17:29:26: the group arrives at the first farms around broccoli when the last lights of the day disappear; a blanket of stars dots the sky and the night seems quite and beautiful 17:30:44: patchwork whistles as he looks up at the night sky. "I don't think I'll ever get used to all that open sky. At least the stars a beautiful." 17:31:01: are* 17:32:05: "Yeah...." 17:32:53: Cataclysm trots along slightly nervous, staring up at the massive open sky above them, her tail twitching slightly. She didn't mind the dark, but the way the sky seemed to open up into infinity just creeped her out. Back to staring at the ground, "Y-yeah..." 17:33:10: HighCaliber looks up. "They're just shinning specks in the sky. I personally don't see what's so great about them." 17:33:59: "The Zebras have a lot of stories about the stars. Some good, some bad, most are very strange." 17:34:35: HighCaliber snorts. "Just a bunch of hocus-pocus mumbo-jumbo." 17:35:12: Light_Seeker taps DL 17:35:37: patchwork snorts. "They're better looking than constant cloud cover. Read in old book once that Stars are actually balls of flaiming plasmatic gass. I wonder if each of them have their own godess?" 17:35:54: "Yes Light?" 17:36:04: Cataclysm stares out in the direction of the farms, raising a hoof to wave to something out there nervously, "I hope we won't get shot at. Being threatened was bad enough." she wasn't used to getting shot at, but being threatened seemed to be happening an awful lot. Down the road towards the main town, "There's guards out there. They're watching us." 17:36:27: Desert_Lightning cringes 17:36:41: Light_Seeker gets on DL's back 17:37:06: HighCaliber looks at Cat. "That's what guards do. They watch and wait. Just don't give them a reason to shoot, and they wont." 17:38:19: "As along as we don't act like, or look like raiders the shouldn't shoot us. . . Still Desert should probably stay on the ground. Better safe than sorry." 17:38:40: "yes, really don't wanna get shot." 17:38:54: HighCaliber shifts, trying to keep the salvaged armor steady. 17:39:14: quite soon, something huge and vaguely illuminated appears at the bottom of the road: the group can finally see the town itself. It seems like a large ring of metal panels welded together to form a wall; there are lights from inside tha wall and it's quite easy to spot the guards on top of it... actually, they make quite easy targets 17:40:16: Cataclysm makes certain to stand well, well away from Caliber, "Are you sure you should be hauling that thing around? It smells so terrible they might shoot you for stinking up their town!" and it was making her want to wrech uncontrollably. It was fortunate she hadn't eaten much for lunch, or she just might. 17:40:17: Desert_Lightning observes the guards on the tower. "If I had a better gun I could probably pick them all off." 17:40:56: HighCaliber glares at DL. "You're kidding, right?" 17:41:42: Light_Seeker tries to glare back at Cal 17:42:02: "Sure, make some cloud cover, then just circle them till their all dead. Need alot of ammo though." 17:42:13: patchwork shakes his head. "We're not here to at shoot the gaurds. We're just passing through onto Nightmare Falls. 17:42:14: " 17:42:30: "Just saying." 17:42:30: Buddy_ yawns widely. 17:42:58: HighCaliber looks at DL. "Not to be rude, but they seem a bit more... experienced than you." 17:43:14: Cataclysm raises a hoof to her face, "Why are you discussing killing the guards? We're trying to NOT get shot, aren't we?" continuing on down the road, "We shouldn't be too much further to town, right? If we're really, really lucky we might get to sleep in actual beds tonight." 17:43:47: "Caliber has a point, but I think they may be making themselves an easy target on purpose." 17:44:32: Light_Seeker ears perk "Hey do you guys hear that?" 17:44:35: HighCaliber pokes Buddy with a hoof. "How you holding up, kid?" 17:44:35: "I was just saying I could. But never mind, you lot do the talking and don't get me shot ok?" 17:45:40: patchwork looks over to Light_Seeker. "What's that. Did you hear something strange?" 17:45:42: Cataclysm glances around at Light_Seeker's comments on hearing things, ears twitching a moment, "I hear... Someone yelling?" straining to hear it better, trying to figure out what they might be saying, heading down the road at a decent trot. 17:45:47: Buddy_ looks up at HighCaliber, eyes beginning to droop. "I'm sleepy Mr Bear. Can we go inside with the other ponies?" 17:46:12: "Sounds like singing" 17:46:27: HighCaliber scoops up the foal and sets him on his back. "Sure. Just a few more minutes, kid." 17:46:36: "Maybe we should check it out?" 17:47:05: "Why would somepony be singing at this hour?" 17:47:25: "Whiskey does strange things to a pony." 17:47:28: "That's why I said we should check it out. Could be interesting." 17:47:45: "Could be trouble." 17:48:36: "Could be, or it could be fun." 17:48:50: "Trouble can be fun." 17:48:56: Cataclysm takes off down the road, "Come on then, before they stop." There wasn't that much further to go to the town, right? 17:49:14: "We should go listen to the lullaby..." Buddy mumbles to himself. 17:49:32: HighCaliber shakes his head and follows Cat towards the source of the sound. 17:49:43: now that everypony pays attention, you can all hear the voice of a mare singing something with an evidently drunken accent; she seems to get near 17:50:00: "Lets go DL i wanna find out whats happening" 17:50:52: Desert_Lightning begins trotting towards drunken singing. 17:51:01: patchwork starts walking towards the sound of the druken singing. 17:51:41: "what do we do with a drunken pownee, wuth do we do with a... uh.... that'sh mah husband, yu're talking about, bitch!" the voice now is quite clear and she seems young 17:52:08: Cataclysm earswivels towards the drunken singing, ooh, now there was a sound she was familiar with. Though usually it was coming from her, not at her. And a mare too. Maybe she'd be extra lucky today and actually have an excuse to get drunk! Oh, well maybe not. Slowing down a little as they approached the source of the voice. 17:53:10: not far from where the group started moving, they fnally notice the mare: she's a green mare with orange mane, a foulard around the neck and a cowpony hat; she's trotting two steps on and one back 17:54:34: HighCaliber whispers to the group. "I think we should talk to her." 17:54:49: patchwork grins. "Evening m'am." he says as the mare slowly stumbls along. 17:55:35: Cataclysm just sortof stares at the newly arrived pony. Someone else who loves drunken songs. But this one looked thoroughly smashed, and out on the road alone, at night, that seemed like a terrible plan. 17:56:55: HighCaliber looks at Cat. "Drunk people are very forthcoming with information, are they not?" 17:57:35: Cataclysm rubs her chin, "Sometimes? If you can get them to talk about the right things." Yes, she had some experience with that, "Sometimes they just vomit all over you. Or go on about whatever's on their mind at random. It's sortof a crap shoot." 