18:13:44: You have heard stories about a town where the salvage is good with plenty of opportunity to make some caps. 18:15:16: Heading to this town in ones or twos, the first of you see what appears to be a roadblock in the distance. 18:16:21: It doesn't look like its been there long. It seems suspicious. 18:17:10: "So as I was telling you earlier Gnash this venture could pove to be quite profitable. I'm glad the talons are assisting me with this." 18:18:39: Gnash rolls his shoulders and cracks his talons "I'm not surprised they sent me. You probably wouldn't have even made it this far on your own." 18:18:52: cerberus is sitting in the middle of the road, studying the roadblock from a distance; the little filly seems quite uncertain on how to proceed 18:19:24: SilentSpecter is off to the side of the road, examining the roadblock through her scope. 18:19:58: Umbra walks slowly down the road, hood pulled low to cover her face. 18:22:31: Gnash points to the blocked road below; "Looks like you're not the only one who had this bright idea." 18:22:32: "Well would you look at that. Silly ponies and their lack wings to help them around obsticals. Wanna see if we can do something to ealivate their problem?" 18:22:44: lack of* 18:23:41: Gnash sneers. "Whatever. Just let me handle it if they start shooting." 18:25:16: Geldnir grins. "Fair enough." Elegently glides into a landing behind the confused looking filly. "Need some help miss?" 18:25:49: Umbra takes stock of the roadblock ahead and pauses, glancing to either side in hopes of a way around. She had never had much luck with roadblocks. 18:26:15: Gnash lands next to Geldnir, saying nothing. 18:26:27: SilentSpecter grunts, standing up while slinging her rifle across her back, heading down to the road and a little closer to the road block 18:26:49: cerberus the filly looks toward the griffon, she doesn't seem very impressed by the large creature. "oh, look, a griffon... i think that some stupid pony built a barricade..." 18:27:33: Gnash Gnash turns away from Geldnir, observing their surroundings. "I think we might have company." Gnash readied to pounce in the event of an ambush. 18:30:08: cerberus the filly looks around in the uotskirts, looking for a decent way to move around the barricade and getting a better view without staying in the open "so... why are you offering help? are you a slaver?" 18:30:43: Geldnir raise one of his eyebrows. "Yeah it looks like it." then leaning over and whispering to Gnash. "Do what you think is best, but if they don't shoot first leave them be." 18:31:30: Gnash smirks. "Quite an attitude for one so young." 18:32:09: Geldnir shakes his head. "I don't trade in flesh. Nah I'm just a kind hearted merchant." 18:33:16: Gnash rolls his eyes at Geldnir, then turns back to face the cloaked figure walking up the street, who seems in turn to simply be observing as well 18:33:35: cerberus the filly snickers "really... a gentle griffon... don't you eat ponies?" the blank flank keeps checking the surroundings talking to the two griffins but looking around 18:33:53: Umbra flicks her head in a shrug, seeing nothing else to do but continue. She trots forward toward the griffins and filly in the roadway. Excuse me, but is there normally a roadblock here? Have you come this way before? 18:34:43: Geldnir chuckles. "I don't, but my friend here might, never thought toask him." 18:34:49: Gnash "Only when they're fresh," Gnash remarked. 18:35:58: Geldnir turns to the new comer. "Sorry mate first time traveling this route myself so I couldn't tell you." 18:36:06: cerberus turns her headd towards umbra, sniffing the air for a moment and then frowning and cursing pony nose "i have no idea, but i'm not running there to chack... still..." the foal trots toward the edge of the road, studying an alternate path "i could get a better view if i can get closer..." 18:36:21: Gnash glares at the hooded newcomer warily. He doesn't answer, but scratches at the breast of his armour, flexing his talons just enough to show how sharp they are. 18:36:50: cerberus "it shouldn't be a problem... ponies are stupid" 18:37:31: Gnash cocks and eyebrow. "I would be inclined to agree with you, but isn't that a bit self depreciating?" 