MLPFEMTORPG: Comedy Central Roast Edition

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>>28708490
>Man can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able to stop or accelerate his drift along the Time-Dimension, or even turn about and travel the other way.

Calling for sheets for the 91st session of TQ

>>28708536
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>>28708536
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>>28708536
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>>28708536
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>>28708536
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>Onyxia: 5/3
>Honey: 5/5
>Crumple: 0/5
>Southern: 6/6
>Luke: 5/5
>Nero: 5/7

>YEAR: 1501 AE

Last time, on Timequest:

Nero, Honey, and Luke, using an odd teleportation device left underneath the junkyard, found their way to a large canyon outside in the Shade, stonemerging their way past a patrol of tanks and a mysterious creature of Eon to find their way inside the military base of Goudeau's army. There, they set out to battle its inhabitants in their search for Cad.

Onyxia fought sword and lance with Jazz, the fiery Eon member guarding the Launch Control room located on Level 2, and with assistance from Steel and the goo technician, managed to defeat Jazz with a crippling blow to the chest. As her crumpling armor gave way, reinforcements pounded on the door, and Jazz prepared a final attack.

Southern and the dogs had managed to trick the guards located on Level 1, using Southern's strings, that she was a displaced mutant of the Dome, something they'd evidently had issue with in the past. The Lead guard offered to escort her down to Level 1 to verify she was not 'infected' from outside exposure, and Southern was brought down to the brightly lit Swing City located below the Dome.

>>28708548
Steel's sword slashes into Jazz as she's sent flying back upon melting through her restraints successfully, grabbing at her wounds before you dig your gunlance right into her chest, the full force of the blast forcing through the arm and creating a huge gaping hole in the very center of the armor that sends her flying back to the wall, her fore-limbs reaching up to try and cover the hole as she growls in agony, barely able to stand up.

"AAggghh.... uk... o-okay. Maybe I'm not...." she looks up at you, part of the mask of her exo-suit falling away to reveal the briefest flash of a mare's smile before you're blinded by light. "But Celestia and Twilight, bless them for eternity, as my witness, neither will anyone else in this Sun-damn room."
[1d10+3: 9 + 3 = 12] Sunfall

>>28708671
>>28708590
"Barely any time before your dogs started their usual mindless attack, we had two unknowns manage to break through our defenses. They're running around down on Level 2 last I heard, but I think another unit is on route to take care of them. If Commander Jazz doesn't first. Know of any one like that?"

The guard sighs, "No infections. Yet. But the list of missing ponies has been growing over the last couple weeks. Most we never see again, those we DO see have signed up with this nutjob group of so-called altruists, the Sanctuary. Most of the blame is on them, saying their either brainwash or straight up kidnap most of who's disappeared." He narrows his gaze, "Remind me to ask how you left the Dome later." He softens his gaze, "They would have killed you huh? Well, I can believe that. Leaving a paradise like this and running into a bunch of mindless savages... can't imagine."

As the wires begin scratching at the ground, tiles of the clean, chrome floor being sliced up, the guard steps back a bit, "Shit, can't you calm it down? Every day it's something new down here..." He sighs, looking across the street at the bustling business, spotting flashing salon, "Will a clean mane work long enough to do a scan?"

>>28708558
>>28708657
>Last game, Luke Warm had chosen to follow Crumple on her straight bee-line for the detention cells, coming across the four guards and two robots
As you fire out the wave of corrosive sound, the two old robot models manage to close the distant fairly quickly, one taking the brunt of the attack and suffering massive damage but the other manages to fire into the chest of Crumple, crippling it using the gatling gun as the guards do more extensive damage (0/5).

>read top of next post

>>28708686
However, as Honey flies out unexpectedly, she leaps at a few of the guards and her spear finds its mark in his fore-head, catching the pony by surprise as he's wounded and gouging the other entirely, sending one of the guards down for the count. "The fuck is that?! Shoot it!"

[1d10+1: 4 + 1 = 5] the functioning robot focuses on Honey, as the remaining guard try and hit her as well [1d10: 5]

>>28708552
>correction: 8/7 for Nero
>+1 to Everyone!
Nero's shield successfully defends one of the Blasters who would have been wiped out by the turret, and the grateful Blaster nods his head in appreciation as Bulldozer and the remaining Blasters manage to finish off the turrets, blasting them to scrap as the alarm continues to blare. "First room clear!" Jet shouts, moving on ahead to meet with Nero, "And sure thing, I'll check every few minutes."

As you lead the charge into the Hallway, Bulldozer and the Blasters take up the front as you lead the charge into the hallways on the first floor east-wing, pushing on towards signs pointing you in the direction of the barracks. Upon arrival, you see the barracks are angled in from a corner leading on towards the series of rooms, and apparently the alarm has awoken whoever was within to action, as they fire at you from beyond the corners at the far side of the room at those coming, currently three on either side of the hall at the charging invaders with plasma shots arcing past.

>[1d10+1: 2 + 1 = 3] / [1d10+1: 7 + 1 = 8] / [1d10+1: 8 + 1 = 9] on Nero, Bulldozer, Blasters

>[1d10+2] Bulldozer's attack on the six guards immediately seen, cleave
>[1d10+2] The blasters' attacks
>[1d10+3] Twilight sets Inure on Nero (lasers)

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>>28708693
>also pic related

>>28708686
"Absolutely. Can you believe what the outside air does to a mare? I'm shocked anything can stand living outside the domes. Are there any eateries nearby? I refused to have a bite of anything out there, and now it's coming back to snap at us," she says, all while having her wire put on a violent show for the mutant.

>>28708686
Crumple attempts to right itself back up, working through the damages as usual.
>instant helpless recovery
[1d10]

>>28708693
Honey grins at guard as she pulls the skull helmet down and glowing slightly red around the wings and antennae.
"Your enda!"
At that, she whips out the raygun and fires off a shot from the raygun at the guard.
>Magic Bolt, ranged, extra hit of damage, crit fails 2-
>+2 from combat versatility
[1d10+2]

>more to come after seeing what Crumple rolls.

>>28708778
Crumple continues to push itself past the damage and fight.
>normal helpless recovery
[1d10]

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>>28708693
Nero stops as laser fire falls upon them from around the corner.

"Step back!" Nero shouts, the men standing back and firing around the corner [as above]. Nero's sword and shield dissipate and his bow drops out, the king turning the corner and pulling back six arrows onto the string at once, before letting them fly with only minimal aiming.

[1d10+2] Inspire
[1d10+1] Cleave 6
>Critfail 6

>>28708671
Onyxia lowers the gunlance after Jazz is launched back, smirking and giving a breath at the successful strike keeping the mutant down. The expressions falters at seeing the hole, and that emotion is quickly washed away as well on the blinding light. She holds a hoof over her eyes to shield herself and see what's going on. Dropping the gunlance into her shadows, she grabs Steel's hoof in panic on the threat.