17:58:24: HighCaliber rubs the back of his head with a hoof. "Well, at the least we can find out what's what with Broccoli." 17:59:10: HighCaliber looks towards the stumbling mare. "...Or not." 18:00:50: Light_Seeker lays on DL and reads the map 18:01:05: Buddy_ snuggles further in between Cal's saddlebags and closes his eyes, quietly giving his own version of the mare's song under his breath. 18:05:13: "So... DL? Whats you're story?" 18:07:52: JackHammer finally rouses from the wonderful jon of watching Cat's tail as she takes note of the singing. "What's up, Cat? Did we just find a friend?" 18:09:38: Desert_Lightning replies "I come from a tribe from, hmm." He stops for a moment before pointing with hoof in a direction. "From somewhere that way. My grand father was like me, fell from the sky with one wing missing though. He wasn't the greatest buck. Something that the elders reminded me of all the time." 18:12:07: "The tribe was a semi nomadic group, some of us would go wandering from cave to cave to pick up ingredients for potions and the like, the rest stayed in an abandoned clinic of some sort. I was lucky enough to be sent out a lot." 18:12:08: Cataclysm looks over the druken mare, "Dunno. She's obviously from somewhere around here." backing up near Jackie, "Pretty good singing voice. Especially while drunk." nodding her head confident in that thought, "Hope she's friendly when she finally does come around." 18:14:06: finally the mare notices the group and stops looking at them for a looooooong moment 18:14:21: "Then one day an elder starts convulsing on the ground, raving on about some sort of disaster to come and how I was the 'Savior!' Thus I was told to go on a quest of vague and unspecified need. Personly I was glad to rid of them, although I do miss ma." 18:14:44: "That's my story in a simple manner at least." 18:15:10: JackHammer smiles and nods appreciatively as Cat moves back and she gets her first glimpse past at the mare. "Hmmm...well, seems we have her attention, so..." She clears her throat then calls out, "Howdy, gorgeous!" 18:15:47: "hey, you! yesh, you fuc- buck- chicken!" 18:15:55: HighCaliber facehoof's 18:16:03: "Off to a great start..." 18:16:26: Cataclysm waves a hoof towards the drunken mare, peering at the others, "Chicken? We don't have any chickens." trotting up towards her with a warm smile, "Are you feeling alright? You look a little tipsy. Nice singing voice, though." 18:16:29: the mare points a hoof towards the group, but it's not exactly clear the pony she's refering to 18:17:07: HighCaliber glances at Desert_Lighting. "Him?" 18:17:31: "yesh... i'm... HIPS! besht shinger evuh... ah.... ah sing!" the mare raises a hoof to the sky "For the fucking goddess! yeah!" 18:18:08: patchwork chuckles. "Desert I think she was talking about you." He looks over at druken mare. "Evening M'am." 18:18:25: Cataclysm tilts her head back to stare up at the sky a moment, "Ah. You're singing for the skies?" Well, not the craziest reason to sing she'd ever heard, "Are you sure you should be out this far at night? It's dangerous out here." glancing back towards the town, "Heading somewhre specific?" 18:18:42: "You never told me you were a chicken" 18:19:04: "I think she's referring to the wings." 18:19:15: JackHammer puts on a friendly smile and trots after Cat. "Heh...why not? Or sing to the earth or water - everyone enjoys a good song, right?" 18:19:18: "I'm not a chicken!" 18:19:44: GMimezinga "I... i can go home all bah mahshelf! back off, you shtoopid.... shtoopid..." stodies the group "whatever you are... and i'm killing that... that one there! yeah, you, chicken! I'm killing you!" 18:20:01: "I... i can go home all bah mahshelf! back off, you shtoopid.... shtoopid..." stodies the group "whatever you are... and i'm killing that... that one there! yeah, you, chicken! I'm killing you!" 18:20:32: "I'm not a chicken. Seriously." 18:20:35: HighCaliber steps between the mare and DL. "Ma'am, I don't think that's a good idea." 18:20:59: Cataclysm glances back in the direction of the pointed hoof, "Hey, hey. No shooting our chicken. I mean, friend." raising a hoof to gently push on her's, "We don't have any chickens here. And nopony in need of being killed. Honest." 18:21:00: "Chickens have wingsss," Buddy says sleepily. 18:21:39: "What do you have against our chick- I mean winged friend." 18:21:42: ?* 18:21:48: the mare becomes quite plae all of a sudden annd starts muttering "B-b-b...b..." 18:22:00: *pale 18:22:08: JackHammer raises her forehooves, still with her 'tiger claws' on. "Yeah, Desert_Lightning is okay for a buck." 18:22:27: HighCaliber looks quizzically at the mare. "You alright?" 18:22:50: "Maybe she had to much to drink?" 18:23:14: "Why do I get called a chicken? I don't even look like one." 18:23:22: Cataclysm waves a hoof infront of the mare's face a moment, "Hey, hey. No going spacing out on us, okay? I don't want to have to haul an unconscious pony back into town. It's bad enough he insists on dragging that damned armor everywhere." 18:23:29: "b-b-b...." 18:24:10: HighCaliber looks at the group. "We don't have time for this. Come on, let's go." 18:24:53: Cataclysm frowns at Caliber as he tries to get them to move on, "Don't have time to help a drunken mare? We're not on that tight of a time schedule, are we?" Sure, she wanted to get smashed and have a nice bath and maybe a warm bed. But this wouldn't take THAT long. 18:25:13: JackHammer tilts her head and studies the mare. "Er...are you okay? Patchy, can you help me take a look at her? You got one of those glowy things on your leg, right? Might wanna check her eyes." 18:25:39: "Oh my. Hold guys she's sick we should take her with us to town." 18:26:12: HighCaliber pulls his gun out, just in case. "Ok, but if she tries ANYTHING, there's going to be trouble." 18:26:14: BARF! the mare pukes in the middle of the road, repeatedly 18:26:44: Desert_Lightning moves towards the mare, then get vomit on his hooves. 18:27:06: Light_Seeker smacks Cal 18:27:07: JackHammer side-steps half a second late and gets her ponyshoes spattered. "Ew..." 18:27:08: Cataclysm acks, leaping backwards at the sudden wave of vomit. Doing her best not to get thrown up all over. It was bad enough when she woke up covered in her own vomit, she didn't need to get covered in somepony else's! 18:27:08: HighCaliber snickers to himself. 18:27:09: patchwork moves to the mares side to help steady her. Using his magic he hold he mane for her face. 18:27:18: her* 18:28:24: HighCaliber glares at Light_Seeker. "You better watch what you do, kid." 18:29:01: "Miss, how much alcohol have you been drinking recently?" 