Mickey Taker

@, @@Windbreaker, @@Umbreon, @, @@SilverHeart Golbez and Cherry Bomb Golbez was both dumbfounded and felt overburdened with all the shouting and excitement going on, there was just too much happening going on at once for him to bare, he clutched at his head with both talons as one of his eye's continued to twitch non-stop "Cherry is injured? WHen? How?...Did Wish have something to do with it? That Stupid.....The beast will kill us all if that piece of garden furniture doesn't...How dare she talk back at me I...Is Cherry bleeding!? It must have been Wish's fau....I broke my ribs fending one of those things off by myself so what would she know...I'm the only one here with even an "ounce" of common sense compared to them, I....NNNnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggg..," "I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!" Golbez had finally, completely and utterly, lost it. In a desperate bid to get away from it he spread his wings and abruptly takes off, circling the ceiling before flying back through the door where the monster had come from in the first place. "Golbez! Wait! Don't leave us!" Poor Cherry was stunned from Golbez's reaction, it was a side to him he had never seen of him before. Was it something she did? Why was he so upset? Granted, on the flip side it was a good enough distraction for Cherry to turn her gaze away from the monster. "Golbez! Please wait!" Releasing Wish from her grip Cherry flutters her own wings and lifts herself in the air, following Golbez on her legs would be near impossible but she would have far better chance by flying, while in the air the wound didn't even hold her back as she begun to fly straight for the door Golbez went through, flying past the beast in the process...flying past "too close". As Cherry flew past, in it's struggle with Granite one the beasts arms swings out at her, not intentionally but it was heading for her all the same. She was fortunate that her acrobatic quick-reflex's were still in check as she managed to just barely dodge the huge lumbering limb, but regardless she didn't manage to come out of in unscathed as a terrific pain shot through her leg having jolted it harshly in the process, the pain itself was just too much for her to bare as she screamed in agony before falling, yelling out again as she crashed onto the floor in a heap. Cherry was by now in a truly bad way, her wound was bleeding very badly and her wing had somehow bent slightly after falling on the floor...and she wasn't even moving. ((she's not dead btw, just unconscious))

@, @@Windbreaker, @@Umbreon, @, @@SilverHeart Golbez Grandolfo With his focus on whoever Murglok could "smell" coming, Golbez found himself rather unprepared wen Sabel and Poppy made their unexpected appearance, only able to warn her too late, "Sabel don't raise your voice or you'll startle...oh bugger..," Instinctively the magician swoops in quickly, standing on his hind legs as he put himself between the fish beast and Sabel, "Murglok!...NO!...There are my fri-" Golbez didn't however get a chance to finish his sentence as the the creature turned it's attention to some-pony new, if you could call him that, for not even the magician could have predicated a stone golem charging at the beast. Chaos had literally unfolded before Golbez and he found there was very little he could do but stand by and watch in dis-belief,"Wha...what the bloody..." Eventually after watching the walking statue manage to somehow pin the beast to the ground, Golbez stepped forward towards them with a stern expression, "I actually let him out, because he asked me too. He wanted help to get his pack back from Savoba somehow, now would you kindly get your rocky flank off of him already? He was perfectly docile until you came charging in- " Golbez abruptly turned around, pointing a claw directly at Sabel, ",,and you weren't any help either after letting yer trap fly like that!" He glares at the griffoness, shaking his head before turning his attention back to Granite ,"And pray tell just who, or what, are you exactly?" His temper had yet again gotten the better of him, blinding him and preventing him to notice that his assistant was cowering up against the wall near where Granite had left her. Cherry Bomb Cherry was preoccupied pondering to herself about Wish's offer, admittedly it did sound tempting but as she continued to think she came up with several pro's and con's. Pro,Knowing Golbez was rather selfless he wouldn't mind if Cherry did want to go off in search of adventure for herself and would even likely encourage her, Con, Golbez was rather selfless and would evidently end up without an assistant, he would even likely encourage her to go and even more likely end up being lonely without her. Pro, Is she did go she would be spending her adventures with her friend Wish, Con, if she didn't go, who else would look out for her? Cherry was well aware that despite Wish's assertiveness and trying her best to be brave, she was still pretty much a novice when it came to adventuring with still much to learn, not that Cherry wasn't a novice either, but at least she had more confidence in her abilities. "Wish...what if..Wh-WHOAH!" Without warning Wish found herself tumblign off Granite's back and onto the floor rather awkwardly..and painfully, "OW..owowowow...ooooohh, Granite what...wha..ah...ah...hugh..." At first lookign somewhat annoyed at Granite her expression slowly changed to that of fear, she wanted to scream but the mere sight of what she saw before her even caused her voice to fail, only managing to emit the odd faint squeak. She had never before seen such a sight. and it terrified her, it was like a nightmare turned real in her own eye's, she wanted to run, to hide, but her legs refused to even budge, she was quite literally petrified with fear. It was only a moment but what seemed like ages to the red mare when she remembered her friend Wish, it was then she she finally managed to find the strength to move, pain pierced through her leg from her wound that would have normally made potentially scream the the place down, but she did nothing of the sort, she just didn't care about that right now. As she moved awkwardly towards WIsh she snatched the small mare from where she stood and slid back up against the wall, clinging to her friend as if her life depended it on it. Cherry curled herself up as best she could around Wish tryign to make them both look as small as possible, burying her muzzle into the Earth pony's mane in the foalish belief that if she just made herself small enough, the monster would simply go away. Her wound was by bleeding quite badly now, her heart was racing, she was shaking...trembling even, with blood trickling down her flank and muzzle soaked with tears, she began to mumble to herself in an attempt to cling onto what sanity she had left that this fear inducing monster had wrought upon her, "pleasejustgoaway,pleasejustgoaway,pleasejustgoaway,pleasejustgoaway,pleasejustgoaway,pleasejustgoaway,...."

