private A Quest into Tartarus (RP)

[P-Jay 1,987]

http://mlpforums.com/topic/123314-quest-in-tartarus-ooc/  OOC

 

Celestia woke, feeling something was off. She got up from her bed. 'maybe i just need a drink' she thought, as she walked over to her personal refrigerator, and started to make some tea. she was quietly sipping, when a guard burst through her door. "your majesty!" he gasped, "the amulet has been stolen!" celestia immediately rose, "tell the guards to monitor the entrances to the castle, and inform the police that no-one is allowed to leave for the time being." 'this is bad.' she thought, 'that amulet was even more powerful than the alicorns amulet. i must send a notice out.' she looked back at the guard. "and if you, or anyone else, find him, take him down with whatever means necessary." "yes, ma'am!" the guard said, and turned around to start giving orders.

Celestia sat down at her desk, and began writing a letter. "I, Princess Celestia, hereby order the strongest and the smartest ponies in the land, please report to me in Canterlot. I will explain further, there." Celestia then gave the letter to her mailer. "please, see that everypony in the land sees this." celestia said. 

 

meanwhile...

a pony, shrouded in a cloak, slipped past the guards. he successfully made it into the street. he was walking towards the trains. 'heh, in the homestretch.' he thought to himself. when he got there. "i'd like a ticket to saddle arrabia, please." the conductor looked at him. then pressed the silent alarm. "i'm sorry, sir, but the train is currently down at the moment. please wait." the pony hissed, "i dont have time for that." he said, "i gotta go, now!" he turned, to find some guards running towards him. he immediately spread his wings, and flew upwards, towards the dark lands. the guards, too, spread their wings, and flew after him. the thief tried to fly faster, and faster, but the elite guards slowly caught up to him. "give us the amulet!" they called, "never" he snarled back. one of them grabbed his ally, and threw him at the thief, as a boost. the thief looked back just in time to collide with the guard. the amulet flew in the air, all four ponys looked in terror as the amulet fell into tartarus. (wouldn't ya know?) the thief flew off into the night, and the guards flew back to the castle...

 

Caliber was relaxing. Doin' nothing, just enjoying the sunshine, when all of a sudden, he heard "Caliber!" and someone jumped on his stomach. he rolled to his side, clutching his stomach, and said "oh, hey violet. haven't seen you in a while."

"i know, right?" violet responded. "its been months! oh, and by the way, have you seen this?" she asked as she pulled out a official-looking scroll. "celestia's lookin for the strongest warriors in the land. ya gonna go?" caliber looked at the scroll. "huh. i could use some money. sure, i'll check it out." he looked at violey. "what about you?" "nah, thats not my style." she said. "but you should go, totally!"

"ok..." caliber said, as he got up. "i might as well start heading towards canterlot..."

 

(start by posting how your oc see's the letter. then they all meet up on the train)

Edited March 20, 2015 by Peytonjay

[J.R. 3,182]

IB was practicing his ice powers in an open field just outside Ponyville. "Ok, next I'll do my charging ice blast!" He said as he charged himself up. (Kamekameha stance) "Aaaaaaaaaaaah". Then out of nowhere a piece of paper flew onto his face. "Crap, I can't see!" He said as he misfired his blast into a cloud that instantly fell to the ground after it froze. "Aw man, I was doing so well! Darn paper. Hmm, I wonder what it says." After IB read the Princess' letter he said, "Hmm, the Princess is in need of warriors? I guess it's time for me to step up!" He got up and skated as fast as he could towards canterlot. "I won't let Celestia down," he thought, "this is gonna be fun!"

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm was in his observatory when he got the letter. He angled the telescope slightly more towards him, moonlight glancing off the lens.

He leaned forward, trying to get a bead on this new nebula he had been looking at, but exactly at that moment, a scroll appeared out of thin air and smacked him in the side of the head. Wilhelm, knocked off balance, jumped back and tripped over his desk, hitting his head on a bookcase on wheels, which proceeded to careen off and smack into the opposite wall of the spacious and tastefully decorated laboratory/library/observatory. He let out a long string of colorful invectives as he pulled himself up hoof over hoof until he could sit back down on his chair, where he sat down to read the letter. As he did, a growing smile crossed his face.