18:29:07: "uh, uh... thank you pretty pony.... ah... pretty shexy ponny..." the mare siles at patchork winking at him; she's not an ugly mare, but for sure at the moment she's a mess, oh, and she has a pumpkin as a cutie mark 18:29:08: Light_Seeker glares at HighCaliber "And you better put that gun away before the guards come" 18:29:37: patchwork blushes. 18:30:00: HighCaliber nudges Patch. "Looks like you've got an admirer." 18:30:12: Cataclysm slowly trots around the mare, "Are you going to be okay to make it home? Why don't we help you back into town and you can go home in the morning. Does that sound okay?" She was... More than a little concerned now. Drinking enough to start throwing up was usually not condusive with being out late at night. 18:30:18: "N-not I problem. I like helping ponies out." 18:30:26: the lare looks at Desert_Lightning smiling with a dumb expression "a lot.... but not enough to make me mish the shot from thish dishtanche" 18:30:40: Desert_Lightning looks waves a hoof in front of her face. "How many hooves do you see." To the side he whispers. "Lucky buck." 18:31:07: JackHammer chuckles, "Why Patchy, I do think you've found a friend!" 18:31:48: patchwork grins. "Eeyup." 18:31:52: the mare smilees broadly at Patchwork "yeah, i can go home, you can come home with me, shexy.... yeah? me, you, lotta jumping? uh?" 18:32:28: HighCaliber tries to hold back his laughter. 18:32:30: "Where is your home? Somewhere around here?" 18:32:40: "Why do you want to shoot him..?" Cataclysm was getting really confused now. Sure, Pegasi had done some pretty bad things, but shooting a random pegasus who hasn't done anything to you for no good reason? Well, no explained reason. 18:32:59: patchwork blushes even more. "I'd be glad to help you home, miss?" 18:33:58: Light_Seeker gets off DL and walks away 18:34:14: "yesh! let's give thish widow shome old fashioned sun! let's go to my place and go on partying all night long! fuck the sheriff!" 18:34:21: "Ma'am, I think threats are the /last/ thing you want to be making right now." 18:34:32: *fun 18:35:13: JackHammer grins at Patchy then turns to the mare. "Yeah, Patchy can get you home and under a nice blanket. He's a great guy that way. Just point the way!" 18:35:17: Cataclysm facehoofs at Caliber's complaints, "She's drunk. I don't think she's going to do well with more threats." She didn't do well when threatened while drunk, that was for sure. 18:35:21: "Where is your home miss? That fine Stallion over there would probably like to know." 18:36:00: the mare points more or less everything on the left of the town "i shtay there! shee? the biiiiig farm!" 18:36:25: "Okay, any road that we can take to get you there?" 18:36:59: HighCaliber gives Patch a quick brohoof. 18:37:02: Light_Seeker is trotting off 18:37:22: 'I'm glad we could help out a cute mare such as yourself. What's you're name?" 18:37:27: Desert_Lightning calls back to Light. "Don't go running off again." 18:37:32: the pony blinks a couple of times, as if she is trying to think, than start sobbing "BAAAAAW! i do't remember! I'm losht! i'll never go home! ill never get a good fuck!" 18:37:37: patchwork brohoofs Caliber back. 18:38:14: "Great. That's /exactly/ what we need right now. To babysit." 18:38:38: Cataclysm sighs quietly, "Why don't you come back to town with us tonight, and tomorrow morning you can go home, nice and early? No one will even know you're missing, right?" 18:38:45: "I'm a doctor maybe I can help you with that?" 18:39:00: "Why don't we just drag her into town and let her rest until morning?" 18:39:32: JackHammer would pat the mare on the shoulder, but...spiked ponyshoes. Second worst bedside manner ever! 18:39:49: "the sheriff, that bitch! she tosshed me out of town! told me, pumpkin, go home! but i wash jusht shtarting having fun! i can't go home if i don't have fun!" 18:40:18: "Maybe you can have fun at home with me?" 18:40:40: "Smooth, Casanova." 18:41:04: patchwork blushes. 18:41:05: JackHammer trots over and gently bumps shoulders with the mare. "I believe you mentioned a party at your house?" 18:41:12: Light_Seeker finds a nice hidden place and lays down 18:41:38: Cataclysm was soooo not getting involved in that conversation, instead glancing towards Jackie, "I think the boys have this under control. Why don't we go make sure Light's okay." much as she wanted to help this mare, she was also concerned about the foal. And, ya know, getting into town. 18:42:10: "Ma'am, I wouldn't be asking this if it wasn't important, but how much room do you have in your house?" 18:42:18: patchwork notices the mare is in bad shape. "Hold on miss I've got you a little pick me up." His horn glows as restoritive magice washes over her. 18:43:48: patchwork then levitates out a healing potion. "Here drink this as well. That should help you feel better." 18:44:08: "Woah woah woah!" 18:44:22: JackHammer chuckles and shrugs easily. "Sure, Cat, why not? Now...where did that little troublemaker run off to now?" 18:45:07: "Don't you think we may need that?" 18:45:17: Cataclysm slowly begins to walk down the road, glancing back and forth for any sign of Light Seeker, "Not that I don't want to help the mare get home. But... Patchwork seems to have found himself a friend. And... Well, I'd hate to get in the way of that chance." 18:45:33: patchwork looks over at HighCaliber. "Hush she is my patient now. I'll do what I think is right to take care of her." 18:45:52: "cheers!" te pony drinks the potion and then tosses the bottle away; alfter a few moments, she seems to change color and gets an healthier appearance, she also seems a bit confused 18:46:01: "Does that include a steady dose of smooth jazz and lit candles?" 18:46:51: patchwork blushes even more. "H-hush Cal. . . Um are you feeling better miss?" 18:47:42: JackHammer trots beside Cat - not as scenic as trotting behind, but still nice and more effective when eyes are supposed to be looking for something other than a mare. "Yeah, hopefully they have a good time." 18:48:25: the mare rubs her eyes and tries to get up on her hooves "i.... feel better, yes.... what did you give to me?... ah.... who are you?" 18:49:05: "We're a wandering group of heroic ponies in search of adventure!" 18:49:18: patchwork grins. "My name is Patchwork. I gave you a healing potion and used a bit of magic to fix you up. I'm a traveling doctor of sorts." 18:49:45: Buddy_ cheers sleepily. "Yay adventure time!" 18:50:05: Cataclysm ducks down a little low, searching for any sign of Light_Seeker. How problematic that he wasn't easy to find, "I hope she's alright. It sounded like she could use some friends. Maybe some real companionship, if just for a night." 18:51:32: HighCaliber flexes to the mare. "And I *flex* am High Caliber! It's a pleasure to meet you." 18:51:42: "oh... are you heading to broccoli? you are late, they seal the gates during night time... you'll have to wait until tomorrow morning" 18:52:36: "Well at least we managed to do some good." 18:53:10: JackHammer nods as she scans the fields and sniffs the air for something that doesn't smell like broccoli or cabbage... 