MLPFEMTORPG: Temporal Centenial Edition

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>I don't know what happened, but we've taken on a lot of clocks.
Please post sheets for the 100th (wow...) session of Temporal Escapades

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>>29401990
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>>29401990
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>>29401961
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>>29401990
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>>29401990
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>Everyone is at full health except for Onyxia, who is at 5/4
>Previous thread: http://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/29354966/#29356261

>YEAR: 1501 AE
>Dome G-777, Level 3
>'Evolution Chamber'
Last time, Onyxia and Southern had managed to break through to the lair of the enigmatic Master of Dome G-777, finding him operating on his next possible victim, Zygote, on an operation table. After breaking through to his soft-glowing, green-pod filled laboratory, Onyxia made an attempt on his unattended computer...

>The Black Bark Woods
>Breezie City
After leaving the army base of Goudeau, Crumple made a pilgrimage with only Honey, Nero, Luke, Twilight, and Bulldozer towards the hollow of Honey's origins, time having long sense passed since her last visit. They were met with a plethora of armed guards upon entry, until Honey revealed herself to their particularly stunned leader...

>>29402142
>>29402015
>>29402063
You swiftly put the desk back into the position you took it from, nothing seeming out of place as Steel's thrown piece doesn't do much to distract either the Master from his work or the watchful staff from turning its gaze on you.

However, as you drop to the floor, you manage to cloak yourself in the Shadowscape, falling into a world of darkness as Steel takes cover upon the catwalk. Falling into it and looking back towards the hall you had entered from, you can hear loud steps coming from the main hall on Level 3 exclusive in the Shadowscape that weren't there earlier. They remind you of the Eonts you caught earlier.

Turning back to Claw, you can hear him speaking as his staff seems to turn back towards him, humming along to the new music that was put on. "Hmmm... EO solution test seems favorable, but even if it works, it's only be delaying the inevitable. The colt would be back in here in a few weeks, at best." He sighs, turning towards some of the pods. "Disappointing. But perhaps I can make do with what I've gotten so far." He scratches one of his claws on the surface of one of them, their faces even more impossible to see in the Shadowscape.

>>29402040
The stick unfortunately continues to hit nothing but air as you swing it around, even thrusting your whole arm up the hole, but as tumble through and re-shrink due to entering Crumple's range of effect again you roll and tumble across the wooden tunnel for a good distance before falling flat on your belly just outside the edge of the tunnel. Up ahead, you see your friends surrounded by breezie warriors, but none of them move on them when you come out of nowhere. Two of them turn on you and seem ready to zap at you with small rifles, but a hoof held up sharply and swiftly from a pink-maned breezie in the front, one face to face with Honey Bunch and almost trembling, keeps them at bay as they instead merely land besides you, keeping a close eye as negotiations play out.

>>29402156
>>29402040
>>29402032
>>29402012
The other breezie guards turn and look at each other befuddled as you speak of your accomplishments, not entirely aware of all you speak before you shift back to the Breezie tongue and begin working with your mane. As you expertly tie it off, the lead breezie seems to pause, looking at you work your mane into its familiar hair style. He drops his miniature arc-welder to the wooden ground, clanking against it as he takes a step towards you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KntnrMLDLA
He says nothing at first, staring at you from behind the helmet after you state your name clear as day. Slowly, he reaches up towards one of your pigtails, holding it gently and letting it fall back down before he reaches up to his radroach helmet, taking off the intimidating head-piece and holding it at his side, revealing a lime-green face with a scar. Both of his eyes are welling up slowly, but he keeps a stoic look on his face, almost still in disbelief. "Honey Bunch...." The familiar breezie does not move to hug you, but stares at you, keeping calm and collected as he seems to be able. Maybe even a glint of anger can be seen, but most of it seems to like he's seen an extremely friendly face he hasn't seen in ages. ["Where... where have you been? Do you know how much long you have been away?"]

He shakes his head, ["I... I was starting to think... I HAD thought... you were gone."]

>>29402156
Onyxia holds still once she enters the shadows, even holding her breath reflexively until the staff pays no more mind to her. He exhales, relaxing as she steps off the desk. Ear perking up at the steps, she turns her head around too look for the source.
("Of course they'd have shadow guards around here.")

Brushing off the annoyance, she looks to the computer. There's no time to look through whats on there, she'll have to grab it all and let those rebels sift for what they need. She pulls the radio out, holding it tight in her hooves as her crystal spreads over it. They're only a few rooms away, they don't need to hold communication for long now. It'll service much better as a drive to rip off the data onto.
>Transmute

>>29402196
LukeWarm tumbles through the tunnel and lands with a grimace as he finally does. His cat Jean is flung from his bag.

In the face of danger Lukewarm's couldn't-care-less expression doesn't change. Look side to side at the guards besides him he utters "Piss off."
>Innocent: passive; appear unimportant, uninteresting and generally like a forgettable bystander. Unless you are caught doing something illegal, you will at most be escorted outside, but more likely you'll just be ignored by guards and the like

>>29402196
>>29402012
He then ambles over to Nero. "Yo Captain light-bright, this is -uh kind of'a heavy sich huh? Think we should amscrae? We can play air hockey in Crumps while all this bad air blows over."

>>29402156
She recalls the white uniforms which the workers wore in the wing they were just in. Reasoning that they might serve as a disguise, she returns to find and borrow one, and perhaps a pair of swirly glasses as well.

[1d10]

>>29402196
Honey watches him, smiling a little weakly like a kid who knows they were in trouble.
["Well...more than a few years maybe?"]
Her antennae droop as he goes on.
["Honestly, I kind of figured you already thought I was gone."]
She then perks up, standing triumphantly.
["But nope! It's going to take much more than the outside to do me in! I also had some help, too. But it was mostly me."]
She says with s cheeky grin, looking back slightly to Nero, Luke, and the others.

