MLPFEMTORPG: Race War 2016 Edition

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>>25428014
>Choices create circumstances; decisions determine your future

Please post sheets for the 56th session of TimeQuest

>Previous thread: https://desustorage.org/mlp/thread/25356875

>>25428140
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>>25428140
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>>25428140
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>>25428140
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>YEAR: 1 BE

>>25428160
>Earth Republic, Capital City
Last time, Onyxia and Steel had split of from the others under the dark veil of the shadowscape, intent on finding Steel's teacher and the possible founder of the Order of Eon, Sight, among the citizens of the Earth Republic. Their attention was drawn to a nearby rally of Earth Ponies:
"Hear me, my brothers and sisters of the Republic!" A strong, resounding voice speaks over them, "Re-elections are upon us once again! While we face enemies beyond our borders, and never ending, dreadful weather at all times of the year, let us never forget that in these times we must also look to the problems within as well. If the current Chancellor appointed by our Legislature is not a clear sign that change is needed in the Senate now more than ever, then I don't know what it will take to show that it is!"

As the crowd shouts in both approvals and jeers, Steel turns your head towards the podium. "...he was a politician. Could that help?"

>>25428195
>>25428168
With the incapacitated Pegasi Gale captured on board the Crumple, Nero and Honey had touched down in the Earth Republic and successfully located the Clear Mind Asylum for the Insane, the hospital where Freedom Rings, another possible founder of the Order of Eon, was kept up until his dying days before Equestria was founded. Walking up to the front desk, they had asked to see the insane pony.

"Freedom Rings... Freedom Rings... ah, yes, here he is." The dull sounding Earth Pony still does not look up, instead flipping through a nearby book filled with patients.

(1/2)

>>25428472
(2/2)
"Hmmm, interesting. He hasn't had many visitors since he was admitted here about 4 years ago, the poor fool. We could not find any relatives or associates. And a good thing you arrived when you did. Mr. Rings is no longer faring so well in terms of health: despite our best efforts the cold is permeating some of our rooms and he's growing ill."

He pushes forth a blank sheet, "Please, just sign here and the guards will escort you to his chamber. But, given how long he's been admitted here without visitation, I must assume you are unaware that we have not been able to much improve his mental condition since his admittance. He's difficult to communicate with, yet always so talkative when he thinks he's alone."

>>25428188
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfLr33rbZGA
Last time, Fang had flown off into the cold of the never ending winter directly from the cave. Leaving behind Twilight and Luke as they attempted to give chase, she found herself caught in a small flurry of snow that begins to descend from the trees she weaves through, the sounds of life void in all direction as she makes her way through the dense white forest protected by her barrier.

As she flies along towards her destination, whatever she feels that is, she feels a sudden flurry of snow come from her right, and a powerful wind that attempts to knock her off course during her flight that seems to come suddenly from the white void despite her protection.

>Roll 1d10 to persevere and keep flying, or auto-instant to land

>>25428484
>>Luke's Post
Last time, Luke Twilight and Sterling had tried driving Luke's self-propelled cart through the dense snow-packed forest in order to catch up with Eo-Naxx Fang, but sadly tragedy nearly struck when Luke had very nearly created history's first recorded Vehicular Manslaughter in running over a green-cloaked pony with a blue coat. Twilight healed the pony, and Luke had sold her a story on them being divine agents seeking Eo-Naxx Fang's tower, to which the unnamed cloaked pony shuddered in response as Twilight continues to argue with Luke on his approach to the past.

Twilight whispers, "Why do you think I brought a cloak? So I can hide my wings if I need to. That's why I gave you one too, to cover them up, we could have been in complete incognito right now. Whatever the others are doing I'm sure they're being mindful that we can't mess things up too badly, and I don't just want any Equestria when we get back, I want OUR Equestria."

Twilight grins sheepishly at the cloaked pony trying to hide the intense conversation they're having. The cloaked pony shakes her head, "I would not say it is 'close', we took some time to get out here. The roots we seek only grow in a very exclusive patch of forest, Coltchester is some time away.... and, I'm afraid not: we're not yet aware of where Eo-Naxx makes her dwellings but I have not seen anything resembling a tower yet. My teacher may though, if you will help me to find--"

Sterling helps to wave off some of the snow off your car as the cloaked pony turns to look at her, then jumps. "A pegasus?! What is a pegasus doing here?"

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>>25428140
http://pastebin.com/0DRyArfZ

>>25428472
Onyxia nods at Steel's question as he looks over to the podium.
"It does. Maybe that pony knows where he could be, sounds like he's a politician, or knows who will be running for that election at least."
Onyxia turns away to look around to find any alley or space they can safely de-cloak without being seen, then walks back into the square to join into the crowd for now.

>>25428472
>>25428484
"Well isn't that just lovely," Crumple's robotic voice says outloud, "good to know nopony has ever heard of just burning something for warmth. What a time to live in."

"Sign, huh?"
Crumple begins to sign the sheet as 'Honey Bunch', but signs it in Breezie.

>>25428583
>>25428484
Nero lets Crumple sign, then answers the desk pony.

"Oh I'm sure he'll talk to us. One way or another." Nero says, the two of them having to see Freedom Rings.

>>25428484
Fang attempts to power through the gust.
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>>25428635
"Long as you don't mind the other way being more direct."

>>25428678
"Was subtly simply lost at some point on the way to your era?" Nero whispers to Honey, noting the ponies still nearby.

>>25428635
two of them leaving*

>>25428696
"You mean being a back-stabbing sneak? Oh no, it's still pretty much alive. Too time consuming, honestly; and anything skulking can fix, brute force and explosives could do it way better."

>>25428497
Luke matches twilight's fierce whispers with equally fierce and inaudible whispers that sound somewhat sloshed. "I think you might of watched too many time travel flicks Twilight. We've gotten up to some hijinks in the other times and when I came back to modern day Equestria nothin was amiss. Though granted, yeah killin'a pony's probably gonna do the trick but time travel is more Doctor Whooves levels of seriousness rather than Butterfly Effect. I think we'll get away with this."

To the pony's excitement over Sterling Luke answers "What? She's just hangin out dude, what're you some kinda racist."

>>25428519
Steelnyxia successfully finds an area, an abandoned alley way littered with junk, where they pop out of the shadowcloak and a heavily armored mare steps into the crowd, a few of the peasants looking up with Steelnyxia's sleek, ornate full plate design with awe and attention before turning back to face the pony on the stage.

It is a grey-green Earth Pony with a large top hat, thick beard hanging off of his front waving his hoof in anger. "Senator Honest Work means to introduce new ideas that the Senate so desperately needs to stop it from being the chains that hold us back, and instead the chariot that carries us forward! He deserves your vote election far more than your previously elected representative, Puddingcup himself, who serves more as a perfect example of everything WRONG with the Senate these days. It is that reason that I ask you the proud citizens of the Olde Stone district, to..."

"Hey!" A older stallion with a thick white beard shouts up from the crowd in retaliation, "I know that Honest Work fella, and I know what he has plans for 'changes'. He means to take power AWAY from the Senate! He wants to make himself KING!"

The one on stage aims an accusatory hoof, "That is not at all what he means..."
"Remember the blood our ancestors paid for our democracy! Would you all throw it way so readily?!"

The crowd begins arguing louder between the pony on stage and a division forms between the crowd. Steel whispers
>"(He likely does, but, I'm not confident this rally will end anytime soon at this rate. We should see if we could 'persuade' him to step aside for a moment. Or two.)"