18:53:35: "If you wouldn't mind could you point us in the derection of someplace we can wait for the night?" 18:53:58: Cataclysm sighs quietly as she has no luck at all finding Light_Seeker, "I hope he's okay. Running off like that in the middle of the night. Such an impatient colt." she wasn't the most patient pony either. But this was especially worrying. She knew she could, kindof, take care of herself, after all. 18:54:58: "Ma'am, if it wouldn't be too much trouble... Do you think we could spend the night in your humble abode?" 18:55:50: the green mare looks at the large group and nods, a bit uncertain "yes... yes, i can... give you a place to sleep in the barn... you didn't rob me, so i guess you are okay?" 18:56:41: "Thank you pretty lady," says a voice from Cal's back. 18:56:54: patchwork grins "Thank you kindly m'am." 18:57:01: HighCaliber bows. "Thank you, kind mare. I'm sorry, but I didn't get your name. Would you be so kind as to tell us?" 18:57:01: Cataclysm would probably insist she'd never rob such a pretty mare, if she weren't preoccupied with trying to find a buck in a cabbage field. Not quite as bad as a needle in a haystack, but close. 18:57:40: after a little search, Cataclysm notices a place whree Light_Seeker could be hidden 18:58:18: "Thank you miss, it's nice to meet a friendly ponies in the wastes." 18:59:07: "i'm pumpkin, i'm the proprietor of one of the farms...." the mare looks around for a moment "that one! wow, i where the hay was i going? well, we should move... this place is quiet durting night but you can't never be cautious enough" 18:59:13: Cataclysm stalks up to the potential hiding place as quiet as she can manage, which is not very quiet at all, hoping not to scare the kid off if he is hiding there. Ducking down to check and see if he's actually hiding there. 18:59:36: "Right then." 19:00:25: JackHammer sniffs the air and comes to the same conclusion as Cat at about the same time. "Yeah, smells like a colt over there. I'll circle around to cut him off if he bolts." She moves in a wide circle around the potential patch. 19:00:31: "Should we round up the others? Or just let them have their own little adventure for the night?" 19:00:47: HighCaliber smiles at the mare. "Thank you, kind soul. Your generosity is only rivaled by your beauty." 19:01:18: patchwork looks over at them. "We should at least let them know we've got a place to hold up for the night." 19:02:16: Desert_Lightning spreads his wings. "Fine, I'll go round em all up." He then takes off. 19:02:34: the mares makes a disgusted face "ew, i think i puked... uh.... sure, no problem, we better move... oh, and let me go forst, the guards shoot at sight if you leave the route" 19:03:07: Desert_Lightning freezes at that last part and lands on the ground hurriedly. 19:03:19: "Mention that before hand please?" 19:03:21: Cataclysm nods her head to Jackie, letting the zebra-pony circle around before making a move on where Light_Seeker was hiding. Hoping to not accidentally miss the colt. Having a terrified foal running around at night getting shot at was just about the top of her list for 'worst possible things'. 19:03:23: HighCaliber sniffs. "After you, ma'am." 19:04:46: Light_Seeker is laying down reading the map 19:07:05: Cataclysm stalks up towards Light_Seeker, "Hey there. You going to come back with us? It sounds like we're heading off with that mare for the night. Town's all locked up." 19:08:25: the mare starts moving toward a fortified farm, there are a couple of guards on the roof, but they stop looking at you when the mare makes them some sort of signal, then the doors are opened and she turns on herself waiting for the grouup to gather 19:08:27: patchwork wanders over to Cataclsym, and Jackie. "We've got a place to hold up for the night. Ms pumpkin was kind enough to let us use her barn." 19:08:46: "I don't like sleeping alone" 19:09:54: "Well Ma'am, again; thank you for your hospitality." 19:11:09: Buddy_ rolls off of HighCaliber and wobbles on his legs. 19:12:10: HighCaliber kicks the dirt a little. "But, if you don't mind, can we ask you a few questions?" 19:12:10: JackHammer relaxes a bit and trots closer once it's obvious Light_Seeker isn't trying to get away. "No worries then. Sounds like we'll all be sleeping in that nice mare's house." 19:12:43: Cataclysm reaches a hoof down to help Light_Seeker up, "Then we'd better get going. We're all gonna head in together I think." smiling to Patch, "Thanks." as soon as Light's up and about she's going to head for the rest of the group and the barn. 19:12:52: Desert_Lightning approaches Pumpkin. "You mentioned a Sheriff while you were um, drunk, miss. Could yuo kindly tell us about who it is?" 19:13:35: Light_Seeker gets on cat's back "Can you keep cal from pulling out guns at helpless ponies?" 19:13:36: the mare trots towards buddy, nuzzling him for a moment "oh, i didn't notice you had a foal... what a cute little colt!" 19:14:19: Cataclysm frowns, "I'm going to try. Last thing we need is ponies shooting at us for no good reason." trotting back towards the others, speaking quietly, "Bad enough when I give them a reason to shoot at me." 19:14:23: HighCaliber sees his opportunity. "Uh... yeah! He's with me!" (Which isn't TOO far from the truth.) 19:14:45: "oh yeah, the sheriff... she is the sheriff, the mayor and whatever.... mostly an elected keeper of the town... she's not that bad, but a biit... uhm... strict" 19:14:55: Light_Seeker remembers his past while on Cat's back 19:15:15: "Are you two friends? Or at least on good terms?" 19:16:00: Buddy_ smiles, still drowzy. "Hello Mrs Pumpkin pony. You sang a funny song." 19:16:04: "well sure, this is not a big town, we know each other and she was a friend of mine when we were both fillies... nowadays... well, i think she's still okay" 19:16:24: "Any tips for dealing with her?" 19:17:03: patchwork wanders back to the rest of the group. "What I miss?" 19:17:46: "You have a lot of guards around here. Any other family living here?" 19:17:50: HighCaliber whispers to Patch: "We are seeing what information we can get out of the mare." 19:17:50: "it depends on what you have to do in broccoli.... what's your business here?" then looks at buddy and smiles "i know a lot of nice songs, i used to sing them to my little muffin" 19:18:18: JackHammer nodnods as she follows Cat back to the house. "No worries. I'm pretty sure Cal won't actually shoot anyone that doesn't deserve it. Mainly because I'll buck his head clean off if he does." 19:18:39: "We're traveling trough on our way to Nightmare Falls. Got a job waiting for us there." 19:19:19: Cataclysm trots up towards the others curiously, "We're just passing through. Nothing that major. Looking for supplies, maybe." her tail swishing slightly at the mention of shooting an undeserving subject, and the retribution, "Hope he gets that right. I'd hate for him to have an unfortunate accident." 