open The Suffering

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

OOC:http://mlpforums.com/topic/122219-filly-foolers-quest/#entry3529099

Zefira trots to the rendezvous point in Dodge City. She had accepted a job to deliver medicine to Manehatten. A simple mission to her as she planned it out in her head. She didnt know how many others would be with her during the mission. She scans Dodge City from a distance to see if she could see any indication of the pony who hired her as the letter did not specify whom to meet. 
"Dirt....dust...houses...ponies in rancher apparel...hmmm." She trots closer, keeping her eye out for anything out of the ordinary.

"Hello! You must be responding to the letter!" A stallion in a white coat waves at Zefira in the corner of her eye.
"Come here, come here! There is no time to waste!" He exclaims.

Zefira raises her eyebrow and trots over to the stallion. His voice carried throughout the entire city as a few other ponies looked at him. 

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

Emerald was on her gaurd. She knew that this medicine was vital or else they wouldn't have needed anypony trained in weaponry. Emerald clutched her dagger in her mouth, glaring at any workers that might pass by. Nopony really caught her interest or expressed any feelings of friendship twoards her. She was here to help, and that was it.

[JonasDarkmane 19,792]

Dyna Mite walked around in Dodge City, looking for the rendezvous point. "Dang it, I don't seem to be able to find the place. I wonder why they need a demolition expert to deliver some medicine? Well, whatever. I will be happy when I get paid. Might even make some friends". 

Edited February 28, 2015 by JonasDarkmane

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

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The stallion in the lab coat spotted two more ponies. One was clenching a knife and the other was obviously into explosions.
"HEY YOU TWO, OVER HERE!!!!!" He yells as more ponies look at him funny.

Zefira cringed and snarled her nostrils at the stallion.
"ANY LOUDER!?!" She yells as the stallion was right next to her ears.
Zefira sighs and looks at the two ponies, sizing them up.
Oh....great....amateurs...  

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

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Emerald rolls her eyes and sheaths her dagger. She trotted over to the stallion and just glared at him, not especially interested in anything he had to say. "Yes?" Emerald's voice was quiet, but serious. She eyed the two mares standing next to her, one was ataring at her. 

[JonasDarkmane 19,792]

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Dyna inspected the two mares. She then looked at the stallion in the lab coat. "This is the medicine delivery? Dyna Mite, demolition expert, reporting for duty" she giggled a little bit because of how disciplined she sounded. "Ehm sorry, I got something stuck in my throat, but it's better now" she excused herself. 

[VitalSpark 1,830]

Vital Spark trotted off the train and looked for the way out of the station. She'd lived her whole life in Ponyville and wasn't familiar with Dodge City at all.

 

She soon found herself standing on what appeared to be the town's main street. Whoever had named this place "Dodge City" had high aspirations for it. This place wasn't much more than a single dirt track lined with buildings at either side. A few small side streets came off the main street, but Vital Spark thought it unlikely that she'd find a bustling metropolis hidden away down any of them.

 

She looked around for the stallion she was supposed to meet. Some kind of research chemist or doctor or something — the advertisement hadn't been quite clear. She wondered why such a person would be running their lab out of a two bit town like this, but she supposed that even here there are ponies that get sick and need medical attention.

 

Vital Spark herself had been working as a freelance inventor since finishing school six moons ago. But in a town as small as Ponyville (and this place made Ponyville look like Manehattan!) there wasn't an awful lot of work for an inventor. She had been considering moving somewhere like Cloudsdale, Fillydelphia, or Las Pegasus where there might be more work. Looking through the newspaper for jobs, she'd stumbled on this one. The pay was good, it shouldn't take too long, and once complete she'd have enough money to live comfortably for another six to nine moons, allowing her time to give her business in Ponyville a bit more time, to see if it could be made a success. Vital Spark had a lot riding on this job.

 

She was snapped out of her thoughts by a loud voice. "HEY YOU TWO, OVER HERE!!!!!" She looked around and saw a stallion dressed in a lab coat talking to a few other ponies. That must be him. Quickly she trotted over to join them.