Without a word, Onyxia runs to the door, shoulder-ramming it and slamming her body against the barricade. Black crystal spreads over the metal, seeping into the heatproof metal to warp it off from the wall. She pulls it down, bending and curling the once-Jazz's armor around Steel and herself in an orb to shield them from the final Sunfall; as well as re-opening entrance to the rest of the lab and now exposing the hallway and the guards that were trying to break in to the heat of Jazz's final attack.
>Transmute [1d10]

>>28708693
>>28708558
Luke stumbles back into the cockpit room, piss drunk, wailing and burping his entire amble there "HAAAAAaaay, Honey buns! I think you ran outta mead. I could only get like *ump burp* 12 bottles full. What kinda shoddy establishment you tryin'a run 'ere huh?" After hanging himself over the cockpit chair he sees there is no ass filling. He staris stupid for a moment, as a string of drool has enough time to fall from his mouth. "Fuck yes!" He yells and jumps right into the chair, the gropeing the controls. He tries to read the blurry labels for the controls, squinting as he does the language its written in is totally foreign and not entertaining. "Eh, who even reads the game manual, right." He says as his grabs hold of whatever looks like steers this thing and thrusts forward with a violent motion.
[1d10] getting up from helpless

>Jean slinks into the room from where ever she was and brushes against Luke's leg
>"Master I sense the roar of mayhem and glory. Let us dance the dance of T.Gondii and spread his precious gift" She telepathically meowed into Luke's head.
"Not now!" with a twitch reflex he kicks her to the other side of the room.
>"Mreeeooow!"
"I'm getting into the zone Jean."

>>28708733
The guard jumps back a bit at one of your wires slicing the ground, quickly grabbing your hoof and pulling you along towards the salon, "Shit! Your talent is REALLY getting out of control here. Have you had it checked up upon at all, recently? You know how some mutations can get." he chastises as you and the guard enter the salon: within, a female Grabber (a lithe, smaller version of that monster you fought with Onyxia to save Red earlier in the city, albeit with all the same amount of tendrils) is attending three different mutants with her tentacles as she pulls around one chair for you to sit in.

"Be with you in a min, hun!" She chimes as she busily combs/washes/dries the other customers present, and the guard looks at you with a worried look,

"Hunger does it too? Well, I have a Protein Pack if that'll help any..."

As the lead guard speaks, you hear a loud explosion coming from outside the salon, somewhere in the distant as a small red-light shines above the tops of other shops in the city. The guard gasps, "What in the Sun...?!"

>>28708778
Crumple is held down by one of the Neighperion models as it recovers, but Honey manages to successfully dodge both the guards and the remaining robot's combined fire as she swiftly dances around their lasers. As you pull out your ray gun, the guard who shot and missed tries to bring up his gun to burn you, "Why you little..." before the mercenary is cooked by your blast, sent down to the ground with a hole in his chest. The robot who's functional takes out its hoof, and tries to launch a Slam at the small target
>Crits on 8+
[1d10+1]

Two guards remain standing, and one of them takes aim at you [1d10+1]

>>28708991
Luke successfully pulls Crumple up from helpless, tossing off one of the robots who was pinning it down as it shakes its head, "Unit operational: commencing purge." It exclaims as its gatling focuses on Crumple (And Luke) at point blank
[1d10+1], Cleave (2)
>see next post

>>28709073
The remaining guard also takes a shot at Crumple [1d10+1]

>>28708838
>+1 to all rolls next turn
One of the Blasters hears your order too late, being mowed down by laser fire and another Blaster singed badly
>29 left

Bulldozer fires from behind cover, tagging a few of them with Gatling fire before you step out into the hall, Twilight shouting from in the back, "WAIT! Nero, you're wide open!" It's for naught, however, as your arrows nail all six of the guards in the hall, causing them to wince back, heavily bloodied but still breathing as they ready their weapons for another barrage
>You're successfully Inured against lasers

[1d10+1] / [1d10+1] / [1d10+1] (double damage, one from each side) on Nero, Bulldozer, Blasters

[1d10+3] Repeating Fire successfully from Bulldozer, howling like a lunatic as he aims for all six as well, "Tryin' to show the BULLDOZER up, Goldilocks?!"
[1d10+2] The Blasters take aim at the targets
[1d10+3] Twilight tries to heal Bulldozer

>>28708840
You successfully grab at the black armor you used to block the door, the last wisp of Jazz's sadistic smile burning into your retinas as the heat grows to incomprehensible levels. You manage to wrap yourselves in the black shield successfully, blocking most of the plasma onslaught, but you take 1 wound of damage entering the shield (5/2) as the entire floor begins to feel like a red-hot furnace. You don't even hear the screams of the scientists or the guards as you successfully create your protective, heat-proof shield, but you feel the temperature and oxygen dwindling quickly within the closed space. You hear nothing going on from outside.

Steel grinds his metal against the sphere, his body red-hot from absorbing Jazz's attacks, looking around, "You saved us... you won. Whatever she's doing, it's absolutely reckless: she'll destroy the equipment for certain, but... everyone else in there as well."

>>28709073
"Uhhhh... I'd prefer a solo room," she says to the mutant. "Just so I don't end up hurting someone while I wait, you know."

"I don't suppose you have anything sweeter?" she asks the guard with a flirty laugh. "I hate to be such a burden, but you know how it is."

One of the wires comes close to lopping off the guard's ears.

>>28709079
Onyxia rests against the edge of the sphere, breathing heavily from the exertion and the heat before entering. She shifts between her hooves, trying to keep them off the ground from the burns she suffered. She looks up at Steel, iron red and chunks missing ad melted. He can see her expression lacks the edge and ferocity she had all throughout charging here.

"T-the lance... it went through her. Sh... Celestia and Twilight..."
She speak through ragged breaths, both from the fight and the dwindling air in their sealed cocoon. She wavers in place, legs wobbling. She puts a hoof on the side of the metal orb, sliding down weakly as the sounds outside start to quiet. Black crystal slowly seeps over part of the shield, splitting it open once she's sure the attack has ended. It parts in half, falling to either side, and Onyxia collapsing over as well, exhausted.

>>28709073
Seeing the robot go after her, Honey decides to get in close and fast at the guards by kicking off the approaching, robotic hoof to fly at the two guards.

When close enough, she slows her travel by keeping a tight grip on the spear and digging it deep into the guard, letting her momentum drag her along. Not to disappoint, she then flies at the other guard to nail him right between the eyes.

[1d10+3] Guard 1
[1d10+3] Guard 2

>>28709073
Up and at it, Crumple retracts the minigun for now and busts out the howitzer.
"Blow ita all up, Crumple!"

At that, Crumple's portable artillery goes into overdrive, firing shot after shot at the two robots.

