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@Blitz Boom "Wait, like, righ--" Before Lance could finish, Berry was already heading towards the food court. Well, I could either go check in with Straw and possibly get Berry (or me) in hot water, or go with her and hope the smell excuse works. Plus, I'll look like a wimp if I decide to go back to the restaurant. He frowned. I don't really have a choice, do I? "Hey, wait up!" With that, he broke into a faster trot to keep up with conspiritual mare.

@Blitz Boom "Yeah, that's her. Do you think she'd be in the same place you saw her about this time of day?" It was unlikely Berry knew, but Lance wanted to know. Plus it made decent conversation on the way back so they didn't just have to walk in silence, or him having to listen to another conspiracy.

@Blitz Boom Lance nodded and continued to walk alongside Berry. He did notice her reaction with a Minotaur, and was about to ask why, but figured he would get more conspiracies he would have to decipher and dropped the thought. He did have another question, though. "Hey, did you ever happen to get a mare come into the store recently with wooden leg and a stutter?"

@Blitz Boom "It was... interesting, to say the least." Lance decided to leave out the bits about nearly vomiting all over himself and almost getting his head smashed in. "Definitely one of the highlights of the week, though."

@Blitz Boom Lance shrugged at the griffons, then turned and trotted away with Berry. He was beginning to calm down after the near-death (or so it felt) experience with the griffons. "So where to next, Berry?"

@Blitz Boom Lance noticed Phyrus's anger growing, and didn't really listen to half of Berry's story. Instead, he was getting more and more nervous. Okay, I think blows are going to be exchanged soon if we don't leave. "Right-- right, that's pretty neat. Say, uh, shouldn't we be heading back out? Won't Straw get mad if we're late?" Lance gave his best shot at trying to convince Berry to leave without directly saying 'we should leave because I'm starting to fear for my well-being here'.

@Blitz Boom Lance handed the griffon the meal. "Here you go--" When Berry called for him, he quickly glanced over. "He's a what? Hold on." Lance trotted over to where Berry and this 'Phyrus' fellow were. He looks mad. I probably should just finish up here and leave... but whatever, this looks interesting enough. "So what's the big deal about this guy?" He quickly realized he came off sounding rude, so he added a stiff smile afterwards.

@Blitz Boom Lance peeped his head into the hospital room, food in tow. He addressed the female first. "Hi there! Were you the customers that ordered the, uh... this?" He held up a box containing the food he was supposed to deliver. He didn't really know what it was, but decided not to open it, just in case. Lance tried to stay further away from the mean-looking one. I never trusted mean-looking and buff stallions, what gives me reason to trust a mean-looking, buff griffon?

@FancyHorse @Hazard Time @Arid_Blitz @Randimaxis Lance nodded as he passed Fallskir. "Nice, I think Ametrine set up a campfire for you to light-- Oh! Now that I think of it, do you happen know where the arsehole blonde and that Dip ghoul are?" He had intended to grab a drink and run back to the roof, but decided to check on his companions first. It would be a compassionate thing to do. Compassion is a thing still, right? Plus, if I show I care, they might not turn around and shoot me in my sleep. Or, you know, they might think of that as weakness and shoot me in my sleep anyways. Whatever. -------- Meanwhile, in a faraway raider encampment, inside the largest tent, two powerful-looking stallions waited for their messenger to spit out the news. The messenger looked absolutely terrified as he stared at his superiors, and rightly so- these were the most powerful ponies he and the rest of the clan knew. "W-w-well, uh, so, we haven't really gotten any news back-- actually, we haven't gotten any news back from the scout party at the Mall, sirs. B-but we're still looking, don't get me wrong, my lieges!" The first stallion, named Lord Kent, glowered silently at his messenger as he thought of dozens of ways to brutally murder him right then. However, the second stallion, named Lord Dack, had different thoughts. "Send word to the Battlemaster to send a scout group twice the size of the first to the Mall, and to have them arrive no later than sunrise tomorrow. If there is any sign of the previous scout group there, bring me their leader. If you find any females, foals, colts, or young stallions, capture them and enslave them. Show no mercy with any hostile opposition." The messenger nodded furiously as he scrawled this across his hoof. "Right away, my lord!" And with that, the messenger darted out of the tent.

@Blitz Boom Lance also faltered for a second, but quickly regained his composure. "I seriously doubt they'd try to pull that in a busy hospital. Someponie's bound to see it. Alright, we're almost there, I think." He tried his best to wipe any uncertainty and fear off his face. Just in case.

