"This can only lead to good things! Yep!" "North? Alright then. Anyone's lantern runnin' low on fuel?" "Mine is ok!" Says Alegra to Feld, and smiles at the nurse ponies. "There was a time we ran into a pack of goat bandits near Haylem city because I thought they were goingto help us with directions." Honor remains quiet, but shakes his head as he remembers. The path broadens abruptly, being almost as wide as the West chamber, only it doesn't end. On its west wall, the cavern opens to yet another cave, while to the North, the path continues, as Alegra's story. "They weren't that bad. I only hope they put my professor clothes to good use. Being naked at the conference  later that day was really comfortable." http://sketchtoy.com/64813944 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZUE9lGQuLM -*- Kaiasha chuckles "Bandits around here, I don't know what it is with this part of equestria, but most bandits around here seem keen on taking lives first and then loot later. " -*- WhiteLight swallows her lips in an attempt to not snicker at the 'goat bandits' "Why... Why does that sound overly silly to me, goat bandits... I dunno..." She has to stop for a second to rub a hoof over her cheek to ger that massive grin off her face. "Oh, Haylem city isn't big and is near the West border. I guess it's a pirates territory on some areas, and those are way more interested on the money... heh, I'm happy we arrived here by train then." "Hrm...there's a path to the right. Should we check it out some? Also, goat bandits? Sounds a little odd." "It's uncommon their race dwelves on that... hum, you are right Feldspar. I'll leave the decission to Aurora now. Where should we go?" -*- Kaiasha "That depends, what exactly are we looking for here? We've already found at least two species of creatures... " -*- Aurora taps her hoof to her chin "why don't we keep heading North for now?" "Alright then." [also, the other tunnel is east :3] -*- Kaiasha shines a light down the branch [ho! sorry for that one ] Kaiasha finds soon that the branch goes deep and has a lower ceiling than the others, probably descending as well. Alegra accepts Aurora's suggestion and the party moves on to the North. "To be fair... those two are probably as common as other carrion worms and black beettles., only oversized due to the cavern's properties." http://sketchtoy.com/64814029 -*- Kaiasha "That's probably another worm hole. You know I wonder if those two are in a symbiotic relationship or something, since they live in close proximity to each other." "I dunno. Might just be by chance, or one eats the other." she looks around at the cieling The chamber they've trotted in is smaller than the one in the west wing. It also has a new bifurcation, plus a wide crack that heads South, on which a pony could easily fit. To see into that crack is to witness an unnatural, pure blackness. The ceiling here is far from the ground, more jagged and with no signs of giant bugs crawling around. "Both are possible, what matters now is reaching the breach of raw magic that's leaking into the cave. It could mean that your colony is close, if not over a raw magic vein." Roll perception https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jon2nS_LPz4 !roll 1d20+2 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 6   "What, like some kinda ley lines 'r somethin'?" [/me got tired and just wrote disturbing on the youtube bar] !roll 1d20+1 Aurora rolled 1d20: 4   !roll 1d20-2 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 5   [hee "Heavily related to those. Consider it a natural or artifical mean on which the ley line fuses with the physical world, modifying it in notorious, yet mysterious ways; like the giant bugs here... Or the presence of fae near the region." "Hrm...pretty odd. We gonna try to close it 'r something? I'm not too into the whole magic thing." !roll 1d20+3 WhiteLight rolled 1d20: 11   The chamber results... odd, uncomfortably silent for the mares, but there's nothing here that could set them on guard really. The black crack remains as black as always and the paths North have nothing of relevance in their entrances... -*- Aurora nods and keeps her eyes peeled as they continue down th epath But Whitelight... [Tfw computer takes a bagillion years to reset] "That depends, my dearest. You see, the way we can use a vein like this is incredible. The tree of harmony near ponyville is probably the most ancient and powerful proof of it." -*- Kaiasha gets a little nervous at the mention of fae. very. very. nervous. "Presence of magic isn't quite my concern. Magic is magic like all natural energy sources. Now presence of someone trying to harness that magic for ill, that bothers me more. " Honor remains close to the newly found paths, seemingly deciding where to go, when a new sound breaks into the room! "Oh, so it causes stuff like that too? Guess it's a grab bag to see if it'll be good or ba-Oh, what the hell?" she whips around toward the noise -*- WhiteLight 's ears suddenly perk up, and the mare promtly tenses up up again and stops a still as a statue, she blinked and slowly processed whatever she had sensed slowly in her head, before she slowly movd her eyes over the dark crack, and gulped "Haaa... Nobody heard that right...?" "Its just me right?..." CLICK!* Something or somepony shoots a bolt from the dark crack. Only Whitelight could feel it and only she has the chance to block it! Whitelight, you can block the bolt meant for Alegra [Thaaats a Re roll?] Yes !roll 1d20+1 WhiteLight rolled 1d20: 14   [blocking? How's that work? "Yes! It's a matter of knowing how to use it. But if it's t---" The noise of Whitelight letting out a yelp and fainting puts everybody in guard. Honor leaps to be in front of the scholar, and from the black crack, the figure of a unicorn emerges. !roll 1d10 GMC rolled 1d10: 6   Whitelight receives (6) damage from a poisoned bolt -*- Kaiasha goes over to check whitelight on that as quick as possible [do I get a first aid roll on that or...] "What an annoyance. Now, activate it!"Yells the white stallion, who was hiding under a barrier of shadows. On his magical grip, an unloaded crossbow can be seen. Suddenly, from the South path a couple more of ponies appear. -*- WhiteLight blinks, JUST about to reach into her puch for her own crossbow before she gets a drop in her stomach, "Oh shit! Look out Alegra!" She screamed, her hooves twitching like hell she could barely hold onto her weapon, that she quickly drops to get in the way of the bolt