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@Maple Bat @MaryxMelody @Techno Universal

As she continued through the obstacle course, it became clear to Muddle that she was more competent than she had originally thought. The course was still challenging, but most of the dodging and rough terrain was much easier than she had expected. The only time she would truly fail was when she tried too hard; for example, if there was gap, she would over shoot it and stumble.

By the time she was nearing the finish (or half way, depending on what you want to do), Muddle's rear was feeling a little sore. "Ouch, what's with the random difficulty spikes?" In response to her thought, she heard a light snicker. It was barely audible but still there. 

~

Her shadow had a good idea about what was going on and it couldn't help but find Muddle making a fool of herself funny.

~

Muddle didn't have time for this. She shrugged of the noise and continued through the course.

I made that last post from my phone and corrected my mistakes. I don't know about you all, but now I'm curious to find out what zerp gravity is. 

@Maple Bat @MaryxMelody @Techno Universal

When Woody told her start, Muddle was off. She navigated her way through the first set of obstacles with surprising ease: but before she could celebrate her unlikely success, she was confronted with an area of zero gravity. "?!"

After what she had seen with Yang's course, she braced herself and struggled against the zero gravity with everything she had; Ironically, this is what threw her off balance. When she stood up, Muddle knew something was off; but she didn't have time for that now. She continued dashing through the course.

 (poor Witty, always late, never early.)

While Steelhooves voice blared throughout the bunker, Witty remained fast asleep. This didn't come as a surprise. Because of the loud devices at her workshop, Witty had adapted to sleeping in loud environments; at the time, she thought of this skill as a blessing. However, lately it has become a curse. "..." On a normal day, Witty's parasight would wake her at this time; however, on this particular mourning, Uno was lying on table near Witty's bed. It was absolutely drained after unpacking the mare's belongings and didn't have the energy required to wake her up.

Just when it looked like Witty was going to sleep in, a voice started shouting into her ear. "Ah!" She screamed and jumped out her bed, landing on the ground in a less than graceful fashion. After regretting her decision to sleep with that watch so close to her ear, Witty frantically began to look around the room, "Uno!" When she finally found the worn out parasight, she composed herself and apologized for shouting. "Poor thing, must have been up all night..."

Witty replaced Uno's power cell and placed the parasight on her bed, "You can have a rest for working so hard." It managed gave her a narrow glare, almost to say 'next time, don't work me that hard!' It still has enough energy to sass her.

With Uno taken care of, Witty quickly got ready, shoved her journal into a bag, packed a few other parasights for the day, and rushed out the door.

~

@silvermoon15000 @Maple Bat @OracleOfTwilight @WiiGuy2014

Due to her terrible memory, and not having Uno as a guide, it took Witty a bit longer to reach the classroom; however, she eventually stumbled upon the correct room. Heaving a small sigh, she slowly opened the door and saw everyone already gathered and "Probably waiting for me." As she made her way to an empty seat, she looked at the professor and said, "Reporting mam (or sir if I'm wrong)."

@silvermoon15000

I made a change to my post. Witty now retired instead of looking for the others.

@Techno Universal

She had no idea what Techno was talking about, "What's a 3D video or physics logic judge..." The only thing that made sense to her was that things were getting hot and he seemed to be the cause of it. "It's defiantly heated in here." Thankfully, he had decided to get ready for another recording... It was only then that she noticed, "He doesn't have a camera?" She shook her head and brushed it off as magic, she had to concentrate.

@Maple Bat

Muddle walked up to the start of the course and said, "I'm ready."

@Maple Bat @Techno Universal @MaryxMelody

"Well, this ought to be intresti-" Muddle snapped towards Woody, "Wait, did you just say zero gravity?" Before her question had time to be answered, Yang was off. From what she could tell, the mare was doing considerably well. The aforementioned areas of zero gravity caused her a few problems, during the run, "But I assume that's normal for anyone."  When ot was all said and done, Yang was still in one piece. She shouted a congratulation from where she was standing and looked over the course. "I suppose it can't be that bad." 

4 minutes ago, Maple Bat said:

"Gotta reset the course now. When you go just do your best that's what I'll want to see."

Her response was simple, "Alright, if you say so." 

@MaryxMelody @Techno Universal @Maple Bat

In the time that it took for Woody to get back, the three had done little more than exchange names. While she wished to learn more about them, "It was a start." Besides, there would be plenty of time for that later. For the time being, Muddle took a step back, she was content to let Yang have the first shot at whatever Woody had planned. "Well, best of good luck." 