19:19:54: "well, then you can avoid the town completely... i can sell you provisions if you need them." 19:20:51: "Anything else we could use? Like a bath or a nice place to rest for a few hours?" 19:21:09: JackHammer chuckles at Cat's comment. "Right, and that's assuming he doesn't get a dynamite suppository first. Just what the doctor ordered to cure someone of bein' fatally stupid!" 19:21:55: "I know a good way to rig something to explode" 19:22:59: "you can sleep it the barn, it's empty and there's some hay inside... and i can prepare you a bath if you wish, but you'll have to take turns and the water won't be hot... ah... since you hewlped mee, it's free of charge, obviously" 19:23:06: "I know... which way is right." 19:23:14: patchwork frowns. "I don't like things that go boom." 19:23:42: "Thank you very kindly." 19:23:50: "Now, now. He's not done anything wrong yet. No need to get overly malicious." Cataclysm bows her head slightly to Pumpkin, "Thank you kindly for the place to stay for the night. It's always nice to meet a mare willing to repay kindness with kindness." 19:24:14: HighCaliber whispers to the group. "Let's /not/ talk about explosives while in the home of another mare who has an unknown amount of guards." 19:24:49: "Don't worry patchie me and Miss cat can help you with them, And thank you kindly miss Pumpkin" 19:25:41: "no, thank you for not letting me trot up to the hole in the night... i think i got a bit carried, tonight..." 19:26:54: Buddy_ looks at some doodles on the walls, obviously the work a of a child. "Did you draw those pictures Mrs Pumpkin? They're really good! Some of them even stay in the lines." 19:27:03: patchwork grins. "It was no problem. I'm just glad I could help out." 19:27:12: "So, are you the only one living here? Or do you have more family around?" 19:27:37: JackHammer chuckles and waves a hoof. "Naturally we wouldn't be using explosives in this fine mare's home or barn. Not the kind of thing a guest should do. Hmmm...a barn...ought to have a hay loft." She turns her grin on Cat. 19:28:01: the mare looks at the doodles and shakes her head "no, that was risotto's... i... i don't want to talk about that.... i think you should go to sleep now" 19:28:14: Light_Seeker stays on cats back 19:28:35: Cataclysm smiles in return to Jackie, "Well, at least we'll have somewhere soft to stay tonight?" then slowly looking back towards the mare, "Alright. Have a good night." waving a hoof to her before heading towards the barn in question. 19:28:58: "Um, can you point out the bath?" 19:29:08: patchwork bows toward Pumpkin. "Good night m'am." 19:29:44: HighCaliber scoops up Buddy. "Let's go to bed, kid. It's been a long day, and you need your shut-eye." 19:29:46: Buddy_ looks down at his hooves. "Oh. I'm sorry Mrs Pumpkin." 19:30:24: "Okay Mr Bear." 19:30:24: "the services are outside the barn, on the left" 19:30:46: "Thank you kindly madam." 19:31:13: Cataclysm lowers herself towards the floor of the barn, "Here we are, Light. Time for bed, I think." 19:31:25: Desert_Lightning heads outside and starts cleaning his hooves. Then the rest of his body. 19:31:28: JackHammer turns towards the barn calling back, "Thanks for the barn, ma'am. If you want, you can keep Patchy with you. We promise he's clean and good mannered!" ;3 19:32:19: Light_Seeker gets off of Cat's back and stands next to her "Thank you miss Cat" 19:33:23: patchwork starts to head to the barn to find a soft corner to lay down in for the night. 19:34:11: HighCaliber sets up a small part of the barn and begins to clean up the rest of the salvaged armor. 19:34:55: Cataclysm gently reaches down to rub Light_Seeker's head affectionately, careful not to actually hurt him, "You're welcome. Just try not to go running off alone, hm? It's a dangerous world out there." 19:37:58: JackHammer enters the barn and looks around. There's Cat with Seeker...some stalls...ah, and there's the ladder for the hay loft! She heads over to stand beside it waiting hopefully for Cat. 19:38:54: HighCaliber whispers Patch over to the armor. 19:39:14: Buddy_ curls up on Cat's tail. 19:39:50: patchwork Patch goes to help Caliber with cleaning the armor. 19:39:55: "I won't next time i'll bring you and buddy and DL and Jackie , oh and patchie." 19:40:27: Cataclysm finishes her affectionate moment with Light_Seeker only to find that Buddy has taken up a place on her tail. Sighing quietly, great. Wasn't he content with Caliber earlier? Carefully trying to nudge Buddy off her tail without waking him too much so she can go join Jackie. 19:41:19: Buddy_ chews on Cat's tail. Cotton candy! Omnomnom. 19:42:27: Cataclysm mmmfs quietly, going wide-eyed. Oh joy, now she was a chew toy. Yes, this sounded about right. Giving Jackie a pleading, apologetic look. What was she going to do? 19:44:07: Light_Seeker nudges Buddy a little 19:44:16: patchwork levitates out his pipbuck and lets HighCaliber use it. "Give it back to me when you're finished with it. It's very precious to me." 19:45:01: Desert_Lightning enters the barn feeling a lot better. Noting the sleeping and soon to be sleeping ponies he makes himself a nice bed of clouds and starts relaxing upon them. 19:45:06: JackHammer blinks as she sees Cat staring at her...um...what's that look? Does she not like Jackie any more? Was it something she said? Wait, maybe it's her smell, or...oh yeah, the vomit from earlier! She'd better go wash that off. "Be right back!" And she races out of the barn to go clean up. 19:45:19: "Nnh." 19:46:13: Cataclysm blinks as Jackie rushes off, face-hoofing quietly, great what had she done wrong this time? Siiiigh. Shifting a little in an attempt to get Buddy off her tail. Come on, just when her luck was actually looking to change now this? 19:46:32: "Oh well i stay with buddy so i won't leave him unless i have good reason." 19:48:33: HighCaliber calls everyone to the power armor. 19:48:58: "Guys? There's some stuff here you might want to see." 19:49:18: Desert_Lightning doesn't leave the cloud. Propelling the cloud instead. 19:50:03: Light_Seeker jumps on cats back "I don't want to look" 19:50:09: "Lightning? You might want to see this too." 19:50:29: Cataclysm acks, standing up quickly and trying to pull away from Buddy, "Hey. HEY! Hair is not good food! Hair is bad food." trying to get away from Buddy's hungry mouth without hurting him. Aaaugh, suddenly mounted by Light_Seeker again, she was never going to get a moment's peace, was sh? 19:50:32: she?* 19:51:07: Desert_Lightning falls through the cloud, landing on his hooves. "What is it?" He trots over to see. 19:51:34: "Guys seriously come here. Buddy if you're hungry I've got some more food you can eat." 19:51:41: HighCaliber yells to the rest of the group. "Anyone else coming?" 