She laughs slightly, but it goes from boisterous to nervous and uneasy. She moves up slowly and hugs him, remembering a slightly familiar feeling. She can't help but cry a bit.
["I...I'm sorry. I'm sure you were worried sick and all but...I've just done so much out there, seen so many things, have done a lot of killing. It...*sniff*...it just felt...wrong...coming home. Like you and mom wouldn't want me back."]
She squeezes a bit tighter.
["I don't even remember why I left home anymore. But...I knew this place needed help. So I...I just did...whatever I could, but...."]
She tenses up and can't finish her sentence, just tightly hugging the breezie she slightly remembers as her father.

>>29402196
>>29402354
>>29402281
Nero watches the reunion calmly, not speaking, before Luke approaches Him. He looks back to the scene before exhaling.

"We can step outside for a moment, but I told Honey I'd be here in case she needed anything." the king says, walking over to Twilight and whispering to her.

>"I'm going to take Luke outside before he causes a scene, call Me on the radio as soon things have settled down a bit."

He says, stepping outside the hollow and regrowing with Luke [and deploying His radio while He's at it]

>>29402437
As they go outside Luke can't help but feel this would be one of those moments you smoke a cigarette, but unfortunately one addictions was enough for Luke.

"Sooo what was up with that? Any idea? I don't know if it's private history or anything but I do remember Honey having a breakdown back in my time. Was bawling her eyes out while cryin for her mom and pop. Figure she's got some major issues of some ki- oh.. Man I can't remember if Honey told me to keep that a secret. Whatever it's out there."

>>29402246
Hidden within the darkness of the shadow-scape, you successfully run your hooves over the radio and convert its inner components into a make-shift hard-drive to insert into the computer like Irons demonstrated. Outside, the Eont thumping continues as you listen to the Master continue speaking to his staff.

"Gigant, take note: Zygote has divided himself as many times as can his cells can safely guarantee. My intent is to enact Level 4 Protocol on the colt, immediately. Ready an empty pod for him. There are simply no more options. End note." He sighs, "Can't be bothered all day with this, anyhow. So many projects... the rockets' control center alone will take me days to remake from scratch. And all that wonderful portal tech to be implemented." Gigant, the staff's name, seems to nod along in agreement, before it returns to scanning the room.

>>29402283
Turning away from the cat-walk that makes the circle around the chamber, Steel turns to you from his hiding spot and perks his head, wondering where it is you are going as Onyxia vanishes into thin-air below as she almost drops the computer desk.

Swiftly, you make it back out of the open Evolution Chamber door, and slide out into the Emergency Medical wing where you saw the scientists working before. You manage to pick out a few of their long white over-all coats to slide into, and a pair of safety goggles perched near a testing bench (though they sadly lack any swirls). Walking back out into the hall, you spot an almost normal looking mutant waltzing through the hall out of the Administration room wearing an identical high-profile suit as Plasm was. This mutant is a mare, dark red sunglasses on her eyes and a pair of over-sized sound-pads over both ears and a black muzzle over her muzzle. You manage to swiftly move past her before she notices you moving back to the Evolution Chamber, heading instead for Communications (where Geigaro mentioned he was held up).

>>29402520
>>29402281
The Breezie guards bring up their rifles for a brief moment, but quickly drop them to their side, looking between themselves and at you before giving a light shrug of their shoulders. Two of them speak to each other in their exotic, uninterruptible Breezie language before you hear two of them share a light snicker, leaving you alone afterwards.
>"Okej, antar att vi egentligen inte behöver oroa sig för denna lura."

>>29402354
["Maybe a few..."] The lime-green leader says disappointingly, keeping a steady eye on you as you go on. ["I don't know what else I was suppose to think, Honey... n-nothing... NO ONE has come out from that hell out there."]

As you mention you had help, he looks around you, turning to stare at Luke, Nero, Twilight, and Bulldozer, but is taken off guard as you swoop in to hug him, his arms not moving as you wrap yours around his mid-section. He doesn't respond as you confess your reasoning to him, staying as hard, cold, and stoic as he can be from what little memories you can gather. Before long, though, he caves, bringing his arms up to gently grab you by your shoulders, and pull you into his chest.

["You tremendous... wonderful IDIOT of a child... how could you think we would not want you back?"]
He grits his teeth, growling into your ears, ["You think I do not know it takes sacrifice to make it out there? I do not care what it is you had to do... neither did your mum. We always just wanted to see you coming back through that hole one day..."]

>>29402529
>>29402437
>>29402281
Twilight turns to Luke, flicking her ears silently as she whispers, "My Breezie isn't as sharp as it could be, but... yeah. 'Heavy sich' is probably a word for it." She looks at the tightly embracing breezies, looking quite sad herself before she's brought out of it by Nero's request.

"Huh? Oh, yes, of course. Count on me." She says quietly in turn, Bulldozer having a blank look on his face, seemingly lost in the scene as he stands his ground, crossing his arms and looking at the tender scene with an unreadable scowl.

Luke and Nero successfully return outside of the hollow down the tunnel, regrowing to full size after stepping out of range of Crumple.

>>29402542
Lukewarm kicks the dirt and shoots the shit with Nero and an atomic beer in hoof.

>>29402542
>>29402512
"Honey hasn't seen her parents in years. I imagine its very emotional for her." the king says, looking to Luke.

>>29402520
Onyxia flips the drive around in her hooves, staring over the computer to find the correct port to make it quick once shes steps from the shadows.