Cherry bomb @, @@Umbreon Cherry looked back at her flank whilst Granite spoke about Savoba's power, not that she was paying much attention however, she was more concerned about how painful taking out the arrow will be, it worried her, it continuously gnawed at the back of her mind and although she wouldn't admit it, she was scared. "Hmmh?" her attention was broken after just catching Granite's own question, it's was something she hadn't actually thought about since she was bought here against her will, no doubt there would be a bit of explaining to do at least back home. At least it distracted her from her flank. "Well...I think I'll just go home, my mom must be pretty worried about me about now, what about you Wish?" , resting her head on her fore-hooves she smiles over to her friend.

Cherry Bomb @, @@Umbreon Cherry giggled at Wish's teasing, "Aw Wish don't be mean, of course he's sweet.....he just won't admit it," Cherry grins mischievously at the golem, despite her own teasing she was genuinely grateful for his help carrying her on his back, as she laid on his back lengthwise with her flank hanging on one side and head and forehooves off the other, she looked behind her at her wound, noticeably becoming somewhat self-conscious of it before to look back at Wish, "Oh I love to talk! What do you wanna talk about? OH OH I know...let's play a game! Let's take turns asking things to each other. I'll go first! Um...," she raised a hoof to her chin as she pondered what to ask, "Hmmm...What do yo think we should do when we find Mr Pervert?" Golbez Grandolfo @@SilverHeart, @ Golbez rasised and pinted a claw at Mirror, "There's no need to be afraid Mirror, he's perfectly harmless...I think, anyway, too many of us have gone walk about as it is, and knowing Sabel and Cherry, either one of them will likely run into trouble and come running straight back, so we'd best prepare ourselves," Golbez sighs, rubbing the back of his neck as he sit's on his haunches.

Still somewhat sore at Draco Golbez begrudgingly took the asprin for himself and tooka quick swig of it, already feeling it take affect as the throbbing began to slowly but surely melt away, "Does anypony remember if we actually started the part here?: IF not...I fear we may have broken in somehow." With his sight beginning to settle Golbez examined the hall they had awoken in, in comparison a pig-sty would look neat and tidy compared to the bomb shell that had apparently went off in the place, tables were over turned, windows were smashed, practically anything that wasn't hung up or bolted down was strewn in pieces across the floor, as the griffon stared wide eyed at the state of the whole place he found it hard to believe that he had taken part in all this destruction. Glancing over at Gardenia close to him, he found that she was in some form of distress, as he walked to her he addressed her in a quiet, soft tone as he handed her the Aspirin, "Miss Gardenia, are you alright? Whatever is the matter?"

@@Harmonic Revelations, @, @@Moonbacon, @, @@ParsoOfEquestria, @@dragon4111 Golbez turns in the spot towards Gardenia after just barely making out his own name being called, looking at the mare through squinted eyes, blinking several times as his eyes struggle to adjust from his hangover, "Meh....Miss Gardenia? what w-were you saying about pai-UUgggh....oh my aching head," Golbez raised a talon to his head as another jolt of pain sheared through his head, although his sight was hazy he could tell the fur on his arm was different, and as his gaze gradually searched the rest of his body he quickly found the rest of his fur and feathers were too. "What the bloody..? Why am I covered in pai-..DRAC-NNNgggg," That was a mistake, loud noises weren't doing Golbez's hangover any good, or anyone else's for that matter. As Golbez sat on his haunches, teeth clenched and with both arms wrapped around his head trying to endure the pain he inflicted upon himself, he couldn't help but to at least address the possible perpetrator, "Draco you bloody tyke I know this is your doing, it's got your name written all over it you dozy git!"