@Maple Bat @WiiGuy2014

"Both of you have a good day as well..." After their abrupt goodbye, Witty raised a hoof to her mane and tried to reflect on what she had gathered from everyone thus far. "..." She hadn't really learned anything. She wandered back into her room and sighed, "This entire learn more about your teammates thing might be harder than I thought." Her parasight did nothing in response to her comment; it was either indifferent or possibly too engrossed in unpacking Witty's belongings, there was no real way of telling. Regardless, Witty continued to prattle on, "I met all of them and spoke less than two sentences to most of them..."

In response to her whining, the parasight beeped six times, which cause Witty to give it an inquisitive stare. The only thing the parasight did was repeat its' beeping noise six more times. At this point, Witty made a list of everyone she had met thus far, "Myself, Woody, Will, Silver, no name... That's right. There's suppose to be six of us here." She smiled and said, "Maybe I should look for our last team member, however..." She started to stretch and loudly yawn, "I've been meaning to get catch some sleep since I got here. I'll save that endeavor for tomorrow."

Before getting into her bed, Witty walked over and pet her parasight on its' head. "Thank you for being so attentive Uno... also, try and have everything unpacked by the time I wake up." With that last statement, Witty retired for the day... Of course she would leave Uno with all the grunt work.

@OracleOfTwilight

Witty just couldn't wrap her head around the way thing worked around here. Including Silentwing, this was the third time someone said their piece and left. "A shame as well, that mare is clearly suffering..." She wasn't known as the softest shoulder to cry on and she had just met her, but still, Witty felt like there was more she could do than just be silent. "I suppose I'll talk to her later... or find someone better than me to have a word with her." It was only at that moment she realized, that the mare hadn't given her a name.

@Maple Bat @WiiGuy2014

When the dragonequus spoke, Witty was pulled away from her thoughts.

She shook Woody's paw, happy to receive a normal greeting, and said, "Don't worry about it. The others will warm up eventually." She started to laugh, "Either that or they'll have to learn how to deal with me." She stopped shaking his paw and started to settle down. "As for what I can do... I'm an inventor. That's pales in comparison to magic imbued songs. I've never heard or seen this ability and I'd like to know more."

It was at this time Witty noticed the changeling approaching her. She gave him a small wave and said, "Sorry if I didn't see you there for a moment. It's a pleasure to meet you as well." When she heard the changeling's plight, she did her best to put him at ease. "No need to worry, I'm not sure how hard of a time you've been receiving, but I'm a fairly open minded individual."

@silvermoon15000

"Well th-" Before Witty had a chance to speak, Silvermoon had said his piece and was starting to walk away. "Maybe he's just shy?" Whatever the reason, she opened the door and called out to him. "Well, partner, I'll being seeing you around." She gave him a friendly smile and waved goodbye, but was unsure if he had noticed. "Oh well." With that, she shrugged her shoulders and closed the door. "I suppose I'll get back to unpacking... Uno!" Upon hearing Witty call for it, the parasight turned to face her. "Get to unpacking." It responded to this order with a narrow stare. "Fine, help me unpack." That was better.

~

@OracleOfTwilight @Maple Bat

Some time had passed and Witty had managed to get a workshop table set up in her room. The decor was still lacking but, "You can't build a city over night... And your not going to listen to me if I tell you too." The parasight beeped in affirmation. "What am I going to do with you?" It was at this time that Witty heard another knock on her door. Curious to see who it was, she stopped what she was doing and walked over to the door. 

"This time, lets try and be more inviting." With this thought in mind, she opened the door and smiled at the pon- There was a pony on the other side of the door, as well as a creature she had only seen once before. "...Right, there was mention of a dragonequus. This has to be the one. Try and be cool... I guess?"  She smiled at the pegasus and dragonequus standing before her and said, "Hey, nice to meet more members of the crew. How are you all doing?"

As Silentwing explained what was going on, Witty found herself with more questions than answers. She didn't want to seem rude and interrupt Silentwing with questions, so for the time being, Witty remained silent. She would ask her when the mare had time. She seemed to be in a rush, which Witty could understand, she was late after all.

Eventually, Silentwing finished speaking with her and showed Witty to her room.

~

Now left with an empty bunker, Witty placed her journal on a desk and leaped onto the bed. She stretched, made herself comfortable, and sighed in relief. "It's not the fanciest bed in the world, but I needed this." She then turned her head toward her parasight and said, "Uno, would mind starting the unpacking? I'd like to take a closer look at this wat~" Before she could finish speaking, Witty heard a knock on her door.