She listens in from the shadows, looking back as the master says he's moving Ziggy to Level 4.
[He just tosses them away when he's done? Typical. At least that can buy me some time.]
She looks around, not enough room behind the computer to hide around it to download his data. Instead, she opts for the pods nearby the desk. Ducking behind them, she pushes her way through out of sight ,and steps out from the shadows.
>Shadow Leave

>>29402520
She puts on the coat and goggles and walks into the chamber where the guy with the staff was. She walks around with an innocent, klutzy wobble, looking around in confusion and wonder, mostly genuine rather than feigned. She looks around the room and checks it out, pretending to be lost while she waits for Onyxia to do something.

[1d10]

>>29402529
She is taken aback by the hug, flinching slightly from the move, but as he speaks, she can't help but hug him back tighter.
["I...just figured you wouldn't...wouldn't want a murderer for a daughter......I'm sorry."]
She thinks back to a time where she could hardly remember her father, now feeling a bit sick to her stomach at the thought. She moves away from the hug, wiping her face of her tears.
["Mum is still around? Great. I...we...have so much to catch up on...I've got so many things to tell you both. Oh, and I brought some food from outside as well! It...was all I could bring since...had a couple of accidents with my robot and some stuff got lost and all."]

["But I...,"] she looks back to her father, looking upset about something. She sighs, ["I need to tell both you and mum this. So...could I...meet her? And bring my companions along? I know usually we don't let outsiders in, but...but I can...trust them."]

>>29402650
"Okay yeah but what about the crying eh? I'm no doctor phillis but that's gotta mean theres some serious damage in the relationship right? I mean she just broke down cryin. We weren't even talkin about folks at home. It just happened."

>>29402667
As you slip out of the shadows, you come out behind a narrow space behind the green pods out of view of either the Master of his staff's view. Spotting the computer once again in the world of light, you can spot the necessary ports you'd need to insert the drive into as the Master's golden eyes glow bright yellow, and the machinery that surrounds / holds itself up over Ziggy glows gold in turn, lifting itself up off the ground of its own free will and carrying him in mid-air towards one of the other green pods, which opens up to a loud *HISS* before an aura of green air comes out of it. "Please, dear Zygote, understand... you will be worth far more in the long run this way than you ever could have dreamed in life. It will be an honor..." he says before he notices something up on the cat-walk.

>>29402683
As you don your lab-coat and make your way back into the lab, wandering around on the cat-walk above the floor, your blatant display of pretending to be lost immediately pulls the Master's attention, his golden eyes opening wide as he turns up towards you. "Hmmm....!?"

His wide, black wings open up and beat against the ground, sending much of the green mist that was coming out of the open pod to scurry across the floor before he slams down on top of the catwalk in front of you, several of his feathers flying all over the place as his snake-like staff coils around the guard-rail next to you, screeching at medium volume at you as the Master's crooked beak and decrepit body hovers over you imposingly.

>"Why hello there. Who might you be?"
He says calmly in his deep voice without opening his beak, his voice seeming to project from within your own mind.

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>>29402799
>Forgot pic related for Southern


>>29402759
The green breezie you can almost pin for certain as your sire, but unaware of his name, mumbles, ["I... I cannot say I am proud to hear you call yourself that. But I know you... KNEW you, at least,"] he says as he pulls back for a moment, staring into you with his huge eyes, antennae dropping down to mingle with yours.

["I cannot blame you for what the outside world might have thrust upon you... it is nothing but monsters and death outside of the city."]

He turns back towards your familiar home, the rotting/decaying plants intermingled with countless bits of techology (some of which you clearly recognize as your own contributions). ["Your mum is... alright. Could be better though."] He looks down, before turning up an ear at Twilight and Bulldozer. "Bring them?"

Twilight and Bulldozer are allowed to step forward, and you notice Nero and Luke have left. "Hello," Twilight speaks first. "I am Twilight Sparkle. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Your father grimaces, "I've... you are a very strangea. I'vea seen ponies, but..."
Twilight chuckles, "Right, no alicorns left I bet. The horns and wings might be a little..."
"No, it isa your coat, your mane. You'rea so... clean. Vibranta. How ina the Shade...?"
Bulldozer grins and flexes widely, "And, I am, of course, needing no introduction... you've heard of the one, the only, Bulldozer of Pain even here in the wreckage of the wreckage, right?!"

>>29402638
>>29402650
The two of you share in your solitude in the wastes of the open forest, the blackened trees offering only the wind to break the silence. You think you notice the blackened outlines of ponies burned into some of them.

>>29402799
She nods in greeting, undisturbed by the appearance as she pretends to be a ditzy scientist. Pretending to have a stuffy nose and a lisp, she says, "Oh hello. Is this the right way to the cafeterias? I'm supposed to be on break right now, but I'm a little new here so I got kinda lost. Would you like me to bring you anything? Drink, snack?"

>>29402807
>>29402650
Lukewarm shivers as the brisk wind scathes his tender flesh.
"Hay look Nero" Luke points to a blackened outline of a pony "These little bugs got a sense of humor." Lukewarm poses next to the silhouette, poised like he's dancing with a the outline of a pony raising his arms up.

>>29402799
Onyxia grips the drive in her hoof, thinking of how to get it to the computer. She places a hoof on the floor, preparing a transmute to move the ground to carry the drive to its destination. However, as both master and staff jump to the catwalk. Onyxia peers up to try and see what has drawn his attention, but she quickly turns back to the computer. With his attention fully focused, she tiptoes to the computer, plugging the drive in and quickly ripping the data from it.
>Engineering

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>>29402788
>>29402807
>>29402832
Nero walks through the forest with Luke, making sure He remembers where Crumple is as they step through it.

"If you're curious, you can ask her later. I only know part of the story Myself. " the king says, looking out onto the black trees that go on for miles. He turns to Luke, the wind whipping at His purple cape.