>Ranged Cleave, no elements, talent makes critail at 1-
[1d10+3]
[1d10+3]

>>28709079
Nero lowers His bow as Bulldozer and the Blaster's finish off the remaining soldiers, looking to Twilight.

"You are aware we are gods don't you? They may as well be throwing fruit at us." the king mocks, before turning to Bulldozer.

"Not exactly a difficult task." Nero jokes, His bow vanishing as His portals return his sword and shield to Him.

"Leave the fallen for now. We're heading further in. Everypony watch your step." Nero says, leading the Blasters, Bulldozer, and Twilight further into the fortress.

[1d10+2] Inspire
[1d10+2] Inspire

>>28709073
The butterflies floating in Luke's stomach turn into buzzing bees, as the viewscreen show's Crumple slowly arising. Luke is practically vibrating with excitement. He grabs the steering controls with one hoof and and buttons mashes with the other.

Once Crumple tosses off the robot pining him he quickly blocks the the other's Cleave with his left arm. With that same arm Crumple tears apart the attacking robot with his gattling gun, bullets shredding it like paper.
[1d10]

Through the intercom Luke screams with joy "AHAHAHAHAH I AM GOD!!"
>"Yes! My lord! You have finalyl realized your destiny"
"Shut your meowing Jean!" Luke throws his bag at her "How about you make yourself useful and play my 8-track!"
>"y-yes my Lord!" Jean sticks Luke's mixtap somewhere into the console.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq04uFYUi0E

>>28709118
As you ask for a solo room, the Grabber gasps as the next wire nearly lops off the guards' ears, the guard growling and rubbing at his ear checking for cuts as she gives a light chuckle, "Ah! Got a power that's a bit hard to manage, huh? Well, don't worry, we have special arrangements for that too at Aunt Zeta's," she assures, one of the tendrils attached to her neck reaching back to click at a key-pad at the far back leading to a sealed room, "Lemme just get these folks to a good stopping point and I'll be right in."

The guard grumbles, handing you the Protein Pack, "I can go out and grab some yogurt from next door but that's all I have on me. It has berries in it too, you know," he says, looking back at the explosion with worry. "I uh, I need to make a call while I go get it. You'll just be in here, right?" He looks over at the salon host, "Can you keep an eye on her?" He asks, the Grabber waving him off nonchalantly.

>The room, if chosen to enter, has a single chair/mirror/workbench for salon work, and appears to be comfy and well lit with music playing. A small door can be seen in the back, but it has no handle.

>>28709193
>>28709275
The robotic hoof manages to land a blow on the tiny Breezie, delivering 2 hits (3/5), but the force of your kick sends you flying at both guards and your dual-ends of the spear impales both of them in the eyes, both guards falling down helpless to the ground as you skewer them. A few of the caged ponies begin to shout your praises.

The howliterzer fire out at both of the remaining Neighporeans, blasting off bits of them in an explosion. With Luke behind the controls, Crumple then successfully tears off the gatling gun of the robot closest to Crumple, and swings it down with terrific force as he nearly tears its limbs off.

[1d10+1] Robot 1 tries to Slam Crumple (crits on 8+)
[1d10+1] Cleave 3, Robot 2 tries to unload a few rounds into Luke, Honey, and Crumple at once

>>28709558
>>28709190
Steel grabs at your hoof with his slightly distorted ones, grabbing at your hooves and keeping a solemn look on his face. "I know, Onyxia. It is alright. What's done is done... I'm sure we'll have questions but we must keep focus for now."

The sounds of burning outside go on for minutes, the air barely holding out in the hot, dense shielding you've made before you finally hear the sounds of roaring fire die down outside. On your wobbling legs, you put your hoof to the side of the orb: the metal is almost too hot to touch, but you split-it open as it falls apart, dropping you to your side in a heap along with Steel, who grabs you and holds you over his shoulder.

The control-room is nigh unrecognizable now. The control consoles, screens, everything within has been melted and reduced to chrome slag, the light distorting on some parts due to the lasting heat. Ashes from what might assumed to be the scientists blows nearby, and the door leading out to the hallway has been partially melted into a weird shape. Next to it, you see the black bodies of several guards, their bodies protected from being burned to cinders by their armor. Two of them stand, barely, bleeding and panting in their armor as they stand next to a large, green shimmering sphere that houses Jazz: within, you can see her six-legged body curled up within the barrier, a mane of fire wisping about and a horn of fire waving about as well. Her eyes are closed, but even in her current state you see her giving off waves of heat that don't penetrate the barrier. The guards are too exhausted to see you yet, staring at the barrier.

"D-damn...we almost didn't make it... is she even still alive?"
The other shakes its head, "I-I don't know, but at least we got Master's barrier up. She's critical condition, at best. We have to take her down to Level 3, immediately... s-she nearly took out everyone on this floor."

>>28709569

>>28709201
>+4 to Nero, +3 to Everyone else
Twilight takes a bad shot to the wing, crying out in pain as Bulldozer unleashes a full barrage with the Blasters' minor assistance (though 1 more Blaster dies from the fire, 28 left), yelling out, "Ooooooh yeah! Not so big now, are you punks!? Thought you'd just be done with the Pain? How do you like this! Hahahahahaha!" He says as he puts himself in front of Twilight, covering for her as a few Blasters help her up.

As Twilight is helped up, she groans, rubbing at her wing burn, "That must feel nice... I'll heal this up later, l-let's get going."

You lead the attack force onward through the halls, curving to the west and coming across a T-intersection with one sign pointing out 'ARMORY' straight ahead and another pointing towards 'VEHICLE BAY' to the north. You elected to take the ARMORY path.

Going down the long hall, you eventually turn south, and come across a large, 15-foot wide opening towards the Armory: a single-floored chamber loaded with guns, armor, ammunition, artillery, etc. Within it, ten guards (baring extra armor) are loading up, and turn to greet your forces, along with a large robot located behind them with a massive upper-body supported by a single wheel as its 'legs' "Well here they are! Saves us the trouble of hunting them down. Goudeau's Army, attack!"

[1d10+1] x 2 / [1d10+1] x 2 / [1d10+1] x6 The armored troops attack the Blasters, Nero, and Bulldozer
[1d10+2] / [1d10+2] The robot behind them opens up two shoulder-pads, launching a mini-barrage of rockets at Nero and Bulldozer

[1d10+4] The Blasters unload upon the armored threats (damage will be dealt to all 10 armored enemies)
[1d10+4] Bulldozer switches from his gattling guns to a rocket launcher, aiming at the big robot behind them
[1d10+5] Twilight tries to cast Inure (Lasers) on Bulldozer

>>28709577
>out of order
>those attacks (x2, x2, x6) are meant for in this order: Nero, Bulldozer, Blasters

>>28709558
Luke runs from one end of the prison to the other, disregarding the shots being fired at him.