instead, recieving the hit square on her side instead and with only a yelp she falls to the ground with the crossbow sliding from her hoof and close to her side, passing out shortly after [10/16 HP] side, passing out shortly after [10/16 HP] Whitelight make a vitsave !roll 1d20 WhiteLight rolled 1d20: 6   Kai, make a first aid roll !roll 1d20+5 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 14   Whitelight is now paralized [Fuck... it should be me...] [calm down Hoofer [Hoof please fix IRL problems first before IC ones] The purple doctor quickly attends her friend, finding that the bolt got stuch on her right side. The projectile can be pulled out and skilfully she finds a way to do it without harming the white mare more. [Huh, Someone actually took my advice] -*- Aurora winces as she instantyl goes for her sword, turning to face the newcomers "shit!" Still, it looks like the tip of the bolt was more than poisoned, it shattered inside White's body so to spread the substance... -*- Feldspar shines her hedlight towards the stallion, before gripping at her mace "Whatcha doin' in here? Lookin' for that magic thing?" "Sorry Alegra. They don't want you here and we are going to make sure you learn that." Utters the white unicorn while his companion, two other horned equines, ligth their horns. -*- Kaiasha can see the trouble, she takes the water she has on her and flushes out the wound, not the most effective, but without livens tools all she can do is mitigate. [/me thinks i might have a little tiny problem with pregnancy related things now] "The magic what? forget that, not my business. Leave that for the big ponies." [Can I go ahead and act while he talks? [sure, he's reloading the crossbow with his magic as he speaks tho] Alegra stays quiet, and behind Honor who is on a defensive position. -*- Aurora swallows nervously and grips her sword tightly, in all this time here, she had never fought another living equine, spoopy skeletons? zombies? sure, but never a living, breathing one -*- Aurora takes a stance to move next to Honor and Alegra "what does he mean? who doesn't want you here?" Kai's assistance proves benefical for Whitelight, and the wound is contained. Still, the poison inside her makes it hard to know if she'll get out of this alive... Whitelight, make another vitsave. Kai, give me a second to remember the full aid first aid gives -*- Feldspar snorts a little bit before adjusting her stance before rushing at the stallion and taking a swing with her mace "Stay outta my mine, ya troublemaker!" !roll 1d20 WhiteLight rolled 1d20: 10   Feldspare, roll MAB -*- Kaiasha starts to fouly curse as she continues to treat white's injuries she looks at Feld "Aim for the horn!" !roll 1d20+4 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 5   -*- Aurora 's eyes raise in surprise as Feld makes a rush, too surprised to act in this round, as she turns to face the two ponies who snuck up on them "doesnt' matter, I won't let you activate shit" The miner's mare strike goes wide, and the unicorn takes the chance to counter with a strike of his hoof, covered in a steel gauntlet. "Huzzah!" !roll 1d20+4 GMC rolled 1d20: 1   [fail] [Git gud] But his overconfidence opens him to a counter! Feldspare roll MAB [counter? the fuck? [AoO] [AoO] [Critical fail gives counter attacks] [can I make it unarmed? [You can make it armed, I can't fathom why you wouldn't hammer this fool] [you can do it both in my book] [alright. Let me make a quick MA roll] !roll 1d20+1 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 13   [alright, +2 to damage and +1 to hit.] !roll 1d20+6 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 5   The other two unicorns don't have much time to react and are just spectators to the fight, while the paralyzed mare fights for her life... Alegra rises her voice. "They were hired! Aurora, Honor, go for the other two!" [Did I hit? [that was MAB, Feld?] [The second roll was, yes -*- Aurora nods "right! I'll get the one on the left!" <-> Liven è ora conosciuto come Liven|AFK Only by little, the stallion evades Feld's attack. His pride is touched, tho, and he backs away a hoofstep. !roll 1d5 GMC rolled 1d5: 3   -*- Aurora doesn't hesitate any longer, and if combat isn't initiated properly,will take a surprise round against the stallions that she and Honor face Whitelight is losing (3) HP each ten minutes starting from now on until cured from the poison. The rest, roll init !roll 1d20+1 Aurora rolled 1d20: 6   [fug] [what are init rolls? +RE? [Yes] "You, blank flank whorse!" Chimes the stallion to Feld. "You'll learn to deal with the wolf clan!" [+re and rounded up] !roll 1d20 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 15   !roll 1d20+1 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 6   White, current HP? [rest 3 already] honor bright init [7/16] !roll 1d20+3 GMC rolled 1d20: 12   "I'll deal with ya however I please, ya piece of shit! No one goes into my mines and starts shit!" wolf clan rolls !roll 1d20+2 GMC rolled 1d20: 12   !roll 1d20+2 GMC rolled 1d20: 12   !roll 1d20+2 GMC rolled 1d20: 11   [consistent] Calculating order of turns [do all out attacks and such still exist? "Feld, don't let him fire any more bolts!" yes [It's a minus 2 for earthies, or did they lose that bonus? !roll 1d20+4 GMC rolled 1d20: 8   [alegra] [feld, ask aurora for specifics while I work this] [my name is Aurora, I am a pony and I approve of this message] Order of turns is set up Feldspar, Honor, Black W., Gray W., White W., Alegra, Kaiasha [/me coughs] Feldspar, begin! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8bjT7evqpc [oooh] Feldspar, Honor, Black W., Gray W., White W., Alegra, Kaiasha, Aurora [sowwy] !roll 1d20+1 (MA) Syntax: XdY [ {-|+|*|/} Z ] Feldspar begins the fight! [:3] !roll 1d20+1 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 18   [no messages with roll] succes [>KI 2013 oooooooh damn] !roll 1d20+6 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 14   Hit !roll 1d3+5 Feldspar rolled 1d3: 3   [dat damage] [nice] [+1 per 5 points on MA roll] the miner mare strikes at White Wolf with a kick that sends some of his teeth flying. The stallion wobbles to his sides and spits blood to the ground. "...syhsu... aaH!" [>wulf theme] [if you want to say something cool after the hit or RP just do it, be conscious tho] [giggling intensifies] HonorBright's turn [I'm doing Non-Lethal, if it changes anything in the long run With his imposing armor, the stallion charges against the gray unicorn! His thunderous hoofsteps resound on the cave before trying to land a heavy blow of his spiked gauntlets! !roll 1d20+6 GMC rolled 1d20: 2   But he's slow, and the unicorn scurries away to counterattack- [yeeeeee, unarmed attacking! Black's turn! Following his brother's orders, black's magic activates and something shines on the tunnel to the South before he smiles. "Now let's see how you fare!" He begins to retreat! Gray's turn before starting to fall back too, the stallion tries to cast a spell "Rora, chase him down!" !roll 1d20+8 GMC rolled 1d20: 14   -*- Aurora grits her teeth "you're going nowhere" [>5 years later, Rora moves [shhhhhhhhhhhh] [Pfffft] His horn lightens with silvery magic and a small thunder is created, aimed at Honor! !roll 1d20+4 GMC rolled 1d20: 10   The lightining strikes, electrifying the big stallion for... !roll 2d6+2 GMC rolled 2d6: 6 5   [jebus] (13) HP! Alegra's turn! [Jesus Kek no bully] [he dice is REALLY not on our side today it seems] -*- Kaiasha yikes "Damnit what kind of unicorns throw lightning around like that?" With the pony in crimson armor on his knees, gray takes his chance to fall back... Meanwhile Aurora runs over to White and Kai, and quickly begins to search on her saddlebags. "Kaiasha, how is her wound?" Kai's turn! *Alegra As Alegra produces a small flask with a blue concoction, the purple pegasus has the chance to act. "I'll take care of her, this should get rid of the paralysis, but..." -*- Kaiasha frowns "I've got most of the bits out, but she's got a poison of some sort in her bloodstream, It's locking her limbs up, If it goes on too long, it may lock her lungs or heart up. " -*- Kaiasha tilts her head "But what?" [Talking is still a free action, right?] Carefully, she opens the flask. "The poison, it's probably not going to get rid of it completely. That'll be up to her... w-what worries me." As she feeds the potion to White, Alegra can't take her eyes away from the nurse's slightly swollen belly.... [yea, but time is running! if you are going to do something, do it soon] [can I reach any of the unicorns and attack in the same turn? or are they too far gone :<] [let me see your mo] [5[ -*- Kaiasha sighs and draws her dagger. she activates FEVERISH DEFENSE. and attacks the white pony He's within reach of the purple mare! [attack] -*- Kaiasha also she takes a called shot to the horn, is that -4? You'd have to chase them, Ro [let's leave it as -4 for now] !roll 1d20-2 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 4   Kaiasha misses by a lot :< Aurora's turn! [I told you about d20s] [horn would be -6 at the least, sorry] -*- Aurora moves quickly, the unicorns had a headstart, but her chest was full of determination [how far away are they aproximately?] Meanwhile, at the wooden gate, a crying mare is comforted by her vanguard companion. "You did the right thing, Claire... you did the right thing. If you don't fight for your dreams, nopony will." In meters, the unicorns are ahead of Aurora by at least 10 after they started to fall back. She could get to them by running like crazy, but... -*- Aurora will run like crazy then! -*- Aurora can move either x3 or x4 mo by making move a full round action - Running -    As a full round action, you can sprint in a straight line. If you do this, you can't take a 1m step this round. You move up to four times your Mo in a straight line as a sprint. Alternatively, you may do a "paced run", which is 3 times your Mo. After every round of sprinting or every minute of paced running, roll a SN 10 Vit check, on a failure you lose 1 FP. Once you are reduced to 1/3 FP, your movement speed is halved, as described under Fatigue. yes Aurora, roll a vitsave !roll 1d20+1 Aurora rolled 1d20: 17   "Ahg! Don't leave me you bastards!" Cries White to his brothers, while he tries to fend of the agressive mares. Aurora runs with all her strenghth and catches up to the retreating unicorns! Now giving them face, a new round begins! Feldspar's turn !roll 1d20+1 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 5   -*- Aurora huffs as she reaches up "this isn't jousting, you'll see my full strength now!" [+1 to daage] !roll 1d20+5 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 11   hit !roll 1d3+3 Feldspar rolled 1d3: 2   White is getting the shit beaten out of him by Feldspar! With a dynamit punch, the fighter mare leaves the stallion dizzy. [is he Ko'd? Honor's turn [nope] [not yet at least] "I'll tie 'em up after ya knock him out!" [How much does a horse weigh? Bravely, he shakes the pain away and charges onwards like Aurora! [40-60 kilos on my book] !roll 1d20+2 GMC rolled 1d20: 20   [Oh for fucks sake kek] He doesn't even sweat when it comes to charging! The stallion is quickly at Aurora's side, rady to kick ass Black's turn! [Hrm. I should be able to carry him "Move away!" He yells to Aurora before revealing a long hidden blade, lunging forward to stab the cerulean mare! [precission strike] !Roll 1d20+8 GMC rolled 1d20: 4   [oh damn, I shoulda done the +2 damage for FP But is not enough to beat Aurora's speed Gray's turn "Alright big guy, looks like you enjoy getting teased!" The stallion takes a hoostep back and charges his horn for another lightning strike!   !roll 1d20+8 GMC rolled 1d20: 10     !roll 1d20+4 GMC rolled 1d20: 12   [Aren't we both going after White? [You and kai are fightinh white] [honor and rora are fighting gray and black] White is relatively near the poisoned mare and Alegra, while his brothers are fighting her guards at the south corridor that got them there The sound of thunder echoes in the cave when he lands another bolt on Honor! !roll 2d6+2 GMC rolled 2d6: 3 6   Honor Bright receives (11) damage! This time, the stallion finds it hard to just resist and looks severely weakened. White's turn! "C-come here, bitch" Tells White to Feldspar before loading his crossbow at last, and taking aim. [precission strike] Feld, you have an AoO on him   [Feld and Kai would both get AoO] !roll 1d20+5 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 4   !roll 1d20+2 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 13   !roll 1d4+1 Kaiasha rolled 1d4: 1   < Kai leaves a small cut on the stallion's leg with her leg her knife* lel hee [mm, Cury, Precision strike is a full round action, you can't load and precision strik eon the same turn]   Some... shit happened and White instead dashes forward to stab Feldspare in the neck with a poisoned dagger![nah, this is cooler and I had it ready too] [now yes, precission