"Fight Me."

>>29402807
She stares back, smiling at another familiar feeling.

Honey gazes at her home, remembering how the breezie hollow in Luke's time was more vibrant. Then again, it was the past; and seeing some random bits of past adventures did sort of make things a little more cozy.

As her father meets the others, she helps with the introductions. She then notices Nero and Luke gone, only slightly wondering where they went.
"Okaya, well, first off: the big guya is sort-of, kinda-of first friend...rival......he'sa alright is whata I'm saying. Well, heh, maybe a bit more than alright...," she says, trailing off as it suddenly feels very awkward being so open about it like she was before.

"Asa for the purple one, she'sa so clean because," she trails off a bit as she realizes what she is about to say, "well shit, thisa is gonna be hard to explaina, but she's from...another time. The pasta to be exact."
She pauses to let that sink in for her father.
["Just...can we go visit mum? It will be a lot easier to explain things with the two of you together."]

>>29402849
"eeehh, what's in it for me?"

>>29402871
Jean paws at Lukewarm's leg
>"Fight him, Fiiiiight him" she hypnotically meows "Gain your rightful place as Master and fight him!!"

Lukewarm curiously looks down at his cat thinking maybe he's the one with problems.

>>29402902
>>29402902
"Nothing, but I figured sparring beats standing here doing nothing, and I want to see how effective the gem Caduceus gave Me is before using it against Claw."

>>29402920
>>29402807
"Pfft.. yeah okay fuck it. If I win you gotta let me try getting you drunk. That's the stake." Lukewarm downs the rest of his atomic beer while Jean meanders around the area inbetween trees.

>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: passive; you gain a +1 bonus to rolls when fighting in natural environs (forests, natural caves, Bars etc.)

[1d10+1] Hoping remedy crits

LukeWarm then crushes the can and tosses it away. "Ahhh! Okay come at me."

>>29402824
>"....Hmm. Lost, you say."
The master asks again, moving to your side and gripping his claw around your shoulder, wing enveloping you in what you presume he thinks is a 'comforting' gesture as he begins turning you towards the way you came in from.
>"Yes, yes, QUITE lost, I'm afraid. The nearest cafeteria is a floor up. And while I could do with a few scones, that is hardly my most pressing concern."
He pulls you in closer to ruffle against his decaying skin, and you see his staff uncoil away from the guard-rail to snake its way back down to the floor.
>"You see, Miss... who are you again? Anyways, I could have SWORN this door was locked. I really do not care to be disturbed during crucial work."
He says as you two reach the door Onyxia hacked open, he reaches a claw towards it, his talons glowing yellow as a few beams of light trace its way from the lock to his claw.
>"Tell me, you did not see anyone else come in this way, did you?"
[1d10+3]

>>29402845
As the Master takes off from his spot, Ziggy left floating where he was and the old, decaying griffon now out of sight, you manage to find a clear path towards his computer. You successfully manage to plug it in, and begin working on pulling out data from its innards (bypassing password and security protocols in the process). Mid-crack, however, you hear a small clicking/screech coming from upstairs: the Master's staff, Gigant, appears to be coiling back down your ways.

>Roll an instant to avoid detection

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>>29402981
>>29402866
As you mention at Bulldozer being alright, he chuckles and points a thumb at his chest, "Yeah, see? Take it from her if you hadn't heard, small fry."
The breezie growls, "Ina case youa haven'ta noticed, shit fora brains, you ainta' exactly much less 'small fry' yourself, anyamore." He mentions, sighing as he turns to look at Twilight next.

Twilight chuckles at his shut down of Bulldozer, who looks slightly frustrated by the jab, before Dad asks, "Whata do you mean, 'the pasta'?"
The alicorn's eyebrows shoot up, "Pasta...? Oh, PAST." She blushes, "Right, well, what Honey said is pretty much the short and sweet version. I could explain further inside, if you'd like?"

Dad blinks a few times, "I'ma... yeah, sure. Whataever." He looks at Honey again, "Though, I do nota think any of thata crapa matters as much asa you coming back froma the dead." He lets go of you, taking to the air with his rifle in one hoof and his helmet in the other. "Come on. You need toa see youra mum."

Twilight trots up besides you, a look of concern on her face, "Honey, do you want us there? Or... would you prefer to see your mother alone?"

>>29402971
>>29402849
Luke successfully manages to down the entirety of the can, though being at full hits (5/5) it only results in him obtaining a stellar buzz.

>>29402995
>>29402971
>>29402971
"A futile effort, but I accept! And if I win?" Nero says, drawing His sword.

>>29402981
Onyxia taps her hoof lightly, growing impatient at the data collection with the master not even a floor above her. She listens in on the conversation, glad that Southern is providing a good distraction. Though in her eavesdropping, she can only think of what Steel is doing up there during this.

As the grinding sound comes closer, Onyxia ducks under the desk to hope it passes by without spotting her.
>Avoid Spotting [1d10]
>Hide under desk [1d10]

>>29402981
"Oh, I'm Back Stitch," she says. "But I dunno, it was open when I came down here lookin' for the exit. Whaddya like to get for lunch down here, sir? Ya busy workin' on somethin' helpful in there?"

She wiggles her butt a bit as she walks ahead, perhaps stealing his focus away from the door and any evidence that Onyxia was here earlier.

[1d10]

>>29403007
"I don't know, what do you want? I'd hook you up with a coupon for a discount ponyride but you're king of crystals. You can get all the ponyrides you want." Lukewarm says still oblivious to the fact his favorite crack dealer is also a pimp. Also Lukewarm doesn't do crack, he just enjoys teasing homeless people.