((OOC: sorry for the late post, didn't know you were starting it already :/)) Golbez groaned as he limped through the main gala hall, a talon clamped firmly over his head as it throbbed relentlessly. Being the sophisticated Gentle-griffon he was, Golbez was usually the "source of reason" with in any group, the one with the most common sense and consequently, being predictable, and quite frankly he'd had gotten a bit fed up of it all. Deciding for once to throw caution to the wind, Golbez agreed to join the res of his friends for what would be a entertaining experience for a few days, promising himself he'd be reckless for once and enjoy himself. Of course he knew the whole time he would have to pay dearly for this, which is what he found himself doing after waking up under a tall velvet curtain that had been torn down during the night. Unbeknownst to poor Golbez, at some point in the night some-pony thought it would be a funny prank to paint most of Golbez's fur and feathers like that of a tiger, which by now had gotten the attention of several of his friends, although he had no idea why they were making such a fuss, he was clueless of what had been done to him, he was that out of it...and he was sure to get a real shock when he finally managed to get his head together.

@, @@Umbreon Wish wouldn't have been able to tell, but Cherry was trying very hard not to yelp out in pain whilst Wish wrapped her make-shift bandage around it, instead merely emitting a silent whimper. Much to Cherry's dismay even the slightest touch seemed to cause a piercing pain through her leg which nearly brings a tear to her eye, she was still puzzled how she managed to move as she did if her leg was wounded this badly, maybe it had something to do with the "spur of the moment?" The adrenaline rush that coursed through her body and sharpened her mind, which allowed to focus on nothing else but to just keep moving, but now that that was gone the only thing that remained was the pain leftover. Cherry smiled gratefully at her friend for help, in truth she'd would rather just want to pick her up and hug her tightly as a source of comfort right now but now really wasn't the time....maybe later when she found Golbez. She glanced at her impaled flank at Wish's handy-work, managing to clean up at least some of the blood on her flank and stop the bleeding any further, plus the cloth bound around the arrow seemed to keep the arrow still to prevent any stray movements, well at least a little...the wound itself still hurt like a mother bucker. "Y...You really don't mind Granite? You don't have to carry me if you don't want to,", Still putting on a brave face Cherry slowly limped towards the golem, keeping her hurt leg off the ground as slowly walked forwards on the remaining three.

@@Neutrino Cherry Bomb "Heel....Heelp!!...*cough *cough*...uhhh...." It was beginning to get rather difficult to even call for assistance as the pain in Cherry's head continued to throb, she noticed it got worse each time she tried to call out. Her energy nearly spent the red mare laid her head to one side on the soft, sun baked sand and immediately came across a new problem, falling asleep. Cherry was already exhausted as it was, but having spent what little energy she had she found herself to the point of nearly passing out, her eyesight blurred from time to time, increasingly becoming more and more difficult to focus on anything. Celestia's sun wasn't exactly much help either, as it's heat teasingly beckoned her to close her eyes, but she couldn't...she just couldn't give in so quickly, what if no-pony did manage to find her? Then what? Cherry raised a hoof and lightly bonked herself on the side of the head several times in a desperate bid to keep herself awake, after coincidentally making her headache eve worse she blinked wide-eyed as a brown speck appeared far into the distance, the mare stared at it hopefully...and noticeably for some time....a mirage maybe? Beginning to doubt if this was in fact a cruel joke being played by Celestia's own sun, Cherry shed a tear while still staring at the speck, clinging onto what appeared to be the tiny shred of hope she had. Cherry dared herself to blink...but her head slumped with her nose digging into the baking sand as she passed out, unconscious.

@, @@Umbreon Cherry Bomb Cherry may not have been a mare of common sense, but she wasn't thick, looking at the other two ponies she could tell something was wrong and it made her a little anxious, and even more so when Wish practically begged her to stay calm, what happened that she somehow manage to miss? Cherry gulped nd began to slowly turn her gaze behind her and...."Oooooooh fudge..." It was the best she could do without breaking her promise and yelping out loudly, only emiting a tiny squeal as he widened in shock at the state of her poor flank, her beloved cutie mark thoroughly bloodstained from the wound found just above it where a small, thin arrow could be clearly seen protruding from it. As Cherry continued to stare at the arrow with a lump in her throat, several thoughts began to appear in her head, some she was truly too scared too even think about clearly, "...Oh...This would explain the itchy feeling I felt earlier, ooooh......how did I miss that?..." As she she turned her head back to face Wish she drew a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Ok, I'm going to need to find Golbez, we've both had our fair share of accidents before when we did show rehearsals, he should know what to do." The red mare smiled meekly at Wish, placing a hoof on her shoulder as she attemptd to put on brave face, "It's really not that bad Wish, honest...so please stop panicking ok?....I....I could really do with a friend right about now."

