Starstream

Nintendo would have to majorly F*** up multiple consoles in a row to get to the point where they're at a serious risk of going out of business, and for the sake of clarity, let's just all remember that "not selling as well as your competitors" is not the same as "having bad sales numbers". Sure, it's possible that they go out of business before they get to create a next console, just like it's possible for any company, but do I think it's something we should be expecting? No. The worst case scenario I can imagine, and this would also apply to Sony and Microsoft, is that technology progresses to a point where dedicated gaming consoles are no longer necessary, and should that be the case then we'll most likely see much cheaper to manufacture streaming boxes that provide a cloud gaming experience from those same companies. And even when that happens, and you can mark my words on this, whether you like them or not, there will always be a market for handheld dedicated gaming consoles. And if anyone thinks that smartphones hold the future of portable gaming I challenge them to give their phone to a five year old to play with for an extended period of time.

I don't get this choice, doesn't this movie already exist? I believe it was called "Metal Gear Solid 4". As for what movie I'd like to see... hmmm... Lost magic, Dissidia, any single entry in the Legend of Zelda series, Marvel versus Capcom, can't think of anything else at the moment, but I'm sure something will come to mind.

@@firetorn Not a huge issue. I haven't played either account significantly more over the other to the point where it really matters all that much anyways. Would it be possible to add you on some platform that allows for voice chat? (I.E. Teamspeak or Skype)

Hai-hai. I started playing recently and despite enjoying myself very much I feel like something is missing, namely, a small group of people to play with and talk to. I don't think I'm threading unfamiliar ground when I say that the people provided by the matchup system can be... well... displeasing... Anyways, my point is, would people be interested in learning the game with me or coach and pass on some nuggets of LoL wisdom? I mostly play on EUW, but occasionally I dabble on NA.

Star nodded in confirmation. "Fisher's got the right idea. We're wasting time by standing here and chatting. If we're all done here we shouldn't stick around. We're leaving now." With those words and without waiting for a response Starstream took the lead and headed straight for the Everfree forest. Without hesitation she followed the path into the dark forest. Any other day she would have been shared, but today she just couldn't be bothered. She looked around. For as far as she could tell the forest was normal... or at least, as normal as it usually is. after walking for a while a thought hit her. She turned to the others and asked, "hey, should we continue following the road or should we break off from the path?"

A look of determination formed on Star's face. She picked herself up from the floor and tied the cloth she had picked up around her neck. She took a deep breath, collecting her thoughts, focusing on what she could do from here on. She rubbed her temples as she took a moment to consider the suggestions that had been made. She muttered to herself, "the coast... by now whatever has been going on must have spread there too, surely it'll be no different from the cities where everyone is fighting each other over the food that is available, and I'm willing to bet that whatever ships were there have already been taken by ponies who got the idea to look for escape from this nightmare..." She groaned. "The idiots. With the amount of food there's probably left there will be no way they'll reach any destination alive." She considered the other suggestion. "Canterlot... That seems kind of pointless. With what's going on I highly doubt we'll be able to even get to the higher-ups there, let alone that we'll get any useful information." "So then..." She looked at the others and spoke normally again. "I think going to the Everfree forest would be the best. It seems to be somehow related to what's going on, so maybe there is something to end this all with in there too."

Her digging unveiled a piece of jade coloured cloth that was charred at the bottom. her crying gradually ebbed down as she watched it. She sniffled as she carefully picked it up and rubbed it against her cheek. She silently rested her hoof over the one Soulfire had put on her shoulder. She grasped it tightly, still trembling a bit.

Starstream simply stood there, spectating, too shocked to react, too shocked to even move. She breathed heavily and she stared at the charred down... 'thing' that was once her home, trying not to break down and desperately trying to keep her composure. She had lost everything she held dear. Her warm bed, the roof above her head, her friends, her coltfriend, and most importantly... "My children!" She choked up and found herself losing her ability to control her breathing, only making long, deep inhales as if she were suffocating. Tears streamed down the side of her face. Her entire body trembled. She dragged herself over to the charred mess and started to slowly dig through it. "H-Honies... s-say something..." She waited a few seconds, hoping, praying for a response. "H-H-Honies...? P-Please talk to mommy..." She broke down and wept uncontrollably as she clawed through the ruins of her home. She desperately cried out, "Winter...!? Comet...! Byte...!!!" As she recklessly dug through the rubble she gashed her forehoof, but she kept digging regardless. "Say something! Anything! This isn't funny girls!"

Star shook her head. "I'm sorry, I can't do that. That village is where Iive. I can't just abandon it so easily. My family and friends are there." She dropped her saddlebag that still held a few food packs. "I'm going to check on my home. I can understand if you don't come along, but I have to see it with my own eyes." Without waiting for a response she spread her wings and took off.

