had seen them and were watching.* "BOOK RUN!"
Get some pony to teach us the modern ways of living and maybe we will be allies. He turns around gesturing the underlings to follow him.
Felucia tends to the young ones making sure the each get food to eat.
*Aura turned and ran, but forgot to check to see if Book was behind her.* "Oh this is so not good." *Aura whispered to herself as she ran.*
Book Keeper ran away as fast as she could. "WAIT FOR ME!" she bellowed.
*Aura turned her head and shouted behind her.* "Hurry!"
Rio and the underlings do not pursue being that they don't want to start a war between themselves and the royal guard.
Maple started to pace the room trying to think of what to do
Grey exited the room and left to find the Maplewood. She quickly found his office and knocked accordingly.
((Just so you know, Captain is higher than Lieutenant in rank))
((Trust me I know just finished talking to my officer :D)) "yes come in" maple not noticing the pony how enter due to his lack of vision
((He's blind?))
Grey looked at Maplewood Lieutenant Maplewood I presume? I'm Captain Grey Scale, transfer from Manehatten.
(No his cybernetic eye got punched out )) " Mam!" Maple salutes the captain
Grey returned the salute I was transferred here to train the new recruits. From the looks of the one I met, they need it. As she said this, she observed the room around her, mentally planning for any possibility that could ensue.
"Well it's been a busy day here" maple sighed
*Aura continued to run until she could no longer see the light from the campfire. She sat, and caught her breath as Book caught up.*
That may well be true, but for now, the recruits need training. Could you please brief me on both the names of the recruits, and the activity that has happened today?
OOC: Back to Wings point of view.
*Wings trotted past the slightly opened door of the Lieutenant's office. She paused when she heard two voices, and listened for a brief moment before continuing to the room her and Aura shared.*
Grey flicked her ear towards the door, then ignored it when the hoofsteps continued on.
*Wings pushed the door open, and walked to the bunk bed she shared with Aura. Tired, and beaten from the battle, she flopped onto Aura's bottom bunk, and fell asleep.*
"Private match is the newest recruit here is his file " maple handed his file over
Felucia, Rio, and the underlings get at ease as the trespassers left. The young ones start to play while the older ones watch over them.
Grey chuckled dryly as she flipped through the file. Private Matchstick was who I first met. After I said my rank he came to attention, but with him I think it would be best to work on his maintaining respect for those of higher rank, and based off this profile, some extra weight training. His physical shows decreased physical strength which could endanger either his, or the lives of those around him in a combat situation.
Back in the forest.
*Still not knowing Match was safe, Aura began going through ideas on how to rescue him from the camp.* "We need to do it soon..." *She spoke to herself, before thinking that maybe she and Book could do it alone.*
"He did what!!" Maple groaned
Came to attention, only after I said my rank that is. Grey was somewhat surprised by the sudden outburst from the Lieutenant.
"Sorry the pain from my resent injury and the stress of my base being attacked has been rough" maple sat down
Grey nodded in understanding, then raised an eyebrow. Your base ws attacked? By whom?
" Well raided by underlings they stole some food" at this he took out some cider
Grey sighed They've been attacking bases all over Equestria, we need to g et them under control. But of what I've seen, they don't actually harm anypony, just take food and supplies. We can always grow more, but it would be best to avoid having to completely.
"Whew," said Book Keeper as she came into sight of Aura, breathing lightly. "That was a little heart pounding. "
Rio watch over things, I'm going to be out for a while.
Yes ma'am.
Felucia heads out towards known timberwolf territory.
"Yeah and then there's the tanks " he took a sip of cider
Match continues reading the large tome and puts the rest of the books into the return bin, he found what he was looking for. Match takes out his notebook and quill, and starts writing.
*Aura looked at Book as she approached.* "That I was, but we need to go back, Match is in there."
Book Keeper nodded. "What do you suggest?" she asked.
Nap time little ones. You need your rest so you can grow big and strong.
The young dragon ponies all give a yawn and quickly fall asleep.
I don't want war, we just need food for them. She whispers to Rio.
I agree, I hope we find a way to peacefully acquire food instead of just taking it.
I do too.
"Look, we have no idea where Match is, so you can use that spell again once we sneak into camp. They'll be asleep soon and we can find him then." *Aura began drawing out a plan in the dirt.*
Finding himself quite tired, Match returns to his dorm to sleep.
Book Keeper pays close attention to Aura's plan.
Rio wakes finding several of the young ones cuddled up with him. He smiles and stays still so not to disturb them.
Match wakes up feeling much better, and decides to see what Lt. Maplewood has in store for him today.
"So captain would you mind help that private out I sent him to the demolition tech but that ended badly" maple asked
Grey nodded Sure I'll help him, hopefully it will teach him something.
"Yes let's hope" maple keeps going some file's
OOC: Sorry, I spent the day in NYC a and didn't have time to RP.
"Okay Book, got the plan?" *Aura asked with a determined look in her eyes.*
Match Knocks on Lt. Maple's office door. *Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Yes, ma'am! I got it it!" Book Keeper saluted.
Sergeant Icy Inferno knocked on the door. ((can ponies even knock???)) "Uh... Sir? Everything alright in there?" She asked.
//they can, they tap their hoof on the door
Felicia, we haven't had any response from them. I guess no one is coming to help.
I know, let's wait a little bit longer.
Of course ma'am.
"Come over in" maple pit the cider away
"Y-Yes, Sir," She opened the door and timidly stepped inside. "Is... Is there anything you wanted to tell me, Sir? That's if... If you want you, that is..." She stammered. Sh was the least bit afraid of Maple; she heard that he commanded his team with an iron hoof. She stood by the doorway, waiting for any command.
"Oh sergeant nice to see you did you see a private out there as well" maple asked he looked more menacing with his bandaged eYe
Match patiently waits outside while the Sgn. Grey talks with Lt. Maple.
"Good, let's move." *Aura flew up high, and spread her wings so she could silently glide to the camp.*
Book Keeper cast a spell of silence around her to hide her hoofsteps
*Aura landed quietly just a small way away from the camp, in the cover of the trees, and scouted.*
Felucia, Rio and the other dragon ponies eat their breakfast.
Book Keeper approached the camp. She sought out a hiding place while Aura scouted.
*Aura silently made her way towards book, making a map in her head. When she reached Book, she silently motioned for her to follow.*
Book Keeper nodded, then followed Aura.
*Once around to the side of the camp, Aura whispered to Book to do the spell.* "I think he's in one of those tents."
Book Keeper nodded again, then cast the spell. The object shined brightly.
Rio sees the shining object and growls. Felucia does the same. The young dragon ponies head into to biggest tent which is roughly the size of a castle.
Book Keeper laughed nervously. "Ehehehe...oops?"
"Quickly, keep going."
They both continue growling at the shining object, not knowing who is there.
Book Keeper quickly canceled the spell, and followed Aura.
*Aura poked her head into one tent, but it was only supplies.*
"Y-yes, Sir, I did, Sir!" Icy Inferno trembled.
((Srry this is late; i was RPing w/ Gamepad and other ppl))
Rio sees hoof tracks that aren't from dragon ponies.
Trespassers in our land again.
Find them.
They split up following the tracks.
//dinner bbl
*Aura pulled her head out of the supply tent and snuck over to another tent to peek in. The tent contained beds for the dragon ponies.* "Still nothing." *Aura was growing frustrated.*
Rio finds Aura and sneaks over to her. He taps her shoulder.
*Aura pulled her head out of the tent and began speaking, thinking it was Book.* "Still nothing Book." *She turned towards who she thought was Book.* "ACK!"
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Rio sees hoof tracks that aren't from dragon ponies.
Trespassers in our land again.
Find them.
They split up following the tracks.
//dinner bbl
Icy Inferno snuck up behind Rio. "Non-dragon pony tracks? That would be me, dear Rio," She said. She unfolded her bat wings and then folded them again. "And I am no intruder, Rio.." She curled her mouth into an evil smile. "I am Seargent "Schnee" Inferno. I am no foe..." She chuckled. "But I am no friend either." She sashayed away, eventually turning her trot into a full gallop then unfolding her wide bat wings and lifting gracefully off.
Why are you here?! He pays no attention to the bat pony who flew away.
((me? if yes, then:
"No reason..." She flapped in the skies above. "No reason at all..." She whispered and flew someplace else, perhaps more exciting that this one.
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Icy "Schnee" Inferno landed somewhere in the distance. She entered the tent that was located in the forest and grinned to her bat-pony comrades. "Enemy tent at X:675 Y:789. Infiltrate. You know the drill. NOW FLY, PONIES, FLY!!" "Schnee" grinned deviosly. "They will never know what hit them. After we do, we move to the undergrounds of Fillydelphia." She thought. Schnee lived a life like this. A double, triple life, even.
Boy, did she fool some ponies.
"Where is Private Match!? Where is he?"
((Can somepony tell me what the hay is going on :I))
//Aura and Book Keeper are in the village of the dragon ponies.
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 09, 20:44:39
Aura and Book Keeper are in the village of the dragon ponies.
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((Can somepony tell me what the hay is going on :I))
((No idea. I'm playing along with it. I'll try to explain, Maple))
And my oc Icy "Schnee" Inferno is planning a sneak attack (infiltration) on the tent and the village, too with her army of bat-ponies.
((I'm waiting for orders is what's going on >:/))
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Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 09, 20:44:39
Aura and Book Keeper are in the village of the dragon ponies.
Quote from: Maplewood on 2014 Nov 09, 20:41:38
((Can somepony tell me what the hay is going on :I))
((No idea. I'm playing along with it. I'll try to explain, Maple))
And my oc Icy "Schnee" Inferno is planning a sneak attack (infiltration) on the tent and the village, too with her army of bat-ponies.
Also, your oc is snoring in his office. (unaware to whats going on lol)
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Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 09, 20:47:00
Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 09, 20:45:57
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 09, 20:44:39
Aura and Book Keeper are in the village of the dragon ponies.
Quote from: Maplewood on 2014 Nov 09, 20:41:38
((Can somepony tell me what the hay is going on :I))
((No idea. I'm playing along with it. I'll try to explain, Maple))
And my oc Icy "Schnee" Inferno is planning a sneak attack (infiltration) on the tent and the village, too with her army of bat-ponies.
Also, your oc is snoring in his office. (unaware to whats going on lol)
((Ok, i'll go, and you continue))
"Oi, Maple, you awake?" Icy whispers as she walks into his office. He is asleep. "OI! MAPLEWOOD!" She seems to loose her fear towards him as she wakes him. "Who-Ah-Huh?" He wakes, alert.
Be on your guard, I don't trust bat ponies. Double the guards are to be on patrol.
The underlings get ready and start patrolling around.
((But I wasn't even asleep :l)) "match come in " maple asked
Book Keeper left a tent full of odd trinkets. Not far away the pony she had seen earlier at the base, standing behind Aura!
She gulped, reviewed her memory for a spell, then started to cast it.
Rio catches a glimpse of a glow, he sees Book Keeper ready to cast a spell. Unsure of what it is he prepares to dodge it.
*Aura looked where Rio faced, wondering why he suddenly ignored her. She saw Book casting something, and took the opportunity. She knocked Rio over and flew towards Book.* "Run! We need more then just the two of us!"
Stay out of our territory!
//with that i'm calling it a night, c u all l8r
Book Keeper stopped the spell mid-cast, and ran away
Rio heads inside the small castle finding all the young ones sleeping.
Match enters Maple's office and says, "Private Match reporting for duty, Sir."
Meanwhile, Icy "Schnee" Inferno flew above the village, spying the guards. "Bloody guards," She muttered in her strong Caneighdian accent she'd developed after living there her whole life. "Crescent Rogues(for that was the name of her squadron)! ATTACK!!!" She screamed with all of Tartarus's fury. Bat ponies swarmed the area, plummeting down to the village below.
Schnee grinned. This heist has been so far successful, she thought. By Luna, I hope it'll stay like that. She sighed and landed in a discreet place on the borders of the village.
"Ah yes now have you seen the Sgt anywhere" maple asked
Match replies, "I saw him enter and then leave your office, and waited for you and him to finish your conversation before knocking again."
"sorry i meant aurai think her name was" maple began to sign some papers
"I haven't seen her since yesterdays attack, and now that you mention it, the librarian wasn't at her post either."
*Aura flew back towards base, making sure Book was behind her.*
BACK AT BASE:
*Wings groaned as she slowly woke up, her wing sore.* "Hey Aura." *Wings looked above her at the top bunk, but nopony was there. "Must be on early patrol." *She reasoned with herself before rolling back over and curling up in Aura's bunk.*
"thats strange" maple replied
*Aura landed just outside the gates, with Book still behind her, and casually walked into base, her battered armor clinking with each step.*
"Maybe (pant) I should (pant) run more often," Book Keeper gasped as she hobbled into the base, behind Aura.
"You made it, but yes, running might be a good idea, or fixing that teleport spell." *Aura booped Book's horn playfully.*
Book Keeper cracked a smile at Aura, still panting. "Fat chance (pant) of that happening."
"Come on, we need to report, don't want anypony thinking we abandoned our post."
"(pant) Yeah..."
At the village, the sound of dragon ponies could be heard screaming. The heist/infiltration of the small town was complete. Just as the bat-ponies were taking off, Icy "Schnee" Inferno heard several shouts behind her.
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Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 14:44:58
At the village, the sound of dragon ponies could be heard screaming. The heist/infiltration of the small town was complete. Just as the bat-ponies were taking off, Icy "Schnee" Inferno heard several shouts behind her.
((Am I the only one whos aware of the bat-pony attack on the dragon pony town? no one else knows? Alright, the better for Schnee))
Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 14:44:58
At the village, the sound of dragon ponies could be heard screaming. The heist/infiltration of the small town was complete. Just as the bat-ponies were taking off, Icy "Schnee" Inferno heard several shouts behind her.
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Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 14:44:58
At the village, the sound of dragon ponies could be heard screaming. The heist/infiltration of the small town was complete. Just as the bat-ponies were taking off, Icy "Schnee" Inferno heard several shouts behind her.
((Am I the only one whos aware of the bat-pony attack on the dragon pony town? no one else knows? Alright, the better for Schnee))
//i went to work and never got the chance to post their actions against the attack
The dragon ponies form a defensive line with claws and teeth ready.
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 17:26:09
Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 14:44:58
At the village, the sound of dragon ponies could be heard screaming. The heist/infiltration of the small town was complete. Just as the bat-ponies were taking off, Icy "Schnee" Inferno heard several shouts behind her.
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Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 14:44:58
At the village, the sound of dragon ponies could be heard screaming. The heist/infiltration of the small town was complete. Just as the bat-ponies were taking off, Icy "Schnee" Inferno heard several shouts behind her.
((Am I the only one whos aware of the bat-pony attack on the dragon pony town? no one else knows? Alright, the better for Schnee))
//i went to work and never got the chance to post their actions against the attack
The dragon ponies form a defensive line with claws and teeth ready.
((k ty! ^^)
Bat ponies plummet into the ground, sending enormous shockwaves that make the entire earth tremble. The armoured bat ponies unsheathe their weapons, standing in a crouching offensive pose. Meanwhile, the flying attack bat ponies swoop down upon the seemingly helpless dragon ponies.
Schnee stood at the front of the bat-pony horde, snarling and hissing through her teeth with her black and silver armour.
Then the dragon ponies did something she never expected.
...Their leader stepped forward, and tried to reason with here.
((tell what s/he says and how Schnee reacts))
I am Felucia, leader of this tribe. You are on our land, state your business. If to fight, be ready for quite a rumble. If to forge an alliance, you'll need to prove your worth to us. She snarls at the leader of the bat ponies.
Rio thinks to himself. Their numbers are great, but our strength is greater. If they try to turn us into them, they will learn the error of their ways. our kind has built up resistance to their control methods.
((Oh I wanna join in!))
//go right ahead, it is an open rp
((I wanted to join you and Kai, but other than that...))
*A group of unknown individuals watch in the distance as the scene unfolds before them...*
//thats fine with me
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I am Felucia, leader of this tribe. You are on our land, state your business. If to fight, be ready for quite a rumble. If to forge an alliance, you'll need to prove your worth to us. She snarls at the leader of the bat ponies.
Rio thinks to himself. Their numbers are great, but our strength is greater. If they try to turn us into them, they will learn the error of their ways. our kind has built up resistance to their control methods.
"We," Schnee shmoozed, (for she has a persuading talker, thank Luna) "are here to infiltrate~" She pressed her snout onto the leader's, "YOU!" She growled. "ATTACK!!!" She screamed, pouncing onto the leader, baring her teeth and grinning, pinning her down. "We are not a force to be
reckoned with, and we've won numerous battles..." Schnee whispered,
"And I am NOT going to lose this one!" She deviously smirked. The 'claws' on her armoured hooves were centimeters away from Felucia's throat...
((oooh, tension. I love where this is going))
Felucia being a very experienced warrior kicks The enemy leader off from her, this sends her into the air. ATTACK!
The other dragon ponies charge at the bat ponies, except for a few that stay back to guard the young ones.
Rio flies up to the leader and shoots a fireball at her. Two others move to flanking positions to attack from the sides.
The rest clash with the advancing bat ponies to stop them in their tracks.
*Their wait was over...*
*Out from the trees comes three dragon ponies from another place. One of which Felucia knows. Razor Thorn, and her sister Claw Thorn, and their partner Abyssal Ruins walks slowly unto the battlefield. CT chuckles*
*While walking to the barracks, Aura noticed a cloud of smoke in the distance.* "Hey Book, does that seem a bit strange to you?" *Aura pointed at the cloud with a hoof.*
Book Keeper studied the cloud. "It looks like it's rising from the dragon ponies' camp!"
"Let's report in and let them know." *Although tierd, Aura dashed to the Lieutenant's office and knocked on the door.*
Book Keeper followed Aura to the lieutenant's office.
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*Their wait was over...*
*Out from the trees comes three dragon ponies from another place. One of which Felucia knows. Razor Thorn, and her sister Claw Thorn, and their partner Abyssal Ruins walks slowly unto the battlefield. CT chuckles*
Razor Thorn! Please assist us expel these trespassers from our lands. She knocks out two of the bat ponies.
Razor Thorn(looking at Felucia with uncaring eyes): So this is what happens when your dragon ponies fight another enemy.... I'm a little disappointed, if not, mostly...
Claw Thorn: Who wants to fight Bat ponies anyway? It's not worth our time, nor effort.
Abyssal Ruins: We are here to make a decision with the Bat Ponies, not to talk amongst about the upper hand.
Razor: So you better be grateful Felucia...
((brb eat time! don't start the good part without me!)) :3
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 19:18:21
Felucia being a very experienced warrior kicks The enemy leader off from her, this sends her into the air. ATTACK!
The other dragon ponies charge at the bat ponies, except for a few that stay back to guard the young ones.
Rio flies up to the leader and shoots a fireball at her. Two others move to flanking positions to attack from the sides.
The rest clash with the advancing bat ponies to stop them in their tracks.
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Quote from: GlassMirror on 2014 Nov 10, 19:21:57
*Their wait was over...*
*Out from the trees comes three dragon ponies from another place. One of which Felucia knows. Razor Thorn, and her sister Claw Thorn, and their partner Abyssal Ruins walks slowly unto the battlefield. CT chuckles*
Razor Thorn! Please assist us expel these trespassers from our lands. She knocks out two of the bat ponies.
"I am NOT going to be DEFEATED THIS easily!!" Schnee and her army knock out quite a few dragon ponies. "And YOU..." Schnee growls, sneaking up behind Felucia and throwing the other ponies (abyssal ruins, claw thorn, razor thorn). "You ruined my master plan. You WILL PAY!!!!" She screams, jumping on Felucia, knocking her to the ground as she slices her neck with her armoured hooves. Schnee hissed and brought a knife to her main artery. She slices and a shadow of a frown is let on Felucia's face. Schnee looks for a heartbeat, finds none, and then knocks out another three dragon ponies.
"What in the name of Celestia?!" A group of dragon ponies stare at their fallen leader, and then staring in pure fear at Schnee.
((srry, I posted this at 8:14, I hope u had/are having a good dinner/night! ^-^))
OOC: 8:14? Usually we go until 2:00 AM, don't be sorry. :D
//again, no chance to let my character act, and who are you to say what the tribe under Felucia's rule does, i never said for anyone to control my oc and the supporting characters for her :l
"Good grace what is it now" maple stood up outraged
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 20:18:38
//again, no chance to let my character act, and who are you to say what the tribe under Felucia's rule does, i never said for anyone to control my oc and the supporting characters for her :l
((same goes for me kinda... my OCs didn't even do anything yet... :o ...But...))
Razor: (walks to schnee): I know you, but you don't know me, and I tend to keep it that way... I don't care what you do to this place, but I ask, no, describe of a mere decision that will take place now, and to foresee this... You have to accept this.
//I'll just ignore Kai's post until she edits it
Felucia moves her head only receiving a scratch on her cheek. Felucia uses her levitation to throw the enemy leader off from her up into the sky. Rio flies after the enemy leader launching another fireball at her.
*Claw Thorn flies to Felucia*
CT: We usually don't worry about other dragon ponies who are not of our native blood, but you're an exception, especially for your small group of dragon ponies... But no worries needed, for Razor Thorn will not put your land in her decisions and deals... At least that's what she said. *she chuckles*
Felucia kips up. I don't go looking for fights and neither does my tribe, we only defend ourselves from any who bring aggressive intentions to us.
CT: Well Razor is gonna change all of that... This is gonna be hilarious. lol
((do you want to keep going without Kai?)) o.O
//I'm willing to give Kai a chance to RP fairly and not power play, I'll wait for now
((ok :3 ))
Quote from: GlassMirror on 2014 Nov 10, 21:27:45
CT: Well Razor is gonna change all of that... This is gonna be hilarious. lol
((do you want to keep going without Kai?)) o.O
Uhh.. srry I was watchin cinema sins mlp, anyway:
Schnee was knocked to the ground by a dragon pony, and she couldn't see who it was.. Felucia?! She thought. "But how..?!" She stammered.
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Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 21:29:59
//I'm willing to give Kai a chance to RP fairly and not power play, I'll wait for now
What's power play again? o.O
((Yrs I'm still trying to figure out how kai,s oc went from a royal guard in my office to a leader of a bar pony group god my head hurts D:))
"Explain what's going on Sgt" maple asked
Quote from: GlassMirror on 2014 Nov 10, 20:48:06
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 20:18:38
//again, no chance to let my character act, and who are you to say what the tribe under Felucia's rule does, i never said for anyone to control my oc and the supporting characters for her :l
((same goes for me kinda... my OCs didn't even do anything yet... :o ...But...))
Razor: (walks to schnee): I know you, but you don't know me, and I tend to keep it that way... I don't care what you do to this place, but I ask, no, describe of a mere decision that will take place now, and to foresee this... You have to accept this.
"W-what do you mean?" Schnee asks, confused and slighty scared of the dragon ponies sudden burst of power. "I... I think t's too late to say sorry, but... I'm sorry! I didn't want it to end this way! I planned to just loot the towna little and leave! I didn't want to hurt anypony! But when I saw the line of dragon ponies ready for attack, I... I lost my mind... I'm sorry, whatever your name is! I just... don't want to die..."
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Quote from: Maplewood on 2014 Nov 10, 21:46:00
((Yrs I'm still trying to figure out how kai,s oc went from a royal guard in my office to a leader of a bar pony group god my head hurts D:))
"Explain what's going on Sgt" maple asked
"I was never really Sgt.. I mean, I am, or was, but I wanted to earn your trust for you to defend me if I got caught for looting the city/town (whatevs). But now, I... I'm probably going to be killed and, Lt. Maplewood... I- I'm sorry..."
Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 21:49:25
Quote from: GlassMirror on 2014 Nov 10, 20:48:06
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 20:18:38
//again, no chance to let my character act, and who are you to say what the tribe under Felucia's rule does, i never said for anyone to control my oc and the supporting characters for her :l
((same goes for me kinda... my OCs didn't even do anything yet... :o ...But...))
Razor: (walks to schnee): I know you, but you don't know me, and I tend to keep it that way... I don't care what you do to this place, but I ask, no, describe of a mere decision that will take place now, and to foresee this... You have to accept this.
"W-what do you mean?" Schnee asks, confused and slighty scared of the dragon ponies sudden burst of power. "I... I think t's too late to say sorry, but... I'm sorry! I didn't want it to end this way! I planned to just loot the towna little and leave! I didn't want to hurt anypony! But when I saw the line of dragon ponies ready for attack, I... I lost my mind... I'm sorry, whatever your name is! I just... don't want to die..."
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Quote from: Maplewood on 2014 Nov 10, 21:46:00
((Yrs I'm still trying to figure out how kai,s oc went from a royal guard in my office to a leader of a bar pony group god my head hurts D:))
"Explain what's going on Sgt" maple asked
"I was never really Sgt.. I mean, I am, or was, but I wanted to earn your trust for you to defend me if I got caught for looting the city/town (whatevs). But now, I... I'm probably going to be killed and, Lt. Maplewood... I- I'm sorry..."
((ok I get it lol ))
Razor: Such pity from a bat pony... I have a deal to give to you... you give me most of your resources, meaning all, for exchange for all of the land that I am holding for a special occasion, and this might be the occasion. Do you accept..?
Quote from: GlassMirror on 2014 Nov 10, 21:57:09
Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 21:49:25
Quote from: GlassMirror on 2014 Nov 10, 20:48:06
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 20:18:38
//again, no chance to let my character act, and who are you to say what the tribe under Felucia's rule does, i never said for anyone to control my oc and the supporting characters for her :l
((same goes for me kinda... my OCs didn't even do anything yet... :o ...But...))
Razor: (walks to schnee): I know you, but you don't know me, and I tend to keep it that way... I don't care what you do to this place, but I ask, no, describe of a mere decision that will take place now, and to foresee this... You have to accept this.
"W-what do you mean?" Schnee asks, confused and slighty scared of the dragon ponies sudden burst of power. "I... I think t's too late to say sorry, but... I'm sorry! I didn't want it to end this way! I planned to just loot the towna little and leave! I didn't want to hurt anypony! But when I saw the line of dragon ponies ready for attack, I... I lost my mind... I'm sorry, whatever your name is! I just... don't want to die..."
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Quote from: Maplewood on 2014 Nov 10, 21:46:00
((Yrs I'm still trying to figure out how kai,s oc went from a royal guard in my office to a leader of a bar pony group god my head hurts D:))
"Explain what's going on Sgt" maple asked
"I was never really Sgt.. I mean, I am, or was, but I wanted to earn your trust for you to defend me if I got caught for looting the city/town (whatevs). But now, I... I'm probably going to be killed and, Lt. Maplewood... I- I'm sorry..."
((ok I get it lol ))
Razor: Such pity from a bat pony... I have a deal to give to you... you give me most of your resources, meaning all, for exchange for all of the land that I am holding for a special occasion, and this might be the occasion. Do you accept..?
"All I want is to live, but.. Er- How much land? And what is your name? Thanks for not killing me."
((Please somepony tell me what is going on))
((Wellll~
My pony kinda 'pretended being a royal guard to earn ur trust, a great battle of bat pones n dragon pones started cuz the bat pones wanted to do a heist on this 'village' of dragon pones, and now im getting confused as well))
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((such quotes. much wow))
((We can start from where you said:))
Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 19:07:59
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 18:52:40
I am Felucia, leader of this tribe. You are on our land, state your business. If to fight, be ready for quite a rumble. If to forge an alliance, you'll need to prove your worth to us. She snarls at the leader of the bat ponies.
Rio thinks to himself. Their numbers are great, but our strength is greater. If they try to turn us into them, they will learn the error of their ways. our kind has built up resistance to their control methods.
"We," Schnee shmoozed, (for she has a persuading talker, thank Luna) "are here to infiltrate~" She pressed her snout onto the leader's, "YOU!" She growled. "ATTACK!!!" She screamed, pouncing onto the leader, baring her teeth and grinning, pinning her down. "We are not a force to be reckoned with, and we've won numerous battles..." Schnee whispered, "And I am NOT going to lose this one!" She deviously smirked. The 'claws' on her armoured hooves were centimeters away from Felucia's throat...
((oooh, tension. I love where this is going))
Quote from: GlassMirror on 2014 Nov 10, 22:06:10
((We can start from where you said:))Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 10, 19:07:59
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 18:52:40
I am Felucia, leader of this tribe. You are on our land, state your business. If to fight, be ready for quite a rumble. If to forge an alliance, you'll need to prove your worth to us. She snarls at the leader of the bat ponies.
Rio thinks to himself. Their numbers are great, but our strength is greater. If they try to turn us into them, they will learn the error of their ways. our kind has built up resistance to their control methods.
"We," Schnee shmoozed, (for she has a persuading talker, thank Luna) "are here to infiltrate~" She pressed her snout onto the leader's, "YOU!" She growled. "ATTACK!!!" She screamed, pouncing onto the leader, baring her teeth and grinning, pinning her down. "We are not a force to be reckoned with, and we've won numerous battles..." Schnee whispered, "And I am NOT going to lose this one!" She deviously smirked. The 'claws' on her armoured hooves were centimeters away from Felucia's throat...
((oooh, tension. I love where this is going))
Um
Im confused
Gazing out a window facing the forest, Match asks Maplewood, "Should I rally a scouting party? Because it looks like a war is erupting in the forest!"
((nvm, i'll take my leave :3 ))
We assumed a defensive line to protect our young and supplies. We can be allies and share our supplies.
The other dragon ponies come to and surround the bat ponies.
Stand down, the fighting is over. They obey her command and sit down around Felucia.
//power playing is controlling another's OC or support characters without the owner's permission
"Yes and I'll join you" maple put on his custom diamond armour
With Maple's approval Match runs to the barracks to gather a scouting party.
*Aura's jaw dropped at seeing Match.* "Uhhh, sorry sir, reporting in, Book and I went in search of Private Match, but I guess he was here the whole time. We found the attackers camp."
"You did splendid show us the way iv got a bone to pick with them" maple replied finished with a angry tone
*Aura wasn't quite sure it was a good idea, but followed her superior's orders.* "Yes sir, but a warning, when Book and I were walking here, a cloud of smoke came from their camp. We don't know what it was, but it might be dangerous."
"Noted Sgt" maple walked past her
"Well, let's move then... I guess." *Aura spoke with uncertainty in her voice.*
Book Keeper followed the lieutenant.
Upon finishing his task, Match dashes to the armory to collect his newly commissioned armor.
*Aura began leading towards the camp, worried this could start somethingn bad.*
After Match armors himself, he runs to the library and places an old tome in his satchel.
Felucia waits for the bat pony leader's response.
Retrieving his armor and the old book, Match reunites with the scouting party and wait for Lt. Maple's commands, saying, "Private Match and company reporting for scouting duty Sir!".
"Alright let's pay a visit to our Dragon friends" maple ordered
Match follows Lt. Maple into the forest quietly. Keeping the stories rushing through his head to himself, as he doesn't want another scolding from Srg. Grey.
((Sorry iv got company won't be able to reply))
Book Keeper cast a spell of swiftness upon herself as the scouting party trooped through the forest. When the trouble would start, she would need to be as mobile as possible.
*Aura trotted along with the group, still not convinced this was a good idea.*
As the entered the clearing maple coughed to get the attention of the two parties " sorry did I interrupt something" he asked
*Aura's thoughts raced through her head.* 'Oh... THIS WAS A BAD IDEA. Bad, bad, bad idea! There are way to many here for us to handle. Is that a bat pony!? THIS IS BAD.'
Match, recognizing the clearing, stops in his tracks. His expression, a mixture of surprise and fear.
*Aura had sworn to defend and protect Equestria, no matter the cost, so she stood her ground, ignoring all her instincts telling her to run. She stood behind the Lieutenant and put on a blank expression.*
You are back again! Better be to help us. She growls towards the royal guards.
Some of the underlings take a stand at the entrance of the small castle made from leaves and limbs adhered together with a glue made from natural ingredients.
Snapping out of his flashback, Match growls, "Help you? We can barely help ourselves after your attack!"
*Aura's expression suddenly went from neutral, to frustrated. She facehooved in front of everyone and turned her head towards Match.* "Why in Equestria would you tell that to our ENEMY, Private?"
"I-I'm sorry Ma'am.", Match steps back as his confidence turns into self doubt.
"Don't be sorry Private, be ready." *Aura changed to a defensive stance, unsure of what the Lieutenant had planned.*
Don't you even think about getting to the young ones. They are our future.
"We aren't here for your foals, we are Royal Guards, not rebels, we wouldn't dare harm an innocent foal. You however, AREN'T so innocent."
A loud noise is heard as maple discharges his cannon" everypony calm down, felucia can we talk in private like honorable leaders we are" maple asked
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 22:57:40
We assumed a defensive line to protect our young and supplies. We can be allies and share our supplies.
The other dragon ponies come to and surround the bat ponies.
Stand down, the fighting is over. They obey her command and sit down around Felucia.
//power playing is controlling another's OC or support characters without the owner's permission
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 11, 13:12:49
Felucia waits for the bat pony leader's response.
((Wait, um, us share your suplies and stuff n be allies? if ur talking to me:
and ok, no power playing. u can count on that))
Schnee sits up, ears alert, with gashes bleeding from under her fur. "You... You're trusting me...? Us? Welll, nopony's ever done that before in such a confident matter..." She looked up at Felucia. "Th..thank you..." Schnee had tears in her eyes and she just was grateful to live. She looked at the battlefield. "I guess I have to clean this mess up. I'll go heal the others." Schnee walked away from her to tend the others.
*Aura continued standing defensively, not sure if the Lieutenant was sane in asking for a talk with the dragon pony leader.*
The radiant glare from the afternoon sun shone brightly on Loch causing him to stir and eventually awake from his sleep.With a loud yawn and a much needed stretch the young Stallion grunted at the cursed sun for waking him from his nap atop the south tower of the royal castle.Loch grunted again before noticing and grabbing the thick blue covered book that lay open beside him"Must have fallen asleep reading again"Loch said drowsily as he marked and closed his book.It was a rather nice day loch despised as his gaze paned out over the castle and thusly Canterlot that it overlooked.In town he could faintly make out the towns ponies as they trotted along carrying out there daily lives.......it was all so boring he decided then.With a second yawn and a roll of his almost pink eyes Loch stood up and placed his book in the medium sized brown pouch he carried on his flank despite wearing his royal uniform."Better get back to my post before the captain has a hissy fit again"Exclaimed loch as he stretched out his magnificent silver wings and took to the sky with ease still a bit drowsy from his nap.
Quote from: Kai Serpentine on 2014 Nov 12, 09:57:23
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 10, 22:57:40
We assumed a defensive line to protect our young and supplies. We can be allies and share our supplies.
The other dragon ponies come to and surround the bat ponies.
Stand down, the fighting is over. They obey her command and sit down around Felucia.
//power playing is controlling another's OC or support characters without the owner's permission
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2014 Nov 11, 13:12:49
Felucia waits for the bat pony leader's response.
((Wait, um, us share your suplies and stuff n be allies? if ur talking to me:
and ok, no power playing. u can count on that))
Schnee sits up, ears alert, with gashes bleeding from under her fur. "You... You're trusting me...? Us? Welll, nopony's ever done that before in such a confident matter..." She looked up at Felucia. "Th..thank you..." Schnee had tears in her eyes and she just was grateful to live. She looked at the battlefield. "I guess I have to clean this mess up. I'll go heal the others." Schnee walked away from her to tend the others.
Alrighty then, so you want to speak? Very well, come into our castle.
The underlings step aside as Felucia walks inside the castle.
*Aura looked at the Lieutenant.* "Sir, a you sure this is a good idea?" *She quickly whispered before looking straight again.*
"What chose do I have " he says following her into the castle
Why have you come here?
"To figure out why you not only blew a hole in my base wall,wounded a bunch of my guards and this" he pointed to his eye
We need food for our young and other times I approach a base alone they run me off before I get a chance to speak. She growls at Maple.
*Aura stood, waiting for the first signs of danger. She didn't move, and her face was expressionless.*
Match keeps a careful eye on the bat ponies, who's sudden appearance could not possibly be a coincidence.
"Then why didn't you stand your ground and show your not afraid of them specialy if it's the gate guards" maple replied pacing back and forth
*Aura's battered armor shinned in the sun, and her spear sparkled. She continued standing guard.*
Match's shiny new armor stood in stark contrast to his dark coat as he stood guard over his resting companions.
Quote from: Maplewood on 2014 Nov 13, 00:00:23
"Then why didn't you stand your ground and show your not afraid of them specialy if it's the gate guards" maple replied pacing back and forth
I am not afraid of them, I don't want to start a war between your kind and mine. No matter which base I went to it was the same situation.
Book Keeper watched the proceedings, ready to act at the first sign of trouble.
"Hmm" maple stopped and watched something in the dark
Some of the braver young dragon ponies approach Maple and start sniffing at him.
Easy young ones.
//got work in a little bit
Kato had quickly been updated on the situation between the dragon and bat ponies,it would seem that while he slept he missed quite a bit.The young stallion clad in his royal armor stood off to the side keeping a watchful eye on all that was happening around him"Things are finally getting interesting"He muttered to himself shifting in his armor.
Maple puts on a smile "are these your young" he asked
None are mine, but I care for all of them equally.
"Anyways how can we help each other" maple asked
Bored, Match decides to converse with his peers, "So, what's new. You know, besides the whole, getting attacked and Lt. Maplewood losing his eye thing."
We can be allies, if you accept. We will need some pony to teach us how to grow food.
"Let me go talk to my nco's about this" maple walked over to where the sergeant was
((Could someone give me a quick recap of what happened?))
Okay. She waits patiently.
"Sergeant s on me " maple ordered as he walked out
"Yes sir." *Aura broke from her guard stance and followed the Lieutenant.*
Match finishes his shift on guard duty and retires under a shady tree to read his book.
"Alright here his the deal" maple began as the ncos gathers around
*Aura stood, proud and tall, as she always did while on guard, and listened.*
Loch was also excused from his duty after discovering that more had gone on while he slept than he realized.But he supposed it did not concern him much and left without question with a sigh.Walking outside loch spots Match stick,a fellow member of the royal guard.Loch had worked with match before yes but realized they had never exchanged more than a few words.Curious loch approached the relaxed pony with a slight smile"Whatcha reading match"Loch said genuinely curious as to what his fellow guards pony's taste in literature was.
One of the young dragon ponies approaches Felucia.
Felucia, what is going on?
She picks up the colt. Just wait, things might get better for us.
The colt smiles.
Match looks up from his book towards the newcomer and replies, "Just a dusty old tome on old and forb-I mean forgotten magic.".
Loch tilts his head,his lazy duel colored Mohawk leaning to the side as he did.Loch never really understood the lure of magic,as long as he had his wings and hooves he figured he would be just fine"Match....your a strange character"Commented loch reassuring match that he meant no harm by the comment by giving the pony a slight smirk.Loch looked back to the castle and quickly back at match"I fell asleep again and missed something big i guess.......what about you"Asked loch adjusting the chest piece of his armor.
"So they have agreed to live in peace with us only if we provide a instructors on how to farm, let stat that who ever volunteer's fir this job will receive extra pay" maple finished looking at the guard's in front of him
"I single hoofedly chased down a pack of Dragon Ponies after they attacked the base. Then I woke up to them being in an all out war with Bat Ponies and now I'm under this tree trying to enjoy my break."