@Blitz Boom Lance noticed the nurse's reaction. Oh, boy. Here we go. "Will do. Thanks." However, he shot Berry a confused look that said something along the lines of should I be nervous about something? He hoped she would notice.

@Blitz Boom Holy butts, how many conspiracy theories does this pony HAVE? "Yeah, that's one way of putting it. After you, ma'am." He would motion towards the entrance, being prepared to follow. But seriously, she would make a great author.

hey remember that i exist outside the rp forums So what's the deal with everybody going all gung-ho about Christmas less than a week after Halloween? There's a November for a reason, after all-- So, you can't have two big-huge holidays right next to each other (unless you're American because you have Thanksgiving right after Halloween and then Christmas hits and then you have no money for food), there needs to be a break, in my opinion. This is going to be pretty opinion-based, anyways. So (third time starting a paragraph with 'so'!) what do you think? Should we be preparing for Christmas already or should we either be preparing for thanksgiving/taking a break?

@Blitz Boom (( could've sworn I posted, sorry for late response )) "That isn't very optimistic. Also, mail-mares aren't very dangerous-- they're usually the victims of angry pets, anyways." Lance smiled weakly when he was told they would be heading to the hospital. "That would be ni-- oh, we have an order there? Never mind, then. Let's get going."

@Hazard Time Lance nodded, remembering the thugs they encountered earlier. "Figures." With that, he stood back up and made his way back downstairs. "I'm going to check up on the other three and see if I can find more beer so I can get hammered and forget this ever happened." That was probably a bad idea, because he had just gotten over a hangover. But, hey, I'll probably blackout and, like I said, forget this ever happened.

@Hazard Time "Wait a minute. So slaves are a thing now? Seriously?" Lance was about to ask what Ametrine did to get on their bad side, but took a look at the sledgehammer and figured it out pretty quickly. Oh. He decided to drop the subject. She looks like she's getting pissed. "So what's the plan for tomorrow?"

@Blitz Boom You wouldn't have been able to tell the difference if somepony had punched Lance in the stomach right after the door closed. He had managed to look relatively normal when the smell first hit, but he immediately doubled over as soon as he was sure the clock maker wasn't looking. "How is *cough* that not ill-- *sputter* --egal?" I don't think I've smelled anything worse than that. Ever.

@Hazard Time Lance stared for a second. "Well, that isn't a comforting thought. But you have a couple more guns by your side now, right? I mean, judging by what I've seen so far, that would be a good thing to have." He paused as he thought about what to say next, or just to drop the conversation. "So, riddle me this-- what were you doing out in the middle of nowhere? Surely there's gotta be at least two or three settlements or camps out there. How'd you end up passing me?"

@Hazard Time Lance brushed his face off again, to be sure that there was no dust remaining. "Besides almost getting killed, getting drunk, an awful hangover, vomiting, rolling into my own vomit, looking at, er, what used to be ponies--" He cut himself off. "In short, not how it used to be." With this, he walked over to the makeshift campfire and plopped anything he was carrying beside him as he sat down. He looked over to Ametrine, and asked; "But, hey, I made more friends than I ever had before Equestria went to hell. So, uh, thanks for saving my butt back there. Like, twice. Is there anyway I can repay you?"

that is not ok

@Blitz Boom Lance quickly looked through his containers and found the smelly one, of which he quickly handed over to the clock maker. He, personally, despised the smell of cheese. And eggs, for that matter. "There you go, sir. Have a good one."

@Blitz Boom Lance nodded as he walked. "Yes, because nopony here is as normal as you are. I'll keep that in mind. Here's something to think about-- is it possible to be weird if you're too normal? And if you're weird because of it, are you still normal enough to be considered weird? It's an, uh..." He paused to search for the word. "...paradox! Yeah, paradox, I think. Pretty sure." Though something else Berry had said had given him a thought, and he quickly looked over his shoulder to see, just out of curiosity, if Stare had followed them. He didn't expect to see anypony out of the ordinary, though.

@Blitz Boom Lance thought for a while as he trotted along. I could go with the cheesy 'everypony's different in their own way' response, but, like, really?.. Hmm. "I mean, my childhood wasn't exactly perfect. Uh.. I'm kind of clumsy and easy to pick on... and I'm little introverted. But I don't think I'm that abnormal. Right?" He decided to leave out a couple other things he thought he was, just to avoid looking pathetic. But this got him thinking. Yeah, what is my flaw? And-- he paused. What's Alonsus doing there? He looks pretty normal to me. I mean, he gives me the creeps, but he's not crazy. Right? But, like...

I'm getting the 'more than meets the eye' vibe here. please don't suck out my brains

Oh, uh... Shit.