18:38:19: "Right well 18:38:28: Umbra gives the quarrelsome filly an curious look. Quite an attitude, from one so young. 18:38:58: SilentSpecter approches the small group gathered in the middle of the road "What, is this an impromtu in-the-middle-of-no-where party?" 18:39:09: cerberus before moving, the foal looks at Geldnir "i hate ponies, and i hate puce" then she starts moving 18:39:57: "I'll just fly over to barraced and see what I can find out about it." 18:40:42: cerberus the foal tries moving in cover as much as possible, abvoiding every possible direct line of sight with the barricade and paying attention to eventual patrols. her aim is to get close enough to deterine the nature of the figure guarding the baricade 18:40:53: Gnash rounds on Spectre, glaring. "I don't remember inviting anyone, so no." 18:41:15: "Pity." 18:42:13: Geldnir stretching his wings Geldnir takes to the air again flying towards the barracade, keeping an eye out for any gaurds. 18:43:55: "Gnash are you coming or what?" 18:43:59: Gnash launches himself into the air alongside Geldnir. He was hired to protect the former Talon, not chat with ponies 18:45:04: Geldnir chuckles abit. "Two gaurds, and they seem rather suprised to see us. We should drop in and say hello." 18:45:54: Umbra shrugs again. ''I shall take a look as well.'' She said, leaving the road and skulking toward the barricade. 18:46:11: cerberus comes back from her short trip, sighing "no tribals, and they don't seem raiders...." 18:46:22: Geldnir lands a short walking distance away from the gaurds and begins approaching them. 18:47:00: Gnash deadpans. "Is that going to be your defacto policy? You're going to get yourself killed if you try that with the wrong crowd." 18:47:17: SilentSpecter shrugs and heads off the site of the road, edging closer to the roadblock from cover to cover, keeping an eye out for any movement that might indicate a patrol 18:47:31: cerberus trots a bit behind the griffins, mostly letting them to form the potential meat shields while she doesn't even readies her rifle 18:48:15: A stallion's head pokes from the top of the barricade. "H-Hey! It's 10 caps a head to get past!" 18:48:42: "Well I assume that you'd shoot them if they were the 'wrong crowd' plus it never hurts to try diplomacy." 18:49:23: Geldnir turns to the gaurd. "On who's authority are you charging caps to use this road?" 18:49:49: Gnash glowers. "I don't shoot anything." Gnash flexes his talons again. 18:50:32: A second, larger stallions head joins the first. "Misturr Snapper says to us to get the caps till they get back." 18:51:54: Gnash stares incredulously at the two guards, but leaves Geldnir to do the talking 18:51:59: cerberus the foal sighs and sits down, listening at the ponies and the griffins talking as if it wasn't her problem 18:52:12: He turns to his smaller comrade. "Wen dus Mr Snapper come back?" 18:52:24: Geldnir grins at Gnash. "Claw, shoot, blugeon, samething." Chuckling abit before returning his gaze to the gaurd. "Who is this Mr. Snapper?" 18:53:15: Gnash snorts in irriatation, glancing at his talons. "It most certainly is not," he mutters, but doesn't press the issue. 18:53:17: Umbra watches the proceedings from whatever concealment she can find. 18:53:21: cerberus in the meantime she checks the surroundings for the presence of snipers or hidden ponies 18:54:47: "Quiet! Let me do the talking." Small looks back at the group. "Mr. Snapper is the boss, and one day he's gonna be the big boss of the whole wastes, or something." 18:55:10: SilentSpecter sets her rifle up on what she was using for cover, watching the griffons talking to the ponies at the roadblock through her scope 18:55:16: "Thats what he says anyway." 18:56:17: Geldnir starts grinning at the smaller gaurd. "By chance do you know who the Talons are little pony?" 18:56:27: cerberus the foal sighs and shakes her head, whispering "ponies are getting dumber every day..." 18:58:56: "Yeah I heard of them," says Small. "10 caps, 10 caps!" says Big, seemingly happy to remember such a large number. 18:59:42: Gnash scratches at the chest of his armour again, just shy of the Talon insignia, again allowing the glint of their sharpness to be easily noticed 19:01:41: SilentSpecter watches the scene for a bit and then decides to just go around the roadblock out of sight. 