Book Keeper tried to look inconspicuous.
Felucia waits for who decides to help her tribe.
*Aura thought for a moment.* 'If I do this, I can speak to Rio...' *Aura stepped forward, her professional guard face on.* "I'll take the job sir."
"Perfect come with me sergeant" maple walked back into the castle
So what is the decision?
"I agree with you here is a guard that can show your people how to farm, now I must go and get the hole that you blasted in my wall fixed " maple finished and with a gesture the rest of the guards left
So you are going to teach us the ways of farming. I am Felucia, leader of the tribe you see.
Loch blinked twice not sure if match was agitated or only sounded that way"Calm down i was just asking.....by celestia dont have an aneurism"Loch replied rather impressed however that match was fast enough to chase down dragon ponies without wings.He knew it wasn't easy to become a total guard to begin with but what match accomplished was by no means a small thing.
"Whatever, we're returning to the base now anyway."
*Aura removed her helmet and placed her spear down before speaking.* "Staff Sergant Electric Aura of the 103rd Airborne, Ma'am. I'll teach all I know about farming."
Thank you Electric Aura.
Loch sighed having regretted even trying to talk to match now,loch saw no need for such rudeness but write it off as match being a battle hardened guards pony.Loch turned and left off to return to his post and await his next assignment.He had not seen action since shortly after joining the royal guard and was starting to regret his decision to join in the first place.
Book Keeper felt ashamed if herself for not volunteering, especially since she had lots of knowledge about farming. She quickly ran up to the lieutenant and asked, "Sir! Can I help too?"
"Yeah I don't see why not " maple was a little surprised
"Sir! Thank you sir!" Book Keeper saluted. She trotted towards Felucia and saluted. "Private Book Keeper of the 54th Magi will be helping as well!"
Thanks, it is very much appreciated. Allow me on behalf of the tribe to apologize for the raid on your base.
"Heh, could you also perhaps give an apology for one of your raiders denting my armor enough for it to dislocate my leg? Wasn't exactly pleasant pushing it back in proper." Chibalt said as he walked out of some nearby bushes, limping slightly on his left foreleg though it was negligible, his voice of tone however was a lot more friendly, almost hinting at his statement being a half joke. "And before you ask, I am good at sneaking, almost uncannily good at times according to my brother. And may I help them also? I do not know how much earth pony magic your kind has, if any, but if you have any applicable to making crops then I could probably give you a few pointers if not something a bit more detailed."
We didn't want to hurt anypony, we only needed the food.
"Hardly matters now though, past is past, not much we can do to change that. Don't take it as ill will though, I hold no grudge against you, hell, you'd have to sucessfully harm my brother for that to even happen, and no offense but I do not think any of you would even get close to him. He's a bit of a....." Chibalt paused for a few seconds, as if to taste the words he was about to say. "Well, powerhouse would be putting it lightly, let's just stick at that. Anyways back to the point, as I assume I will be able to assist you in this, despite denials, I feel this might be a good start point, do you have any earth pony magic? Does not have to be all that powerful, I am not asking you to be able to shatter boulders just by looking at them funny afterall."
//i recommend changing some of the words you use, the mods will give you a warning about them
No, we are related to pegasi. Except for me, I'm part unicorn.
(Already changed it, I still do not know why they do not simply have those words on a filter or something.)
OOC: That would make a lot of sense, wouldn't it?
*Aura smilled at Book as she walked up alongside. Aura turned back to Felucia, her face back to professionalism.* "Right, we're fine, it's okay, now, let's start with water, where is the nearest water source?"
Two miles north from here, we know. It is our tribe's primary water source provided by an underground spring.
"So you have a well?" *Aura asked.*
It is a spring fed lake.
"Steady water supply... Good, what about land? Do you have any clear space for crops?"
We do have some cleared land. Just west of us.
"That leaves seed, do you perhaps have any? Grain, wheat, anything growable works really, ah and I am also curious, are you omnivores seeing as you relate to dragons and all?"
We're all herbivores, like you. I didn't want any of the meat eaters in my tribe.
Chibalt was silent for a few seconds at hearing the answer before sighing. "Brilliant, I suppose I'll have to get my brother to find them and keep those ones out of trouble, and by the way, being an omnivore means one can ingest both meat and plants, though they do not strictly have to eat meat at all in most cases. Anyways, do you have any kinds of seeds?"
((If you're wondering, Herbivore eats only plants, Carnivore eats only meat, Omnivore means one can eat either of the two, like humans, one does not strictly need to eat meat despite that though. It is possible for omnivores to live entirely off vegetables and such, and I think the same counts for meat, though the former is way easier.))
//i know what each is, thank you though ^-^
We have these, but we don't know what they grow into. She levitates a bag full of seeds.
Arriving at the base, Match once again questions Lt. Maplewood on his current duty, "Private Match reporting for duty, sir!"
Book Keeper levitated a few seeds out of the bag to inspect.
"Hmmm," she said, her brow furrowed. "These are a mix of cucumber, pumpkin, and tomato seeds."
Ok thank you, so now what? She asks genuinely not knowing how to grow food.
Rio apporaches and sits next to Felucia.
"Your going with me we are going to see the damage to the wall " he continued to the side with the hole
"Well, first you need to section off your field into parts so the plants don't interfere with each others growth. Then you need to plow..." Book Keeper proceeds to ramble on about planting for the next ten minutes.
Got it, Rio. You take some of the others and get started.
Yes ma'am.
Rio and six underlings get started.
Looking at the decimated wall, Match starts levitating the ruble into a pile. "We'll have to dissemble a large portion of the surrounding wall to safely remove and replace the broken bricks."
"There is only one problem with this, seeing as you don't have anyone with much magic that could help with growing this it might take some time before you start to get food from this, which you can only harvest at certain times too, I could show a few of your ponies some little known edible growths though, some of the ones I know of even can be used for medicine, fair warning though, quite a few of them are pretty bitter, so don't expect them to taste like candy, though there are one or two that does, never figured out why." Chibalt offered, his offer turning into a short ramble halfway through though the message still remained, he could show them some growths that could be used for food, medicine, and in some cases both.
I'm all ears.
Chibalt nodded and walked over to a nearby tree, crouching down at it and looking down at the base of it, brushing aside some slightly tall grass to find a tiny dark red root sprouting from the ground. "Redroot, a bit of a bland name but quite nutritious, just don't eat too much or you'll end up with a nasty stomach ache." He said with a chuckle while digging up the root itself, which was actually surprisingly large, almost the size of an orange. "Pretty common to find near trees or other large plants, just look for some mounds of grass or the root itself." He explained before lobbing the root over to Felucia. "Ah and it's a sour root by the way, sort of like lemons."
Perfect snack for one of the younger ones, he like lemons a lot.
*Aura sat and thought for a moment while her two fellow guards rambled on.* "You know... I may know somepony who can help with the growth time..." *Aura put a good to her chin and waited.*
Who would that be?
"Mare named Rose Blossom back in Canterlot, she's a florist, I can fly back there and get her real quick."
Ok, I'll be here.
Finishing with removing the ruble, Match asks Lt. Maple, "Do you wan't me to start disassembling the wall, or are we going to wait for a mason?"
Maple was holding his head " well wait for a mason how much do you think it might cost" maple asked the private
Match ponders for a second before responding, "I don't know enough about masonry or construction to know that, sir. But if I had to guess... fifty thousand bits?"
*Aura nodded and shot up into the sky, once at altitude she flew towards Canterlot. A sonic boom could be heard shortly after she left.*
She's fast, not faster than me though. She whispers to herself.
Maple facehooved " I'm so going to lose my job" he groaned
Match looks at Lt. Maple with confusion and asks, "Why? Surely a Lieutenant wasn't charged with this entire base. I mean their are Sergeants and even Captains stationed here, surely one of your superior officers where chosen with that task. Right?"
"No I'm the defense senior,which means I'm responsible for the security of this base" he explained
*Ten minutes passed before another, more distant boom sounded. A purple streak shot towards the camp, a blue and orange trail followed. Aura spread her wings to slow as she approached.* "She'll be here in a minute or two, and she's got some seeds."
Rio and some of the underlings fly in towards the base.
Allow us to help. Himself and the four underlings start busting down the damaged wall section.
"Oh." Match says with a new found understanding of the issue.
"Yeah" maple sighed
"Well it's only a wall, and the food, and the forest, and a large portion of the base's staff... Ya, you're doomed."
"Thanks for the encouragement private, your really helping the situation" he groaned
Match continues his rambling, "On the other hand. This base survived a large assault with minimal casualties, you prevented a three way war between the Guards, the Dragons and the Bats, you helped the Dragons create a renewable food source, and this base is mostly a training facility so you could right off the majority of the injuries as ones received during training."
"Private"maple tried to get his attention
Match snaps back to attention at being referred to by his rank, "Sir!"
"Will I appreciate your honesty it happens to not be helping" maple chuckled
Match nods his head in compliance and waits for further orders.
Where is your building materials? We can fix this?
Surprised by the sudden appearance of another pony, a dragon-pony no less, Match jumps back and into a defensive position. Realizing that their was no threat, Match answers, "Supposedly, in the quarry. We don't just have blocks of granite laying around."
They start carrying the blocks and mortar to fix the wall.
*A crack split the air and a bright flash followed as Rose Blossom teleported to Aura.* "That was much farther then you made it sound Aura."
Oh you're back, so what do we do now?
"Sorry Rose. Anyway, this is Felucia, the dragon pony leader." *Aura pointed a hoof at Felucia.*
*Rose bowed her head slightly to Felucia before speaking.* "I see... Honor meeting you, Miss Felucia. Aura here tells me you need help with farming. I think I can help."
Chibalt meanwhile had started to teach some of the dragon ponies of the various herbs, roots and even small hidden fruits that could be found throughout the forest, the large stallion having an almost disturbingly sharp eye for finding said roots and such as an almost comical pile of them had been gathered just in the last few minutes, the pile half the size of an ordinary pony.
"Ah, it seems I got a bit carried away." He remarked with a chuckle as he recovered from almost stumbling over the herbs and roots, looking almost somewhat sheepish as he might just have given a bit too much information in too little time to the dragon ponies he'd been showing this to.
"So your here to help" maple asked
Book Keeper started to explain farming techniques to the dragon ponies.
"Whatever iv got to go and file some paperwork" maple walked of to his office
"Well, if we want to get to it, I suggest we get to that clearing." *Rose said.*
"Yeah, let's do that, I need to get back to base and check on Wings... And get this fixed." *Aura pointed to her battered armor.*
Quote from: ElectricAura on 2014 Nov 20, 23:56:38
"Sorry Rose. Anyway, this is Felucia, the dragon pony leader." *Aura pointed a hoof at Felucia.*
*Rose bowed her head slightly to Felucia before speaking.* "I see... Honor meeting you, Miss Felucia. Aura here tells me you need help with farming. I think I can help."
Let's head to the clearing and get started shall we?
****
We'll fix this, don't worry.
Match watches over the Dragon ponies' construction of the wall, making sure they don't try to sabotage it in some way.
"Oh by the way private for your thoughtfulness in the battle you've been promoted to lance corporal congratulations" maple chuckled as he walked away
"Lead the way Miss Felucia." *Rose Blossom awaited the leaders actions.*
Hearing his promotion Match starts celebrating, but quickly realizes what he was doing and returned to his stern and watchful stance.
Suddenly a siren sounded from the base and the spotlights came on
Match takes on a more aggressive stance, wondering whether the Dragon's had betrayed them, or if their was a new threat to the base.
The sky shone with silver like objects as they flew over the base
Perceiving this threat to be beyond the capabilities and motives, Match shouts to the Dragon Ponies, "Run to your leader and fetch help, we're under attack!"
OOC: DARK! WE NEED YOU! >:O D:
On it. Rio starts flying back to the tribe lands.
Match not yet knowing his battle position, let alone receive his basic training, acts on instinct and retreats inside the base and dashes up the nearest watchtower to get a better view of this new enemy.
Book Keeper was in middle of explaining about pest control to a dragon pony, when she heard the faint sounds of sirens in the distance.
"That's the emergency siren," she said, frowning. "Something's up."
"I'm getting really sick of this, there better be a hay of a good reason for this!" *Aura broke her professional act in a fit of anger.*
OOC: HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYPONY!!!
"What's going on here " maple asked walking into the com's center. " w...we don't know sir it just came out of nowhere" a sergeant stammered as he tried to get in touch with the crystal empire
Fatigued by his new armor, Match begins thinking of it as a hindrance as he began slowing in his ascent of the tower. Reaching the top all the same, Match couldn't help but delight in his small victory.
"I have to go now. I'll be back later," Book Keeper told the dragon pony, who nodded. She galloped as fast as she could to Aura, and saluted. "Private Book Keeper ready for duty, ma'am!"
Rio arrives with reinforcements to aid the royal guards.
Alright, we'll starts cultivating the land while Rio helps your base defend itself.
*Aura looked at Book, then behind her to Chibalt.* "Alright, let's move ponies!" *Aura grabbed her spear and helmet before galloping towards the base.*
Chibalt sighed and galloped after Aura, a bit irritated by the dull ache still present in his left foreleg causing him to slow down a little, though at least he still had his staff with him, the disassembled pieces stashed into a recently made holster under his armour. "And here I was hoping I would be able to have a nice nap after helping those dragon ponies out, but nope, of course something has to attack the base and stop that." He muttered quietly to himself while running.
((I was figuring out how to do this on the OOC in case you didn't see. Plus, when I looked upon the views, 3,600. Wow.))
Blazing Sun was just exploring after doing a whole bunch of training, when she saw something. "Welp, there's war going on. May as well check it out." She flew around using her levitation magic, just watching this... Wait. Why is this place familiar? She thought to herself. Oh well, if I recognize it, then it is, chances are, a good place. May as well help them fight them off. She landed a little bit from the enemy, and waited a couple seconds. All of a sudden, she yelled out. "RRRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!" A white beam shot upward, then a huge, obvious white shockwave. Yellow lightning was flying EVERYWHERE. It eventually disappeared, with no damage done. Besides, it wasn't one of those Super Explosive Waves anyway, even though it was shaped like one. She was just standing there, waiting to be attacked.
The whole base shock a little " gah what was that" maple asked walking out of the HQ
*Aura galloped towards the base, her light pegasus frame allowed her to move quickly on the ground, even if flying was preferred. She ran up to the front gate with Chibalt and Book Keeper in tow.*
Chibalt was lagging behind slightly, mostly due to his still recovering leg but also due to the fact that while he was agile he wasn't quite on the level of a pegasus. He didn't come to the gate immediately but instead stopped just before the shockwave appeared and watched as it didn't really seem to do much aside spreading yellow lightning around in the sky. "Too much dilution on that to help us much..." He muttered to himself before running the last bit towards the gate, still keeping an eye on the sky just in case.
Rio fights off some of the attackers showing off his combat prowess.
With the ground its self shaking, Match begins to doubt his choice of tactical position.
Blazing Sun at the time was dodging every single attack thrown at her, waiting for the others to show up. "I don't care how long it takes for them to show their faces, I want to show them my power... Oh well, I'll just keep dodging like a boss."
Maple came out of the ranks of fighting guards and Pegasus in silver armour to see a pony holding of a large group by herself
"Aerial attackers, hmmm," Book Keeper muttered to herself as she noticed a pegasus holding off the entire group. She searched her memory for a few moments for the appropriate spell, then started casting. Silver strands darted from her horn and flew towards the attackers.
Match's horn glowed orange as a he shot his flares at the horde of Pegasi that were hovering above the base. He aimed for the gaps between their ranks so that he wouldn't hit anypony directly, but instead catch them when the flare explodes. Match shouts to his brothers and sisters in arms down below, "Try to keep casualties to a minimum, these are rogue pegasi we're dealing with!"
"My time to shine." *Aura whispered to herself before shooting upwards to engage in aerial combat.
Chibalt meanwhile was limited to fighting the pegasi on the ground, using his staff to great effect in knocking out any of the attackers who did not pay attention or got too close, even making use of it's enchantments to throw it up in the air and make it return to him, knocking down several pegasi mid-flight. "Easy for you to say when you don't have to worry about breaking hollow bones with how you fight!" He shouted as a reply to Match right before spinning around and hitting a pegasus that had been diving towards him in the chest hard enough to make the silver-armored attacker tumble a short ways and be knocked out. "On the bright side though, pegasi usually are a bit easier to take down with a single hit, no offense!"
*Aura flew upwards into one of the attackers, knocking the wind out of them, quickly, she flew around them and bucked them on the back, sending them towards the ground.*
Many of the strands missed the attacking pegasi, but a few landed directly on their targets.
"COME HERE!" Book Keeper roared as she reeled the pegasi she caught towards her.
*One of the attackers down, Aura moved to the next, spiraling down at them like a torpedo. She slammed hard into the pegasus, tackling them to the ground.*
Match continues with his artillery-esc attacks, forcing scores of Pegusi to land.
Slowly but surely, Book Keeper reeled in the pegasi, who were struggling to escape.
"And now, it's time for you to go to sleep," Book Keeper said through gritted teeth. She started casting the spell, and sent it running through the strands. When the spells reached the pegasi, they stopped struggling and keeled over, falling a few feet to the ground.
*Aura rocketed straight up, gaining a huge amount of altitude before turning back. She shot downwards, hoping she had calculated correctly. Just before reaching the altitude of the attackers, Aura gave a last push. BOOM! A sonic boom, destabilized the attackers, and sent a few to the ground.*
Chibalt meanwhile still fought on the ground, doing as best he could despite being somewhat at a disadvantage against the pegasi, swatting quite a few of them out of the air as they tried to dive onto him only to be met with a hoof to the face or a staff to the side, most of the time knocking them out as he stayed close to some of the more reckless of the guard and multiple times defending them. Aura rising up for another sonic boom went unnoticed by him however, causing him to falter a bit as the sound left his ears ringing and caused a partilularly pesky pegasus to get a few good hits in on him before being practically launched away by a hoof seemingly burning with blue flames. "Where'd they even come from?" He muttered to himself angrily while he had a moment's reprive.
Book Keeper wiped the sweat off her brow as she surveyed the battle. It was going pretty well, by the look of things.
"I need a better way if bringing the fight to them. Hmmm..."
"This is gonna be the fifth time, and it hasn't even been a week yet!" *Aura exclaimed as she began another supersonic descent. This time however, she decided that the sonic boom wasn't enough, and just as it happened, she took an attacker with her. BOOM! The attacker was surprised to suddenly find himself grabbed by Aura. He struggled, but the speed and momentum were to much to fight, and Aura slammed him into the ground, using him almost as a landing pad.*
A group of the pegusi break rank and charge the tower Match is bombarding from. Match was too focused of the battle in the sky to focus on the pegusi who had descended significantly in order to attack the midpoint of the tower. Reching their target, the pegusi attack the tower, causing it to collapse. Realizing the assault too late to descend the staircase, Match's horn glows orange as his entire body is devoured by flames. Reapearing several yards from the tower, Match falls prone onto the ground, unconscious from the immense amount of magical energy exerted to teleport.
Maple seeing this quickly defends him as he recovers
Match slowly stands, fighting off his exhaustion.
*By this point, the sonic booms had taken their toll on both Aura and the attackers. The attackers were disoriented, while Aura was simply exhausted.*
"Oh hey, they're having some fun over there, aren't they?" Blazing Sun pointed out to herself. She then proceeded to generate a strange, fire-like aura around her body, with the same colors and lightning as the shockwave from earlier. She also creates a large amount of wind, enough to throw back anything nearby. "May as well join them." She teleported into midair next to the purple pegasus, and activated a self-levitation spell."Surprise!" She then fired a large beam at all the [Was it griffins?] in front of her. "Gotcha!"
Match regains his stance and looks to the sky, wondering whether or not he is still capable of fighting after his teleport.
"You ok lance corporal" maple asked watching around
"Nothing's broken, but teleportation really takes it's toll on me.", Match says, still regaining his breath.
" good come with me we need to find out where they came from" maple a couple of guards started on there way to the com's center
Match nods and follows Maple to the Com Center.
As malpe looks up the Pegasus attackers in the fortress computer the sounds of battle grew calmer
(Fortress is a code word for the main computer of the base ))
Chibalt meanwhile was almost out of energy, breathing heavily as he continued fighting until he heard the faint sound of crumbling stone, the stallion knocking out his current opponent with a surprise blow before looking over just in time to see a particularly damaged part of the wall start to collapse, several unconcious ponies from both sides laying right next to it. His eyes widened and with a last burst of strength he practically launched himself towards the wall, his magic flaring up around him like a blue fireball before it concentrated into his staff and was released as a strong and very loud shockwave, forcing the failing section of the wall to collapse in on itself instead while the stallion hit the wall with a heavy thud, unconcious and so thoroughly drained of magic that even his disguise simply fell away, having nothing to support itself with.
((There, something to have the RP going after the attack is over.))
((Thanks for the clarification Maple))
Match stands guard at the door hoping nopony would approach, he was in no condition to start fighting again.
*Aura did the flying equivalent of stumbling back in surprise as a unicorn suddenly appeared next to her in the air.* "ACK!"
'Wait, how are you surprised?" She asked, a slight bit confused. "I've been practicing these attacks and my self-levitation for a really long time now. I thought you might of heard of me in a newspaper by now, as most ponies nowadays watch me train in my front yard."
*Recovered from her flail and regained altitude.* "I don't expect unicorns to appear next to me when I'm FLYING."
((The shockwave Chibalt's responsible for should go off just about now for you, in other words, big boom and a wall crumbling on itself instead of over mutliple ponies and the one changeling now unconcious there(Chibalt).))
OOC: In the air, plus sonic boom kinda disoriented Aura doing two so close together.
*Aura looked away from the flying unicorn down below, to were everypony was fighting... Except they weren't.* "What the hay just happened down there." *Aura glided down to the ground. When she landed, she was a bit stunned at the destruction, she scanned around her for anymore intruders, when she laid eyes on a changeling.*
"No." *Her eyes narrowed and she ran to it, ready to pounce. When she got to it, the changeling was out cold.* "SOMEPONY GET ME SOME HOOFCUFFS."
Chibalt stirred on the ground, the shouting being just enough to wake him, though he was too weak to do much more than open an eye to look towards Aura as she seemed to be shouting for...hoofcuffs? He was confused for a few moments before realizing she didn't recognize him, the changeling also realizing his guise had been shattered with that last action of his. "H-heh, I didn't know you were that bad at putting two and two together " He said weakly while watching her strangely calmly.
(Basically he looks almost the same as in his guise, save for that his mane has a slightly stronger colour along with his eyes and he has fangs, changeling wings and a chitin roughly the same colour as his fur.)
*Aura looked down at the changeling, and studied him for a moment.* "Can't risk it." *She muttered under her breath. She couldn't risk not cuffing this changeling, even if it had a striking resemblance to Chibalt, there was no way she though it was actually him.* "You, don't move, or I will floor you."
Chibalt chuckled softly as he laid there, not really moving much aside from moving to get slightly more comfortable where he laid on the grass, "I completely understand that, besides, I can't move if I even wanted to, what I can do is answer questions." He commented with a friendly smile, or as friendly as one could get when barely able to move.
"Why are you here." *Aura spoke emotionlessly.*
Chibalt's smile persisted despite the rather cold attitude Aura seemed to display currently. "Same as it always has been, to protect lives regardless of what or who they are."He replied still with the same warm tone.
"Right, sure..." *Aura grabbed the hoof cuffs from a guard and clicked them over Chibalt's hooves.* "Stand up."
Chibalt didn't move but instead merely closed his eyes and let out a short chuckle. "Like I said earlier, I cannot, I can barely even move my head." He replied before sighing. "With the rate of ambient emotion here I should be able to move in.... about five minutes, ten if you'd feel more comfortable with me back in my guise."
Among the fallen ponies, a white unicorn mare in armor could be seen lying on the ground, unconscious.
(I couldn't think of anything, and i'm so far behind in posts, so i thinkl she's overreached herself X3)
OOC: Changing my RP to my other style.
How about I get somepony to take you to interrogation with their magic? Aura stared down at the changeling, looking him over again. Why do you look like one of our own?
HAI BOOK :D
Chibalt nodded to that. "I was considering suggesting that actually, and as for why I look like one of your own, the answer is simple: I am." he replied, still in the same, caringly calm tone as he watched Aura. "By the way, my brother might be coming over soon, the worrywart..." he commented almost as an afterthought, though his expression turned into a warm smile as he mentioned his brother.
Match can barely think about how much his body aches over his migraine. Fighting off the pain, Match asks maple,"Have you found anything yet?"
Aura's eyes narrowed and her muzzle scrunched. NO. She jumped over Chibalt, planting her hooves on either side of his body. Where. Is. Chibalt. Stop playing games, changeling.
Chibalt's eye followed her as she jumped over him and her hooves hit the ground on either side of his body, "You are staring at him, the adopted second son of a happy farmer couple, completely infertile after the birth of their first child." he replied, not appearing to even have the intention of moving aside for slightly adjusting his head to watch.
Book Keeper remained unconscious while the battle raged on.
(HAI :3
She'll wake up soon X3)
OOC: Battle is pretty much over.
Right, we'll see about that. Aura's eyes drifted up to Book Keeper. BOOK! Her voice dropped to a whisper. Move and you can meet my back hooves. Aura dashed towards Book's lifeless form.
Maple felt and heard the blast as it shook the building" what the hay is going on out there" he asked still trying to access the computer
"I'm not sure sir."
Suddenly there was a loud his as a cooling pipe dislodged its self from the wall causeing the temperature of the room to rise
Book Keeper started to drift back to consciousness.
"Hey, purple one!" Blazing called out to Aura. "Two questions! First, can I watch the changeling for you?! And second, what is your name anyway?!"
Hearing the hiss, Match leans into the room and asks,"Sir, are you okay!?"
Aura stood over Book, worry in her eyes. Book!? Book are you okay? Aura nuzzled the white mare's neck.
Book Keeper slowly woke to find to find Aura nuzzling her neck. "Hey," she said weakly. "Did I miss anything interesting?"
Aura ignored the unicorn that had been floating for the moment as she tended to Book. Oh, thank Celestia you're okay.
"Y-yeah," Book Keeper smiled at Aura. "I'm okay. I just overtaxed my magical reserves."
"Huh, so she doesn't realize I could kill her whenever I lose control of my anger, or even if I wanted to." She said, descending from her flight. She then created the same aura as before, white with yellow lightning, although it was bigger, and a lot stronger. "For all I know, I could be stronger than Celestia In potential. Training is- Wait no, I'm just going to break the forth wall or whatever, I'm thinking of my original self, who's power level is 250,000, which is huge for a pony. Anyway, I'm just going to do what I want. After all, I never listen to weaklings." She started walking to the changeling. "Hey... What is your name?"
I'm glad you're okay, I'll be back. Aura turned her attention back to the other unicorn. Hey! Mrs. Flying Unicorn.
She heard Aura and turned around. "I hope you know I don't take being ignored lightly so give me ONE good reason I should listen to now!! Her aura became even bigger and MUCH more powerful, kinda like if Blazing were angry.
Book Keeper frowned as the hot aura washed over her.
Aura's pupils shrunk down to pinpoint, she froze for a moment before regaining her composure. I was helping a friend, an injured friend. Maybe you should calm down, and stop being such a hothead. Her eyes narrowed as she spoke, fully prepared for anything that might happen to her.
"Well I hope this is VERY surprising. I sensed all of your energies before. This one you call a "Changeling" really IS one of your comrades, as I recognize the magic energy from earlier. Trust me, I'm a pro, and In case you didn't realize it yet, I created the laser shooting into the air, AND the shockwave that followed. Plus, I trained for nine years. NINE! So, don't mess with me.
Aura rolled her eyes and sighed. 'Great, a pony who thinks she's all that.' Aura thought to herself.
"... You... You didn't even listen to the first part did you? I have more power than you think, you know. Besides, I almost NEVER lie. I'm just not one to do that." She said, starting to think Aura is thinking that she (Blazing) is weaker than her (Aura). "But seriously, what's your name? I don't want to constantly call you 'purple one'."
Staff Sergeant Electric Aura. Aura stated flatly, still irritated by the unicorns attitude, and the fact she was so close to blasting Aura with what felt like would have been a VERY powerful spell.
Maple swore tackleing match thought the doorway as they landed the building imploded on its self sending fire and debris everywhere
Aura broke her attention away from the angry unicorn to see the tower suddenly come down in a cloud of dust. Well, whoever you are, you can blast me with magic later, I have a job to do. With that said, Aura looked behind her to make sure Book was okay, and took off towards the tower.
Maple got up so fast that he was sure it was from the pure anger as he start cursing and kicking the debris
Match asks Maple, "What was that!?"
Aura flew quickly through the dust cloud, and stopped somewhere near what she thought was the middle. She began flapping her wings furiously to clear some of the dust, and to look for anypony caught in the collapse. ANYPONY HERE?
Maple panted " the fortress computer takes to much energy and so we had to add a bigger source of power which happens to be a small magic generator"
Aura swore she hear a voice. HELLO!?
"So the secondary generator imploded?"
"Yeah " maple sighed taking
Aura flew towards the voices.
"Piece of junk " maple kicked another piece of debris as he did he heard the groan of steel as he watched the radio tower collapse with a loud smash " oh for the love of"
"This is getting really expensive, at this rate you'll have to rebuild the entire base."
" Yeah I understand that lance corporal match" maple sighed
Aura glided down above the two to lose altitude.
Book Keeper, feeling a little better, tried to get up, and did so albeit very slowly.
"Ah, you're awake Book? Thank goodness, I was starting to get a bit worried." Chibalt remarked as he moved slightly where he laid again, adjusting so he could better see Book from his current position.
(Still undisguised by the way, voice is the same though.)
Book Keeper suddenly spotted a changeling lying on the ground, hoofcuffed and not far from her.
"Funny, I could have sworn that there were no changelings in the area," she remarked to herself.
Chibalt chuckled a little at that. "Tried looking a little closer?" He commented with a bit of humor in his voice, aside from having chitin the same colour as his fur he otherwise was almost identical to his guise aside from his eyes having slits instead of pupils and him having fangs.
With the recent implosion of the main computer and demolition of the base, Match asks Maple, "What should we do now?"
Lieutenant! Aura landed next to the two ponies.
"Match go check on how the battle is going , and yes what what is it sergeant" maple asked
Changeling on base sir, claiming to be Chibalt. He's hoofcuffed and on the ground. Aura spoke professionally.
"What!!" maple yelled. "Show me" he commanded
Post Merge
"Sergeant where is he" maple asked
Match uses runs as fast as he can to the front line against the grounded Pegasi.
((Battle is pretty much finishing up around this time if I recall correctly.))
As Chibalt simply waited he started to get a bit bored, eventually after about a minute he started humming to himself simply to pass the time as he could vaguely hear what sounded like Maple shouting.
Maple couldn't wait any longer and started walking over to where the wall was completely destroyed seeing a changling hoofcuffed
With the changeling now in Maple's hooves, Aura went back to Book, once again ignoring the angry unicorn from earlier, not wanting to deal with her.
Chibalt stopped his humming as he noticed Maple approaching, shifting a little again on the ground to get a slightly better view of the Lieutenant. "Ah, Maple, nice to see you, and sorry about the wall, it was either blow the section back to collapsing into itself or have it collapse over the ponies around me." He greeted and subsequently explained to Maple, referring to the various unconcious ponies from both sides still laying near the collapsed section.
"Your a changling " maple asked stumped
Chibalt simply nodded. "As you can see, yes, and as for why my disguise dropped, I used up every drop of my magic and even my stamina for that loud blast responsible for the wall, I'm glad it didn't destroy my staff though, oh he would be so annoyed if it did." He finished with a light chuckle.
Match helps the rest of the guard rounding up the rogue Pegusi before walking back to Maple's position.
When Chibalt heard him approaching he momentarily glanced away from Maple, though he didn't have much of a good view on Match he still could see enough to recognize him. "Ah...Maple was it? I am glad you're alright, I was getting worried when the tower collapsed."
"Why where you here" maple asked sitting down on a piece of debris
Chibalt returned his attention to Maple, sighing before starting to answer again. "The same reason I came here in the first place, I want to protect everyone I can, regardless of who or what they are."
"Even though your race is considered an enemy of the state because of that royal wedding incident" maple asked
Chibalt frowned, almost seeming offended. "Why else do you think I spend most of my life in my disguise? Besides that I have quite significant physical differences from the changelings of that event there's also the fact that you're judging a whole race based on the actions of a single faction, feel free to disbelieve me though, but don't do the mistake of spreading this fact please, I do not want my parents hurt, nor do I want half the guard hospitalized."
"God I was just saying" maple suddenly looking very pale
"As was I, a bit blunt but true, ah and the last bit? It is a guess if you'd send troops to take in my parents, it'd disrupt the farm and you'd suddenly have a very angry brother of mine right outside your gate." He continued, relaxing a little again.
Chibalt's expression instantly changed into shock as he felt the sudden surge of pain from Maple due to his changeling senses. "Maple!"
"God how long have I been holding this back" he whispers to himself
Chibalt stared at Maple a few more seconds before calming down, seeming somewhat relieved now but still worried. "Thank goodness, you don't have any pain from vital areas, you should be fine so long as you don't start fighting again and you get some rest."
Match finishes catching up with Maple just as he keeled over. Worried, he asks, "Sir, are you ok?" Seeing Maple in such a state reminds Match of his own injuries.
Match gags a bit before saying, "That looks really bad."
Chibalt huffed. "Glance cut from what I can tell, long as the iris isn't damaged it should stay about as dangerous as any other cut."
"That bad" maple asks propping himself against the wall
(Its the hole where his cybernetic
Was))
(Chibalt can't tell that, he feels the pain radiated by the nerves, plus he's still a bit mentally spent, so the fact that he has a cybernetic eye wouldn't cross Chibalt's mind.)
((Ok)) "horse Apple's" maple grimaced trying to decide on what to do next
Aura turned away from Book and looked at the group around the Lieutenant. What's happening?
"Listen lance corporal Match if I don't make it make sure that everypony makes it though this do you understand" maple asked pulling match closer
"Fine, match how was the battle going" he asked going over to a rock
((Brb)) "wait hold up what are you doing " maple tlstarts to back up
"Wait a minute there are better way s chibalt can you think of anything" maple ask getting slightly worried
Aura felt they had the situation under control, and went back to lie next to Book. Hey, you wanna go sleep on a bed instead of the ground?
"Oh yes, ask the 'traitor' for advice, anyways the most I can offer is feeding off the pain, which would be incredibly painful for me by normal standards, if you're not trusting me for that you could try putting the nerves in that specific area in temporary stasis. In short I have no ideas save ones that would simply nullify or diminish pain." he explained, rolling his visible eye at the start of his explenation.
"You now what you kinda mad me a little bit happy there" maple chuckled
"No I'm fine" maple coughed going over to where the sergeant was
Aura saw movement from the corner of her eye as she laid next to Book. It was the Lieutenant, and Aura immediatly stood at attention.
"They're ignoring me for some changeling that they call a 'traitor?! I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!" She tried to fight off her anger, but it was in vain, her anger ultimately exploded... Literally. Out of sheer rage, she created a shockwave that also caused an earthquake, only using a barrier spell to protect Book, who she thought was injured, and the changeling. "DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!" It caused massive damage just in general. Afterward, since she used up all her power just for the shockwave, she blacked out.
Aura saw the shockwave as it was cast, her pupils became pinpoints. She moved in a flash so that she was in front of Book, facing the blast. Wings spread, in an effort to take the blast's force on herself and not Book, Aura braced. The shockwave hit her like a train, sending her flying through the air in a blur of purple, orange, blue, and a trail of feathers. Aura landed hard on the hard stone of the base, tumbling on the ground, her hollow bones allowing her to be flung easily by the shockwave. She slid to a stop, and remained motionless.
Maple didn't know what happened first he was walking towards the sergeant and the next he was fly over the base in fact past most of the base into the forest where he blacked out on impact (( maples isn't dead but you have no clue where he is for added effect and rp fun))
A slight whimper came from Aura, or at least the lump of fur and feathers that might've been Aura. She didn't move. She didn't WANT to move. Instead, she laid motionless, her breathing shallow as she began to slip into unconsciousness.
Undergoing investigation
This thread has now been cleaned up
certain posts will not make sense anymore due to removal
I would recomend a area rebot
Keep tto the forum rules
Ryo D Disk
(Yeah the attacks on the base were getting just a bit out of hand to be honest, heh, too much scale without reasoning perhaps?)
OOC: Well, that was an adventure, glad it's back. Now to go read the entire RP to see what was taken out, and to laugh at the nonsensical parts where posts were deleted. X3
For your information any posts containing the key word of "Blood","Weapons" or "Gore" were removed
((Surprised my post about cauterization stayed...))
I missed one any way you have an OOC thread for a reason
OOC: I'll get us restarted.
Wings fell to the ground as the base shook, her wings had just been given a green light to return to active duty. She fully intended to use them and flew to the entrance on the other side of the base to find piles of broken masonry, broken glass, and ponies scattered everywhere. What in the wide world of Equestria...
Match helps with inventorying what's left of the base.
Among the scattered chaos, Wings noticed a familiar purple lump. AURA!? She dashed towards Aura's limp body, and slid to a stop next to her. Aura? Are you there? Please be okay... She nuzzled her friend, and heard shallow breathing coming from her. I'll be right back, I promise. MEDICS!? Wings began shouting for help, not only for Aura, but for other ponies she now recognized, Book, and Chibalt.
(I kinda needed this, you guys where really ahead with the posts X3 )
Book Keeper, having just recovered from magical exhaustion, was once again unconscious.
OOC: Needed what? I feel like I missed something.
(I think Waaaah meant the 'break' induced by the investigation.)
Chibalt stirred after the ringing in his ears passed, being in the middle of a conversation and then being launched straight into a wall for the second time that day was not exactly comfortable. "On the bright side I can at least walk again." he muttered to himself as he stood up, the hoofcuffs making the process of doing so more annoying than difficult.
OOC: Oh, that. XD
Aura laid on the ground still, Wings frantically looking for medics to help the injured.
Chibalt meanwhile was having a little trouble keeping his balance, the hoofcuffs not helping much as he stumbled towards some of the unarmored ponies, those either not having had time to put on armor or had to ditch it due to damage, regardless of circumstance, and their side in conflict, he did what he could to give some basic medical aid where it was needed, even using his magic and some grass, or even his hair for things such as stitches and bandages, he could regrow it fairly easily so it wasn't much of a point of worry for him even in the offchance he cared much about his apperance.
(In case you're worried about it, he can disinfect anything he uses easy enough, handy when one can produce flame with their magic, can only do fairly basic stuff though.)
With Medics spread thin, Wings returned to her fallen comrades. She checked Book before going back to Aura to check her breathing. Aura was breathing short, ragged breaths, but it still got her air.
Tired and beaten, Match reports in to the medics.
Wings didn't dare move Aura incase she had internal injuries.
After a quick analysis by a nurse, Match moved to the low-priority group.
The underlings finish preparing the land and start planting the seeds.
Match was eventually allowed to leave the medical area and was then ordered to help with the construction of the temporary shelters.