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

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"Good good good!!" The stallion excitedly says, "The whole team is here! Well....minus one or two.....anyways, I have made a cure for the cutie pox! As you know, it was once announced as an incurable disease. A disease that could be very fatal, yet it wasn't contagious....as far as the ponies back east knew. I need you all to deliver the medicine to Manehatten so they can mass produce it; free for anypony who has the disease."

The stallion quickly gallops to his lab which was conveniently placed between two larger buildings. He comes back out with a wagon full of boxes. It was clear to onlookers that it was a heavy wagon and the boxes were also heavy. The stallion returns to the mares, panting and sweating.

"So....which one of you will be pulling the cart?" 

Zefira shakes her head at the stallion's antics. She looked around at the mares, wondering who would step up.

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

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She growled, this stallion was starting to annoy her.  Emerald sighed. "I'm on attack, so obviously it's not my job to pull the cart." She said this as it it should be obvious, and crossed her hooves.  Honestly she didn't care what the mission was about as long as she made enough money to be able to live. 

[VitalSpark 1,830]

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"Well, I'm the only pegasus on the team," said Vital Spark, "I would pull the cart, but that harness doesn't look designed to fit over wings." She shuffled her feet and kicked the dirt. "Anyway, wouldn't it be more useful if I were free to be able to fly up and scout ahead when necessary?"

 

"Besides, you're all earth ponies. Uncanny strength, remember?"

Edited March 2, 2015 by Vital Periwinkle

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

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Zefira shook her head at the two mares.
"Dont look at me. Im all about stealth and agility over here. And just because im an earth pony doesnt mean I can pull three hundred pounds of Luna knows what for twenty or more miles." Zefira looked at the other mare, who had been quiet, and wondered about her strength. 

[JonasDarkmane 19,792]

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Dyna sighed. "I guess I will pull the cart. I got enough strength to do so". She started to grin. "Mind if I keep my explosives in the wagon as well?" she joked and giggled a little bit. "I'm just messing with ya". She walks up to the wagon and starts strapping herself. 

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

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(I've made a sketch of a new version of Emmy. I can send a pic later if you want. Just an FYI her name is Emerald HEART now, and her cutie mark is a heart with two keyholes, and a golden key crossed over it.)

Emerald stands in front of the cart so she can be at the ready for any attacks.  She eyed any passers by, sizing up anypony who might be suspicious. "Let's go already." She diddn't want to waist anytime by talking. It needed to be spent protecting.

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

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Zefira nods her head and stretches out a bit.
"I agree, lets get a move on. They aint paying us by the hour." She says.
She starts to trot forward, assuming the others would follow instead of standing still looking like lost children in the forest. She began to wonder if the other ponies knew how to take care of themselves, let alone a team.

[JonasDarkmane 19,792]

@Emerald <3, @Rainbow Dash, @Vital Periwinkle

 

Dyna started to pull the heavy cart, not finding it to be too difficult. She followed Zefira. "Soooo? How long exactly is it to travel all the way from Dodge City over to Manehattan? Kinda curious". Dyna started to ponder if they had enough supplies for the journey, if they were up to it.

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

@@JonasDarkmane,
Zefira looks back and smiles at the mare.
"Shouldnt be more than twenty or so miles. Takes the average pony two days, nonstop. I could go for that long, but you couldnt." Zefira keeps trotting forward.
"Not to say you are weak, but you dont look like the muscle pony type." 

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

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Emerald starts to walk in front of the cart. She rolls her eyes when she hears Zefria's comment. "No, that's exactly what your saying. You don't know what we can and can't do. We were picked out of millions of ponies to do this, and your doubting us." Emerald scoffed and muttered a curse word under her breath. The whole time she was talking she had not even looked at who she was talking to. She was scouting for any sign of attack.