"Yeeeeaah! You like that!" Lukewarm shouts through the microphone in Crumple's cockpit "Well then what the hell are you doin locked up! Get out here and join the fun!"
He has Crumple sprint through the prison search for a firearm alarm, a big red button, or something that'll open the prison cages. And when he does he pushes/pulls it with total abandon.
[1d10+3] search and if high enough roll dodge the cleave

>>28709558
Honey hears the praise sound all around, making her take pause for a moment. She had to admit; this was a bit of a surprise as she was more than likely expecting laughter. She just grins wider and plays it up a bit.
"Yeah yeaha!"
The excitement seems to be making her glow a bit red again.
"YE-HAHA-HEAAAH!"

Honey once again aims her raygun, noticeably not lighting up quite like the rest of her. This time, she aims at the robot winding up to shoot her. She is still grinning excitedly, even with possible death aiming right at her.
"Doesn't get better than this!"

Magic Bolt
[1d10+5] Robot 2


>>28709558
Crumple, meanwhile, opens its metal maw to leap at Robot 1 to pin it down on the ground, then proceed to bite down into it, then rip and tear it apart

>Dual attack on Robot 1
[1d10+5]
[1d10+5]

>>28709569
Onyxia looks up as Steel takes her hoofs, mouth open as she tries to say something, but only nods.

Onyxia rest on Steel's back, breathing deeply as oxygen is available again. She looks around the room, feeling accomplished with the consoles melted, her goal complete. Her head drifts to the two living guards with fear, increased with the shielded Jazz. Conflict rises in her, what that mutant could do and the possibility of still being alive. She can't believe their assumption, nothing could live from that. But part of her wants to.

"C-Come on, let's move. They might think we got wiped out too, get them off our tail..."
Onyxia breathes out, waving her hooves over Steel to pull them and the shielding scraps on the floor to the shadowscape.
>Shadow Warp, Auto

As they step into the shadows, Onyxia looks to their captive goo mutant.
"Another lab. Lead the way to another medical room, and I'll let you go."
She says slowly as she rests on Steel.

>>28709577
"Kill them!" Nero orders, rushing forward using His shield to block their laser fire, slashing at several of them until He reaches the robot, stabbing straight into it with His sword, before sending it flying into the rest of the armored mooks.

[1d10+5] Inspire
[1d10+5] Blast
>if the robot survives it takes -2 rolls

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>>28709745

>>28709558
She sits down in the seat with a relieved yawn, unwrapping and biting into whatever thing she's been given. To keep up the illusion, she has the wire wriggle around a bit.

>>28709745
"What're you shhcheering about Roachie. You're curtailing off'a my show! Nobodies' got time for a bug!" You can hear the slurring even through Crumple's voice modulator.

>>28709856
"Hey, get the fucka out of my robot, or youra ass is next!"

>>28709745
The second machine takes a direct hit from your ray-gun, its head reeling from the hit, but its bullets manage to tag your wings as it sprays around the room, sending Honey down to 0/4. "Target down: re-prioritizing."

Crumple's robotic maw tears into Robot 1, finishing it off as you rip its head entirely, dismantling it.

>>28709748
>>28709745
Luke races Crumple around the room, using some fancy maneuvering to avoid any shots meant for the cockpit and sparing himself the damage, though Crumple still takes 5 hits (2/5) from its barrage. You manage to find a console near some of the cages, and the prisoners shout out in a mixed chorus

>"I don't know who you maniacs are but thank the Moon you've come!"
>"Yeah! Let us out, we'll pay you back!"
>"Are you insane?! We have no weapons, we'll be killed!"

>The energy cells are released as you slam on the console without pause, and the Remaining machine launches a charge at Crumple [1d10+1]

>>28709750
>+3 Nero, everyone else +2
Bulldozer's missile impacts on the large droid with explosive force, and as you send it flying across the squad of riot troopers in a wave of your sword. Combined with the fire provided from the Blasters (one of whom dies in the exchange of fire, 27 remaining), the armored troops are heavily bloodied, but just barely stand up from the combined attack as they seek out cover in the crowded armory, laying fire into their enemies.

The rockets fired before does 4 damage to Nero (4/7), the wheeling robot picks itself up, the drawn-face of a menacing griffon plastered on its front as it aims its two arms at Nero
>-2 due to the sword
[1d10] / [1d10] Lightning arcs damage at Nero

[1d10+1] x 2 / [1d10+1] x 2 / [1d10+1] x6 same spread as before for the armored troops
[1d10+3] Blasters attack all 10 mercs
[1d10+3] Bulldozer seems to be losing a good amount of blood now from that rocket launch, but fires a salvo at his own with a mighty roar
[1d10+4] Twilight attempts to heal up Bulldozer

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>>28709950
>>28709774
As you plop yourself down into the seat, you see the red-goo-maned guard head out with a concerned, agitated look as he pops in just next door (an ice-cream parlor of sorts that you saw coming in to this part of the city), and after a few minutes the Grabber closes the door into the private room as she grabs at a few supplies, "My, he certainly is a 'clingy' one, isn't he? Got in trouble on the wrong side of the law here, sweet?" The salon-keeper asks, her tendrils gently pulling Copper's blast-repelling hair-tie out of your mane as she takes out any other accessories within it, letting your mane flow down as she begins working with it, combing it out and hydrating it with tools you've never seen before.

"Well, forget 'im for a lil' bit. What were you thinkin' with your hair, sweet? No offense, but I see why you're actin' up so: it's a bit dirty." She asks, pulling out a small, digital pad to push into your hooves as she tries to ignore your wires. "Got a large selection in there, most popular bein' the bob-cut lately. And I don't think I seen you in here before. Not usually in this part of the city?"

>Outside the door, you can hear the guards' voice having returned, but he's speaking in a hushed voice to someone, likely over a radio.

>>28709964
>>28709748
You pull the shadow cape over you both, and head into the Shadowscape safely as you leave the guards pondering what to do with the shielded, dying Jazz. After you return, you see the goo-technician with her jaw agape, tears in her eyes as she seems absolutely speechless at what she just saw.

"I-I.... those... sh-she... you..." she blinks away her tears, "T-t-they're all dead... w-we almost all died... because of..."

Steel groans, his attention turned towards the now opened entrance in the shadow world, "I understand your shock. But we don't have time. Where is it?"

The goo technician shakes her head, shaking throughout her whole body, "I-I-I can barely think... but I-I'll try. I-I just want to go..."

As Steel lowers himself to pick her up, he drags you along with the shaken technician towards near incomprehensible directions she gives, eventually maneuvering into a different, nearby medical lab. However, as you enter it, Steel barely gets you in the door before you spot guards moving around further down the hall: visible guards, fully colored and in the Shadowscape, blocking the way back to the elevator.