>>29402995
"Honestlya, alone for now. We cana always come back when we're donea with everything and shita. Plus, I thinka Goldie could use an extra hoofa with Luke. You know howa he can get sometimesa. Sorry Bull, buta...this is kind ofa important. Okay?"

With that, Honey flies after her father. Along the way, she can't help but try and break the silence.
["So...dad...its good to see everything still here and all. A little different from what little I can remember."]

>>29403054
Nero looks at Luke, once again only understanding about half the words coming out of His mouth.

"I really have nothing in mind. When I win, I will think of something." the king says rushing forward and slicing down at Luke, not bothering to take on His divine form.

[1d10+1] Inspire
[1d10+1] Normal Attack

>>29403090
>>29402995
Jean jumps into the air and bats Nero's slice away with a strike of her paw.
[1d10]

Lukewarm then drunkenly meanders behind a tree and vanishes.
>Stealth: become hidden. Enemies cannot attack you until you reveal yourself. An attack used in stealth Autocrits. Can be used at DC8 in combat.
[1d10+1]

>>29403120
>>29402995
USING!
>Necklace of Persistence: Instant, Automatic: Recharge 2, on a failed action (including critfail), you can give up 3 hits to make the action automatic.

>>29402995
You swiftly dodge underneath the desk, passing out of view as you just see the slithering metal form of Gigant rolling down the front of the desk, moments ahead of him seeing you. He circles and strafes around the floor of the Evolution chamber, like a deadly python on the hunt for its prey. Zygote continues lazily floating near by his open pod. The download you remember should still be in progress as he searches the room
[1d10+1]

Up on the catwalk, you hear a loud thunk coming from the opposite side of the chamber from you [1d10]

>>29403053
>1
>"Healthy, nutritional, tasteless sustenance and a cocktail of prescribed medications. Griffon scones, when I can manage. My son insists their cholesterol will kill me at my age but, frankly, I feel I work hard. Don't you?"
As you sway your hips side to side and try to draw his attention away, he seems wholly focused on the hacked key pad with his glowing claw. After a bit, the yellow glow dissipates, and he clicks his beak.
>"Hacked... my system has been compromised?"
He states plainly, looking at you with eyes accusing you as you try to lead away. He puts one wing back around your withers and forces you to turn around to face him, his claws now pointed at your head.
>"If you will grant me a moment, my good mare..."
They start to glow, and you feel like something is tearing away at the surface of your brain
[1d10+2]

>>29403217
>>29403083
Twilight nods in understanding, reaching up to raise a hoof up to raise on your tall withers, "I understand. We won't be far. Just, grab us when you need us, alright? I'll make sure neither Luke nor Bulldozer cause any trouble."
Bulldozer snorts, "Why you lump me in with that chump, sweet-cheeks?"
Twilight glares, "Educated guess."

After taking after your father, Dad turns to look at you, a very faint smile finally forming along his muzzle. ["You have some of your gifts to thank for that. Wish I knew what that giant machine was doing with you but, what you got it to give us helped. Things have been rough since you stopped coming."]

He frowns again, growling. ["After you brought back the water chip, and we could finally drink safely again, everything was as good as we could have asked for a while. But your successes drew some to leave the nest like you did. We never heard back from them either. Things have been lasting us alright but, it is getting harder. Resources are becoming scarce."] He lands back at the top of a large hill of junk, and on top of it a tall computer tower hollowed out and with several (failing) gardens at its side. You have faint memories of this place. ["Inside. Your mum is probably still napping."] A heavy sigh comes from him. ["She's been getting tired a lot."]

>>29403127
>>29403120
>>29403090
Nero kicks off the attack with a swing of his khopesh, but Luke's loyal cat jumps out at and bats the swing away, making it go wide and miss him as it hits empty air. Luke quickly takes the moment to run behind one of the countless dead black trees, disappearing as his necklace glows a soft violet light in response.
>Luke: 2/5
>Nero: +1 to all actions next turn

>>29403217
"H-help! This is sexual harassment! Sexual harassment! My rights as a worker are being infringed! Help, I'm being oppressed!" she shouts, running into the lab with tears in her eyes.

[1d10]

>>29403227
LukeWarm appears from above swinging his bat downward to land a hit on Nero.
"HAAAAHH!!"
[1d10+1]

Jean jumps in the air swing her claws at Nero
[1d10]
[1d10]

>>29403217
Onyxia slowly peeks up from under the desk to check her data download, eyes jumping back frequently on the staff's position. She sits impatiently, having to hide away after everything they've done to get here. She looks to the loud thunk, and up at the master talking with Southern. Even if she ripped the drive out now, she wouldn't be able to just walk out, even in the shadowscape with those patrols outside.
That drive of anger pushes her to act, creeping ever so slightly out from under the desk as she sets her hooves on the ground. Whatever this staff is, he must rely on it if its so important. Crystal quickly surges out, trailing after the staff as snake-like as the object itself. The metal floor parts under the weapon, trapping it with a pitfall and just as quickly as it opens, the space fills completely to seal the staff in a metal tomb.
>Transmute [Trap] [Sentry Auto]

>>29403227
["Yeah...sorry about that. There has been some...complications as of late,"] she says in response of not dropping by in awhile.
["And that giant machine? I control it. Its thanks to that machine for keeping me alive for all these years."]

["No...so even when I was trying to help, I just caused another problem."]
She says, sounding a bit defeated.
"Fucka me."
Her slight sorrow is replaced by some nostalgia and wonder as she lands in front of the comp tower.
["This is...home?"]
She blinks a bit before finally entering.
["Yeah. I...kind of remember how tired she seemed. I never really noticed when I was younger...."]
She walks around slowly, taking everything in and comparing it to the few memories she still clung on to. A hoof ran along some of the furniture, and every now and again she seemingly stared off into space. She couldn't piece everything into a coherent memory; just bits and pieces at the moment.