strike !roll 1d20+2 GMC rolled 1d20: 15   [I have like 12, so hit !roll 1d5 GMC rolled 1d5: 2   !roll 1d4 GMC rolled 1d4: 4   Feldspar, make a vitsave !roll 1d20 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 2     "DIE!" The stallion leaves a clear cut on the miner's neck. Not lethal [(3) HP damage] but his poison quickly takes effect on Feld. Feld receives (3) damage per turn during 4 turns [Okay. So I took 4+3? "It's designed to kill you slowly, hun... sorry it has to be like this, but I have a job and *spits tooth*... you see, I'll need the money to buy me new teeth"   Alegra's turn! -*- Feldspar winces as she feels the poison enter her system, before shaking her head "I'll end you first." With Whitelight on her hooves, the scholar looks around in concern and keeps attending her, now searching for another flask in her pouches. "Please please plase be here, be here... oh .. oh no." "I... oh yes!" At first, deception when believing she forgot it at home, but when finding it in another pouch, the scholar quickly feeds whitelight a new concoction. Whitelight, make a vitsave !roll 1d20 WhiteLight rolled 1d20: 1     No reaction... With a tear rolling down her cheek, Alegra mourns the fact Whitelight will lose her baby   In the good side of it, the poison effect is slowed down slightly Kaiasha's turn Whitelight, make a willsave too !roll 1d20+3 WhiteLight rolled 1d20: 15     -*- Kaiasha twirls he knife and looks at the stallion "From what place will you have protection now that I have seen your face? What court will protect for attacking a royal and hitting a pregnant nurse?" she sneers "If you die here, It will be a mercy. I don't feel like being merciful today congratulations." Incredibly tired, the nurse pony wakes up in pain and to see a crying Alegra that holds her tightly. Surrounded and intimidated, White gulps down and holds his dagger tightly. "Guess... I-I'll have to kill you all then!" -*- Kaiasha takes a stab at the guard, aiming to wound instead of kill "Take this" !roll 1d20+2 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 2   -*- Kaiasha maintains feverish defense But Kai's hit goes wide... Aurora's turn!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tx74U7-tAw   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdus6cpYeHE -*- Aurora grits her teeth, her conviction in the face of this enemy finally pulling through using a Precision Strike and targeting the stallion who attempted to stabbin her called shot to the neck   "No quarter for treason!" !roll 1d20+5 Aurora rolled 1d20: 13   "Quit stuttering ya damn wolfkin!: [th-thats a hit right?]   Black moves his neck away in the last second, feeling how Aurora's blade cut some of his fur.... [his AC is 18]   !roll 1d8+3 Aurora rolled 1d8: 4   [multiplied by 1.5 because of called shot to the neck, so 10 damage] retcon the last shit, the stallion's neck suffers a severe case of sword to the throat Bleeding profusely and unable to talk, he backs away slowly and coughs.   Feldspar's turn! [receives 3 damage from poison] -*- Aurora takes her 1 meter step to stay in front of the stallion :3   !roll 1d20+1 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 5   !roll 1d20+5 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 13   hit [Mighty Blow, 1 FP] !roll 1d3+5 Feldspar rolled 1d3: 3   At the wooden gate, the guards take a peek inside and the male one says. "What's .... taking them so long?" -*- Feldspar lets out a loud yell before twisting around and bucking White in the snout Feld, if you want you can RP this strike, you knocked him out!   The stallion can't take more and simply falls to the ground, barely conscious! !roll 1d20 GMC rolled 1d20: 14   !roll 1d20+4 GMC rolled 1d20: 1     He substains the damage not to suffer more, but is soon sleeping with a bleeding mouth Honor Bright's turn   -*- Feldspar staggers a bit before letting out a cough "I ain't feelin' too good."   -*- WhiteLight will be so dead when she comes back from this, Alas, if she comes back from this, she wasn't conscious to withness the events or to witness the shenanigans of her luck taking her daughter from her and harming her friends while she is poweless. The mare wakes up with a gasp already standing, every single limp quivering vigorously as soon as she does, in a hug with a crying Alegra, she pays no heed to her as her eyes dart towards the fight, "C-crossbow, H-Hngh! A-Alegra!" her voice was weak, barely audble by even the mare standing beside her, as she quickly scrambles to reach for her unprimed crossbow resting close beside her, as fast as she can in that jaded state "L-let go... Please... So stupid..."   His crimson armor steaming, Honor stands over to Gray Wolf and, with a confident and feminine voice, says. "Rowdy stallions like you need some beating to stay down, you know?"   dart towards the fight, "C-crossbow, H-Hngh! A-Alegra!" her voice was weak, barely audble by even the mare standing beside her, as she quickly scrambles to reach for her unprimed crossbow resting close beside her, as fast as she can in that jaded state "L-let go... Please... So stupid..."   "I am going to find whoever hired this one.... Those guards lied to us. So four more." She moves forward to land a powerful blow on the stallion's head! [Precission strike, Called shot] !roll 1d20+2 GMC rolled 1d20: 5     But weakened, the mare in the armor misses and remains open to another thunder. The young unicorn laughs at her attempt and spits on her armor. "Out of the way, grandma!"   Black's turn!   "In fact, I cannot prove who these guys work for, But that vanguard. That vanguard that lied to us. THAT FUCKING LOUSY WORTHLESS RENT A COP oh feld let me see that neck wound real quick."   Bleeding from his neck, the stallion makes a last attempt at returning the favor!   Called shot, precission strike   !roll 1d20+3 GMC rolled 1d20: 12     !roll 1d6+2 GMC rolled 1d6: 4   -*- Feldspar stumbles a little bit before falling back onto her haunches and shaking softly "Yeah, alright. I need to take a seat anyways, yeah."   Aurora receives (9) slashing damage to the neck!   The unicorn mercenary chuckles, only to spit more blood.   Gray's turn!   Instead of playing more with the defeated Honor Bright, the unicorn makes his way out of the cavern! With a hop and dash, he begins to book it out of there the quickest he can! "Goodbye, stupid motherbuckers!"   