>>28709950
Honey holds her wings a bit with a hiss of pain. After a short moment, she gives them a test flap and attempts to get back up.
>Instant helpless recovery
[1d10+2]

>>28709971
"I only atacked her, she's the one that did all that!"
Onyxia wheezes out defensively at the goo's disbelief at what happened, a bit of a guilty tone in her voice as if to push away blame.

Onyxia's head jerks up as they enter the lab, looking out the door to the clearly visible guards.
"Th-They're in here? H-How?"
She speaks in her own disbelief as she steps off of Steel, wobbling a bit as she stands back on her own hooves but stabilizing quickly. She waves them all out of the shadowscape, looking around the lab.
"Just help me find something I can patch up with, then you're free."
She says quietly, then looks back to Steel. She pulls out some of the iron she took from Starswirl's, holding it up to the holes in his body.
"Do you have Sterling's dress on you?"
She asks, as she uses the metal to mend up the gaps and reshape the metaled portion's of him back to normal.
>Transmute

>>28709950
Luke finally arrives at something that looks like it might free these maniacs "AHAHA! You think you're safe in that cage. I'll make you my weapons if you don't come out and riot!"
Luke blasts the console Crumple's gatling gun, lacking the attention span to actually figure out the proper way to release the cages.
[1d10+2] Open the cages

>Brotherhood
>From one of the cages, the voice of some desperate soul wails and cracks with a sort late pubescences "The day of reckoning is coming! abandon your vices and follow the path of redemption. In the name of her majesty Celestia vanquish your oppressors. The sun shines bright. The sun shines bright.."

>>28710058
>>28709950
As Honey tries to stand, she yells to the prisoners.
"Looka you scared shits! A bunch are deada, and one of thea fucking robots is a pile ofa scrap! Grab the gunsa, get out there, anda start causing some fuckinga fires and shit! And if you sticka around long enough, my badass bot willa be done making a seconda scrap heap for you alla to loot!"

>helpless recovery normal
[1d10+2]

>>28709950
And as if one que, Crumple turns around to shoot a several rounds of gatling fire into the remaining robot, looking to leave some meat on the bone for these prisoners.

[1d10+4]
[1d10+4]

>>28709950
Nero holds up the shield as lightning pours over it, charging at the robot and shield bashing it into a wall.

[1d10+4] Inspire
[1d10+4] Fervor Attack
>-2 if it lives.

>>28710107
>>28709950
>Necklace of Persistence: Instant, Automatic: Recharge 2, on a failed action (including critfail), you can give up 3 hits to make the action automatic.
Shooting the console into shreds does nothing, but Luke just keeps shooting anyhow.

>>28709964
She fiddles with the electronic device, trying to conceal her lack of understanding of what it is.

"Oh, well, I heard that some others had gotten out onto the surface, for who knows what reason, and, me being the natural caretaker that I am, thought I could go out and convince them to come back before anything terrible happened to them."

"Um... give me your recommendation."

>>28709875
"I'm not ever leaving this chair Honey. I'm fixing on molding its leather to my ass cheeks. Gonna set up some cup holders, redirect my mail too!"

>>28710178
Honey just lets him have his fun for now, knowing full well where the ejection seat button is on Crumple just in case.

>>28710077
The gooze technician stammers, "T-that's right, YOU attacked him, you instigated this... I warned you what he... or, she, apparently... was capable of, i-if you wanted to all you had to do was destroy the consoles..." she groans, "though... what Jazz said... I never thought she'd care that little..."

As you ask Steel how, he groans, "It must be like this doctor and that mutant said: this Dome experiments with my Shadowscape. Call it something entirely different. Before we re-engaged she must have sent along a warning." Steel curses, relaxing as you heal up his body parts with Starswirl's iron, using up a few chunks to fix his legs.

The goo technician points at a nearby table, "O-one or more two medpacs should be on the counter."
Steel looks at you, "Yes of course, but I haven't exactly had time to.... um... 'fix' it for you. Stitching wise, I mean. You have an idea?"

>>28710108
>>28710107
Honey manages to recover (5/4), and Luke, using his necklaces' power, loses 3 hits (2/5) but successfully manages to open up all of the electrical cell doors trapping the inhabitants of the cells, who, prompted by both Luke and Honey's fearsome cries for revolution, begin to run out as Crumple tears into the remaining Neighporean, tearing it to shreds with continued fired as it falls over in a smoking pile of scrap. The prisoners, ranging from young teens to aging, hardened looking warriors, throw up their hooves in celebration as they run over the bodies of the guards, collecting their weapons and checking them.

One of them, an oddly stocky unicorn, turns up to Honey and Luke, panting as he grabs a pistol off of one of the guards, "T-thanks again... don't know how long they were planning on keeping us alive before you all came. Who the fuck are you guys, though...? How did you know where ta find us?"

>>28710276
>>28710107
As Holy Luke pours out of one of the cells, another cell-mate groans, grabbing his temples, "Thank the Moon I'm out of here... I don't know if I could stand one more sun-damned MINUTE with you, freak! Tell Celestia she can suck me off next time ya see her."

>>28710129
As you fuddle with the bizarre electronic pad, it cycles and races through numerous hair-styles, but Zeta is more distracted by your comment. "Oh my goodness! You went out onto the surface?" She tsks, "Hun, you're lucky to be alive. That's downright noble of you to try and save those poor souls that have the insane idea there's something worth going after out there, but I'm guessing by no-one missing having returned that you didn't have much luck... well, at least, besides the ones who came back criminals, but you don't look that part."

She smiles, "Well, lemme see how the bob-cut looks." She grabs at some of your auburn hair, "I'll cut it a good bit shorter than it is now, but if you don't like it, I can regrow it in a minute." She begins setting upon your mane, cutting it evenly around neck level as she works over your mane into the popular hair-dress. "Some time for you to be out there, too: I heard the rocket-launch was set to go off any minute now! If you hadn't been inside when it happened... who knows?" As she finishes the cut, she smiles, "There: how's your little mutation handling it?"

>>28710284
>>28710111
>+3 Nero, +2 everyone else
The lightning pours over the shield as you charge the robot, slamming it straight into the wall and denting its chassis significantly. Bulldozer's missile blows off its top-parts, dismantling its rockets entirely in a chain-reaction, but the arcs of lightning electrocute your body to numbness as it sends you flying back with a blast (0/5).

Twilight's magic heals up Bulldozer, who loads up one final shell after the Blasters finish sweeping up the armored gods with a barrage of laser fire, though 2 more fall in exchange as the combat ramps up (25 remaining), and they focus their fire onto the machine at once as it charges up its electrical coils again, switching to a wide spread
[1d10] / [1d10] against the Blasters

[1d10+3] Bulldozer's rockets
[1d10+5] (increasing by +2 for concentrated fire) on the wheel bot
[1d10+4] Twilight heals Nero

>>28710296
*gods
>guards

>Also Twilight can't heal due to Heal's recharge, so just helping up from helpless instead

>>28710276
"I...I..."
Onyxia stammers back, taken aback by the straight accusation again.
"I just wanted her out of the way! I didn't mean for it to go that far!"
She cries out, growing distraught in her defense.