19:02:49: Umbra having had enough of that conversation, creeps around the periphery of the impromptu barricade. 19:03:29: "Well then you would know that they are ruthless fierce warriors who could gut a pony fairly easily with a quick flick of their claw. My friend here happens to be one. It'd probably be healthier for you to just pretend you never saw us and just let us pass other wise my friend here might help himself to some pony stew later tonight." 19:04:13: cerberus the foal reaches the griffins and whispers to them "if you can keep them distracted for another clawfull of minutes, we can just slip past them and then you'll fly over them..." 19:04:22: Gnash chuckles coldly; "It'd go great with some corriander" 19:05:01: SilentSpecter uses the rocky terrain surrounding the 'roadblock' to bypass it at an easy trot 19:08:02: "Silly birdy," says Big, "We seen you already! We don't forget now." 19:08:19: cerberus while the two griffins keep talking, the foal trots away until she is out of sight, then she jumps in the rocks and starts moving in cover to get past the roadblock without being noticed 19:09:11: Geldnir frowns "Ah well that is unfortunate for you. Gnash, you can have the big one. I'll take the little one." 19:09:58: The ground-bound members of our party have made it past safey 19:11:01: cerberus when the foal is on the other side, she pops for a moment behind the guards givinf the griffins the all-clear sign and then goes back in cover and gets a little farther, stoping to wait for the chickens 19:11:54: SilentSpecter sets her rifle up again once she's past, curious about why the griffons didn't just fly over 19:12:36: Gnash chuckles cruelly. "Finally. And here I was thinking I wouldn't get any action on this job." 19:13:12: Geldnir pulls out his machete the blades on his wings glinting slightly in the afternoon sun. 19:20:48: Umbra slowly moves closer behind the guards, prepared to assist if necessary or prevent a runner from escaping. If a guardpost was going to be unnecessarily wiped out, it was best not to leave witnesses. Their bosses tended to get angry. 19:23:46: Gnash lets out a screech and lunges towards the heavier set of the two guards, slashing viciously with each talon, accompanied by his blade linde wings 19:25:40: Gnash 's first swing cuts into the guard savagely, but the second wings wide and doesn't connect. 19:26:35: Big rears back in surprise and pain, heavily wounded by the griffon's swipe 19:30:49: cerberus the foal lowers her head, muttering "well, i guess that's the average nice griffon..." 19:34:19: Geldnir swipes at the smaller of the two ponies lashing out with his machete. 19:40:49: Geldnir's first slash misses, but his upswing tears through the poor little pony's throat, jaw, and lower head. The bloody heap crumples to the floor. 19:41:06: CRITICAL HIT! 19:41:36: Gnash stares at Geldnir. "So much for EX-Talon." 19:45:33: "Best, nooo!" Big yells as his friend is turned into a bloody ruin. He grabs the handle of his sledgehammer between his teeth and swings as hard as he can. 19:49:32: Big swings wildly, easily dodged by the nimble Talon griffon. 19:56:44: Gnash scoffs at the clumsy pony before throwing two more intense talon slashes at him 20:01:44: Effortlessly getting under Big's guard, Gnash slashes through the pony's leg and rakes his claws across his side. Copious amounts of blood spill out as Big drops to the floor. 20:02:42: Gnash caws victoriously; "Shooting he says. Feh." 20:04:44: Geldnir grins at Gnash. "An Ex-Talon was still a Talon. Just cause I retired doesn't mean I don't know how to fight." He then begins to strip the smaller pony of it's possions. "Check the big one. You never know what goodies you'll find." 20:06:36: cerberus the foal trots towards the roadblock, sighing "yay..." she doesn't seem very enthusiast of the outcome "you know, there was no need to kill these guards..." 20:07:18: Gnash grins is bemusement. "There might be hope for you yet." Gnash then proceeds to check the bigger guard for caps, ammo and other items, ignoring the crude armor and sledgehammer 20:07:38: Gnash sneers at Cerberus; "Was there any reason not to?" 20:08:21: "I don't like highway men. The roads should be free to use for everyone." 