"Well, there's always later as they say." She wrapped the watch around her hoof and walked over to the door. She opened it, just enough to see who was outside, and said, "Hello?"

When the letter had arrived, Witty could contain her excitement. Not only did the princess recognize her work, but she offered her the chance to put her skills to the test and help others as part of a group. "This is everything I could have ever dreamed of!" She threw the letter in the air, where a creature that resembled a parasprite caught it.

After jolting down what materials and belongings she would be packing inside her journal, Witty turned towards the creature and said, "Uno be sure to wake me an hour before the first train leaves the station tomorrow and..." She tore a page from her book and placed it on a workshop table, where Uno could read it. "I want you and the other parasight's to pack these items for me. I have a few repairs to finish before tomorrow, and then I will need plenty of sleep..." 

The creature she called a parasight rolled it eyes, because it already had an idea of what would happen. In response, Witty glared and said, "I don't need your sass Uno. I'll have the repairs done in record time and then I will be fully rested for tomorrow."

~

Witty had stayed up all night working on her repair orders. She could have cancelled the orders or told her clients that the repair couldn't be done at this time, but her pride wouldn't let that come to pass. When mourning came, Uno exhausted every tools it had to wake her, but Witty remained fast asleep. All the parasprite contraption could do was wait... 

When Witty finally woke up, there was screaming and panic inside her workshop. It ended with her rushing to the train station and shouting an order to her parasights, "Deliver those devices to where they need to be. Uno, you're coming with me. Love you all bye!" As she ran off, Uno flying close behind her, she looked at the parasight and said, "Not a word..." It gave her a beep and looked rather smug.

~

@silvermoon15000

Witty crested the hill, out of breath and sweating heavily. When she saw Silentwing sitting down, supposedly waiting for her, she stopped and tried to make herself look more presentable. Then she approached her, with possibly the most awkward smile she could give, "I'm sorry for my being tardy, I'm Witty Thought."

@silvermoon15000

Hey, if there's still room for one more, I was hoping to join as my oc Witty Thought.

Strengths:

-Clever: Thinking quickly is a useful trait

-She always willing to help: Weather it's a small task or you need something made, Witty will try her best

Weaknesses:

-Her temper: She won't back down and hates being told she's incapable of doing something.

-Physical ability: She lacks muscular strength and is inept and close combat. 

-Easily stressed / overworked: She has a tendency to take on multiple jobs or roles. 

Unique Skill: She's an inventor. Given an idea, materials, and enough time, Witty can craft tools and items that others need.

On 6/30/2017 at 2:47 PM, Maple Bat said:

"You 3 stay here I'll go set up what we'll need and get back, and get to know each other while I'm busy. You'll need to get along for a while anyways."

Woody was right, with how much time they would be spending together from now on, it would be best learn a little more about each other. With this in mind, Muddle turned to face@MaryxMelody and @Techno Universal. She gave them a friendly smile and said, "Well, I'm Muddle, pleasure to meet you-... Uh?" Her friendly smile turned into an awkward chuckle as she realized, "I have no idea what their names are. I know Woody said one of them a moment ago, but... Aw, I forgot!"

Well, this was awkward.

Sorry for being so absent myself. During the week, I fell ill, but now I'm back and feeling much better. 

@MaryxMelody @Maple Bat @Techno Universal

3 hours ago, Maple Bat said:

Woody sighed he had to lead these two through the joining process since Maple was unavailable "Alright you two. We'll need to do a form of initiation for the two of you. First we'll do physicals, Followed by specialized practice sessions, to see what you can do that's unique," He explained "Finally Finishing by giving you both equipment that you'll need while part of the rebellion." 

Having been so deep in thought, Muddle never realized that Woody entered the room. When he started to speak, she jumped and turned to the voice that had addressed... "Wait, you two? Never mind that..." She couldn't help but scowl at the thought of a physical, "On top of that, what about me is unique?"

3 hours ago, Maple Bat said:

He turned to face Muddle "I know you're not that good at fighting but I'd like for you to be able to at least protect yourself. Maple's right though we could use more entertainment around here. Most of the soldiers are losing hope, I can tell." 

It took a moment, but Muddle accepted that Woody was right. She knew what she was getting herself into and would need to learn how to defend herself. As for entertainment...

Muddle gave Woody a nervous nod, "I-I'll try my best..." It had been forever since she performed.

3 hours ago, Maple Bat said:

He turned to Yang "As for you. According to a letter a friend of my sisters wrote you are an element of harmony. To find that We'll need to do some digging to see what comes up. Our only hope is we find it before the King and queen do."