 

"Heroes? Well, I wouldn't give myself that regard....but it's nice to know my services are appreciated."

 

He penned a quick reply to Celestia, assuring the princess he would be there in six hours, considering he had to get down from his house, situated high on the mountain range that gave him the best views through the atmosphere. Wilhelm handed the scroll, folded and sealed, to his assistant, who would take it down to the pneumatic tube mail system while he got ready.

 

"Speaking of getting ready," he said aloud, "I need to go get...certain items." He appended a bit to that sentence inside his head: "Dangerous items."

 

With a flurry of packing, including packing a silver, rune-inscribed sword, a sack of bits, something black and shiny as obsidian and labeled "Experimental: Very High Explosive", and a spare pair of glasses, Wilhelm summoned a cab and set off towards Canterlot Castle.

[Sinusoid 37]

Sinusoid sits alone at his songwriting setup in Manehattan; a few shelves and tables with various keyboards and synthesizers, connected to an oscilloscope and tape recorder, as a letter appears in front of him. He says to himself in an apathetic monotone, "Hey look, a thing," as he looks at it to read: "I, Princess Celestia, hereby order the strongest and the smartest ponies in the land, please report to me in Canterlot. I will explain further, there."

Sinusoid sighs at the inconvenient vagueness of the letter, and its resulting waste of paper, and corrects the wording: "I, Princess Celestia, hereby order the strongest and the smartest ponies in the land to please report to me in Canterlot; there, I will explain further."

Assuming that the message was directed to him and those similar, he decides to at least find out more about the subject. He gets up, grabs a few notebooks, writing utensils, a compact sopranino recorder, and a few other things; then, places them in a unicycle bag, and gets on his unicycle to ride to the train station.

[Sazama Ichida 2,352]

*Upon hearing this news Captain Silver Sword of the Royal Guard rushed to the scene*

Silver: Never fear my fair princess! I shall not let you down! I swear that on this Divine Blade! *he said as he went inside as fast as he could and entered Celestia's throne room kneeling before her* What is thy bidding my princess?

Edited March 21, 2015 by Asbel Lhant

[Dust and Memories 557]

Behind him, Wilhelm arrived, making at least a effort to clear away his usual sarcastic, sardonic expression from his face and give the appropriate amount of deference. He kneeled on one hoof.

 

"Your Highness. I assume you have summoned me here for a different reason than my usual astrological consultations?"

 

He threw a quick glance towards Silver Sword, and although a hint of a smirk reappeared, he managed to keep his face carefully serene.

[Sazama Ichida 2,352]

Behind him, Wilhelm arrived, making at least a effort to clear away his usual sarcastic, sardonic expression from his face and give the appropriate amount of deference. He kneeled on one hoof.

 

"Your Highness. I assume you have summoned me here for a different reason than my usual astrological consultations?"

 

He threw a quick glance towards Silver Sword, and although a hint of a smirk reappeared, he managed to keep his face carefully serene.

Silver: Greetings my fellow comrade! I trust you are hear for the same reason that I am yes? I too have received this quest by her majesty and I swear not to disappoint her! Now then, I eagerly but humbly await your words my princess. Your request is my command!

[P-Jay 1,987]

 Celestia looked at them. "Silver Sword, Wilhelm, thank you for the speed in which you replied." she said, "as you may have noticed, i have asked for the strongest ponies in the land. this task is far too much for just you and Wilhelm alone to handle. i'm going to need a team of the five strongest ponies in the land. they should be on the train to Canterlot. I ask that you and Wilhelm go and escort them into the throne room, please."

 

meanwhile...

Caliber was on the train, with about two other ponies. one of em was a dark blue, the other was whitish. "hey," he said, trying to break the ice, "im Caliber, whats y'alls names?"