But she still makes an active search to find where her mother currently is. She keeps her helmet off as well, not wanting to give her a scare like she did with her father.

>>29403120
>>29403227
"You're using your cat?" Nero asks in surprise, eyes panning the trees to try and see where Luke went.

"You realize this is a fight, not a game of tag right?" the king asks, moments before seeing Luke dropping out of the branches above.
>>29403255
He quickly raises His sword, blocking the bat, before counter-attacking, cutting at Luke.

[1d10+2] Inspire
[1d10+2] Normal Attack

>>29403250
You pull away from the Master's wing, a slight trail of golden light dripping along from your fore-head to his talons before you're out of range, the aging griffon turning back towards the Evolution Chamber with glowing eyes,
>"Someone DID break my door... and they are in there. Right. Now."

You run away from the door towards the medical area, several of the lab-ponies looking you in fright as you scream in panic. "What's the matter?!" One of them asks, the lab ponies surrounding you in concern before you see the Master stops giving chase, a large 'clang' drawing him off. The Master points at you,
>"Find the nearest Captain, restrain her, and bring her to to the Chamber. So your Master commands!"
He shouts before flying back towards the Evolution Chamber, your concerned followers in the medical lab suddenly looking the more unfriendly.

>>29403308
The large clang you had heard before was Steel, as it would seem, but it would appear he put too much weight behind his metal body this time: you see part of the cat-walk above twist and break as the staff is suddenly made to pay attention to it. The staff leans up and shrieks loudly in a discomforting metallic wail, slithering off towards Steel before your crystal transmutation manages to cut it off and trap the withering staff, the snake-like implement flailing underneath the metal as it surrounds it
[1d10+1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhqjnHLdXU
However, as you do so, you hear another wing-flap coming from above, and more black feathers fall around the chamber as you hear the Master's voice calls, Steel in his heavy guard uniform undoubtedly visible from where the griffon perches and wavers,
>"Whoever you are, slinking around in here, you are VERY lucky. Hide and seek is perhaps my most favorite game."
He chuckles loudly, looking over head at Steel, who struggles to get back up on the twisted cat-walk he broke to draw the staff away from the computer.
>"Not making it much of a challenge, however."

>>29403310
"Hay I don't make her fight, she does that on her on. What pamphlets you got about animal abuse you can just toss em away." you hear from somewhere.

"I don't know what you're talkin about Nero, Better you just keep your eyes on the fight."

>>29403409
>>29403309
["You control that thing....? Damn."] Your father admits in honest wonder.
["Honey... I am not going to say I forgive you for just, leaving with no warning like that. But do not downplay what you did. We would all be dead if you had not left."]

As you ask aloud about the house, your father perks up his antennae. ["You don't remember it?"] He nods. ["You do remember your mother, at least. Yes. Working in the gardens, maintaining our food as much as she has... it drained her a lot. But, she has been getting worse lately. Needing longer and longer breaks. The food is not quite what it used to be."] He growls. ["We think she's picked up some kinda radiation sickness, but I think worrying about you non-stop hasn't been too healthy neither."]

Pulling you into the familiar home, many momentos and trinkets scattered around the computer tower seeming distant and all too familiar at once, he draws open a curtain, revealing a small 'resting room' with a mushroom bed inside. On it, you recognize the yellow form bundled up on top of it, lightly breathing in and out as memories of her mane, scent, and light snoring from when she'd take her afternoon naps rushing back. ["Rose...? Rose, wake up."]

>>29403310
>>29403255
Luke swings out from behind the tree, leaping at Nero with his bat but finds the bat blocked by a quick raise of the sword, Nero taking no damage and counter-attacking with a cut to send Luke down to the ground (0/4)

However, Jean's next attack manages to scratch Nero along his cheeks, dealing 3 hits (3/6) to him in turn.

>>29403409
Onyxia smirks in satisfaction with the staff trapped away neatly, though its wiped away in disappointment as Steel nearly falls through the catwalk.

She pulls back under the desk as the master re-enters and calls out. Seeing him focus onto Steel however, returns the earlier feeling. She places her hooves on the ground, eager to give him the game he wants.
[Two can play at this.]
She thinks to herself, black crystal spreading back and up the wall, crawling under the catwalk. The metal morphs on the floor portion of the catwalk, small spikes rising up before the section of catwalk in whole under the master springs up to catch and slam him into the chamber's wall with the makeshift iron maiden.
>Transmute [1d10]

>>29403415
Honey remembers how tired her mother looked, but now older and more understanding of things, only now is it hitting home just how bad it was. Hearing that her mother still worried about her, to the point of feeling worse, made Honey feel more than 'just a bit' of guilt for once.

Honey looks, and the rush of sensory information does plenty to remind her of at least one thing: the many afternoon naps they took. Honey walks up a few steps, but still keeps a slight distance.
["M-Mum? I...it's...,"] whatever she wanted to say did not come out as the words felt like a knot in her throat.

>>29403415
>"Do not get cocky you have yet to feel my Lord's true wrath!"
Jean meowls as she jumps around scratching at Nero.
[1d10]
[1d10]

"Ehhh lucky shot" Luke wipes some blood off his check and gets up.
[1d10+1]

>>29403415
>>29403466
Nero drops His shield out of a portal that forms above Him, catching it and using it to block the brunt of Jean's attack, before rushing forward to attack Luke again, shield-bashing him back to the ground.

[1d10+2] Inspire
[1d10+2] Normal Attack

The king continues fighting without His typical radiance, obviously going easy on Luke.

>>29403409
"None of you people are fun at all," Southern says, before she and her rolling chest vanish. She leaves behind a net of wires to terrorize the researchers and deter any thoughts of attacking her.

