private Darkness over Equestria (RP)

[Reaver 350]

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Darkness over Equestria

Roleplay Page

 

Part One: page 1

Synopsis: The ponies meet and band together.

Part Two: page 16

Synopsis: The group journeys to the Badlands to stop the bandits who have been harming innocent lives.

Part Two and a Half: page 21

Synopsis: Caliber meets gaming pony. (This is a joke.)

 

Strider trotted along the ruined road of Appleloosa, taking in the hot, hard air and trying to ignore his sore hooves. The houses had long been deserted; the town had been too close to the Badlands for comfort, and had probably been one of the first towns targeted by desperate bandits when Tirek's reign began. He had once heard that the place had been home to many buffalo, as well. He mused on this--it would be nice to meet a buffalo. He remembered vaguely a book he had read on them, long ago; they were primitive, compared to the ponies, and had taken pride on it. Very cultural, devout to their own sacred rites until the end. He wondered briefly what had happened to them.

He glanced at Little Red, who was trotting silently beside him. The two of them had been traveling together for almost a year now, he realized suddenly. Well, in the sense of time; days were hardly important at all, being able to last a couple minutes or a hundred hours under Discord's tyranny over the sky.

It was useful to travel with other ponies, especially Red. She was strong, but not stupid; a rare combination. He also suspected that she had some capability for pony magic, which mystified him to no end; all magic had long since been gone to Tirek. Travel was one of the only options available to ponykind now; if you stayed in one place too long, changelings would find you and suck all emotion out of you. And that was if you were lucky. It didn't even matter where you were headed; so long as you weren't going towards the death trap that was Canterlot Mountain, you were safer than if you stayed in one place.

"Red," he said, abruptly breaking the silence that had been with them for hours now. "We've been walking a long time now. We should rest here for awhile. That house looks good," he added, pointing out one of the less destroyed dwellings.

Edited June 11, 2015 by Reaver

[Little Red 1,529]

Part One Begins

Location: Ruins of Apploosa

 

Red looked up at her friend, blinking. She'd been half-asleep from walking so long. She looked at the house. They seemed to have reached the outskirts of Apploosa.

"Very well," she said, nodding. She wasn't that tired. She could walk in this sort of daze for days, it sometimes felt. Letting her mind drift as her hooves took her along the torn landscape. She led the way into the destroyed building, sniffing cautiously for any bandits that could be there.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber woke up. coming up from the basement, he noticed two ponies had come into his sanctuary. so, what does he do?

 

"yo! dinners up in five minutes!" he called out to them. "you prefer apples, or carrots?" he grinned at them. he knew they weren't changelings, they didn't have the aura the changelings do. and he was pretty sire he could take 'em both in a fight. better to greet peacefully, then aggressively.

Edited May 31, 2015 by PeytonJay

[Unicorncob 5,679]

The vague shape of a pony, if anypony was looking toward the entrance to the ruined town, could be seen approaching in the distance.

 

A mare, and a foreign one at that. She was wearing a cloak to cover herself from the painful heat, so her features were hard to pinpoint. Aside from a strange shape on her back, like the cloak was covering something.

 

Though, if one were to get close to her, they might be a little underwhelmed at her...diminutive physique. She was indeed a young adult mare...simply a few inches shorter than one.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

After traveling for weeks dealing with small patrols to help take some of the danger from any traveling ponies, Radiant found himself approaching the ruins of what use to be Appleloosa. He figured it's be the best bet to find a place to shelter and somewhere to rest for a bit.

 

Radiant arrived in Appleloosa and begun walking through what use to be a small town and scanned the area checking every building for any enemies that were hiding. 

 

Radiant had nothing on him but a leather harness to hold two swords on his back, in the harness they were crossed and didn't hang out over his body more then a few inches. Along with that he had a tattered red scarf around his neck.

[Little Red 1,529]

Red stared at the gray unicorn.

She immediately had her sword in one hoof. "Who are you?" she demanded hostilely. He was most likely a bandit, considering they were right next to the Badlands. But perhaps he was just some traveler, idiotic enough to be traveling through Apploosa. Like they were.

She eyed him. He had a sword. That showed nothing, really, just that he could fight. Since he was a unicorn he could probably also use magic.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber grinned, unfazed by her grabbing her sword. his own sword was out in a flash. "who're you?" he shot back. "i was here first. this is my place, and you just burst in." he walked past them, and dug around in a chest in the kitchen. "i even offer to feed y'all, but hey. if y'all aren't hungry..." he pulled out some apples, and carrots. he laid them out, and started preparing a fire. he put a pot on top, and poured water in. while the pot was heating up, he started cutting up the carrots.