[Sazama Ichida 2,352]

*Silver Sword calmly waited until he was spoken to again to start speaking. Not wanting to interrupt the conversation between Celestia and this other stallion. But he had much confidence that he could win due to his enchanted impenetrable armor and blessed sword.*

Edited March 21, 2015 by Asbel Lhant

[J.R. 3,182]

 Celestia looked at them. "Silver Sword, Wilhelm, thank you for the speed in which you replied." she said, "as you may have noticed, i have asked for the strongest ponies in the land. this task is far too much for just you and Wilhelm alone to handle. i'm going to need a team of the five strongest ponies in the land. they should be on the train to Canterlot. I ask that you and Wilhelm go and escort them into the throne room, please."

 

meanwhile...

Caliber was on the train, with about two other ponies. one of em was a dark blue, the other was whitish. "hey," he said, trying to break the ice, "im Caliber, whats y'alls names?"

The dark blue one stepped forward. "I'm Ice Blizzard (but you can call me Blizz). I'm a cryokinetic Earth Pony." *Rubs back of head shyly* "Normally I'm not one to start conversation that often, but it's nice to meet ya." "So, you got a letter from the almighty Celestia too?!" "It must have been a real emergency, but whatever it is, I know the we can handle it no problem! Right?" "I wonder if Celestia sent for anyone else?" "Hmmmm...." 

[Sinusoid 37]

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Sinusoid, being socially awkward, was often unresponsive to ponies that he hadn't met, trying to talk to him. "Uh — are you talking to me?" He mumbles, and says more audibly, "I'm Sinusoid... Are you here for the — recruitment, or whatever the correct term would be?"

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm bowed and trotted out towards the train station. Running through his head were several trains of thought, none of which he liked.

"Sombra? Discord? Tirek? No, no, no! They would have dealt with it themselves, or sent the Six to take care of it."

Then, a single word almost seemed to glow out of the tangled mess in Wilhelm's thoughts. "Tartarus....no. No no no. Impossible." Too dangerous. Too.... He refused to think of it any more. There were limits to what someone could comprehend, and he had reached that limit. Never mind the fact that no one had ever left Tartarus, unless they and a few of the people sent to find them were in body bags.

[P-Jay 1,987]

(silver, and wilhelm, y'all are supposed to meet caliber and company at the train stop, to escort them to the throne room.)

 

"yeah." caliber said, holding up his letter, "so, the strongest warriors, huh?" he got a closer look at the others. "huh. y'all dont seem that strong. but hey!" he smiled "i probably dont look that strong, either!"

 

the train stopped, and caliber got up to get his things.

[Sazama Ichida 2,352]

Fear not your highness! My combat skills and swordsmanship are without peer! My armor was blessed by the strongest light magic! Only weapons that are also blessed can even so much as scratch it! And this is my divine blade the sword of righteousness! It can slay the greatest of evils but never harm an innocent!

Edited March 21, 2015 by Asbel Lhant

[Sinusoid 37]

[The website timed out]

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"I'm not strong, but I didn't figure that it was nessicary, because the letter had an unconditional 'or' statement. However, it was unhelpfully vague, so I don't know what to expect..." Sinusoid trails off as the train stops; he picks up his unicycle and walks out of the train.

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm knocked once on the door to the heroes' train car. His eyes looked bloodshot, and his hair was slightly mussed.

"Why in Celestia's name are there so many bloody train stops?"

He flopped down on a chair, then recomposed himself, smiled slightly, and offered his hoof to the other ponies.

"I'm Wilhelm de Winter, Astrologer to the Princess. I've come here to escort you to the throne room."

Then, he added in a slightly lower voice,

"I assume you're here after you answered the summons of a certain letter?"

[J.R. 3,182]

@@Orion Caelum, 

Blizz decided to step up. "Yes sir! We are the team who is answering the call of our beloved Princess." He said boldly. "Nothing, and I mean nothing will keep us from completing the mission!" Blizz didn't want to keep waiting. "'Kay come on, let's go, let's go! I'm ready to deep freeze some dudes! What's next from here?"

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm rolled his eyes slightly.