Cherry Bomb Cherry was exhausted. The red Pegasus mare laid there in the surf wearily looking up at the sky as the heat of the sun went to work constantly drying her soaking wet fur, only for the blanket of the sea to come up in an attempt to drag the helpless pony back into the depths of the ocean, but only proving her weight to be too heavy for it to drag, only capable of pushing and pulling various pieces of wreckage either side of her, it was an endless and fruitless battle of the elements of nature with neither side winning. Cherry raised a hoof to her head and groaned painfully, she had a severe splitting headache but she couldn't for the life of her remember how she got it, or even how she ended up here, or even where "here" was for that matter. Her ear flicked as she heard noises coming from further up the beach, like somepony talking...considering it was even a pony, and not too far either, if only she wasn't so exhausted...what to do... The fact that where ever "here" was, it wasn't barren at least, comforted the red mare as she lay there, but she couldn't just stay there soaking wet just "waiting" to be found, no that wouldn't do. Cherry coughed as she gasped for air, breathing heavily as she gathered up as much air in her lungs, before shouting as loud as she could. "Heeelp!!....*cough", cough*....

@, @@Umbreon Cherry Bomb Cherry only blinked as Wish threw herself onto her and wrapped her hooves around the red mares neck, she wasn't really surprised as this after what just happened, she was only sorry for possibly upsetting her for putting herself in that position in the first place, "Aaaaaaw, Wish I'm sorry If I scared you, come on now..it's ok....Shhhhhhh.....it's all ok..." Cheery assumed that Wish needed at least a little bit of comforting right now, speaking in a light soft tone as she gently stroked Wish's mane, almost like a mother comforting her foal after a bad dream, not that Cherry compared her friend to a foal far from it, no....this was merely one of those moments where everything just got a little bit too much for one pony to bare on their own and was in much need of comforting before they had a nervous breakdown, or worse. Cherry continued to comfort her friend a little longer before lifting her chin off of Wish's shoulder, showing her the cut on her cheek, "See? It's really not that bad, it's just a small scratch that's all, a bit of warm water and a small bandage will fix it easy, really not worth getting upset about is it?" Cherry giggled and smiled at Wish as she lightly ruffled the Earth's pony's mane with her hoof, completely oblivious to the bigger picture.

