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"I'd rather you didn't." Was the simple response as Lorym only stared at the pony-turned-raven.
After a moment, she then apparently gave up and closed the door. "...Fine. It's not like there's much better to deal with."

Without another word, she opened up the large suitcase she'd left on the bed and looking over the hammer inside, an over-sized thing that seemed more suited for Minotaur hands than Pony hooves.

Meanwhile, a quiet click could be heard from underneath the bed and a faint light began shine. Shortly after, the turning of a book's pages could also be heard.
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As can I, but this seems the best arrangement possible for us all.
Was Lorym's unspoken response, right before she went over to the door as Lei dived back under the bed.

"Good to hear." The mare had said, opening up the door. "But right now, this room's not big enough for us all."
She already needed to duck just to avoid smacking her head on the top of the door-frame, and the rooms of ships like these weren't often known for their size. Having all three ponies squashed together and doing nothing, to her, felt like a disaster waiting to happen.

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[OOC: Can't say that doesn't make me worry, Raven.  :( ]

"T-thank you, sir." Lei stuttered out, much to his mother's approval as she looked at him fondly.
Being teased, however, shifted her attention right back to Spectrum, and her expression shifted right back to that of stone as well.

But she wasn't about to get mad over such a little thing.
"The offer still stands. If you can endure sleeping on a couch at night, you're free to stay with us for the trip."
Looking at the one bed, it was quickly apparent why the couch was necessary. Put simply, this bed wasn't intended for individuals the size of alicorns. Barely enough for Lorym and Lei, but no more than that.
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"Sorry to disturb you, captain," Illusion began. "but we've apparently hit a roadblock, mostly because we don't really know how to decipher the language these ancient ponies wrote in, making it all that much harder to solve the puzzles and gain access."
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The offer of chocolate flowers didn't seem to tempt the colt at all. If anything, it seemed to make him retreat further into the depths of the bed's underside.
To this, his mother only rolled her eyes. "He... doesn't take sweets from strangers, either." She said with a bit of a frown.

It was then that she decided she'd have to get him out herself, getting down on the floor next to the bed.
"Hey... It's alright, little one." Lorym said, incredibly soft and completely unlike anything she seemed like before then. "Nothing's gonna happen while I'm here. Come on..."

After a few moments, the small colt slowly exited, crawling out of the bed. Only to rush right behind Lorym's forelegs, but still, progress.
He couldn't have been much older than four or five years, but even so, he had his mark already. A black ouroboros symbol, or a serpent eating it's own tail.

With a little nudge, the mare managed to get him to step a bit closer. "H... Hi." Was all the colt could manage, though, before he went right back to hiding behind his mother.
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[OOC: I guess I'll try to get something going while you're doing your own thing.]

Meanwhile, off in the gymnasium of all places, an Earls Green unicorn had stood, his vest folded up and left up against a wall as he prepared to perform some sort of exercise not too far away.
After several breaths, the unicorn pushed himself off the ground with his forelegs, coming to a rest in a bipedal state as he tried to keep himself balanced.

"Okay... That's step one."

He said to himself, standing uneasily with only two legs. For the moment, he seemed content to just stand there, keeping his balance.
Right up until a ringing phone could be heard, taking him by surprise and causing him to fall over flat onto his back with no small amount of flailing on the way down.

With a frown on his face, the unicorn's horn glowed a bright green as he reached into his vest's pocket, pulling out a purple phone and bringing it over to his ear while he remained on the floor.
"Grand Illusion speaking. Oh? Cy? Calling just to check up? Eh, I saw Nibbly running around a bit... But no, really, it's fine here, nothing out of the ordinary of course. No, no, nothing like that. It's just... Well, it's just boring around here. Nothing really, you know, happens. I know, I know, but that still doesn't change anything. Look, shouldn't you be getting back to your drills or something? Right... Okay, talk to you later, broccoli."

He then cringed, holding the phone further from his ears due to the sudden yelling of his name.
"I know you're smiling over there. C'mon."
Illusion said with a wide grin on his face.

"I am and I hate it!"
Came the loud response as his brother angrily hung up, leaving the unicorn to chuckle to himself.
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"It's not intruding when you're invited. I'm sure." The mare had said.
And as she watched Spectrum taking a look around, she felt increasingly thankful that she happened to have gotten a room with a balcony overlooking the sea.

"No. Bigger, and more noisy." She had said in response to the rat problem.
An indignant squeak was heard from under the bed as it's inhabitant quickly poked his head out, glaring at the mare before noticing Chaos and quickly retreating.

"It's fine, Lei. He can keep a secret."
She had said immediately, closing the door behind them as the colt once more poked his head out, staring curiously at their guest.
"This here's Broken Spectrum, but Chaos should work as well. C'mon, say hello."