"We're not even safe with your cape now... H-How are we gonig to get past them? How can we keep this up when they know and can k-keep up now?!"
Onyxia starts to ramble, panic rising in her voice, almost breaking down. Her past angry self looking more and more foreign to her now.

"I-I wanted to use parts of it to mend up these holes in me, s-so your cape isn't all torn after we're done and I unfuse."

After repairing Steel, Onyxia grabs one of the pack and hands it to the technician, practically shoving it into her with her increasing rush.
"Just get it done with."
She says quickly.

>>28710276
"I didn'ta," Honey says, dusting herself off a bit and flying up to eye level with the unicorn, "I just decided toa come this way, and whata do I see? More assesa to kick."

"As fora who I am, I'm-" she's about to reply with a standard Crumple greeting, but remembers Luke is currently in it. Might have to change that quickly.
"I'm nota all that important. You, thougha, who the fucka are you all and whata are you all doing ina here?"

>>28710321
>>28710296
After the soldiers have finished off the robot, Nero grabs Twilight's hoof, pulling Himself to His feet.

"Thanks." he says patting her on the back, looking with a grimace to the dead men on the ground.

"This isn't working, we can't just keep going room to room like this."

As Nero realizes one of the enemies is still alive, he steps over to him, staring down.

"I'll make this simple. Tell Me where your master Goudeau is, and I won't kill you."

>>28710284
The wire curiously forms the shape of a question mark. "Hrm... what's this one say? Here, gimme a... 'Hi-me' cut."

"All their tracks went cold pretty quickly once I got out there. All I can hope at this point is that they didn't suffer," she says, hamming up the sadness to a strong 8 to garner sympathy.

>>28710276
>How did you know where ta find us?
"We didn't We're just fucking shit up and yous'sh better be game if you know whats good for you! *buurp*"

>>28710284
>Holy Luke falls out of the cage on his knees and gathers himself weakly but clutching his bible tightly. He puts one hoof forward as he wades through the crowd seemingly aimless "You fool! Spurn my friendship then but take back what you said about our shining Princess!" Holy Luke finds his former cagemate and grabs him by the collar demanding he repent "You wouldn't know a whorse if you gave your mom a jar of peanut butter. So take it back! Take it baaack!"
Lukewarm can now get a clear view of HolyLuke from the viewscreen. Luke's mouth hang's slack jawed and Jean imitates the same expression. As they watch HolyLuke shake down some punk. They see he has no eyes. His eyesockets are completely hollowed out. It's the creepiest thing they've ever saw.

>>28710344
The gooze technician shakes her head, "W-well how 'far' did you mean for it to go, exactly...?" she sniffles, "I-I... I j-just hope it was worth it..."

Steel holds at his blade, "Hmm... we're both a bit injured, but I think we could fight our way past. But doing so would inevitably alert the rest, if there are others." He looks up at the cieling, "In the shadow-scape, we can go through the cieling if needed, but, we're 50 feet below the next level. A bit out of jumping range, and there's absolutely no telling where we'd come up."

He nods, handing you Sterling's dress as Onyxia dips into the physical plane to grab the medpak, shoving it at the tearful goo technician as she prepares to heal you. As she gets down to checking your injuries, you hear a *BBZZZZZT* coming from a console in the (physical world) med room, and a distorted voice speak
>"Intruder. If you're in there, respond. Quietly."

>>28710363
>>28710429
The stocky unicorn looks up at you in awe, "You.... just... CAME here? To Goudeau's personal base?!" He looks on in shock, shaking his head as the other prisoners disperse around the room, looking for anything useful. "T-that's insane. You might as well have delivered yourself into the sunlight."

He looks around, pointing at myself, "I-I'm Circuit Breaker. My dad used to be the chief of a small encampment. Farmers" He lowers his ears, "G-Goudeau's Army used to get food from us. We delivered reliably for years but the first time we couldn't make our quota, he demanded soldiers in exchange. My father refused him, and... well..." he looks down and away, "S-some of them joined up pretty willingly after that. I tried to get them back but they've turned: wound up here." He points around, "That's most stories here: lots of us had family or friends either absorbed by Goudeau or killed by his followers. I've been here for three months: some have been here a LOT longer."

>>28710531
>>28710429
As Holy Luke grabs the former prisoner by the collar, growling and readying a fist to fight Holy Luke as he shouts, "This 'Celestia' chick you keep going on and on about probably go down on me quicker than a dog on roadkill!"

>>28710391
The grabber pulls back at the datapad, mouthing, "Oooooooh, darling. Haven't had anyone ask for that in some time." She raises up a different tool from her kit, an orange glowing rod that she begins running over your shortened hair. "Let's take a looksee..." she says as you feel your hair somehow growing at a rapid pace right out of your head, replacing the strands she'd just cut moments before.

"Well that IS a shame. Lots of folks around here is always going to wonder what awful propaganda got put into their heads... we all pray to the Master that they didn't suffer long, but we all know how he's warned us of what lies beyond." One of her tentacles pats your shoulder sympathetically, "You did all you could. We're just glad you're back with us. If you need some pony to talk to it about, I know a friend who's had experience with those who've struggled with the choice to leave the Dome. He'd be well equipped to help you out, I have his card and everything." As she consoles you, she finishes lengthening your mane back long, about at its original length, but with a few more trims of her tentacles work it up into the hime cut you pointed out, cutting it short in the front of your face. "There we go! How's that?"

>>28710544
>>28710389
The Blasters send out a huge barrage against the machine along with Bulldozer's rocket, one Blaster getting singed (but not killed) by the lightning before the metal menace is blown up, its singular wheel falling over as its parts litter the ground. The Blasters give a rousing cheer as Bulldozer leans confidently against the wall, holding at his (slowly healing) wounds. Twilight nods her head, "It's my pleasure... but I agree. We have no idea what we're going into here."

As you find the one survivor layed upon the ground, he spits up a bit of blood as you turn him over, groaning to himself as he agonizes, "W-well... between those two choices, I guess it should be obvious, huh? *cough*" he points a hoof, "B-back the way you came, towards the Vehicle Bay: just on the other side of it is Administration, and just a couple floors above that is the Trophy Room. L-last I heard, he and our visitor from the Station were discussing something there," he coughs, "But alert's been put out: you'll never get through the vehicle bay now with the defenses being prepared. And even if you did, you'd pray you hadn't tried to fight the boss... Y-you should turn back now, while you're on a high note."