[~Phoenix~ 196]

'Crap, i'm late' i think to myself as i trot around looking for the ponies i was supposed to meet. i was supposed to help them with a delivery of some sorts. the contents of it ambiguous to me as far as i know. I kept on searching for them, eventually spotting a handful of odd individuals. They just stuck out to me for some reason. was this them? better go find out.

"Hello?" i ask "know anything about a special delivery?" i ask, trying not to sound too suspicious about it "i'm supposed to help"

 

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(using my OC tempest, link below) 

[VitalSpark 1,830]

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Vital Spark realised that she didn't know any of these other ponies' names. She didn't know anything about them. The grey one seemed a bit rude. The blue one seemed helpful and hard-working. The little red one seemed pretty scary, but Vital supposed she'd only been defending the blue one, which was somewhat less... well, menacing.

 

She thought she should introduce herself to the others, and maybe this would prompt them to do the same. Just as she was about to open her mouth, another pony galloped up from behind them. "Hello?" the stranger asked, "know anything about a special delivery?"

Vital looked at the others. Was this a trap? The medical pony hadn't mentioned anything about another pony joining them. But then again, he hadn't said that there wouldn't be one. "We might?" she ventured, "Why?"

[~Phoenix~ 196]

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"because i was hired to come help with it. something like a medical delivery? i don't know, i wasn't told all the details. all i know is that it's going to Manehattan" I say to the pony who responded to my question "so is this the the delivery crew i'm supposed to be helping with?" 

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

'Crap, i'm late' i think to myself as i trot around looking for the ponies i was supposed to meet. i was supposed to help them with a delivery of some sorts. the contents of it ambiguous to me as far as i know. I kept on searching for them, eventually spotting a handful of odd individuals. They just stuck out to me for some reason. was this them? better go find out.

"Hello?" i ask "know anything about a special delivery?" i ask, trying not to sound too suspicious about it "i'm supposed to help"

 

@,@@Rainbow Dash, @@JonasDarkmane,

 

(using my OC tempest, link below)

 

Emerald unsheathed her dagger and held it to the pony's neck. "What are you here for? You a spy?" Her words sounded muffled since she had a dagger in her mouth. She sheathed her knife and grabbed him by the ear. "Tell me what you know. Did somepony send you?" Emerald spat put a strand of mane that had gotten stuck in her mouth.

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

@,@, @@~Phoenix~,  
"Well arent we full of piss and vinegar?" Zefira says to the red mare, holding a dagger to the newcomer's neck.
"Rule one, always analyze before you criticize. Also, the scientist DID say there was gonna be one or two more ponies on the team." Zefira stretched her back out and looked at the late arrival.
"We are transporting medicine to Manehatten and protecting it at the same time." Zefira slowly trots onwards.
"Oh...you all can call me Zefira the Wild. Stick around and you'll see why I got the nickname Wild."

[JonasDarkmane 19,792]

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Dyna had stopped the cart when the newcomer arrived. Dyna looked at Zefira, after she had spoken to the newcomer. "And you're some kind of an analyzer? Seemed to me you based your judgement on my looks. Everything isn't always what it seems" she thought to say, but decided to let it go. She didn't really care about Zefira or her opinions. She looked at the newcomer. "Hiya there, I'm Dyna Mite". 

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

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She let go of the pony and simply ignored the comment. "My name is Emerald Heart. Can I see the letter you should have recived? We must take precautions." Emerald waited silently. She glared at Zefria over her shoulder, not especielly interested in anything she had to say. When Emerald opened up, she was a sweet, good-natured pony. Her talent was surprising as well, unlocking ponies hearts. Getting ponies to talk about their past. Having somepony to lean on. But it depended on the pony-and if they wanted to be friends or not. Clearly, Zefria was not that pony.

[~Phoenix~ 196]

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Tempest gives a sigh of relief as emerald lowers the knife from her neck "i'm Tempest" she said as she reached behind her, pulling out an envelope with the seal broken "this is the letter i was given, telling me to come here and help with the delivery" she says, extending letter in hoof, towards emerald. "it's nice to meet all of you"

 

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