(This is taking a really long time, how about we timeskip to after everyone's recieved medical attention? Like, maybe a day or so so we don't just have five more pages of not much at all.)
(Ok)
With reconstruction underway and reinforcements straight from central, things were finally looking good for the base. Most of the ponies have recovered from the last attack and patrols have started again.
Awaking with a loud yawn, Match practically falls out of his cot onto the dirt floor of his tent. "Uhg", he groans, walking through his tents doorway into the bustling construction site that was the base. The sunlight burned his tired eyes as he lumbered over to the cafeteria for his breakfast.
Chibalt had not done much after the attack aside from helping where he was allowed until being detained just in time to avoid encountering any of the reinforcements and currently held a secret to avoid outrage.
Though that didn't really matter to him much at the moment as he was taking full advantage of this oppertunity to sleep well past how long he usually would, snoring fairly loudly too, much to the annoyance of anyone posted to guard him.
((Thought he might as well get to be lazy, for one he's obviously pretty tired, and two, he doesn't really have a current obligation to get up early now, does he?))
Book Keeper, after recovering, continued her training as a battlemage. To her commander's dismay, she never managed to lower the margin of error of her teleports less than 5 miles. Little by little, her magical reserves grew.
OOC: That was a good idea.
Aura trotted slowly towards the mess hall, everything was still extremely sore after the tumble she took and every step made her wince.
OOC: Chibalt's just gonna be lazy and sleep for a while, he will probably wake on his own a few hours or so later unless awoken.
Aura slumped against the wall to rest her sore body. GAH! Everything hurts...
"Hey, hold on there, it'll work out," a bruised Book Keeper said from behind Aura.
Owww... Thanks...
"Let's go find a table to eat at," Book Keeper said as she helped Aura walk into the mess hall.
Sure. That sounds nice. Aura leaned on Book as they went.
Match levitated a tray from the rack and got into line. Most of the food had been destroyed or otherwise spoiled, so they had to make due with lightly seasoned porridge. Retrieving his ration, Match walked over to the recruit table and promptly started eating.
They place an equal amount of water onto each seed.
Chibalt let out another loud snore whille rolling over on the bunk he was in in the cell he'd been placed in for the night, somehow managing to wake himself up AND roll off the bed, resulting in him hitting the floor in a heap of chitin-covered limbs and cobalt-blue hair much to the amusement of the guards watching over him.
((Done nothing for two days? Really?))
OOC: Sorry, the last two days have been really busy, right now is the first time I've sat at my computer in 2 days. Things should be calm again for me now, I should be back as normal.
Actually... I think I'd like to have a word with the changeling... Aura stood straight, wincing as she put on a tough expression. She had no armor now, and hoped her appearance would be enough. She slowly made her way away from Book and down the stairs to the cells.
Chibalt meanwhile had settled for humming, taking advantage of him being a changeling by mixing in some buzzing and even the occasional chirp, resulting in a rather strange but pleasant melody almost resembling a children's tune with it's simple rythm and sounds, the changeling stallion appearing completely immersed in it as Aura approached the cell.
You. Changeling. Aura spoke with a somewhat authoritative tone as she trotted in front of the cell and sat back on her haunches with another wince.
Chibalt stopped his humming as he heard Aura, the changeling glancing at her before huffing. "Still doubting me Aura?"
Aura pulled a file from under her wing and placed it in front of her. Care to share some information that would be in 'your' personnel file? She flipped open the file and looked down at it.
Chibalt appeared to raise an eyebrow, chitin sort of made the motion a little harder to notice but it was easy enough to recognize. "And now you're grasping for that I've replaced the 'real' Chibalt? Ah well, if this helps convince you then very well, what specifically do you mean to adress in the file?"
Unless you've really done your homework, or you are the real Chibalt, you won't know some of the this stuff. Aura let out a small sigh as she stretched her wings.
"Then there's hardly any point in it whatsoever, if I get my file correct then you'll just claim that I 'replaced' him at an earlier point or that I did my homework perfectly." Chibalt pointed out while watching her stretch her wings.
Humor me. Aura said flatly.
Chibalt rolled his eyes in response before starting to talk. "Chibalt Winds, Stallion, Age 26, adopted at the age of 1 years old by Rich Harvest and Golden Winds, earth pony and pegasus respectively. Worked successfully as private security for multiple years before joining the royal guard with the reccomendations of Tundra Winds, brother and renowned rune magic practicioner and researcher, of note is his peculiar magic taking the form of a blue flame with strange properties similar to pyromancy." He listed with a rather bored tone of voice before stopping, having listed at least a portion of the file with startling accuracy aside from choice of wording. "And if that's not enough you could approach my parents regarding it or even my brother, all three of them know about it and the latter's probably gonna pop in later, don't know when though."
Aura said nothing as she grabbed the file and closed it before standing slowly and walking away. She returned a couple minutes later and tossed the keys on the ground in front of the cell. "Put your disguise back on, and I'll let you out of there, ponies don't take kindly to changelings."
Chibalt looked at Aura with a mix of surprise and suspicion for a few seconds before sighing and nodding, his signature blue flame enveloping him in a short flash as he retook his disguise, the now earth pony stallion standing up and stretching his limbs. "That was fast, frankly I expected more suspicion than that but oh well." He said after he'd stretched his legs. "Aaah, feels much better to get the stretching out of the way..."
"Things have been more then strange lately... Not to mention we need as many hooves as possible to help with the base." Aura grabbed the keys back up and unlocked the cell. "I'm keeping an eye on you, but I think you're telling the truth."
Chibalt thought about it for a few moments before shrugging while Aura opened up the cell itself. "Nice to know at least a few ponies trust me, thankfully there weren't all that many who saw me without my guise so there shouldn't be too many problems, might be good to get it adressed sooner or later though, preferably when the base is operating well again."
"Yeah... And hopefully once we find the Lieutenant he can address it." Aura sighed and began trotting up the stairs.
"Probably, though I'm likely going to be confronted by most of those who saw me earlier. And by the way, did it ever strike you that my 'peculiar magic' is my natural changeling flame magic? Things like that are likely incredibly hard to reproduce or copy without extensive knowledge of pyromancy, and that's not very common either."
"I wouldn't know, my knowledge on magic is very basic. I got these, I learned all about flight." Aura flared her wings out as she stopped on the stairs.
Chibalt huffed as he stopped behind her. "Does not mean pegasi are incapable of using magic, hay, my brother's a earth pony and he's a rune mage, he even has a pegasus friend that's a cryomancer, basically cold magic in case you're wondering. It's a bit of a rare talent though."
"That being said, it doesn't mean there is an abundance of pegasi and earth ponies that do magic normally." A hint of irritation crept into Aura's voice, sore, and now standing in for the Lieutenant, she was in no mood to argue.
"And I don't really blame them for that, again, it's rare for non-unicorns to have magic-related talents but there are the occasional ponies just liking to dabble a bit in it as a hobby, just because one has a talent as a carpenter does not mean one can't work up some skill as a cook. My brother rather likes the idea of that, though he is an absolutely horrid cook, don't tell him I said that."
Aura snickered a little. I promise I won't, now come on, its depressing down here. She continued the rest of the way up the stairs, her teeth clenched from the soreness in her back.
Chibalt smiled a little, though his smile transitioned into worry as he noticed her soreness. "Thanks, but.... can you hold up for a second?" He asked while halting her with a hoof placed on her back and without much warning a soothing warmth spread out from his hoof and over her back, causing her muscles to loosen up a bit along with the soreness quickly fading away as Chibalt removed his hoof and talked again. "A little trick a pyromancer taught me after seeing my flames, I'm not quite sure what he called it though, it was something along the lines of 'Warmth'" He explained while smiling.
"Ahhh..." Aura practically melted into a puddle from the sudden relief, stumbling a slight bit. "If you do that again, I think it would be a crime to NOT trust you."
Chibalt chuckled as he watched the pegasus almost fall over from the sudden relief, thinking he'd perhaps underestimated just how good that'd feel. "I can't do that too often as it is quite difficult, but nice to know you like it." He said, seeming rather pleased at the compliment for a few moments before seeming to get lost in his thoughts.
Aura rotated her joints, and stretched her wings as she walked, letting everything move their full range. Ah... I can move properly again. She pranced in a circle at the top of the stairs, then hovered in the air for a moment.
"Feels good, doesn't it? It's also why I can move like I can, bit easier to use on myself since I know my body better, watch." He said before jumping onto his left forehoof, balancing on it with his head straight down for a few seconds to demonstrate before in a smooth motion returning to standing on four hooves again.
"Thank you!" Aura forgot about the entire situation with Chibalt and hugged him suddenly. "Oops, uhmmm, this is a little unprofessional of me." She pulled back and sat on her haunches. "Nice moves though."
Chibalt flinched as she suddenly hugged him, the stallion not quite having expected that, throwing him off a bit as she pulled back. "Ummm... thanks." He replied while smiling sheepishly.
"Ehehehe... Sorry." Aura laughed neevously as she mentally scolded herself.
Chibalt remained in his seemingly sheepish mood for a few moments before stopping. "Where were we going again?"
"I was going to the mess hall, I need some food." Aura studied Chibalt for a brief moment.
Meanwhile, Blazing Sun was regaining consciousness and eventually opened her eyes, but something was... Different. Her pupils have gone from black to yellow, and then she vanished. She reappeared about 82 miles from the base, allowing her to rest a while, so she sat up. "Ugh... What happened...?" All she remembered has her losing control of her anger then causing a huge explosion. Wait... "Oh no... Did my rage go off again? Darn it."
OOC: FYI We did a time jump.
((I know, it does take a while for her to wake up after she uses EVERY LAST DROP of her magic.))
OOC: Well, whoever was keeping watch of the cells is gonna be fired. XD
Chibalt nodded, though noticing her studying him for a moment. "If you're worried about it, no, I don't drain emotions out of anyone in the mess hall, more than enough ambient emotion around to keep those needs covered, and I do eat solid food, changelings not doing so is a myth, or at least in my case it is, can't really speak for others."
((Haha, probably, or put on some other less desirable base position, lol))
The sound of a caravan arriving could be heard in the base as it cane to a halt
(I was asleep during all this rping X3)
Book Keeper was sitting at a table, eating slowly, wondering how the conversation between Aura and this changling was going.
Match was halfway done his porridge when the sounds of the caravan reached the mess hall. "That better be the supplies from central.", He says with an obviously annoyed tone before leaving his half-eaten breakfast to confront the new arrivals.
OOC: Happy to see you back Maple! ^-^
Aura giggled a little. "NO NO, I wasn't thinking about that! I'm sure you're fine, I was think about other things."
Match arrives at what's left of the front gate, a stern look on his face.
Having finished her meal, Book Keeper limped slowly out of the mess hall.
Chibalt chuckled and rolled his eyes before asking. "Care to inform me what you WERE thinking of then? Suddenly finding me attractive?" He asked, managing to remain stone-faced for about two seconds before suddenly laughing.
A gruff sergeant steps out and looks around " who is the acting CO of this base ?" He asked looking aroundat the different guards
Aura laughed with Chibalt. No, I just can't believe under that fur is a changeling.
"Papers please." Match says holding a hoof out to receive the identification papers.
"Gosh I can't deal with this right now " he groaned handing over a letter with the letters Lt Maple s condition report
"This way.", Match says as he turns around and starts marching back to the mess hall where everypony is.
((The leader is Aura right?))
"Finally" the sergeant sighed walking after him
(Current highest-ranking pony in-base? I think it's Aura, yes.)
Chibalt smiled and shrugged once he managed to stop laughing. I suppose being raised by ponies helps seeming natural, non? He replied humorously before adding. Probably helps that my talents and cutiemark are so obviously linked too.
Realizing that Aura wasn't at the mess hall, Match politely says to the Sergeant, "Sorry for the inconvenience, but I must demand that you stay put while I fetch (Rank) Aura." Math then quickly orders a few recruits to help him search the base for Aura.
OOC: Staff Sergeant Electric Aura of the 103rd Airborne.
"I'm sure it helps, come on I'm still hungry." She laughed.
Chibalt's stomach chose that exact moment to rumble, announcing his hunger loud and clear as he suddenly looked a bit sheepish about that. I suppose my stomach spoke for me there, heh~
Match quickly finds Aura and Chibalt. "Good, their you are.", seeing chibalt out of his cell Match quickly takes his battle pose and shouts, "What is he doing here?"
"Relax, he is with me." Aura waved Maple away. "What do you need Match?"
((His name is Match btw lol))
OOC: GAH! You two and your 5 letter names that start with M... XD
((Yes my plan worked mahhh :3)
OOC: CURSESSSSSSS! *Fading shout.*
((Lol time for impatient sergeant to go for a walk)) the sergeant couldnt take waiting for this long and so he decided to go for a walk
// Would I be allowed to join this RP as a changeling? \\
OOC: We already have one, and dragon ponies. I don't see why not. :)
As he walked around he noticed alot of the base was being rebuilt
// Alright, I can just jump in? \\
OOC: Yep, I introduced my OC by just saying she watched somepony else in the RP walk by. Or you could do my favorite, which is crashing into a story XD
Book Keeper limped away from the mess hall to a grassy area, sat down, and simply watched the worker ponies rebuild the base.
As he walked around he all most walked into the mare sitting on the ground
// Alright, just tell me if I get something wrong here. \\
A youthful changeling, much like common school fillies and colts, snoops around the site of the base, hiding behind the much of the construction equipment and supplies as he looks for somepony easy to disguise as. No unicorns or pegasi, just a simple earth pony. The look in his eyes is full of fright as he peers out from his hiding places, looking for somepony to copy. He knows he shouldn't be here, but there's not much he can really do to fit in amongst common ponies so maybe he could fit in with the military? He won't know unless he tries. He dashes to a stack of crates and peers out from behind them, looking around. He spots two ponies, one sitting in the grass and another who almost walked into her.
Book Keeper was oblivious to the stallion's near attempt at tripping over her as she continued to watch the worker ponies.
"Woah sorry there,almost tripped over you " the sergeant chuckled
The young changeling, Zappy, eyes the two ponies closely. One of them might be an earth pony after all.
"Huh? Oh, that's all right," Book Keeper responded as she turned her head towards the sergeant. "Just be more careful next time."
Aura left Chibalt and Match, hoping they wouldn't tear each others fur out, and flew towards the main entrance.
The sergeant took his helmat off showing he was a earth pony" well hello my name is gridlock, sergeant gridlock" he extended his hoof
"I'm Private Book Keeper sir!" Book Keeper saluted from her position.
Aura hit the ground once she neared the entrance, looking for not only the pony Match had mentioned, but to check how the rebuilding was going.
Zappy grins, he found one! And so quick too, any longer and somepony may have found him!
He ducks behind the crates to cover his transformation. It takes him a minute of concentration but he eventually successfully changes into a copy of the Sargent down to the CM armor. He stands up and adjusts to his new height and form before he steps out in the open and searches around to see if he can find something like bread or food he could steal for just a quick energy boost.
Aura quickly notices the bright shine from the armor, with a saluting Book Keeper in front of the stallion. She quickly trotted towards them.
A movement at the corner of Book Keeper's eye caught her attention and she saw Aura trotting towards them.
"Oh hi Aura!" She waved rapidly to the purple pegasus. "Come sit with me!"
Aura trotted to Book, and looked at the armored stallion. 'This must be the pony I've been told to see.' She thought.
"Yes *coughs* I'm sorry to half to give this to you " he sighs handing her the letter
Zappy stops as he notices Aura rushing towards the two other ponies. It worries him that maybe he disguised as a popular pony. He approaches the group though doesn't say anything, hoping his fake armor and helmet will hide who he looks like. He tries to pose as any other common guard pony.
// I'm not sure if the Sargent has his own armor or not, but Zappy doesn't know that either so I suppose it works. \\
Gridlock didn't notice the random guard
Aura grabbed the paper and unfolded it.
Book Keeper watched Aura read the letter
The message on the paper goes like this "Lt Maple was fond two days ago and was sent to intensive care unit"
Aura's face showed great relief. "Oh thank Celestia, he's alive."
Zappy looks around at everypony a little awkwardly.
um...who is alive? he asks in the Sargent's voice, though slightly different with the helmet on.
But it continues " he will be arriving back in a couple days so be prepared"
"Thank you for the letter, this is excellent news!"
"Your welcome ma " gridlock smiles as he salutes
Zappy salutes too, even though it might not have been called for. He isn't sure.
Aura turned to Zappy. "The Lieutenant is returning... What's your name?
M-my name? It's....Sugar Spoon! he replies quickly. He almost feels dumb for not having prepared for that question, of all questions. Or any question for that matter.
Aura raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "Rank?"
...Beginner? he says questioningly, like he isn't actually sure about his answer. Zappy feels pretty frightened now, if this backfires now he imagines he'll be attacked.
Aur glanced at Book and Gridlock, telling them with her eyes to stay put. "Okay, Sugar Spoon, come with me."
um...oka-yes ma'am. he says, still trying to keep up the soldier's appearance.
Chibalt meanwhile had settled for getting some food in the mess hall, taking his time with the rather bland gruel while also sipping some of the excess emotions floating about, seeming to be almost lost in his thoughts as he ate.
Aura led the 'soldier' to the Lieutenant's office, now being used by her. "Sit down.
Zappy follows Aura into the office and sits as she orders, staring at her.
Can I ask...why we're here, ma'am?
Aura slammed the door shut. "Okay, listen up. I don't know who you are, a spy perhaps, or a changeling, but you can get out of this base. I have had it with these attacks, so confess or answer to me, because you are treading on thin ice!"
Zappy jumps in his chair and trembles scared of Aura. His fear causes him to drop his disguise, revealing the child changeling underneath. He covers his face and tucks his legs against his body in the chair. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! he repeats over and over.
Aura stood staring for a moment, completely dumbfounded. "What the..." She took a moment to take it all in before approaching the scared colt. "Hey hey, calm down little one." She said calmly.
Zappy lowers his hooves a bit, revealing half of his teary eyes. He's clearly terrified out of his mind.
I-I'll just go if it'll mean you won't hurt me! I promise! he says. I-I'll just eat stuff in the forest, nothing from ponies, I swear! >A<
"Shhh, nopony is going to hurt you, I'm sorry I yelled at you." She felt the urge to try to comfort him, but knew he would probably jump at her touch.
Chibalt stood up as he finished his meal, taking a moment to stretch his legs before cleaning after himself and heading towards the office Aura was currently using, coincidentally knocking on it a few moments after the changeling colt's panic attack. Mind if I come in? There's something I wanna ask about. He said from the other side of the door, oblivious about the situation inside.
...y-you wouldn't? he sniffles, lowering his hooves a little more.
He jumps at the sound of somepony knocking on the door and falls out of the chair, but quickly picks himself up and stays crouched on the floor.
"No, never." Aura reassured him before answering the knock. "Who's there?"
Never? he relays what she said back to himself quietly. He isn't sure if he can believe that, but she does sound sincere.
It's Chibalt, just wanted to pop by and ask something related to my staff. He almost shouted through the door.
"Take off the disguise and you can come in."
Gridlock could feelt a strange feeling stop as if somepony had been draining his energy for a couple minutes ago
um...disguise? Zappy asks, wondering if she means there's more changelings here.
Then with a sudden realization that he had forgotten to give the list of supplies that was at that moment being unloaded he quickly headed towards the office
"Yes, disguise."
Book Keeper shrugged and went back to watching the worker ponies.
// I really should be getting to bed in a couple minutes so I'm going to have to force my character out of the RP. Sorry for the inconvenience. \\
Zappy, being deprived of energy for a few hours and having used a disguise, suddenly blacks out on the floor, asleep.
// Goodnight, hopefully I can RP much more tomorrow. \\
((Gtg to bed goodnight y'all :]))
OOC: Goodnight! I'll be here XD
Aura grabbed the colt and held him close.
Pixel arives at the gate and asks out loud if he could come in.
Hello anypony here?
im a friend of Aura!
A call came in from the front gate, a pony claiming to be a friend of Aura was at the gate. Once the pony was described Aura gave the okay to have a guard escort him to her office.
as Pixel follows the escort Pixel looks around him and is amazed of how this complex looks like.
Chibalt waited a few seconds before pushing open the door and entering, making sure to close it after him before turning to Aura just as, in a flash of blue flame, his disguise disappeared. There, I was about....to...ask.... he said, his planned sentence grinding to a halt as he noticed the changeling colt in the room.
Aura cuddled the little colt. "Hi... Continue, please."
Pixel has been brought to Aura's office, Pixel knocks on the door and ask: Hello anypony in here?
W-well, I was going to ask if I could fetch my staff to do some of my daily practice, though is this a bad time? He asked, rather confused about the changeling colt being here for apparently no reason, Aura currently cuddling the colt didn't help much in that respect.
"Right, Pixel... Chibalt it's your decision if you want to have the disguise or not. I'll explain this little guy ASAP." Aura set the sleeping colt on the couch in the office. "Give me a minute Pixel and I'll be with you."
''alright i will wait a few''
Chibalt just nodded, still rather confused but quickly taking back on his normal guise again with a flash of blue flame, checking his disguise for a moment before trotting over to the changeling colt and standing so the little changeling wouldn't be visible from the door. Once he'd done that he put a hoof on the colt's back gently and transferred some of his extra emotion energy to the colt.
(This is getting interesting.)
"Okay Pixel, you can come in now."
Pixel opens the door came in and closed it again.
Hey Aura how are you doing?
"Uh, hi Pixel, what's up? I'm a bit busy right now." Aura Neely tripped over her words.
A young bat is in the Courtyard waiting for his best friend Pixel "Where is he. he was supposed to be here thirty minutes ago.." Fang said while looking around
''i wanted to ask if i could join the royal guard?''
Aura glanced at Chibalt, who was still hiding the colt. "Uhm, well you need to fill out an application like everypony else." She handed him a folder with information and forms he needed to fill out.
Pixel grabs the documents with a smile and asked: Do i do it here or somewhere else?
"You can do it here, but I'd recommend doing it at home. You might want Fang to help you fill it out." Aura mouthed the words 'thank you' to Chibalt.
'Might aswell hang from a tree, sinds i'm a bat, hehe'Fang saud while looking for a tree, and finds one 'Aaah there we go i mean might aswel take a nap, Pixel ain't coming anyway' And the Fang closes his eyes
Chibalt nodded to Aura while changing his posture somewhat, looking more like he was simply waiting while still keeping the undisguised changeling colt out of Pixel's sight as best he could.
''ill do it with Fang i needed to meet up with him any way, thanks for helping me Aura.''
Pixel turns around and makes his way to the courtyard.
Fang is sleeping upside down and starts to snore
"You best start remembering I'll be your superior officer first, friend second." She reminded him.
''oh yeah sorry i forgot ma'm
Pixel giggled
Chibalt sighed in relief as the stallion left, now daring to look back at the changeling colt again with a bit of worry.
Aura rolled her eyes at her friend's laugh. "Right, now get out, I'm busy." She said in a tone that told him she was playing around a bit.
Pixel arives at the courtyard and yells: '' Hey Fang where are you?!
Fang wakes up "Have you looked in a tree yet" Fang said chuckling
Aura sighed in relief. "Thank you, Chibalt. Have a seat so we can talk."
Pixel looks up in the tree.
''hey there you are!''
''You're one hour late'' Fang said while getting out of the tree ''What you got there, signing up for the Royal Guard?''
Chibalt sat down on the couch beside the changeling colt, making sure to not sit on him before looking at Aura. Well this complicates things quite a lot...
''yeah!''
Pixel smiled
"Ha! You're telling me, this is ridiculous. So, let me give you the short version, this little colt here disguised himself as that visiting Sergeant, his story didn't line up. I took him here and, well, yelled at him, he panicked and dropped the disguise." Aura looked behind Chibalt at the sleeping colt.
That didn't really alleviate my confusion much... But I suppose it makes sense, what we have to worry about though is keeping him safe, having a changeling colt walk around undisguised or without a gold disguise is a recipee for trouble pretty much, any kind of orphanage is an even worse idea.
''Wait before we go i need to give something to Aura, be back soon, just head towards my house''
Aura looked at Chibalt."I know... What do we do?"
''alright ill see you there!''
Fang runs towards Aura's office but ones there he hears her talking with someone, Fang stopped and listened
I don't know really, though keeping him here is generally one of the safer options, I doubt he could handle a life in the guard while still a foal, so we'd need some reason for keeping someone as young as him around on the base without putting him in danger by telling everyone what he is.... Gaaah! I really don't know what to do! He admitted with a frustrated sigh.
"When he wakes up we'll ask him his story, in the meantime I'm a assigning you to watch him, just stay here. I want him to have another changeling around to make him more comfortable."
'woah a Changeling, that's weird' Fang thought
Chibalt smiled a little at that. It's like you read my mind, heh, also could you maybe provide a blanket and a pillow for him? I'm not sure how long he'll be sleeping, so keeping him warm and comfy would be good.
Book Keeper, tired of watching the worker ponies, laid back and started to watch the clouds.
"Sure, I'll be right back." Aura left and a few minutes later returned with the blanket and pillow, She gave them to Chibalt.
Chibalt took the pillow first, gentoy lifting the changeling colt's head to put the pillow beneath it, once he'd done that he took the thin blanket and put it over the colt's body up to his neck. Once he was satisfied with the little set-up he looked towards Aura again. There, that should be comfy enough if he ends up sleeping a while... Now that I think about it, did you say this colt disguised as somepony physically larger than him?
Once they had Zappy settled in with the blanket and pillow he gently kicked out his legs and hugged the pillow.
"Awww... He's so adorable." Aura said quietly as she watched the little changeling sleep.
// should we wait for Chibalt? \\
Pixel came back with the papers and went straight to Aura's office and knocked on the door.
//i guess we should))
OOC: If you wish, but it's not necessary.
Post Merge
Aura quickly opened the door and stood in the doorway. "Hi there, done with the paper work?"
''yep every single one ma'am''
Pixel said happy
"Good, I'll take a look at these and get back to you ASAP."
''thank you ma'am ill wait in the hallway?''
"Sure." Aura closed the door quietly behind her, making sure to not wake the little colt. She dropped the papers on the desk and began reading through them.
Zappy lets out a cute yawn as he begins to wake up. He blinks open his eyes and feels lost. A pillow? A blanket?
He raises the blanket up a bit over his face and gazes around the room, recognizing the mare at the desk and the room. But not the pony next to him.
Aura failed to notice Zappy's awakening as she looked through the papers, occasionally marking something, or signing her name.
Zappy wasn't sure why, but he felt like he just ate something and-*belch*
He blushes a little as he stares at Aura after he just made a small burp.
Aura jumped slightly at the noise. "Oh, you're awake." She spoke gently so as not to scare the changeling.
u-um...y-yeah. he says. ...is this blanket and pillow from you? he asks shyly.
"Yes, but it was his idea." Aura pointed to Chibalt. Are you okay little one?
Yeah, I'm okay. um...thank you. he says. He sits upright and wraps the blanket around himself.
"Hold on a moment." Aura grabbed the papers and opened the door. "Okay Pixel, you've been accepted, but when the Lieutenant returns he's going to want a second look. Here is your room information. Good luck, I have to get back to work." She hurried back into the office and sat in front of the changeling. "What's your name?"
Zappy sat silently while Aura attended to the other pony outside the door. He watches her as she sits down in front of him.
My name is Zappy, I'm um...just a colt. he says.
Thanks! Pixel yelled and went on his way to check out his room.
"Zappy..." She said the name and thought for a moment. "Do you want anything? You've been sleeping a while."
You're...offering me something I want? I...could I have something to eat? he asks.
"Sure, I can get you food." Aura had an apple sitting on the desk and gave it to the colt. "I can get more if you eat that."
Zappy takes the apple in his hooves, looking at her curiously for a moment before he starts to eat the apple. He looks pretty happy to have it by the joyous expression in his eyes.
In just a few short minutes, he's eaten the entire apple.
"Do you want another one?" Aura asked Zappy with a happy expression.
He licks the apple off of his hooves while nodding and smiling at Aura.
"I'll be right back, don't wander off." She left the office to go get some more apples, leaving the colt in the room.
Zappy looks around the office room. He feels pretty safe now, he feels like he can trust Aura already. Except that he doesn't know her name yet.
He rubs his belly, still not used to having material food in it.
Aura made her way back to the office, and opened the door slowly so as not to startle the little changeling. "I brought more." She set a bag on the floor filled with apples.
Oh wow! he smiles, surprised she brought him so many. He gets down off the couch and moves to the bag of apples, pulling one out and eating it like the one before.
She smiled as she watched him. "So Zappy, what are you doing here? I've never heard of a changeling foal just coming into a royal guard base."[color]
He stops eating the apple half way through to answer Aura.
Well, I...ran away from home. he says.
"Why did you do that?" Aura tilted her head in curiosity.
I didn't like it at home, everyone acts so mean to each other. I heard it was after some failed invasion but I wasn't around for it. Zappy says.
"Don't you have family that will miss you?" Aura looked at him with a worried expression.
The sergeant was lost and by the time he got to the office he was tired abd late for resupply so instead of knocking he calmly walked in
I don't think so, aside from the nice lady that cared for me for a bit. he says, looking kind of sad.
He notices the Sargent walk in and just stares at him silently. o_o
'Oh horseapples...' Aura thought as she moved in front of Zappy to keep him hidden. "Sergeant." Aura nodded.
"Ah ma'am there you are ..." He paused as he noticed the changling
Aura followed his line of sight, which led right to where she feared it would. "Well... This is an ordeal."
Zappy just shyly returns to eating the apple, slower this time.
"Is that a changling" he asked
"Maybe."
Gridlock started to backup out of the office slowly
"Private..." a voice rumbled behind Book Keeper.
Book Keeper leaned her head back farther to look into the upside-down face of her instructor, an aquamarine unicorn. "Er...hi?" she responded.
"Your lunch break ended thirty-two minutes ago," he rumbled on. "I find you here cloud watching, of all things."
"Um, er, it's fun?" she answered sheepishly. She suddenly found herself lifted into the air as her instructor levitated her along.
"Next time, think twice about being late," he spoke to her while she yelled, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Aura moved in a flash, shutting the door and blocking it with her body. "You aren't going anywhere until you promise to keep quiet."
Zappy finishes up the apple and looks at the Sargent again. He gets up and approaches him slowly, though more scared for himself than of scaring the Sargent. Are you...um...okay? he asks nervously.
Pixel after checking out his room started to walk around the perimeter to check if everything was o.k
"Never" he laughed starting to make a run for the window
"YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LET AN INNOCENT FOAL SUFFER!" Aura shot towards him, and slammed into him.
Zappy flattens his ears against his head and ducks down. He watches Aura tackle the Sargent.
Gridlock felt the hit and landed in the ground with a thump "ouch that hurt" he whispered
Aura pinned him to the ground and put her face close to his. "You are NOT going to the Captain, or anypony else about that innocent little colt."
"Thats not why I was trying to leave" he said though clenched teeth
Aura stared down at him, but didn't say anything and waited for him to continue.
Zappy picks himself up off the floor and slowly walks over to Aura and the Sargent. He stares at the Sargent's face as she moves closer and close slowly until his snout is touching his. He stays silent and still to see how he reacts.
"Theres a whole guard unite out there waiting for my return and I don't return well " he finished trying to breath
"Is that why you ran for the window? I would have just answered the question."
Chibalt chose that exact moment to walk back into the room, not quite expecting seeing Aura pinning down some other guardspony while the changeling colt was practically bumping snouts with him. Someone care filling me in on what happened the one minute I was not here?
((Poor Chibalt, leaves to relieve himself, comes back to this lol )
// Welcome back Chibalt! ^-^ \\
Zappy pays no attention to Chibalt. He waits just a bit longer to see if the Sargent will respond to him being so close to him.
((best timing chiibalt lol))
"Yeah well I kinda panicked" he said getting a little mad about the bumping on his nose
"Just making friends." Aura backed off Gridlock and sat.
Zappy backs away looking frightened of the Sargent's angry look. He bumps into the back of Aura's desk and sits down there.
Pixel returnes to his room after checking the perimeters
Panicked, over a young changeling colt? Standards must've dropped like a rock for your rank then. Chibalt pointed out while fidgeting the ground with his left forehoof, what looked to be a strip of dark cloth wrapped around it with something inside.
Aura backed up even more so she sat next to Zappy. She put a wings around him to comfort him.
"Yeah thanks for getting off me" he grumpled " besides I'm always top" he whispered
Zappy leans against Aura and smiles. He wraps his hooves around her waste.
Is he okay? he asks her.
"Oh really?" Aura said with a smirk before looking down at Zappy. "He's okay."
((Sorry I had to)) " God I'm tired " gridlock smiles
Okay, I was just a little worried. he says. Zappy then looks towards Chibalt curiously.
Who's that? He seems okay with me. he comments.
"That's Chibalt, he's in charge of watching you." Aura hugged the colt and rubbed his back. "You're safe here."
Zappy smiles, feeling very comfortable with Aura rubbing his back.
Thank you so much. ^-^
((Gtg school))
OOC: Bye! Talk to you later!
Aura smiled at the little changeling.
Chibalt glanced at the changeling colt and smiled. That's okay with you, right? Me making sure you're safe I mean. he explained somewhat clumsily though sincerely.
"I think having another changeling around will be a good thing for both of you." Aura released the hug and stood.
I think it'll be okay, since you seem alright around me.
Zappy looks at Aura after she spook. Another changeling? You mean he's a changeling too?
He looks back at Chibalt curiously.
Chibalt chuckled and nodded right before his disguise disappeared in a burst of blue flame. I suppose this answers the question too, heh.
"See, you aren't alone, Chibalt will watch you, and I'll check on you as well."
Okay, thank you both. he smiles at them. He approaches Chibalt and sits down in front of him.
My name is Zappy, how did you get here? he asks him, curious as to how he's a member of the royal guard, if official at all.
Chibalt looked at the colt and smiled again. That's a question with a long answer, though I suppose the shortest answer is that I was raised by ponies, grew up and I liked protecting others, eventually figuring I might be able to do it better in the guard so I joined up, was fairly easy actually now that I think back to it.
There are ponies who are perfectly okay with raising changelings? he smiles. Do you think there's anypony who'd want to take me in? he asks.
I might know of a couple actually, though they've been having quite the tough times lately so I'm not sure they'd be able to for a while at least, others I'm not so sure, a failed invasion from one faction really gives the entire species a bad reputation. He replied, looking somewhat sad on the last point for a moment before returning to his normal mood. Oh and I gave you some energy while you slept, hope it helped.
oh, it did, thank you! he smiles. He hugs Chibalt.
I can just stay here till then...by the way, do I need to hide from most ponies? he asks.
Yes, though asking you to just hide here just wouldn't work for long, it'd be better if we could find some reason to have you here, and imitating a guard would be a bit too much for you...
Pixel is just sitting in his room reading a book.
((Battery on my cellphone's running out pretty soon, so I'm probably not gonna have time for more than one post before poofing for two hours or so.))
I can hide pretty good. I was sneaking around the base for a bit. I was looking for an earth pony to disgsuise as. he says.
// Okay Chibalt. \\
It does not mean you won't get caught eventually, it'd be much better to have a fitting disguise, and disguising as a guard would just not work the moment a friend of that pony notices you. Chibalt pointed out calmly.
((Bye bye, battery poof.))
um...hmm...I don't know. Zappy says, unsure of what to do.
//i think everyone is away\\
Book Keeper sweated buckets while she levitated three round metal balls in every direction. Her instructor looked on impassionately.
(It's gonna be interesting to see her reaction to the changelings. Book Keeper doesn't know yet that Chibalt is a changeling, and now we have a second one X3)
(Pixel doesnt know either and he is here not even 1 day)
((Heh yeah that's gonna be pretty funny.))
// I'm not going to be available for the next few hours, I've got an important test I have to prepare for and take soon so don't expect me online for a few hours. \\
Good luck Teal Turken!
The underlings finish watering the seeds and go back to tending the young.
"Please don't disguise as me agian " gridlock groaned
Match returns to his designated duty of keeping the forges lit and at maximum heat, much to the liking of the forge workers who normally have to use large bellows.
((Wow, a lot can happen in 24hr))
// Yeah. I passed that all important test by the way! Honor passing too! :D \\
Zappy peers out of a window from Aura's office to see what it is that pony's doing around the base.
Aura looked out the window where Zappy was.
Zappy turns back towards Aura.
What happened to the base? It looks all...destroyed. he says.
"We were attacked, but we fought them off, it's safe now."
" I better get going now" gridlock announced still rubbing his head
Post Merge
"Oh and by the way there's a pile of supplies outside for the base courtesy of Lt Maple " he said as he left
Rio watches over the young dragon ponies as they sleep. A slight smile grows on his face.
Felucia whispers. I hope we have some food ready for harvest soon, we really need it.
"Thank you Sergeant." She turned her attention back to the colt.
Chibalt patted Zappy gently while sitting down, transferring another little blip of emotional energy while doing so. one of those two groups were actually a whole bunch of dragon pony hybrids that were hungry, while we did manage to strike a peaceful solution I have to admit they make pretty good fighters, a few of them at least would make excellent guards.
"When shall it end!?" whined Book Keeper as she completed her third lap around the training room.
"When I am satisfied that you have learned from your mistake," her instructor replied.
"That was rhetorical!"
"I definitely agree with you on that Chibalt." Aura sat on the couch.
Zappy gets down from the window and sits down next to Chibalt.
Dragon pony hybrids? I've never heard of anything like that. Do they breath fire? he asks. He feels the energy being given to him and smiles, leaning against Chibalt.
Chibalt couldn't help but smile a bit as he felt the cold lean against him while he was pondering whether or not he'd seen any of them breathe fire. I am not sure, I don't think they ever had a reason to use that kind of fire if they do have the ability, I can say they are pretty hardy though, the amount of attacks I got in would've been enough to hospitalize a normal pony for the better part of a yeaf and they barely took damage from it.
They sound very tough. They were fighting while hungry? I wonder how tough they are when they're full.
Zappy's childish imagination pictures the dragon ponies to be twice as tall as normal ponies with scales, sharp claws and pointed teeth. He shudders at the thought.
Are any of them like unicorns? Do they have horns for magic?
Aura took in Chibalt's description of the dragon ponies. "I can agree with that. I used one as a cushion for landing and I don't think he took any damage. The only way I actually did some damage was when Wings and I got two to fly into eachother."
Gridlock started towards his cart kinda dazed from not only being tackled but by a mare.
Chibalt nodded to Aura and pondered a bit before suddenly getting a look of realization. Ah, I think I know why they were so tough actually, dragons have a strong innate protective magic along with an innate counter to the same kind of protective magic. That's about all I know though, or remember anyways, I got him babbling about it and he went on for about an hour.
The sergeant walked back to the cart and enters in the dark sits a hooded stallion " well?" He asked . " they are ready sir " gridlock answers. " perfect" the hooded pony chuckles getting out
"Great... Glad I weigh nothing and have hollow bones." Aura said sarcastically.
Chibalt just chuckled at that and shook his head. "I don't think that would've made a difference, provided they had at least some natural dragon's magic I doubt the weight difference would've mattered."
*while Chibalt and Aura are talking, someone looks at them from afar*
((can I join in? :3 ))
(Sure, I don't mind. Oh and Chibalt and Aura are kinda indoors, so you can't really observe from all that far away I think.)