20:08:42: SilentSpecter slings her rifle across her back, standing up and finding a nice rock near the road to sit down on. 20:08:46: cerberus "the smart hunter doesn't kill just becasue he can... but i guess feather heads can't grip the idea... oh well, time to make the clues disappear... i guess?" 20:08:58: *grasp 20:11:03: cerberus "moreover, you big guys should remove the roadblock, at least this will make some sense..." the foal gets up on her rear legs and braces the laser rifle as if she had arms, then with the tail she grabs the grip and shoots 1 shot to each body, pulverizing them 20:12:17: Gnash smirks at the filly. "Big words for such a little pony. Nice hardware though; don't see many of those outside Gawdyna's territory." 20:12:32: Umbra also trots back to the group. There was safety in numbers after all. She watched the little filly vaporize the bodies. ''Good thinking, but the problem is less with the unfortunate deceased themselves, but with the fact that they often have friends. We should leave.'' 20:13:32: Gnash glares at the filly and the cloaked zebra. "where do you ponies get off trying to give ME orders?" He turns away form them. "Let's go Geldnir." 20:14:46: SilentSpecter sits on her rock, and pulls out a pack of cigarettes, carefully pulling a cigarette out of the pack and lighting it with an old lighter 20:15:21: cerberus snickers "don't you know that ponies are pretentious and assertive? you should try what they did to my people... oh wait, you tried, so long for your place above the clouds, yeah, griffon?" 20:15:35: "Hmm it is true that there is safety and numbers. Where are you ponies headed? If it's the same place as as us I see no reason we shouldn't travel together. 20:15:37: " 20:15:47: in numbers* 20:16:05: SilentSpecter gets off her rock and leisurely heads over to the group of ponies and griffons 20:16:41: cerberus "i'm heading down the road to the next city but i don't want to be the last spotted living thing before they find a destoryed giuardpost, so i'll take a longer route... if you are smart you'll do the same and keep a low profile..." 20:17:33: SilentSpecter reaches the group and nods to the little filly "Sound thinking." 20:17:43: Gnash glares breifly at Geldnir, as if pondering the audacity of working with ponies. He says nothing however, keeping to his contract with the Ex-Talon 20:18:54: Umbra is largely unconcerned with the brusquess of the response and shrugs. She was used to being dismissed, or worse. ''Indeed it is, if we are going the same way, there is no reason no to stay together.'' 20:19:19: "Right then. We're headed to the same place, and we don't have a timeline we can take our time getting there. If you don't want to travel together that's fine though." 20:19:24: cerberus "glares at SilentSpecter it's just common sense, but yeah, it could sound pretty smart for a pony... well..." the foal loos around trying to see a way to move out of the road 20:20:13: Geldnir starts dismantling the road block. "Gnash help me with this." 20:21:08: Gnash snorts indignatly, but proceeds to help with the dismantling. "I think I'm going to increase my cut to 30% if you're making special requests." 20:23:15: SilentSpecter flicks the ash from her cigarette, slowly scanning the area around the group. 20:23:25: cerberus while trying to find a decent route to proceed, the foal snickers "griffins...." then she trots away, scouting a couple of possible trails 20:23:34: Geldnir chuckles. "Tell you what. I'll split the proceeds of what we find with you fifty fifty if it'll get you to quit complaining so damned much." 20:24:57: Umbra bucks a few of the carts out of the road, reasoning that the sooner this was done, the sooner they would be out of here. She wasn't really sure why, since the bandits would just rebuild it when they left, but it seemed to satisfy the griffins. 20:26:02: Gnash ponders that; "If we're going to be travelling with ponies, I think I'd rather keep my right to complain. Just because we don;t play politics doesn't mean I have to be cordial. I can always take up some extra work on the side." 20:26:08: cerberus the foals comes back after a short check "good news, it seems to be possible to leave the road... i'l ltake that option..." the foal gives a look in the remains of the scrrapped barricade "oh look, four caps..." 20:26:15: brb. 20:28:24: The road is now clear for any cart or wagon that wishes to pass. 20:29:24: Gnash rolls his shoulders, relaxing his muscles. "That was fun," he deadpans. 