19:51:56: Buddy_ is woken by the tail being pulled out of his mouth. 19:52:25: Light_Seeker closes his eyes and tries to hide under Cat's mane 19:52:39: Buddy_ looks around to see if there's anymore of that cotton candy around. 19:53:08: Cataclysm stares at her sopping wet and partially chewed on black and orange tail, sighing softly. Her mane is tough to hide under, seeing as to how she braids it most of the time. Very slowly making her way over towards the armor. This day was just getting longer and longer, "Is it really important enough it can't wait until morning?" 19:53:09: "Ok, I guess It's just you, me, and Patch then, DL" 19:53:34: "I found something in the armor. Some data." 19:53:49: JackHammer stows her armor and ponyshoes, takes advantage of the bath facilities to get decently clean, even tries to fluff up her mane a bit...and then pulls out something she's been saving for the right moment. The barn door opens, and in steps Jackie wearing nothing but Dr. Adorable's Gloves as if they were latex stockings. "Time for the tiger and Cat to play, yes?" 19:53:51: "Light it's pretty cool stuff." 19:54:03: Buddy_ follows Cat's tail. Something familiar about it... 19:54:04: Desert_Lightning perks up. "Data? As in, from the sky data?" 19:54:18: "The very same." 19:54:20: Light_Seeker walks over and hides behind DL "Okay i'll stay here" 19:54:30: "That's what it looks like." 19:55:41: "What's it about though, specifically?" 19:55:53: HighCaliber shows Patch's PipBuck to the few that actually came over. "From what I can tell, these are photos from the mare who used this armor. Family, friends, home, and the like." 19:56:22: Cataclysm looks up as Jackie came in. Okay, data officially forgotten, yes. Trotting over towards her, "Sounds wonderful to me." Yes, yesyesyes. Just a few hours of alone time. Please, please, please! 19:56:30: Desert_Lightning looks at them intently. 19:56:37: HighCaliber takes a breath. "But that's not all. Apparently, this mare was on a mission, too." 19:56:42: Buddy_ sees Light hiding behind Desert and tries to hide there too. 19:57:42: HighCaliber looks at Desert_Lightning. "Does the name 'FeatherFall' mean anything to you?" 19:57:44: JackHammer grins at Cat, not caring what the boys are doing with their toys as she sashays through the barn door and into the light. She's never sashayed before, but somehow it just feels right. 19:59:07: Cataclysm was still wearing her not entirely clean worker's uniform, and hard hat. But that image was enough to make her want to strip it all off right this moment. She didn't, ofcourse, not just yet. Why deprive such a pretty mare of any fun? But the temptation, oh the temptation. Swishing past and heading towards the ladder, tailtip flicking up Jackie's chin before climbing for the hay loft. 20:01:20: JackHammer prances a little as that tail tip brushes beneath her chin urging her gaze to rise and meet Cat's eyes...and oh my, yes, she is ready to do whatever those eyes tell her. "Lead the way, hon," she murmurs huskily. 20:07:23: "I've heard of that pony, kinda famous for a bit. A Pegasus that could get you near anything. No pony knew where he came from, only that he'd stop by every once in a while to but stuff. Odd stuff to, like berries and fruits for gemstones and bullets." 20:08:07: "Never knew he was from the sky though." 20:08:43: "Well, according to this data, he was a deserter from the Enclave. And our good ol' friend Sunny Smiles back there was trying to find him." 20:09:46: "So did he kill her?" 20:09:51: "If he was a deserter, then maybe he was like my grandfather? Branded on the flank?" 20:09:53: HighCaliber shows pictures of Featherfall to the group. 20:10:54: "It doesn't say it was a search and destroy mission. Just to find the stallion and report back to base." 20:11:08: "It doesn't say if she was successful or not..." 20:11:36: "Hmm. Maybe we should find this buck. He could have more answers." 20:11:56: "Answers to what, exactly?" 20:12:45: "Or we could try to get a part to repair this armour. He was well known for getting hard to find pieces of equipment." 20:12:56: "Dunno, but this is interesting, and my curiosity is bugging me to find out what it's about." 20:13:02: Light_Seeker taps the mare in the photo "who is she?" 20:13:22: "My guess? The mare who wore this armor. Before... Ya know..." 20:13:44: "If it is her then her name was Sunny Smiles." 20:13:52: the mare marked by Light_Seeker appears in a lot of photos, it couldd also be sunny 20:14:47: Light_Seeker looks up and around for cat and jackie "Hey wheres cat and jackie?" 20:14:53: HighCaliber yells to the creaking sounds coming from above. "HEY! WE'RE TRYING TO THINK DOWN HERE!" 20:15:09: "Maybe she knew the mare that owned the suite. She could also still be around. We should keep our eyes open for any of the ponies in these photos." 20:15:25: JackHammer does have the patience to keep things at a slow boil while the boys poke at the suit down below...but eventually somepony listening in way more than is polite might hear some rumbling purrs, giggling, and chuckling from the loft. 20:15:30: "Wasn't Sunny the mare in the suit?" 20:15:57: patchwork looks at Light_Seeker. "They're doing grown up pony things. Try not to worry about it." 20:16:27: "Yes. But the mare in the photo might not be Sunny. It might be somepony she knew." 20:17:05: Cataclysm is, by comparison, only slightly louder. Oh yes, she's very happy to find a mare who shares here interests, it's been way, way too long. And awfully hard to control herself, but doing her best to avoid accidentally scarring the boys down below for life. 20:17:05: "If it's her, family or a friend, it doesn't make a difference right now. Patch, can you save this data for later?" 20:17:17: "I'd say it's Sunny, if the cutie marks anything to go by." 20:17:26: Light_Seeker looks back at the mare in the photo "I feel like i have seen her before" 20:18:09: "Yeah I can save the photos for latter." 20:18:09: "Yeah, she was a corpse about a mile back." 20:18:21: "No living" 20:18:27: "Thanks, Patch." 20:18:33: patchwork looks at light. "Do you remeber where?" 20:19:11: "Yeah...." 20:19:15: HighCaliber puts the freshly shinny armor away. 20:19:57: "Well where do remember seeing her? We could solve this whole mystery." 20:21:10: "It was while i was dreaming" 20:21:34: "What was the dream about?" 20:21:38: HighCaliber stifles a chuckle. 20:22:26: Light_Seeker glares at cal then goes back to looking at Patchie "She was crying" 20:22:37: Buddy_ sits next to Light, listening to every word. 20:23:17: JackHammer is certainly not going to let this opportunity pass her by after so long! No, she's quite happy to put those latex stockings to use on a...comparitive study of how a mare reacts to bare hooves versus latex-covered hooves. 20:23:30: It's for SCIENCE! ;3 20:24:05: patchwork gives HighCaliber a look. "You never now there could be magic surrounding the events. You never know what might happen when magic is involved." Returning his gaze to Light_Seeker. "Anything else you can remember?" 