Quote from: Chibalt on 2014 Dec 31, 17:10:56
(Sure, I don't mind. Oh and Chibalt and Aura are kinda indoors, so you can't really observe from all that far away I think.)
// Yeah, they're in Aura's office with Zappy. \\
I wonder if it would be possible to copy that kind of protection?
((ok :3 ))
*someone knocks on the office door*
Chibalt raised an eyebrow and glanced towards the door as he heard the knocking, retaking his normal guise in a flash of his characteristic blue flame just in case before going to open the door, though not before gesturing and getting Aura to move to cover the changeling colt so he couldn't be seen from the door.
(In short he opened the door, did this since Electric doesn't seem to be on atm.)
Mayfly: Heeeeeeeeeeeeeres JOHNNY! lol
Vanity: Save your jokes Mayfly...
Mayfly: You know it's funny! lol
(Writing the character's actions would make reacting a little easier, though it's easy enough to work with for now, though one thing I'm wondering about, are the two guards? Civillians? Or something else? not much to work with.)
The stallion's sole reaction to the shenanigans right in front of him was simply a questioning stare that lasted for a few seconds before he spoke. "Cheesy horror movie lines aside, mind informing me just what you are doing here?"
Zappy stays hidden from the view of the door by staying behind Aura and covering his head with the blanket they provided him earlier.
Mayfly: I'm Mayfly, and this is my boring and not so popular big sister Vanity. We was hearing some important imfo coming from this very office, and we want to know about it.
(These two are dragon ponies, and their not guards or anything, their just normal dragon ponies who work with their leader)
Chibalt sighed as he noticed that they were dragon ponies, how'd they gotten in anyways without any guards coming to the office was beyond him, though not really relevant for the moment. "What kind of information? Far as I know there's nothing really important coming from here for the time being, did you hear what kind of information it might be anyways?"
((actually I don't know what you all was talking about lol ))
((what were you and aura talking about?))
(Nothing important actually, that would directly affect other characters anyways, perhaps you should've read a little on the previous pages? Anyways what was mostly talked about was Zappy, a changeling colt currently hiding in the office, under a blanket and obscured from view by Aura by the way.)
The hooded pony walked towards the HQ. there wasn't really anything wrong about him except that every Tim he stepped on metel or pavement there was a clang ogle metal in stead of the normal click of a hoof
((oh ok!))
Mayfly: were looking for a certain thing around here... >:/
((gtg now, bye))
Certain things? Well maybe you should try looking for one of the mages if you're looking for anything magical, if it's something else then I'm afraid I don't really have any answers on where to go.
As the figure reached the doors two guards stepped in front of him " sorry sir Authorised personal only" the left guard stated . " oh is that so " the figure chuckled taking his hood off
//sorry for not being on, been busy
Felucia and Rio start harvesting the food carefully carrying inside to the younglings. They eagerly start eating.
Chibalt huffed and closed the door, turning to Aura again. Just a few dragon ponies, I think we should be in the clear again.
As the hood came off the guards gasped one coming to attention and saluting."Sorry sir I didn't recognize you" the guard explained. " no worries this place looks better then ever " maple said as he returned the salute and continued down the hallway.
As got to the office he passed some very interesting Dragon ponies. On reaching the door he gave it a large knock .
Chibalt had just been about to say something more when the knock came again, the stallion rolling his eyes and turning around to open the door, again. Ah, Maple, nice to see you're alive after that blast yesterday, you don't look unharmed though, your balance is.... off... He muttered as he looked him over, noticing a slight difference.
Zappy carefully leans out from behind Aura to take a peek at the door, wondering who came to the office door now.
"Ah chibalt your here" maple smiled painfully as he walked in sitting on the couch. " So what's with the changling hiding behind the sergeant there" maple asked taking a sip of water .
Zappy lets out a gasp and quickly throws the blanket over his head. He feels pretty stupid for revealing himself like that.
Chibalt closed the door after Maple and huffed as he glanced back to Zappy just as he threw the blanket over himself. "He's not dangerous if that's what you're wondering about, other than that he ran away from his hive I think, the details are slipping my mind at the moment."
maple gave a sigh as he takes another sip of water. " great now we have two changlings on this base, just what i need".
It's a whole heap of trouble, isn't it? But wouldn't be without it's gains if it doesn't go belly up.
"Yes your right anyhow it's time to start getting back into the normal gist of things and get training and classes started "
Pixel got out of his room again and took a stroll around the base
"Chibalt where us that corporal?" Maple asked drinking the rest of the water
Ummm who again? Chibalt asked, somewhat confused.
(Chibalt forgot, heh.)
"Corporal match I think" he coughed a little
Oooh, Match. I have no idea really, Aura let me out less than half an hour ago so I haven't really been around much aside from picking up my staff. He exclaimed, raising his forehoof with the cloth band wrapped around it for emphasis, Maple likely able to see the fairly small sections in the fabric where the parts of his disassembled staff were hidden.
Match was on break from his usual duty when he heard his name spoken by a familiar voice. "Lt. Maple?!", he exclaimed, barging into the room while he did so.
"Wow that was fast" maple exclaimed jumping a little
[Color=green]"Where have you been? The base has been in shambles ever since you left!"[/color], Match questions with a concerned tone.
"I kinda was....hmm getting repaired" maple sighed showing that his back lehlg was now metal
[Color=green]"The fight really did take it's toll."[/color], Match states solemnly. "Did you ever find out what attacked us or why?"
"Nope but that's in the past now " Maple explained placeing his hoof on matches shoulder and giving him a look that said end of topic
[Color=green]"Well then, is their anything I can do for you?"[/color]
"Yea if see your strive on some type of fire magic right?" Maple asked
((Wait I think we should wait for aura to respond))
(waiting for Aura may take a while she's visitiing family)
"Yes, I do use fire magic, but it's very unruly if I do anything more than conjure a fireball.", Match admits, showing discomfort on the subject.
(Just finishing the conversation)
" oh well nevertheless I need some pony to show me around the new fortifications" maple asked Seeing him get anxiety about the subject
"Well I'd love to show you, but my brake is almost over and those forges aren't going to ignite themselves.". Then, turning his gaze towards Chibalt and Aura, Match asks, "Could one of you bring Lt. Maple up to date on the base?"
(I'm Going to be away from my computer until the 12th, I will still have internet, but don't expect a quick response)
OOC: Sorry I haven't been on everypony, I'm visiting family across the country and have only just gotten decent internet. I'll RP as often as possible and minimize the need for my presence.
"Good to have you back sir. I'll take responsibility for the changeling colt if necessary, sir." Aura saluted and returned her attention back to Zappy. "I'll make sure you're safe."
"Fine but if. Command finds outi can't hold them back forever" maple said
"I suggest that Chibalt and the colt stay on patrols, to minimize the time they spend in the base."[\color], Match says confidently.
(this is my first post from my phone, so forgive me if it doesn't work correctly.)
Chibalt looked questioningly at Match. I find it somewhat hard to believe that you're just all fine with this, though that is a decent suggestion, but patrols might be a bit too dangerous and ponies are probably starting to figure out the whole changeling deal with me, I'd rather not have random attackers hit him by accident if worst comes to worst.
"With the Lieutenant back, it isn't really my place to say, but I don't think that Zappy should go on patrols..." She put a hoof around the colt.
"Yeah about that I still not happy about this but I'll be nice special after my nephew got tackled" maple chuckled at this
"I should return to my duties at the forge."[\color] Match says after peering at a clock.
"Alright then" maple sighed taking s deep breath as he walked out heading towards the new com's center
Patrols for what? Why would I be on patrol for anything? Zappy asks, looking confused at the idea.
I believe the idea was not as much for looking for something as it was an excuse to not have you in base all the time, though it has a fair few flaws honestly, one being that normal patrols go in and out of the gates daily and again comes the issue of you hiding yourself or disguising, if you take the form of a soldier that's somewhere else and a friend of that soldier sees you at the gate and strikes up a conversation it could get rather nasty if things go bad. Chibalt explained to Zappy while Maple left. Gah, my head hurts trying to think of good ideas for the situation... The stallion muttered quietly.
As maple heard over to the com's center a guard appeared in front of him a letter in his mouth. " letter for you sir" he garbled trying to talk though the letter
Chibalt pondered a bit more before huffing and heading towards the door too. I'm taking a walk round the base, might as well do so just in case anypony's trying to confront me for what I am, rather now than later. He explained curtly before exiting the room and closing the door behind him, the stallion glancing around before simply starting to walk, deciding to head towards the mages's section of the base just on a whim, he was sort of curious about what they were capable of after all.
// I typed up a big post and then your character left the room. :l \\
Zappy missed his chance to speak when Chibalt left, at least in response to what he had said before. He sighs and steps out from behind Aura. He walks to the couch and sits down on it, fiddling with his hooves in silence as he thinks over the situation. He wonders why they have to keep him hidden if many of them are high ranking soldiers, most of them are subordinate to them, should be at least. He wonders if it's not himself they're protecting but their images.
"Thanks" maple replays taking the letter out of the mouth of the guard who saluted and walked off
(Gah sorry, I didn't think you were online at the time, ah well.)
Chibalt returned in less than ten minutes, his walk having been rather uneventful and quite frankly boring, watching mages practice lost any excitement quickly for him as most of them, much to his annoyance, didn't seem to vary their exercise much at all.
Well that was a bit of a let-down... Chibalt muttered as he walked back into the room, looking rather bored, he didn't feel comfortable going to guard duties as he'd rather get the issue with being a changeling dealth with before risking paranoia so he really didn't have much to do, and training to pass the time just didn't have much appeal to him currently either.
What happened? Zappy asks, looking at Chibalt in worry.
Absolutely nothing, that's what. I was hoping to at least accomplish a few things but no-one seemed to care much, I suppose I should be glad for that on some level but it also worries me because I'm not sure whether it's that or if they are afraid of me. Chibalt explained while trotting over and sitting down on the couch beside Zappy. That and watching mages practice magic without even thinking of trying to channel it with something that is not their horn just irks me. He admitted after a few moments, following the statement with a light-hearted chuckle.
You think everypony already knows you're a changeling? If they do...why don't they do something?
Zappy pauses for a moment, looking away from Chibalt before he looks back up at him. Ponies are casting magic without horns?
In the base right now? Not really, though I do know of several that can do so, most of them don't have much of a choice in not using a horn either as they don't have it, their magic's usually rather... different though. A friend of my brother's is.... a cryomancer I think, he's a pegasus, a nice pony from what I've seen of him but his magic can honestly be a little scary at times. He replied, supressing a shudder at the last part of his explenation.
I had no idea that anypony could do magic without a horn. Is it...safe?
About as much as with a horn in most cases, it's not too common though.
I wonder if I could do it....I-I mean...there's nothing actually...wrong with my horn...just...um...be kinda..cool. he says, rubbing his hooves nervously.
Chibalt chuckled at the colt's admission, the stallion pausing to drop his disguise again before speaking. "You probably could, noticed I don't have a horn by the way? Never had one, yet I can disguise just fine and use my fire fairly freely, which I suppose means I can use pyromancy, so I don't think changelings'd have much issue with it, well, more than others anyways."
Is it any different from magic from a horn? Like...a completely separate magic?
I don't think so, it's still magic from the same source, the body, so there really shouldn't be much difference aside from traits with one's natural magic itself, think of it like this, using magic with a horn is like spraying water through a hose and using magic without a horn is more like tossing a bucket of water, different methods but they both use the same thing, water.
O-oh...I get it... he says, sounding disappointed. His head hangs for a minute before he again looks back at Chibalt.
I...my magic isn't safe to use. :s
Chibalt tilted his head curiously at Zappy, a bit surprised at the sudden statement. "What do you mean it isn't safe to use?" He asked curiously, now understanding the colt's interest in alternate methods of using magic.
It...doesn't listen to me. It hurts everything. I'll...show you.
Zappy gets off of the couch and takes a few steps away, then turns around to face Chibalt. He closes his eyes and focuses on the most basic magic ability, maintaining a stream of magic on the horn. Instead of a magic aura enveloping his horn, it's a swirl of electricity wrapping around his horn.
Suddenly the electricity sparks, shooting off into random directions uncontrollably. It runs down Zappy's body, painfully electrocuting him and making him crumble to his knees while he lets out a pained shout. He stops channeling magic and pants heavily, small spouts of smoking drift off of his body.
Math quietly exits the room, leaving to his duty at the forges.
Chibalt nodded and watched as Zappy moved away from the couch to demonstrate his magic, the changeling stallion not too worried until he saw the electricity swirling around the colt's horn and the arcing and shooting out randomly before striking the colt himself, Chibalt's eyes widening as he quickly got up and rushed to the colt, ignoring some of the left-over electricity arcing over to him and leaving small burns on his chitin as he moved his hooves to support the colt and looked over him with a worried expression.
Zappy leans against Chibalt as he supports him. He remains on his knees and lets out a few coughs before he finally opens his eyes to look at the older changeling.
I don't know...what to do... he says, clearly weakened after attempting to use his magic.
Chibalt sighed in relief as the colt seemed to be fine, though the odd nature of his magic still worried him. "I don't really know what to do about that either..." He admitted. "Though, and this is just a random guess, it might be because you're trying to hold it in place, lightning doesn't take to that well."
I don't know if that's it...but I don't want to try again to find out. :s
Zappy lets out a small cough and shuts his eyes again.
..sometimes it stirs up on it's own, the trainers said it might be because I have more natural magic than most.
That sounds like it could be the cause, my brother actually had some issues similar to that before he got enough control over his magic to not randomly make anything he holds in his hooves similar to a shrapnel bomb or hurt himself simply because it makes him too strong for his own body, I'm not sure he could help you but he could probably at least make something so you don't shock yourself when trying to use your magic.
If we could meet, I'd like to try it. Zappy nods in response. I just hope nothing bad happens until then. he sighs, leaning his head into Chibalt. He just wants to lie down for a little.
Well the electricity isn't too dangerous thankfully, it stings like tartarus but I've had worse. Chibalt admitted, carefully picking up Zappy again and putting him on the couch before sitting down next to him again, making sure to sit so the singed marks on his chitin wouldn't be visible to the colt, feeling like it was for the better he wouldn't constantly be seeing those marks and be reminded of it.
Zappy lies down with his head on Chibalt, letting out a small sigh.
I think it hurts more than anything, I wish I didn't have this problem.
...did I hurt you? he asks.
Chibalt surpressed a whince, he'd hoped that the colt wouldn't be asking that. Barely. Nothing dangerous, it just stings a bit.
I'm sorry, I really shouldn't have done that. he covers his head, feeling bad about himself.
It's fine it's fine, no need to feel bad, remember what I mentioned about my brother? Even back then I could handle quite a lot, I think I lost count of how many times he accidentally blew me through the wall of his bedroom by accident, it almost became routine eventually. He said, ending on a somewhat lighter tone as he genuinely chuckled while thinking back to the fond memory.
Through the wall? Zappy giggles a little. That actually sounds way more painful than being shocked.
Durable, remember? Anyways my point is I've always been stupid durable, so don't worry about me, and admittedly it got to the point where my parents just opted to stop repairing said wall and just put a bunch of matresses against the wall I usually stopped at, they even started leaving my breakfast there so I could eat it while flopping on the matress put on the floor. He laughed again at the memory, if Zappy was getting any impression of Chibalt's family it was that they were either used to dealing with unusual stuff or they were all slightly insane, possibly mostly the former with a tiny bit of the latter.
I had no idea that ponies were so accepting of things. And crazy. he says, rolling on his back to look up at Chibalt.
Chibalt shrugged and relaxed on the couch. It varies, my parents might just be particularly crazy, actually it's probably my whole family line, I know for a fact that somewhere in the family tree there's at least three minotaurs, five griffons, two buffalo and even a dragon, don't bother asking how that's possible, none in my family have the slightest clue how it somehow works.
(Crazy crazy family ovO)
Maybe it holds together because you all love each other? Or maybe because you all don't really have families of your own. It sounds amazing to me either way. he cutely smiles at Chibalt.
Heh, probably a bit of both, it's heartwarming to just see so many different species get together as one big family and just enjoy themselves. He said with a happy smile on his face, thinking to those occasions had the habit of making him happy somehow.
Who are you closest to? Zappy asks.
As maple read though the letter he started to sweat."those hay eating" but he didn't continue and turned around heading back towards the office .
Maple got to his office opening with out a word throwing the letter on the desk and starting to pace muttering to himself
Chibalt paused as he heard the hoofsteps outside the door, though he relaxed a bit as he heard the distinct sound of Maple's metal leg, when Maple entered though the changeling stallion grew alittle worried as he saw his ecpression. What's wrong?
" a inspection, there is going to be a inspection this week by the sector commander" maple replied not stopping his pacing
Chibalt immediately facehoofed while letting out a groan. Just what was needed, first the base gets attacked, then it gets attacked AGAIN, then I get uncovered, then Zappy turns up, and then there's going to be an inspection sometime this week, and I have no doubt that they will also be told of my.... status...
...what's going to happen if the commander finds us? Zappy asks Chibalt, now looking worried once again.
I'm probably gonna take the brunt of the consequences if that's the case, you're a foal and thus there's quite a bit of legal protection afforded to you regardless of species by law, for me it's a bit more complicated, my best guess is they'd probably get a bit paranoid for a while and interrogate me a bit to find out my motives, probably talk with my parents and brother too just to make sure, or they could be even more paranoid and things could go completely different. Chibalt explained as calmly as he could, though he couldn't help but seem more annoyed than much else.
"I'll take the blame for it" maple still was paceing
Take the blame for what? As far as I am aware the worst crime I've comitted so far would be simply being a changeling, I don't think my habit for prefering not to adress others with titles even would equate that, though it'd probably offend some snooty nobles. Chibalt commented, chuckling a little as he could imagine a noble having a hissy fit because of that.
Do we know who the...um...the sector commander is?
Haven't the slightest clue. Chibalt responded with a shrug.
"Comander bladerunner" maple said as he started to go though document's
Sounds fighty.
"that's funny because he is a very nice sensitive commander who I'm good friends with he laughed continuing his work
(( and now I have school :l seya))
The name doesn't make him sound like a reasonable pony. Zappy says with a worried expression. :s
"yes until he meets a changling then every bit of logic goes out the window" maple sighed finishing the authorised papers
Brilliant, only way it'd get worse would be this Bladerunner doing something stupid and making Tundra go beserk Chibalt muttered while facehoofing.
"yes and the whole royal guard would then love to say hi" maple said looking up giving a glare.
Chibalt looked as if he was about to say something more, but stopped himself and sighed. You know what? Let's just focus on keeping the worst from happening, the results would not be pretty if it goes bad, we can keep it at that..
"This is our last exercise for the day," the instructor said to Book Keeper, who had collapsed onto the floor, breathing heavily. "You're going to attempt to teleport again."
"But *gasp* why?" Book Keeper answered. "I can't *gasp* move fewer than five miles!"
"You can," he told her. "Occasionally, you have been able to teleport to locations around the base fewer than that. The higher ups have heard the reports of a few ponies who've seen it, and they want you to continue to try to improve."
"Guh..." Book Keeper let out a moan.
Chibalt huffed as silence settled, the changeling stallion sitting down and summoning some of his distinct blue fire to his forehooves, looking at it as it flickered before the fire condensed into a ball hovering over his hoof, looking almost like the flame of a candle, save for being larger and being entirely blue but with no discernable temperature emitting from it.
Zappy rolls onto his side to rest more, reluctant to speak to Maple again in fear of getting yelled at.
Out of the corner of his eye he spots a bluish light and looks towards it. He stares with awe at the blue fire in Chibalt's hooves.
Isn't that hot?
Not unless I want it to be, and even then it doesn't hurt me. He replied as he looked at the orb of blue fire floating right over his hooves, the changeling stallion shifting it to his other hoof to let the colt have a better look at it, the blue flame somehow seeming to radiate a subtle feeling of calmness.
// Sorry for the wait, I had stuff to do. \\
Zappy sits up cautiously and moves a little closer to the blue flame. It's strange, seeing fire without feeling heat. His lip hangs open a bit while he stares into the center of it, though not getting any closer.
It's like it's...warm, but it's not. he says, feeling fuzzy inside near the flame.
Book Keeper exhaled, then concentrated. She didn't think that this time would be any better...but she would at least try. Her horn glowed, and with a large CRACK, disappeared.
Chibalt smiled and chuckled. It's strange, isn't it? Learned it from a pyromancer that was preforming at a show I was being a security guard for, real nice fellow. He said while making the flame flicker and shift for a moment before resuming it's form.
You mean this fire is ment for...playing with? he gives the older changeling a curious look.
Not quite, if I recall correctly the flame is also supposed to be able to heal anyone near it at a slow pace, I can't make one strong enough for that though, the best I can do is just making it dull pain and be a bit calming. He answered while tipping the flame from one hoof to the other as if it was some kind of water balloon.
Fire that heals? It can never harm anything?
A loud CRACK! filled the air as Book Keeper reappeared, though not at her destination. She coughed at the smoke billowing about from her teleport mishap she knew would happen. Through the smoke, she could make out two figures sitting down on something.
"H-hey! *cough* Can you open a window?"
I know, it's pretty cool, it's a pretty rare magic branch though apparently, it doesn't only have things like this though, it has some pretty scary things too, most dangerous thing I've seen probably would be having something akin to a tiny sun being launched at you to then explode into lava, pretty scary stuff. Was all he managed to say before suddenly smoke filled the room and he was dumbstruck, did someone just teleport in?
Zappy has a coughing fit on the couch after the smoke suddenly appeared. He covers his mouth and keeps his eyes shut.
I-is *cough* something on fire?! *cough* he shouts, trying to peek through squinted eyes.
"No *cough*, just a teleport mishap!" Book Keeper answered the voice, which sounded young. "Open a window so all this smoke can be let out!"
Match, overhearing Zappy and Chibalt's conversation, barges in and, with a look of true desire, asks Chibalt, "Can you teach me?"
Chibalt was just about to open the door to let out most of the smoke before suddenly Match barged in, and vigorously opened the door into Chibalt's surprised face while doing so, leaving a twitching and quite audibly grumbling heap of limbs, blue mane and chitin next to the door as the smoke mostly cleared.
Zappy was startled once the door was thrown open. As the smoke exited the room through the door, Zappy could make out two standing figures and a fuzzy image of something on the ground, in which he then hurriedly tosses the blanket he could now see over his head to hide.
"Heh, heh. Sorry about that.", Match giggled (BTW Giggling is also an embarrassed laughing). Match then gets on his hooves and tries to help Chibalt to his.
As the smoke poured out of the room, Book Keeper saw Match helping a...changeling? She was so confused, that all she could manage was a 'Huh'?
Chibalt grumbled a few more seconds before getting back on his hooves with Match's help, the changeling just about to thank him when he heard the 'huh' and turned to face the pony responsible for the sound, only just realizing that he wasn't in his earth pony form. One thought that raced through his head for some reason was whether she'd recognize him as a changeling at all, he did look rather different from one after all, the eyes, the mane and tail, and not to mention the lack of the typical holes made him pretty distinct. Ah, Book Keeper, figures. Well, nice to meet you, again.
Book Keeper froze as the changeling spoke to her in Chibalt's voice. "C-chibalt?"
"you know that teleporting into a commanders office is against the rules as well as randomly barging in"maple Said sitting quite calmly at his desk
Yes Book, it's me, see the resemblance? Eye color, mane, voice, size, stance and so-on. He responded to Book Keeper.
"Er, sorry sir! It was an accident," Book Keeper answered the lieutenant. She turned to Chibalt and said, "I recall you looking...different."
Not much of a surprise there, being a changeling does that. Chibalt admitted with a chuckle, though he still was prepared to dodge or block a spell with his fire if necessary just to be on the safe side.
"A changling, huh?" she said thoughtfully. "So that's why Sergeant Aura wouldn't tell me where you were." She glared at Chibalt. "I wish you had told me sooner."
I don't know if you noticed, but changelings don't exactly have a good reputation, I had no idea if ponies here would accept me or immediately try and make me a pincushion for spears and arrows. Chibalt defended, seeming untouched by the glare.
"You make a good point, " Book Keeper sighed, her anger defused.
Well, thanks for actually listening then instead of instantly thinking 'Oh no, it's a changeling, and changelings are always evil', always found that such a foolish idea, it's like thinking all pegasi suddenly are criminals because one of them is.
"What!? No! Changelings aren't always evil!", Book Keeper thundered, for Chibalt had accidentally touched on one of her sore points.
Maple facehoofed in the corner as he started to loss his professionalism
Realizing his intrusion, Match tries to exit the office.
Chibalt's expression quickly changed to one of shock, he had not expected a response like this. T-that's very thoughtful of you, I think you're one of the first I've heard of outside my family to just straight-up say that, it seems like I misjudged some of you.
"I - I am?" Book Keeper said confusedly. Surely she couldn't be the only one!
The only one that's actually said it to me anyways, doesn't mean you'll be the last to do it.
"I see," Book Keeper responded. "Who else on the base knows?"
Match, Maple, Aura, those are the ones I know of, I probably got seen by several others yesterday, my guise disintegrated when I used that massive fireblast yesterday, took all I had left of my energy to blast a crumbling wall away from several ponies in danger. Chibalt explained. It's a bit of a pickle really, some of the guards on the station probably know I'm a changeling, but I do not know who those would be.
(I thought it's been at least several days since the attack X3)
"I hope it doesn't turn out to be a problem for you," Book Keeper said to Chibalt.
Given that there's an inspection on the base soon and that the one leading the inspection is the section commander, and said commander having probably a not unreasonable hatred of changelings I somehow doubt there won't be problems, or drama at the very least.
"Hmmm, maybe we can hide you somehow," Book Keeper thought out loud.
It would just delay the problem, it'd be better to get it dealt with as soon as possible, plus there's not only me in danger either...
Only listening to the conversation, Zappy remains still and silent under the blanket on the couch. Considering he's the only thing on the couch, he isn't hid very well.
"'Not only me...?' What do you mean?" Book Keeper asked, her eyes narrowed.
Chibalt didn't say anything, instead nodding towards Zappy as he was hiding underneath the blanket on the couch.
Book Keeper walked over to the blanket, and slowly lifted it with her hoof.
// Sorry, I'm playing with friends today so I'm sort of in and out of here right now. x3 \\
A smaller changeling colt stares back at Book Keeper with a nervous look in his eyes.
(its ok)
Book Keeper smiled reassuringly at the young changeling. "I see what you mean," she spoke to Chibalt, and replaced the blanket. "We're going to have to do something about this."
Zappy feels assured that Book Keeper won't hurt him, he just hopes that she won't complicate things any further.
Yeah it's a real headache, I can likely defend myself just fine if it comes down to it but I'd rather keep Zappy out of danger if at all possible, just wouldn't feel right otherwise.
"My parents live just within Canterlot. If you two need a place to stay, they are always happy to see me with friends."
"That's something worth considering," Book Keeper remarked.
There's still a large chance that one of the other guards will tell the commander, or that my disapperance is noticed in some way, it's perhaps a bit too risky, I'll have to tell the guard of me being a changeling at some point anyways, though it should be somewhere I won't appear threatening, a cell would likely be enough for that impression, not that it'd last long if I try to escape.
"Has the fact that you're a changeling reached central? Because if it hasn't, the story could be that you were sent on patrols or given an important message that needed to be delivered by one of the guards."
No, my worry is that some guards on the base would blab about me and then suddenly I'd be painted as a dangerous escapee and have a large portion of the guard out for my chitin, and probably my brother out for the guard in turn. Chibalt pointed out, he really had no idea who else was aware of him being a changeling, and his actual identity for that matter.
"Do you have an idea of which of the other guardsponies might have seen you?" Book Keeper asked Chibalt.
No idea, though several probably saw me limping around patching up some of the more wounded guards, twining my hairs together works as excellent bandages, so chances are quite a few of the ones concious saw me. If I noticed anypony awake at the time then I likely ignored it.
"Great...that's a sizable amount of guards."
Exactly, leaving would just very likely worsen the situation significantly, it's going to have to be dealt with here, before the section commander comes preferably so I at least won't be having the guards here trying to make me a pincushion if it goes bad.
"Well if you go to my house disguised, nopony would be the wiser. Even if they did figure out that you escaped, why would they look at my parent's place?"
And you think there wouldn't be such things as warrants and posters about me? I have pretty distinct colours, and disguising as somepony else than myself just feels wrong and uncomfortable, like full body-armor that's too small. Chibalt pointed out.
"Well if you think it's your colors that would give you away, then you could always change them, even giving yourself a fake scar would be enough to fool most ponies!"
Changes big enough to change my apperance like that would still have the same effect, and as far as I am aware my flames are unique, so finding me based on even the slightest sighting of them would be easy. No I just want this worked out somehow so I don't have to worry.
"What about the Dragon Ponies that live in the forest? We seem to have a peaceful relationship with them at the moment, so you could stay with them for the duration of the commander's visit. Past that though, I could only offer to take Zappy to my Parents while you return to the prison block."
It would still have the same problem as the previous suggestions though... Chibalt trailed off as he seemed to look at something behind Match, though whatever it was it seemed to disappear just as rapidly as it appeared, leaving the changeling with a slight smirk. I think things might work out, call it a hunch if you will.
((This has been going on for long enough I think.))
"*Sigh* If you say so." Match pauses before saying, "I should go then, no point in me avoiding my duties."
Zappy lets out a soft sigh. He feels disconnected from everypony except Chibalt, like he may only observe and never bring anything to help anypony out.
"Life is not really kind when you are someone who can't just sit down and stay there for who knows how much time, this means no permanent jobs, no real homes and just aquaintances rather than friends, but when you get used to it, its not that bad, this temporary job as a guard won't be different."
Trott Trottington reporting for street duty sir!"This wasn't the first time Trott had to be a guard, but he never thought they would be this rash with him for an old timer, when he pressented his papers everything he did in the past was overlooked and assigned to clean toilets for a long time, of course, that was 3 months ago, now you have been assigned to be a street patrol, it wasn't a bad place to be, not in this city, most ponies told you that Canterlot was the place to be a guard, let's hope they are right, you wouldn't stand another 3 months of toilet scrubbing"
This is just a simple set up, hes is not someone who stays in the same place for longer than a few years.http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=9115.msg700878#msg700878
There, sorry.
(Puynsi, what situation is your character introduced in? What is happening, where is your character? Your post didn't really give much information.)
Chibalt looked at Zappy while seeming deep in thought for a little while before seeming to have an idea, the changeling turning quickly to Book Keeper. Book, think you could perhaps help Zappy with his magic when you have the oppertunity? Lightning magic seems to be what he can use, maybe figure out something to keep him from shocking himself too. He asked eagerly, hoping she could help in some way as he really couldn't due to his lack of horn and wildly different magic.
"finally I'm done" maple said getting up
"Shocking himself!?" Book Keeper was surprised, but recovered her composure. "I'll do what I can," she told Chibalt.
Keep in mind it's accidental though since I think his magic's a bit difficult to control, so you might wanna have something to protect against it so you don't get electrical burns, same for him. Chibalt finished before looking over at Maple again. "Any idea when the inspection starts?"
"Why not use a lightning rod?", Match states. "You know, like the ones on top of tall buildings that attract the electricity so that nopony gets struck by it."
And you're wanting a colt to have to walk around with one all the time? Can you imagine just suddenly not being able to use your magic for fear of creating a firestorm? Chibalt said rather loudly while frowning at Match
"I am scared of creating a firestorm!", Match shouts, "The only reason I can create any form of fire magic without doing so is because I vent so much mana before I use fire magic! That's why my horn ignites on the tip during combat, I am literally burning of mana so that I can control it's flow!"
And you think he isn't just as worried!? Chibalt practically yelled back. And how would you make a lightning rod work anyways? It has to be connected to the ground to even work, lest it simply arc the electricity back in an even more dangerous form!
"If he held an iron rod that was stuck into the ground he could vent the excess electricity into the earth!", Match replies, obviously emotional by this point.
"Uh guys, you might want to tone it down," Book Keeper interjected.
Hearing Book's interception, Match lowers his gaze and softens his voice to say, "Book's right. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let my emotions get in the way of my duty."
Chibalt sighed as he calmed down too. Sorry, I just got carried away, anyways I just want him to learn how to control his magic so he doesn't have to worry about harming others by accident.
// I would've been on earlier, but I went out and bought Super Smash Bros. today and I've been playing a bunch of it. I tell myself Smash is fun but I can never accurately remember just how much fun it really is! :D \\
All of the shouting was frightening Zappy, making him hold his breath. It simply made him feel less noticeable and therefore safer.
Once the shouting had stopped, he decided he would take a peek and lifts the blanket a little.
"After getting scolded by the Lt., Trott was sent into the streets as another regular guard patrol, the city was indeed, majestic as the stories he heard about it, even after the changeling invasion, the security pressence was carefully balanced between a sense of security and the permanent state of fear, lively at the sunlight, calm and ethereal under the moonlight."
Well, time to earn my living... -said Trott as he took the last seconds looking that his uniform was in pristine condition while getting ready- "just a stain and who knows what the Lt. would do to him"
Book Keeper gave the changeling colt a warm smile.
"yes please do not " maple got up and stared at match and chibalt
Again, sorry, I just get a bit... emotional sometimes and it just snaps. Chibalt apologized again, somehow looking a mixture of embarassed, sheepish and ashamed.
"it's ok I would just not like to have a random guard come in to see what all the noise is " maple said sitting back down
Chibalt almost facehoofed as he realized two things, one, he did not think that a guard might want to investigate, which made him want to facehoof, and two, he was facehooving quite a bit lately, more than usual anyways.
Zappy returns a small smile to Book Keeper.
"ok now chibalt I have a question for you, do you wish to find the colt a home?" maple asked staring right a chibalt
Yes, I was thinking my parents might be a good bet, adoptive ones I mean, they have already raised one changeling. He replied and let out a short chuckle before sighing. But I'm afraid they're in a bit of a tight spot economically, harvest on their farm wasn't great this year, they'll manage but their economy's quite precarious at the moment, so they can't adopt. I don't really know of any other places I could say with certainty would work, and an orphanage would just be idiocy.
"Chibalt," Book Keeper suddenly spoke up. "How much would it cost your parents to look after a changeling colt for a year?"
I'm not sure, aside from the extra food they'd need to buy I don't really know how much they'd need and how much they could simply re-use of what they have from when me and Tundra grew up. Though I'd rather Zappy actually get some control over his magic first, it's not as potent as fire but near flammable things like firewood or matresses it'd be more than enough to set something ablaze. Chibalt explained while seeming to go over what little numbers he had about the situation in his head.
"I think I can take care of Zappy's lack of control over his magic," Book Keeper replied. "Just give me an estimate."
Chibalt pondered for a little while before sighing. Not too good at estimates, though I think it'd at most be about.... 20-30 000 bits, and that's counting in some potentially massive renovations and fixing the many holes in the walls on the second floor mom and dad never really got around to fixing, aside from that they're fairly self-sufficient on the farm food-wise so it shouldn't be much of a problem, they always stock a bit more food than they really need, I suppose a fair portion of the money would go to furniture too and various other things that would have to be replaced. So that should be leaving about a 10 000 bits margin if nothing really expensive has to be bought, not sure where you'd get the money from though, it's quite a lot.
"Well then, you've got it," Book Keeper smiled at Chibalt.
Book Keeper's reply stumped Chibalt's thoughts completely, his jaw dropping from shock. W-what? Just like that?
"Yep!" Book Keeper giggled at the look on Chibalt's face. "Just like that!"
I, er.... I'm not sure what to say really, though thank you, maybe I'll have Tundra pop by and give some lessons in rune magic to the mages here as repayment, you included. He probably won't share any offensive ones though, he doesn't really have a good impression of the guard from prior events, you can blame that on a corrupt officer.
"That's fine," Book Keeper responded. She was just glad to help somepony in need. Like he did for her.
Chibalt smiled, he was rather pleased that that problem was dealt with. Well if you do need a favor then feel free to ask, I feel I at least owe you that much.
"Sure!" Book Keeper returned Chibalt's smile with one of her own. Zappy would get a home, and she would be satisfied.
Zappy, from what little of him can be seen from under the blanket, looks confused. There was a multitude of discussions about changelings on the base, then something about money came into the mix and then something about his magic. He lost track after the conversation about getting him a home. He didn't even notice the drool pooling in the corner of his lip.
What's happening? he asks, rubbing his face with his hoof to wipe the wetness away.
Chibalt looked towards Zappy and snickered as he noticed the drool just as the colt was wiping it off. Hehe, well, Book Keeper here offered enough money that my parents adopting you wouldn't be an issue, only after you figure out how to control your magic though.
After I...can't I just not use it? :s
I meant only AFTER wew find out some method of keeping the electricity from hurting your or others. Chibalt specified.
Oh, okay...I guess I could try for that...
"So where will he stay in the meantime Chibalt?" Book Keeper asked the older changeling.
Aaaand there's something I hadn't thought of again....
Is there a small room I could take? Maybe one that's not used too often?
"Hmmm," pondered Book Keeper. What to do...
Idea!
"We could set up an extradimensional space in a closet!" Book Keeper exclaimed.
"Extra-dimension closet?! Isn't that a little dangerous to be keeping a colt in?"
Book Keeper scowled. "Only if it isn't created properly," she told Match.
"Still", Match says with a defeated but concerned expression.
"In case you're worried about it collapsing, a well designed space will have a backup spell that transports the creatures inside to a nearby designated location," Book Keeper responded.
"What about the creatures outside? If the space collapses it might create an implosion."
What...IS a extradiment..tanal space? Zappy asks.
Book Keeper shook her head. "Again, it depends on how well the space is designed." She turned to Zappy and explained, "An extra-dimensional space is when you have a big space inside of a small space."
um....how can that be...a thing?
"It can't, which is why it's very dangerous magic."
"could we please not convert my favorite chestnut closet into a extra dimension" maple asked facehoofing
Chibalt just sighed as he listened to the rather strange argument about probably making a cupboard or closet into an extradimensional space bigger on the inside, he really didn't have much to contribiute to the argument itself as while he may be a mage's brother that didn't mean he was a magical genius, he knew a few things but this wasn't one of them.
A guard knocked at the door "sir there's someone here to see you"
Chibalt hurriedly, yet silently changed back into his less buggy earth pony form and quickly moved to the couch, standing in front of it in just the right manner to hide Zappy while hopefully looking like he was not in fact hiding something.
Match steps to the side and stands at attention.
Zappy tosses the blanket back over his head and lies down to hide.
Maple walked up to the door and peaked out"ah bladerunner my old friend it's been to long how about we head over to the canteen you are surly hungry" with this maple left giving chibalt a wink
((Gtg to school 0:) ))
Chibalt sighed in relief as Maple led Bladerunner apparently to the canteen, giving him the perfect chance to get back to the cell. That... was close, I'm gonna have to get to the cells now, though Zappy can't stay here like this, at least not until that Bladerunner pony has met me first. Could you perhaps find some way to deal with that Match?
Zappy pulls the blanket off of his head. He looks worried, though he doesn't say anything.
"As long as he can keep his disguise up he's welcome to tag along with me for the day. Otherwise I'll have to send him to the Dragon Ponies until we figure something out."