20:29:47: cerberus the foal picks a cap from the ground, bites it and then stuff it in a saddlebag 20:30:17: Geldnir grins at his handy work. "Little one you said you found a path? Good lets be off then." 20:31:20: cerberus "nods yeah better move... ah... you know that you could simply fly away, right?" 20:31:40: Umbra nods, turns, and trots off toward their destination, taking the path the filly had previously scouted. 20:32:14: SilentSpecter shrugs and follows the cloaked pony 20:33:17: "Yes well traveling with others makes it less likely for you to get shot at. I don't like being shot at. If you'd like me and Gnash can fly ahead of our little group keeping an eye out for raiders and the like." 20:33:54: Gnash snickers. "Doesn't like getting shot, but offers to lead. Brilliant." 20:34:18: Geldnir laughs 20:34:39: "it's harder to get shot in the air you know." 20:34:51: Gnash smirks. "Good point." 20:35:12: cerberus the foal simply trots behind the other members of the group, trying to keep their pace but not worrying that muich iif she is left behind 20:36:14: cerberus "actually, i can see ambushes myself, but feel free to fly around, if someone spots you they'll blame griffins for the barricade that way" 20:36:55: Geldnir frowns. "You make an excelent point. Walking sounds Soo much nicer now." 20:39:10: cerberus looks at the two other ponies while trotting "uhm, by the way, who are you supposed to be, ponies?" 20:40:24: SilentSpecter looks over at the foal trotting over to them "Silent Specter. Just Specter is fine." 20:41:23: Umbra glances at the filly as well. ''I am called Umbra. As good a name as any.'' 20:41:28: You walk quite peacefully for a time, but then the griffons spot something worrying from above. 20:41:30: Gnash falls in line with Geldnir, but doesn't engage in idle conversation 20:41:49: Gnash glances up; "More company?" 20:42:16: cerberus nods, interested "nice names, ponies... i guess you have also those things... the brands on the butt..." 20:42:32: "I see it. I'll circle down and let the others know." 20:42:34: cerberus "never understood how those work..." 20:43:53: Gnash continues onward. "I'll check it out. Might be 'friends' of the two from before." Gnash lands next to the collection of dead ponies. "...or maybe not." 20:44:02: "You mean a cutie mark? It is supposed to symbolize a talent in which you excel." 20:44:21: Geldnir decendes to just above the ponies heads. "Heads up. Bunch of pony corpses up the road. Names Geldnir by the way. My companions name is Gnash." 20:44:24: Umbra does not comment on the subject. 20:45:05: SilentSpecter looks at the griffon "Any readily apparent causes of death?" 20:45:34: cerberus "cerberus..." then the little filly with the high pitched voice moves her hears "corpses? any sign of movement?" 20:45:39: The bodies have been torn to pieces, but there are still scraps of leather armour on them to suggest they were friends with the two road guards. 20:46:17: "Gnash is checking it out now. I'll fly ahead see what he's found out." 20:46:44: Gnash looks around the area carefully, looking for something that might have done this. It obviously wasn't someone with a gun. 20:46:52: Umbra slows her pace, moving more cautiously ahead. 20:48:23: Gnash begins checking over the corpses for cause of death, plucking anything of potential value that might be left. 20:48:39: cerberus "wait... did you notice that there is no wild life around? hey one of you winged guys, give me a lift, i want to take a look from above...." 