>Camouflage, Unseen Foe
>Trap [1d10+3]

>>29403481
'Oh that's nice you gonna fight me with that shield I GAVE you."

>>29403440
Your crystal snakes up the back of the cat-walk, the crystals direction drawing the Master's attention from your hiding spot.
>"Hmmm?!"

He shouts in surprise before the crystal surrounds him entirely, spiking out and trapping him before a swift golden barrier emerges from his mid-section, a small bubble of protection that keeps the iron-maiden's spikes at bay, but still keep the Master trapped in his location
>Protect
>"Ah-ha.... Only one pony in the timeline I know with this little trick."
He looks down from his trapped spot, raising a claw towards where you had buried his staff in the metal.
>"What an unexpected surprise. Little fragile Onyxia, here in my humble Dome. But why, I wonder? I don't suppose that makes that heavy fellow over there our missing friend Steel, does it?"
[1d10+3] The metal around Gigant begins to glow bright yellow
[1d10+1] Gigant tries to break free on his own.

Steel pulls himself free of the twisted cat-walk, running around the circumference of the Chamber to attack the shielded master, "Now or never, Onyxia!"
[1d10+1] / [1d10+1] DC 5, Great
[1d10+1] / [1d10+1] the shield responds to his sword

>>29403487
The scientists surround you, swerving and moving in to catch you before you disappear into the cover of your cape, the genius mutants turned goons tripping and flailing over one another as your wires strike out at them, deterring those who dare to continue giving chase. Safe from attack, you hear more sounds of combat occurring from back in the Evolution chamber, but from your spot in the Medical chamber you see an obstacle arise. The mutant you spotted earlier, with the head-phones and glasses and muzzle, leaps out of the Communications room, looking around and tapping her hoof along the ground as she gives out a few beats (like something out of a drum you'd recognize from your time period, but much more 'synthetic') accompanying her. She blocks the middle of the hallway, looking around for you or any sign of trouble.

>>29403527
>>29403462
As your guilt over takes you, your few steps manage to cause something to stir within the sleeping breezie. Her wings flutter, and her antennae twitch, twirking around as she comes back to the waking world. Your chocked voice reaches her, and her lazy eyes list around the dimly lit room as they fall on you.

["H-hmm? Gale, is that you? I'm so sorry, did I oversleep again, I..."]
["N-no, Rose, look... open your eyes."]
Gale twits her head around to get a closer look, the yellow breezie looking completely unsure as she raises. Even with your foggy memories, you think you have an idea of what your father meant. She has more lines on her face than you remember. ["We have a guest? Who is it, I can't really..."
She pauses, eyes slowly opening wide as she gets a full look at you from afar. ["N-no.... it can't..."] she seems to recognize you faster than your father did, her antennae twitching erratically as she quickly rises out of bed, stumbling onto the floor in a heap due to the sudden effort as half-crawls/half picks herself up to get up to you. ["Y-your face... those antennae..."] she begins openly weeping out of both eyes, tears falling as she seems to be in disbelief. ["Honey Bunch?!] She says panicked, her chest breathing in and out quickly as your father tries to calm her down. ["My little sweet nectar, is that really you?!"]

>>29403481
>>29403466
Luke manages to stand back up (5/4) from his earlier hit, as Nero's shield is brought out of a portal to block Jean's hits (though one still gets through, Nero brought to 2/7 with his shield out). Nero charges luke with the shield, but Luke manages to avoid the oncoming attack back swinging up his bat, tightly gripped with both hooves, and deflecting it with a solid blow that sends it away from him.

>>29403527
>>29403440
>Sorry, almost forgot to throw one more line out there that Onyxia can see: the data collection is at 60%. Two more turns should collect all of it.

>>29403533
>>29403501
"You only gave Me the enchantment, the shield was Mine." Nero says skidding to a stop as Luke deflects Him.

"By the way, I've been meaning to ask you about something. About Sterling."

The king rushes forward, using His sword to swing Luke's bat out of the way before kicking him hard in the stomach, sending him rolling.

"You attacked Caduceus earlier during Honey's duel because you thought he had something to do with it, didn't you?"

[1d10] Inspire
[1d10] Normal Attack

>>29403544
Jean swats at Nero
[1d10]
[1d10]

"EeeYeah that's pretty much what I was thinkin."
Luke swings at Nero's shin
[1d10+1]

>>29403552
>Gem of Bamman on Jean's attack.
>Attack negated
>There is no visible sign of this.

"You clearly-" Nero keeps defending Himself from their attacks as they continue to fight.

"Want revenge. With Caduceus an ally, and Glace dead, what do you intend to do now? Who will you avenge yourself on?"

>>29403527
Onyxia sands up from under the desk, glaring up at the gryphon.
"How'd you know my name!"
She demands from him. She turns her head to Steel as he rights himself and charges at the master. She stops her hooves again, crystal building up to more of the catwalk behind the master (not the section Steel is running towards him on). It rips up the metal and adds it to the section restraining him, tightening it to bind him even with a shield as well as attempting to crush it.
>Transmute [1d10]

>>29403527
She positions herself with a group of scientists between her and the earphone pony. To test what she thinks is happening, she forces the wires floating in the air, off to the side, to vibrate, making a tiny bit of noise that would only be perceptible with strong hearing.

>>29403533
When she sees her stumble, Honey moves as quickly as she can to Rose. She picks her mother up slightly into a hug, also crying; both from seeing her again after so long and feeling awful seeing her in such a state. A great deal likely caused by her.
["Yes! Yes, it is,"] she says, her own antennae twitching happily. This was her mom, and this was, indeed, her dad. She felt sure of it.
["I...oh geez, sorry doesn't even make a great start for all this. But...I'm alive so...so you can stop worrying, okay?"]