@, @@Umbreon Cherry Bomb As she smiled at Wish Cherry couldn't help but also raise a curious eyebrow at her friend, thinking that the Earth Pony was struggling to reach some sort of point or meaning, or even what it had to do with how she herself felt currently, Cherry wasn't even entirely sure that Wish could make sense of her sentence either. Not that she wasn't grateful for the gesture however, she was aware that Wish was only trying to make her feel better in her own way, and in a way, it did a little. Cherry stopped in her tracks, reached over to Wish and pulled the Little, Small, Young?.....young pony into a warm hug, resting her chin on top of Wish's head and nuzzling it a little, "Thanks for cheering me up Wish, your a good Frie-" *CLICK* "Huh?" Cherry lifted her chin off of Wish's head and peered over shoulder to look where the noise had come from, right underneath them, as she looked at the stone slate the two of them were sitting on she could have sworn it wasn't sunk into the ground as it was now. The red mare didn't have time to observe any further as another noise emitted further down the corridor in the direction they were intentionally heading. A stone slate had dropped from the floor creating a large hole, the sound of scraping stone could be heard from within it as a stone statue abruptly emerged from the hole. The statue itself resembled that of the head of a fully grown dragon and it didn't appear to want to waste any time with it's purpose as it's eye's suddenly flashed a bright red light, and Cherry felt something zoom past her ear. It was a split second decision. With Wish still on her hooves, without hesitating Cherry abruptly shoved Wish as hard as she could to the wall and hopefully out of harms way, she wasn't close enough to shove her right up to it, only able to push her friend as hard as she could towards it. By now her head was buzzing with a mixture of adrenaline, fear and anticipation, her mind racing as it was she just couldn't think straight, only able to do the first thing that came to her head. Not once did she take her eye's off the statute, only able to catch glimpse of whatever it was firing form it's mouth in he corner of her eye, they looked like very thin objects, they didn't look harmless, this was a trap, and she was standing right in the middle of it ,"Move Cherry!! MOVE!!" Instinctively her first thought was to simply keep moving as she was caught in the statue's line of fire, and there was no place to hide, the corridor with's it's simple smooth stone appearance offered on protection whatsoever, she could only keep moving. As bent backwards she could already catch a glimpse of something heading right for her head, continuing to lean backwards she gritted her teeth in anticipation, she just couldn't get out's it's way fast enough. It was only a split second, but it was long enough or her to feel whatever was continuously flying down the corridor to "just" graze across her cheek, it stung badly but she had to keep moving, else she would feel worse. As her fore hooves touched the floor Cherry kicked her hind legs as she continued in her momentum, effectively performing a back-flip as her hind-legs swiftly swung overhead. When the red mare started to move, it only took two seconds when she finally landed flat on her belly. Staying low to the ground seemed to make it difficult for the thin flying objects to hit either of the mares, Cherry glanced over to Wish, right up against the wall where she had left her, should she have pushed her out of the way? Was that the best thing to do? As the red mare laid there she couldn't help but be worried for Wish, as brave as she suggested she was she was she still was only a Lit...a Lit, No! She Was just a "Little" Pony, and Cherry feared for her safety. Cherry started to get an itch in her flank, was it the anticipation? Cherry glared back at the stone dragon statue as it pinned both of the mares where they stood with it's dangerous flying objects whizzing past them, the itch got worse as she laid there, they couldn't very well just stay there forever could they, she just had to do something......"Wish!! Don't Move!!!" The red mares adrenaline burned as she pushed herself up from the floor and into a gallop as she charges at the stone statue dead on, darting her head this way and that as flying objects continued to zoom past her head again and again. Stomping a hoof into the ground Cherry leant forward as she kicked her hind legs up and overhead, pushing herself off the ground with he same force she pushed Wish with, Cherry somersaulted up in the air and over the relentless barrage of the stone dragon's attack. Twisting her hind legs each way in mid-air, Cherry tucks her fore legs in as she rights herself, glancing over her shoulder at the stone statue she was heading right for as she finally tucked only one of her hind legs. As Cherry's extended hoof made contact with he statue, with her hoof planted firmly into the dragon forehead, the statue effectively crumbled beneath her as it caved in, Cherry landed awkwardly inside of it as it crumbled around her. She did it, she destroyed the trap and saved her friends, well one of them at least, the other was entirely made of stone and wouldn't have been injured at all, speaking of which...."*Gasp!* WISH!" cherry awkwardly crawled out of the remains of the statue and half ran, half stumbled in panic towards her friend, "Wish!! Are you ok!? Are you hurt anywhere!? Are you bleeding!? OHMYGOSH are you BLEEDING!? Wish I'm so so sorry I didn't mean to throw you like that I just didn't wan't you to get hurt and OHMYGOSH did I hurt you? Did I break anything? Wish is the-"..... As Cherry continued to witter on at Wish, she was completely oblivious to the fact that one of the flying objects had managed to strike her right in the flank, which coincidentally was the cause of her, "itch".

@@Umbreon, @ "Or...maybe you could just be nice master and give the poor guy a break, hmm?" Cherry was very rarely one for common sence, it wouldn't be wrong to say even she was nearly as bad as Wish, if not worse. She was however a rather caring Pony, usually always the first to be there to cheer up somepony else, she could tell the pony golem had it rough, and not just as a figure of speech. "You know I'd be grouchy too if I were turned into a walking whetstone...maybe not so much if it were diamond though....or Ruby....Ooh there's a thought," Cherry began to daydream as the three of them began to make their way back, the red mare imagined herself with a glistening clear ruby colored coat that shone brightly, only to snap out of her dream as she tripped on an upturned stone and only just managed to recover from it as she stumbled forward instead, she couldn't stop herself from blushing from embarrassment however. Half-way down the corridor Cherry eventually turned to look at Wish, "Wish, do...do you think I'm a......liability?...Like I'm holding you back?...It's just well....I'm not an adventurer like you, I'm just an entertainer, I mean I get paid to help Golbez as his stage assistant, not going around looking in caves and going tomb raiding," The red Pegasus smiles meekly at the earth pony before looking down at the ground and circling a hoof on the spot, "I don't mind if you do, really!..I know what I can and can't do...it's just..something I wanna get off my chest..I guess..."