20:50:39: Geldnir lands next to the filly."Sure thing climb aboard and get a good grip." Geldnir waits for the filly to get on his back before taking off into the air. 20:51:58: cerberus while on the back of geld, the pony whispers something to the griffon before checking the surroundings a little better 20:51:58: cerberus while on the back of geld, the pony whispers something to the griffon before checking the surroundings a little better 20:54:37: Geldnir grins a bit. "I know that, but I figure I was doing someone a favor. Plus only bandits charge people to use a road no one has claim to." 20:54:37: Geldnir grins a bit. "I know that, but I figure I was doing someone a favor. Plus only bandits charge people to use a road no one has claim to." 20:54:52: cerberus from up above, the foal sighs and shakes her head "i can't see a thing, but we can use these corpses on our advantage... we can got to town and signal them, they'll think that the barricade was destroyed by whatever kileld these corpses and it will be unlikely that they'll blame us since we bring the news" 20:54:52: cerberus from up above, the foal sighs and shakes her head "i can't see a thing, but we can use these corpses on our advantage... we can got to town and signal them, they'll think that the barricade was destroyed by whatever kileld these corpses and it will be unlikely that they'll blame us since we bring the news" 20:55:42: "Right then lets return to the others." 20:55:42: "Right then lets return to the others." 20:56:03: cerberus "wait!... the corpeses are... different, and scattered... they dont' seem to be all guards" 20:56:03: cerberus "wait!... the corpeses are... different, and scattered... they dont' seem to be all guards" 20:56:51: "Maybe we should investigate closer?" 20:56:52: cerberus "and yeah, we better go down and decide what to do" 20:57:13: Geldnir lands near gnash. "What do you think killed them?" 20:57:50: Gnash finishes picking a few stray caps from the corpses, then turns to face Geldnir as he lands. He raises a questioning eyebrow at the passenger, but ignores her. "Something with big nasty teeth did this I think. Definitely not bullets." 20:58:07: cerberus "jumps down from the griffon's back and explains the situation to umbra and SilentSpecter " 20:59:08: cerberus then with a glance at one of the different corpses, the foal frowns "ew, ghouls... really, this is even worse than ponies... zombie ponies..." 20:59:18: "Thinking hellhounds maybe?" 20:59:44: Gnash shakes his head. "Hellhound claws cut cleaner than this." 21:00:18: Gnash also points out; "If there were Hellhounds, we'd probably all be dead right now anyways, and the ground would be full of holes." 21:00:21: cerberus frowns for a moment and trots a bitter away from the group when they start the hellhound talk 21:00:31: *a bit 21:01:51: "Your probably right. . . what else could cause this though. . . Mantacores?" 21:02:51: Gnash shrugs. "A manticore is a predator; it would have picked off a single one and dragged it away for food. It's what I would do anyways." 21:03:40: 'Well then I'm fresh out of ideas then. Anything of value on them?" 21:04:15: Gnash shakes his head again. "Found a few caps, but everything else is either missing or mangled." 21:05:04: "You think whatever killed them might have taken their weapons?" 21:06:52: Gnash shrugs again; "I don't have the keenest eyes, and there was a lot of mess to pick through. Could still be in there, if they had anything." 21:07:01: Umbra shakes her head. ''These guards were killed by the ghouls'' She trots over to a dead ghoul and lifts one of its hooves, matching it to wounds on a nearby guard corpse. ''They probably found ambushed this patrol, judging by the number of bodies.'' 21:07:04: Geldnir's paw touches what looks like a pistol. It looks very broken. 21:08:20: Geldnir picks it up. "Might sell for a pretty penny if I can get it repaired."he says pocketing the pistol. 21:08:27: Gnash looks curiously at Umbra; "Feral ghouls or smart ones?" 21:09:18: "Ferals, I would expect. The smarter ones generally do not claw your face off." 21:10:36: Gnash smirks; "Yeah, but the feral ones don't make off with loot. Maybe a bit of both?" 21:11:33: "Maybe someone else passed through here before us?" 21:11:36: "Or we aren't the first to find the bodies." 21:12:18: "Anyway we shouldn't hang around. Let's continue moving." 21:12:22: Umbra shrugs, her cowl twitching with the movement. ''Even crows collect shiny objects. Who is to say zombies are different. But I am with Specter on this point.'' 21:12:58: Gnash glares at Umbra; "Was that a shot?" he flexes his claws in irritation. 