>>25429029
>>25428583
The bored looking pony turns up to look at the massive form of Crumple the raging, his stony expression not yet changing as he merely chews his tongue. "Well. You're certainly a large one, aren't you? Certainly haven't seen armor like that before in the guard." He looks at your penmenship, clicking his tongue. "Your penmenship is terrible. Can I ask for your name while I see you through?"

He gets up, two of the nervous looking guards at the side in simpler armor stepping aside as he takes a key to a door they guard. "And we do keep a fire for him. The problem is keeping it alive."

>>25428583
>>25428635
The earth pony turns from his turning of the keys in the door to look at Nero directly. "If he does, I'll be simply ecstatic." He says in an utterly uninterested tone he's had since the start of the conversation.

Opening up the door, the guards file in directly behind Nero and Crumple, the reception pony leading them through wood halls of various screams or cries coming from rooms as they past, either insane dribbling or tears for help as unruly inmates find themselves fighting the aides in their madness.

Coming upon one such door, the earth pony finally stops, turning to you two a moment more before opening up a window slot made in the door and looking in, "Mr. Rings? You have visitors."

You both hear light mumbling from the inside as the gray earth pony closes the slot. "He is ready to see you. If you have need of the doctor or have any questions, he can be grabbed in a moment's notice. Otherwise, I have my own work to attend to in the front."

(1/2)

>>25429029
Onyxia takes a step away from the crowd as they all start shouting and arguing.
("Maybe we can get him aside while they wait for everypony to calm down.")

Onyxia side-steps the crowd, circling around and steps to the podium's side, close to the top hatted pony.
"Excuse me, can I talk with you for a second? I'm looking for somepony around here, and you look like you know a lot here."

>>25429045
>>25429045
(2/2)
Entering the room of Freedom Rings, you find a stallion clearly in his late thirties or thereabouts laying in his bed, back facing you as he's turned about in several sheets facing the wall. You can only see a light brown mane and a bronzed coat, his features you can see sickly and deprecated though you cannot see his face. The fireplace is roaring with a low flame, a small amount of heat being taken from it but hardly enough to combat a powerful drift coming through his iron-bar window that shows the city outside, slowly covering with snow.

What else draws attention, however, is the mural of symbols, equations, pictures ranging from primitive ponies with spears to magicians with staffs, falling celestial bodies and burning landscapes, and the symbol of Eon sketched into corners here and there along with depictions of several monstrous beings accompanying it.

The gray pony looks about the room, "We can't stop him from making a mess in the room. We mean to refurbish it after he... well... no longer has need of it."

>>25428671
The cold flurry of snow and hail intensifies suddenly against your barrier, and the harsh gale picks up in force as you try to keep level against it. Eventually, the cover of white snow obscures the barrier that is your shield, and the wind throws Fang off course into the bark of a dead tree, shattering the barrier as she falls down into a large pile of snow. The snow flurry continues to build as ice builds along her wings (6/5 from the impact).

All around, a mist of white grows with the snow flurry, obscuring your vision in all directions throughout the thicket of trees. The cold and sounds of the wind intensify, and throughout the thick veil of white you can hear a distant whinnying of horses that seem to come from all directions.

A more distinct, intense growl follows as you see a shadow move about the snow. Following its growl, a raspy, jagged voice speaks, "Grrrrr.... where do you go...."

>>25429199

>>25428763
Twilight whisper-argues back with equal intensity, "While I'm impressed you watch that show, what series have YOU been watching? Time travel has just as many negative side effects in Doctor Whooves! I know you have more experience than I do in this but that's no excuse for-"
Sterling pushes up between the two, separating them by sticking her head in-between, "Oh, are we whisper-arguing? What about?" She says at a normal volume.

The cloaked pony pulls back her cloak, her blue coat revealed to be more of an aqua tone as her green mane, tied neatly into a bun, shows itself. She smiles, "Um... I am not sure what you refer to as a 'dude', but you misunderstand my shock. I have just, never seen one so calm around a pair of my fellow unicorns before." She looks to Sterling, "You are friends with these ponies?"

Sterling nods her head, "I would care to think so, indeed."

The cloaked pony smiles as Twilight's mouth starts to gape open in some sort of realization. "That is incredible. Surely your people can't approve of being friends with our kind."

"Y-you're..." Twilight stumbles, her eyes about to pop out.

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>>25429111
>>25429029
>just as a correction, please replace the top-hat with a pilgrim's hat like pic related

>>25429199
Fang claws her way out of the snow, and looks around trying to discern shapes from the obscuring storm.

>>25428750
"That is not what subtly means. And keep the explosives in reserve until I'm finished talking to him. I am serious about this."

Nero says looking to Crumple as they pass through the wooden hallways, Nero looking to the madmen with disgust.
>>25429045
>>25429199
"That will be all. Leave us." Nero commands the grey pony. When he leaves, Nero addresses Freedom.

"Freedom Rings. I am Emperor Nero. I need to speak with you about the Order of Eon."

He says, getting right down to business.

>>25429045
"Hey, it ain't easy trying to write in this," Crumple says, Honey more meaning trying to write from inside a robot.
"And you can call me Crumple Zone. And if you can't keep a fire alive, well, then you're doing it all wrong."

>>25429199
"Well ain't you a cool shade on a sun-damned day," Crumple says to the gray pony.

>>25429199
>>25429301
"You must really think I'm a total dumbass, don't you? Explosives in such a small space? I'd probably end up needing a third robot if I tried that shit here."

Looking in the room, and seeing Nero begin the long and boring process of talking, Honey looks at the pitiful fire.
"Geez, I've taken shits bigger than this flame."
Crumple's mouth opens, ejecting some liquid napalm into the fire to give it more life, and maybe do the stallion a favor.

"Alright Emps, you do that talking shit you do. I've got some shit to check up on."
With that, Honey leaves the cockpit and makes her way to where Gale and the bats are.

>>25429209
"Sterling please this is a very serious conversation we were just about to discuss about Doctor Whooves." Luke ditches the whispers and speaks normally "Anyways yeah I got a thing for sci-fi,I start watching Doctor Whooves when they came out with the tenth so the newer series, I don't have the patience for the older series' that are in black and white. Doctor Whooves is a mixed basket, It's fun to watch and yeah they play with the detriments of time travel but if theres anything they can't explain Whooves will pull that wibbly woobly timey wimey bullcrap and call it a day. Or they'll be pussies about it and retcon shit. And gotta be honest, some episodes are just retarded like 'GridLock' we got these people stuck infinetly in traffic, something i really could relate too its awful but we found out the reason why is cuz the people in the big city all killed themselves by poppin hottest new drug called bliss and this was their way of protecting them. They couldn't of like made a no-drugs campaign maybe hand bracelets. Its fuckin ridiculous you got the whole population of this city decide 'lol yolo' and party so hard they all die in ten minutes. Why wasn't anyone conservative enough to stop and think 'Dang Patrick's face just melted off, maybe I should just stick to pot.' Like do you even build a futuristic metropolis if those are the idiots running it." Luke finishes his lengthy tirade and turns his attention to the pilgrim pony for a moment.

"Oh yeah and we'll help ya do whatever it is you're doing out here, as long as we can get some directions and maybe a bear. What's your name?"

>>25429517
>bear
ahem beer I mean

>>25429111
A pumpkin goes flying over the head of the bearded pony, who ducks under the podium as it comes flying straight over your heads. The pony that threw it shouts, "Honest Work want my farm?! He can try giving his namesake a try and seeing what makes our nation great in the first place before he gets the idea of changing it around!"