>>28710531
"..."
Onyxia is silent, looking down at Sterling's dress as she takes it fro Steel.
"J-Just knocked out, so she couldn't stop me from stopping the rocket. I didn't want her to... t-to..."
She stops, focusing on her hooves holding the dress. A thin line of black crystal spreads over the front legs, cutting them from the rest of the dress. She hands the dress back to Steel, crystal spreading over the rest of the legs as it pulls apart the fibers into her form to stitch and sew up the burned and missing portions of her body.
>Transmute

As the console sounds out, Onyxia looks over at it cautiously. She turns back to Steel wondering what she should do. If the guards are walking into the shadowscape, it's not much help hiding in it. She walks over to it, peaking back out of the shadows.
("What do you want?")
She whispers at the console.

>>28710544
She casts an analytic glance over the ends. "Not quite..."

With a flash, the wire rounds out the ends and makes the bangs puffier and more uneven.

"And it's complete. I think I'll be fine, just a bit of food and TLC will do me. How much for the cut?"

>>28710531
"Is thata, right? So that shit heada is making my shitty time even more shittya?" Honey asks with a slight growl. She looked back to Crumple, holding up the remote.

>>28710429
>>28710531
"Luke, sorrya, but I need your drunk assa out of that seat," she says and activates her ejector seats to launch Luke out of the cockpit, maybe in the direction of Holy Luke.
"This is gettinga more personal, and don't needa you making my bot blow upa."

>>28710531
Honey looks back to Circuit Breaker as Crumple comes back.
"Look, a shita ton of ponies are going to die. Anda I don't do that 'takea prisoners' crap often. But if you, anda the rest of these guysa, can just start causing a shitstorma while we take carea of the big assholes in chargea here, that'd be fucking great."

With Crumple close enough, Honey takes a brief moment to quickly patch up the damages.
>out of combat repair

With it fixed, Honey gets back into the cockpit.
"Luke, I'm going ahead to keep the killing going. Can either hitch a ride now, or your drunk ass can catch up later."

And with that, Crumple begins to head back to the fancy area that was shot to shit, looking to maybe catch up with Nero.

>heading back to where Nero was last known to be

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>>28710707
Forgot the fucking pic again, ARGH!

>>28710544
Lukewarm moves Crumple to brush past Circuit Breaker, consequently thrusting him to the floor with his miniture mecha strength. "Yeah that's cool." He vacantly speaks into the microphone before wading through the crowd toward HolyLuke.

Luke has Crumple grab the other guy talking smack to HolyLuke and throws him in a random direction.
"Luke, dude what the hell happened to you"
>"The same thing that's about to happen to you!" Holy Luke throws a punch but his hoof cracks when it lands against Crumple's impervious armor.
>"AAHH! my hoof, y-your dirty tricks won't work for long coward. Celestia gives me strength" HolyLuke throws another punch, an audible snap sounds "AHHHH!"
"Stop punching me you autist! Blazing fuck, wheres'sh the normal voice button" Luke scours the console board and finds a button with the symbol of a screaming breezie over it and presses it. Lukewarm's regular vocie sounds through Crumple.
"It's me other Luke, what the fuck happened to your eyes."
>"Oh saving grace, I count each blessing Celestia! It's good to see you again Lukewarm." Holy Luke pats the Crumple's chestplate in a brotherly manner "My charity work had taken a slight turn after I left you last time. I ran into some thugs by the tram way that carried a vengeance for my work delivering canned goods to a family of farmers. I was quick to forsee the invevitable though and gave my prayers to Celestia before confronting them. I saw their evil and I did tell them it shrouded them like a dark shade. They didn't take too kindly to my instruction in how they could wash away their wretched evil by walking in Celestia's light so they tore my eyes out with a repurposed ice cream scoop. But all is fine Lukewarm. I can always see Celestia's shining sun. And here she blesses me again with another rescue. Rejoice!"
Luke is speechless. He just stares at the viewscreen. Starring at his smily eyeless face. "Y-Yeah. that Celest sure is a pal."

>>28710707
>>28710544
Just as Lukewarm finishes his delightful conversation with his optimistic alternate self he is ejected from Crumple Zone, grabbing his cat and stuff as he goes.

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>>28710552
Nero pauses, looking back at His men, thinking.

"I have a better idea." Nero says grabbing the soldier by the scruff of his armor and setting him down upon his feet.

"You are going to go to you master, and tell him that Magz his lieutenant is dead along with all those with him, and that his killer wishes to have words with him."

"Tell him the gods Nero and Twilight Sparkle wish to parley."

After the soldier runs off, Nero turns to others.

"Bulldozer guard the stairwell, everypony else watch the entrance." He commands, before looking to Twilight.

"If you'd tend to My burns?" he asks.

[1d10+1] Inspire
[1d10+1] Inspire

>>28710676
The goo technician, trembles her lips as she fixes up your wounds (2 recovered, 5/4), "I... I want to believe you. But right now, all I can think about is..." she shakes her head, "I-I'm sorry. All I can think about is that awful room... n-no one has ever seen Commander Jazz just unleash himself like that... herself. A-all those mutants..."

Steel keeps silent for Onyxia as she fixes the threads of her fused shadow-cape, "You heard her, Onyxia: she didn't care for those scientists' lives at all. She likely could have prevented what she did but chose not to."

Meanwhile, outside, the console responds,
>"*sigh* good, you were there. Lost all feed after the burst: only had about a 33% chance of this room being the most likely you'd flee to."
>"I don't have time to explain, but consider me a friend. I've been watching you. And I can help you. But I need your help in return. Still interested?"

>>28710678
As your wires snip at the last remaining bangs to perfect the new look, Zeta smiles and takes a step back, "Oh my, aren't you the little fashionista?" She chuckles, "But it looks good." As you ask for how much, Zeta smiles and offers a tentacle, "I usually charge 25 bits. If you're light on cash though, I can check in with your friend..." she puts the card she mentioned in your hoof, "And, if you say so, but just in case take it. You never know."
>You see the card mentions a "Dr. Iron" with a small map of the relatively tiny town, a blinking blip marking him.

As you finish, the door opens up, and the guard, slightly disturbed looking with a visible sweat, holds a slightly melty Strawberry yogurt in his hooves, "H-hey. Sorry, call was a bit longer than I thought. Something's big happened down below: is your mutation under control? I want to get you a quick med-scan and confirm you're okay but between the earlier intruder, your dog pack, and now THIS, our job's are gonna be a nightmare tonight."

>>28710915
>>28710707
>Healed to 7/6 on Crumple
Circuit Breaker coughs, "Yeah, I guess that's one way of looking at it... he's not ALL bad, I guess. He's saved our village from thieves and bandits more than once too but, it's not out of the kindness of his heart, I'll tell you that. He's merciless."