 

"oh, and my name..." he grinned once again. "My name is Caliber, the Wanderer. you may-or-may-not have heard of me. could i have your name?" he continued cooking, adding some herbs and spices from a bag to the mix. "oh, and keep your sword out for another ten seconds, and ill consider you an immediate threat!" he added cheerfully.

[Commander Tangent 861]

By the entrance too one of the buildings, Lunar sat. It had been a relaxing day, at least compared to how they usually went in his travels. He had come a long way from the north, going across what was left of equestria, trying to survive. His travels had led him here now. He pulled out his flute, a relic to the nomad group he had been born into. He sometimes played it to pass time, it relaxed him and calmed his mind. Carefully, he lifted it up to his beak, and began to play an old song from his childhood, unaware of the others in the town.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

As Radiant walked through the town he could make out a high pitch melody, it sounded sweet and relaxing. He followed the sound to check on who or what was making it. Radiant neared a building where the melody seemed to be emanating from, he rounded a corner and saw a griffin sitting at the entrance of the building. 

 

Radiant approached the griffin realizing he was playing a flute, surprisingly well considering he had to play with a beak. "greetings, I'm assuming a griffin is no foe of mine... may I ask what you're doing here?" He asked not yet making a grab at his weapons.

[Unicorncob 5,679]

The mare's ears perked up beneath her hood as a melody reached them. A flute, from the sound of it. She smiled as it reminded her of home.

 

She followed the sound, and the source seemed to be coming from inside the town. She turned a corner and spotted a griffin with the instrument, talking with a pony.

 

She casually approached the two, deciding that nopony who has the soul for music could be of any danger to her.

[Commander Tangent 861]

Lunar looked up from his flute, and slowed the melody to a slow stop. He put it to the side and gave the traveler a smile.  "Greetings stranger. I had not expected another to be here, this is a pleasent surprise" he said, giving a smile, " I am simply following the road, wherever it may take me. It's mysteries make life interesting" Lunar said, giving what looked like a smile with his beak. He extended and gestured in front of him. " Would you like to sit ?" he suggested calmly. 

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Radiant nodded at the griffin when he noticed a mare approaching them, he stayed on guard just in case forgetting about the spot offered to him. He wasn't one to attack first in case they were friendlies and it gave a chance for negotiation. 

 

Radiant looked at the mare as she got closer. "state your name and business." He demanded, compliance will generally come from those who are no foe.

[Unicorncob 5,679]

The mare perked up as the stallion demanded her credentials. She halted and put her hoof to her chest.

 

"I did not mean to intrude," she began, in a young adult voice with a strange foreign lilt, "I was simply following the sound of music and it led me here."

 

She removed her hood, revealing a blue coated face, with green eyes, dark freckles and a head of ginger braided mane. She wore a rounded helmet around her cranium, the wings on them sproinging to attention when they were revealed.

 

"I am Tyra Shatterhoof, of the Frozen North's Shatterhoof clan!" she introduced herself with a wide, goofy grin.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Radiant dropped his guard toward the mare after she introduced herself. He looked at her with a stoic expression and put his hoof to his chest as well. "Pleasure to meet you Tyra, I am Radiant Sentinel. Previously a member of the resistance in Baltimare." He stated turning back to the griffin. "Sorry, may I ask your name as well?"

[Commander Tangent 861]

"You may call me Lunar." He said, giving a nod with he head to both of them, " And I believe my music attracted both of you here yes ? Why not sit with me for a short time and listen. It may defuse your nerves and give you some small comfort for a bit, as well as someone to chat too if you wish" He said to both of them

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Radiant nodded at Lunar's request. "It will be nice to finally relax after the journey." He said laying a few feet from Lunar in the dirt. 

 

Radiant couldn't put his hoof on it but he felt as if these two were ones he could trust, almost as if he was drawn here by something more then just Lunar's melody.

[Unicorncob 5,679]

"Well met, Radiant Sentinel," Tyra replied, giving the unicorn a respectful bow of the head, then turning to give one to the griffin, "And Lunar."

 

She perked up at the offer of getting to listen to more music. And now that the introductions were out of the way, she felt no reason to decline. Or be formal.

 

She galloped over and parked her rump in front of the griffon, smiling widely and waiting intently for a song. All with the grace of a filly who'd just been asked by her idol to listen to them talk.

[Commander Tangent 861]

Lunar nodded his head at both of them before closing his eyes. He took a deep breath, savoring the smells and listening to the sounds around them. Carefully, he brought his flute up to his beak and began to play a tune. This one was different, it was slow and relaxing, with many ups and downs in it.IT sounded like something you would hear in many shops before everything went to hell.