"Don't waste food, you fool, you know how hard it is to grow?!" He shouts back, turning to the armored mare asking, "My apologies for that madame, these public rallies tend to get a little heated and escalated, I'm sure you know." He chuckles, turning towards the crowd as he tries to calm them down to argue with them. He adds, "I do say I do, madame, and I'd be happy to share if I can guarantee a vote for Mr. Work come this election day?" He takes a look at your heavy armor, "A guard as capable as yourself to acquire such fine armor surely must have some high social standing as well, if you could persuade your friends to do the same?"

>>25429269
The snow gives way easily enough as Fang raises back up to her hooves as the snow and wind swirl about her. A strong gust blows from the side and a silhouette steps into view as a pair of large, dragon like wings make them selves more evident from the rest of the shadow. The raspy voice continues with intermittent growls as the whinnying of distant horses grows louder among the snow.

"*growl*.... where do you go... you seek escape? I can smell your fear... your doubts...." the shadow looms to one side, the wings still evident but the rest of his body obscured by snow. "I am sorry then, *growl* to disappoint. You have returned to nothing, Eo-Naxx Fang. You have delayed your fate."

A claw extends from the snow, snow-white with five ambidextrous digits each laced with thick nails. "I will help you realize it... now..."

The storm lets off from a certain direction, the mist fading as sounds of shouting and lights of magic appear to the east. The figure growls in annoyance.

>>25429649
>>25429301
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1OQgnTMmU
The door closes behind you as the attendant leaves you to your duties, the shuddering form of Freedom Rings stirring under his blanket and giving a thick cough, barely straining his frost-bitten face to look into yours. His face is edged with years of suffering. His voice is raspy, but carries with it a very thick southern accent with it.

"Nero... heheheheheh...." He struggles to get up in his bed, but collapses, falling back in place, "Ah knew you would come... i-it told me. They can't see it but it's always there. It shows me everything ah want to see... and everything I don't want to see." He looks around the room, "There's so much comin all at once I can't keep track of it all. Have to write down what I can. I know what's a comin', and I try to warn 'im but they just don't wanna listen... and they never will, hehehe... but," he coughs up violently, "You will... you have questions. One sticking out more than the others."

He looks at one of the Eon order's symbols, "It's just idea now... but at the same time it already exists. I won't live to see it, and yet I see it already. A-ain't time just a peach?" He chuckles again, "What can I help you with, Mr. Nero?"

>>25429350
The gray pony nods its head, looking up to Crumple. "A peculiar name but I will see that it is written down accurately. And, yes, I am very cool, too cool. Everyone is with this never ending winter."

As you look towards the fire, you spray a thin stream of napalm onto it, roaring it into a flame that the pony turns over in his bed for, revealing his face as he looks at the warmth with glee. "Warm...." the sickly Freedom Rings mumbles, chuckling, "Much obliged, Honey Bunch. I do say I was getting a might chilly... hehehehe... you're always nicer than you let on."

(1/2)

>>25429662
(2/2)
Descending below deck, you can see Sergeant Gale standing in attention in the corner, his wings showing signs of heavy bruising and internal bleeding as he stays away from Boo and Screech, glaring at them with hot contempt as the shallow tears in his eyes masks his pain.

Boo looks up as Honey comes down from the cockpit. "Hey, Honey! How's it going up there? Dude we're watching isn't exactly a barrel of screams, if you catch my drift."

Gale stares at Boo, "I am ordered not to speak. I would not care to break it."

>>25429517
Twilight sighs, "THANK YOU! I always thought that episode was more than a little forced in concept, and for the most part I get what you mean in how they write off inconsistencies in time travel with plot devices, but I think we're..." she shakes her head, "Wait, why am I talking Sci-Fi with you?! Do you know who this is?!"

Sterling pricks her ears up, "What is 'sigh fie', precisely?"

The cloaked pony clears her throat, "I'm sorry, I'm..."

"CLOVER THE CLEVER!" Twilight shouts in girlish excitement.

"Huh? Why, yes, that is it. How did you know?"

Twilight covers her muzzle. "Oh... um... l-lucky guess? Hehe..."

"That was extraordinarily lucky for a guess... but, yes, I would appreciate some company and would be happy to help find your way out of the forest as well." She turns to the broken cart, "I'm sorry about your cart crashing, can you pull it from the snow? My magic might help, I just need to find my teacher and we can be done of this forest. I would like to know more about your 'mission' in the process."

>>25429649
Fang's horns light up as she quickly pulls up her staff, and blasts the ominous figure, "Get away from me creature!" she yells in a panic.

>>25429743
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>>25429649
Onyxia ducks as the pumpkin flies over, hoping they can get some directions quick before this turns ugly.

"Uh, yea. I'll let my friends all know about Honest Work. So, can help you help me? We—I'm looking for a pony named Sight. Do you know where he is?"

>>25429662
Nero's eyes open wide for a moment in surprise, not expecting him to know so much.

"You seem to know quite a lot about us. I can only assume the thing you're speaking of is an alicron?"

"I have many questions, but let us start with the one that burns brightest in My thoughts. Where is Nau? If you really are as knowledgeable as you seem, no context should be necessary to that question."

>>25429662
At hearing her name, Honey can't help but notice, considering she used Crumple's name earlier. She'd have to ask him how he knew later.

As Honey enters, she walks to one side where there is some thick vegetation.
"Guy's makinga so many red flags goa up with me, just bya knowing my name withouta me telling him shit," Honey replies to Boo, ripping out a couple of stray wires and spongy mushroom tops, and grabbing some spare pieces of metal laying nearby that felt light enough.
"But I'm lettinga Emps have some one-ona-one time. He'll bea a long time, if I knowa him good enough."

She then looks over at Gale.
"But Ia came here to do a smalla something before shit happens to makea me forget."
She approaches Gale as he talks about not speaking. She doesn't say anything to him, but looks over his wings a bit.
"Shita, this brings back somea memories. Now I'm gonna needa you to stay still for a bit ona this one. This might hurta a lot...."
Using her survival knowledge, Honey's hooves moves to Gale's wings gently at first, but then uses some force as she sets the broken bones back to a proper resting position.

"There wea go," she says, using the mushrooms as soft padding between Gale's wings and the metal. She then uses the wires to secure everything tight enough to prevent Gale from moving it.
"Now don'ta try using that; ora you'll fuck up everythinga I just did for you."

>>25429682
>"What is 'sigh fie'
"It's films abou-- you don't know what films are.. uuh okay there're like these plays usually involving space aliens- wait fuck. no.. erm. I'll show you when we get home, just imagine a play about Crumple Zone's Life."

Luke is mid taking a swig of his vodka when Twilight shouts. He spit takes having realized he struck a historical figure with his car.

"Twilight.. Are you saying.. My car is now a historical relic. Probably worth millions. Holy shit I hope she left a dent." Luke drools for a moment imagining the money and the pools and the hot tubs of money and showers -of course- of money. He daydreams several more fantasies centered around money fueled lavatories including a weird one involving a toilet.

He snaps out of his daydream to tell clover "Twilgiht's just being modest, we're agents of the Gods, knowing pony's names is one of the things we do. And yeah my car't will be fine, just need some muscle and hit it in reverse. Let's find this teacher guy. Twilight can explain the 'mission'" Luke does the quotation expression with his hooves "She's probably pissing her undies excited to talk to you, well go on Twilight."

>>25429743
The creature reels back its claw as the bolt of magic slams into it, sending it sprawling back into the white mist from whence it game, the dragon wings vanishing as the whinnying increases in intensity.

"Yes... grrrrr... you should be afraid. Let that fear take hold, and give way to anger. To hatred..." the growling increases in volume as a sudden streak of cold strikes out from above and an icy blast attempts to freeze you in place

[1d10+1] Ice

"That is what... grrr... I am here to do. The Order needs you, Fang."