@@SilverHeart, @, @@Umbreon "So your telling me, that Sabel, having just received medical attention, decided to just up and go exploring with the others?, Golbez raised a talon to his beak and pinched the bridge of it as he let out a loud, agitated sigh an action which he himself noticed he was doing far too often, "Well we have no choice, of course we'll have to go look for them...but, erm...there's some-one I need to show you first..I found him imprisoned in here likely by our masked friend and I think he can help us, " Golbez looks behind him from the doorway into the room behind him before looking back at the two ponies rather sternly, "Erm..you might wanna stand back...and whatever you do..do not scream or shout at him, or we've all had it." Turning around he looks inside the room again, and then begins to talk rather slowly to someone inside as he walks backwards, "Alright then...Come...Follow Golbez..."

@, Golbez Grandolfo Golbez could only smile up at the creature nervously as it clutched it's make-shift club in it's hand, it made him a little more nervous on the fact that a large, flesh eating fish monster, was aware that this place was dangerous, if that was so, then what were he and the rest of the group unaware of? What did the fish know that they didn't? "Right then...", Golbez turned and began to tentatively head for the door back to the circular room, not having a single clue on how to explain this to the others. He knew could safely assume there would be lot of shouting and screaming at the very least, and what if this provokes the creature enough to turn against them? It could be disastrous! He had to play this cool and carefully. Standing beside the door Golbez looks back up to Murglock, seeing as the creature responded tot he name, the name stuck effectively, "Murglock...Stay...here", pointing a claw downwards Golbez pushes the door open with he other and peers inside. @, @@SilverHeart "What the...?" To his surpise, the room was nearly empty save for Mirror and Stormwing, what had he missed? Was he really gone so long the other decided to split up and go searching without them? With a raised eyebrow he looks over to the two ponies standing in the middle of the room next to the cauldron, "Erm, guys...somepony mind telling me where everyone else has gone?" @ Cherry Bomb Cherry reached up and poked the stone stallion on the nose after Wish did, being nearly as curious as Wish was. Turning to her friend, she jumped in shock a little as Wish grinned somewhat like a maniac at her, putting a hoof to her chest she could feel her heart beating rapidly after breathing a soft sigh of relief, none of this was doing her poor nerves any good. Looking at Wish dancing on the spot in excitement did bring a smile to her own muzzle though, she had to admit she was impressed how Wish could get into such high spirits, especially under the circumstances, speaking of which..."Wish, I reeeeealy think now would be a good time to head back, Maybe he could help us get out of here? Pleeeeeease Wish?" She didn't want to but Cherry found herself dancing on the spot herself as she begged her little friend.

@, Golbez Grandolfo Golbez shielded his eyes from the bright sparks emitting from the chain mesh with one wing, he hadn't seen the creature leave it's tanks but could only here a loud clank followed abruptly by a harsh stomp on the ground, still standing up on his hindlegs the impact knocked him to the ground as alarge amount of dust was thrown up into the air, as the dust finally settled Golbez could only look up nervously at the creature standing over him, "*gulp* Y-your very welcome." After getting back to his feet, the magician briefly tried to figure out what it had said, most likely it's name after thumping it's chest indicating itself, with only a rough idea Golbez figured it was only polite to respond, he figured it would be wise at this point to stay on it's good side. Golbez placed a talon to his chest, "Gol-bez", he scratched the back of his neck with his other talon ,"This is ridiculous.." , "*ahem*...Gol-bez...help...Mur...glock...find Pack.....Murglock...follow Gol-bez? @ Cherry Bomb Cherry's nerves were by now nearly in tatters, her knee's knocking against each other as she steadily raised a hoof, pointing at Wish, "S-s-s-s-s-He is, P-Please don't hurt us!", She lowered her head some as she looked up at the stone stallion very nervously, after all it was a living stone statue, what was next? Wall's closing in? A bottomless Pit?.....Dragons!? Celestia forbid....

@, @ Golbez Grandolfo Golbez picked up the bright green stone in one talon and examined it and looked up at the creature looking at the chain-mesh covering it's tank, Golbez knew better to know that appearances could be deceiving but, in all honesty he couldn't really make heads or tails on why the creature was making such a fuss over it, but then again maybe it knew something about that he didn't, which was likely. Golbez figured it be best to simply give it to the creature, but what would be the best way to do it under the circumstances? The stone was quite weighty, perhaps he could shatter the tank but, after thinking that could likely half-flood the room the next door with the water contained in the tank, he quickly decided that was a bad idea, besides...he didn't fancy being shouted at again. The Magician looked gain at the creature looking at the mesh before doing so himself, perhaps if he threw it over with enough force it could break through? It was a safer suggestion at least. Stepping back a bit Golbez tested the stone in his talon, and with one swing of his arm he tossed it overhead. Cherry Bomb Cherry let out a little worried whine after Wish discovered the stone Stallion, since discovering that Wish was the inquisitive type she knew the little pony would start trying the stick the crystal held in it's mouth into the hole into the hole in it's chest, having read enough Daring Do novels herself to know the setup was painfully obvious for even the most amateur of adventurer's. "H-Hey Wish? Maybe we should leave this alone until the others look at it, huh? I mean it could be a trap!"