Well it's going to have to work somehow, see ya later. He said before leaving the room, though not before seeming to poke something in the air and strangely enough, a thwang noise almost sounding like the string of a guitar coming from roughly where his hoof poked the air.
Disregarding the noise, Match turns his attention to the colt under the sheets. "Are you sure you can maintain a disguise at all times today?"
ALL the time? Maybe. I mean, I'm pretty good with the disguising thing. It seems so simple for me.
"Well if anything happens we'll need a convert way of communicating it. How about using the sentence 'I need to fetch my umbrella'? If you tell me it, I will know somethings wrong and hide you. How does that sound?"
Okay, sure. I can do that.
....
Who should I disguise as?
"Well that depends. Can you make your own disguises, or do you have to copy somepony else?"
I haven't tried making my own before. I don't know how to do it. Is there somepony around wearing full armor? Or maybe I could just keep the blanket over my head.
"Nah, it's okay. The guards around here are pretty generic. Just pick one of the less conspicuous ones you've seen and take their form."
Oh alright. Should I do that now?
"Well yeah. I want to make sure your up to the task before we start. Besides, that whole green fire thing you guys do isn't exactly inconspicuous."
Hehe, right. Zappy nods in agreement.
He steps down off of the couch and out of the blanket. He stands still as he focuses for a moment and changes into a commonly seen white unicorn guard of the appropriate size.
How did it turn out? he asks in his new, deeper toned voice.
"It's good enough, just be sure to keep a distinguishing feature so I can find you if we get separated."
Okay, I think I can manage something simple. he says.
"Good. Now that you're properly disguised, I will start by giving you the complementary tour of the base."
That sounds good, I'm ready. Zappy gives Match a cheery smile. He's happy just to get out a little and stretch his legs after hiding under the blanket for a while.
"How about we start with where you are right now? This is Lt. Maplewood's office. This is where he does all of his important paperwork, and judging by that, we should leave here now."
Okay. Will we come back here later? he asks as he takes a couple of steps towards the door.
"Hopefully not.", Match responds, already halfway out the door.
Why...umm not? he asks with a downed expression as he follows Match out.
"Because the only reason why you'd be back in that room today, is if your cover was blown."
Oh... Zappy's ears flop down to the sides of his head.
That would be pretty bad... he thinks to himself as he quietly follows Match.
Match continues the tour, making clear where the Canteen, Barracks and Guard towers are located. "Well that concludes the tour. Any question?"
Zappy raises his hoof, despite not needing to do so.
Why isn't there a forge around here? The ponies don't make their own stuff?
"Their is, but it's dangerous and I'd be more easily recognized there."
You would be? Why is it bad if somepony recognizes you?
"Because I'm not expected to be showing a new pony around. The less attention we attract, the better."
Oooh. Alright, I get it. Zappy nods in understanding.
"Good."
Shouldn't I...go find that nice mare? um...Book Keeper? She said she was going to help me with my..um..problem. he says, noting their public presence. It would be strange to hear of a unicorn in the guard who needs help with magic.
"Sure, she should be over at the library.", Match says, already walking towards the library.
Her name is Book Keeper and she's in the library. Zappy giggles.
"And I'm Match Stick and I keep the forge lit, what's so funny about it?"
I just think it's funny. he says.
(eh, I'll roll with it)
Book Keeper had left after the commander had arrived walked the library on base. She was currently reading a book called Tactical Magic: How To Compensate For Low Reserves.
Match and Teal arrive at the library not too long after Book. "Good day.", Match greets Book.
Chibalt meanwhile had managed to get back to the cell before dropping his disguise and settling down to read a book he'd picked up from his room to pass the time, the changeling humming softly while reading and waiting.
Book Keeper was reading very intently, and seemed not to hear Match greet her.
Match sighs before repeating himself with a more annoyed tone, "Good day."
Book Keeper blinked; she had the distinct feeling that somepony was calling her. She pulled her head out of her book, looked around, and came face to face with Match.
"Oh, hello!" Book Keeper greeted Match..
"The changeling wanted to see you."
Chibalt stopped humming for a moment and looked up from his book, having some strange feeling a misunderstanding was happening, though he quickly brushed off the feeling and went back to reading, the cover of the book itself faded from having been read innumerable times.
The white stallion standing next to Match gives Book Keeper a smile.
Hello, right here. he gives a small wave.
"Hello," Book Keeper smiled back at the changeling as he waved to her. "How has your tour been?"
It was good, Match showed me where everything is and told me about them. ^-^
Poetryinmotion rises donning her armor uniform then polishes the breastplate emblem.
*sighs* Ready for another evening on watch, aye the duties of the Royal Guard call...
She begins making her rounds of the barracks and offices checking that all is secure.
"That's good to hear," Book Keeper continued smiling, glancing at Match to let him know that she appreciated what he was doing for Zappy. "Is there anything you need of me now?"
um...when do we start with the um...training? er...with helping me?
Knowing his place in this meeting, Match grabbed a book and sat by the front door.
"We can start now if you like," Book Keeper told Zappy. "We just need an empty room that nopony is likely to visit for the day."
An armored Royal Guard pony is seen passing by the classroom windows on her rounds during her watch, the emblem on her chest plate shines in the light of the day, she had requested day duty and received confirmation that she was now on high watch, and she took her duties seriously, never wavering as she continued her rounds, her wings held proudly at her sides, she felt honored to so serve the crown.
Okay, where could we find an empty room? This whole place is crawling with ponies right now. Zappy says, looking around.
(For anyone trying to join, try directly interacting with some of the other characters instead of having an ambigous start where we have no idea where you are or how we would see you. A guard hearing murmurs about a changeling in the cells could be seen as a good enough reason for someone joining to come down there, one could also use the OOC thread this RP has to discuss a little where and who might be a good idea to bump into in the RP so to say.)
(http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=13447.0)
Hearing rumors of a possible invasion, she becomes more vigilant and begins to investigate all buildings and offices.
Chibalt continued humming to himself for a while, the sound carrying through the otherwise dead silent cell building, the humming almost bordering on singing and rather conveniently also just loud enough for the armored mare walking about to hear it when passing the door.
((Niraht, using OOC chat might make it a little easier to co-ordinate with you, and this isn't an RP in the middle of Canterlot by the way, rather I think it's more a royal guard base for training mostly.))
"I know of one," Book Keeper suddenly grinned sheepishly. "I'm going to put my book back first." And she did so.
Okay! So...are we going there now? Zappy asks.
Book Keeper nodded. "Yep!" she replied. "Follow me," she continued, and led Zappy with her out of the library.
Zappy follows Book Keeper out, staying close to her side.
After twenty minutes of walking, Book Keeper led Zappy in to a windowless room; it had been one of the places where she had accidentally teleported to. She lit up the room with a spell and locked the door behind them.
"We should be alone here," she told him.
Zappy drops his disguise and lets out a sigh of relief, kicking out his little legs.
I can't describe how weird it feels to do that. he says. So um...how do we start? he asks, giving Book Keeper his full attention.
Bored and hungry, Match leaves the library and goes to the canteen for some supper.
"Okay," Book Keeper started. "The first thing we need to do is find your focus. All creatures who can perform magic have some sort of focus; unicorns, for example, use their horns," she pointed to her horn. "When you try to use your magic, where do you feel it the strongest?"
Zappy sits down on the floor and points to his horn.
"Er...I see," Book Keeper grinned sheepishly. It should have been obvious, but she supposed it was understandable since there was barely any information available on changelings. She resolved right then and there to ask Chibalt some questions later. "I want you to summon a small of amount of magical energy," she instructed Zappy. "When you do so, concentrate on sending it towards your horn." She then quietly prepared a spell to siphon excess magical energy from Zappy should something go wrong.
Zappy takes in a breath. Okay....just a little... he says to himself quietly. He closes his eyes and focuses on controlling just a small bit of magic in his horn. It faintly lights up at the tip and small trails of electricity swirl around it. Everything is fine at first, but small sparks shoot off as he continues to hold it. One of the sparks hits him on the head and he gives a startled yelp at the quick shock. With his concentration lost, the magical energy in his horn disperses in all directions, though only far enough to give him alone a painful shock and leave him shuddering on his knees.
Book Keeper watched in horror as the shocks coursed through Zappy's body; she attempted to siphon it off, but it all happened to quickly for her to affect anything. The energy dispersed, yet the changeling colt managed to stay on his hooves, albeit barely. She rushed over and hugged him, chiding herself on the inside for being so careless, and resolved to be a lot more careful.
"Are you all right!?" she cried.
Zappy takes in stuttered breaths and nods.
I-I t-think so... >.<
((And that is why Chibalt wanted some safety measures first, THEN practice, heh.))
Felucia approaches the base calmly.
Hai there.
"now Blade runner how has life been" maple asked as they sat in the canteen drinking some cider
(Dark Hooves, who did you approach, where? Who were you greeting? That was a bit too vague for anyone to do much really...)
Chibalt just continued reading his book while humming, not really paying much attention to much else.
(And I don't have very much to do either, ah and I'm in the cells area by the way.)
Seeing Maple and Bladerunner. Match decides to sit at a polite eavesdropping distance from them while he ate his meal.
//The guards at the gate.
"well it's been ok I guess, hey we heard you got attacked" blade runner began taking a swig of cider
"AH!" Aura woke up suddenly, a paper stuck to her face.
"yeah about that you got any clue who" he asked starting to get very nervous
(( :D hey there electric))
Felucia enters the cell area.
Chibalt was still humming to himself while reading his book when Felucia entered the area, the tune given a somewhat strange quality simply by him being a changeling, the slight buzzing in his voice while a changeling translating well into humming, he stopped as he heard somepony approaching, though didn't look up from his book or acknowledge the arrival otherwise.
(Quick recap of his apperance, he is a changeling without a horn, nor the usual holes in his limbs and such, he also has cobalt-blue mane and tail, chitin is a very dark blue, almost black but not quite. Other than that his size and such is the same as when in his earth pony disguise/form, still a pretty big pony.)
Hello there, how are you?
(Dark Hooves, does Felucia really not know about changelings, at all?)
Most likely going to say no.. but could I roleplay as my O.C?) ovO
(Use the OOC thread for the question perhaps?)
//she's heard about them but hasn't seen any.
(sorry for the delay X3)
Book Keeper inhaled and exhaled slowly. It looked like she was going to have a tough time helping Zappy focus his magic; she might have to call in a favor.
"Zappy," she started slowly, "has this always happened to you?"
Zappy nods, rubbing the tears of pain from his eyes.
Chibalt looked up from his book and towards Felucia, seeming somewhat surprised. "Huh, was kinda expecting 'monster!' or 'Changeling!' to be the first words."
(Chances are Felucia might not recognize him, ah and his eyes are rather different than as an earth pony too, sorta like Chrysalis's eyes but replace the green with Cobalt blue and you should get what it looks like.)
Interesting eyes you have, wait I have seven them before. Some channeling tried to overthrow us but we fought them off. They canon mimic our looks but not our strength.
(Dark Hooves, Chibalt's eyes aren't like normal changeling's eyes, drones look more like bug eyes, all faceted and such...)
Book Keeper sighed. "I should have done this before." She started casting a spell; flickers of lightning appeared 'round her horn. She released it at Zappy; a warm glow suffused him with flickers of lightning for a moment, then vanished.
"There! You are now protected from lightning magic!" she told him.
uum...really? Zappy asks. I don't feel any different...how long does it last? he asks.
"One hour," Book Keeper told him.
So I have an hour to practice? At least I won't get hurt...but um.... he looks at her. I could still hurt you.
//oops, geez I hate the auto correct on my phone, she still sees a slight resemblance in the eyes
(Would think it'd more be in the having chitin bit rather than the eyes, and how can you compare drake-like eyes with changeling drone eyes and actually find common traits anyways?)
"That's not a problem," Book Keeper answered Zappy. "I'll just cast it on myself as well." And she did so, though after she was finished, she was sweating a little.
"Alright, I want you try again," she told him.
Zappy takes in a breath and stands up slowly. This time he sits down so he doesn't have to worry about losing his balance again.
Okay, just step back a bit.
He closes his eyes and once again focuses on conjuring just a bit of magic into his horn. Like before, a spark of light appears and lightning twirls around the tip of his horn. Also like before, it sparks off, though this time it doesn't hurt Zappy. He tries to keep it from attempting to shock him as best he can, though he cannot prevent it from doing so.
"Hmmm," Book Keeper pondered as Zappy lost control again. "Have you tried to use your magic often?"
N-no...at least, not outside of practicing. he says, still straining to try to control his magic.
"If this happens every time you attempt to use magic, it would make sense that your control would be nearly non-existent," Book Keeper observed. "For now, the best thing would likely be for you try to keep that tiny bit of summoned magic in control for around ten seconds. Once you accomplish that, we can move on to dealing with these electric surges of yours."
Okay, but...controlling even this amount seems impossible. he says. The sparks on his horn shoot off a little, bouncing off the floor before dissipating.
Book Keeper shook her head. "Nothing is impossible," she told the young changeling. "It will simply take time and effort. I believe that you can do it," she finished with a warm smile.
"well it goes like this last Wednesday we got a distress signal from one of are scouting parties " blade runner began
...if you really think so. Zappy smiles a little back. He drops the spell, taking a breather.
Chibalt tilted his head in confusion, how could that even happen? He didn't know much about changelings other than him but he was pretty sure eyes like his were uncommon at best among most changelings. "I never knew about that, odd, doesn't sound like normal changeling tactics..."
(Maple, you don't need to do one line of conversation between your own characters per post.)
They were rogue ones.
Bored with Maple and Bladerunner's petty talk, Match decides to check up on Chibalt in the holding cell. Arriving at the cell block, Match is surprised by Felucia's presence and instinctively ignites his horn. "What business brings you unannounced to our prison Felucia?!"
I came by to thank you for helping my tribe. The young ones are doing very well.
"Then thank us, no need to consult the treacherous changling."
((No offence Chibalt, this part is business))
Thanks for helping my tribe, you can tell the royal family they've gained allies.
"Come on, the shows over. Now can you please leave the prison in a civil manner?"
(None taken, it is a bit of an act afterall.)
Chibalt chuckled a little under his breath at Maple's act before speaking up. "I believe she heard my little humming number, changeling voices do quite well for singing and such, though I've only really had myself for reference so I can't be certain." He finished with another chuckle before going back to reading and humming, tapping one hoof against the stone floor in a rythm to his humming.
I've got some down time, I'd like a tour of the base.
"Sorry, but the base isn't taking guests right now."
My, so rude. Humph! She walks out heading towards the commander's office.
"Rude? I should have you arrested for trespassing!", Match shouts at Felucia as she walks away. When she was sufficiently distant from the cell area Match turned back to Chibalt and says, "Sorry about that, but we can't risk your exposure right now. I hope you understand."
She ignores the guard and reaches the CO's office. She knocks on the door.
"well then let's head to my office to start the inspection procedure" maple suggested leading blade runner out of the canteen towards the office
"Ready to try again?" Book Keeper asked Zappy after a few minutes had passed.
Chibalt stopped his humming for a monent, letting out a chuckle before speaking without looking up from his book. Don't worry, besides I suppose there is some truth in that anyways.
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Feb 05, 04:01:25
"Ready to try again?" Book Keeper asked Zappy after a few minutes had passed.
One more time, yeah. Zappy nods slowly. I just don't know what I should do different...
"Yeah. While I'm here, is their anything you required?"
No thank you, I have no current need of room service. Chibalt joked playfully.
"Then I must bid you good day. Sorry, but duty calls."
Felucia waits patiently for the CO to return.
Maple let's blade runner in first only to here a gasp he quickly bolts in to discover a very angry commander and a very noticeable Dragon pony."Lt maple what is going on here" blade calmly asked
Exiting the cell block, Match hears yelling from the administrative building and decides to see what the matter was. Arriving to see Maple standing outside of his office, Match decides that he should stay quiet and see what was going on.
"There isn't anything that you can do differently at the moment," Book Keeper told Zappy. "It's simply going to take some time."
Are you sure? I can hardly hold even a little of it at one time... he says with a worried expression.
"I'm positive," Book Keeper told Zappy.
If you say so...
Zappy practices a little while longer, continuing to fail at each attempt.
Book Keeper was a little discouraged by the results that Zappy was showing, but reminded herself that he must have never really had a chance to practice properly - those shocks of his had seen to that.
After nearly an hour had passed, Book Keeper spoke up. "The spell will be ending very soon," she told the young changeling. "You can stop now."
Zappy stops practicing, dropping his magic once again. It again shoots off a small spark as he lets go of it, although not harming anything. He lets out a small sigh and faces her.
Did it look like I was getting better? he asks her.
"I think, near the end, a little bit," Book Keeper told Zappy. "With a few days practice, you may be able to manage the whole 10 seconds completely."
Zappy smiles a bit at that.
At least none of it will be painful, thanks to you. he says.
Quote from: Maplewood on 2015 Feb 05, 21:17:59
Maple let's blade runner in first only to here a gasp he quickly bolts in to discover a very angry commander and a very noticeable Dragon pony."Lt maple what is going on here" blade calmly asked
I would like to speak to your CO.
"hmm that's me what would like" maple said with a hurried tone
Hearing Felucia's voice, Match steps forward and says to her, "Hey, I thought I told you to get lost!"
Book Keeper nodded. They were done practicing for now, but they couldn't just stay here. What to do...
"Zappy, can you read?"
Zappy turns his look back towards Book Keeper.
Read? A little bit, why? he asks.
"We can't wait here all day for the commander to finish his inspection," Book Keeper explained. "And we don't have a safe place for you to stay yet. So I think the library might be a good idea for you to spend your time; you'll have to keep your disguise up, but it's fairly quiet most of the time. There aren't a lot of ponies who visit the library at any given day, and if anypony tries to give you trouble, I'll just say that I asked you for help in researching something. So, how about it?"
I think it's okay. Zappy nods.
"Great! Um..is it embarrassing if you disguise yourself in front of me? I can turn away if you like."
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Feb 09, 21:35:00
Hearing Felucia's voice, Match steps forward and says to her, "Hey, I thought I told you to get lost!"
You better hope your CO doesn't discharge you for this. Felucia teleport back to her home.
Turning to Lt. Maple, Match says, "I'm sorry about that sir. She must have sneaked onto the base. I caught her soliciting with the prisoner earlier and told her to leave peacefully but was unable to escort her out at the time."
"yeah well let's just try a bit harder next time " he gave a sigh as he went back to blade runner who was starting to look a little red as if he was about to explode
Seeing Bladerunner in such a mood, Match goes wide eyed before re-assuming his guardsman demeanor and turning tail.
Chibalt meanwhile had taken to occupying himself with some practice again, mostly just balancing on any of his four hooves, the changeling not really having much else to do while waiting for things to actually happen.
"well speaking of which I better go talk to our guest " maple said exiting the room to let blade calm down
(Insert filler post about Chibalt doing something here)
Opening up the door into the cells maple came to find chibalt looking very bored ."man I'm so tired" he sighed sitting next to the cell
Chibalt had been in the middle of balancing on one of his forehooves, the changeling seeming to have a remarkable sense of balance judging by how little he wobbled, whem Maple came and sat down next to the cell though he dropped back onto his legs, making a rather heavy thump as his hooves made contact with the floor and attesting to his fairly significant weight while like this. Things not going quite like planned? Chibalt questioned, sitting down and looking at Maple.
(Just if someone's confused about why Chibalt is so heavy, he has internal skeleton, exoskeleton/chitin AND he is quite a bit bigger than an average pony, add in the extra muscle needed to move fluidly with all that when doing acrobatics and the result is a REALLY heavy changeling, he's quite a bit lighter when a pony though, his disguise is sort of like shapeshifting, haven't gotten the specifics on that figured out yet though.)
Deciding that he should check on Book and Zappy, Match swiftly makes his way to where the two were practicing.
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Feb 11, 16:04:00
"Great! Um..is it embarrassing if you disguise yourself in front of me? I can turn away if you like."
No, why would it be?
Zappy disguises once again as a commonly seen white guard pony. He holds his head for a moment, feeling a slight sense of nausea from the high change.
See? It's alright. he says, looking at Book Keeper.
Match knocks on the door of Book and Zappy's practice room. "It's me Match.", he calls.
"nah I'm just tired and worried" he replied giving a nervous chuckle
"Oh," Book Keeper said, feeling a little foolish. "Not much is known about changelings and their culture, so I didn't know if it would bother you or not."
Just then she heard a knock at the door. "It's me Match," she heard from behind it. She walked over to the door and opened it, revealing the charcoal pony.
"How did you know we were here?" she asked, a little suspicious.
Chibalt nodded to himself, getting a rather amusing mental image of himself as a changeling psychologist with Maple lying on a way too comfy couch and saying something about his parents, the thought making Chibalt chuckle a little.
Yeah, it can wear on you, just try not to let it pile up, just makes it worse. Sometimes you don't even notice it until it's alleviated, it feels... good to know ponies that know what I am and don't hate me for it, I feel calmer than I have been in years just because of it.
"What kind of bodyguard would I be if I didn't know where Zappy was at all times?", Match says with a bit of roguish charm before answering Books question by saying with a chuckle, "I used the bases security system, it shows all registered guardsmen (and guardswomen) and their current position on the base."
"are you sure " "
Chibalt considered the question a bit before nodding. Yeah, I don't think I really noticed how much this wore on me till yesterday actually, or rather, after waking up, haven't slept that well for quite a while.
Zappy walks towards Book Keeper and Match, peering around Book Keeper to look at Match.
There's a thing that shows where everypony is?
"Well yes, and no. It's not really that important right now."
Pixel, a grey unicorn with a green spiky mane. sat on the back of the supply truck unhappy.
Once arrived at the destination he jumped off the truck with a frown and a duffle bag in tote. Angrily making his way to the base.
"chibalt what's it like to be a changling, like what's it like to shape shift " maple asked sounding generally curious
"Apparently," Book Keeper responded. "To be honest, I find it kind of disturbing."
"It's a bit hard to describe, it feels like being squeezed into another form, or stretched depending on the size, it doesn't really hurt to me though, it just sort of feels... uncomfortable for me with forms other than the form you met me through, like wearing something just a little bit too small, and slightly itchy." Chibalt explained before shrugging lightly. "That's just me though, I'm not sure I'm even the same type of changeling as other known ones, so I can't really speak for what it feels like for them."
"It's part of the base's emergency security system, I saw it during the last attack when I protected Lt. Maple while he tried to figure out who was attacking us, and do to our current circumstance I decided that a slight breach of privacy would make finding you two a lot easier, so I did."
Pixel walked to the administration post and hands his transfer papers to Bladerunner.
"now cadet what rank am I"? blade asked looking very stern
Does it look like i care?
i didn't want to come here in the first place.
Pixel said not flinching by Blade's tone of voice
"well then in that case you won't mind being on the dig team then?" blade finished giving the paper a stamp with his hoof signing it
sure just as soon as i can get back to Fillydelfia
he watched with a frown as the hoof hit the paper
"alright now get out of my site"[/color
my pleasure
Pixel turned around and left the administration post
"well that answers my question then?"
Guess it does... anything else you might be curious of? I doubt I can answer all questions about changelings but I'll try regardless.
"nope now it's your turn to ask me questions"
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Feb 14, 12:55:13
"It's part of the base's emergency security system, I saw it during the last attack when I protected Lt. Maple while he tried to figure out who was attacking us, and do to our current circumstance I decided that a slight breach of privacy would make finding you two a lot easier, so I did."
"Well," Book Keeper frowned. "Please find another way next time."
"Well I'm here now.
Quote from: Maplewood on 2015 Feb 15, 11:02:40
"nope now it's your turn to ask me questions"
Chibalt nodded and smiled. "Very well then, do you know why this Blade Runner hates changeling so much? I mean, findging ponies that dislike them is easy enough considering what they did, but hate? That's much more uncommon, particularly without reason behind it."
" blade runner was a humble pony who was very respected in the guard for his bravery but that changed after the accident that put me in the intensive care unit. He was like brother to me and he wouldn't give up convinced that a changling saboteur had removed the coolant cell causeing the melt down" maple chuckled. "he never gave up and it started to tear him apart mostly because what had happened to me"
Chibalt sighed as Maple finished his explenation. So from what you said, there's no proof that it was sabotaged by a changeling instead of, say, a pony, yet he believed it anyways so much that he convinced himself changelings in general are responsible for your injury. Am I correct or did I miss out on something? Either way it doesn't change that it frankly sounds more like an excuse than a reason.
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Feb 15, 18:20:50
"Well I'm here now.
Book Keeper sighed. "Anyways, is there something you need now? I was going to take Zappy to the library."
"I would like to carry out my orders and continue to escort Zappy."
Book Keeper nodded. "Alright then." She turned to Zappy and said, "We'll continue training tomorrow."
"You misunderstand me, I am only here to protect Zappy, and right now training him seems to be the best way of doing so."
"what was I supposed to do I was in a coma in the hospital" maple chuckled
Felicia draws her claws on a rock sharpening them.
"Ah. Well, in any event, I'm tapped out for day," Book Keeper explained. "My magic reserves are low; I don't have enough left to cast the spell that protects Zappy from lightning magic."
"Well that's a shame.", Match says being unsure of what to do with Zappy now that his magical training would have to cease for his own safety.
Could I just go take a nap...or..something...please? Zappy asks, looking on at the two ponies with a tired expression on his face.
// Sorry for not being on lately. I was studying for a test on Wednesday that I ultimately failed to pass by scoring one point below passing. \\
"but that's that" maple smiled getting up and exiting the jail
Fair point there, and I guess so, see ya later. Chibalt said while giving Maple a short wave as he left before going back to his book again.
Maple headed towards the library to get some paperwork needed for some renovations
Book Keeper's expression turned that of concern at the young changeling's request.
"Sure thing; I know of a few places where you can sleep undisturbed for a few hours."
(sorry for the wait X3)
// It's alright. \\
Thank you, I could really use the sleep. Zappy smiles.
Book Keeper nodded. She turned to Match. "I'll be taking Zappy with me then. We can meet up later to discuss his living arrangements."
"All right. I'll be at the forges till sundown, so just come by if you need anything.", says Match before leaving for his duty at the forge.
Book Keeper turned to Zappy. "Are you ready to go?" she asked him.
Yeah, I'm ready. Zappy replies with a nod.
"Alright then, let's go," said Book Keeper. She looked outside this way and that way, then motioned for Zappy to follow her.
(edited :P)
// I know it's been a bit, but Zappy's been in guard form for a few minutes in the Rp already. x3 \\
Zappy steps out of the room and follows Book Keeper, looking a little nervous about being out in the open, even if he is disgused.
Book Keeper led Zappy though the base, keeping an eye on the other guardponies they passed.
Zappy does his best to keep a neutral expression as he passes the many guards on the way to where Book Keeper is leading him.
Book Keeper eventually led Zappy to a large clump of tall bushes. She looked around to make sure nopony else was watching, then carefully pushed the bushes aside with a telekinesis spell. Inside was a small space, with a hammock strung up.
"I come here every now and then to catch a few zzzs," she told Zappy. "It's small, but it's cozy."
Zappy steps inside the small space within the bushes and reverts back to his changeling form. He pulls himself onto the hammock, sitting in it and smiling at her. Thank you so much. ^-^
"You're welcome!" Book Keeper smiled in return. She squeezed inside the space, sat down, and let the bushes fall back into place. 'I'm going to have to find something to amuse myself with for the next few hours...'
Why's that? Zappy asks, lying down in the hammock.
Book Keeper hadn't realized that she had spoken her thoughts aloud, and her face turned a little red. "Well, because I'm not leaving you alone to nap; I'll be right here the entire time."
(:P)
I don't think you need to do that just for me. he replies. Nopony's actually found this spot, right? He tries to turn over onto his back but his wing gets caught in the holes in the hammock.
Aah...owww... he struggles to wiggle his wing free.
A column of smoke rises from the forges as Match fuels them with his abundant magical energy.
"Let me help," Book Keeper said gently. She carefully lifted Zappy up with her magic, then set him down carefully on the hammock. "True, nopony has found it yet (not for lack of trying), but I can't just leave you here all by yourself."
Zappy keeps his wings flat to his back to avoid getting them caught again. He smiles at Book Keeper cutely. Thank you.
If you think you need to stay, okay.
He closes his eyes and yawns, ready to go to sleep.
Book Keeper yawned too. "It's been a long day..." she murmured to herself. She felt her eyelids drooping, and struggled to keep them open.
Zappy blinks his eyes open a little and looks at her.
um...do you want...to um...share this bed...thing? he offers.
"Huh? No, it's fine," Book Keeper yawned again.
You look really tired, I think you'll end up sleeping on the ground. he frowns at Book Keeper.
He turns away from her, thinking he can take his mind off of her just by not looking at her.
"Oh, don't worry about that! I've slept on the ground loads of times!"
Zappy turns his head over to look at her and giggles.
Really? That sounds kinda funny. But okay, thanks again.
His head rolls back over and he finally goes to sleep.
Book Keeper yawned again. "I've gotta stay awake...."
Within in a few minutes, she was fast asleep.
// I suppose a time skip is in order. x3 \\
Zappy awakens a couple of hours later. He yawns deeply and slowly turns over. He feels so weak and...hungry. He notices Book Keeper sleeping on the ground and weakly reaches for her, his hoof coming just short of touching her from the hammock.
(yep, moving things along we are :P)
Book Keeper was still sleeping, though she was currently in a lighter stage.
Book Keeper... he calls to her, still reaching. He leans towards her and falls out of the hammock, falling on top of her.
Book Keeper stirred at the sound of her name; when Zappy fell on top of her, her eyes suddenly shot open, and she stood!
"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE, FOUL-"
She blinked.
"Wait, this isn't the Pits of Tartarus", she said to herself. The fog surrounding her mind began to clear itself.
''I'm supposed to be watching Zappy!" she exclaimed. She noticed the hammock was empty, and felt something on her back. She turned her head around and saw the young changeling sprawled on her back.
"There you are! Did you rest well?"
Zappy giggles a little at her and nods.
I did, thank you. But...um...I'm really hungry.
He isn't entirely sure there's much she can do for him.
Book Keeper's eyes widen in understanding. "How do you normally feed?" she asked Zappy.
Well...there's the whole...you know...but I could eat normal food too, if you'd prefer that. It's just not as filling... he explains while looking worried.
The sound of a heavy hoof steps and armor was heard right in front of the bush as if it could be a mini shockwave from the stomping.
Zappy hears the stomping of hooves outside the bush and shudders fearfully, weakly clinging to Book Keeper.
"Don't worry," Book Keeper tried to reassure the frightened changeling. "I enspelled this area so that no sounds can be heard from it from the outside." If whatever was out there came through for whatever reason, there was always...that.
Whoever the possible guard was it sat down on one of the bushes to take out a bottle full of cider to drink it being oblivious to who's behind them.
R-really? Okay...
His stomach growls loudly and he lets out uncomforted sigh.
A soft thump came from right next to Book Keeper, a book having appeared out of nowhere, though rather familiar as she'd seen it in the library before, the book itself being a large text on rune magic and even radiating a little magic from a few contained runes, the author's name clearly visible on the front: Tundra Winds
(Just dropped the hint now, also, doing that is fully possible for the character I'm thinking to drop in here, so don't worry about logic being broken.)
Book Keeper hoped that the creature outside of the bushes would leave soon. The sun was starting to set, and she wanted to meet with Match before he left the forge. And Zappy was hungry; he needed to eat.
All of a sudden, a book popped into existence besides her with a sudden WHUMPH, and fell to the ground with a soft thump. Startled, she nearly leapt out of surprise when she remembered at the last moment that Zappy was still on her back. She took a closer look, and was further surprised to see that she recognized it; she had seen it during one of her visits to the base's library. It was a text on rune magic, radiating a faint amount of magic. But the clincher was the name of the author: one Tundra Winds.
This was an important book on rune magic, one that she herself had read in order to study more of the theory. It appeared to be a different edition than the one she had read, hence the reason that she hadn't recognized it for what it was originally. She didn't know why it had appeared before her, but she would have to investigate this later.
Her horn started glowing as she cast a spell, and a small. black hole appeared in midair next to her. She then levitated the book into it, and closed the hole. Right now, all they could do was wait.
(edited :P)
(Oh wait, I just realised, it was meant to say Tundra, not Chibalt, Whoops~ lol. Edited it though)
A rather worried Match begins searching for his quarry after not hearing from Book all night.
The creature quickly sat up and turned around as a felt a mini draft as if something was being sucked in.
"?!"
It took a swipe at the bushes clearing the top to reveal what was inside.
(er, lunar, you missed this bit X3 : "I enspelled this area so that no sounds can be heard from it from the outside.". Also, annos, it's the same day, just now the sun is starting to set X3)
(I noticed....but i kinda got stalled before I got to edit it.
The bushes suddenly rustled, and Book Keeper realized that she had a split second before the bushes parted. Unfortunately, there was only one thing she could do: that.
She would have sighed and said, 'Hold on,' to Zappy, except there was no time. Her horn flashed, and the two of them disappeared. The bushes then parted to reveal a small empty space with an empty hammock in the middle.
Chibalt meanwhile had gone back to practicing a bit with his acrobatics in the cell, or as much as the height of the room allowed, the changeling not too good at dealing with boredom when having literally nothing to do but wait, currently just balancing in various positions with little effort, though at least it was SOMETHING he could do to alleviate boredom.
(Chibalt is not good at dealing with having nothing to do.)
A resounding CRACK split the air next to Chibalt's cell, and a lot of smoke suddenly appeared. Two figures, choking and wheezing, stumbled out of the smoke: Book Keeper and Zappy.
"Oh Celestia, what *cough* sweet release!" Book Keeper managed to gasp.
The crack was quite effective in breaking both the silence and Chibalt's concentration, making him fall over with a startled yelp before hitting the floor with a loud thud.
Chibalt chose to stay down a bit before bit before rolling over into a sitting position and looking at Book Keeper and Zappy while brushing off some dust and whatever else had gotten on his chitin. You really should work on making that less.... loud. Could scare the wits out of nervous ponies with that.
Zappy coughs roughly for a few moments, clinging hard to Book Keeper's back. The magical smog left behind by the spell is almost choking him. He takes a few gasps for air and loosens his grip on Book Keeper, sliding off and landing on the floor on his side where he covers his face with his hooves to try to get fresher air.
Arriving at the cellblock after hearing the crack of Book's teleportation, Match enters to fing Book and Teal. "What are you two doing in here?", he asks them.
// lol dang, there goes my introduction...
didnt expect so much posts when i turn away for a school day though//
The confused creature stood in place in a temporary daze.
"What the, theres no way I could have imagined that." he said.
A few minutes have passed before the creature left the area.
"what's going on now" maple asked though a mouthful of metal tray that he was holding with his teeth standing in the door way
"Somepony almost found us when Zappy was resting, so I had to exit the area immediately. There was no other way other than my teleport," Book Keeper explained to Match.
At the sound of Maple's voice, she turned towards him and saluted to the lieutenant. "Sir! A teleport mishap!"
"it better be any how I brought food for our guest here"
Thanks maple, though I'm not hu- Chibalt managed to say before his rumbling stomach interrupted him, the large changeling smiling sheepishly and rubbing the back of his head with a hoof. Ehe, scratch that, forgot how much energy it takes to practice when I'm nearly double my normal weight.
"Sir, Zappy needs food too!" Book Keeper addressed Maple. "He's quite hungry."
Knowing Lt. Maple was taking control of the situation, Match stepped to the side and stands at attention.
The doors slammed open revealing the creature to be a tall heavily built stallion covered in armor complete with eye paint over his eyes and a helmet with long red feathers.
(LunarDusk, WHERE did these doors slam open apparently? Which doors?)
Seeing the intruder, Match ignites his horn and takes a combative stance against him.
Chibalt had a much different reaction to the sudden entrance to the cell area, the surprise making him bite his tongue by accident as he was just about to say something, the tongue-biting quickly followed by him bringing his hooves up to his mouth as a reaction and as if finishing a chain of events, resulting in catastrophic loss of balance as the changeling fell muzzle-first into the floor. That hurt
(Thought I might as well make this a little lighthearted, ah and don't worry about him biting his tongue, as a changeling he can just burn a bit of emotional energy to fix the damage, still would hurt though, along with having one's face impact the floor.)
Zappy covers his head and cowers on the floor around the numerous military personnel. He's almost certain that the door slammed open because of him and that whoever came in has come just for him. A weak, quiet scream of terror escapes his lips.
Aaaaah....
(So basically this mystery pony slammed open the doors, resulting in probably giving almost all of them a scare, Chibalt falling face-first into the floor after biting his tongue and Zappy cowering and generally being terrified. Probably quite the unexpegted image.)
Book Keeper spoke first: "State your business here, and leave at once!"
(its the cellblock doors at the entrance)
The stallion looked seemingly unfazed at the reactions he got. He did however seemed to wonder why there was more than one of what he thought would be wardens.
"Leave?! Now why would I do that after so much time thats passed especially after a conflict with those dragon ponies?" he yelled.
"But fine, I've been hired recently so right now im looking for some pony named Maple....who I assume you're the Lt. or something like that.." he said with his tone becoming lower.
Match's flame intensifies at, what he viewed as, the stallions threat.
Maple turned around slowly and began to exam the new pony his eye zooming in and out on certain features."yes that is me"
"Oh brother...." the stallion murmured.
"Your highness has placed me under your command for the moment, so yeah, do with me what you must." he said.
Hearing this, Match extinguishes his flame and relaxes his stance. But he continues to watch the stallion.
Chibalt meanwhile had recovered from the pain of biting his tongue and sat up, looking at the mysterious stallion while swirling something around in his mouth, spitting it out and revealing it to be a small burst of flame somehow. Aaah, much better. he muttered while being very careful about not biting his now healed tongue, he took another few moments before speaking to the mysterious stallion Calling them wardens would imply that I need to be guarded in the first place.
(If I recall correctly the setting is a guard base somewhere around canterlot but far enough to need a bit of travel time to get there, it also is close to or near some unspecified forest. The base is probably closer to being a large outpost than a base really.)
Book Keeper was a little suspicious, but held her tongue as she continued to watch their new arrival.
"explain why your hear do I need to ask my corporal over here to encourage because saying that the princesses sent you is kinda shady"
"Shady?! Oh please, I wasn't called The Fierce Lubu for nothing ya know so the reason would be obvious although I think she probably really hired me just to keep me in check." he said while taking one step closer.
"If you're asking why im literally here as in the cellblock, I just came to see who this Lt. looked like."
The stallion confident in his words waited for an answer almost expecting the worst.
"If you really were sent by the princesses," Book Keeper spoke up, eyes narrowed, "then you must have the proper documentation proving your claim. Why haven't you shown it to the lieutenant yet?"
// lol AHAHAHAHAHA no....no way im writing all of that text for one documentation
Lubu rolled his eyes before taking out a folder and sliding it Maple.
"Dang, this would be easier if i had fingers." he murmured.
//Vick used to be head of Equestrian's Defense against changelings. But I've edited him a bit, and he's now a garbage pony. However I can completely see him being a well trained gaurd.
"hmm let me see then " maple began going though the file occasionally chuckling at something
"?"
Match rolls his eyes at the ensuing formalities.