The magic and shouting increases in intensity, as do the pair of voices. One male, one female.
>"I hear it coming from over here!"
>"Glory, stop, we already lost Clover. We can't get more separated by this storm, slow down!"

>>25429798
"Sight... Sight..." the bearded pony ponders, ducking as an apple soars past this time, "Will someone get him under control?!"

He turns back to you, "I'm dreadfully sorry, but 'Sight' isn't particularly ringing any bells for me at this moment. Well, not least of all in terms of a name, that is."

He holds up a small written poster, roughly scribbled on with a picture of a pony with thick side-burns and a pair of glasses. "Not our district, but one of Mr. Honest Work's fellow candidates for the senate that share his ideals came up with a slogan: "Change is in Sight". Rather clever of him, I think Honest Work's campaign could benefit from one like that ourselves. Could you be mixing up a name for that?"

("...Onyxia, not to raise hopes too high, but that may be him. Sight had side-burns and glasses. The picture can't show color but it's possible.")

>>25430149
>>25429826
He chuckles loudly, smiling wide at Nero as he coughs up more. He tries to lean closer to Crumple's freshly invigorated fire. "My oh my, heheheh, quite correct. I found it one day in the ice, and it's never left me since."

He points up at the corner of the room's ceiling, pointing at nothing. "There. It's shy, but it's right there clear as day for me. Sometimes he shows me that Ug fella, you all, the Order that I am destined to create... all of it unavoidable in nature. Like I'm just watchin uh... what are they called again, the movin' pictures... over and over again sometimes."

He looks up at Nero, his grin turned to a frown, and his eyes lower. "My sincerest apologies, Mr. Nero. Specifically where: no. The Order of Eon has means of blocking even an alicron's sight, as I seen you've realized. I know that will know one day... after I take her by my own hooves." He turns his head into the bed, "But I will not know what I do with her until I come to be that stallion..."

>>25429878
"He knows your name? Shit... wonder if he knows mine too." Boo wonders, scratching his chin, "Are we time-famous already?"
"Maybe he does that thing Ug does, you know? The seeing everything bit?" Screech suggests.

Gale turns to scowl at Honey, stepping away and wincing as she grabs at his wings, growling as she resets some of the broken bones. "...so now you seek to give me medical aide? I was beginning to grow content in my agony." He winces as he looks at his newly padded, set wings in the cast of metal, mushrooms, and wires. "...but, I would be lying if I said I didn't appreciate it. I just wonder why you changed your mind."

>>25430167
>>25429938
Sterling twerks her head, "Um... no, I don't think I know what 'films' are, though I recall you talking about them before in your time after your interview. Though on that premise, I do feel I would greatly enjoy Sci Fi if follows tales of Crumple's exploits."

Twilight looks at Luke incredulous as he realizes his car is now a historical artifact. "Seriously?!" She whispers (very harshly) into his ear that she entraps with a telekinetic grip firmly
"(We almost run over the FOUNDER of freaking Equestria and you're concerned about your cart's historical value?!)"

She grins and looks back to Clover, "Oh! Uh... yes, precisely. We'd... love to talk about it while finding your teacher."
"And, if muscle is what you need, he's far more strength in magic than I. I'm certain him and the others can pull it out.

As you mention her pissing her undies, Clover's face contorts into one of disgust while Twilight and Sterling both blush. "Oh... Um... that's quite unpleasant. And unhygienic."
"He's just making a joke!" She hits Luke's shoulder as hard as she can, "Aren't you?"

>Clover leads into the snowy forest to find her teacher, promising to come back to lift out the cart as Twilight starts to talk her ear off. After a little while of hiking through the snow, you see a storm begins to build up around you, the snow and winds intensifying as Clover struggles to look around for signs of her teacher. You can hear some sounds of shouting if you listen carefully but the direction is discernible.

>>25430149
Fang attempts to take flight once again.
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>>25430149
("It's our only lead for now. Better than staying here where a fight could break any second.")

"Yea, I think so. Do you know where I can find him?"
>If given directions she leaves and follows thm

>>25430167
Nero listens patiently as Freedom explains, before His face flashes with anger when Freedom admits to taking her.

"You took her? My brother told me it was a red crystal pony who seized her."

Nero thinks on this.

"You must know what I've been told by Chitus already, as well as my statements on their truthfulness. How much of what he said was true? What is the Order of Eon really trying to accomplish? And what is Eon for that matter trying to achieve, casting down the heavens like this?"

>>25430167
"Hell, maybe. Ia wouldn't be surprised witha how much shit we've beena fucking up," Honey says with a laugh as she works.
"Maybe, buta it is a bit...offa," she replies back to Screech, "just a bada gut feeling right now."

"Changed mya mind? About whata?" She says, backing away from him.
"I said Ia would break your wingsa for not giving me whata I wanted, and I dida. But I've seena my fair share of youa with some fucked-up looking wings ina my time. So bad, they were cripples whena it came to flying. Theya all said it wasa due to them breaking anda not healing right."
Honey looks at Gale in the eyes, not exactly looking like a complete merciful angel, but no real sign of malicious intent to her neither.
"Youa said you have a homea and family to get backa to, right? Well so doa I. And I would sure asa fucking hell kill the one whoa made me unable to see thema again."
Honey sighs.
"You gota what you deserved backa there, but you don'ta deserve never seeing them againa. So here I ama."

>>25430175
Luke returns fierce whispers by grabbing her ear bringing it close to his mouth. He tries to let the pleasant spearminty, dusty book scent and lushous mane distract him "Listen here Twilight first and foremost this a business trip, Ug put me out here to fix the timeline and make money. That's why I got these fliers to pass out." He grabs a flier to present from a pocket in his cape. It features Ug and a detailed explanation of Ugcorp and their mission statement to rule the world.

Luke is laughing when Twilight punches him "haha -Ouch- hahah yeah, yeah it's a joke. Lighten up will ya."

Before they leave Luke goes to his car't to retrieve his cat, afraid of leaving her in the car't. As they trek through the snow Luke hugs himself with his cape and hold's Jean close to him.
"Hay do you hear that?" He yells through the roaring winds "I think i heard someone screaming"
Jeans whiskers twitch, she jumps out from Luke's grasp and chases after the sound

>Whisker Sleuth: may roll to track vibrations (Including sound) she can find to its origin.
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"Jean! Get back here, you'll get lost!" Luke chases after his cat.

>>25430382
[cross out the mission statement on the flier.]

>>25430194
Your wings break the ice lining them instantly, pulling away as the stream of ice collapses on top of you and begins to refreeze them through your coat (-1 to crit range on Fang), but you pull away successfully as the shadow continues to persist through the mist.

"You cannot... grrrrr.... run forever, Fang. Least of all from me and the Order... unleash the side you suppress... grrr... and our newest Cardinal will be born..."

The figure dissipates into the mist behind you, and the growling fades, but the winds continue to build and as you fly you suddenly see two lights below, the male and female voice you heard as the two cloaked unicorns light up their horns. "GAH!? What is that?!" They shout in shock at the sight of your draconic wings. "Some sort of dragon, out here?!"

>>25430258
("I don't particularly fear a scuffle, but it would be a waste of time. I agree.")

The bearded pony taps his chin, "Well, this here candidate still ain't named 'Sight', goes by Tough Nut. Already a senator, just looking to get re-elected, but wants to get as many of his insightful, like-minded associates in there with him this time. Heard rumors if they succeed he's the favorite to replace Puddinghead as Chancellor. Bit of a local hero, having lost his arm to pegasi when they were getting scrappy a decade or so ago."