When Woody finished addressing her, Muddle followed his gaze towards the stage. As he mentioned before, there was someone else here with them. She cursed her absent mindedness, and wondered how many other slipped by her, before giving @MaryxMelody an embarrassed smile and wave.

3 hours ago, Maple Bat said:

Finally he turned to face them both "Any questions?"

As usual, there were still many questions to be asked; however, Muddle was content. She turned towards the other pony Woody had addressed, seeing if they had something to say.

~

3 hours ago, Techno Universal said:

If any of you two need to train in bath Battle, feel free to use me as the test dummy!

Muddle, wearing a confused expression, looked in the direction of the voice and said, "Um... thank you? I'd rather not though..."

3 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

"Until yesterday, I were actually sure that everypony in town were dead, but Blitz here managed to get away, and there were no blood in town after the attack, so I dunno. I'm starting to get a little hopeful about perhaps finding others again. Hopefully Uncle Napalm will be one of them, though I hope he's in a better state than Blitz here is. She lost pretty much all of her memories beyond basic schooling ones. Didn't even know I was her brother before I showed her a photo.

Still, trying to keep my hopes up. Even if they're all a bit empty in the head, it'd still be them back, so trying to keep my chin up for the crew and then trust the officials in looking thoroughly for them."

Witty still had many questions, but at least some were answered. She let out a relieved sigh, looked up at Molotov, and tried to be positive. "Well, if know your uncle, he's resourceful." She smiled and added, "I'm sure the eggheads at this Center Zero are just as smart. Whatever happened, I'm sure they'll be alright."

With that said, Witty threw a curious glance towards Blitz. "She had her memory wiped? Outwardly, she seems fine... Oh my sweet mother of-"

~

3 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

Meanwhile, Blitz were getting closer to Uno with a big grin of her own as she looked at the beeping little creation.

"You're real pretty and shiny. Pretty lifelike too."

Uno flew around Blitz's head in quick little circles, before flying towards Witty's backroom. It had knowledge on most of Witty's past inventions, and it wanted to find something for the pony that was so kind to it. The pony seemed to like its' design, so...

Uno returned moments later with a small spherical device. It was holding the sphere by two tendrils, that used to be its' nubby legs, and hovered mere inches away from Blitz's face. After taking a moment to give Blitz another happy chirp, Uno offered her the device.

~

"...What kind of AI did Sound give me to work with here! When I get my hooves on him, I'm going to destr-" Before she could finish her thought, Molotov started speaking again. She drew her attention away from Blitz and Uno and focused on Molotov, not wanting to seem rude. She would just have to do her best to stay calm, "Besides, what are the chances she'll figure out how to turn it on."

3 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

"So, class B titanium rod, huh? Better than what Carmen usually haves in her chassis, but hopefully she doesn't let this get to her head. I already had to upgrade her whole frame six times because I added one part and she got annoyingly pestering about wanting to be fully upgraded, instead of just having a part. I swear, artificial intelligence can act like bratty foals sometimes.

Do you have trouble with your own? Or is that one running on more standardized programming, rather than a self-learning AI?"

Witty wanted to say, "Trouble seems like an understatement." Instead, she made a gesture with her hoof and said, "Well, there's always an odd problem with the AI every now and again, but I'm not the one who usually deals with their programming." She raised a hoof to her head and started to blush, "I'm actually quite terrible at programming, still learning even, so I usually have my brother take care of it." She chuckled nervously and cast a sideways glance towards the object in Uno's grasp, "I really don't want to mention the last thing I tried to program on my own..." 

Witty lowered her hoof and added, "As for that one, Uno as I'm calling him, my brother said that this AI was special." She cast her eyes downward and raised her hoof under her chin in thought, "I'm not sure if it's standardized or self-learning, but Sound said he designed it as the perfect companion for a close friend of his." She shrugged and said, "Then he said I should try it out and laughed... leaving me with little to go on... as usual." (salt)

Realizing that she was rambling, Witty looked up at Molotov and gave another embarrassed smile. "Either way, I just finished him today, so I'm not sure I can tell you much about what this AI in particular is about."

On 6/16/2017 at 6:10 PM, Blitz Boom said:

"Hello there. Name's Molotov Boom, and this here's my sister, Blitz Boom, and I've come looking for a few things, as well as you actually."

"Sorry 'bout that. Carmen here's usually following along, but you know how artificial intelligence are sometimes. Curious little things, and in this case, the sort who likes to taste things she perceives as food. Sometimes I really think that giving her a stomach might have been a bad idea.