["Dad brought me up to speed on things a bit. I'm...I'm so] damn [sorry, Mum. I just wanted to help everyone here...then I got out there and...and I did what I had to but afterwards I thought...you and dad might not want to see me after. I'm sorry."]
She holds her mother closer, crying a bit harder.

>>29403589
>"Eo-Naxx Sight and I are good friends. He told me all about you. And I knew young Steel since before you did."
Steel's sword somehow bounces off the barrier despite the weight of his swing, sending the iron pony backwards as he shouts, "I've never met you in my life!" he shouts as he brings down yet another swing, heavier this time
[1d10+1] >Slam, crits on 7+, DC 5
The sphere shakes and wobbles again, beginning to crack under the weight of your new wall
[1d10+1] Transmute / [1d10+1] Slam
As your transmuted metal comes slamming down around him, you see the metal twist and heat up around where the staff was buried: it rises suddenly with the twisted metal evaporating into thin air, the angry Gigant twirling around on the ground as it races towards you, glowing gold as Claw himself before it bites at your rear-hoof
[1d10+3]
>Gene Venom

Meanwhile, Claw raises his arm at Steel, gripping it as sparks begin to fly between Steel and his fist
[1d10+3] Engineering
>"Really? Well now, Steel, that does hurt your dear Uncle Claw a good bit. And after all the hard work I put in to help you uncover that nifty... what did you call it? 'Shadows Cape'?"
>80% charged. One more turn.

>>29403609
You test the wires shaking nearby, off to the side, vibrating and causing a tiny bit of noise. As it would appear, your hunch was a good one: the head-phone, drumming pony mutant turns her head towards the source of the sound, and the next thing you know the drumming stops. Instead, all you can hear is the sound of several loud popping explosions (a gattling gun, to describe to a pony out of your time period) coming from her muzzle, and then all of a sudden, the area that you have vibrating with wires is lighting up with sparks and dents in the wall like a massive flurry of bullets had actually hit them. Even though you see none
[1d10+2]

>>29403684
>>29403568
>>29403552
>>29403544
>+0 to Nero's attacks
Nero manages to deflect the swing of Luke's bat, kicking him harshly in the gut to send him reeling back a bit (2/4), and as Jean swats away at Nero manages to tank his way through the hits thanks to the gem (2/7)

>>29403616
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aXmpxzXEz8
You manage to grab Rose quickly as she falls, and pull up your long estranged mother into a tight embrace, her health causing the tears to flow all the more easily. Rose begins to cry openly into your chest (you note you are taller than she is now, which is not how you remember), hugging you so tightly you're afraid she'll hurt herself. Or even you. ["My Honey's home.... I-I can't believe you're finally back. I always hoped... e-even when no one else did, you'd find your way back."] She shakes her head, ["I just never knew why! Y-you did so much good for us all, but when we got your note... about the 'blood' on your hooves... I-I just couldn't understand what you meant."] She sniffles, ["I... I never would have turned you..."]

As you openly apologize, her weight brings you two to collapse on the floor, ["I-I forgive you, Honey. Of course I forgive you... y-you came back, after all this time, you don't need to be sorry. I'M sorry. I-I couldn't let you know..."]
You feel the sudden and powerful grip of your father as well, leaning down to huddle you all together in a strong, warming hug as he begins to cry openly as well, without the presence of his guards. He can't seem to bring himself to words, instead stoically (minus a trembling lip) merely offering comfort to you all.

>>29403684
>>29403609
>Sorry, almost forgot the most important rules of Trap

As the invisible projectiles explode and ping harmless off of the wall on the other side of the wires, the wires snag and trap around the mutant mare successfully, an orchestra of frustrated electronic noises (similar to a video game enemie's grunting noises) spewing out of her muzzles as she struggles to break free of the grip

>Caught Captain Echo for two turns

>>29403568
>Mreeeeooow!
>"I will not desist!"
[1d10]
[1d10]
More scratching

"Hrnk!' Luke grunts as he's kicked in the gut.
"I don't know. whichever big bad wizard needs to have sweet retribution slammed on I guess."
Lukewarm takes a swig of vodka from his bag.
>Natural Remedy
[1d10+1]

>>29403684
Onyxia growls at the mention of Sight, anger heightening.
"Shut up! I don't want to hear that name, it's bad enough I have to deal with you!"
Onyxia readies to crush the master even further, but as the staff breaks and luges at her, sh quickly turns in place. Her tail becomes rigid, a green flash over it thickening the fabric to looking like leather and tough as steel. It widens out, forming a shield, swinging from her spin at the staff to deflect the bite and knock it away.
>Shapeshift [Shield/Sword] [Instant, Auto]
>Block [1d10+1]

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>>29403616
>>29403609
>>29403589
>>29403568
>>29403552
>And that would be pause for the evening.

>100 weeks of your game have passed, I see. That's pretty impressive.
>Kind of thought we'd get to ME by now. But, then, this whole thing was supposed to be completed by session 60.
>Such is the nature of the game, I suppose
>Either way, it means a lot to the forces that be that you have all put so much time towards this journey.
>Time is valuable. You can never get it back once you spent it. And the Time you've dedicated to travelling together, hopefully having a good bit of fun and sharing experiences along the way?
>Well, that's just time well spent.
>So for those who were here from the beginning
>Those who joined along the way
>Those who had sadly left
>And even those who may join in the future
>Thank you for playing TimeQuest so far.

>Achievement unlocked: 1 free skill point to spend on a non racial, non custom skill from ANY class (pending DM approval)
>Fast or slow, can't wait to see you all on the next leg of TimeQuest.
>And see you IC soon.

>>29401961
I have no idea how to get into such games even though I got regularly invited.