Reaver

Caramel was having a great time hearing all the dark puns. It was cheering her up immensely. "Hey, has redemption ever interested you?" she asked Dark, mostly to annoy him. She doubted it had. But the fact that he hadn't attack them and wasn't letting them attack him was a good sign to her. "I've heard greeaaat things about redemption! Only 99 bits. Buy today to get a 33% sale. Whaddya say--actually, never mind, you might do something bizarre again," she said, changing her mind and fleeing after Tyra. "Yeah, where is that overgrown adorable mutt of yours?" she asked Tyra upon hearing Red's question.

Caramel squeaked, her fear doubling at Dark's abrupt nearness to her. "Sweet Celestia, that's creepy!" she complained, automatically flaring her magic into a shield and leaping away, hiding behind Ticktock. She changed her mind after realizing that Dark had come from Ticktock and hid behind Tyra instead. "Tyra, he's creepy. Can I go on ahead now? I think I'm probably just making him more powerful," she said, her voice strained as she reached reason. Calm down. You're right, you're just making it worse. RELAX. She managed to calm herself somewhat.

"Me?" Caramel said loudly, her cover blown as Dark addressed her. "I'm not scared. Look at me, clearly not scared." Of course, his smelling her fear or whatever had only increased it, but she worked to calm herself. "Yeah, let's not fight the Dark Lord from a thousand years ago." Caramel said flatly upon Tyra's statement, and blinked at Caliber's suggestion. She rounded on him, gaping. "Wait, you're not serious, are you?" she asked. "I mean, true, this guy seems evil and powerful, but... Tyra's right! We need to get to the top of this tower, not worry about this guy!" she proclaimed.

Leaders @@Unicorncob, @@Chip Circuit, Tsunami, despite her earlier disagreement with the stallion, felt a rush of relief upon seeing Fuhror. Good, at least there was one pony here who she could somewhat agree with. Thorn glanced away from Fuhror, disgust evident in his gaze. Probably because his tattooed side was facing him, actually. Tsunami had never gotten over that. "Amore," he said to her, "yes? My name is Thorn. I believe all five of us have come to you with similar intentions, after seeing you fight Love's guard, Rift, so impressively." Everypony let him talk. Cutting off Thorn was a bad idea, especially when you saw his guard skulking just outside the doorway, and the fact that he was the only pony to wear armor of the leaders was a bit of a telling point. Oh, and there was one of his guards in the window, too. He raised his hoof to gesture at Amore. Tsunami's gaze was caught by that gauntlet Thorn always wore--while on his right forehoof, his gauntlets were good old fashioned steel, on his left leg, he wore what should have clearly been a gold necklace, with in it's center a red lightning-bolt shaped gemstone. It had always attracted her eye. Really, one day, she would backstab him just to wear the pretty thing herself. "You have magic. How can we get our magic back?" Thorn asked shortly. Tsunami blinked. She saw similar reactions on the other leaders. "Wait, really?" Love spoke now. "I was going to offer her a chance to be a part of my guard." Thorn glanced at him, looking annoyed. The idea suddenly seemed to brighten in his head. "Actually, that's a fairly good idea, Amber." He said. Thorn must've been the only pony that was able to address the short stallion in such a manner without dying. All he got was an eye twitch. "Amore," he added, addressing her. "I will allow you the honor of joining my guard, if you tell me where you got magic to cause that... mist." "Or, you can join my guard for free," Mediant interjected. Everypony glared at him. He wilted. "I mean, just saying," he said. Centaurs @, As Caliber continued slashing as he easily avoided the centaur's stomps, the centaur growled. He was managing to avoid some of the pony's blows, but Caliber managed to hit him now, slashing the centaur's hoof cleanly off. He howled in pain, and wildly struck out at Caliber, leaning on his other hooves. He missed, and picked up his flail, which he had dropped. He began hitting the air wildly with it, in attempts to draw Caliber back, away from him. @@Unicorncob, Tyra's blow hit the centaur, crushing a rib. The centaur backed up, snarling, seeming more affected by her insult than the blow, though that clearly had hurt some too. He pushed his shield forward, towards Tyra, but she dodged. He groaned, clutching his rib, and threw the shield aside. "Heavy," he grunted, and instead pulled out a second flail. He flicked it expertly, glowering at Tyra. Ironeye, meanwhile, had been preparing a powerful spell, to crush the archer in the distance from the cellular level. To her shock, the spell didn't work, instead expending a lot of her needed energy. "Damn," she muttered quietly, glaring at the centaur from far away. The commander was eying her, but still hadn't moved. The centaurs clearly had some sort of inward protection. She couldn't destroy them from the inside out--she'd clearly have to stick to fireballs. She sighed, and began recharging her energy.