He ducks as another fruit flies by, "Don't know off the top of my head where his office is, but you could almost certainly find some trace of him at city hall."

>Taking his directions deeper into the city, you come across a single story building prominent in the center made of stones and wood with a large decorated sign 'CITY HALL' located above its front entrance. Inside you can see a few ponies arguing at a front desk, though faces obscured by thickly covered ice glass of the windows, but before going inside you notice a peculiar sight on the roof: a waving pair of deep brown hind legs sticking out of the chimney on top of the building

>>25430617
>>25430364
Boo chuckles, "Ah yeah, feels good to be time famous!"
"That isn't a thing," Screech retorts", at least no more than being regular famous is. And, yeah, sounds shady to me too. I'd keep my ears up."

Gale looks at you as as you explain why you set his wings, turning to look at them as his gaze softens. He flexes his wings very slightly, wincing in pain, but notes that they are at least properly set in place. "...I assumed you did not care if I did or did not. I was ready to accept that I simply wouldn't." His lip trembles, turning away. "I should be ashamed... taking so much mercy from you, Commander Hurricane would probably strip me of my rank and armor if he knew how pathetic I'm acting." He starts to let a few tears fall out, "But... I'm grateful, you feel that way." He turns up to look at you again, "Thank you."

>>25430382
Twilight twinges as you grab her ear, looking at the fliers, "What... Ug wouldn't want us to worry about making money! We're supposed to be saving the world, not making a profit." She twitches, "Wait, when did you have time to make fliers?"
Sterling interrupts by grabbing both of their free ears with her hooves, "Now that's enough whisparguing! I hath almost been nonstop with you two since our crash. We should stop trying to tell each other what to do and just do what it is we need to do, verily?"
"Ow! Alright, alright, geez, just stop, my ears are gonna come off." Twilight irks.

Clover chuckles as she looks back at them, "You all are a strange collection of 'agents'. And I come from a school where 'strange' is supposed to be the norm. I don't get the 'joke' but, in times like these, I'll take humor where I can receive it."

(1/2)

>>25430624
Grabbing Jean and following the mares through the woods, Clover turns about, "I don't know for certain, but the only other ones I knew to be in these woods were my teacher and my friends."

Jean darts ahead, and successfully manages to catch a trace of where they come from, the others shouting as they follow after Jean into a clearing. Within, the snow storm grows in intensity and the others find themselves struggling to keep warm, but within that clearing of trees you can spot two more cloaked unicorns, their horns lit, and the flying form of Fang just over head.

>>25430277
Freedom Rings coughs, shaking his head. "I 'will' take her. I have yet to actually do so. But, yes." He looks to the corner of the room where he said the alicron was hidden, then turns back to Nero, "That was his assumption, Mr. Sombra, but he said all he saw was the red, crystalline hoof that took her. Not the rest of the body." He turns over on his bed sheets, straining to move his right forehoof out of the sheets. You see a charred, fused, disgusting-looking leg stick out that looks like it's been stuck in a furnace. "This is not the hoof I will use, obviously. My future self finds a way of using your Empire's sorcery to trade up.

As you mention Chitus, he nods his head, "More than you'd expect. He told the truth about the Eon's origins with that Changeling queen, their gathering of dreamstone, their plans to use it against the Eon." He chuckles, "Didn't tell you though that you just how closely tied they were to it, though. He knew a bit about Fang's staff that he didn't see fit to let on. See, the Order of Eon does want to stop the Eon: but, it seems I make plans to keep my friends close, and my enemies closer in accomplishing such a thing. Hehehe... funny, ain't it? Becoming and working with monsters to kill worse monsters."

(1/2)

>>25430638
As you ask what Eon is trying to achieve, his face grimaces, and he turns towards the flame. "Now, that he did not know... but I do. I wouldn't blame me for not sharing that with many after the Order gets started. It's kinda scary when you think too much on it." He smirks and turns towards Nero, "It was one of the first things I saw after I saw the sun fall and kill us all, Mr. Nero. The Eon is one of a kind, but it's gotten lonely. It's fixin' to change that."

>>25430617
Fang directs her magics back on the msterious creature, closing the distance as her desire to fight overwhelm flight.
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>>25430617
("Was Sight missing an arm when you knew him?")
Onyxia asks Steel after the pony describes Tough Nut.

As they reach the City Hall, Onyxia pauses for a second.
("What should we say to him, when we find him? Should we ask about the order? ...Or would that mess with the future. Then again he's already planning it.")
Onyxia stops as she starts to ramble, about to enter as she sees the flailing legs. Not suited for climbing onto a building in their state, Onyxia steps to the side and places her hooves against the wall, a thin line of black crystal growing up along the building up to the chimney to open the side up so the pony falls onto the roof free, then closing back up after.
>Transmute[1d10]

>>25430617
>Misunderstood the intent of Fang on this post: the shadow and growling has not yet faded away because she was not fleeing, it's still dashing between the veil of snow and ice.

>the two ponies however, still do not see the figure attacking Fang, but approach the clearing and see her taking to the sky

>>25430638
>Didn't tell you though that you just how closely tied they were to it, though
*Didn't tell you though just how closely they were tied to it.

>>25430638
Luke catches Jean grabbing her and coddling his arm. "Gotcha! Now you stay Jean, you can get lost."

Luke approaches the two unicorns and greets them briefly "Hi folks." and then addresses Eo

>>25430638
>>25430194
"E- er" He stops himself from saying her name not wanting to scare the unicorns "Hay! C'mon down from there, I busted my ride chasin after ya!"

>>25430638
Nero looks to the hoof.

"A shoddy job, if it still looks like the equine you took it from. You're speaking in riddles. Are you implying that the Order of Eon is somehow making themselves more like Eon? Or fusing themselves with it? And what do you mean make more of itself?"

Nero thinks on all of this.

"What is the reason for the confusion surrounding your Order's birth? And Steel's apparent knowledge of a different Order of Eon? And what does Eo Naxx Fang have to do with all this?"

>>25430624
Honey's gaze softens a bit as well. Something about all this seemed to feel...right? Proper? She wasn't sure herself; all she new all these new feelings keep conflicting with those she's spent a large portion of her life with. It gave her a headache to think on for too long.

"It'sa no big deal. And whatevera this Commander Hurricane doesn'ta know, won't bite you in thea ass."
She hands Gale a leaf to wipe his tears with.
"Now look, I got toa check on Emps and listen ina on whatever the fucka they're talking about. So justa relax and shit, maybe talk witha Boo and Screech over therea. Compared to me, they'rea harmless. And there'sa honey and mead somewhere nearbya; help yourself if you wanta some," she says with a slight smirk before turning and walking away back up into the cockpit of Crumple.
"Same goesa to you two, as well!" She calls back to the two bats.

>>25430624
>>25430750

Once there, Crumple speaks to Nero and Rings.
"Shit sorry, what'd I miss? You find out who we gotta shoot up to get your daughter back, Emps?"

>>25430765
"Working on it." Nero says, looking to Crumple as he begins moving again.

"How much did you hear?"

>>25430782
"I heard enough to know this guy somehow knows my name, which kinda creeps me the fuck out" Crumple replies back.
"Other than that, not much or I wouldn't be asking what I missed, now would I?"

>>25430666
>arm
>meant fore-leg
As you approach the city hall, Steel shakes your head. "No... he wasn't. He had all four of his legs. But that poster is just about as close to his face as I can remember. It is possible he had some sort of magic to replace his arm after I met him, though."

As you look up at City Hall, Steel taps his hoof, "I would mention it, at the least. He must have some inklings of it already and if I told him my name, he will listen to us. There's always a chance we may change the future in doing so, but my Order has no trace after Discord's reign anyways. I believe we face few risks in bringing it up."