"hmm well everything checks out fine" he cloesd the file and passed it back to him
Chibalt just sighed and looked bored again, though the large stallion did pique his interest due to the comment on things being easier if he had fingers and such. You're not usually a pony, correct? He asked, the question directed at Lubu. This might be a far guess, but I doubt you're even from equestria in the first place, well, this you anyways.
"You think he's a shapeshifter?", Match asks Chibalt, clearly intrigued by such a notion.
Chibalt chuckled and shook his head. Nah, I think another dimension is more likely, though that might just be me rambling. He finished with a shrug.
"So you think he's from another dimension, huh? That sounds...interesting," Book Keeper said to Chibalt. "How do you figure?"
Lubu turned his head anticipating Chibalts question."Oh, you heard that?" he chuckled
"Nope I'm not a shape shifter, but that would be good power for me to use!...but one thing is true that im not originally from Equestria as you call it."
Chibalt smirked. You could be at triple the distance from me and I still would've heard that, It does get a bit painful with loud noises though.
A look of confusion overtakes Match's otherwise stern composure, as the concept of Lubu being an extradimensional being simply left him flabbergasted.
//I've been checking up on this RP for about a week. And I think you all are in a confined area. Is there any way Vick can be in this RP without breaking the 4th wall? lol Should he be a prisoner? : D
(Hmmm not sure that'd work as Chibalt's already spent at least a day in the cells, so no way Vick wouldn't have noticed/spoken up/panicked by now, if he's a guard though there's likely rumors going around about the changeling at the cells though, which could perhaps be enough of a reason for him to go investigate, I think the area's a bit tightly packed at the moment though, everything is happening in one small area right now.)
Book Keeper was surprise at the revelation that Lubu was from another dimension, but recovered quickly.
"So you're really from another dimension!? Wow! What's it like?" she asked him.
//So should I return my OC to the OP changeling hunter for this RP? He's only OP because of his gear, his position, and his discipline. Nothing unrealistic.
"Its boring, even with the constant wars...those worms couldn't even match up to my might as feared as I was!" he responded
(It'd be interesting with him having to grapple with the notion of not all changelings being bad, you could probably expect another character from me having a bit of an angry reaction to that, nothing violent though.)
"So you're looking for conflict? That search has a pretty sour outcome.", Match states grimly to Lubu
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 Mar 10, 19:39:01
(It'd be interesting with him having to grapple with the notion of not all changelings being bad, you could probably expect another character from me having a bit of an angry reaction to that, nothing violent though.)
// lol
"Lets say i came here by unintentionally" Lubu tilted his face to the side with a smirk
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 Mar 10, 19:39:01
(It'd be interesting with him having to grapple with the notion of not all changelings being bad, you could probably expect another character from me having a bit of an angry reaction to that, nothing violent though.)
//wut?
// lol thank god i didnt bring my changeling OC Akuma in this
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 10, 20:01:20
//wut?
(Eheh sorry, I tend to ramble a bit, i just assumed your character would be of the mindset of every changeling being evil, sorry if that's wrong.)
"Uh huh", Match says with confusion to Lubu's situation and origin. Turning to Lt. Maple, Match asks,"Lt. Maple, should I escort Book and her friend out of the holding cells?"
"yes please corporal that would be wonderful".
((Are you going to join?))
By this point, Zappy is leaning against the bars to Chibalt's cell. He's gripping them tightly out of sheer fright of his position and it's a little comforting to be near a fellow changeling.
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 10, 22:15:16
//I don't know what your assuming XD Vick has the mindset of "ALL CHANGELINGS MUST BE DESTROIED"
(Heh, that's basically what I meant, 'destroying' Chibalt might be pretty difficult though since spells isn't going to work very weell and sneaking up with him being a changeling and all is near impossible.)
Chibalt had moved a little closer to the bars while talking and watching, hoping to calm down Zappy some. Sounds like a good idea, just be careful.
A sound coming from the cells started to catch Lubu's attention. He turned his way and approached to get a closer look.
"Quiet prisoner!, Match barks at Chibalt wanting to keep up appearances.
Chibalt let out a somewhat exaggerated groan, though his expression didn't match that, the changeling nodding to Match and smiling before sitting down and picking up his book again to read.
((In hallway with me, maple, and book.
//So you, maple, zappy, and book are all in the hallway. Chibalt is in a cell. Zappy is scared for some reason.
Zappy's stomach growls loudly, reminding him that he really needs something to satiate his hunger. His grip on the bars to Chibalt's cell weakens and he slumps down on the floor a little.
"Sir!" Book Keeper addressed Maple. "Zappy still needs food!"
(Well actually we're pretty much all currently at the cell area, I'm just the only one in the cell itself, I think Zappy being scared's because of the amount of ponies shoved together in the space.)
(to be honest, i'm a little confused as to what's happening. i thought we were in the cell, then annos said we were in the hall X3)
//I either want to be thrown in a cell or be the gaurd who just came back from a cider break
Hot Rod stood in the doorway. "Anypony miss me?" He smirks smugly.
//Hot Rod is a large red pony with black hair. He's tall, and muscular, and he pulls carts for a living XD But for this RP, he's a guard.
((Well book being in a cell makes this whole situation a lot more awkward..., but I can deal with it.))
Fetching the Jailer's keys, Match returns to the cellblock and opens the cell that Book and Zappy are occupying. "Well come along then, I haven't got all night."
// I'm not sure how you all got confused. I'm 100% sure that Chibalt is the only one in a prison cell. The rest of us should all be outside of the cell doors. \\
//Yeh. Let's not change that...
Edit: XD who's the twit under me? X 3
Lubu stood in front of the bars eyeballing Chibalt with his halberd beside him. The expression on his read his thoughts as if saying I dare you to try something funny.
"Sir? Zappy needs food," Book Keeper told Maple again.
"Well do you want to feed him prison food? Now come on, it's time to go."
Can't be much more tasteless than the stuff served most of the times to the guards now, can it? Chibalt commented without looking up from his book, or even acknowledging Lubu's gaze whatsoever, likely either not having noticed or not caring.
"Well if you hate your food so much, I guess you wouldn't mind if we fed it to the rats instead, Match rebuttals.
"Or how about we just starve this smart flank that would be better idea." Lubu said
Match facehoofs at Lubu suggesting to do exactly what he had already threatened.
Chibalt chuckled and shook his head a little while glancing up from his book. It wouldn't work very well, the rats might not like it either. He joked back, not really phased by the threat, not that it'd do much, being perfectly capable of sustaining himself from ambient emotion alone.
Lubu smirked as he got even closer to the cage and pointed his halberd at Chibalt in response to his comment.
"Oh, my mistake almost thought that you were one because you smell like it." he said before pulling it back
I suppose we're two of a kind then seeing how you smell too. Chibalt retorted, shifting his hoof slightly to let the folded parts of his staff poke out from the cloth band around his leg, the edge of a rune lighting up for a moment on the staff before he pushed the parts back in with a flick of his hoof and went back to reading with a smirk on his muzzle.
Zappy looks around at the ponies in the room with a desperate look in his eyes.
Please...I'm so hungry. Zappy whines.
Chibalt's gaze moved over to Zappy again, the changeling very tempted to facehoof hard upon having not thought of his solution before, the large changeling closing his book and putting it on the ground before standing up and trotting over to Zappy, reaching through the bars and putting a hoof on the smaller changeling's back gently, then proceeding to transfer some more energy to at least help him with the momentary hunger. That should help a bit Zappy, you should still get something to eat though, you're gonna get hungry again if you don't.
Lubu rolled his eyes before asking. "And why has this country not put something to disable magic on these prisoners?"
Oh the reasoning is actually quite simple, there's only efficient magical restraints for unicorns as MOST channel magic exclusively through their horns, there are ones that can channel magic similar to how earth ponies can however, and at that point it's impossible to restrain their magic without having another mage on hoof with equal or greater magical strength at all times, with earth pony and pegasus mages it's even more difficult as they can disrupt the restraints themselves or in some cases simply overpower them. Chibalt explained while pacing around his cell.
Zappy lets out a small sigh of relief and stands up. He smiles at Chibalt. T-thank you so much, Chibalt. I'll try to get something fast. he says. He turns back to the ponies, looking at them expectantly.
"alright that's it every pony out of the cell block except chibalt for obvious reasons!" maple shouted looking not very pleased
Match follows Lt. Maple's orders and leaves the cell block immediately.
Lubu hesitated before walking to the door twitching his left eye.
Zappy shudders fearfully.
D-does...that go for me..too? he asks.
//Starvation is something VERY interesting : D Dealing with it is intresting as well X 3 I'd like to get one of my OCs to be a prisoner (if it's not Vick.) And just get all thin.
//Keep in mind that Vick needs VERY LITTLE food to survive. But still.
"Change into your guard form, and I'll get you something to eat," Book Keeper told Zappy as she guided him out of the cell. She could feel her thoughts emanating quite strongly at Chibalt's statement; no doubt she was seriously considering the issue.
Okay, but it makes me hungrier to do that. he says.
Zappy changes into a guard once again and follows Book Keeper out.
Book Keeper lead Zappy to the mess hall. Before they went in, she pulled him aside.
"There are going to be a lot of guard ponies in there. Will you be alright?"
Oh..um..I don't know, I might accidentally drop this form or something. he says. Could I take my food someplace else? he asks.
Book Keeper nodded. "I'll go inside and get us something to eat. Will you be alright waiting here for a bit?"
I think so. he nods, taking a seat on the ground.
But please don't be too long.
"Alright then." Book Keeper headed inside, and got started preparing their meals.
Zappy stays close to the door, sitting beside it. He does his best to avoid eye contact with the guards ponies that pass by. Several of them look at him oddly, wondering what he's doing and even who he is. They don't question him though as he looks to be of similar rank to them and it would out of line for them to approach him about his duties.
Zappy rubs his belly, feeling hungrier by the second.
Book Keeper finally left the mess hall, carrying a tray filled with rice, cheese, bread, some cake, and salad.
"I'm sorry about the quality," she told Zappy as she walked over to him. "The kitchen usually leaves much to be desired, though it's not their fault."
Zappy looks at the tray of food and stares. A bit of drool runs down his lip for a second before he realizes it and wipes it off.
No no, it looks great! I haven't had any food except for...nasty rations I took from home before I left.
"Woe is the day that army food looks good," Book Keeper sighed in a dramatic tone. "Anyways, we've got food now, so let's take this to a quieter place."
I'd like that. he says eagerly, standing up.
Where are we going? he asks.
"To a little hill not far from here. We'll be alone for the most part, so we can eat in peace."
That sounds good to me. He smiles. I'm ready to follow.
Book Keeper smiled back, then lead Zappy to the nearby hill. It wasn't very steep, and it had lots of white flowers surrounding it. She sat down on the grass at the top, and lowered the tray to the ground.
(gotta go to sleep now)
Zappy follows Book Keeper up the hill and takes a seat, smiling.
It's very nice up here, I like it. he says, looking around at the scenery.
He pulls the tray closer and begins to sample each of the foods on it, pulling pieces off and eating them. As he eats, he starts to enjoy it all a little too much and drops his disguise on accident. He fails to notice even when staring at his hoof with food in it.
// Goodnight...um...Waaaaaah. \\
Match shadows Book and Teal. Stealthily watching them, and averting the eyes of those who'd do the same.
Lubu who was following the duo tapped Zappy on the head giving him a heads up.
Out from the shadows an enraged Match leaps at Lubu with horn aflame.
Lubu turned his head to see somepony flying towards him
"HYAAAAA!" Lubu swung the blunt part of his halberd out of reflex to send Match flying into a tree hard enough at the point of breaking it.
Quote from: LunarDusk on 2015 Mar 14, 23:58:31
Lubu who was following the duo tapped Zappy on the head giving him a heads up.
Zappy jumped at the tap to his head and turned around to look at Lubu just as he smacked Match away. He lets out a fearful shriek and hurriedly rushes to Book Keeper, hiding behind her once again.
// Also we're not indoors, this is on a hill covered in flowers outside a short way from the base. \\
//ah oops
"Are you enjoying the food?" Lubu asked as if thinking nothing just happend
Zappy just stares at Lubu in terror, hugging Book Keeper tightly.
After everypony had left maple let out a shout of frustration and punched the wall causeing a very deep hole."please tell me this wasn't a giant test set up by the guard to test commanders?" maple asked sitting down next to chibalt
"....Are you enjoying the food?" Lubu asked again
u-um....I am. he nods. W-what are you...doing out here? he stutters, clearly afraid of Lubu.
// I'd like to wait for Waaaah to return. \\
// okay
"I followed you encase there was any funny business." he replied
Book Keeper hugged Zappy back fiercely, and glared at Lubu.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asked him pleasantly, with a hint of warning in her tone.
Match regains his consciousness and with a battle cry, sends a fireball directly at Lubu.
"Self defense mate....self defense." Lubu said with a smirk as he swung at the fireball.
"You have no business with those two and I'm under direct orders to protect them, so excuse me for not caring", Match shouts back while preparing another fireball.
"You really think you can stand against me? I wasn't the strongest man in my age for nothing y'know!" he taunted
Lubu stood upright in stance preparing for the fireball.
"As long as you keep sending 'em, I'll keep knocking 'em down!"
A vein pulsed on Book Keeper's head.
"ENOUGH!" she bellowed with a voice that could knock down trees.
Match extinguishes his flame and loses his combative stance in submission to Books command.
"You should all be ashamed of yourselves!" Book Keeper growled fiercely. It had been a long time since she had lost her temper, and she was fighting to keep it under control. "Not only was this entire fight pointless, but you put Zappy in danger!"
Lubu stumbled at Book Keepers voice making him fall on all fours.
"?!" (Such lungs...)
He dropped his halberd and turned to Book Keeper.
Match held his silence, knowing subordination would only worsen the situation.
"Now you two," Book Keeper continued growling, "are going to make up and hoofswear to never start a fight in front of Zappy again, or so help me Celestia, I will personally make sure you live to regret it! Do I make myself clear?"
"Ma'am, yes Ma'am"
Zappy looked on at Lubu and Match with his ears folded flat to his head and a frightened expression on his face. He doesn't want to even look at Book Keeper while she's mad, afraid that what he'll see will ruin the positive image he has of her.
Quote from: Maplewood on 2015 Mar 15, 01:22:02
After everypony had left maple let out a shout of frustration and punched the wall causeing a very deep hole."please tell me this wasn't a giant test set up by the guard to test commanders?" maple asked sitting down next to chibalt
If so then it's a test I've not been told of myself. Chibalt replied with a shrug while eyeing the hole in the wall. This is just getting more and more complicated as time passes, what's Blade Runner doing anyways? I half expected him to come in here, be shocked for a moment then either shout at you, shout at me or try to harm me, which likely wouldn't work, I'm faster than I look.
" :/....."
"he already left some about a meeting in canterlote "
"Well, get to it!"
Match walks up to Lubu and holds his hoof up for a hoofshake, but his eyes spoke only hatred of the one that he felt was a threat to Zappy.
Quote from: Maplewood on 2015 Mar 15, 20:09:16
"he already left some about a meeting in canterlote "
Chibalt looked surprised for a few moments before sighing. I assume he's going to come back later then, still doesn't change that something has to be done, hiding my changeling status at this point wouldn't work for long and revealing me being a changeling to the guard here on the base could be a bit difficult to do without outrage, the question is just how many would be enraged and try to attack me, any more than eight or so guards doing that and I'd be in a troublesome position on my own. Chibalt rambled before groaning loudly and facehoofing. Why does doing this have to be such a massive pain? Couldn't I just be able to go out, reveal I'm a changeling and then continue on being a guard? Nooo says the world, you have to coincidentally be the same race as the fools deciding to invade a capital with two princesses both with enough energy to move the sun AND the moon
on their own!
Lubu reached out his right hoof and shook Match's hoof
Having completed his task, Match retracts his hoof from Lubu's embrace and moves towards Zappy and Book.
How do you think I should join? :3 Or are there too many players? X3
Book Keeper's expression changed from enraged to that of relief. She turned to Zappy and hugged him tightly.
"Are you alright?" she asked Zappy worriedly.
((
@Vick McBread: It's night time right n ow, so just show up in the morning. it's not beyond the suspension of disbelief to have a guard/recruit working at the recruitment center.))
Zappy turns his head up to Book Keeper with a half frightened expression.
I-I'm okay, they just...startled me is all. he says.
Book Keeper's expression softened at Zappy's. "All right then. Have you eaten enough yet?"
Zappy takes a look towards the food and shakes his head.
I-I'd like more, if I could have some. he says.
"Go ahead and eat," Book Keeper said. Feeling hungry herself, she took some bread and cheese, made a sandwich, and ate it.
There was a long pause as Lubu was staring at the duo. His stomach was starting to growl as he looked up.
Zappy picks up some of the cake, lays some cheese on top of it and eats it. His happy expression returns as he eats.
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 18, 09:04:30
((@Vick McBread: It's night time right n ow, so just show up in the morning. it's not beyond the suspension of disbelief to have a guard/recruit working at the recruitment center.))
//Thanks. Good use of the
@annosrules
"well I better go write some reports to supply" maple got up and headed towards the offices haveing to salute more guards then he would have liked to .
Chibalt gave Maple a wave, the changeling watching as he left before a few minutes afterwards laying down on the bed in the cell, yawning beofre quite simply falling asleep.
" >.<......"
Book Keeper raised an eyebrow at Lubu as she finished her sandwich. He seemed to be eyeing their food, but wasn't saying anything.
"Did you want some?" she asked him. Although she had misgivings about him, she wasn't so heartless as to deny him food.
"Mhm"
"Go ahead and take, then."
Lubu leaned out and took two sandwiches before devouring them.
"Thaa...." he tried to force the words Thank you out of his mouth.
Match diligently stands guard over the camp, turning his head every so often to check on Zappy and Book.
A youngling has wandered off from the tribe lands and approaches the base.
As Book Keeper munched on a piece of cake, she noticed a young dragon pony making his way towards the base. She wondered what he was doing there all alone, and she waved to him to come closer.
Seeing the foal, Match groans in frustration. 'A changling colt is bad enough, but now one of the dragon foals have wandered onto our base. Were not a babysitter!' he thinks to himself.
Lubu suddenly stood up when he looked at the base. "What the-"
The dragon pony colt approaches the mare that called him over.
He snuggles up in her fur.
As Zappy finishes up eating, he notices the others turning their attention to someone else. Looking towards the strange dragon pony approaching, it reminds him that he's dropped his disguise and quickly changes back into the form of a guard pony once again.
*ahem* I'm um...done eating, Book Keeper. he says.
"Good, now we need to take the little guy back to the his village, Match says with a tone depicting his annoyance with the situation.
"Uh..." Book Keeper trailed off as the young dragon pony suddenly snuggled up to her. She hugged him briefly before gingerly standing up, and nodded in response to Zappy.
"Right. Match, can you take our new arrival home? I need to find a place for Zappy to stay tonight."
// I'm not sure if it was the dragon pony who snuggled with Book Keeper. There's a space between the two lines of text, so the "He" and "She" may not be the Dragon and Book Keeper characters, but two other characters. I'm really not sure. \\
Zappy stares at the new arrival in confusion, wondering just who he is and what he's doing here.
"I'd like to request that Lubu comes with me. If he is really here to help, then now would be a good time to start"
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2015 Mar 24, 21:23:37
A youngling has wandered off from the tribe lands and approaches the base.
Tribe? :o :D
"EYAAAAH! THE GREAT LUBU IS MORE THAN READY!" he shouted causing an echo in his voice.
Shooting a stern glare at Lubu, Match threatens,"Don't make me regret this." Then turning his attention back to the Kirin foal and says softly, "It's time to get you back home where you belong."
//Still not my time to enter... I almost wanna go back into the RP and find a place where I could have entered 0:)
//Felucia, my oc is the leader of a tribe of dragon ponies
The youngling growls as Match, not liking his tone of voice.
Match sighs softly upon hearing the younglings growl, for he knew that it was his fault for frightening it. Match then lowers himself to a lying position and talks softly to the foal, saying, "It's okay, I'm not trying to hurt you."
"....."
"Come on Zappy, it's time to go," Book Keeper told the disguised changeling.
Zappy rubs his eyes and then looks at Book Keeper.
Okay, I'm ready to go. he replies.
Lubu nodded as he prepared to move.
//go where? :s
Book Keeper began to walk in the direction of the lieutenant's office, motioning for Zappy to follow.
Zappy stands up and follows Book Keeper to the Office, glancing back at the dragon foal curiously.
Match keeps silent as Book and Zappy leave the hidden grove, but he blocks Lubu from following them.
After a while, Book Keeper and Zappy arrived at the lieutenant's office. She knocked on the door and waited.
"......"
Maple looked up."yes come in" he said as he began to clear his desk of paperwork
Book Keeper entered the lieutenant's office with Zappy in tow.
"Sir!" Book Keeper saluted. "Requesting permission to set up temporary sleeping quarters for Zappy for tonight!"
"ah yes that would be a good idea permission granted" he said saluting back
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 29, 16:50:29
Match sighs softly upon hearing the younglings growl, for he knew that it was his fault for frightening it. Match then lowers himself to a lying position and talks softly to the foal, saying, "It's okay, I'm not trying to hurt you."
He calms down and starts playing with Book Keeper's mane.
" :/...."
"Thank you sir!" Book Keeper saluted, and left the lieutenant's office. Unfortunately for the dragon pony foal, Book Keeper was nowhere in sight.
//lol I derped
The colt jumps onto Match's back. He sends a small flame skyward.
Confused by the colt's action, Match decided to return its flame in kind and sends one of his signature flares into the air, having it fade quietly as to not set of alarms.
Lubu gripped his halberd in case the colt was going to do anything stupid.
The colt smiles at the flare not paying attention to Lubu.
While the colt was ignorant of Lubu's aggressive response, Match was not. So Match shot Lubu a glare as if to say 'Don't do anything stupid', and then quickly returns to the care of the colt.
The colt has a small red tribal mark on the side of his neck. Unbeknownst to him and the tribe he possesses a special trait which will make him the strongest and most dangerous dragon pony in Equestria.
The mark glows slightly after he shot fire skyward again.
Passing the mark off as a Kirin tradition, Match begins the long walk to the dragon pony territories, and signals to Lubu to do the same.
The colt looks at Lubu with a curious expression on his face.
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2015 Apr 06, 23:40:30
The colt has a small red tribal mark on the side of his neck. Unbeknownst to him and the tribe he possesses a special trait which will make him the strongest and most dangerous dragon pony in Equestria.
The mark glows slightly after he shot fire skyward again.
// lol strongest? This isnt going go well in terms of peace for Lubu especially on where he's from//
Lubu nodded then started to follow the group tot he dragon pony territories.
"Hmm," Book Keeper pondered as she surveyed the bases's landscape outside. "Where to set it up?"
Felucia approaches the group giving a stern look at the colt.
You know better than to wander off unattended Rubedo.
Rubedo runs over to Felucia hugging her foreleg.
Thanks for bringing him back safely.
"It's the least I could do.", Match says formally, giving respect to Felucia's status.
How's about you stay for lunch, we got plenty to go around.
Rubedo playfully swats at a fly.
"Thank you for the offer, but I cannot accept it. I'm on duty right now, and I need to return to the base along with this guy *motions towards Lubu* as soon as possible."
I understand, well see you next time.
Felucia grabs Rubedo and takes him back to their home.
Match begins the walk back to the Camp, motioning Lubu to follow.
Lubu nodded.
Match and Lubu make good time on their return trip to the Base, and Match begins searching for Lt. Maple in order to receive further instruction.
Maple had been inspecting the troops over at the barracks when he decided to stop by the prison "ah mister chibalt I was coming here to ask you an important question"
Chibalt grumbled a little as Maple came by and subsequently woke him, the large changeling letting out a yawn as he shifted from where he slept to look at Maple. "Whasse quesstchun?" he mumbled loud enough for Maple to hear.
(Sleepy Chibalt is sleepy, :P)
Book Keeper had meanwhile begun raising the structure for Zappy inside the old armory. The effort was using the last of her magic, but she could see a small structure rising from the ground.
"come on get up " maple said a little impatient
Chibalt grumbled for a few more minutes before getting up and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, also using a short burst of emotion energy as a pick-me-up, resembling a blue bonfire for a moment before the flames vanished. What is it Maple? Anything happen while I slept? he asked, still sounding a little tired, though he didn't look like a pony on an early monday morning with a hangover at least.
Maple took a deep breath before speaking"I'm letting you go"
Chibalt raised a brow curiously. Huh, wasn't expecting that, what brought that on? Ah and sorry about earlier, sharing emotional energy like what I did makes me really sleepy, just burned a little of what I have to wake myself up. And in what capacity do you mean? If out of the cell, which really I don't mind, then good, if it's being barred from being a guard, I refuse.
"nope it's everything you can go back to being a guard and be out of this cell, this I mostly because I'm having a good day " maple gave a rare smile unlocking the cell door
Felucia watches over Rubedo ad he plays innocently with the other colts and fillies.
Rio patrols the perimeter of their territory.
Chibalt chuckled as the door swung open right as Maple touched it. Oh, I forgot to mention, no-one came and locked it, everyone just assumed it was locked. There's still the problem that some might draw the connection, I don't want ponies to panic or suddenly despise me, the latter is.... highly uncomfortable when you can feel emotions. Chibalt admitted, shuddering a little as the mention of the last part reminded him when he last had felt something similar, and it wasn't even directed at him.
"well I hope your feeling the happy emotion because I'm given a lot off" he chuckled
The large changeling smiled and was enveloped in blue flame for a short moment before it died out and chibalt was in back in his disguise, though he wasn't sure if that was even the proper term. "Yes, you are in a rather good mood, actually now that I think about it I should perhaps see if somepony's wanting to spar, I haven't got much else to do and I can probably talk to anyone recognizing me while doing so, I wouldn't be outside if I was hostile after all, and apperances can be easy to copy, powers and agility? Not so much, should help a bit."
At about this time, Match made his way to the cell block, eager for new orders. Seeing Maple and Chibalt talking, he stood a respectful distance back and waited at attention.
Sensing that a pony was waiting for him maple turned to see match "ah corporal match I was just in need for someone like you would you like to help chibalt here improve his skills?"
"What do you have in mind sir?", Match asked, oblivious to Chibalt's request for a spar.
Chibalt looked at Maple and smirked. "Sparring, friendly fight, whatever you want to call it, one, I'm bored, two, you likely haven't fought someone that can burn magic on touch, it should be fairly interesting."
"Burn magic?", Match questions, not knowing what Chibalt meant.
My fire interacts a bit strangely with most magic, it can deflect magic if it strikes a focused flame, like if I focus flames on my hooves or my staff, if I bring it up high enough I can even burn away the spell entirely, think of it like a fire that uses all of it's fuel in an instant. it's pretty potent but takes quite a bit out of me to use repeatedly and how much effort it takes scales with the power of the spell itself. Chibalt explained while shrugging, even he wasn't quite sure how his fire worked, he just knew that he could deflect spells and even make them burst into a plume of harmless blue flame if he put enough energy into it.
"How about instead of a spar, we test the limits of your magic burn?, Match offers with a smirk.
"you two have fun with that as long as you don't burn down the base" maple said stepping aside
Chibalt chuckled and nodded. Sounds good, just a warning though, it can get quite large, won't harm anything though, would take too much to make it act like it anyways. Shall we?
"Lets take this some where not full of bystanders, just in case."
Certainly, wouldn't be safe otherwise, have a place in mind?
"Well the sky would be optimal, but there's a field nearby that would do just as well."
Felucia flies up high checking the surroundings for any dangers.
The field should work, sky might be a bit dangerous since if you're gonna use magic to make a sort of floor for us then I might burn through it, I really don't use that aspect of my flames much unless I have to.
"Then the fuel it is!", Match declares before suddenly bursting into flames and vanishing.
((FYI, he's just showing off, so he teleported to the field))
Chibalt chuckled and rolled his eyes before heading outside at a leisurly pace to find where Match had teleported, rather amused at the somewhat flashy teleport.
One of Match's flares streaks the sky to indicate where he ended up.
Chibalt easily noticed the flare once he could see it, heading in it's direction, arriving at Match's location after aa good few minutes of calmly walking. Felt like showing off a bit? he said with a chuckle and a smile, feeling in a fairly good mood now.
Felucia some ponies in a distant field, she sees the flare.
What are they doing? Was that from a dragon? She thinks to herself.
"Well, given the occasion, I simply couldn't help myself. Besides, this is a challenge of magical strength, is it not? So a bit of flare (pun intended) never hurts."
Felucia keeps flying in place watching for anything else.
Fair point, even I like to be flashy now and then, and it has it's uses, intimidation being one of them. Chibalt shot back with a smirk and flicked his hoof, the cloth band on his left foreleg coming loose and in one motion he grabbed his staff as it pulled itself together and was enveloped in blue flame, the same fire coming from his other hooves and, combined with his size and pose would make for quite the intimidating foe, particularly during the darker hours of the day.
Chibalt managed to hold his stance for a whole few seconds before chuckling and slacking a bit, the fire on his staf and hooves disappearing as he did so. Just keep from flaring your magic and I'm fine, I've never seen what a fire mage's flare looks like and if I can avoid it I'd rather not, fun fact though, as I barely produce any magic on my own it is physically impossible for my magic to flare, comes in handy now and then. Chibalt mentioned, still seeming rather relaxed as usual.
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As Felucia flew around she might notice what appeared to be a small camp site in the forest with two ponies seemingly chatting while having a meal, one light blue with a black mane and one looking a slightly off-silver colour with a gray mane, telling what race they were was impossible at her current distance however.
Felucia sees the two ponies and flies over to them. She lands nearby.
"Now that that's settled, shall we begin?"
As Felucia lands the two ponies stop chatting and glance curiously over at her, the light blue one appearing to be a pegasus with a rather messy mane-style while the off-silver one looked to be a unicorn. The pegasus smiled. Congratulations, you're the first ones to notice us, surprising, I expected it to be a guard, not a dragon pony.
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Chibalt nodded. Sure, go ahead, my flames are rearing to burn. He exclaimed with a smirk.
She sniff the light blue pegasus.
Something is off about you, your scent doesn't match a pegasus' scent.
"Good, because I won't be holding back", and with that, Match relinquishes all restraint and erupts into magical fire as ten unicorns worth of mana is released from Match's body. [color =green]"Go!"[/color], Match screams as he funnels his neigh uncontrollable levels of magic directly at Chibalt in a swirling inferno of pure fire.
The pegasus chuckled and nodded. Correct, somewhat, I am mostly pegasus, there's a bit of unicorn in me too, no horn or anything, though it does affect my natural magic, I'm a cryo-mage. The pegasus explained, not seeming to have any hostility whatsoever towards the odd pony pointing out his scent. And you probably noticed already but my unicorn friend here isn't quite normal either. He said as he nodded towards the off-silver unicorn who simply nodded and continued eating his apple.
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Chibalt grinned as Match let loose fully, not having expected this kind of power. Then I won't either! He yelled as he focused a massive amount of his stored magic into his staff then thrust it at the rapidly approaching inferno, a massive blue flame clashing with the infernal flame thrown at him and even seeming to feed off some of the magical flame, though it seemed to be at about the same levels despite that.
(I'd say that's probably about 70-80 percent of chibalt's total magic store, all focused into one attack, it's too difficult to control for him to ever trust himself to use it, plus it can be dodged, so basically this is just throwing as much magic as they can reasonably muster at eachother for a comparison, too dangerous to use at the same scale otherwise.)
I see, you two look as if you're about to battle. May I join you?
Both the pegasus and the unicorn looked a bit estranged by Felucia's assumption. Battle? No no no I think you misunderstood, we're just camping here, Tundra, Chibalt's brother, asked us to simply come by the area now and again to be close to the nearby royal guard base if needed. The unicorn explained, his ear flicking as he heard the clash between Chibalt and Match's flames but seemingly paid it no mind.
(Felucia, when I use the long line it means I'm basically splitting the post into two parts, one part for each different location, very handy when RPing with multiple characters at multiple locations.)
"Spar? Ohoho, this could be interesting!" Lubu said
As the last of Match's flames are either neutralized by Chibalt, or burn out on their own accord, Match is left physically exhausted as his entire body had to hold its self together as it channeled almost all of Match's mana at once. "You almost did it", Match squeezes in between deep breaths.
Chibalt almost fell over himself as the last of his own fireblast died out, he still had enough to keep his body working like it should, but channeling as much mana as he did left his hooves aching and his staff cracked while one of it's enchantments worked on repairing it. Heh, I think we just cancelled eachother out, didn't we? he muttered with a chuckle as he trotted somewhat unsteadily towards Match. Without my fire's special trait you would've won by the way, thought you might like to hear that.
"I already knew I had won, nopony else in the last two centuries have had as much magical energies as I do.", Match says, still wheezing. "In fact, I've already replenished enough to do this!", he shouts, bursting into flames once more and disappearing. but not even a moment later a ball of fire appears to the left of Chibalt and just behind his peripheral vision, and from it appears Match Stick with his horn ablaze.
Oh sorry, my guess was off. She snickers.
When counting unicorns, perhaps! Chibalt replied before spinning around so fast he looked like a blur, holding his quarterstaff in one hoof and low to the ground, aiming to swipe the unicorn's legs out from underneath him, followed by digging the end of it into the ground with it's momentum and an attempt to dropkick the unicorn before pulling himself towards his staff and launching himself away. Match's fire not seeming to have gotten much of a hold on him at all. I can sense emotions you know, and my flames have a handy little passive effect, the magical resistance rubs off on whatever has been in contact with it a lot, like my staff or myself. Chibalt said loud enough for Match to hear while grinning.
(Leg sweep into dropkick into lodging his staff into the ground and using it as a pole to get some distance, Chibalt probably has an advantage in physical abilities while Match is ahead in magic.)
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The pegasus chuckled and shook his head. That's alright, no offense was taken, anyways I suppose we should introduce ourselves. My name is Frosty skies. He said before lobbing a spare apple to Felucia and nodding to the off-silver unicorn. Silver Line, a pleasure meeting you. Silver Line said while munching on his apple.
"Still", Match says, dropping both his magic and his combative posture after a quick instinctive teleport to Chibalt's flank.
((Flank being adjacently behind Chibalt, not onto his flank.))
Chibalt shifted into a more relaxed stance as they both stopped, using the oppertunity to wipe off some dirt that was still stuck to his staff. I still say my brother has you beat in raw power, though I've seen some of the family's ancestry and I must say, I'm pretty confused they are still even ponies, there's more different species in it than Discord has different parts. I guess that's why he keeps away from blood magic too, no telling what it does to somepony with a bit of pretty much everything in them. He pondered while turning around to face Match. "Anyways, you're pretty good, might want to work on your speed though, that teleport was instinctive, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, lot of my magic is. But to be honest, instinctively setting a forest on fire can get you in a lot of trouble", Match says with a laugh that did nothing to hide the guilt he still had over such an event.
Chibalt chuckled a little at the joke, though he could see how this was bad, even he himself had some instinctive reactions with his fire, though it thankfully never happened with his fire in a dangerous form far as he was aware. I can see how that might be a bit of an issue, perhaps try keeping a bit of distance to forests? And at least you're not having to worry about possibly burning up protective wards you're close to. He replied, letting out another chuckle.
"Well then, shall we return to the base, or do you have another bout in you?", Match asked, breaking the awkwardness.
I say we go back to the base, don't wanna make them worried, plus I think you might wanna get checked up just in case, I can heal myself with my flames, albeit a bit draining, you can't.
"Nah, I'm good. I didn't try to contain my magic again after I let it loose, so I should be fatigued but physically sound.", Match says, beginning to make his way back to base.
I will drag you to medical if I have to, I do not want you to suddenly discover you burnt out something you could've gotten healed earlier! Chibalt said somewhat annoyed while following Match.
Thanks for the apple. She eats it with one bite. I saw a flare earlier, is somepony battling?
Silver Line shook his head while Frosty Skies looked over at him. They're done already, was Chibalt and.... I can't recall the name, though it's a pretty strong fire mage, wonder if it's another of my ancestors... Silver Line said, muttering the last part more to himself while Frosty Skies rolled his eyes and picked up another apple from a surprisingly hard to spot bag nearby, holding it between two primary feathers as he bit into it. He gets like this sometimes, so no worries, just give him a minute or two. The pegasus said inbetween bites while pointing at his unicorn compatriot with his free wing, his wings being noticeably bigger than regular, somewhere between griffon and pegasus wing size.
"Whatever", Match says before teleporting in his spectacular way once again.
Chibalt groaned but just kept walking, deciding to head to medical himself just to make sure he hadn't suffered anything he hadn't noticed.
I see well I'm going back home. See ya.
She teleports to home.
Rubedo come here, it's time for training.
Yay!
She starts sparring with Rubedo.
Rubedo tries to scratch Felucia but misses.
Lubu who had been watching moved toward Chibalt grinning.
Chibalt stopped as he noticed Lubu, looking over at the stallion and sighing. I'm a bit low on magic right now, could you at least wait an hour or two for me to recoup some of it before you demand to spar?
The sparring intensifies and Rubedo scratches Felucias face.
She stops holding back but keeps missing Rubedo because of his small size and agility.
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Apr 09, 10:58:04
Book Keeper had meanwhile begun raising the structure for Zappy inside the old armory. The effort was using the last of her magic, but she could see a small structure rising from the ground.
Zappy had followed Book Keeper (maintaining his disguise of course) and is watching her construct him a place to stay from a short distance.
A red aura surrounds Rubedo which makes his speed and fire breath greatly increase.
Uuuuuuaaaaagh.
What the hay?!
Rubedo's movements are almost impossible to see. He creates a fire tornado around Felucia.
Perhaps this was a mistake.
The fire twister can be seen for miles around.
"" I think its bit too late for a spar with you as tempting as it is, I just came to check if there were any injuries. Lubu said
No visible ones, I'm actually heading to medical right now just to make sure I didn't get anything internal, ah and if you see Match, mind trying to get him there too? Better safe than sorry.
Felucia tries to charge through the fire twister but ends up severely burned and still stuck inside.
Ugh that smarts. She cradles her left front leg.
As the fire twister continued burning brightly the surrounding temperature started somehow dropping, turning from sweltering heat to as if it was in the middle of a particularly cold winter, frost forming on the ground even in the middle of the twister while Felucia could catch glimpses of what looked like white lines mixing in with the twister and whirling about, seeking to latch onto Rubedo and stop him.
Book Keeper sighed as the hut finally sprung into existence. Her magical reserves were nearly empty, but at least there was a temporary solution to their problem.
"Zappy? I'm done now," she said, turning towards him. A flash of light caught her eye, and she noticed a giant fire twister in the distance.
'Is something happening now?' she wondered
(sorry for the late posts and whatnot... :x)
(That's alright, I'm just waiting on Dark Hooves to post so I can do a response about a attempt to neutralize the twister that may or may not be carried out by some of my characters, ah and the lines, think of them like wires, they won't bring Rubedo to a sudden stop though, just slow him down till he stops.)
// Is everything alright? \\
Zappy smiles at the hut in front of him, then looks at Book Keeper. Thanks! It looks very welcoming! he replies.
His expression tones down as Book Keeper eyes something happening out the window. He turns towards it and gawks at the twister outside.