20:24:14: know* 20:24:30: "Yes she was eaten" 20:25:14: patchwork frowns. "You can you tell us what ate her?" 20:25:41: HighCaliber points to the loft. "Like up there?" 20:26:40: "Isn't Cat and Jackie up there?" 20:27:09: it's not easy to work with two mares having horse sex on the upper floor of the barn 20:27:25: "Light, it's best if you don't know whats going on up there till your older." 20:27:27: actually, it's more than annoying 20:27:29: patchwork can't help but laugh. "That's not what he meant Cal." 20:28:02: Cataclysm apparently reacts very differently to bare hooves compared to hooves covered in latex, judging by the way the boys downstairs can make out her sounds changing, and Jackie can -definitely- tell the difference. Yeah, not quite as quiet or subtle as she would like, to put it mildly. 20:28:29: "Oh gawd they're getting pretty randy aren't they." 20:28:34: Light_Seeker races to the ladder "I won't let it get to them!!!" 20:29:15: Desert_Lightning flys over to the ladder to block Light_Seeker. "No, don't go up there!" 20:29:39: "But it's up their!" 20:29:57: Buddy_ tugs at Patchwork's mane. "Why are they wrestling? I thought we were going to bed soon." 20:30:03: "Not for younger ponies okay?" 20:30:30: JackHammer is pretty good at bringing water to a slow boil. Apparently she sucks at doing the same with a mare, at least when it's been a wee bit too long for her... 20:30:35: "Jackie and Cat are just playing a grown up game is all. It's better if you don't know what's going on untill you're both a bit older." 20:31:00: HighCaliber just sits back and watches, trying not to laugh. 20:31:22: ...and speaking of too long, there's no such thing when it comes to Cat's tongue! ;3 20:31:48: "I know who eats ponies, Mr Patch. It's the ghost! The one who gets you if you're naughty." 20:32:04: "But it must be up there eating their souls." 20:32:17: Cataclysm is evidently a bit too ambitious with Jackie in return, given the music she makes with the other mare. Better hope that nopony downstairs was actually trying to get to sleep this early. Well, they were probably busy anyway. More important was whether or not the guards would hear. 20:32:23: "They're fine. They just playing trust me. I would know if it was the ghost." 20:32:59: Desert_Lightning tackles Light_Seeker. "Don't go up and disturb them when they're having fun." 20:33:28: Light_Seeker words are underlined by a particularly high pitched squale from one of the two mares, it is easy to think that something is going wrong, for somepony that doesn't know better 20:33:56: Light_Seeker teleports up their with DL 20:34:08: patchwork face flushes bright red. "Oh bother." 20:34:15: "Huh, what, huh." 20:34:54: Desert_Lightning looks at what can only be called an absolutely divine sight. 20:34:57: HighCaliber jabs Patch in the side. "Good times, eh?" 20:35:09: Buddy_ cocks his head in confusion at Patchwork's words and then points at the mare in the picture. "But Light said that she got eaten, so it must have been the ghost!" 20:35:26: Cataclysm is totally not in a horribly compromising position fit to scar a young foal for life alongside Jackie. Nope. Well, okay, she is. But apparently she's really, really good at it. Who knew ponies could bend that way? And could do THAT with their tongue!? 20:35:28: JackHammer also makes a nice thumping sound as Jackhammer's right rear leg demonstrates how she got her name. There's going to be a hoof print in that beam... 20:36:10: "Uh, wha, um." 20:36:33: "I-Uh oh um. . . I thinks it's time for you to go to sleep Buddy." 20:36:40: Light_Seeker looks around the loft for something not paying to much to the mares 20:37:07: Desert_Lightning is to shocked to string together words. Partially due to teleporting and partially due to the lovely mares infron of him. 20:38:59: Cataclysm looks up just a few moments after Light Seeker and Desert Lightning appear, catching sight of them. Her face was suddenly very red as she made a grab for a chunk of hay nearby to throw it in LIghtning's face, "Can't a girl get some privacy in this barn!?" 20:39:50: Desert_Lightning dumbly falls back after being hit by the pillow. "Uh, I can,um, teleporting is magic." 20:40:11: JackHammer has her face...well, just lets say that her surroundings are visually rather limited at the moment. Licky! Licky! Licky! 20:40:42: Light_Seeker looks at DL on the floor 20:41:14: Cataclysm doesn't manage to split her attention for long before Jackie's attention gets her attention back towards the other mare. She hasn't quite yet realized that Light's actually seen them, given her preoccupation with the pegasus. Darn spying flying ponies. 20:41:17: HighCaliber is literally rolling on the floor, laughing. 20:41:34: "Light, go back down. NOW!" 20:41:57: Desert_Lightning gets up and proceeds to catch Light_Seeker 20:41:57: Light_Seeker gets onto the ground in a battle ready style 20:42:38: patchwork tries to get buddy to lie down and go to sleep. 20:42:50: Buddy_ wanders back into the barn to find a place to sleep, but with the shouting from above he looks for somewhere quieter. 20:43:04: JackHammer does however notice when Cat stops...participating...and...wait, who is she talking to? "Buh?" She pokes her head up just in time to see DL and Seeker. "Hey! This isn't a show!" And another clump of hay goes flying. 20:43:04: Cataclysm is fairly aptly demonstrating her name completely without actually doing anything specific. So, instead, she decides to return her attention to Jackie. Mmmm, wonderful. 20:44:05: Desert_Lightning is hit again and stumbles off the ledge. Falling down he decides that Light is on his own now. 20:44:34: JackHammer returns her attention to the mare at hoof, mane a bit ruffled by the interruption, but...ooh, that's a nice distraction, yus! Mood is now improving again. (^.^) 20:44:55: Light_Seeker is on the ground up their and pulls out his gun 20:46:04: "Alright, sleep sounds good, really really good." 20:46:18: Buddy_ 's tail vanishes round the door. 20:46:34: patchwork tries to find a quite spot in the barn to hide his head and get some sleep. 