Looking up at the flailing legs, your black crystal grows discreetly along the side towards the roof as a jolly sounding voice sounds out from inside, "Oh, there we go! Just needed a little of the ol' Pudding chimmy-shimmy. Stay right down there Cookie, I'm..."

The transmutation twitches as Steel accidentally flexes his grip, "Wait, Onyxia I'm sorry I just..." he tries to explain as the crystal spreads out and around the legs of the brown pony, connecting around them like the hem of a skirt as the chimney suddenly cracks and slides off of City Hall's roof, landing on the ground with a thick thump with a brown pony with extravagant orange clothes and cap stuck inside. He looks around his surroundings with his upperbody sticking out of the detached chimney head that's not stuck around his lower body, the weight of the bricks keeping him stationary.

"Huh... well, that's a new trick I learned! Now I can think inside the chimney wherever I go! By the earth, I am brilliant."

The door bursts open, and a light-brown mare with a creamy white mane comes out next, looking at the pony stuck in the chimney. "Chancellor! Are you alright, sir?"

>>25430909

>>25430750
He chuckles, coughing up to himself, "Well, maybe I didn't want it looking like my own hoof.." he smiles, looking up at the corner, "My deepest apologies for the riddles, Mr. Nero. They're all I gett sometimes, hehehe... got more raw images than Ug, but its harder to pick an' choose." he nods his head, "But yes: that's exactly what I mean. They find a way to access Eon's great power themselves to better able to stop it," He coughs up again, "Though there's no telling who's using who in the end, I'd say...hehehe..."

As you mention making more of itself, he smiles, "I mean exactly that: the Eon is fixin' to not be the only one of its kind any more. It's using fixin' to reproduce. The sun is just a figure in that."

As Nero asks about the confusion, he shakes, "There is less confusion than you realize. Steel's Order of Eon, my Order of Eon, the Order of Eon that took your daughter and sicced Chitus on your heart... they're all one in the same Order, just from different perspectives across the ol' river of time. Steel knows me by a different name. One that I will take on after I abandon Freedom Rings. Much like Wing and Claw abandoned their's... and Fang abandoned hers."

>>25430765
Boo smiles, looking over at Gale. "Yeah, man, c'mon, we don't bite." He flashes his fangs, "Hehehe. Get it?"

Gale rubs his eyes with the leaf, then regains some composure and puts it aside. "Hmph... I'm certain the commander has better things to worry about than that, anyhow. And I'm not exactly excited on conversing with... monsters." He turns towards Boo and Screech. "...but, you at least have wings. I'd rather converse with a griffon than a flightless pony, any day."

Screech looks thirsty all of a sudden. "You have mead?! Holy crap, why'd you tell Boo, he's gonna.."
"Mine! Dibs, I heard it first." There's a scramble as you leave them in the Crumple, with Gale stopping one moment to look at Honey. "...you know, I will need a ride to my cloud, still."

(1/2)

>>25430937
Heading up to the cockpit, Rings looks up at Honey and chuckles, "Oh, you know Ms. Bunch: just boring stuff. End of the world, alternate timeselves, possessions, all seeing alicrons and what have you. Just be careful: Boo will suck down all your mead in a minute if you let 'im."

>>25430727
>>25430661
The winged creature dodges Fang's magic through the veil of snow, the dark shade cast along the stream of snow. "Grrrr.... no.... wanted to do this... alone..." the raspy voice growls in displeasure as Luke, Twilight, Sterling, and the three cloaked unicorns arrive on the scene.

Twilight looks up with shock, "There you are! Yeah, what Luke said, we were worried about you." She holds up a hoof to her face to guard against the flurry of snow, which impacts and showers everyone with snow and hail as the winds intensify.

Sterling flies up towards Fang, looking around at the shadow as she draws her sword, "Who is this foe?!"

"Grrrr.... just need the Eo-Naxx... the rest of you... Go... away!!!" The voice howls as a scream as loud and piercing as nails on chalk sound throughout the forest, causing the ponies to cover their ears as the wings of the creature flap away, the storm increasing in flurry as the sounds of neighing horses intensify.

[1d10+1] attacking each of the unicorns present

>As the storm rages, Jean can also start to pick up more scents nearby, and spots with her keen eyes dots of red poking out from behind several trees in the thicket.

>>25430937
>Assume this happens before she walks up to the cockpit
Honey turns to look back at Gale.
"I knowa. But this isa new place for mea, and I would like to keepa you around just in case. I willa return you home, but you're bettera off with me for a while."


>>25430942
"Yeah, that does sound pretty damn boring. Well no...if there's another me, can I go to her, beat her up, and have two Crumples?"
Crumple gives a small laugh.
"Well he'll share if he knows what's good for him," Crumple says, no doubt loud enough for Boo to hear within Crumple.

"Also, how the hell do you know my name? Pretty sure I said Crumple Zone out there with the corpses they have working here."

>>25430811
"He possesses an alicron, like Ug." Nero explains, ignoring her sarcasm.
>>25430937
"Reproduce? When? How? Princess Luna mentioned earlier the Moon had begun to fall as well in Crumple's time. Does that have anything to do with this?"

"And all these names you mentioned, they form a motif. Why? Is Fang's staff related to their stealing of power?"

>>25430942
Fang attempts to put her snow blocking shield up.
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>>25430942
Gritting his teeth from the painful sound Luke stands on his hind legs, while holding Jean in one arm he reaches for his rifle with the other readying to shoot the shadow creature "Ahhk! my ears, yeah this fucker means trouble!"

Jean freaks out flailing her limbs and scratching Luke to escape. "Ow! Jean calm down!" She jumps out from his hold and runs towards the dots of red. "Dammit." Luke lowers his rifle and runs after his cat.

>>25430909
("That or a prosthetic maybe. I just hope he can help.")

As the transmute goes awry and the pony falls, Onyxia quickly rushes over to help him up.
"I'm so sorry! I saw you sticking out of the chimney, I thought you were stuck so I tried to help you out. Are you hurt?"
She asks with concern as she holds one hoof on the back portion of the chimney out of sight, metal growing over a small portion to break the ring of mortar so the chimney falls off Pudding, passing it off as breaking it by hoof to not raise suspicion.
>Transmute [1d10]

>>25431009
"Well that's a let down of an answer. Not sure what I was expecting, but pretty sure it was something better than that."

>>25430995
Freedom Rings chuckles, "That it does, darlin', that it does... but, I'm sorry to say I ain't exactly got much more goin' on in mah life. And, yeah, there's always gonna be another you: just the odds of bein' in the same time as him is what gets' tricky."

He smiles, "And, he doesn't. Know what's good for 'im I mean."

As you ask how he knows your name, he smiles, "Heheh... know lots of things, Ms. Bunch. Lots of things I wanna know, and lots that I don't... either way, it shows me."

He points up at the corner of the room, where nothing is seen. "It's a shy one... no one can see it 'cept me, but they think cause o' that I'm crazy. You know that uh, whats he call it... Shiny Rock, of Ug's?"

>>25431009
He shakes his head, "I don't get shown the ins and outs of its biology but what I do see is that's the reason it pulled the sun down: to make its brood. I'd have shared that if I had known it when I first got the visions, but then they'd probably think I'm even crazier! Hehehe..."

He closes his eyes looking at the alicron, then shakes his head, "As for the moon, the why I can't see, but I know it is the Eon that is pulling it down, having switched from the Sun. Can't see why... just my own symbol." He looks over at one of the Eon symbols, "They, my Order I create, use them to somehow to block the alicrons' sight, and evidently they don't trust some yahoo in the looney bin before he goes and starts their Order in the first place."