[Reaver 350]

caliber grinned, unfazed by her grabbing her sword. his own sword was out in a flash. "who're you?" he shot back. "i was here first. this is my place, and you just burst in." he walked past them, and dug around in a chest in the kitchen. "i even offer to feed y'all, but hey. if y'all aren't hungry..." he pulled out some apples, and carrots. he laid them out, and started preparing a fire. he put a pot on top, and poured water in. while the pot was heating up, he started cutting up the carrots.

 

"oh, and my name..." he grinned once again. "My name is Caliber, the Wanderer. you may-or-may-not have heard of me. could i have your name?" he continued cooking, adding some herbs and spices from a bag to the mix. "oh, and keep your sword out for another ten seconds, and ill consider you an immediate threat!" he added cheerfully.

Strider looked at Caliber cautiously. The stallion didn't seem threatening for the moment, he decided; but he could turn into an enemy in an instant. Especially if Red continued with that sword. Glancing at her briefly, he replied to Caliber, "I'm Victory Strider. This is my companion, Little Red. We're travelers, and mean no harm."

[Little Red 1,529]

@@Reaver, @,

Red met Strider's eye and slowly dropped her sword. She sheathed it.

"Sorry if I... jumped to conclusions," she said, not meeting Caliber's eye. "It is bandit territory, after all." She found herself looking at the carrots and apples. There were a number of them. More than she and Strider had, at any rate. And they looked like they tasted better. The carrots, anyway. She hadn't had an apple in so long... she tried to remember what they tasted like, how juicy and... no, she couldn't remember. She'd been eating hay and carrots for so long she'd forgotten that other foods existed.

[Alex Van Gamer 230]

On the outskirts of Appleloosa, a lone being was following the decrepit road that lead into the town. This young traveler, unlike most, walked up on two legs and possessed opposable thumbs. Alex, as this creature called themselves as, was a diamond dog from as far north as the Galloping Gorge. She bore a pocket knife that was attached to a dark blue belt which was at an angle across her waist, a pale beige satchel strapped across her chest, and a long, bright blue hooded cloak, who's colors had faded and become a filthy mess from her travels. Underneath, she wore a similarly colored vest, yet was much cleaner in comparison due to less exposure to the outside and dark blue bow tie with a gem at it's center, also hidden from prying eyes.

 

The canine looked down at her paws, which held a map of a much more... brightly colored Equestria. From what she assumed, she was headed in the right direction. Suddenly, she yawned, bored out of her mind from the long trip. Nothing much had happened to her since she passed through Ponyville and the Everfree Forest —she still had a bit of cotton candy cloud in her bag from the former trip.

 

Suddenly, her ears pricked up, her sensitive ears picking up something far in the distance... Music? She frowned a bit in confusion... Wasn't this area bandit territory? Playing music like that could bring trouble to whoever was playing it... But then again, anypony playing music probably meant they were non-hostile, and it had been a fairly long while since she had talked to somepony. So, adjusting her cloak, the diamond dog set off in the direction of the music, not quite sure what to expect when she got there.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Radiant looked around as Lunar played his flute. He didn't like just sitting still in a place where enemies could be hidden in any building just waiting for their guard to be dropped entirely. He stood up on of the dirt and scanned the area once again. "I'm going to take a look around." He stated before walking down the road again to inspect more of the building to check for potential ambushes.

[Unicorncob 5,679]

Tyra listened intently to Lunar's music, grinning widely. All he needed were a lute and some drums, and it would sound just like back home.

And perhaps a good singer. She knew quite a few songs from home, but this one she didn't recognise.

 

Nonetheless, she enjoyed it, and continued to listen as Radiant began walking off.

[Commander Tangent 861]

LUnar looked up when he saw one of the ponies walk off, and shrugged. If he didn't want to listen, he didn't have too. After playing for a little bit longer, he put the flute down and smiled to the pony in front of him. She looked strong and capable, it was a sight he did not see too often. "Thank you for listening. I am guessing you like music ?" Lunar asked, holding out his hand in a gesture as he spoke. He looked the new pony over. She was shorter than most, but had a strong build and frame too her. His guess was she came from either a working town or one of the more tribal areas of equestria, like the nomad group he had been raised in.

 

In the distance, he noticed a new form appear. It looked like a canine of some sort, but it was still a good distance away, and obscured by a cloak, so he could easily be wrong. He would address it in a friendly manner when it got closer, as he did with many of the people he had met on the road in his travels.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

As Radiant was walking through the town he saw a figure in the distance through a destroyed structure, the figure was walking on two legs and had a cloaked draped over them. Radiant recognized the figure as a canine species, generally they are not friendly. 

 

Radiant walked between the structures beside him until he was straight ahead of the canine. He had his weapons enveloped in his golden magic but didn't yet draw them, just in case if he happens to be friendly. Radiant stood in place in the street, with his usual stoic expression on his face waiting for this Canine to approach him.