@, @ Golbez Grandolfo Golbez continued to examine the box, having by now done this for some time he began to get more than a little frustrated at the small container. He knew that logically he could of course just smash the box against the floor and search for it's contents amongst the splintered wood, but admittedly he also knew it would be a shame to break something of good quality make, as a griffon regularly used containers like this with hidden compartments, he figured he could possibly use it for himself. He wanted to put it one side when he was finished with it and when this fiasco was done and dusted, he could come back for it, and as hr thought of it he should really pick up the rest of his belongings back at the hotel he left behind, props like that didn't come cheap after all. ​Eventually Golbez lowered his arms and looked blankly at the wall in front of him, it had occurred to him he had been here for some time and the others likely didn't know where he'd gone, like wise he didn't know what had happened to them, "I should go and check on them...right after I've opened this blasted thing!". A talon slid over the top of the box and caught a small hatch on the lid of the box, as it opened to the griffons surprise he failed to catch something that fell out as it landed on the floor in front of him. Cherry Bomb Crunching on an apple that Wish was kind enough to give her, Cherry tucked the remains of the the piece of fruit as she stood up on hind legs to look inside one of the barrels, "Ooooh, Apples!" the Pegasus giggled as she looked down at Wish, "This must be his food locker, do you think we should take some this back to the others? they must be hungry don't ya think?", climbing off the barrel she walked closer to Wish. In all honesty, Cherry still didn't think this was a good idea and was right now looking for any excuse for them to go back to the others with out sounding like a little Filly, bring food back to the others sounded a good a reason as any to go back.

@, @ Golbez Grandolfo Golbez raised an eyebrow as he looked at the creature gazing at the box, almost as if suggesting there was something else in it, "He must have seen the Zebra do something else with it..I wonder," Hovering over too the box Golbez placed the near useless scalpel on the table and picked up the box again, this time examining it more closely as looked and ran his talons all over it, he had a hunch this wasn't just any old fashioned wooden box. Being a magician using props for his tricks he was used to using devices that hidden compartments, from what he could tell off the creature, there might have been one somewhere located on this box. Cherry Bomb The red mare nodded as she quickly followed Wish behind the door,looking back one more time before closing the door behind them quietly. Cherry hurried to walk beside Wish as they made their way down a simple dark corridor, despite being illuminated the lights themselves were only dim, they could only just see around their surroundings without tripping or knocking into anything. Cherry was already beginning to get an inkling this might have been a bad idea, not being the adventuring type like Wish claimed to be she was already getting nervous. she attempted to try to get her mind off the matter, "Soo...you have a brother right? What's he like?....Is he cute?" the Pegasus smiled sheepishly a the Earth Pony.

@ Cherry Bomb After hearing Wish's proposal any right-minded sensible pony would agree that it wouldn't be a good idea to leave the group and continue on thier own, despite her good intentions, as Wish said herself, neither she or any of the other's knew where they were and there was a pssible chance they could end up being lost. On top of this, any number of dangers could be present right behind any of these doors, not to mention the masked Zebra Pervert was still out there somewhere, truly, it was simply far too dangerous. Cherry, however, was not a sensible pony. "Hey, that's a great idea Wish, if we scouted ahead for everypony we can get them out safely, specially your friend," Cherry nodded over at Sabel, who was right then conversing with Poppy Seed, "Do you think we should tell them?..They might stop us if we do..." Cherry tilted her head as she looked down at Wish, really the red Pegasus was keen to help her friends with this plan, but seeing as it was Wish's plan she waited, some-what impatiently with a wide grin as she bopped her head up and down, to hear what Wish wanted to do. "Come on, what's the worst that could happen?"