As you ask him to start up a shit-storm, he looks unsure of himself, but another prisoner steps up and pats him on the back, "Come on, Circuit! We're probably not gonna make it out there far on our own anyhow. Why not start some shit where we know we stand a chance?"

Circuit sighs, "We'll do our best but we're still outnumbered. D-do your worst to 'em."

>>28710734
>>28710707
After you move Crumple past Circuit to speak with Holy Luke, Honey's ejection button activates, and Luke finds himself spiraling out over his sanctimonious counterpart before the other prisoner Holy Luke was arguing with looks up with surprise, backing away uncomfortably from the heated exchange.

>Assuming Luke follows Crumple to go back to the room they came, they arrive back at the devastated Main Chamber with the broken decorations, and see signs of combat down the hall that says 'Barracks'. If you want, you can assume you follow the signs going around to their current location in Armory

>>28710921
>>28710755
>+1 to everyone
As you hoist up the soldier up to his hooves, he holds at his sides, groaning as he shakes his head, "R-right, we got word already that Magz has been killed... and if YOU'RE the fucks who did it, you must really have a death wish pulling this..." as you drop your names, he turns up and stares incredulously, ''Gods'...? Oh, you've got to be kidding me...." He grunts, "Sorry, t-those names don't sound important to me but, I'll give 'em to the boss if you let me out of here with my life. Done deal."

As he leaves, Bulldozer snorts, "Hey, sounds like easy work to me. Long as I get paid the same." The Blasters carry what dead they can to the side, and set up a perimeter within the armory. Twilight takes her horn to you to begin healing (8/6), but asks "You really think he'll want to parley after all we've done? We've got to made it to the top of his 'Most Wanted' list by now."

Fifteen minutes pass after you let the soldier go, and after that time passes he returns, with a mere two guards at his side: they approach with their weapons drawn but pointed down, and do not make any aggressive stances. "Well... shit... he went for it." The soldier coughs, "Seemed even a little excited about it... Goudeau offers you your parley, in Administration's first floor. His only condition is that you come without your army: he says you may bring one guard apiece if you feel it necessary, but no others. You have his assurance no one will come to harm. You agree to that, I can take you to him."

>>28710915
Onyxia sits as both of them talk, feeling torn.
"...But I was the one that pushed her there. I-I... it went right through..."
She mutters, luster starting to fade from her cloth form.

She looks to the console as it speaks again, part of her not wanting to trust anything in this base after what she's seen.
"...I've already done enough damage here. What do you want, and how can you help me."
She says sullenly.

>>28710915
>>28710948
>Forgot middle paragraph

Once the goo technician treats her, Onyxia turns to her. She puts a hoof on the wire still binding her legs, crystal spreading and unraveling the bonds.
>Transmute
"There, you're free to go."
Onyxia says flatly, a bit distant.

>>28710921
"Don't just say you'll do it! Actually fucking do it!" Crumple gives as one, last rally yell to Circuit and the rest of the prisoners before going out of earshot.

Returning, Honey can't read these signs to save her life...not that reading this language has ever really saved her life, right? Still riding on that high of ponies cheering on her violence, she decides to avoid the warpath left behind that would obviously lead back to Nero and everyone.
"Yeah, I'd rather not shoot him for yelling at me to 'stick together' or some shit," Honey/Crumple comments out loud and proceeds down a random hallway that didn't have signs of fighting go on.

>>28710929
"Clearly you know nothing of statecraft. The fact that I am such a threat to him is precisely why he will accept my invitation for diplomacy. Besides, I have a theory on who this 'Goudeau' really is."

Nero says, opening a portal above His hoof which drops out a leather book with golden trimming. He skims through it for a minute or two, before passing it to Twilight with a page open.

"Our warlord is the son of Garfield. Or else fancies himself his successor. I wonder how he compares to his ancestor."

Nero says, before the soldier returns, the king having pocketed the book in the meanwhile [after Twilight saw it]. He listens to the soldier's terms, looking backwards to His warband for a moment in thought.

"I accept your master's terms. We will bring Bulldozer of Pain as our body-guard, and no other."

Nero turns back to Jet and Backfire.

"Keep your men here and keep the room fortified. Twilight has her radio, keep in contact. If anything comes into this room, call Crumple Zone, then call her to let us know. We're going to try and get some information out of Goudeau."

After all orders are given, the king, the alicorn, and the robot's booty call make their way to the so-called god-warlord of this fortress.

[1d10+1] Inspire
[1d10+1] Inspire

>>28710948
As you begin to look torn, the goo technician turns down to look at her hooves, "It's... what's done i-is done..." she says after she finishes applying the medkit's healing. "I'm just... I'm sorry i-it had to come to this..."

Steel looks on as you release her of her bindings, the gooze not moving after you release her and she continues to stare down at the floor. She doesn't move, and Steel grunts. "Well? Aren't you going?"
"I-I... I just need a few minutes."

>"Yes, you have... I'm sorry to say it might involve needing a bit more damage. But it'll be for the betterment of the Dome and whomever you're fighting for. I'll provide more details in less strenuous conditions, but I need your help to expose the Master for crimes against mutantkind and the Dome."
Steel speaks up along side you, "For what purpose? Our job here is done."
>"You wanted to stop the rockets? You did. But only for now. Consoles and equipment can be replaced, pretty quickly when you're around here. The launch's been cancelled but the Dome has other means of setting them up. A week, at most I estimate, is all it will take until the next attempt. But if you help me? You can stop them permanently."

>>28710993
The majority of the prisoners you had let loose give a rally cry of agreement as you begin go speed out of the cells, finding your way through random direction in the base to arrive at one of the locales you see no signs of trouble having occurred yet: R&D. Unlike the Cells, this one has blaster-shields shut closed in front of its main entrance, red and white hazzard signs plastered on the front of it, but there is a see-through glass on the other side you can see experiments being processed, and several armed guards + robed scientists huddled within.

>>28711166
>>28711074
>+4 Nero, +3 everyone else

Twilight raises her brows, "The son of Garfield?! You mean, you think he's a time-traveler too? I guess it's possible if he's working with the Order but, why then? Why come to THIS time? They said this army's been around for at least a little while, I think..."

As you agree to the soldier's request, Bulldozer sighs and throws his head back, "Greeeeeeeat, we're playing this all diplomatic-like. That's exactly what I get paid to do, is sit around and listen to chatty sissies..." he smiles as he looks at Twilight, "But, if it means I get to look out for her, I guess I'll try and work the best I can with it."

Twilight cringes, "G-great choice..." she turns to Nero, "That soldier mentioned someone from 'The Station' being here... didn't Magz mention that was where Claw came from?"

Jet and Backfire salute as they tend to their dead, the guards who came with the soldier staring them down angrily for taking their Armory as they lead Nero, Twilight, and Bulldozer onwards towards the Vehicle Bay.