Yeah, that's why we're only going back to that system for not-important fights. Otherwise, they'll go too quickly. This is just going too slow is all. Also, one thousand brohoofs to thee, Unic, on thy last post.

Caramel felt a stab of... fear upon Dark's rounding on her, as his very presence seemed to... well, it seemed to darken. Really, when was the last time she'd felt scared hearing someone talk to her? She blinked at Ticktock's explanation, and gasped loudly upon his claim of wishing he were an earth pony. "No..!" she whispered, awed. Mostly for dramatic effect. She no longer felt too bad about being scared of Dark. Hey, that one was pretty good, actually. She nodded at Icy's praise, and when he finished talking to Dark, nodded again in agreement and couldn't resist her quip. "Hey, so, you don't seem too scared of the Dark," she said to Ice. She couldn't help snickering a little, then stopped. "Sorry, sorry." She added, "Couldn't resist. Hey, maybe he can help us?" she said hopefully, and turned to Dark. "Instead of going for revenge, you can help us, you know."

Gave you entrance chance, Unic! 8D Hey, guys. I just want you all to know I'm really glad your sticking with this RP. I'm pretty down after HigurSan and Midnight left us, and Alex isn't really posting. But, Red, Chip and I are all having great ideas for where the plot is going (and Comm T also came up with a wonderful villain, who we will be meeting soon), and it's going to be awesome. I think we're going to have to find a way to quicken combat, though. If it's not an important fight, we're sticking to classic RP fighting without dice. For now, let's try and move the centaur fight along! Also, you're welcome, Red.

Leaders Tsunami trotted past the somewhat injured nurse at the counter of the hospital. Oh well, one broken leg wouldn't hurt anypony. Except, you know, the nurse. No visiting hours... psh, who did that pony think she was, anyway? Tsunami fumed quietly... not awake yet, hm? Well, she'd better be awake when I get up to her. Tsunami didn't bother knocking on the door, instead just pushing it open. Ah, good. She's awake. "Amore, correct?" she said, coolly, sitting down nearby. Not waiting for a reply, she continued. "I understand you wished to see the other leaders, though I doubt that still holds true." Her tone made it very clear that she didn't want Amore to still hold to that, and if Amore did, she would have a fit. And Tsunami having a fit wasn't a good thing. "Anyway, after seeing your impressive fight, I have an offer to make to you--" "Hey, that's funny," came the voice that Tsunami despised. Well, Tsunami despised a lot of ponies, but Mediant was just unbearable as he stepped into the room. "So did I. She would make a great addition to my guard." "Of course she would. Your guard's a joke." Tsunami deadpanned. Then, to both of their great surprises, Amber Love trotted in. "Amore--oh," he sighed upon seeing Tsunami and Mediant. "Well, never mind you two. I have--" "Excuse me?" Tsunami said sharply. Then, a deep voice from the doorway cut any response off. She and Mediant stiffened upon hearing Thorn's voice, though Love, his ally, relaxed. "Funny, looks like we all had the same idea after seeing such a contestant against Rift." Thorn said as he walked into the room. Every inch of him radiated a total, deadly authority. "Now, all we need is Fuhror."

For now, I think I'mma give control of Amore to Chip. If necessary, I'll switch her to my control for something. But probs not. Unic, have Monsieur move to the hospital room where Amore woke up. Everypony's going to offer her a position as one of their guards.

"Oh. Not nice." Caramel noted. "Err... So, you weren't pregnant," she said to Ticktock, frowning as she attempted to understand the situation. "You were just... a jinchuuriki." She shook herself at Dark's threat to Tyra. She needed to be serious, clearly. "Hey. Cool it," she said sharply to Dark. "Nopony's hurting Tyra. Especially you, Darky." She edged closer to Ticktock. "Hey, what was that about him beating the princesses?" she added in a lower voice, abruptly worried for her safety.