@ Golbez Grandolfo Golbez sat on his haunches on the floor after the creature shocked itself on the mesh covering the top of the tank, he rubbed the back of his neck as he looked at the large enchanted piece,"So that's what's preventing him from leaving, there's gotta be a way to remove it without 'barbecuing' myself...", the griffon glanced around the room and discovered a box on the far side of the room, hovering to it he abruptly opened it and took what appeared to be an old, rusty scalpel, Golbez raised an eyebrow giving a some-what unimpressed look at it,"...well, least it's something, maybe I can test the mesh with it..." Looking back at the top of the tank the magician hovered up to the enchanted mesh as he gripped the scalpel in one talon, gritting his teeth he braced himself as he ever so lightly poked the mesh with he scalpel, half-expecting the inevitable.

@@Windbreaker, @, @, @@SilverHeart, @ Golbez Grandolfo Golbez raised an eyebrow as the creature places it's claw on the other side of the glass where he placed his talon, none of what he had seen was anywhere close to what he had expected, he closed his eyes and raised his other talon to his beak scratching under his chin as he tried to make sense of it all. "Is it possible this creature might be the leader of those beasts? If so why are they taking order's from the Zebra? Unless there's foul play at work here...or this fellow's simply insane and thinks he's a king, but then again he was genuinely trying to communicate with me, he must have been I saw him right in front of me, perhaps he's asking for help?" Golbez opens his eyes and looks at the creature one more, rubbing the back of his neck as he did, this was turning out to be a had call to make, "He doesn't appear threatening, if he was he'd be scratching at the glass as least trying to get to me, maybe it would be safe to...let him out?" Thinking that Golbez unfolds his wings and hovers up in the air and looks at the top of the tank and around the room, looking for a means to release the creature or failing that, something to break the glass with at least. Cherry Bomb Cherry perked up a little when Wish mentioned she was sorry, the red mare could somewhat relate to the little pony's predicament, being in a scary place she didn't want to be in. Cherry smiled and sat beside Wish as she gently brought a wing over her and hugged her with it gently, "I'm sorry too Wish, we can...still be friends right?...you need friends in a place like this...right?", Cherry smiled a little nervously at the small pony.

@ Cherry flinched from Wish's struggles and released her as abruptly as she had picked her up, it just happened so fast, as Cherry found herself sitting on her flank and poking her hooves together, "I...I'm sorry I didn't know you didn't like being hugged...you just looked a little depressed so I thought...I ...could......cheer you up." The red mares voice gradually grows quiter as she finishes her sentence as she merely sits there, circling a hoof on the ground timidly. She was stumped, it was the very first time any pony reacted so to one of her hugs, she truely didn't mean any harm yet this is how ponies acted here? She didn't like it, she didn't like this place, she didn't like the scary atmosphere and she certainly didn't like the way she was being treated. Cherry hugged her own shoulders as she slowly looked up at Wish, " *Sniff Sniff* I...I just wanna go home...please..."

@@Windbreaker, @, @, @@SilverHeart, @ Golbez Grandolfo "Ugh, good heavens above...," Golbez instinctively covered his nostrils with a tattered sleeve as the familiar aroma attacked his sense of smell, peering further into the dark room Golbez dared himself to venture further inside. His senses were on high alert, he half-expected for on of those walking piranha's to come crashing out of one of the jars, as the wary magician looked from one jar to the next he couldn't decide what was more off-putting, the smell, or the jars gruesome contents, "Our masked friend really needs to get a proper hobby, " deciding there was nothing of more important Golbez turned to leave the room, only to catch the faint sound of water trickling somewhere, "It'll be a cracked jar somewhere, I just know it." Golbez timidly venture to the back of the room, examining nearly every jar he passed, the sound had to be coming from somewhere, and then found it, "what in the...", noticing the creature inside the jar was actually looking at him, possible since he entered the room Golbez's first instinct was to quickly leave before it had the chance to come after him, yet it didn't move, in fact it nearly seemed content at just staring at the griffon. Golbez tilted his head curiously before carefully approaching the creature further, he reached out and, quite possibly foolishly, placed a talon on the surface on the jar. Cherry Bomb Cherry was very confused, one moment everypony was patching things up with each other after Golbez's outburst..the next they all looked nervous after Poppy said Golbez may have found some nameless horror, seriously, what had she missed? The red mare sat beside Poppy, as she and the griffoness conversed with each other, Cherry glanced over at the small blue mare sitting beside the griffon. The pegasi's heart nearly sank as she saw how low the poor mare looked and, unsurprisingly after her ordeal with Golbez, utterly scared out of her wits. "Poor thing, she could really do with some cheering up," The red mare quietly trotted around the group and behind the small mare... and with a swift movement Scooped up Wish in her hooves and hugged her close to her chest, she beamed down at the small mare "Hey there, My name's Cherry..what's yours?" To anypony else, it would seem as if Cherry was somewhat oblivious to what was really happening around them all.