20:46:42: Desert_Lightning finds suitable bit of hay and lies down. 20:47:23: Desert_Lightning whispers to himself. "Good dreams tonight I think." then slowly drifts off. 20:47:38: Cataclysm does, however, manage to notice the sound of a gun being readied, even over the sounds in her head of angels. Spotting the weapon a moment, and a second later Seeker. Ohnohnohno. Instantly she was off Jackie and towards the foal, "What are you doing up here? You should go downstairs with the other boys." 20:48:17: Light_Seeker blinks trying to remember "Um i was with DL one second then the next up here" 20:48:47: Cataclysm blinks and furrows her brows, "Really? And he was carrying you..?" She didn't like where this was going at all. 20:50:06: "Last thing i know was i was down there looking at a pic then i heard something and then DL was on me then i was here." 20:50:58: JackHammer is normally really good at wrestling, but...she wasn't expecting her 'special mare friend' to suddenly roll her aside and go scrambling off into the dark. "Did I do something wrong? Maybe you want to be on the bottom next time?" 20:52:43: Cataclysm sighs quietly, reaching down to grab Light Seeker by the scruff of the neck and carry him back down the latter, depositing him on top of Desert Lightning, "You sleep with him tonight. And in the morning, remind me to give him a stern talking to, okay?" back up the ladder and back to Jackie, "NOpe. Nothing wrong. Just had to deal with an... Interruption." 20:54:04: Desert_Lightning is asleep so doesn't notice his near death experience. 20:54:15: JackHammer has already forgotten about Seeker and doesn't see the small pony with Cat's perfect plot wiggling away from her. "H...hey, wait! Don't go! We can do it differently. anything you want! C'mon, please?" 20:55:00: Light_Seeker is still on top of DL "What happen?" 20:55:54: JackHammer looks with obvious desperation turning to relief when Cat returns to her. "Just say the word, and I'll do it. But please don't leave again?" 20:56:32: Cataclysm gently pats Jackie's cheek, "Not tonight I won't. Promise. Peeping bucks or not." mmm, back to a wonderful, wonderful time. 20:58:04: HighCaliber has filled his quota of fun for the night and lays down. 20:58:29: Light_Seeker goes over to Patchie and tries to wake him up 20:58:39: JackHammer visibly slumps with relief and follows Cat more like a puppy than a tigress. Though...not like Puppy which would be a lot less sexy though it would probably also involve Cat losing sleep for less naughty reasons.. 20:58:48: "Huh wha?" 20:59:02: "Buddy's gone Patchie" 20:59:47: patchwork Patch bolts. "Why can't this night just go smoothly? You want me to go look for him with you? 20:59:51: " 21:00:01: bolts up* 21:00:01: Cataclysm now confident that she wasn't being spied on, was happy to go back to what she had been doing. Yes indeed. 21:00:18: "Yes" 21:01:12: "Alright then lets let the others know." 21:02:03: Light_Seeker shouts up to Cat "Buddys gone" 21:02:53: Cataclysm comes to a crashing halt at those words, great. Now she was going to have to get up and leave the barn wasn't she? Yes. Yes, she was. No matter how good it was, she wasn't going to leave some poor foal off wandering the wasteland alone. Ugh. And today was going so, so well! 21:04:50: JackHammer is startled from her happy fun times by a shout. Nuuuu! So close! X'D 21:04:53: Desert_Lightning stirs due to the shouting 21:05:10: "huh, wazz going on?" 21:05:52: Light_Seeker goes outside and calls for Buddy "Buddy! Where are you Buddy!?" 21:05:55: Cataclysm groans and slowly stands up, planting a kiss on Jackie's nose, "Tomorrow night." wobbling slightly as she works her way back down the ladder. Still rather exhausted from her... Enjoyment, "Anypony see where he went?" 21:05:55: "Buddys gone missing we're rounding up the group to go look for him. . . There ain'tno rest for the wicked." 21:06:47: "Light?" 21:06:58: Desert_Lightning sighs and spreads his wings. "I'll go talk to the guards, see if they seen anything." 21:06:59: one of the guards on the roof shouts at the ponies "hey, stop with all this ruckuss! the foal is in the mansion, with the mistress! now go to sleep!" 21:07:21: JackHammer sighs and resigns herself to having to put on some clothes and go hunt for the other little troublemaker. If he wasn't so adorable...but he is, so she climbs down from the hayloft, gets armored up and everything, and...promptly gets told she just wasted her time. 21:07:24: Light_Seeker runs to the mansion 21:08:06: these guards are wearing a full combat armor with the marks of the white hooves and are very well armed, one of then has a sniper rifle while the other has an assault rifle and a grenade launcher 21:08:19: Desert_Lightning turns around. "I'm going back to bed. Good night." 21:08:25: patchwork sighs in relief. "Good he isn't lost then. I'm going back to bed.G'night." Patch wonders back to his spot in the barn. 21:08:35: Cataclysm sighs, face-hoofing a moment again, "Well at least he's alright." slowly retreating back into the barn, "Sorry hon. I guess we'll have to have our fun some other time." patting Jackie's cheek with a hoof gently. 21:10:29: the mansion is a little two storey house, colonial style, the door is locked and there are no lights 21:10:52: HighCaliber is still resting peacefully. 21:10:55: somewhere a cricket is singing a love song 21:11:24: JackHammer glances at her spiked ponyshoes then mournfully eyes the retreating pony tail. "B..but...the naughty fun!" she complains as she struggles to get out of her armor in record time. 21:12:28: Light_Seeker looks aroudn trying to find buddy 21:13:35: Cataclysm gently swishes her tail at that prospect, "Is still going to be there when we manage to find a proper place to stay where nopony will drop in on us or worry about what's wrong with us or yell at us for keeping them awake." grinning back at Jackie, "I promise." 21:15:17: JackHammer finally shucks the last of her gear then scrambles up into the loft. "Awww, but...but...road apples! I dun wanna wait!" Okay, maybe it's more whining than complaining... 21:16:28: Cataclysm heads back up into the loft after Jackie, "I'm sorry, hon. But I don't want to get the others kicked out on account of us. Or worse, get Buddy or Light in trouble." 21:17:02: JackHammer sighs and her ears droop. "I guess..." 21:17:27: HighCaliber has a small puddle of drool under his cheek. 21:17:38: the area surrounding the mansion seems to be buddy-free 21:17:54: but the guards told that buddy was IN the mansion 21:18:17: Light_Seeker walks up to the door and puts an ear on it 21:18:52: the whole house is completely silent 21:20:28: Light_Seeker knocks on the door 21:21:32: a hoof taps on Light_Seeker's shoulder "hey, kid..." 21:21:49: Light_Seeker jumps and turns around 21:22:39: a tird guard in a light ramor and armed with a combat shotgun is looking at the foal "your friend is inside, sleeping... please stop going around and let us do our work, okay? go back in the barn" 21:23:35: Light_Seeker sees the gun and runs back into the barn and up the ladder with Cat and Jackie 21:25:35: Cataclysm was, infact, actually just laying alongside Jackie for the moment. She wanted to do more, but all the distractions tonight had made it hard, and she didn't want to get anypony in trouble over it. 21:27:38: finally, when it is already past midnight, the group finds the wil lto sleep for at least some hour. tomorrow there will be other adventures and exciting stuff, but for tonight there are just pretty sleeping ponies. 21:27:50: END OF SESSION FOR GROUP 3