Caramel stared for a solid minute. She decided she'd been quiet too long. "What the buck?" Though it was formed in a question, her tone made it clear that it was a statement. She trotted over to Dark fearlessly. "Hello there, friend," she said cautiously. She remembered what Red had said, and Ticktock addressing the pony. "Er. Dark. Hi, nice to meet you. Your mother had a little too much cider when she gave you that name? By the way, were you inside Ticktock? Does that mean he was pregnant? Tartarus." she realized. "Poor boy," she added sympathetically to Ticktock. "You know, I heard a story like that once--well, a myth. You know, fully grown pony god coming out of main pony god's head. It was really weird. I guess it goes to show, buck gender and all that. Who believes in fate, you know?" she asked in a pondering voice. "I mean, we might as well just scrub off our cutie marks. You know, I'm going to do that. We're all equal, after all. I mean, we're not, but maybe we should be. Maybe there shouldn't be different genders. Like, really, I'm confused--if I had sex with you," she said to Ticktock, "hypothetically speaking, would you get pregnant afterwards, or would I?" she shook her head, and looked to Dark. "I know it's probably hard, you unusual pony," she said, sympathetically. "One of my older brothers had a bit of an issue like you. But, don't be too rebellious. He's your mom. Er, dad. Remember that. Family's important." With that note, she turned away, surprised at the depth of her speech. "Well then, everypony," she said gravely. "After we take care of this, I'm on a new mission to discover the equality in all of us." (What the heck did I just write? I'm sorry, guys. o.o)

Ty for that. You guys can post, btw, I don't bite. Was my last post confusing?

"Great time for a migraine, bud," Caramel said drily to Ticktock. "As my grandma used to tell me, 'Oh no. You have a headache. Here, have some cake'. Because, obviously..." Caramel trailed off as she saw that Ticktock really was in a bad state. "Hey, you alright clockpony?" she asked him, poking him with her hoof.

Caramel beat her opponent, and sick of her knives, stowed them and pulled out her bow again. It wasted a good second, but it was worth it for the power she felt when she held her weapon of choice. She glanced about her. No Djinn in sight. Well, no conscious Djinn in sight. "Hey guys, any plant-pony we missed?" she asked the others alertly. After all, there might be one hiding right behind her she just hadn't seen that was about to shoot her. She checked. Nope. "Cause I'm not seeing any."

Well, @Little Red pointed me to this shop, and your artwork really is wonderful! So, I have a request. I'm a bit of a scrub, and haven't drawn one of my OCs, Strider, outside of a ponybase. Hoping to put one of your drawings on his character page. Information below.

Centaurs @@Commander Tangent, The centaur dodged Lunar's attack, lashing out at Lunar vaguely in an attempt to swat at him. He hit the griffin squarely in midair, but didn't seem to be paying much attention to his movements; his eyes were fixed on the sword which he had dropped. After assessing the situation, he turned to Lunar, realizing the sword would be little to no good to him now. He raised his fists now, rather than his sword. @@Unicorncob, The centaur countered Tyra's attack easily, bringing his shield up and blocking her. He growled at her insult. "We don't need to be fast to crush you, little pony!" He said angrily, striking out at her with his flail. Instead of hitting the pony, he overestimated her distance from him and hit the ground, causing a great burst of dust to fly into his eyes. He muttered a furious curse in the direction of "stupid sexy pony princesses" as he attempted to rub his eyes with his arm, lifting his shield in the process. @, The centaur snarled at the sudden unexpected increase in his opponent's agility, stumbling and avoiding one of Caliber's first strikes, but taking a strong hit to one of his hooves on a second jab. He howled, attempting to lift his hoof to nurse it and at the same time attempting to lash out with his flail. The result was some odd limb entanglement that forced a retreat from the centaur as he missed Caliber spectacularly. Strider @@Little Red, "I'll distract his front. You get him in the back." Strider ordered Red quickly, and true to his word, leapt out in front of the beast. The centaur reacted immediately, jabbing his spear at the old stallion who expertly slid to the side. With the opening, Strider charged, leaping into the air and slashing at the centaur's front, giving him a solid hit below the centaur's throat. The centaur let out a low roar, and Strider quickly dodged away from what could become a wild rampage.

MLP FiMfiction. Specifically, Take Two and Split Second. The latter is meh, but all of you should read the former. This is your homework. Working on a post.

