Demirari

Gentle Secret leaps for it, landing near the exit panting. That was certainly one of the most difficult courses she had ever encountered. Wincing, Gentle Secret slowly got up, minding the burnt from one of the laser-beams that had gotten uncomfortably close.

Turning around, Gentle Secret watched as her teammate tried to pass the course. "You can do it!" Gentle Secret shouted encouragingly before she turned her attention to the exit. Peaking slightly up, Gentle Secret immediately ducked down as a hail of bullets rained down from the last turret that was not preoccupied. This will be stupid. 

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"Oh my," Fernly simply stated as it watched Midnight Comet lose her sanity. It was rather interesting, but not funny. The funny part is when a pony steps onto a mine, now that is when fun happens. 

If Fernly's flawed calculations were correct, the mines should initiate a chain-reaction that'll blow up half of the room. There shouldn't be any issue in inducing a chain-reaction, after all, the mines were literally clustered together. 

Three TURRETS and one TURRET equating to QUADTURRET. I'm sorry. Three turrets facing the bridge and the open field and one facing the minefield. 

Explosions are good. The first poor pony to make it onto a mine earns an achievement. 

@@Akari of Duskshire, 

Gentle Secret took deep breaths as the first beams approached her. They were relatively slow, unlike the further ones near the exit, these probably served as a warm-up. Tensing herself, Gentle Secret sprung forward like an ambush predator, ducking down the first one before taking a decent leap over two rapid lasers. Landing onto the white material, Gentle Secret felt the force of her jump dissipate before she continued forward once more. 

Slowly and slowly, Gentle Secret felt the boost of energy run across her body. It was magic time. This time at running speed, Gentle Secret ducked, jumped, leaped, slid, performing aerobatic movements that the average pony could only dream off as she made her way across the course. Spinning herself, Gentle Secret avoided three consecutive beams running perpendicular to the ground before widening her eyes and did a last-second burst towards her right as a laser-beam sliced off half of her tail. 

Her body soon began moving on its on as she began dodging the beams, a decent amount at the last minute as her progress now halted to a snail's pace. She was nearly there, but the course got ever so harder. What were once slow or decently paced passes soon became near-death moments. The beams started to move at a rapid pace, moving at speeds that only a readied mind could respond to. 

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The turrets were programmed to be indiscriminate on what they shoot at, but there was one mare that was being rather annoying. One focused on the stallions while the other two began firing at the annoying mare that was screaming. A combined amount of twelve barrels soon began spitting rounds after rounds at Midnight Comet. 

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True... but hey, explosions. 

I have absolutely no idea what to post -.-

Run through the death minefield?

Gentle Secret started running forward towards the tunnel entrance as the turrets' collective attention were turned away. Jumping into the entrance, Gentle Secret took a few seconds to collect herself as a turret pinged away at the steps. Turning her attention away from the entrance, Gentle Secret focused on the array of lasers that were waiting patiently for her first step. There were at least one-hundred individual moving lasers scattered across the long corridor. 

A single block of steel appeared in front of her before quickly being sliced into minuscule pieces, as if to prove the lasers' deadly capabilities. 

"And away we go," Gentle Secret whispered as she took the first step, watching the lasers starting towards her. 

So, do i jump really high and blind the turret?

Believe in yourself. Though you have have to remember that the material dampens any force caused by falling, thus you can't really build energy or momentum to get up there. 

Ahem! BOOOOOOOOO! Yay! 

I'll see if I can post today.

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It is accurate. There are no turrets on the sides... otherwise that'll be too difficult.   

Ah right cover. Yeah, there is cover. 

So, is the water really shallow? or are the tunnels very deep?

The tunnel is underneath the the water. Imagine it like the Channel Tunnel. There's a hidden portal that teleports you to the tunnel far below.

So, the tunnels go under  the water?

Yes.

Yes there is. It is a large drop and there are water down there where, periodically, large pillars of water will shoot up.

So, the turrets are waiting for us once we exit the tunnel?

There are three turrets facing the party as they run across the open area to the tunnel or the two bridges. If you choose the bridges, the turrets will be able to fire at you as you run across. If you choose the tunnel, all you have to face are the mobile lasers that can chop you up easily. 

However, no matter what route, you have to run across the minefield. When you are running across the minefield, a single turret is able to shoot at you.

What are those circle things on the course?

Turrets.

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I don't remember you knocking over a turret. If you did, edit that out please.

The laser course is beneath the turrets' view as the laser course is underneath the turrets. The only turret that can shoot you is when you pop out of the laser course and start running towards the mines. 

@@Demirari, You mean there was a turret guarding the lazor course too?

 

And are they like portal turrents where they are not attached and we can knock em over?

The turret is above the laser course. And no, the turrets are fused onto a rotor, which is in turn encased in a solid block of material.

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Yes. Except they have more guns than simply two.

@@Akari of Duskshire, 

Putting an optic on a turret is fine. But note that it'll only interfere with the laser-guidance not its ability to fire at a general direction.

Behold! The course! Except more symmetric. 

@@Akari of Duskshire,

 

School work eh? I guess you ain't the only one with such problems :/

 

 

Oh, and here is a rough sketch of how I see this level from my understanding... of course in a lot bigger room and everything, this is just a general sketch

 

Rough Thing.png,

Your post is ok in my eyes. I'll do a sketch of what the room looks like to give everyone a better understanding.

Gentle Secret watched the chaos that ensued as the two stallions rushed forward into the course. She, herself, almost leaped into the fray but managed to steel herself. While she wanted to help her teammates, she didn't want to end up being a Swiss cheese. Turning her head away from the scene, Gentle Secret watched as Midnight gave Fantasy the telescope and nodded her head. That was a valiant sacrifice.

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"Oh boy! Oh boy! This is exciting," Fernly exclaimed happily as it floated down and watched the action. This was the beginning of great excitement to it. Oh this will be fun, but there needs to be something more. Floating near one of the turrets, Fernly conjured another one into existence, this one pointing towards the minefield. It had finally figured out what was the problem was with the course: there wasn't anything that'll make the adorable ponies stressed out while navigating through the mines.

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At least I have chicken.  

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Ha, ha! Yes. One by one last week, my teachers started telling us about the quizzes and tests we'll have... this week.

Anyways, hopefully when I come back swinging, we can jump from this level and into the next. The next one, by popular demand (whining), will be about how savvy one can get. 

Hey! Remember me? No? Not at all? Wow. 

Anyways, sorry for not posting the past few days; my teachers decided this week was national testing day. I'll try to post tomorrow, hopefully.

To rest is for the weak, to tread on is for the strong and foolish. 

Or in the Fernly's words, 

"Ha! Sleep? Who needs sleep? It's lousy and oh God! Eating? Barbaric I tell you! Prime and formal things don't eat, we, instead, sap the energy that we create and use it to power our beautiful selves. Organics are so outdated... don't you agree?" Fernly floats close to the two.