"We," Here, he gestured to Silver Sword, "Are supposed to escort you to the throne room, where Her Majesty can tell us what in Equestria any of this is all about." Without waiting for a response, he pushed himself off the seat and began to trot off the train, expecting them to simply come.

[Sinusoid 37]

Sinusoid listens without looking back, slightly irritated by the overenthusiasm of some of the members of the group, and waits for them to start walking before he continues. At this point, after being ignored twice, he starts to become aware that whatever journey would ensue would be made difficult by those in it.

Edited March 21, 2015 by Sinusoid Mixolydian

[J.R. 3,182]

As he followed Wilhelm Blizz though to himself, "This is gonna be awesome! I am gonna meet the Princess! Gotta play it cool though (literally) in order to prove my worth for this mission."

Then he said while walking backwards towards the castle for no reason, "Ok, I know that SS (Silver Sword) is a guard here, so besides him, have any of you met Celestia in person (pony?) before?

[Sazama Ichida 2,352]

I will be right behind you Willhelm! And yes my good sir Ice Blizzard I do know the princess! I am the faithful captain of her royal guard! I am known for the blessed suit of armor I wear and the blade that I wield. I have quite a riveting tale to tell about those things but it will have to wait.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber looked at blizzard. "well, i mean, i met her once." he said, "we ate a lot of cake together. she found me in her kitchen just stuffing myself. she wasn't mad that i was stealing her cake, though. she joined in, naturally."  he turned and followed wilhelm and silver sword. when they got to the throne room, they all keeled, except for caliber, who said loudly, "wheres some cake?!" 

 

celestia looked at all of them, and said, "someone get him some cake." one of the guards ran out. "now that you are all here, i shall explain why i have summoned you all." she stepped down from her throne, and said "a very imporant amulet has been stolen from me." she said, "my elite guards say that it was stolen by a pegasus, a black one." looking to make sure they were paying attention, she went on, "my guards gave chase, but sadly, they could not retrieve the amulet. the amulet fell into tartarus." she heard a collective gasp. except caliber, who sat up straighter. "I've called you all here for this one request: retrieve my amulet from tartarus, through whatever means necessary." she finished. she looked at them. "so, will you do it?"

 

Caliber jumped up, "of course i will!" he said, he looked at the others. "whats tartarus?"

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm gave a deep sigh that somehow managed to convey his deep disdain for this world and every pony in it.

"I do work for the princesses occasionally. They ask me for the latest readings of the stars, for corrections in the magic they use so that the moon and the sun always rise on time and in perfect order and angles, and every once in a while, I'm asked about something very important...like this."

He gave a short glance to the pony with the overflowing bag of instruments and a tiny smile. In that pony, he may have found someone he can tolerate.

Then, they arrived at the throne room.

Despite himself, he did gasp slightly. Tartarus? As he thought, but admittedly not expected. He turned to Caliber, who obviously had no idea what he was getting into.

"Tartarus is basically the underworld. Ancient Equestrian literature references it as The Pit, or The Dark Places, or even simply It. No one ever speaks it's true name, which only a few ponies know...and none want to remember."

He gave a slight shudder, and turned back to Celestia.

"Milady, if I may be told what the amulet does, I could track it's magical signature, saving us some time."

What Wilhelm didn't mention is that most likely they would still have a massive amount of monsters to fight.

Edited March 21, 2015 by Orion Caelum

[Sazama Ichida 2,352]

It shall be done my Princess! Have no fear! I will retrieve your amulet for you! The foul forces of evil in Tartarus are no match for my blessed sword and armor! I will fight to my dying breath and will not rest until my comrades and I have brought your amulet back!

[J.R. 3,182]

Blizz could no longer contain his excitement in presence of the benevolent ruler, "Yes Princess! I for one am thrilled to finally meet you in person (pony?). You can count on me! I am Ice Blizzard, a cryokinetic Earth Pony. My skills and I are at your service." *Gives Celestia an ice sculpture of herself and Luna* "Just something I made as a token of my alliance to you and your cause, we won't let you down right guys?"

Edited March 21, 2015 by IceBlizzard