Anyway, as you can see, she's gotten a bit of damage and I need to get her fixed. You wouldn't have to have a stick of grade C titanium and some clock wires, do you?"

Witty raised a hoof underneath her chin, as she thought about the particular items Molotov was asking for. "Well, I have clock wires by the number; however, I believe I'm out of C grade titanium. A lot of it went into..." She cast a narrow glance at Uno and muttered, " 'Other' projects."

Uno gave Witty an agitated beep and stared back at her. It felt like Witty was accusing it of something.

Afterwards, Witty turned towards Molotov with a wide grin, "However, I do have something in stock." She ducked underneath the front desk and started to search for something. "I do have a small amount of titanium somewhere here, although, I believe it's one grade higher than you're asking for." She couldn't help but laugh, before continuing, "It's kind of weird that I even have this in stock, now that I think about it. Normally, I have a regular that buys up my stock of higher grade titanium." 

After a moment, Witty emerged with a small box of titanium rods. She placed them on the front desk, next to the set of papers that weren't there before, and said, "Really nice stallion, you'd probably love him. His name was..."

On 6/16/2017 at 6:10 PM, Blitz Boom said:

Reaching back with Carmen, he sat her back on his back with some protest, but she clung in when she was set down and didn't chase the parasprite robot anymore for the time being, which gave him the chance to do the other thing he had meant to do: Take out a stack of papers from his backpack and put them down on the table.

"Our Uncle, Napalm Boom, frequented the store quite a lot. He'd be easy to see. He usually had a vest full of tools, a hard hat and a hovering board to carry his wares on?

In any case, he seems to have been impressed by what work you're getting done here, so according to his wishes, I've come here with his research papers to hoof over to you. He figured that you'd be able to make the most of things in case Center Zero fell, and he went with it... Which he sadly did."

At first, Witty was happy when Molotov spoke about Napalm. She had no idea she was speaking to his nephew or that Napalm thought so highly of her work. It was only when Molotov mentioned 'his wishes' that her expression started to grow somber. "N-no... When did this happen, center zero? I-I..." The look she gave Molotov was filled with both sadness and confusion. This was a lot for her to take in.

~

On 6/16/2017 at 6:10 PM, Blitz Boom said:

"Did you make the small robot? It's pretty. What's it's name? Does it do fun things? Can it explode?"

Witty seemed too distraught to notice or respond to Blitz's questions; however, that did not stop the parasprite contraption from flying over to Blitz and starring at her curiously. After a moment, it made a small beeping noise and did its' equivalent of grinning. It was happy that SOMEONE finally appreciated it.

Male?

@Raven Rawne

I doubt it, just try messaging them; also, I know i'm a random individual here, but your idea sounds solid. I'm a fan of the Fallout games (and I have been meaning to read Fallout Equestria), so I agree with you, there is a lot to explore and utilize with the setting. If you want a random idea or starting point... It could be a case of 2 (or 3 chacracters from what I've heard) in over thier heads. You scavenge an item, not knowing its' worth or power, and now others are after you. Many close calls to be had and, with few people to trust, close relationships can be formed.

11 hours ago, Maple Bat said:

@Techno Universal @Contrast @MaryxMelody

It didn't take Maple long to fall asleep, she was so tired from pretending to be so strong but really she was just like anypony else, before falling asleep though she put the element of chaos in a small box that only she knew where was.

"I saw Muddle after Maple's small rampage but I haven't seen Yang since then..." He turned to techno "Maple should be able to get up soon but if she was to put the element on again or even be engaged by the enemy in that state... She could easily lose her life, so while I'm busy leading her troops, I need you to make sure she doesn't try to join another battle." He flinched as an image of Maple on the ground, dead, passed through his head. He shook it out knowing she was in good hooves. "Please don't go in the room as she's a sensitive sleeper, Just guard the door from anyone trying to go in... Or leave."  and nodded a goodbye and walked off to go find the others.

(btw, assume anything italicized is a whisper or thought. I normally clarify in the text though.)

By the time that Woody and Techno had finished speaking, Muddle had made no real progress in her exploration of the base. As expected, some of the ponies around the base were on alert after the attack; because of this, when she tried to look around, Muddle was often meet with glares from busy individuals.

Seeing as she was just getting in their way, Muddle decided to head back towards the stage, take a seat, and think about some of the day's events. "What to do now?"

I like to play dungeons and dragons.

Bored out of my mind.

*psh* Of course I am... not...