"Ponyville's a mess." Those very words sent shivers running across Star's spine. Despite her efforts the ponies she knew and cared about had disappeared, and despite their efforts together, to keep the town, well... normal..., despite everything they had done the town had broken down anyway. She stared off into the distance, in the direction of her home village. Suddenly, a loud explosion boomed, seemingly from everywhere at once. Her head snapped to face Nuclear, giving her a dissatisfied frown.

Star moved between Dark and Nuclear. "Jeez, calm your flanks, everypony!" She turned to Nuclear. "You, stop doing that. We are not going to hurt you, but at this rate you're drawing too much attention. You don't want somepony to show up who will hurt you, do you?" After that she turned to Dark. "And as for your question, we're only here because we're on our way somewhere, we're not interested in the forest..." She paused for a few seconds and squinted her eyes at him. "That is of course, unless the forest has something to do with what's been going on and you're trying to hide something."

She nodded and wrapped her wings around herself in a futile attempt to keep warm. She watched Soulfire and said, "we should bring her there, and then we should head back to the village. If any of my colleagues are back then we could maybe ask them if they know anything more about what's going on." She turned to the forest and waited for him to take the lead.

Star hesitantly watches the yellow pony. She nodded. "Give me one minute." She entered the house and looked around for a while. In one of the rooms she found a mare laying motionlessly in front of an uncharred pile of cinder wood. She took her weather pony jacket off and wrapped it around the mare's corpse. She carefully lifted the mare onto her back and headed back out to her son. Outside she tried to give Soulfire a somewhat compassionate smile. "Okay, n-now I'm ready. Just one q-question, I-Is there... any p-place she'd want to be... b-buried?"

Star thought deeply for a while, trying to think of someone, anyone, who she knows who could shed some light on the situation, but to no avail. "I d-don't have many connections outside of... the v-village a-and C-Cloudsdale, and the situation in Cloudsdale was e-even worse last time I ch-checked." She shook her head and sighed. A little cloud of vapor formed before her face as she did so. "For now l-let's just get out of here. I-Is there a-anyone else with you in th-there?"

"S-S-Starstream H-heartlocke... I'm-m With the P-Ponyville weather team. We were passing out ration packs t-t-to villagers and I had some l-left." She couldn't stop shivering as she spoke. "I was out here l-looking f-for my c-colleagues, but... it seems I got d-disoriented. h-how far off of Ponyville am I?"

She stared back at him and tried to smile, shivering under the harsh cold. Before her stood a somewhat famished looking yellow pegasus. She tried to see if there was anyone else in the house along with him but she couldn't look past him. She stood there, staring awkwardly for a good minute or so, before getting an idea. She rummaged in her bags for a few seconds and took out one of the few fruit packs she had left, showing it to him.

Star couldn't find any of her colleagues anywhere in town. She suspected they might have gone off to the families living just outside the village. She headed for the cottage nearest to where she was at the moment. As she neared Soulfire's house a chilling sensation washed over her like a bucket of cold water. "S-S-Sweet Celestia! It-t-t's even w-worse over h-here!" She placed her hoodie over her head and rushed to the house, banging on one of the windows. "H-Hey, is anyone in here?"

Star sighed. She lowered her hoof and placed the apple back in the bag. She couldn't bring herself to eat while there was still work to be done. Star took a deep breath and got off of the park bench. She decided to go look for the other head weather ponies to discuss what they could do about the weather for now. Not sure where to start her search, she just walked ahead, hoping she'd run into one of them eventually as she worked her way through the village. As she walked she silently thought to herself, "We should have really organized this better."

Link to OOC thread As noon sets in over the land of Equestria the streets of the cities on the ground as well as those in the skies start to show their population, a population the size seemingly no city was built for. All across the country moans and groans of hunger and irritation could be heard. Big cities were rampant with theft and small villages were banding together to share whatever food was left among the way too large population. Throughout the skies of Ponyville flew a uniform clad group of pegasi. One light brown pony in particular flew around barking orders at the others, instructing them as they went about distributing small bags of fruits to the villagers. After a good while she flew down to the park and took her own bag out of her pocket. She sighed as she looked at the halved apple and the single cherry she was allotted. She rested the bag next to her and stared off into the sky where her colleagues were all still very active. A shiver ran down her spine as she noticed the clouds drifting over the village. Clouds that were not planned to be there according to the weather forecast for today. She groaned, annoyed at the prospect of even more work to do. As she opened her bag she muttered to herself, "ugh... It's like the whole village has suddenly become the Everfree forest! Well... minus the plants anyway..."