Alegra's turn   With Whitelight relatively safe, but still poisoned, Alegra quickly runs over to Honor, who she just saw injured. "No! W-why... Alegra, get up!" Kaiasha's turn! -*- Kaiasha walks over to the crossbow that whitelight dropped and picks it up. can she shoot at the unicorn that has a bleeding neck?   !roll 1d20 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 19     The stallion feels something pierchin the skin of his butt, and soon the poison coming after.   Aurora's turn   !roll 1d10 GMC rolled 1d10: 8     -*- Aurora doesn't register any crossbow shot ringing out, seeing blood from... from well getting slashed in the fucking neck, kind of a mood killer, letting out a rage fueled battlecry as she activates Feverish Defence and uses a Called shot: Neck   and Precision strike too, lets not go haywire and forget that roll !roll 1d20+5 Aurora rolled 1d20: 17   hit! !roll 1d8+3 Aurora rolled 1d8: 7     [There goes the head] Before she could behead the stallion, he was already dead. The poison had made him rolls his eyes to the back of his head, and his face is locked in a expression of pain when it hits the bloodstained ground [oh dea FATALITY Feld's turn! < Gray is so far that it's impossible to see the light of his horn even! The battle has ended as one Hooray for the victorious! -*- Kaiasha begins to ministrate to feldspar First aid check   -*- Feldspar ties up White, before getting to her hooves shakily "I think you should worry more 'bout White. She's not lookin' too good."   With a dead killer and the other knocked out, the cannonite mares have a few seconds of peace before the sound of thunder reaches their ears!   *BROOOM! CRASH!*   Coming from the South tunnel, the sound of rocks falling down and beams collapsing tells the mares that they are pretty much... trapped -*- Aurora practically flops down onto her side, putting a hoof on her neck where it was slashed and coughing profusely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIFFVd_O_jY   -*- WhiteLight , now unlocked from the timelock that is not getting a initiative roll, finally picks her still unprimed crossbow, which nontheless she points down the tunnel, but it was already over... She drops her crossbow back down and silently observes the carnage, disheartened and, soon, mentally scarred, "Hhngg... T-this is... I think i don't even need Etenrity to kill me at this point..." SHe saiy to herself as she simply sags to the ground and lays there. "This sucks... SOOO much..." Alegra takes Honor's helmet off first, and gives her a kiss on her forehead before hastily moving to Aurora. "Oh horseshit. Hun, stay still, sit down." Alegra begins to give first aids to Aurora1 "Damn...they collapsed the tunnel." http://sketchtoy.com/64814616 black stain is collapsed area -*- Aurora just does her best to keep her breathing normal while applying pressure to her throat "... F-Feld?" She very quetly calls out to the mare, barely moving her eyes over to her to peek through her mane, the side of her unifomr visibly stained in her blood. White's insides feel like on fire. She wants to puke as soon as she calls for Feld, and a terrible pain on her tummy makes her scream. !roll 1d20 Feldspar rolled 1d20: 17   Feldspare remains conscious! -*- Kaiasha loudly curses, she sets the poison crossbolt down and goes to check on feld First aid check on feld [kk] !roll 1d20+5 Kaiasha rolled 1d20: 19     -*- Feldspar looks over at Whitelight before sitting back down on her haunches with a grunt "Huh? Whitelight, you alright?" she wobbles for a bit as she feels her vision start to darken and blur. She manages to shake it off, before looking up at Kai "No...No. I'm Good, Kai. Feels like the poison's run it's course. Go check on Whitelight."   Alegra takes out a bandage and some kind of ointment. First, with water she clears the spot and then dampens around with ointment. The bandage quickly helps Aurora to control her breathing and stop the bleeding enough to get up. After all, the injure was more wide and deep, and her life is not in danger.   -*- WhiteLight clenches onto her side after that one, her voice ecohing through out the tunnel as she can only lay there, writhing and wincing in agony, "Figlio di puttana! NYAGH!! Ahh Merda!!"   -*- Kaiasha cleans out the wound as best she could and bandages it up, whatever poison may have not gotten into her system yet, won't.   -*- Kaiasha then goes over to whitelight after   "Aurora... Aurora, I need to go see if that mercenary has the cure for his poison on himself. Stay still, don't move until we are all ok" She doesn't wait for a reply. Hastily, the scholar is trotting up to the unconscious stallion and begins to check him. "Please  don't let them die..."   -*- Aurora nods slowly and leans against a wall, casting a worried glance at 'Honor' choosing not to speak   Feldspar is cured! the weak poison loses its effect and soon she recovers her senses. Still, she's hella tired -*- WhiteLight holding  a hoof up to her mouth, only curses and agonized moans leave her lips, Her hoof, now stained in her own blood as it moves from the wound ot her mouth to hold back whatever puking is going to happen, as Kaiasha comes in for her.   "I should have stopped that bolt." Says 'Honor' to Aurora, looking down to the ground as she takes out her armor. Piece by piece, the crimson cuirass falls down until she's just an earth mare with long pink mane, resting on the ground alongside the cannonite. Her clothes are not more complex than those of a peasant, at most. "I should have..."   -*- Kaiasha begins to roll whitelight to her non injured side "Just let it out. I'll clean it up." she starts to bandage up the wound more tightly to reduce the bleeding.   !roll 1d10 GMC rolled 1d10: 9   Whitelight receives (9) poison damage   -*- Aurora shakes her head, speaking very softly at first, as if unsure if her voice will rip her own throat open "there were a lot of things we should have done"   -*- Kaiasha searches her bags she pulls out the medkits, she looks for one of livens salves. perhaps she threw it in somewhere..."   With a hint of hope, Alegra gives a slap to the stallion's face and produces a pink flask from his clothes. "Here! Kaiasha, give her this."   -*- Feldspar shakes her head a little bit as she looks over at the group. She winces slightly as she looks over at Whitelight. Feld could be a lot worse off. She leans back against the wall, before closing her eyes and ttying to focus She handles the potion to the purple pegasus, and goes to attend Whitelight   -*- Kaiasha points to whitelight "Her?" "Shhh... shh my darling. Everything is going to be ok." She says in a motherly tone to the white pony. She nods at Kai, and keeps her attention on Whitelight. "I'm really sorry hun, now calm down."   -*- Kaiasha leans Whitelight forward, and starts to tilt the potion in   "Yes---Now we are trapped here and I can barely move with that armor on... Aurora, I'm really sorry."   -*- WhiteLight does not stop moaning and is completely incapable of proper speech as she merely clenches on her side after Kaiasha Says that, clearing her mouth, if her fur wasn't already white the mare's skin would be pale white as well, turning her head to one side with her eyes looking up over the now unarmored Honor Bright, through her face of pure pain, she was clearly not upset with her, trying to muster up a smile for her even though it was quite a challenge.   -*- Aurora closes her eyes "for what?" letting out a long sigh "these tunnels are huge and expansive... we can find another way out of here if we try hard enough, I'm certain of it..."   "Posing as my own bodyguard, having Eliza trick everypony, get you all down here... I don't think I can count how many mistakes I made. How.. heavy they feel." She gets up slowly, painfully. "And you are right. I'm tired, broken some would say. I guess it's now when we prove them wrong."   "W-w-who...?" Is the only words the could get out before the potion begins to get poured in, her breathing hitching, her whole body quivering with adrenaline, and is basically panicking at this point a she gently holds a hoof over Kai's chest,if only she could hug right now.   The real Alegra Goodheart extends a hoof to Aurora. "Let's go. We have one of them and if we make it out of here alive, nothing will every stop us."   -*- Aurora nods "as long as we can get out of here... we can prove their guilt, we have your word over theres"   "Maybe...maybe that Eastern tunnel loops back."   -*- Aurora grabs Alegra's hoof and gets back to her own hooves "lets to kick these assholes off of Human land, eh?"   -*- Kaiasha looks at Alegra, Then looks at the person posing as Alegra "What."   "Wait, what? Posin' as your bodyguard?"   The fake scholar smiles weakly, but is still too sad about what happened. "I'm sorry about that too, my dearests." She lands a peck on Whitelight's head and lets out a sigh. "My name is Eliza, my surname doesn't matter right now. I pose as Alegra Goodheart to prevent the kind of accidents you saw a while ago... it worked until now. Alegra, sweetie.." She glances to the weakened mare th   at looks like a copy with pink mane of herself. "... Let's get out of here. I want to slap Solare's face." -*- Kaiasha sighs "So, Everyone probably needs to rest for a moment" she looks at Whitelight "This is going to be hard. I think.... If I had to guess, There were more worm caves. And this is a long shot. But Those beetles might provide us a clue.' Alegra gets Rora up and chuckles, now trotting for the rest of the group. "Right on that. Looks like our friends are already seeing a way out of here..." She looks around the chamber.   "If Kaiasha is right, we should follow the tunnels that go North and follow whatever lives in them... supposing it doesn't go deeper."   -*- Aurora walks over, her bandaged neck quite visible now "it seems the Vanguard have shown their ugly selves this time... we need to find a way out of here, should we split up? "   "The reports talk about giant bugs on the surface of this region too, I think we now know why and where they come from." -*- Feldspar rocks a little bit to build some momentum before getting to her hooves and letting out a tired sigh "How'd I even get wrapped up in all of this. Stupid shit." she looks over at Rora before shaking her head "No, splittin' up's a bad idea."   "No, let's stay together. Most of us are too weak to go by themselves onto the dark..." Alegra scratches her chin. "...Let's move, the sooner the better."   -*- WhiteLight slowly rests her head down over the rocky floor beneath her, still clenching her side and sweating cold as she silently stered up at... Eliza, and very weakly reaching her hooves up a ther as tears begin to drop from her eyes almost as soon as she does, "M-... Mrs Eliza..." She called out, pained and bawkling ever so softly under her breath as she tries to reach in for a hug.   http://sketchtoy.com/64814616 [remember that's the current map. Choose the way to follow]   "What I am suggesting, is something quite nasty. I would be obliged /me points to the white stallion "What should we do with this bastard? "   me points to the white stallion "What should we do with this bastard? " "Take 'em with us. I didn't punch his clock fer nothin'."   Eliza closes her magenta eyes and hugs Whitelight tightly, holding her there as she talks in a muffled voice. "I'm really sorry my darling... There's nothing that will ever pay for it."   -*- Kaiasha "So, I think our solution involves something you found earlier... Alegra. Tell me you said you saw a hole earlier off to the path we didn't go down?"   -*- Aurora remains quiet "as far as I'm concerned, his act was one of treason. Were we back on earth, it would be the death penalty" shaking her head "lets just take him wth us for now"   -*- Kaiasha "Aurora, Consider his voice in a courtroom, I want damning evidence against the one responsible." "I agree... and yes, yes I did. But I didn't go into it, why do you ask Kaiasha?"   -*- Aurora nods "exactly Kai, thats why I said to take him with us for now"   "I'd say that eastern tunnel if it ain't blocked off."   -*- Kaiasha nods "And was there not another tunnel /just parallel/ to that one? I think, That if we go back down towards that mess, down that tunnel, we would find a connection."   -*- Kaiasha "I still think the bigger concern is how we plan on showing our faces to public again. What does Solaire expect at this point? His crony would have ran straight to him."   -*- WhiteLight quickly breaks down into snivels into the mare's forehoof, tightening the hug as the more she thought about this the more grim the mare got, to the point that her  fur even darkens a little from the usually bright, pale white color, "I-I-I... *Sn-Sniff* J-just w-w-wanted to-- hngh! E-e-eee.... I JUST WANTED TO HE-E-ELP... WHY AM I SO STUPIIID...!"   As Eliza does her best to comfort Whitelight and herself, Alegra assess the situation in a cold manner. "We have to hurry up and see what face he puts on when he sees me alive... Now, your assumption is that we could come out of that hole if we find its other end. That could work, as Feldspar's theory could also work."   "Plan? I just want to get back." she softens some she slowly trots over to Whitelight before pulling her into a hug   "Maybe not splitting into several teams, but a couple of us that investigates further so we don't move quickly." -*- Kaiasha "The best way to check is to look for drafts" she starts to light a torch "Drafts lead to open air." "Open air, is freedom."   Eliza says nothing, she just has the white mare against her chest and lets her dampen her fancy clothes in tears, both hers and her own. Broken, the fake scholar lets out a couple of sobs and then tries to look into the nurse's face. "...Darling, my darling. Look at me, look at me and see how weak I can be. Look at our friends being strong for us... we have to stop now, we can cry when it's over. Then we'll mourn, my dear. Now swallow that fear and regret and show me how brave can you be."   Alegra mhms and trots towards the South. "Feldspar, Aurora. Stay with Eliza and Whitelight while me and Kaiasha check the East corridor. Kai, let's go"   -*- Kaiasha sighs and takes the bolts for the poisoned crossbow and puts them in a pouch, takes the poisoned dagger and also puts it in a pouch. "Course how nice of this stallion to leave of evidence." -*- Aurora nods "are you sure you are up to it?"   -*- Kaiasha takes the poisoned crssbow and gently puts it in the bag   -*- WhiteLight , eyes still weeping and sniffling quite frequently, looks up at Eliza pleadingly, she couldn't look anymore pathetic that she does right now absolutley disdraught, she doesn't say anything, and simply slowly nods to the mare as she pushe sher face into her chest wanting soooo bad to just get ifnished off by something.   -*- Kaiasha follows allegra and takes consideration "So, in the current situation we are in, This is quite the predicament, I think I'm the only pony who's not seriously injured and if you saw how I fought...." she shakes her head "It's the strange irony's in life." she "I'm good to keep trotting. Quickly now, Kai there's no much time before it's late." -*- Feldspar nods a little bit before sitting back down on her haunches and shaking her head "No prob. Probably need to sit down for a while, anyways."   -*- Kaiasha sighs and nods holding onto some other ponies crossbow for protection and trotting along. she drops the hammer it was just weighing her down   -*- Kaiasha holds out a torch looking for drafts as she trots alongside Alegra   -*- Aurora grabs from her waterskin and quenches the dire thirst she didn't realize she had "try... try to stay hydrated everyone"   "Those are the tests of life, dear. We either take them or stagnate." Responds Alegra to Kai without looking at her, only having eyes for what's in front of her. With the help of her safety helmet's lamp, she guides the purple pegasus up to the narrow corridor that goes East.   -*- Kaiasha "A test every person in town has been taking for the last year. she keeps her eyes open for routes in front of her http://sketchtoy.com/64814845 purple dot is kai and ale -*- Kaiasha looks at the path ahead Also are there bugs on the ceiling?   Eliza keeps petting Whitelight while hydrating herself, trying not to cry more. Meanwhile, inside the narrow corridor that descends, the nurse and the adventurer find something interesting.   -*- Aurora sighs and gives WhiteLight a nuzzle "It'll be alright hun... we're all going to be fine"   "Yeah. We'll pull through this fine, Whitelight."   The passage has a low ceiling and small holes on the walls from which the sound of more beetles come. The end of the road there is a weird bifurcation, one path north and the other south, easy to lighten both of them, as well as the presence of something blocking both.   -*- Kaiasha lightens the south one more to see the blockage   -*- WhiteLight says nothing, she simply stands up with the help of Alegra, and with tears still dripping from her cheeks, falling on the floor as she walked with her head craned close at chest level along wtih Eliza.   "Ah, shit." Grumbles the mature when facing the huge spiderweb in the middle of the crossroad. Its owner is nowhere to be seen, probably hiding from the light. Some prey, beetles and carcasses of worms mostly, are enveloped on silk and some even still twitching. "I heard spiders were common here, but really now?   http://sketchtoy.com/64814884   -*- Kaiasha hmms "Well it would be simple case of lighting the web on fire to get by. And I bet these webs are major crossroads for the beetles, my only concern is the owner of these webs..."     -*- Kaiasha "If we had more time I would advise herding all those beetles on the ceiling to this particular area using light sources, Beetles are afraid of the light, and with a bright enough light we could lure worms out, saturating the webs..."   Alegra sits on her haunches and rubs her temples. "I swear I wouldn't just kill creatures on my path, but this is ridiculous. Settle this on fire, I'll take care of the spider..." With determination on her eyes, she reaches for a pocket of her shirt and pulls out a small potion that she drinks in a single gulp. "Aaah! C'mon, bring it on!" -*- Aurora sighs "Eliza, do you have any pain killers?"   "I'm going to saturate the spider with kicks. Luring all those things here would only get us stuck." -*- Kaiasha looks at Allegra "Don't rush into combat foolishly madame." she takes another look on the room. and lights the  Southernmost  Web   "Smoke will hopefully discourage the buggers."   The actress nods and hands a pouch at Aurora."There Aurora, it's full with different things. Search the painkiller." -*- Aurora sighs and starts to rifle through the pouch, looking for the painkillahs   Alegra chuckles at Kai and backs a few hoofsteps as the web catches fire rather quickly. The smoke ascends and a loud shriek resounds in the cavern. From above, a spider about the size of a pony falls down and, after seemingly srhieking more at the ponies, retreats into the shadows of the northern branch.   -*- WhiteLight even now was grunting softly in pain form her smarting wound, sporting a light limp on her right legs as she leaned on Eliza to keep going forward with them barely paying any attention to what the other's where doing as he kept her weeping eyes forward for danger, or breeze of any kind... Even bugs on the ceiling anything, "Wanttogohomewantogohomewanttogohome..."   -*- Kaiasha "I hope the path is linear, otherwise this gets worse." she points to the spider "IF that's the only one, and I pray we don't have to go that way, then it will not bother us. I think it fears fire. " she hefts a torch "So will every other spider we meet. Lets move quickly when the southern path is cleared..."   "Wait, we got painkillers? Those could help her some."   -*- Aurora is like, about to take the painkillers herself, on account of the getting slashed, almost looking like a child holding the cookie with an open cookie jar "uhhh... yea!"   "Yes, on that." Alegra trots into the southern branch and smiles at the sight of a hole. "Looks like it's our lucky day... I'll go down. Hoof me a rope."   -*- Kaiasha waves her wings to gesture what a silly notion that was "Of course Sir." she hand Alegra her coil of rope. Feeling a huge weight lighten off her shoulders.   She rolls her eyes and silently uses the rope to descend safely. When at the bottom of the not so deep hole, she yells. "I'm checking where it leads!" Before dissapearing into the extensions of the mysterious shaft. A few minutes go on and Kaiasha loses a bit of hope when Alegra's voice asks her to bring the others here.   "IT GOES OUT ON THE OTHER HOLE!" She happily remarks while climbing out of the depression. "For Luna and all her stars, we are saved... it's a bit tight down there, but we should be able to go in without problem. I'll keep the road free of the spider. Go go!"   -*- Kaiasha Tosses her lit torch down "No don't do that climb back up here so we can go as a party."   -*- Kaiasha does not wait for a response and turns around "Buddy system!" and starts hoofing it to the party. Not wanting to lose more time on discussions, Alegra follows Kai.   -*- Kaiasha motions to the party "So can everyone stand? We found a way through!"   -*- Aurora stands up "I knew it! Lets go give those assholes what for!"   They soon reach the rest of the group, to see them taking painkillers and waiting patiently. "Let's go." Remarks Eliza in a cold voice, helping Whitelight to get up and being her support to trot. "It's tight so we'll go one at the time. Now, move!"   -*- Aurora goes quick, fast, and in a hurry! -*- Feldspar goes NPC mode and follows along because holy shit multitasking is hard   -*- Kaiasha nods to aurora "I don't think it will be our hooves taking down Solare, I would however give anything to see what response Canterlot will give to this event... Say Alegra how did you catch wind of this ambush anyways?"   -*- WhiteLight 's ears twitch as the 'way through' part of her statement, her dull eyes moving over to the mare down the tunnel and quickly accepting Eliza's help to begin trotting as well "M-Mhm..." Is all she utters in response as she continues staring ou tinto space, to the ceiling, anywhere but at th eothers.   "It's happened before. In more public ways... to be fair I didn't expect mercenaries inside abandoned caves." The group reaches the spot where the exit hole was found; the spider has apparently not appeared again and it's a free way up to the shaft. "We've traded places wiht Eliza since I got her out of the army... it's been a fun road, I wouldn't complain if things like this didn't get othes hurt sometimes." Regret takes over her words, but not her actions, and she's the first to go down the hole. "I'll be waiting at the other side now!"   -*- Kaiasha follows down immediately, using her wings to descend   -*- Aurora shakes her head, following after her quickly "what about your armor?"   "I can get another one!" The whole group goes down (Eliza helping Feld and White) and re-appears at the hole that Alegra found earlier. From there, is just a matter of trotting West and then South to be out of here. "Perfect..."   -*- Aurora nods, trotting up next to Alegra "should we... care for another ambush?"   -*- Kaiasha "Well that grey pony was rather overconfident after she..." she looks at Alegra "All I heard was thunder. God I hope I don't ever get caught with unicorns alone."   "I don't think they're gonna wait for us, but we best be safe."   -*- Kaiasha "Worst case scenario.... Well worst case scenario depends on solares ability to react really. we need to get out of these caves. before we have a vanguard strike force who may wish to clean up."   -*- WhiteLight tooks a step off from the rope and simply waits for Eliza to come down fully before gently leaning on her again, she has the most hopeless look on her face despite being so close to being out of there, looking out towards the tunnel while the others talked, "... W-well... W-what a-are we w-waiting f-f-for then?"   -*- Kaiasha "We move." she reaches into the pouch and loads a poisoned bolt into the crossbow. click "I'm not actually going to shoot this at anyone, but in case we need to get out of here.... " she sighs.   -*- Kaiasha also mumbles that last word   -*- WhiteLight cast a quick glance over ot Kaiasha right after she said that, which reminded her to do something... Almost absent mindedly the mare reaching into her left over cloak puch and take out her crossbow again, priming it before picking a bolt from her right front pocket and sliding it in the barrel, keeping that pointed slightly downward as she waited for Eliza to proceed.   Eliza shares White's situation, and remains quiet while trotting out. "Forget about those Vanguards. I know exactly what that flying rat is going to do, and if I'm right..." The whole group reaches the entrance and Alegra kicks it open to reveal that the guards left long ago. "... they are evacuating under special orders. We need to reach Iron Wing."   "Alright, lets move quickly... I'll take the lead again until we're out of the caves" trotting ahead and starting to move quickly   "S-s-so we g-go to the e-embassy?" She asked Alegra as she led the way out of the tunnel again, her voice monotone almost as she glanced over to her.   -*- Kaiasha sighs "There was a cannonite at this post..." she shakes her head "If she's in the air I could catch her, though that requires me to see her."   "I guess, yeah."   The party books it back to the mine's entrance! On the way there, Alegra explains. "No. We discussed this possibility several times and in case it happened we had a counter-plan.""It's no use trying to catch up with them, they'd strike you down..." Adds eliza in a sad voice. ".... Iron should be gathering the soldiers loyal to her and instructing them on their new orders."   The exit is reached! From now on, those wishing to take a break can do so, while the ones wanting to continue just have to state it to be guided onto the next stage