Lei's only response was to once again head back under the bed, still staring from underneath and causing his mother to sigh.
"My son's a bit shy around others... Doesn't talk much either. Not only that, there was an incident with our tickets, and now he has to play the part of a stowaway until we set sail, where it's too late to do anything about it."

"Probably would be a good time to tell you my... other name, as well. Lorym. That's the name I was born with, and the one I prefer."

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The mare gave a visible sigh of relief. "Good to hear." She had said, opening up her door.
"If you'd prefer, you can spend a few nights here; I trust you to not do anything stupid. You'd have to take the couch, though."

Even though she outright said she trusted the chaotic pony, the look on her face plainly said something along the lines of "don't make me regret this.", right before she stepped inside.
Looking around her room for a brief moment, Lorym set her eyes on the bed, and set the peanut-butter bouquet on the floor right beside it.

It didn't take long for a small brown hoof to reach out and pull it under the bed, at which point the sounds of chewing could then be heard.
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Lorym only gave a nod as she quickly approached her room. However, the tidbit about this stallion sleeping in the cargo hold, as a rat of all things, left her with small feelings of guilt.
It was enough, at least, to make her rethink her intentions on what to do about him as she stopped at the door, taking a brief look around.

"...Are you good with secrets?" She had then asked out of seemingly nowhere, fixing the chaotic pony with a serious look.
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So you don't get thrown overboard, is why you get the ticket. And your own room. And directions. Everything, really.
The mare had mentally responded, though she still remained quiet while Chaos dealt with the newcomer.

Her room wasn't too far away, now. Just a little longer, and she could get an excuse out of this conversation.
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"Don't get the wrong impression; You just seem as if you know more of some things than you let on." Heavy Hitter had said, continuing her walk without pause. "Either way, I have yet to lie as well."
That much was true. It wasn't a name she liked, but it was a name for her, to help fit in with others in Equestria.

"No ticket, I'm assuming." She then stated a bit quietly, climbing the stairs back up to the third floor. "I'm not sharing a-"
The mare sighed with what seemed to be annoyance as another stallion decided to barge in, and in response, she decided to just be silent.
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The mare let out a sigh of resignation as, yet again, she found the strange one in front of her again. She kept walking, assuming he would keep following, either walking nearby or teleporting everywhere.
She took out a single flower upon hearing their name, deciding to test their edibility herself.

Yup. Tasted exactly like what it said on the 'tin'. Perfect.

Only now, she couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious. This was just a bit too convenient to ignore.
She forced herself to relax after a few seconds. No way somepony with the name "Chaos" was going to bring order by ratting her out, even if he did know.

"...Heavy Hitter. That's my name."
Not a name she at all preferred, but she wasn't all that comfortable with the idea of giving her "real" one to this Chaos pony.
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Looking very slightly annoyed, she stopped, turning to face the shapeshifter only to find a bouquet of (presumably) flowers offered to her.
For a moment, she looked ready to bat it away. Only...

[glow=red,2,300]...They look edible.[/glow]

Rolling her eyes, the mare took the bouquet anyway.
"...Thank you."
And with that, she turned right around, heading right back to the third floor.

She spared a single look behind her towards the strange stallion, knowing full well that he was likely to follow.
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"Raven or not, you deliberately got in my path." The mare said without even batting an eye to the transformation, looking down as she towered over the smug-looking pony.
Again, she made to move past, taking slightly more care as she went around him, continuing on her path downstairs.

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[OOC: It's fine; no need to change anything.]

The large mare soon slowed to a halt, staring at the bird in her path with an unamused look on her face.
I've more important things to deal with.
Scoffing, the earth pony made to march right past the raven, stepping directly over should it not have flown away immediately. Or done something unexpected.

A single raven? To her? She shouldn't have even slowed down at all!
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It was with a heavy sigh that a large Earth Pony mare set down a particularly heavy suitcase, roughly the size of the average pony.
It was no wonder nopony had offered to carry it for her on the way to her room. Then again... Maybe they did offer, and she just plain didn't hear them.

It didn't matter, the thing would've been too heavy anyway. And not because it was filled with clothes. Good lord, no.
No, other than the "absolute essentials", it just held the two things she couldn't bear to be separated from. Her hammer, and her son, who happened to have packed a little bag of his own. And yes, you read that right.

"We're here, Lei." She had said, watching as the small colt hopped out, stretching his body after being stuck in the case for so long.
The mare couldn't help but smile looking at him. He definitely took after her, with the same, albeit short and scruffy crimson mane/tail, along with bright amber eyes. The brown coat was unexpected, but nothing to be worried about.

And as for the hammer... It was more out of habit that she took it everywhere, but still, what was a hammer-mare without her hammer?
Funny thing, though... She wasn't supposed to bring either, but a favor was called, some strings got pulled, and security got pretty lax around her as a result. To a shameful degree, actually.