As you ask about the staff, he clutches the blanket with his hoof, "Eo-Naxx Fang's ability is her own. The staff finds interest, or usefulness, in it. By extension, so does the Order of Eon to help in their... I suppose, my, plans. Fang is not the first to receive such a staff in time, and she will not be the last. The Order has her in their sights, and even now one of them moving to bring her into the family."

>>25431152

>>25431035
>>25431048
The shield is brought up by Fang, but the flurry of ice and hail forces its way through and impacts her (4/5) and Luke (1/5). The snowy winds throughout the thicket pick up, and Twilight tries to cast her light in any direction to discern where the shadowy creature is. She says to Luke, "This snow i-i-i-is reminding me a lot of the w-w-w-w-wendigoes' power from the stories..."

As Jean runs towards the red eyes, she is suddenly meet with what they are attached too. Wolves, each one unnaturally bigger than a pony with coats frosted over with snow and icicles extending from their backs and joints, growl at Jean and six wolves descend into the thicket, running and clawing at each of the ponies. "Wolves! Everyone, guard yourselves!"
Clover shouts, "They're not natural, look at them! They're cursed!"

[1d10+1] Luke
[1d10+1] Jean
[1d10+1] Luke
[1d10+1] Twilight
[1d10+1] Cloaked Pony 1
[1d10+1] Cloaked Pony 2

>>25431057
Puddinghead turns around to the armored mare, "Humm? What are you talking about, you silly guard? Obviously this was an ingenious plot of my own doing, and I won't let you share in the credit of it as Chancellor." the brown pony crosses his hoof, "So, you've nothing to be sorry fo- hey!" He looks at you free him from the back,
"My chimney skirt! Oh, you've ruined it!"

Smart Cookie, the light-brown mare that came out, sighs, "Sir, you couldn't even move..."
"I don't need to hear no back-talk from my own secretary. I demand to see this pony in irons for what she's done!"
He looks at Steelnyxia seriously for a moment, before he starts cracking up and tapping on her chest, "HAHAHA! Get it, Cookie? Irons?"

She sighs, "...yes, sir. Hilarious, sir." She turns to Steelnyxia as she frees him. "My... apologies, on the Chancellor's behavior. Wouldn't do well to have him attend his meeting trapped in bricks. 'Thinking inside the chimney' or no."

>>25431152
>>25431152
>Why do the names form a motif
"The names of those that use the staffs' power are drawn from certain, distinguishable characteristics from their users that are chosen after the staff takes hold." He grins, "You heard our dear colt Steel talk about 'Sight', didn't you?"

>>25431168
Onyxia is shocked at the arrest threat, about to plead before he explains the punchline, quickly easing and getting a genuine laugh.

"It's alright. Wasn't too helpful in the first place when I saw him up there."
Onyxia turns up to the secretary.
"I came here, looking for somepony. Do you know where I could find Tough Nut?"

>>25431168
Fang remains aloft as she again lashes out at the winged enemy with her magic.
[1d10+1]

>>25431152
"Oh, i'm gonna have to be sure to kick his ass when he's hungover the next day," Crumple says in response.

"Another one? How many of these damn things are there?"

>>25431009
>>25431152
As she hears Rings explain about the moon falling, Honey looks confused in her cockpit, which doesn't get shown through Crumple.
"Hey, wait a damn minute. What the fuck is all this talk about the moon falling?! I'm pretty sure last I checked, it was only the sun that was gonna crash down!"

>>25431152
>Eo-Naxx Fang's ability is her own. The staff finds interest, or usefulness, in it
Misinterpreted question,

"Yes...heheheh..." He coughs some more, huddles for warmth. "The staffs they create are how they draw upon Eon's great power."

>>25431168
Luke stops in his tracks when the wolves appear. Jean is seen hissing at them with her tailed gone fluffy. Luke drinks of his liquid courage and tosses the bottle away
>Natural Remedy: recharge 1, ranged; Use an unpredictable tincture to fully restore a target’s hits to full and restore one wound, or removes status effects. Crit on 9+ restores 2 wounds, but crit fail on 2- deals a wound of damage.
>Child of Gaia
[1d10+1]

He smacks his lips and yells "Bring it on!!!" now holding his rifle by the barrel

Jean jumps at the wolf attacking Luke and deals scratch damage.
[1d10]
[1d10]

>>25431152
>>25431234
"So the Order of Eon was founded to stop Eon, but through sorcery they sought to fight its fire with fire, and in doing so they were burned, quite possibly falling into its thrall?"

Nero says putting all this together.

"Where is the Order of Eon's center of command now? And where is Eon for that matter? Lastly, you do not know where Nau is located, but do you have any idea where I could find somepony who does? Is that within your power?"

As he waits for him to answer, Nero takes out the radio from his pocket.

"Twilight, where are you, have you found Fang yet?"
>>25431231
"Eon has switched to the Moon, from the Sun. If Glitch is to be believed, it should crash land in only a couple of years."

>>25431290
>9
>das a crit
Perfect Mix: instead of healing an extra wound, on crit Natural Remedy gives a single immunity to going helpless.

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>>25431294
>Forgot pic

>>25431206
Steel grumbles.
("I didn't much like the sounds of this pony growing up. I can see why in person.")

Smart Cookie turns to Chancellor, "Well you wouldn't HAVE to have helped him if he'd just enter the door like a..."
"Non-chancellor? Because I would certainly expect a more grandiose entrance from the head of the Senate!"

She sighs, looking at her with interest, "Oh, Mr. Tough Nut? Absolutely, I know his offices..."
"BAH!" Chancellor Puddinghead grumbles, "That stick-up-his-rear-end no fun glum-chum has had it out for me for years! You hear some of the things he says about me and the others in the senate?"
"Right, and none of them true..." Cookie shakes her head, "If you all would like, I could direct you to his offices in his district of the city. It's easy to get lost."

"What?! Cookie, how could you even think of going near that bum?"
"Tough Nut ain't a bum! He takes his job seriously. Unlike some ponies I know..." Cookie grumbles, "Look, Chancellor, you're fine for a bit without me, I'll be back shortly."
"FINE!" Chancellor stomps his hoof, but then puts a campaign post over Cookie's back. "But only if you hang that outside his office. Now hop to it, Cookie."

She groans, "Yes sir. Follow me, ma'am, it isn't all too far." Cookie asks Onyxia, leading her own down the road.

>>25431412
>>25431231
"You've only yourself to blame, you know..." he coughs, wrapping the blanket around himself tighter. "And, not many. I don't doubt you have more hooves then there are alicrons throughout all of time left."

>>25431231
"So it was the case my dear Ms. Bunch... until about a week ago when all of your companions came through time. For whatever reason, the Eon switched to pulling down the moon instead... Glitch is meaning to tell you but hasn't had the opportunity since you left home." He frowns. "I'm sorry, Ms. Bunch. I suppose that there ain't really no easy way to break that news there." He stares at the fire for a long moment, "It ain't easy to hear. But it is as it is, my friend. All it means is y'all have to work even faster now."

>>25431294
"The Order of Eon has a long, long history that incorporates the second and third parts of those statements, but," he coughs, "In short, that is a pretty fair summary. No idea who is truly in control when all's said and done..."

He shakes his head, "I do not know where they make their headquarters. But, though I don't know what it is I will do... I know myself. I like to keep close to home. Keep an eye me, in the case of a most certain, curious collection of characters getting to close."
"As for where the Eon is? Look deep. Very deep."

"And as for Nau, I imagine when you find Sight, you will find your answer..." he blinks, "Or you could ask the gentlecolts making their way here right now, I suppose."