Maple who was sitting in his office located on the top floor began to notice a flicker of light on the pieces of paper scattered around his desk , with a sigh he turned around mentally wishing he hadn't.
At that moment, Match knocked loudly on Lt. Maples door.
"yes come in" he replied not turning around and in fact drinking some coffee as he watched the spectacle out side
Match walked through the door into Lt. Maple's office. "Sir, I have completed your last request and am reporting in for a new one."
"tell me what is going on out there?" he asked pointing his hoof at the twister that was being formed outside.
"I don't know sir, but it seems to be close to dragon pony territory. Permission to investigate?"]/color]
"Granted" turning around he gave the pony a curt nod as he took another sip of coffee.
In an instant Corporal Match Stick was gone. He sped down the corridors of the building, and practically flew down the stairs. Then out and off he was, to discover the source of the fiery vortex.
maple chuckled as he heard the sounds of the unicorn trying to get down stairs
Match was already at the forests edge, thereby making fantastical time. Whether or not a swift teleportation is what sped him along or not is unknown to Match ad he is lost in thought.
Yes the cold should stop Rubedo. Keep it up.
The spinning starts to show and the flames start weakening.
Rubedo mumbles incoherently not knowing what he is doing.
The lines continue swirling inside the fire as the cold remains constant, the silvery lines wrapping gently around Rubedo and helping to slow him down further.
Match runs into scene, and is stunned by the fantastical display of magic.
The first thing Match would notice when arriving at the scene, aside from the large fiery twister, was the cold, the temperature in the air feeling as if it was in the middle of winter, the heat from the fire barely even noticeable, the grass and trees in the area covered in frozen dew. Looking around would reveal the source, the black-maned, light blue pegasus from earlier simply standing out in the open with his wings spread out wide, freezing cold magic pouring out of his entire body, the grass around his hooves frozen solidwhile he kept his gaze focused entirely on the tornado and the silvery lines glimpsed inside it, not even noticing the arriving unicorn.
(Tactical textwall inbound ovO)
The flames dissipate leaving scorched ground and Rubedo standing there with the red aura still surrounding him.
Felucia limbs over to the guards.
Thanks for the help.
(Dark Hooves. neither Frosty Skies, nor Silver Line, are guards, they were never mentioned as such and they never wore armor or anything.)
As the flames disippated the pegasus stopped pouring out his magic, stumbling a little as he moved to a more relaxed stance, folding his wings too. Then something odd happened, the wires and lines having wrapped around Rubedo letting go and moving about in the air for a bit before converging next to the pegasus and taking the form of a familiar gray-maned off-silver unicorn. Couldn't very well ignore the gigantic twister of fire threatening to start a forest fire now, could I? The pegasus, Frosty Skies, responded with a smile while Silver Line finished reforming from the threads he had been just moments ago. That could have gone rather nasty hadn't we been around, probably quite a bit of burnt forest, potentially quite a bit more if that little fellow hadn't stopped. He mentioned, motioning towards Rubedo with a hoof as it was just finishing up reforming or whatever the odd-looking process could be described as.
// lol I derped
Felucia levitate Rubedo to herself and hugs him.
Shhhhh, calm down little boy, it's alright.
Her calm words allow Rubedo to calm down. The red aura dissipates only a faint glow from the red mark on his neck.
(KK so I talked with Maplewood, and perhaps, when it is more appropriate, to create a little Mystery for the guards to solve. I won't go too much into details, less maple wants to share, but I'll post when you guys feel it's appropriate."
"You should go sleep now," Book Keeper chided Zappy gently as she gently pushed him towards the hut. She needed to check what was happening by the twister, as it had suddenly dissipated.
The two odd ponies watched for a few moments before Frosty Skies suddenly lost his balance, only to stop mid-fall, seeming supported by something invisibly, not even the slightest hint of magic in the air that could have related to the act present. Thanks Silver, I think I might've pushed my magic a bit much, holding it back really did a number on me. the pegasus muttered in thanks to the smiling unicorn, who then turned towards Match. Match Stick, right? My friend here could use a little lookover on his magic circuits, mind escorting us to the guard base? If anypony gives trouble just tell them a noble needs medical attention. Silver spoke, chuckling as he recieving a smack on the head, courtesy of Frosty Skies's wing.
Stop calling me a noble, you know I hate that and I want nothing to do with my so-called 'birthright'. The pegasus said in irritation, only for the unicorn to reply with a smirk. Oh come on now, at least give one of your ancestors the right to annoy you with that now and then. came the response, only resulting in another, slightly harder smack from the slightly oversized wings of the pegasus.
"I'm sorry, but the base is a restricted area. I am, however, authorized to escort high-standing citizens to a local destination, like the Canterlot Hospital."
That power, if I can teach him to control it, he will our best defense for invaders. She thinks to herself.
Rubedo comes to unaware of what happened.
What's going on?
Maple kept watching considering if match could be put in for a award or promotion
What happened to respect for your elders? Anyways, no time, canterlot hospital is too far away and I KNOW you have the sufficient spellwork to stabilize him before he flares and his magic starts cooling down the air around him uncontrollably, and by cooling I mean freezing anything close to him to the core in less than a second, I will say it again. get, him. medical. assistance. Silver replied while narrowing his eyes at Match Stick, seeming to ignore the re-emerging frost starting to spread out from the pegasus, the grass around his hooves freezing and breaking apart under it's own weight.
Rubedo, run home.
He nods and runs back to the tribe lands.
Felucia starts using her fire breath on the ice.
//her fire breath is fueled by her magic
Hearing the seriousness of Frosty Skies' plight, Match responds, "Look, I can't bring you onto the base without explicit permission from a superior officer. If you're willing to wait for me to obtain such permission, then I might be able to get you on base."
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Apr 14, 10:37:51
"You should go sleep now," Book Keeper chided Zappy gently as she gently pushed him towards the hut. She needed to check what was happening by the twister, as it had suddenly dissipated.
Oh, alright. I guess I'll see you soon then. Zappy says after he was pushed. He steps inside the small hut and changes back to his normal form, getting comfortable inside and going to sleep.
Unless your superior officer is here to give said command then I will just have to go without permission, will you stand in my way? Silver Line replied, his stance shifting subtly as he spoke. Nnnngh.... I think I can hold it for another half hour at most, any longer and I might make it worse. Frosty muttered audibly as he tried to keep standing, patches of ice forming on his fur and wings, though not seeming to inconvenience or even be noticed by him.
After seeing Zappy off, Book Keeper made her way towards the area where the twister had been, wary of her nearly empty magical reserves.
"I will do my duty," Match says grimly.
And I will do mine. This is my last warning, move. aside. the unicorn replied coldly while Frosty skies facehoofed on the sidelines and groaned in annoyance, pausing for a moment to shake of a flake of ice forming on his leg.
(Something Match probably should notice, Silver isn't emitting any magic whatsoever, like, none at all.)
Hi Book Keeper. How are you?
"Oh hi Felucia," Book Keeper answered as she walked into view. "I'm doing well."
She looked around at the sight of the site, her attention drawn to a conflict between Match and another unicorn.
"Is something the matter?" she inquired both parties. Though she was nearly out of magic, she wasn't completely helpless. She had some options.
Aside from my burned leg, I'm fine.
Earlier, in another city, a terrible scream echoed through the halls as a unicorn mare ran down the streets.
"Help! Help! Somepony has stolen my husband! Help me! Help!" She screamed, ensuring there were dozens of ponies that came out of their homes and
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(OOC-Feel free to have the case announced whenever and I'll continue from there)
Do you have something that can mend my leg.
//Oh boy i missed a lot more than i expected >.<
Lubu was seen running towards where the twister had been closing in on Book Keeper.
"Hey you!" he shouted
Silver Line continued glaring at Match, only giving Lubu and Book quick glance before looking back towards the unicorn in front of him. My friend is in need of immediate assitance, lest his magic flare destructively, your base is the only viable option. I do not have time to wait for permission, so if you will not help or let me pass then I'll have to use force.
I hope you make a decision quickly, my mana is running low. She melts the ice as soon as it appears.
"I am sworn to not falter in my duty, and to uphold the laws of these lands. If you so choose to break the sacred covenant we share with the Royal Sisters, than you invite consequence upon yourself. I shall stay my ground," Match says with great passion. Taking a second to calm himself, he continues by saying, "I can offer my assistance in the transportation of your friend to a physician, nothing more."
Silver Line kindly waited for Match to finish before letting out an audible sigh. Twenty minutes, teleportation will trigger the flare prematurely, there is no other option, so I'm afraid you've forced my hoof. I will do my best to not harm you or anypony else in my way... He muttered before, in an inequinely fast motion dashing towards Match and 'striking' towards him with a hoof, missing the unicorn on purpose by a hair, though the missed strike was followed up by a powerful blast of air from the sheer power of the strike, the wave of air feeling like running into a solid wall for a short moment before it dispersed, Match most likely literally blown away from the sudden blast of air unless he escaped fast enough.
(Silver Line is NOT a pony, while he has his limits in speed and reaction time his body however does not have normal limits, probably a bit of a bad matchup for Match.... hehe, match. ovO Anyways if it gets a bit too ludicrous I'll send a PM to the pony most likely able to actually do much against him from what I've seen.)
(Also, yeah, he's pretty much beast-like, that is intended, he does have a rather large weakness though, you just have to figure it out, well, that or get him to stop fighting.)
Match never felt the punch or the shockwave following it. For, in an instant, his entire body incinerated in a ball of flame. And almost instantaneously, a second ball of fire appears behind Silver, and from it charges a Match in his custom guardsman armor. His first strike came in the form of a fiery bolt aimed straight at Silver.
Silver did not even appear to acknowledge the bolt of fire shooting at him, leaning slightly to the side just enough for it to fly past him harmlessly before he span around, kicking out with his forehoves and creating another shockwave before immediately following it up with dashing towards the unicorn, following right behind his own shockwave and right before it would've made contact with him he hit the ground with all four hooves, the force blasting the surrounding dirt upwards, including the ground Match was standing on.
Match was firmly rooted in place, and did not appear to be affected by Silver's attack. Match took the opportunity Silver's reckless attack gave him and blew a fiery flare directly at Silver's face, creating both searing heat and blinding light.
Silver managed to move fast enough to hit the flare with a hoof, though the motion seemed... wrong. Despite that he batted away the flare just as something coiled around one of Match's hooves only to very suddenly throw him to the side with quite a bit of force, Silver rushing after and launching another shockwave with a punch before suddenly launching himself forwards much faster, passing his own attack and using yet another one, this wave of air being much faster and more forcefull. Frosty Skies ducking and inadvertedly falling over just so it wouldn't hit him, though his situation seemed to get worse, the temperature in the area continuing to drop noticeably.
Match flew into a tree with a crack, then fell limp to the ground.
Maple placed the coffee cup down grabbing his helmet as he headed down on his way he recruited a team of 5 guards
Felucia decides to retreat to her home.
Silver Line waited for several seconds before sighing and walking over to Match to do a quick check just to make sure he hadn't harmed the unicorn too much, ignoring both Lubu and Book Keeper during his short examination, meanwhile Frosty Skies groaned and shuddered, the ambient temperature dropping sharply again, feeling like a cold winter by now.
Match was taking harsh breaths, but he was alive.
Maple arrived on scene the medic in the group quickly pushing past to Match ."what is the meaning of this?"
Match coughs into consciousness, but is clearly incoherent.
Silver Line let out a relieved sigh as he saw Match was alive, a bit dazed probably from having been tossed into a tree, but alive. As Maple arrived with his team the gray-maned unicorn stepped to the side, letting the medic pass without even grazing him. My friend has damaged magic circuitry, in less than half an hour he'll flare and the temperature of the surrounding area will drop to arctic levels for at least a good few hours, if not even colder, flying is impossible for him and wouldn't be fast enough, teleportation will set him off prematurely, so going to your base would be the best alternative in my case, Match here tried to stop me. He explained while gesturing first to Frosty Skies, who looked to be in pain by this point, trying to delay his flare as long as he could, he then gestured towards Match at the end of his explenation. And don't worry, he should be fine, he is a good fighter. Now, will you help or senselessly attack me?
Maple looked like he wanted to but thought better of it "fine but be quick about it" he spat looking like he was about to explode
Match cringed as he tried to stand back up, but inevitably fell back prone to the ground. "*Cough* Corporal Match Stick *Cough* reporting for duty, sir," Match managed to say sickly.
Silver line huffed and relaxed a little, though he still seemed tense and rather annoyed. Quick question, does anyone here have any kind of spells or medical supplies that can help Frosty? I don't want him hurting any more than he has to, I have been too slow far too many times before...
(gone for a day and NOW you all post? D:)
Book Keeper had barely been able to keep up with the sudden exchange. Had she not been so low on magic, she would have helped Match, and that simply wasn't appropriate for the situation. Her ears perked at the unicorn's question.
"I have knowledge of healing spells that might help," she told him, but grimaced.
"Unfortunately, I'm nearly out of magic, and I haven't really had an opportunity to practice them."
Felucia cradles Rubedo while he sleeps.
Silver Line looked towards Book Keeper and frowned a bit as he heard she was pretty much out of magic. Not good, he needs it stabilized soon, healing it outright isn't needed, just stabilizing so he doesn't flare. A magic storage crystal would've been nice right now... He muttered.
I brought... one in... my bag... Frosty muttered just loud enough for them to hear before grunting in discomfort, the lapse in concentration due to talking making his magic slip for a moment, freezing solid the grass in a small circle around him and the temperature dropping just a little bit further again, more than cold enough to be able to see one's breath. What he said had an obvious effect though, what looked like strings shooting out of Silver and flying into the forest, a few seconds passing before the silvery strings retracted and brought with them a glowing crystal immediately lobbed at Book Keeper.
(Feels really finnicky and repetetive using two characters at one, I'm proobably gonna just pull these two out, the introductory thing kinda went awry)
(alright then)
Book Keeper caught the crystal with her hoof; a pale blue glow emitted from it. She began to transfer the magic inside to herself, wincing at the freezing sensation.
The magic, other than being very cold, felt much more stable, though rigid, during the transfer, likely due to it's cold nature. the crystal dimming a bit as Book Keeper pulled magic from it.
Book Keeper dropped the fully drained crystal to the ground; there had been enough to restore her magic, and then some.
"Before I begin," she began, "I want to remind you that I haven't practiced these spells before."
The crystal shattered as it hit the ground, the last few bits of magic flowing out of it, though barely noticeable. What was quite a bit more noticeable however was Frosty's magic getting harder and harder to restrain apparently, ice forming over some parts of his body while also spreading slowly along the ground. Just try, if it fails though you should pull back outside my range, I don't want to harm anypony with this... He said softly, his control slipping a little bit more again, at this point making even getting close to him quite dangerous, even magic feeling a little more sluggish, though also easier to control.
Felucia lies down with Rubedo and starts drifting into sleep.
Book Keeper nodded, then moved closer to Frosty. Her brow furrowed in concentration, and after a few moments, her horn started glowing.
After their nap Felucia wakes up finding Rubedo playing with the other younglings. She smiles.
(geez and this moved along and a fight while i was away...geez
Lubu glared as he saw the ponies and beast in front of him as he was sprinting He leaped high into the air taking care not to drop his halberd.
//Where is Lubu?
"this needs to happen soon or I'm ordering everyone back to the base" maple frowned stepping aside as the medic carried match back to the base.
Book Keeper's horn glowed brighter as the spell started to take effect; sweat poured down her face as she struggled to hold it.
Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2015 Apr 19, 18:41:32
//Where is Lubu?
//the area where the twister used to be
//nopony is thete i think
(Almost everypony is there actually, none of us said we were moving away from that area at all!)
Stabilizing his magic neees to happen soon or a good portion of this forest, habitants included, are gonna be icicles in various shapes, everypony here included, not a pleasant experience. Silver shot back with a glare while the spell seemed to work on Frosty's magic, the temperature starting to rise to normal again and the magic bleeding out gradually stopping, though it'd need perhaps a half minute or so more to finish the spell, the stable but still slightly sluggish magic delaying somewhat.
//Felucia isn't though
(Felucia isn't everyone, neither is Rubedo.)
// I know, they're back at the tribe lands.
Book Keeper was sweating buckets now; she was starting to run of out magic, hoped that the spell would finish in time.
Felucia heads for the base leaving Rio to watch over Rubedo.
Frosty relaxed as the spell finished moments later, his magic seeming to have stabilized although the pegasus himself seemed to have fallen unconcious. It worked, thank goodness... Silver muttered while sitting down. Sorry about earlier, I just have gotten very emotional over the years when a friend is in danger, I get quite... hostile when that happens, I suppose that's what millenia'll do. And before you ask how I could have lived that long, I'm a golem, a bit over two thousand years old actually.... That never stops feeling awkward to say...
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Chibalt groaned as the medic he'd bumped into was still examining him with pretty much every tool possible for magical circuitry damage, even if there wasn't anything shown except some minor strain. Could you stop poking my ribs? I really don't appreciate that. He muttered to the medic, who was currently poking his side with some other sort of measuring tool or whatever, Chibalt himself having no idea what the tool was or even if it had a use at all aside from annoying restless patients.
// lol
Felucia arrives at the main gate.
Are visitors allowed at this time? She asks the guard at the entrance.
Match Stick is hauled into the medical ward with great haste, for his condition had taken a turn for the worse. The route to the Surgical Bay took him right past Chibalt, and with the commotion that Match's arrival caused, he'd be pretty hard to miss.
Zappy awakens from his nap inside the old armory overhearing Match being rushed into the medical ward. He sneaks out of the small hut (that is inside the armory) and peers out the window, watching the ponies carry Match.
Chibalt looks on in no small amount of surprise, and worry, as Match is carried pretty much right past him, the disguised changeling feeling the ambient signs of pain from him, though thankfully nothing indicating any major damage from what he could feel, then again it was a mere few seconds he was even close enough for that anyways.
"Whew...alright...done now," Book Keeper gasped as she ended the spell. Luckily the pegasus had been stabilized just in time; she was nearly out of magic (again).She barely caught what the unicorn said.
""Two...thousand... years, eh? I...bet...you have...some interesting...stories to tell."
Silver shrugged while trotting over to the unconcious Frosty, checking over the pegasus for any magic-induced injuries, thankfully of which there were none, while absently answering. I can't recall much beyond the past few hundred years, only so much in terms of memories I can cram into my head after all, fanciful imaginations of golems capable of complete, photographic long-time memory over hundreds of years is just that, imagination, honestly it is a somewhat sad bi-effect of longetivity, gradually forgetting loved ones from centuries ago. My creator was the first to fade from memory, I do remember her being an extraordinary golem maker though, me being her 'greatest creation' and all. He mused on the last part while looking at his hoof as it unwound into strings from the outside and inwards, doing it slowly enough for them to observe. And I'd say she did quite well at that, I dare say she was milennia ahead of her time on making golems, probably still is quite a bit ahead even now despite not being among the living. He added with a chuckle.
Match was eventually moved to a hospital room to rest and recover. There he sleeps tranquilly.
"Ha!"
Lubu landed onto the ground creating a small rumble to anything super close to him.
Felucia hears a rumbling sound back from the direction.
OH NO! She rushes back the way she came, she arrives at the clearing created by Rubedo finding Lubu.
What are you doing out here?!
"AH!, I've came because I've heard a fight going on and saw a fiery twister."
Well Rubedo accidently made that fire twister you saw. He has a great power that was previously unknown. I was sparring with him trying to help him hone his technique. I can tell you one thing, Rubedo is almost impossible to keep track of when he moves in that state.
"That makes it even better."
He needs to learn to control this power. I also want to find out where it came from.
Book Keeper's breathing slowly started returning to normal.
"I see," she responded while looking at the unicorn's hoof unravel. "Well, it's been interesting, but as much as I'd like to ask you a multitude of questions, I need to check up on my friend and take a shower."
She lifted her hoof towards him.
Match lays in his hospital bed with bandages rapped around his torso, his cracked and battered armor laid out on a table beside him. And although he is asleep, his facial movements show definite signs of deep thought. Perhaps he is dreaming, perhaps not.
Felucia waits patiently for Lubu's response.
"Oh?"
So what have been doing since the last time we met?
Silver nodded to Book and smiled. I'll be back later then, I just need to take my friend to a hospital, I do not want to risk a teleport messing up your spell, I have my own ways of travel though. He explained before putting the unconcious pegasus on his back, seeming to have no trouble at all with the weight as he jumped into the air and jumped again mid-air, launching himself a bit higher up before somehow dashing forwards in the air in short but fast bursts, quite quickly exiting their vision at the speed he was going.
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Chibalt opened the door to the room Match was in gently, trotting in silently and closing the door behind him, the disguised changeling himself having a few bandages on the previously dislocated leg from a few days ago, mostly bandages to support it, something he would've decline had it not been for the medic he'd been seeing being rather insistent in not letting him take any risks, even after a little bit of healing magic being ran through his body for good measure.
He was not worried about himself though, rather focusing on Match and the armor laying next to him in particular, unsure what could have caused such damage, and without seemingly touching him either judging by the complete lack of scratches or damage aside from one strong blunt impact. Short-circuited spell? No, would've been more damage than this... He muttered to himself while looking at the armor.
Book Keeper watched the two ponies leave her sight, then trotted down to the infirmary.
Chibalt was still examining Match's armor, seeming so caught up in it in fact he didn't notice Book Keeper enter the infirmary whatsoever, busy looking at the armor, or the remains of it anyways, and mumbling incoherently to himself theories of what could have caused it, the large disguised changeling seeming to have a tendency to talk to himself when thinking.
Match moans quietly as he stirs from his sleep back into consciousness.
"How are you feeling?" Book Keeper asked the now conscious Match.
"Like a failure," he replies bluntly.
"what are you talking about corporal" maple chuckled as he walked in after book keeper
"Why would you say that?" Book Keeper asked confusedly.
"I failed at my duty to protect the base," Match replies.
Chibalt jumped as Match suddenly groaned, finally looking away from the battered armor and noticing Book Keeper being present along with Maple.Failed? How so? No-one's come into the base, who did you fight?
"A unicorn who insisted that we gave immediate medical attention to his Pegasus companion. I offered to escort them to the Canterlot Hospital, but he refused. So I did my duty to prevent unauthorized personal from entering the base, but he proved to be too strong,"
A unicorn and a pegasus?.... what did they look like? Chibalt inquired curiously, having a feeling he might know who Match was talking about.
"I don't remember," Match says realizing the extent of his injuries.
Silver coat and gray mane? Was that it?
"sounds about right" maple said
Chibalt sighed and shook his head a bit, glancing between Match and his mostly broken armor. So it was Silver then, must've been something really bad for him to resort to fighting, seems to have held back though...
"Assaulting a Royal Guard isn't what I'd call holding back," Match spits, still sour about his beating.
I meant in fighting you, he's far stronger than you'd think, that and your fire magic, it wouldn't really hurt him at all. Chibalt said while looking at Match's broken armour. Judging from the armor you simply hit something at some speed, probably launched by one of his typical blasts of air, what do you think would've happened if he'd actually struck you directly?
Although it was safe for him, Zappy really wanted to leave the old armory and go check to see whats happening in the infirmary. He puts on a soldier disguise and casually strolls over to the infirmary, stepping inside and searching for Match and the others.
"I think you guys would be spending less time questioning me, and more time arresting the pony that sent your friend to the infirmary!" Match shouts uncharacteristically with hatred burning in his eyes. Realizing his error, Match becomes downcast and turns in his bed so he is facing away from his friends. "I just need to be alone right now," ((No he doesn't)) Match says depressingly.
((FYI, in case you haven't guessed, Match has only been going all Macho recently because he has become more comfortable in his role as a Royal Guard and had been acting like the hero's he idolized from stories told to him in his youth.))
Zappy overhears Match shouting and follows his voice to the room he's resting in. He peeks in and gazes in at the ponies from the doorway, staring at them. He chooses not to go in, afraid he'll get in trouble with Book Keeper if she realizes it's him.
Edit:
//Vick has no history with Zappy.
Vick flutters down and calls to the disguised changeling "Hey :D What's up ^D^" He lands safely next to the armored pone.
//Just came back from the dentist.... Teal, we should RP.
The "soldier pony" jumps in surprise and faces Vick with a look of shock before composing himself.
O-oh, um...it's nothing, just this friend of mine is hurt. H-he's right in that room. Zappy points to the room next to him. The doorway is open.
Are you here to see someone too?
Vick shakes his head "No : ) My gut told me to come here ^u^" He lied for fun.
"Am I allowed in the... infermary" Vick mispronounced when he asked, and was ready to leave.
[Ahhh... A very nice blue~]
um...I don't know. Zappy says, then realizes how dumb that answer was. I mean uh...you'll have to ask a higher ranked...officer about it.
Vick shrugs, but doesn't wanna be alone
"I'll follow you because my gut tells me I need to be here for something" Now that WASN'T a lie.
[THAT FONT COLOR DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ORANGE!]
Oh, I don't know if that's a good idea. I'm normally...um...just on guard duty in front of a door...somewhere... he says with a nervous smile.
"Ah nothing much, I was honing my skills even though it felt different than how it was in my own world." he said with his eyes looking to the side.
"Although I did get a few disturbances like some mare shouting something like Help! Help! Somepony has stolen my husband! Help me! Help!"
(hooboy, that must have been painful for Match)
Book Keeper said nothing; she merely pulled up a chair, sat down.
If I had a husband and somepony tried to steal him. I would clobber that thief good. She snickers and snorts.
"Yeah hehe, I would do the same too."
You know what, I think I'll allow outsiders visit my tribe. As long as you obey my laws I have written to protect the tribe. Namely no bringing your weapons and any interactions with the younglings must be supervised. I advise not eating dragon fruit, it can be rather toxic to non dragon ponies.
" :l..." Lubu looks at his halberd then back at the other ponies farther away.
"Will there be a place this will be put?"
We will have to take them from you if you bring them into our territory. So it would be best to leave them at home.
"@#$%..." Lubu said rolling his eyes at the fact that he didnt have a set home and is too far away from the castle.
Match is apathetic towards Books interest in his well being.
After some time, Book Keeper sighed, and got up.
"I'll be back to visit you tomorrow, " she told him. "Get some rest now."
She left the room.
Quote from: LunarDusk on 2015 Apr 29, 20:10:10
"@#$%..." Lubu said rolling his eyes at the fact that he didnt have a set home and is too far away from the castle.
Sorry, that's the law. What about leaving them at the base?
"HyzAAAH!" Lubu without hesitation puts hit hooves together then leaps with al his might then sprints to the area that he thinks will lead to the based but is actually going to the territory blindly.
Felucia tackles Lubu. Wrong way. The base is east of the tribelands.
/// lol that mustve been a lot of force tackling a pony version of someone with the large build //
"Oh, snap." Lubu says bursting off in the east direction.
((Am I to assume that everyone left Match's hospital room?))
// Felucia is strong enough, remember she is a dragon pony --- i dont know annosrules, Lubu is running back to the base, Felucia is waiting for him to come back
Felucia snickers and snorts at Lubu's goofiness.
//My OC is just stuck until someone sets him straight, or everyone leaves his room and he pulls himself together.
Chibalt sighed and moved to leave the room too, stopping in the door and looking back at Match. Moping isn't going to do anything, you know that, Match.
Match remains silent.
(Book Keeper already left)
Book Keeper walked quickly to her room, intent on taking a nice, hot bath after what had been a long, tiring day.
Chibalt just shook his head and silently left, heading back to his own room to sleep, there not being much else for him to do, he'd even practiced plenty enough already.
With everypony except Lt. Maple outside oh his hospital room, Match rolls over to face his commander. "What now?" Match asks quietly, his eyes swollen and red from tears.
Maple sighs "hey listen here man lying there won't help you get better trust me iv been there"
"My spine has been fractured, lying here is all I'll be doing for a while," Match replies honestly.
*returns*
You leave your weapons?
"Yes"
"well then there's nothing I can do but say that you did your duty by not breaking protocol" he sighs calling the doctor over
Alright follow me. Felucia leads Lubu to her home.
Match takes a tissue off of his coffee table and wipes his face. He seems more calm now as he lays back facing the ceiling.
(I think we should move on to the next day after the next few posts or so)
Book Keeper finally returned to her room in the barracks, and started getting ready for her bath.
//Is anybody near the infirmary?
(Match and Maplewood are in the infirmary. Zappy is still outside talking to you)
(Chibalt just left the infirmary, so he should still be fairly close by.)
Vick heard voices inside "Is it alright if I go into here? :\"
Lubu stood close to Felucia as they moved to her home.
After 5 hours they reach the tribelands. Welcome to our humble abode. Dragon ponies walk every which way while the younglings play innocently as the caretakers watch over them.
Match waits quietly for the doctor, lost in his thoughts and inner conversation.
Maple makes his way back over to match trying to look happy but is pretty bad at it "well the doctor is confident that everything is fine"
((Sorry some things are happening in family)
"Tell that to my back, feels like it's o fire," Match huffs.
"well yeah it's trying to fix it's self" he sat down
Math continues staring at the ceiling, refusing to make eye contact with Lt. Maple.
"you seam deep in though please indulge me"
"Hmmm, so this is what the dragon ponies look like."
"It's just that I thought that being a royal guard would allow me to do something, to change something. But I'm now seeing how naive and childish those thoughts were," Match admits, more open now that he is alone with somepony who he upon built an absolute trust.
(Quoting Macbeth for no reason :P))
" and you still can just because you couldn't beat a being that honestly looked more magical then you and me"
"Well maybe I could have if I could control my magic better, but my wasted childhood stands testament to the impossibility of that pursuit."
"so why didn't you try to learn more and practice?"
"But I did! I spent what childhood I had in that pursuit, but only to little, if any, avail."
"well I wish I could help but as you can see I'm only a.... Modified earth pony" as he finished he looked a little sick
"Story of my life."
((Gtg. Sorry :I))
(Ok :c)
Quote from: LunarDusk on 2015 May 08, 19:43:32
"Hmmm, so this is what the dragon ponies look like."
Some are dragon pegasi and some are dragon unicorns. We live for the survival of our kind.
Rio appraoaches Felucia and Lubu.
Welcome, but be wary around some of the others. They aren't accepting of outsiders just yet. He holds his clawed hoof out in friendship.
"well there could be worse things"
"Perhaps," Match replies, weary of argument.
"I wouldnt be surprised...." Lubu said
Rio waits for Lubu to shake his hoof.
(This RP has slowed to a crawl. I'M BRINGING IT BACK!)
After her nice, long bath, Book Keeper crawled into her bed, and took out a book she was in middle of. Not long after that, she fell asleep.
// Sorry for not being on. I don't have much of an excuse for it, I just wasn't getting online. :s \\
Zappy, still disguised as a guard pony, continues to look into Match's resting room in the infirmary from the doorway. He doesn't want to intrude on his conversation with Maple.
(that's fine, I have those moments sometimes as well X3)
"Oh, right....wait...how am i supposed to grab..." Lubu reached out his hoof but had no idea how to grip Rio's hoof
Vick was still right next to Zappy. And had no Idea of his changeling powers. If Vick knew, he'd be VERY scared and fly away as fast as he could.
Chibalt grumbled a bit as he walked into his own room, making sure the door was closed behind him before letting his blue flames wash over him, mostly just for cleaning himself off as he was starting to get so tired he was worried about falling asleep in the shower, though he thankfully was awake enough to remember to not let the flames affect his pony form before he flopped onto his bed rather heavily, the wood groaning in protest at the sudden impact of the now asleep changeling in disguise.
Match quietly falls asleep in his hospital bed, weary of the day's toils.
Rainboom Blitz, the newest recruit, is training as hard as he can in the training arena; to increase his stamina, muscles and experience, but he still has time to have fun and entertainment
(Two things blitz, in the RP it's currently evening, approaching night actually, and we also have an OOC topic, so please post there if you need any catching up with what is going on and such.)
//I needed catching up for the longest time : / I'll post in the OOC next time
Rio carefully grabs Lubu's hoof.
Zappy notices Match fall asleep and backs away so Maple doesn't see him. He sneaks back towards the abandoned armory while trying his best to not come off as a suspicious guard pony trying to sneak off towards the abandoned armory.
(I think this should be done in the OOC topic, but I vote for plot. This rp has great potential)
((Yes it should :]))
*shakes hoof*
Rio smiles while shaking Lubu's hoof. Nice to formally meet you Lubu.
//RP is too big for me and me and Teal don't really RP here X3
As morning comes around, their is an urgent knocking at Lt. Maple's office door.
Maple gets up slightly irritated by being woken up at this time
"Lieutenant?" a voice from beyond the door calls out.
((What rank is Match Stick again?))
((Sorry for not replying yet, and he's a corporal))
"what is soldier" maple opened the door before they knocked it down
"It's Corporal Stick sir, he's casuing a disturbance in the hospital wing," the generic royal guard answers.
"Now, lets see whats in this village" said LuBu
Book Keeper yawned heavily as she left her room; she was still tired after nearly exhausting her magic twice last night.
"what do you mean, quick show me he let the guards go on ahead
The guard explains on the way to the hospital ward, "From what I've been told, Match got up out of his hospital bed and refused to return under direct orders from the doctor."
Book Keeper walked to the mess hall; she needed to feed herself and Zappy
Chibalt was already in the mess hall, busy eating his usual fill, which was surprisingly large considering he could technically live on pure emotions for months, he didn't seem to care much about the very occasional guards glancing at him uncertainly before pretending they'd never done so while in fact he was actually feeling rather down, never having been fond of the 'taste' of nervousness or worse, fear, albeit very small.
//eh... unless Dark Hooves returns im possibly going to have to go ditching mode or by tv tropes language "svrew this im outta here" exit to move to a different location
(Dark hooves isn't on too much, plus you're actually about a day and a half behind in time in comparison to everyone else in the RP, so you can chalk up the sudden change in location to simply a delayed timeskip.)
// I'm really losing track of my character in this RP. It's hard to stay interested when it moves so slowly. :s \\
Zappy kicks out his hooves as he awakens in the small hut Book Keeper conjured up for him in the old armory. He does a bit of stretching and yawns, then takes a small peek out of the hut to make sure nopony unwanted is inside. Seeing nopony, he rests back down comfortably inside the hut, expecting Book Keeper or somepony else to come greet him in the morning.
LuBu busted through the door by smacking it with his head.
"Well, that was on heck of an episode..." he said. His comment was cut short wen he saw something under a banket.
"What the...WHO THAT?! SHOW YOURSELF IMMEDIAAATELY!!!" LuBu yelled as he pointed his halberd at the blanket that Zappy was sleeping in.
// Well, there is a blanket, but there's what looks like a tiny hut inside the old armory. \\
Zappy jumped when the door to the old armory was busted down. He heard LuBu shout for him to come out and he very nervously looked out at LuBu from the small hut with his glowing blue eyes.
LuBu's eyes widened when he saw glowing eyes from under the blanket then tightened his grip.
"Prepare yourself demon." LuBu cried
He swung his halberd at the blanket causing it to get stuck unto it but barely missing Zappy leaving him unharmed.
"?! "
Zappy screams out in fear and kicks out of the blanket, revealing himself completely to LuBu in his changeling form. He stumbles backwards and up against the wall.
"What the heck?" LuBu said in a similar matter that Wolf from Starfox would say it.
"Oh....it you again." Lubu said in a bored tone.
"Wheres that sworn sibling you have...Book Something...Book Key...Book Guardian...Book, Book eeer...Keeper?."
Zappy stays against the wall, cowering against it as he looks at LuBu.
I-I d-don't know! Please don't hurt me! >A<
// lol a "Do not pursue LuBu" moment from what a random mook would do
"I wont...and besides If I did then Book Keeper and Match would be chewing me out for it."
W-why did you think I was a...demon? he asks, shivering from the cold air inside the old armory.
"Well...I kinda seemed like it since when I was sucked into a different dimension the demons there from a serpent king had similar eyes to what you had." He said as if reminiscing .
"Still...I wonder how shes doing though..."
*puts down halberd*
When he set the halberd down, he hurried back over to his blanket and wrapped himself up in it, getting warm in it.
S-sorry if I...scared you. he says. I hope Book Keeper comes by soon.
"Yes...yes when Book Keeper comes.... can you tell her your approval or disapproval of me staying for the days?"
um...staying where? Zappy asks, rolling onto his side in the blanket and looking up at LuBu.
"what do you mean he got up" maple looked with a questioned tone
"In this hut."
But...um...I mean...I don't know if she'll let you. I'm kinda supposed to be hiding in here. What if somepony follows you in?
"No one would be stupid enough to pursue me...so thats unlikely." LuBu said with high confidence.
um...I can think about it. We might have to get more blankets though. he says.
Unless you...don't mind sharing.
"Thats ok I dont need blankets as long as I can lean on something like the ground or wall as warriors like me adapt to different environments."
Oh, alright. I think I could let you stay with me, but I don't know about Book Keeper. he says.
His stomach growls and he rubs his tummy under the blanket. Oooh...I'm getting pretty hungry...
"Hmm do you like fish or are you more of a plant eater?"
I could eat anything really. he says, rolling onto his back. I got to this place eating little things I found just about anywhere. But nothing's as good or filling as love.
"@#%^...." LuBu said but instantly widened his eyes when he realized that he was in front of a kid.
Zappy stares at LuBu with a blank expression, unsure of what to think about what he just said.
"eh..hehe X3...pretend you didn't hear that."
um...okay. I didn't hear it. he says.
Zappy's stomach growls again.
eeeh...
"Hmm...in that case wait here..."
With that LuBu grabbed his halberd and left outside for a few minutes.
Zappy turns over onto his belly and gets cozy in his blanket while he waits for LuBu to return.
Soon the smell of a mixture of steamed vegetables and fish started to fill the room.
Zappy began to sniff the air and lifted his head, looking around for the source of the smell.
LuBu came back with a tray that had a row of 5 half-moon shaped dumplings where the source of the smell was visible. He sat them down in front of Zappy along with a glass of water then bowed.
Zappy looks at the tray of food in awe and surprise.
I-is this....just for me? he asks as he stares at the delectable looking dumplings on the tray.
"Mhm, these dumpling are very filling, they are a mixture of vegetables and a few fish steamed to the right temperature at the point where its tender."
*looks back*
"In my world a friend of mine made these in a different way but I dont remember how she made it though...so I improvised with what I could salvage here...but no worries." LuBu said
Zappy smiles widely and sits upright, scooting himself close to the tray.
Thank you SOOOO much, mister! I think I'm going to love it!
He picks up one of the dumplings in his hooves and takes a bite of it, tasting all of it's flavors and loving it as he thought he would. He gulps down the bite. I adore it! ^-^
He begins to eat the meal, savoring each bite.
Book Keeper entered the old armory, balancing a tray of food on her back.
"Good morning Zappy! How are you doing today..." she trailed off at the sight of Lubu.
Zappy swallows a mouthful of dumpling and smiles at Book Keeper.
Good morning Book Keeper! he gives her a wave.
"Good morning Zappy," Book Keeper smiled at him, before turning her attention back to Lubu.
"What are you doing here?" she questioned him.
// I'm sorry to do this now, but I'm about to faceplant onto my keyboard and fall asleep. Goodnight! \\\
LuBu anticipating BookKeeper's question turned towards her.