Her job of protecting the rich types had it's fair share of perks, after all. A lot of headaches were saved, but it added one when her favor messed up when booking this little vacation in her name only; No others, and far too late to make changes. Hence the need for this little stowaway stunt.

"You did remember to pack a lunch, right? Could be a while before we set sail."
The smaller Earth Pony's grin soon faded, and already the mare could hear growling, causing her to sigh. Great. Something she failed to plan for.
"...I suppose I can go check the restaurants, see what I can bring back. Stay out of sight until we leave port."

Lei gave a little nod as his mother left the room, making a beeline for the 1st floor and where she was sure most of the food happened to be.
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I figure I'll try something different, and with a different character. I apologize in advance if I post slowly when things get going, I'm not exactly the best at "casual" RPs.

Spoiler: show
Name: Lorym. [AKA: "Heavy Hitter"]
Gender: Female.
Race: Earth Pony.
Spoiler: Appearance (big image) • show

Talent: Mechanical Agitation. Impact Calibration. Percussive Maintenance. In other words, everything and anything to do with the fine art of hitting things with a hammer until they either start or stop working. I'm not even joking.

Personality/Bio: Lorym has a quite questionable history, one that apparently has left no traces of where she's from. The most anyone has known is that it's not Equestria, but some place far into the the frozen north. Perhaps because of this, she finds it difficult to associate with other ponies and vice-versa, speaking very little and only when necessary, with a blunt attitude to boot. However, this didn't stop her from finding a job as a sort of bodyguard for a rich noblepony, and eventually taking her son, a colt named "Lei", on a little vacation when she had some free time.

Other: If her appearance seems a little odd, there's a reason for that. She's essentially a giant, easily as tall as the likes of Princess Celestia.
She also has a bad tendency of popping up in places unannounced and without warning, so watch out for that.[/spoiler]
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[glow=red,2,300]"I'm not gonna snag the colt an' fly off, if that's what you wanted to hear."[/glow] The gryphon had said, rolling his eyes before snagging one of several crystals off the ground.
[glow=red,2,300]"You know, I hear that the items these crystals can give tend t'have incredibly powerful properties, usually personalized to suit their user's needs... Would be a shame if you lot left them."[/glow]

He immediately crushed the surprisingly fragile crystal in his talons, releasing from it a bright light that soon formed into a large gauntlets on the aforementioned talons.

Spoiler: Obtained: Stigmata Gauntlets • show
A pair of gauntlets forged in holy fire. You would be hard pressed to figure out what it is made from.
When held, these weapons reduce damage received from direct attacks.


However, he gave Peace a very confused look soon after. Just who was he talking about? Who vanished? And why was there suddenly an amulet?
Confusing events or none, though, his mind was already made up.

[glow=red,2,300]"I'm going with. Until the debt's repaid, I'm not leaving."[/glow]
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[glow=red,2,300]"Pah!"[/glow] Matton scoffed, though looking more than a bit amused. [glow=red,2,300]"Talk to me however ya want. I'm not some noble that needs protectin' from hateful speech.
"Either way, though, what I've done is my business alone; What really matters is the here and now."[/glow] He then gave a nod towards Illusion, who to him seemed to have passed out. [glow=red,2,300]"And I'm here to repay a debt."[/glow]

Though, come to think of it... Didn't he already do that? Without his intervention, things would've ended much more tragically than they already have.

[glow=red,2,300]Bah, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth to even think of saying it's been dealt with, after all that...[/glow]
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That's not what I meant... If I hadn't run away, hadn't gotten myself stuck here, nopony would've been hurt... Maple wouldn't be stuck here, and Breaker... Cy...
However, the unicorn's grip tightened to an almost painful degree for a moment as he stopped shaking.
"Went bad...?" [shadow=purple,left]Is that all you can say to me?![/shadow] "H... He never w-would've... C-couldn't have been... choice... It- It doesn't make any sense!"

Illusion's hold soon relaxed, though. He couldn't find the strength to do much of anything for long. This... incident was exhausting, both physically and mentally.
[shadow=orange,left]I don't care about being a hero, anymore. Beat the game... and then I'll find the one who made this happen... I'll find them... And then...[/shadow]

It was then that his strength had completely left him as exhaustion took hold.




[glow=red,2,300]"Threatened to break it."[/glow] Matton had corrected with crossed 'arms' and a stony expression. [glow=red,2,300]"There's a very clear difference. Would you rather I have asked nicely, knowin' it would never work? Bah, you should be worrying more about your little coltfriend."[/glow]
The gryphon leaned a bit over to the side, watching the scene more closely. [glow=red,2,300]"Looks to me like the grief's gone and made 'im pass out."[/glow]