>>25431290
>One auto-immunity to helpless granted

You bring your rifle to bear on the enchanted wolves as they crowd the clearing, the storm getting continuously worse as they bite into you. However, thanks to your tonic, you are prevented from going helpless (1/5) as they suffice with digging into you.

Jean scratches up one in the face, drawing its ire as it tries to bite and misses, taking another scratch. However, one of its claws manages to nick her (3/3).

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>>25431220
Fang looks through the icy cover looking for the winged combatant, the magic missing into the ice as he flies about, but finds the five-fingered claw reaching out for her from the ice and grabbing at her neck, pulling her close to the face of her attack within the ice. A gargoyle with a pure white coat, and the symbol of Eon sketched into his forehead in the form of a terrible looking scar, red-shot eyes shining into Fang's as a toothy snarl meets her muzzle.

"Grrrr... you and I...." he takes scattered breathes, "Are not finished... you have a destiny to fulfill.... grrrr... and I will make you see it."
He throws her down to the ice below, disappearing into the storm as she lands hard among the snow (0/4).


Twilight is bitten hard by one of them, her horn lighting up with fury. "That's it! Cursed or not, I did not come back here to be a chew toy!"
[1d10+2] Cleave 6

Sterling lights up into a glow, swinging down at Wolf 1 "And I am chewed upon by wolves enough in my own time, no need for more of it here!"
[1d10+2]

The two mages and Clover begin concentrating their attacks on at a time
[1d10+1] x 3 on Wolf 2

[1d10+1] Sterling
[1d10+1] Jean
[1d10+1] Luke
[1d10+1] Twilight
[1d10+1] Cloaked Pony 1
[1d10+1] Cloaked Pony 2

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>>25431296
Luke and Twilight can hear the radio go off
>"Twilight, where are you, have you found Fang yet?"

Twilight, while blasting the wolves, grabs at it with her telekinesis, "Yes! I don't know, the forest, kinda busy! Wolves attacking with giant icicles sticking out of them! Blizzard! Clover the Clever, so not ALL bad, call you back!"

>>25431412
"Been nice meeting you."
Onyxia waves farewell to the Chancellor as she follows after Cookie.

"Thank you for leading the way. It sounds like you have a lot on your hooves already."

>>25431458
"Oh good they're already there. I just wanted to let you know the Order of Eon is after Eo Naxx Fang, but it seems they've already found you. Call me back when you've dealt with them."

Nero says into the radio, lowering it to look at Freedom.
>>25431429
Nero listens to Freedom give his explanations, before he reaches the end, looking to the door.

"How many? How powerful? Am I to assume they're members of your Order?"

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>>25431429
"They...WHAT?!"
Crumple was seething with every breath, sounding all the more messed up due to the vocoder.
"[THOSE BASTARDS ARE DOING THIS TO MY MOON NOW! I'LL KILL THEM!]"
Perhaps it was the restriction to explosives, or maybe not wanting to blow up a wall, but Honey has Crumple go over and rip the door right out of its hinges.
"I'LL FUCKING KILL THEM! [I'D RATHER BLOW UP THE DAMN SUN THAN THE MOON, FUCKING SHIT!!]"
Crumple proceeds to throw said door around like a ragdoll, making sure to avoid hitting Nero and Rings in the process.
"I'LL MAKE THEM WISH THEY STUCK TO THE GOD DAMN SUN!"
As a final act of anger, Honey proceeds to have Crumple ignite the door on fire with an overly excessive amount of fire breathing. Even with Crumple's tirade done, one could hear the little breezie still ranting and raving in the cockpit.

>>25431433
Fang attempts to recuperate.

>>25431433
>health is 3/5 remedy heals hits

Jean continues dealing the scratches [1d10] [1d10]

Luke takes a swing at the wolf's head with his rifle [1d10+1]
"Watch out Jean, this one's gonna knock it out of the park!"

>>25431546
[1d10]

>>25431459
Chancellor smiles, then winks, "Remember to vote for Puddinghead! Unless you don't live in this district in which case I guess just eat some cake and enjoy life." He waves you off, moving on into City Hall as Cookie groans.

"Miss, you have no idea. Chancellor Puddinghead is a hoof-full but he's mostly harmless. Senate's the one with the power, not him."

She leads you through twisting streets on the search for his offices, "Tough Nut's looking to try and change that, give the Chancellor some more executive power, but I'll be honest, if that ever happened I'd be happier with him than Puddinghead in that position." Making their way to a two-story building, she knocks on the door and the two of you are granted entry way by a pony at a front desk area, Cookie taking off her hat and putting it on a nearby rack. "You could probably afford to take off the helm at least, you know. Not overly polite to meet a Senator with it on."

A loud series of steps comes from the stair well, and a bronze-coated pony with a dark gray mane, thin glasses, and a thick set of sideburns begins hobbling down the stairs. His right-forehoof appears to be made of wood as it's stiff in its movements. A powerfully thick country accent sounds out, "Well, as I live and breath. Ms. Cookie, I do ask to what do I owe the exquisite privilege of your company, my dear?"

Cookie smiles, looking up at Tough Nut as he descends. "Well, this heavily armored mare was looking for you. Not getting into any trouble with the guard are you, sir?"

You feel Steel's entire body tense up.
("That voice... that's him. That's Sight, I know my Master's voice with all my heart.")

>>25431498
>"What?! The Order is behind this?! But we only just got here, how did GAH my wing! Okay fine calling you back bye!"

>>25431626
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>>25431498
He groans, trying to readjust in his bed, "Two, I reckon. Hard to tell just how much trouble they're going to be, but I one of them has one of the staffs I mentioned. What's more they have a third who's not all too far away I believe they're calling over as well."

He looks up to the alicron, "Just stepping through the front door right now, it looks like..."

>>25431514
Freedom Ring's groans as you make a massive ruckus, tearing off the door and setting it on fire in his room. He stares at it, coughing and spitting. "That went about as well as could be expected. I'm sorry things took this course. I do appreciate the extra warmth, though I don't reckon I'm going to last much longer even with it." He turns to you as you begin to hear loud noises of guards and orderlies coming down the halls. "Though now you've gone and riled up the help, though. Here we were having such a pleasant dialogue..."

As you start the attack, you suddenly hear shouting from below, "Honey! What the hell, the whole Crumple just felt like it was just freaking out, is everything okay up there?!" You hear Boo calling up.

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>>25431548
>>25431557
As Fang is about to stand from the gargoyle's attack, one of the cursed wolfs descends up on her, one of the claws pinning her down to the ground at 0/4 as she witnesses the shadow beginning to fade from the snow, the whinnying of the far-off horses fading as the stormy blizzard around them begins to taper off.

Jean scratches at her wolf (wolf 2) and deals a few more hard hits to the eyes, but a swift paw from the wolf knocks Jean aside (1/3) as he tries to nurse his wounds.

Luke, using his rifle wielded like a club, smashes the butt of the rifle into the head of one of his wolves, knocking it clear over Jean's head and into a snow-bank where it struggles to stand up again, shaking its head as blood gushes from the wound Luke cause. Sterling cries out in cheer from her position, "Well knocked, Sir Luke!"

"Great! I could use a little help here too though," Twilight calls out
Twilight, mid-attack, finds her wing grabbed by one of the wolves, snarling as it bites it through the cloak and causing her a great deal of pain. Sterling doesn't fare much better as one of the wolves not only stops her attack, but bites down hard into her and causing a serious wound as well. The other unicorns' magic unites successfully and wards off the Wolf attacking Jean, knocking it out as it falls into the snow helpless from a combined magical telekinetic blast.

>PAUSED