Well, in terms of that, I was going to suggest this: ...but upon hearing that song, you know, that's pretty good too. X3

I've only just started looking over the list. Will put more on the PM. Anyway, back home, guys! Working on a post on the RP. has said that she's really busy with school, so she may not be able to join us for a little bit. I may bring up the possibility of somebody RPing Alex so she's not... you know, just standing there. Brief post for centaurs.

Centaurs @ The centaur growled, stumbling at the hit to his shoulder. He turned blindly and struck out with his flail--and, to his luck, managed to hit Caliber at the pony's legs. @@Unicorncob Tyra's centaur reared and attempted to hit Tyra with his hooves now. He missed, his hoof connecting with the ground several feet away from Tyra. Ironeye/ Archer Centaur notched an arrow and let it fly, directly at the mare in the back. It hit her leg, and Ironeye gasped. This wasn't good for her. She began preparing a more powerful spell, that would hit the archer from far away. Just a little more time...

@@Jellal Fernandes, @@Little Red, @@Ochre_Dust "I'm ready!" Glider said cheerfully, casting a sidelong smile at the stallion. She could see the light in his eyes, and wondered if he was also seeing the life of the little piece of land they were going to have. She leapt into the air, and led him to Peregrine and Blitz, who were where she had left them. She spiraled into her landing and stumbled a little, almost falling into Blitz. "Hi again, girls," she said cheerfully. "That didn't take as long as I thought it would. Peregrine, have you met Guy-Man?" she asked, gesturing.

@@Unicorncob, @@Chip Circuit, Tsunami growled softly, turned, and trotted away, considering. Even though she hadn't liked the idea of Amore fighting, Rift had been right. He had spared her. That was good, especially considering her abilities in the fighting. She and Izumo had certainly been right--the vampony would be useful. Perhaps she would stop by personally to the hotel, and offer the vampony an allegiance with her anyway. Maybe she could convince Amore that the others weren't worth seeing. Little did she know that away from her, four other bandit leaders who had just watched an exciting fight were considering the same thing. (Sorry Unic for godmod. I know you're RPing Malum right now... just setting that as a general direction. Amore's going to get offers from all five leaders to join them.) @@Little Red Strider "Red!" Strider called worriedly as the spear caught her hind leg. He shook himself and charged at the side of the centaur again, slashing twice, though in his worry for his friend he missed both blows spectacularly. Growling a little in frustration, he leapt out of range of the centaur for the moment, next to Red. "You okay?" he asked her.

In Caramel's opinion, Red's shout out to Caliber had been uncalled for. She said so. "Hey, relax! There's only ten of them. And with a sharp sword like that, he'd just cut them to ribbons," Caramel pointed out, loudly through the sounds of the chaos. She charged into the fray herself now, and, in a burst of the stupid courage ponies called 'bravery', she used the shield that had only just been taught her. Off the shield bounced an arrow from one of the Djinn. Yes! Yes! It worked! "Dear sweet Luna, it worked!" she cried, and was almost hit in the face by a sword. "Oh. Ow." She parried the sword with a knife, which strained at the pressure. It was just a throwing knife, not meant to be used in melee combat. She hit the Djinn with the flat of another throwing knife, and did so repeatedly until it was knocked out. "Yes! I got one! Guys, I got one!" she cried ecstatically, and almost got hit in the face again with an arrow. Eye twitching, she seriously considered leveling an arrow at that Djinn's head, but changed her mind, instead charging it with five knives in her magic ready to attack.

@@Ochre_Dust, @@Little Red, @@Jellal Fernandes "Oh, I guess I can do that." Glider said, a little uncertainly. Guy-Man had been very tired after all, falling asleep like that. She would go gently wake him up, and ask him whether he wanted to come. It would be a nice plus, too, if it would apparently help Peregrine. She beamed at the two ponies, spread her wings, and soared off. She considered as she flew, vaguely looking for the specific tent in a sea of tents. So, Sylvia was in charge of things... Oh. Hey! That's where Guy-Man and I can get rights to that land he found. Glider realized. She beamed at the thought, and suddenly the surreal dream of the beautiful clearing Guy-Man had shown her seemed more real. She found the tent, landed gracefully, and trotted inside. Guy-Man was still sleeping. She lightly nudged him with her muzzle. "Hey, Guy-Man," she said softly. "I found Blitz and Peregrine. They're waiting to meet a pony called Sylvia. I think she can help us get that land you found, too. But we can see them later, if you're too tired now."