Count Paradox

wait, how far are you

POOR LIL BUBBLEBUTT

His heart sank a bit about the unknown fate of the city, but mention of Harcourt being ok raised his spirits a bit. "I'm glad he's ok..." And suddenly, without warning, he did something he never did to anypony else, save for Wing. He embraced Winter, saying, "Thank you so much for your help. It would have been much more difficult to escape if at wasn't for you, and you saved Harcourt, so... Thank you." He let her go, giving a small smile as he turned to go below deck and check on everypony down there.

Psych heard Winter's voice and moved to the side of the wheel, relinquishing control of the ship back to her. "The city is really ok? Whats going on over there?" He asked. "And how is Harcourt doing? Is his injury bad?" His face held a hopeful look, wanting Winter to give him good news. "Tell me they'll both be okay."

-_-

Psych hadn't heard from Lilith for a bit, so he suspected it was smooth sailing for a little while. There were other noises that caught his attention, though. A few ponies were milling about on deck, watching the carnage unfold behind them, or staring out to the sea, trying to forget that it was happening in the first place. Some were helping to tighten up some ropes that had come loose from the last fireball, and others were heading below deck to finally get some rest. He hoped that he could see every single pony on this ship to safety.

Turning the ship right a bit, he began moging it out of the way of the wreckage. Slowly, it passed it. He tried to keep his mind off the fact that if they had been any slower escaping the city, their ship could have been just like that one. It was fast, but they had done it at the cost of one of their own... He didn't think the guilt would ever leave him.

this made me giggle. XD Seriously though, sorry for ninjaing you. awwwww. XD

oh, dang...._______. Is the griffin taking a liking to Psych or something? She seems to call on him a lot, and I'm sure the other 'npc' ponies could have driven the ship. XD

Psych had finally stopped crying, but the pit in his stomach was still there. He heard his name being yelled, and he stood, walking over to the steering wheel. "I... I can try..." He turned to Wing. "I need you to go down to the hold, ok, sweetie? I could never forgive myself if I lost more ponies... I don't think I can right now anyways..." He then shouted to Lilith. "I need you to be my eyes up there, Lilith, okay?" He took hold of the wheel and kept it steady in the direction Winter had it going.

What just happened to Harcourt!?

oooooooohhhh..... Sorry. XD

Uh... Psych is an earth pony, if youre talking about him.

Psych embraced her and cried alongside her, sobs wracking his shoulders and tears dripped off his muzzle to the deck. He felt guilty, guilty for letting Trivy, their leader, fall to the ocean. Guilty for taking away the one who gave the group direction. He pet Wing's mane as he cried, her embrace comforting him little. He was just happy that she was safe.

O.O OH NOES WE FILLYNAPPED HER

The distance slowly closed, and the three of them were almost there. When they reached the edge of the ship, Psych quickly passed Wing to somepony on deck, but as soon as he did, the last of his strength drained, and he instinctively grabbed the railing of the ship with one hoof as the other clung to Trivy's, although his grip on her was quickly slipping. "Trivy, I-I can't...!" He tried to get a better grip, but his hoof slipped out of hers as he heard her his the water. "TRIIIIIVYYYYY!" He screamed as he felt the others pull him on board.

*evil laughter* we must continuously call her cute!

aww ok. I'll probably do it right as we get to the ship or something.

Psych was becoming more relieved by the amount of ponies continuously growing on deck, but something being shouted nearly made his heart stop. Trivy was screaming for Wing... Which could only mean one possible thing. Without thinking, Psych was in the water a second later, swimming with all his strength to the docks. Climbing up, he found both Trivy and Wing sitting there, Trivy obviously out of energy. "Trivy... I have an idea! If I can get this to work... We can make it to the ship!" He held onto both of them, saying, "Just don't accidentally interrupt me, I don't want us back in the water!" With that, he closed his eyes, clamping them shut as he concentrated. Slowly, they could all feel themselves being lifted up, although the strain on Psychs face was obvious as they began floating back to the ship.

Before Winter even said anything, Psych had heard an odd whistling in the air, but didn't know what it was, until suddenly, he was thrown to the ground and covered from injury by her. He heard something crash into the water near the ship, and suddenly felt the entire thing being tossed around by waves. He felt Winter get up and quickly followed suit, running over to Harcourt. "Where is everypony!? I hear some of them, but we're still short some! Where are they!?"

His face turned beet red, but luckily his coat hid it quite well. He simply nodded and dropped his half behind hers. Walking off to the other end of the ship, he tried to look out and see who was there, but from Harcourt's shouting, he could tell there was very few of them that had truly arrived. He turned to Winter and asked, "Is there any way to get just a bit more time, please?"

Psych complied, picking up the other end and tossing it over him, draping it like a blanket over him. He quickly followed her, not wanting to drop it and wanting to hurry cause wow if she wasn't right about it being heavy as Tartarus. He moved fast, not paying attention to where he was going and accidentally bumping into her. "Oops, sorry..."

Psych nodded, quickly standing and following her. "What should I help with? Do I finish putting things in the hold below?" He starts heading towards the supplies, picking some up to take down. "I'll hurry and put thinks down there." Moving quickly, he climbed aboard and dropped things off.

"Myself personally, or the group as a whole when we met up?" He looked in the direction her voice was coming from, raising an eyebrow. "I can explain both a bit, if you'd like. I escaped from a slave mine under Sombra's control, and hid away in the forest nearby. I only survived by myself for a few days, living on some fruits and berries I was lucky enough to find. After a while, the others stumbled upon me. We journeyed for a while, escaping Sombra and finally arriving here."

He did so, sitting next to her and putting his hooves in the water. "Yeah, my name is Psych. It's nice to meet you, Little Winter." He gave her a little smile, but then let it fall, and he stared down. "Thank you... Allowing us for more time to search, we really appreciate it..." He looked up towards the sky. "I doubt that we would have gotten far without the entire group."