"All doors were locked so I was just walking by in this hut....turns out that he got hungry so I fixed that."
Book Keeper frowned.
"I appreciate that," she told him. "But I'm also a little curious; do you have a habit of inspecting old, abandoned armories?"
"Yes, I also tend to shape them up or forge them into something better."
"I'm sure you do," Book Keeper said with some sarcasm as she turned back to Zappy.
"Are you still hungry? I've got plenty of food here in case you are!"
As they reached the infirmary shouts could be heard from inside
The voice of Match's Doctor can be clearly distinguished through all of the commotion, "Corporal Stick, as your doctor, I order you to return to your room to rest this instant. Nopony in your condition should be walking around,"
"Sorry sir, but I have a job to do that requires that I'm not needlessly stuck in a bed all day. And incase you hadn't noticed, I'm perfectly fine now, so there's no need for you to continue to harass me about my spiff and spam medical condition," a voice that is clearly Match's responds.
"Harass!? I am trying to help you..."
They continue on like this.
Maple opens the two swing doors."ah corporal your awake and up now what is that has made you do this ?"
Match snaps go attention when he notices Maple, and says, "Made me do what, sir?"
Returning his salute "sorry let me rephrase that, why is it that your disobeying the doctors orders"
* watches everything excitedly and deviously* " Heheheheh I love a good show!"
"Because his orders are irrelevant to my current condition, sir."
"and what were those orders?" maple asked looking at the doctor. he fond it hard to stay calm after being woken up so early
Match opens his mouth as if to answer Maple's question, but he instantly closes it when the Doctor began his answer first, "I have been trying for the last twenty minutes to get Match to return to his bed. The injuries he sustained to his back alone require at least a couple fortnights of R&R before we could even consider rehab. I have no idea how he's even walking now."
"how are you standing by the way?" maple began to walk around match
"I just woke up this morning and walked to the front desk before I realized that my back was busted, and now I feel right as rain, good as new," Match says earnestly as he.gives his supposedly broken back a stretch.
"hmm no matter you neeed to sleep" he looked at the doctor incase he had anything to add
"But," Match begins, but he realizes the uselessness of his protests and finishes by saying, "Yes sir."
((is it okay if i RP as trixie?))
*Trixie Sneaks into the Castle*
Trixie : perfect now where is that artifact?
(Misty, you might wanna go to the OOC topic first with this question, along with maybe asking for information on what's going on, where people are, ect.)
((hello Maple, how are you))
*Trixie sneaks past the Guards*
Trixie : perfect! they wont know what hit them
"Yes...are you? Theres room for more." Lubu said
*Trixie walks towards the Room with the artifact*
Trixie : locked hmm *she suddenly hears hoofsteps coming close by*
"I'm not doing this to make you suffer but as of this minute I need every guard at there fullest " maple gave him a smile before he walked back to his office where a meeting was going to take place
"But I'm at my fullest," Match mutters as he watches Lt. Maple leave the ward. Then he did as Maple had asked and went grudgingly back yo bed.
*Trixie manages to open the door*
"Ill be back I need to get something."
With that LuBu ran out the room towards the military base.
(We aren't in a castle, it's more of a military training facility)
(military base :])
(Yup, and I'm pondering whether to do something in particular...)
(yes. I'm waiting for Teal to get back to the RP X3)
after finally having a shower and eating breakfast maple walked into the meeting feeling very positive. "sir!" one of the guards quickly rouse from his seat saluting while the rest stood still."at ease solider"maple quickly retuned the salute and sat down signaling that the rest could calm down.
*Trixie enters the Room and sees a dosen Guards Around her before she could react they grab her and put her in a cell*
(Misty, please, stop it, your posts are having absolutely zero relevance to pretty much everyone else, you might as well write it backwards, run it through bad translators several times and it would still be just as relevant to us. Could you TRY to be relevant at least? Literally none of us are in a castle, we're on a guard base that is not directly in the city of canterlot.)
// lol
LuBu busted through the main doors then started to run down the hallways towards the cell area.
"well sir we have good and bad news" one of the guards said in a uneasy voice."bad first " maple asked preparing himself
Match laid down in his bed as a flurry of doctors came in to examine the miracle soldier. He didn't resist them this time, Match just relaxed and let it happen.
At this the soldiers around the table grew silent letting the one tell maple"well sir....command has ordered that this base be down sized" the guard finished quickly looking down
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Jun 02, 18:11:18
"I'm sure you do," Book Keeper said with some sarcasm as she turned back to Zappy.
"Are you still hungry? I've got plenty of food here in case you are!"
// I don't understand why I forget about this site for days at a time. I've been here 5 years! DD: \\
I am actually, yeah. Zappy says as he finishes off the last of LuBu's dumplings.
Book Keeper nodded. She placed the tray down on the floor, sat down, and started eating one of the apples she had brought.
Zappy scoots closer to Book Keeper and her tray of food and picks some food off of it, eating it with a smile.
Time passes...
"So," Book Keeper said after they finished eating, "Match was hurt very badly last night, do you want to come visit him with me?"
Match was? And you think...he'd want me to visit him?
"I don't see why not," Book Keeper said as she rose and took the now empty tray. "Who knows, maybe he'll even cheer up a bit!"
Okay, I'll come see him then! But do I need to disguise myself while I'm in there with him?
"It would be a good idea to do so," Book Keeper answered Zappy.
Okay. Are we going now?
Book Keeper nodded. "Afterwards, we can do a little practicing with your magic."
Okay, just a second. he says.
He pauses for a moment and changes once again into a generic pony guard.
"Off we go!" Book Keeper pointed dramatically into the distance, before sheepishly realizing that they were still indoors. She led Zappy out, and they made their way to the infirmary.
Zappy stays close to Book Keeper as they walk, trying his best to imitate the posture of the other guard ponies around.
After dropping off the try at the mess hall on the way, Book Keeper and Zappy arrived at the infirmary. Walking inside,she noticed Match lying on his bed, looking much better than the previous night.
"Good morning Match!" she greeted him cheerfully.
Zappy steps in behind Book Keeper, dropping the posture and putting on a cheery, childish expression.
Hello!
Match looked over to them with a bored expression and greats them with a dry, "Hello."
"So," Book Keeper started, "How's your treatment coming along?"
"I'm perfectly fine, no thanks to the doctors who are keeping me locked up for 'further testing'," Match says with a huff.
What happened to you? Zappy asks.
"Wait, what?" Book Keeper said with an utterly confused look on her face.
"I've made a full recovery overnight for a broken spine, now the doctors wan't to find out why," Match answers, still quite monotone.
...you're okay now? That fast?
"Seems like it."
"WHAT!!" maple stood up as fast as he could smashing his coffee cup under his hoof by accident." how could they order such a thing don't they know this is one of the most successful training bases that they have" he sat down and began to take deep breaths trying to come himself down
"That's all but impossible without powerful healing spells," Book Keeper stated, her brow furrowed in thought.
"Hmm...you didn't make any deals with evil entities, right?"
"What? This isn't fiction, estranged entities from the 'n'th dimension don't just pop up and heal pony's," Match states in reply, slightly offended that Book would even consider some insidious end to his miraculous healing.
"Sorry about that," Book Keeper said apologetically. "I just felt I had to check."
"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't be such a grump about everything," Match says apologetically, though still gruff.
OOC: A wild Electric Aura appeared! O: Sorry everypony, life happened and I completely forgot to come back here... I'm here now, and I missed you all, like, a lot! Sorry I was gone, but I'm hoping to get back into this.
(Quite a lot has happened lately, if you're wanting to come back in I guess you could go with having been gone due to some external duties you were ordered on, like maybe being a courier for a time due to speed? Or something else entirely, just suggesting really, personally I'm having trouble figuring out what to have Chibalt do atm, I can't think of anything.)
OOC: Hey Chibalt. :) Yeah, I'll think of a story, I really missed this RP in particular. The stuff with Zappy and Aura was cute, and I loved the friendships.
(Glad to see you back Aura ^-^)
//Its been a while hmmm Aura :] //
Suddenly Lubu went through the doors.
OOC: Hehe, yeah... *rubs back of neck* I'm sorry about that. I have returned though! HUZZAH!
"alright and the good news is?"he asked still trying to come up with logical reasons for a downsize
A very tired looking pegasus mare approached the front gate. It was Staff Sergeant Electric Aura.
// Welcome back Aura! \\
Hey um...could someone have snuck in and helped Match while he was asleep?
OOC: Thanks X3 And I hope Zappy will forgive my sudden disappearance ^-^
"It's possible," Book Keeper admitted, "but not very likely."
Aura had passed through the gates and trotted towards the infirmary, her mind set and getting some asprin.
"Yeah, the hospital has a surprising amount of security," Match says, speaking from recent experience.
Aura made her way to the infirmary, and stopped short of the door, listening in to the conversation.
I don't know then. Zappy frowns, his ears flattening against his head.
I've only seen changelings heal that fast.
Aura heard Zappy's voice and hoped he was okay, upset she had left him without warning. She slowly trotted into the infirmary.
Book Keeper's face suddenly turned thoughtful. As she was facing the Match's bed opposite the window, she didn't see Aura enter the room.
"Say Match, did you detect any traces of magic around your back?"
"I don't know how to detect magic," Match replies bluntly, getting agitated by the questioning.
Zappy doesn't notice Aura either.
He sits on the floor, looking towards Match curiously.
// Also Zappy is disguised as a guard pony right now. \\
"I was gone for just over a day... What in Tartarus happened?" Aura said, a bit shocked as she saw the current situation.
OOC: Whoops, okay :P
Book Keeper's ears perked up at the sound of a familiar voice. She turned around and came face to face with Aura.
"Aura! It's good to see you!" she smiled at purple pegasus, though it faded to concern when she saw her condition.
"What happened to you?" she asked.
"I was going to ask Match that same question, but it can wait. I spent some time with our superiors informing them of what was going on. Then they debriefed me and kept me for questioning overnight. I haven't slept in... A while."
Zappy looks towards Aura and smiles.
Hello Aura!
"Hmmm... Do I know you? You seem familiar... I can't put my hoof on it though..." She looked at Zappy with narrowed eyes as she examined him.
um... Zappy pauses for a second, sort of feeling relieved to know his disguise is that convincing. He smiles to Aura again and his eyes magically flash a deep shade of blue, hopefully she'll get the hint.
"... No... I... Book who is this?" Aura didn't pick up on the hint.
"This is Zappy, a changeling colt who found his way onto our base," Book Keeper explained. "He seems to know you; have you two met?"
"Zappy? That's you?" Aura turned to Zappy and had a smile on her face.
Zappy gives a small wave of his hoof to Aura.
Yeah, it's me. ^-^
"Zappy! You're okay, I was worried." Aura gave him a hug then backed off. "Eh hehe... Sorry..."
No, that's alright. he smiles to her.
Are you here to visit Match too?
"I came for some aspirin." She hugged Zappy again tightly. "Not as adorable as you normally are, but I'll take it." She giggled and turned to Book. "What happened while I was gone?"
Zappy hugs Aura back, remaining next to her while she talks to Book.
"Sorry if you don't like being called adorable, I have a weakness for foals. Even though you're a stallion right now, I know a cute little foal is under there." She smiled at Zappy.
"A whole bunch of things. We have a new addition to the guard, a creature named Lubu. Zappy has problems controlling his magic, so I've started helping him with that. There was the incident last night that landed Match here in the infirmary. Other than that, not much."
No, I'm fine with it. It's better than being call runt or pest. ^-^
And yeah, she's trying to help me with my magic. It...didn't go well yesterday.
"Thanks for taking care of him." Aura smiled at Book sincerely. "And I'm glad you're both safe."
"You're welcome," Book Keeper smiled back.
She turned to Zappy. "It wasn't THAT bad."
Maybe not...but if I can avoid hurting myself or anypony else, I think it will be good. he replies to Book Keeper.
"I have faith in you Zappy, you'll be fine, Book will be a great teacher. She's been cool since I met her."
Almost as if in response to Zappy's comment a familiar halberd was impaled through the door.
Book Keeper groaned, and yanked the halberd out of the door with her telekinesis.
"This stallion..." she muttered, shaking her head.
Zappy jumped at the sound of a weapon piercing through a door.
W-what did he do that for? That's scary!
Aura yelped and jumped into a defensive stance.
Match leaped out of his bed, ready to protect his friends from Lubu's aggression.
...he has a weird way of knocking. Zappy comments, hugging a little to Aura again.
He shouldn't hurt us though, you don't need to be all alert like that. he says to Aura and Match.
"You call that knocking? Lubu's antics have gone too far," Match says, bearing his teeth.
um...what would you call it?
"Vandalism of government property, improper handling of weapon, and why not insubordination while I'm at it!"
Maybe he just forgot how to open doors. Zappy says, frowning.
"So he shoves a halberd through one?" Match questions is disbelief of Zappy's conclusion.
um....I don't know. he says, looking away with no further excuses.
"Well I'll tell you what I know, Lubu's not making this Corporal very happy," Match says sternly, embracing the authority given by his rank.
"You're gonna be sorry you did that you blue wanna-be magician!" Lubu said
He pushed the door open and stormed into the room with his hooves up as if he was ready to punch someone.
However when he saw that the mare he was looking for wasn't in the room and saw two familiar ponies his face turned red out of embarassment.
"?! eeeh....dang it... >:/"
"So, just what were you doing storming around the hospital all trigger happy?"
"Tch, wouldn't you like to know."
"Yes, I would."
*hicups*
"There was a doppelganger around... despise"
"So why are you here?"
"Because im going rip them a new one worse than the ruby weapon from a certain rpg I know when i find them."
"Did you report this intruder to the proper authorities, AKA literally anyone around you?"
Aura put a wing over Zappy and watched the argument with a rather confused expression.
Book Keeper face-hooved.
all the guards rose at once motioning for him to do the same l. Then the one in the front gave him a crisp salute."sir by the power given in me by the royal family I'm pleased to promote you to the rank of captain and the rightful title of CO of this base" with that he took maples hoof giving it a hardy shake along with his rank which quickly flew to his shoulder where useing the magic in the armour melted into the shoulder."congrats captain Maplewood of the 22nd defense division"
// I feel bad to know that the majority of the RPers in this thread just missed Maple's promotion. \\
Zappy sits on the ground next to Aura and watches as well.
"Didnt have time to."
"Amateur,"
"Would somepony like to explain what is going on?" Aura asked as she picked a splinter of the destroyed door from her mane.
"Our dear friend Lubu here is quite..
excitable."
((That was the point ))
"Right..." Aura scanned the room, looking at the reactions of everyone. "you okay?" She asked Zappy softly.
I'm alright. Zappy nods to Aura, smiling at her.
"Good, I don't want you getting hurt, or anypony else for that matter."
"Hmph"
Lubu went over to Book Keeper and snatchd his halberd back before going back to the remains of the door turning to Match. He called him 2 bad words before leaving to search for the doppelganger.
"Well that was... Strange..."
"Yeah," Book Keeper agreed, shaking her head.
"Anyways, where have you been the past day or so?"
"In the company of our superiors. High ranking superiors. I had to be debriefed and questioned on the attack. I'm back now for the foreseeable future though."
"Good, because I'm getting sick and tired of all the unchecked maniacs running around here," he then points towards where Lubu was, "Case in point."
"Somepony is a bit fired up, you okay Match? Aura looked at Match, worried.
"Yeah," Match replies while returning to his hospital bed.
Aura stood and trotted to his bedside. "You sure? You don't seem like it."
"It's been a long couple of days,"
"It really has been... We could all use a break."
"Real funny," Match says, rubbing his back.
"Funny? Did I miss something?" Aura asked, confused.
"Nevermind, it's irrelevant now," Match replies, realizing Aura didn't know about his reasoning for being in the hospital.
"Oookay..." She gave him a slightly confused look.
maple just stood there stunned by what was happing until a tear came down his cheek and he shook the guards hoof "thank you for this"
" :/ hmm"
Book Keeper coughed.
"Anyways," she said, "I need to train with Zappy for a bit before my instructor comes looking for me again. Catch up later Aura?"
Oh yeah, we're going to do that now. he says, looking at Book Keeper.
"Yeah, we'll talk later Book, have fun." Aura smiled at her friend. "Stay out of trouble Zappy, I don't want you getting hurt." Aura hugged him quickly.
after a few more hoof shaking and salutes with the other officers maple made his way down to the infirmary to check up on match and to see what the doctors had fond
On his way to the infirmary Maple was almost bowled over by Chibalt, it being almost immediately evident something was wrong as his fur was matted with sweat and he couldn't seem to keep his balance. Aaagh, my head... Sorry whoever it is, mind h... helping me to the infirmary? I can barely even see or walk.
maple caught the other pony before he feel over.Chibalt what happened to you
Chibalt was just about to reply when seemingly another bout of headache hit. Gah! Ech sorry... not a clue, I just got this massive headache out of nowhere while heading out to practice a bit, I have no idea what it is, before I knew it I was stumbling around, can barely even see properly without the world swimming around me, might be magic or something... Chibalt half-muttered while leaning somewhat on Maple, seemingly not noticing his disguise was somehow slipping, only a glimpse at his eyes being needed to see those characteristic almost dragon-like eyes in place of his guise's usual eyes.
(Left the source of this vague on purpose, could tie in to Match's miraculous recovery perhaps, or that entity influencing him, some residual magic being sucked up by accident by Chibalt and ending up making this happen, or perhaps simply a botched spell's lingering remains having a real bad effect on him, either way it should be burnt out of his system fairly soon.)
Zappy returns the hug with a smile before standing up and walking towards Book Keeper.
I'm all ready to go, what about you?
''I'm ready," Book Keeper said, and she led Zappy out of the infirmary.
"Thanks for stopping by," Match calls out to them as they leave.
Book Keeper turned her head back towards Match.
"You're welcome," she smiled at him. "I'll be back later."
Zappy follows Book Keeper out of the infirmary.
"Aura," Match begins as he is left alone with her. "I neither need, nor do I want, to stay in this bed all day. So why don't you and me go and do something fun?"
"here let me take you to the infirmary" maple propped chibalt onto him and began to head slowly towards the infirmary his promotion forgotten
Thanks.... Maple, right... sorry, it's a bit hard to think for me at the moment, must've been something bad I absorbed. Chibalt said as he supported himself somewhat on Maple, more for direction than walking though he occasionally wobbled a little, using Maple to balance against when that happened. Sorry if I'm a bit heavy, can't help it.
Book Keeper was on her way out of the infirmary with Zappy in tow, when she bumped into Chibalt being helped along by the lieutenant.
"What happened to you?" she asked the changeling concernedly.
Zappy looks on at Chibalt and Maple worriedly, wondering what's wrong.
Not a clue... Aaagh my head, was just heading out to practice when I got this massive headache, it's hard to even see, think it might be residual magic or something messing with me. Never been this bad though. Chibalt muttered in response, still looking somewhat unstable on his hooves but at least capable of standing, somewhat. Think I'm gonna have to rest for a bit, let it burn out or somethin'
"Hopefully it's not something serious," Book Keeper said, slight worried.
Aura was still with Match, the events that had just occured rushing through her head.
"So? How about it?"
"Huh? Sorry, I was thinking about other stuff."
"please don't pass out " my joked still keeping chibalt up
"Do you wanna gat me out of this dank hospital room and go have some fun?" Match repeats.
What, no fantasies about getting crushed by a massive stallion? Chibalt quipped back through his headache. Anyways I.... should just need some rest and I'll be fine, my fire should help me a little with recovering, burns away magic not my own.
"ha, you wish" maple chuckled opening the doors to one of the recovery rooms. This door opened up into matches room
Match's entire body snaps to look at Maple, but Match himself remains silent.
"Alright then, I'll see you later," Book Keeper told Chibalt, and she continued on with Zappy.
Zappy waves to Chibalt and Maple, continuing on with Book Keeper.
Chibalt almost gave a wave to Zappy and Book, though stopped just in time to avoid falling over, instead giving a vague nod and simply following as Maple led him on into the room, his eyesight still not at a level he'd really trust himself with.
(Hehe, misspelled nod as now.)
(a vague? o.O)
After walking for some time, Book Keeper and Zappy reached the place where they had trained the previous day. She let them in, and locked the door behind them.
Zappy changes back to his normal form once the door is closed and stretches just a little.
So...um...how do I...not hurt myself this time?
"I'll cast the spell," Book Keeper told him, and she cast the spell on him.
"Don't forget, it only lasts for an hour!" she told him after she was done.
Oh right, I forgot all about that. he says.
He walks to the center of the room and takes a seat, taking a breath before trying to apply a gentle stream of magic through his horn. It's not long before the magic sparks and pops like a poorly made electrical outlet and it ends with a sudden burst at the end of Zappy's horn, leaving blue glitter of magic drifting to the ground while he pants. It was pretty tame compared to how it usually goes for him.
"It looks like you're doing better than yesterday!" Book Keeper smiled at Zappy.
Zappy smiles back a little and sits upright.
Thanks, but I still don't think I can do anything safely yet.
"That's to be expected," Book Keeper observed. "From what you told me, yesterday was the only time you had real practice with using your magic."
Zappy only nods in confirmation and tries again. The magic repeats like last time, only he tries to hold it a little longer when suddenly it shoots off and hits the ceiling in a nasty bolt, startling Zappy from the loud booming noise it made.
"Not with your injuries, I'm not going to risk anything crazy." Aura said to Match.
"ah match would you mind if chibalt here laided down in your bed" he asked looking hopfule
"Yes, please," Match says, practically leaping from the bed.
I'm conflicted on whether to punch you or to facehoof, and I can't do either. Chibalt grumbled, indeed unable to do either of the two as one, he would most likely miss in his state, and two, he'd fall over as his balance was still as reliable as using eggs as crashpillows.
"Why? It's not like I broke my spine or anything," Match jokes.
I meant Maple, not you, actually now that I think about it I meant both of you.
((I'm going to wait for Maple's response.))
"yeah you could try" he chuckled hoisting chibalt on to the bed
(Welp, considering Chibalt's a head or so higher than you, not to mention a lot heavier since guise doesn't change his weight, that is pretty dang impressive, apparently hoisting him onto the bed I mean.)
Now or after? Because I feel pretty confident in smacking you both when my head no longer feels like a scrambled egg. Chibalt responded while getting on the bed with Maple's help, the thing creaking lightly but seeming to hold up nicely.
"Whoa!" Book Keeper exclaimed, startled by the sudden bolt of lightning. "You might want to save that for the grill!"
Zappy takes a breather, staring at the floor as he recuperates.
A grill? I...what would that be good for with a...grill?
"You know, roasting the vegetables," Book Keeper grinned. "I think you should be proud of what you accomplished just now," she continued. "Even though it was accidental, that bolt of lightning shows that you've been improving with your magic."
That's what I've ALWAYS done though...actually worse than that. he says, looking away. I just want to do more normal things with it...like levitating stuff.
"I'm afraid that will take a lot longer," Book Keeper said. "First you need to have perfect control over your magic. Since yours is lightning-based, you'll need to learn to convert your magic to raw magic, and then learn to manipulate THAT into the energy the other spells require."
"how do you feel now" maple asked . You wouldn't have noticed but he was out of breath and fairly tired
((Well he is half machine half pony))
"Rested and ready for duty sir," Match replies, taking on a more militaristic tone.
Maple sighs "fine I guess your ok for duty, besides I'm guessing you were about to sneak out"
"No sir, I was simply asking for a therapeutic stroll under the supervision of Sargent Aura, sir."
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"I'm afraid that will take a lot longer," Book Keeper said. "First you need to have perfect control over your magic. Since yours is lightning-based, you'll need to learn to convert your magic to raw magic, and then learn to manipulate THAT into the energy the other spells require."
Zappy stares at Book Keeper for a moment, unmotivated a bit to learn how much he has to do before he can even levitate anything.
Maybe I can just learn how to not make stuff explode. he giggles a bit.
" ah I see well in that case do you mind if I join you?" he asked
Book Keeper chuckled at that.
"Well, we can start off with that first," she said.
"If by therapeutic stroll you mean break out of the infirmary as if it were a prison, then yes." Aura laughed softly
Match glares at Aura before answering Maple's request by saying, "We would be delighted for you to come along."
"perfect let's get going"
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Book Keeper chuckled at that.
"Well, we can start off with that first," she said.
Zappy smiles at Book Keeper, sitting upright and practicing his magic once again.
"Don't give any attitude Match, I can out attitude you any day." Aura smirked.
Match laughs at Aura's comment as he walked straight out of the hospital room.
"so you two seam to have gotten to know each other, is there something a should know perhaps" he asked as the walked on the paths around the base
"No," Match answers as he walks to the hospital wing's exit.
Maple chuckled and continued to walk " do you know what's even more special about this day?"
"No?" Match replies, raising an eyebrow to Maple's view of this day being overtly special.
"Something you should know..." Aura rolled her eyes.
Maple frowned "well then I guess you two don't want to here the good news" he said I'm a down cast tone continu wing to walk forward
"What? I never said that," Match says quickly after Maple finished his statement.
"well that's not what I heard " he smiled showing that he was having fun winding up match
"Ugh. Can we just get out of this prison already?" Match says impatiently.
"I hope you haven't forgotten who your talking to" he asked in a serious tone point to his rank which was still glowing from the magic
Match's eyes give Maple a look over as he tries to see what Maple was trying to show him, and when he found it, all he could say was, "Wait, you're a [Captain?]?!"
"alright that's what I was going to tell you" maple chuckled a little stopping to relax in the shade of the tent set up there
Aura looked at Maple with a cocked head. "Oh? Captain?"
"No luck here...guess the doppelganger must've left."
LuBu started to carry a bottle of cider as he left the hospital with his halberd on his back. However he didnt notice that the metal part was being scraped against the ground putting line marks on wherever it dragged against.
A dissatisfied expression started to grow onto the warrior pony's face realizing that he is making no progress so far.
He paused for a few seconds to see that there was a tent nearby.
"?!"
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Zappy smiles at Book Keeper, sitting upright and practicing his magic once again.
After a while...
"Alright, that's enough for today," Book Keeper said. "The protection spells will end in a minute or so."
Zappy cuts off his magic, allowing a burst of it to bounce off the walls a few times before it vanishes in a pop.
O-okay, um...yeah, I think that's enough too. he says, taking in a few relaxing breaths.
*looks closer*
Book Keeper nodded, then hugged Zappy, smiling brightly.
"You made quite a bit of progress today!" she exclaimed. "It won't be too long until you have your magic under control!"
Zappy smiles and returns the hug.
T-thanks, I just hope I can use it without hurting anypony soon. he says.
"Mmhmm," Book Keeper agreed. "It's time for you to change into your disguise now."
Zappy takes in a breath. Okay, but it's really not comfortable. he says as he focuses for a moment and changes into a stallion guard within a flash of light. It's like putting on a shoe too big.
"Hopefully, there will come day where you won't need to change to stay hidden," Book Keeper told the now disguised Zappy. "But that day isn't here yet."
Could I just hide in a bag? he asks.I won't kick or squirm!
Book Keeper eyed Zappy, shaking her head.
"Of course not! Why would you even think of that!?"
um...I like to be carried is all. he blushes a little. He stands up. Where are we going now?
"Hmmm," Book Keeper hummed thoughtfully. "Zappy, do you know how to read?"
((I don't know what happened with Maplewood and Electric Aura, so I'll just join up with you guys when you reach a different location, the library if Waaaaaah's idea flies))
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Jul 15, 12:49:00
"Hmmm," Book Keeper hummed thoughtfully. "Zappy, do you know how to read?"
No, I don't. One of the teachers I had back...home would read to me, but it was mostly the basics of being a changeling and what to do to live. They said they can't take the time to teach everyone how to read.
"Would you like me to teach you?" Book Keeper said with a small smile on her face.
Zappy stares at Book Keeper in silence for a moment.
um...it's not hard, is it?
*walks inside the tent*
"Hmmm....Hmmmmmm?" LuBu said while tilting and cocking his head to look around the inside in an exaggerating manner.
"It's not very hard, but it will take time," Book Keeper told Zapppy
I think...I think I'd like it. he smiles.
Book Keeper smiled back. "Let's go to the library now."
Zappy nods to Book Keeper and stands up, ready to follow her out of their secret training room.
Lubu turns his head to see the duo.
Match Stick lost Aura and Maple around a bend and made his way towards the library in hopes of catching up on some private research.
Book Keeper lead Zappy out of their training spot and towards the library. The sun shined brightly upon them as they walked, with nary a guard in sight.
Zappy was nervous stepping outside at first, but once he saw a lack of guards he calmed down and just curiously studied the surroundings. The whole idea that the ponies, one pony, could control the sun still frightens him but amazes him at the same time.
LuBu followed the duo taking care to not make noise to give him away.
Book Keeper continued moving forward, unaware of Lubu's presence. They were very close to the library now.
Zappy just then grows a curiosity about the library they're heading towards.
Hey, is this library for the army ponies? Zappy suddenly asks.
Book Keeper stopped short, and immediately face-hooved.
"Yeah," she answered, removing her hoof from her face. "There aren't any books for young foals there. If you're interested in history, we have somewhere to start."
I was just wondering, I didn't think any army bases had libraries on them. he says, feeling like he just annoyed her with his question.
"No no, it's alright," Book Keeper answered Zappy. "Not every base has a library; we have one since our base is a training base."
Oh, it makes sense to me now. he smiles towards her.
"Mhmm!" Book Keeper answered the young changeling, and continued walking.
Zappy speeds up ahead to get to the library door, opening it up for Book Keeper and holding it for her.
Match Stick was inside the library and sitting at one of the tables, a pile of old and dusty tomes piled beside him. He is unaware of Book and Zappy's entrance, and seems well invested into his literature of choice.
"Why, thank you!" Book Keeper smiled at Zappy's chivalrous display. She patted him on the head, and walked into the library. The smell of musty old tomes and books reached her nose.
"Ah," she sighed. "It seems like it's been forever since I was last here."
LuBu waited for a few seconds then decided to open the door after Zappy and Book Keeper entered.
Zappy's ears folded down onto his head and he put on a goofy smile as Book Keeper patted his head. Once she walked inside, he followed her in. He noticed the smell instantly, as well as the cooler air.
What makes books smell like that? he asks.
"Mostly their chemical makeup," Book Keeper answered Zappy, leading him down one of the aisles. "Books exude smells because of their pages, ink, and adhesives, and the amount of time since their creation can end up changing the smell to something else."
They passed a shelf of books, and came across Match, who was sitting at a table, surrounded by a pile of old tomes.
"Hello, Match," she greeted him.
I didn't know there was so much that went into making books. They're so simple. he says as they walk together. Passing by the bookshelf, he sees Match and smiles.
Hello. he says after Book Keeper, giving a small wave of his hoof.
Match jolts to attention at the sudden appearance of somepony else, but he quickly looses tension and sits back down once he realizes who it was. "You guys startled me," he says, even though it went without saying.
"Sorry about that," Book Keeper answered Match. "Anyways, I'm here to teach Zappy how to read."
Match replies considerately to Book, "That's good. How are you holding up, after the training that is."
Me? I'm doing okay, I don't feel tired like yesterday. I think that's just breakfast though.
"Pretty well," Book Keeper answered Match. "Though I used up a little more than half of my reserves with the protection spell I cast on myself and Zappy."
*checking a shelf*
"....Seems the dont have the genre I'm looking for"
"Then keep up the good work, cause their's barely a scratch on the both of ya," Match says with a supportive tone and smile.
She does a really good job protecting us. Zappy smiles, leaning a little closer to Book Keeper.
"Aww, thank you," Book Keeper gave the young changeling a quick hug.
*book falls on Lubu's head*
"NNNNNNNNNGH!"
Zappy felt comfort from the hug and hugged back.
What was that noise?
Match sighs heavily before standing up to move towards Lubu, and says to Book and Zappy, "If I've heard that troublesome stallion once, I've heard him a thousand times! It's Lubu no doubt."
Book Keeper nodded. "He seems to be very good at that."
"You think Im troublesome? You should see Gan Ning.....but he isnt here." LuBu said with a sarcastic smirk.
(( :c sorry for not being on here for the past month or so I've been off doing training of sorts but it's good to see everyone still trying to progress the story))
(that's fine, good to see you back ^-^)
"Anyways, I'll see you later," Book Keeper told Match, and motioned for Zappy to follow her.
"See you around," Match replies to Book before giving a disapproving glare towards Lubu.
"....What?"
"You know what, clean up this mess and clean up your act."
"You scum!" LuBu yelled
"You think I made that fall by myself?!"
"Insulting a superior officer will get you nowhere but the brig Lubu, and I do not care who sent you. You were placed under the command of this station, and are therefor under our rules, I expect that you will be abiding them in the future." Match says threateningly, though not raising his voice too much.
"Why yooou!"
Out of anger Lubu reached for the halberd on his back. However just before he was about to grab he paused and stopped in place as if he was frozen, or unable to draw it. He took a few glances over at Match, Book Keeper, Zappy, and the fallen book a few times.
"........"
maple had suddenly noticed that match had some how sneaked off. with a sigh maple just returned to his task off doing a surprise inspection on the 6 plt whispering about how he must be getting to old for this
"And do please be quiet, we are in a library after all." Match says confidently, feeling good from exercising his authority.
Book Keeper simply gave Lubu a flat stare.
After a few moments of heavy breathing LuBu and let go of his halberd.
*sigh*
"Alright...sorry for the outburst." he said in a calm voice before picking up the book.
"Now stay out of trouble, the last thing you want is for me to find out you've been causing more problems." Match says, finishing the conversation.
Felucia, Rio, and the tribe successfully grew a large crop of various fruits and vegetables and are looking very healthy with full stomachs. The younglings are taking a nap to rest up for play time later. The adults take time to rest while also being on guard to protect the younglings which are their future.
The kindness of a few made this possible. I must send a letter to the Princess. She starts writing a letter.
Match returns to his lectern to where the pile of tomes still sits, there subjects varying as much as their titles, from magic all the way to ancient history.
*watches Match while sitting*
Maple sat in his office looking over his new forms he had to sign as captain when a knock came from his door. "sir mister......Cosmo would like to speak to you" asked a guard that strangely maple couldn't recognise."yeah sure let them in and corporal please go fetch me some coffee?"he asked still confused but decided that it could wait.
Finding what he had bearching for, the books around Match glow orange as he levitates them all into the air and into the return slot at the front desk. He then takes the tome he wanted up to the desk and rings the bell for a librarian so that he could sign it out and retire from the library.
Maple was looking down when the pony walked in."ah captain Maple so good to see you again " hisses the pony maple looked up at the sound of the voice but as he looked up he felt powerful magic throw him across the room into a bookshelf . As he tried to get up he was lifted up by a levitation and slammed against the wall where he was stuck ."now captain lets have a little talk shall we" the pony smiled taking off the hood to show the face of Crystal one of the seven changling queens
Chibalt, at about the same time as Maple's talk about to occur, had recovered from his odd affliction enough to walk and move relatively normally, the disguised changeling shuffling in the direction of Maple's office with the simple intention of asking for a day off his duties to recover, unaware of what was happening there.
"what do you want crystal you know more then others that I have no love for any pony any more"he sighed still trying to break free."ah but you do, you have a very strong love of the guard and special for this base" she chuckled sitting down.
Book Keeper meanwhile had found a way quiet place for her and Zappy to read. She began searching the shelves for something very basic, but all of the books seemed to be way above his reading level.
Chibalt quite gradually came closer to Maple's office, the changeling pausing for a moment as he could feel some odd emotions from roughly around Maple's office. He huffed and leaned against the closest wall as he considered what he could do for a moment to recover faster just in case something was off, it'd cost him though, after a brief moment to glance around and make sure no-one was watching he steeled himself and forced the energy he kept in stock out, making his entire body seem to catch on fire with his characteristic blue flames for a few moments before the flames went out, leaving him panting, but in much better condition now, one quick check that his quarterstaff was in the cloth band around his leg and he continued on to Maple's office, arriving there in a few minutes after that again.
The outside of maple s office stood two guards or what looked like guards but there was something wrong with them
*inside the office*
"now then I'll get this over and done with, I'll take you out of the equation and by the powers of being a changling I'll be disguised as you as well then this pitiful base will be mine* gets up* goodbye captain" with a Wink maple vanishes in a ball of green fire
Match leaves the library with his book in tow, making a quick trip to his quarters in order to drop it off before reporting for duty at Maple's office for further instruction.
Chibalt stopped the moment he saw the two 'guards', frowning as he looked at them from down the hall, he could feel there was something wrong here, he approached regardless, pretending to not have noticed them until he got a bit closer. "Huh, you two are cold, would almost think you're changelings with that kind of attitude" He said just loud enough for them both to hear as he walked towards... and then past the door and them, continuing down the hall like nothing happened.
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(that's fine, good to see you back ^-^)
"Anyways, I'll see you later," Book Keeper told Match, and motioned for Zappy to follow her.
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Sep 01, 12:15:41
Book Keeper meanwhile had found a way quiet place for her and Zappy to read. She began searching the shelves for something very basic, but all of the books seemed to be way above his reading level.
Zappy takes a seat at a chair and patiently waits for Book Keeper to find him something to read, gazing around at all the shelves curiously wondering what she'll pick out.
Crystal noticed that some pony was coming this way so as quick as she could she cleaned up the room and transformed into maple sitting down at the desk
Post Merge
"I think that pony was a changling" whispers the first guard to the other one ."unlikely the queen only picked us two for this mission"
"Er...," Book Keeper said with a sheepish grin on her face, bringing a thin book with her. "This is the best book I could find for you."
The title of the book read, 'A Beginner's Guide to the Royal Guard'.
Match Stick was now approaching Maple's office door. The additional guards seems a little unnecessary to him, but it wasn't anything he hadn't seen before.
Felucia heads towards the base carrying the youngling Rubedo on her back.
((I've made the poll so that we can decide what happens to this Rp in fact in all honesty I never thought it would get this big but sadly it seams that a number of people have left so it's up to the remaining to decide ^-^))
(I voted for starting from scratch, though I wouldn't mind keeping going either.)
((Where is the poll?))
( restart from scratch
((Nevermind, Found it. Though we could treat it more like a new chapter or story, rather than a reboot.))
((Ok also should it be sign up again))
(Definitely, we had some people come in here and throw some horrid, out of place rping here now and then, which was annoying.)
((I'm fine with a sign up))
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Sep 03, 06:07:21
"Er...," Book Keeper said with a sheepish grin on her face, bringing a thin book with her. "This is the best book I could find for you."
The title of the book read, 'A Beginner's Guide to the Royal Guard'.
// I'm gonna have to agree, a brand new RP to begin from the beginning would be the best idea. \\
Zappy stares at the book's title, trying to read it in his head. "It's kind of small for a book, isn't it?" he asks her.
((Ok it's decided then I'll make the sign up first ))
(sounds like a good idea, this rp has practically ground to a halt X3)
((any ideas on when the new thread will be started?))
((Hopefully tomorrow night I'll be able to make the thread))
Post Merge
((im finding it hard to come up with a storyline x3))
((Any developments?))
Post Merge
((With Maple's approval I have created the new RP and will be running it for the foreseeable future. And in case you haven't already seen it, the name is "The Adventures of the Royal Guard, a New Beginning" and it is a sign up.))