21:13:52: Geldnir lets out a hardy laugh. "Why do think my feathers are black Gnash?" 21:13:56: SilentSpecter sighs, pulling another cigarette from her pack and lighting it before looking around. "I agree with Geldnir. We should get going." 21:14:14: Gnash lowers his claws and says nothing. 21:14:22: ((talons I mean)) 21:14:34: Umbra looks at the griffin evenly and replies. ''No, but it was perhaps tactless of me, I did not mean to offend.'' 21:15:56: Geldnir takes to the air. "No harm nor foul. Don't worry about it Gnash." 21:16:07: Gnash glances at Umbra once more; "Keep minding your manners like that and we won't have any problems." He then falls in behind Geldnir 21:17:00: SilentSpecter snorts, twin trails of smoke coming out of her nose and follows the two griffons 21:17:50: Leaving the scene of grizzly carnage behind, the party continue onward toward their destination. The town of Hope soon comes into view of even the ponies and the zebra on the ground. 21:19:36: cerberus the foal follows the group, taking glares at the surrounding area but not talking very much since the hellhounds were mentioned 21:20:26: "So, we come to Hope. Will it live up to its name, I wonder." 21:20:52: Gnash grins. "One would 'hope' so." 21:21:00: The town looks to be very large but the nearest corner has been walled off from the rest. A wide open space has been cleared around the walls where building have been knocked down to give a clearer view. 21:21:01: Geldnir looks at the town a grin slowly creeping. "This is where I'll make my fortune. You ready Gnash?" 21:21:33: creeping on his face* 21:21:41: Gnash shrugs. "Yeah, and we've been SO licrative thus far." 21:21:48: ((lucrative)) 21:22:50: The walled of section gives off the impression of a castle defending itself from the rest of own. 21:23:01: "Won't know how lucrative untill we sell the loot we got from those highway men." 21:23:56: Oddly, the wall is much shorter on the side facing you. Like it wasn't built to stop outside threats. 21:24:04: Gnash "To who? This place looks like a ghost town." 21:24:36: Geldnir does a back flip as he decends down to ground level. He lands next to the group of ponies. "Maybe. Probably would be better to enter town on foot though. 21:25:16: Gnash sets down next to Geldnir. "Or, if the cloaked one is right, a ghoul town." 21:27:34: "Well I don't have a problem with ghouls so long as they have caps, and aren't feral." 21:27:48: Umbra looks between the walled bastion and the town proper, considereing which to try first. ''There is little point in speculation. Let us take a look.'' 21:28:38: cerberus simply shrugs and follows the group 21:28:40: "We'll towns usually have a barrier of some kind. I say we check out the walled section first." 21:29:14: cerberus takes a look at the walls tryiung to spot guards on it 21:30:07: well* 21:30:11: Gnash smirks at Geldnir; "Talons don't play politics extends to everyone it seems." 21:30:28: SilentSpecter slides her rifle off her back, examining the walls for guards through the scope 21:31:35: cerberus "do ponies usually shoot foals on sight?" 21:31:46: "Eeyup so long as they have the caps to pay for my goods and services I don't really care who they are. The only exception being is if they are enemies of the Talons." 21:32:17: Geldnir looks at the filly. "I don't think so." 21:32:28: SilentSpecter sees a guard looking at her through the scope on his rifle who waves at her. she waves back. 21:32:39: cerberus "oh, and i think that tower has a single guard.... not sure fro here, though" 21:32:43: Umbra does not voice speculation on the nature of the inhabitents. 21:33:39: cerberus "hey, specter, do you see if they have the same armors of the ponies we found on the detour?" 21:33:43: 'On to town then. Enough waiting around." 21:34:19: Gnash smirks broadly; "Spoken like a true Talon. You sure you retired?" Gnash follows his charge up to the gate. 21:35:04: "Yeah I'm sure. The training just sticks with you though." 21:35:13: SilentSpecter slings the rifle on her back "It doesn't look like it. the guards are centainly more well armoured. 21:35:44: "judging from the armor, the two groups are definitely in no way related." 21:35:46: Geldnir approachs the walled section of the town looking for a main gate or entrance. 21:36:05: "Good then we don't have to worry then." 21:36:06: cerberus nods and trots behind the group 21:36:08: Gnash grins. "Which means they have the caps for better gear. This might be worthwhile after all." 21:36:20: three ponies approach. 2 are heavily armoured, the other is clearly an earth pony in a cowboy hat. 21:37:17: Geldnir stops. "After noon." Geldnir nods his head to the approaching ponies. 21:37:21: "Well, howdy there! Welcome to the town a' New Hope!" 21:38:02: "Thanks for the warm welcome." 21:38:03: Gnash mutters to himself; "Why is everyone so obsessed with naming places 'new' something. No originality." 21:38:44: Umbra mutters back, ''Look around you, that is 'old'.'' 21:39:28: "I'm Geldnir, and my muttering friend here is Gnash. I'm a traviling merchant. Heard good things bout this place." 21:39:37: Gnash shrugs; "Everything is old. Hasn't been anything new in two hundred years." 21:40:17: cerberus being a foal, she assumes that she doesn't need to say anything, usually pupps in the pack didn't get to talk anyway, so she doesn't have to explain anything 21:40:22: SilentSpecter coaxes another cigarette from her pack, lighting it. let the talky griffon talk. 21:40:34: Umbra nods in satisfaction, replying. ''Exactly.'' 21:40:46: Gnash smirks and says nothing more. 21:42:31: "Good things is right! We got the best old scrap in all of Equestria right outside our doorstep. It's free to see what you can find out there but if you want to stay inside our walls over night you'll have to pay the fee." 21:43:25: Gnash mutters some more; "Enter at your own risk. Makes sense." 21:43:48: "How much is the entrance fee?" 21:44:54: "To stay inside at night it's 20 caps a head. But don't worry, you'll make plenty more than that with what you find out there." 21:45:43: Gnash glances at Geldnir. "Does that add up? You're the salvage expert. I just know contracts." 21:46:44: Cowboy-hat looks at the hooded form of Umbra, his voice becoming clipped. "Hey, you're not a ghoul are you?" 21:47:00: cerberus "hey, are there many ghouls out here during night?" the childish voice comes from the bottom of the group, hidden behind the bigger ponies and griffins 21:47:06: "20 caps is a bit steep. Is there anywhere I can sell some of my stock first before entering town? I have enough caps for myself, but I can't cover my bodygaurd which is a problem. 21:47:07: " 21:47:35: Umbra shakes her head from the depths of her cowl and replies. ''I am not.'' 21:49:29: "Then you'll be obliging me by showing that you're not a monster." 21:49:37: Geldnir chuckles. "She doesn't sound like a ghoul to me. Don't they have more of gravely voice?" 21:51:07: the guards behind Cowboy-hat grip their weapons a bit harder. Those are some big shotguns... 21:52:20: cerberus "oh c'mon pony, just show your muzzle, it can't be uglier than average" 21:52:29: Umbra looks at Cowboy-hat for a long moment before replying. ''I would prefer not to, but If I must, I must.'' With a flick of her head, Umbra shakes the hood off, revealing her stripes. Her coat is a light gray, and the light stripes in her mane have been dyed purple. 21:53:31: cerberus from where she is, berry can only see plots, so che doesn't actually see that umbra is a zebra 21:53:42: Cowboy-hat visibly relaxes. "Thank you kindly ma'am." 21:54:01: Gnash raises an eyebrow; "Nice hair. Kinda garish though." 21:54:04: Umbra is actually a little surprised by that reaction. 21:54:40: "Now Mr Griffon, you wanted to know about paying to get in? You don't have to!" 21:54:55: SilentSpecter glances at her stripped companion, imperceptibly shrugs and takes another drag from her cigarette. 21:55:12: "You have to pay to stay in." 21:55:47: "Just trust me, you don't want to be out after dark." 21:56:53: 'Ah I see well that makes a world of difference. Well I'll be heading on into to town. I've got wears that need to sold. Come on Gnash." 21:59:04: Umbra shrugs once again and looks at the walled town. ''Perhaps there is Hope for me yet...'' 22:00:47: Our party has reached the town of New Hope, only getting slightly covered in guts along the way. What will they find inside? Tune in next week, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel. 22:01:11: - END OF SESSION FOR GROUP 4 -