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[genessee 535]

What are they even talking about? (OOC)

https://mlpforums.com/topic/163191-rift-rp/#entry4817310

 

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A small field, a few trees scattered across the landscape and bunnies hopping around. It's very peaceful, to be honest. Suddenly, as if on cue to disturb the peace, a ball of blue light appears on the ground. And another. And yet another. And a final one. They expand until they're about the size of a pony. Then, the spheres disappear, leaving a two stallions, a minotaur, and a changeling royal. Every creature is unconscious. Little do they know that they just entered the adventure of a lifetime-- actually, the adventure of an after-lifetime. But let's step back a bit. How did our heroes get here in the first place?

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Lance steps into his cottage, staggering under the weight of ten heavy scrolls. He quickly gets over to his study, and carefully places the scrolls on his desk. He smiles as he turns around to close the door to his cottage. He doesn't notice a lingering cider smell that wasn't there before. 

 

Earlier that day, he had bought the documents off of a traveling merchant. The merchant warned him that bad ponies were looking for these, but Lance brushed off the warning as an outdated legend. He purchases the entire set of 10 scrolls for quite a few bits, and quickly rushes home. Now, fast forward ahead.

 

A few hours later, Lance is at his desk, staring at a open scroll with ancient text and furiously scribbling his translations onto a notepad. He pauses and stares at the message he just wrote down. The following [scrolls?] hold secrets that no eyes before have seen. Proceed at your own risk.

 

"Oooh, boy. Uuh... I think I'm gonna be here a while."

 

He then hunkers down to spend the rest of the day translating. Little does he know, he's not alone in the cottage. An armed drunk waits in a nearby closet. He glances down at his mission. It reads: Kill this stallion who got the scrolls. If you can do it without arousing suspicion, your reward will be doubled. Do NOT let the scrolls out of your sight. ~G. The drunk chuckled quietly as he stares at Lance. He knew this would be an easy picking.

 

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It's midnight. Lance struggles to stay awake as he finishes up the last sentence of the 3rd scroll. Something felt off, however, and he kept mistranslating it. Finally, he gave up and stood up to leave. As he approaches the exit, a clicking sound catches his attention behind him. He whirls around, and finds himself staring down a barrel of a revolver, held by the drunk. The clicking noise was the drunk cocking the revolvers hammer into place.

 

"No! Don't sh--"

 

KAPOW!

 

What happened next was a blur. Lance could feel himself falling, falling... hitting the ground and a puddle of blood. Then fading out, slowly. A mist of darkness rimmed his vision, and it got wider and wider until he couldn't see. He didn't know what happened next.

 

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Now, he lay unconscious in the field with our other heroes. But, enough about Lance. Let's hear about our other creatures, shall we?

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2017 by genessee

[FancyHorse 1,209]

Grip, Pull, Grip, Pull. 

 

A wall of mass stone and soil. A collection of dirt and mass of its everlong life span... Rocks don't have life span, the minotaur dismissed it from his head. 

 

Another step. Forward and up. With his massive hands held firm into the red formation- until a sudden slip. An immensity of panic and dread- he pressed himself to the wall his hind hooves struggling to hold with the sudden imbalance but it was a failing endeavor and gravity pulled the rest on his 30+ foot drop. Nothing could be done. 

 

Accidents happen.  His body was on fire- not literally but a surge of heat was felt until it was all just suddenly nonexistent.

 

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He felt the radiant heat- a brushing breeze and the rays of sun on his eyes. The sky was blue- strange... it was sunset when he was there? Was he-

 

He sat up rubbing onto his and noted his surroundings with the vast  field ahead of him.... And then to his guests. 

 

@@Moon Dancer., 

 

"... " He was unsure- this was... awkward. 

 

"Um.. Hello?" He spoke softly, his accent noteable in his speech. 

[genessee 535]

Lance gasped and his eyes popped open. His head was pounding, and his heart was racing. He was expecting to be tied to a chair, a bright light being shone in his face, gangsters aiming their weapons at him, but instead he was met with peaceful field. Blood stained his hoodie, but strangely, there were no wounds on his body. He got himself into a sitting position, and looked around. He immediately noticed the minotaur and changeling, and also noted the unconscious stallion. Upon seeing them, he just stared. He had never seen a changeling or a minotaur, and he had heard some pretty nasty things about them. So instead of confronting them, he proceeded to force himself up and slowly walk away, hoping not to attract attention. 

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Steady quietly moved through the trees, eyes darting back and forth, constantly watching the surrounding trees for signs of movement as he approached a clearing. He scanned the area, looking for his target. Two griffons, clad in full plate armor, sat watch next to a large tent, while another two sat around a fire, helmets off but just as heavily armored. Steady assumed two to three more would be asleep in the tent that sat across the camp from him. He muttered  a long string curses to himself, wondering why he'd gotten stuck with what appeared to be a small war party rather than basic scouts.

 

Horn silently flaring to life, Steady pulled his two daggers from their sheathes on his belt and started planning his attack. The two near the fire weren't as much of a problem as the two guarding the tent, but they all had sight of each other. He started quietly circling the camp, making his way to they sleep tent, eyes fixed intently on the griffons, which meant he didn't see the large set of branches in front of him. As he stepped down, the branches snapped and he watched all 4 of the guards' heads turn towards him. He cursed and tried to throw a sound towards the other side of the camp to distract the griffons, but to no avail. Then a shrill squawk filled the air as one of the guards tilted his head back, raising the alarm. A blade met his neck and the sound was cut short, but not before two griffons came rushing out of the tent.

 

'Time to run now, i guess,' Steady thought as he started to bolt towards the tent to try and take out the leader and make a getaway, but the griffons beat him there, blocking his path. He pulled his thirds blade from his back, a long shining rapier, and stood ready to fight. In a flash the griffons rushed towards him, and he responded, slicing into the two unarmored griffons easily with the rapier and one of his daggers and they fell to the ground with a thud. The other three, griffons continued rushing towards him, his attacks glancing off their armor. Steady's eyes went wide as he felt something stab into his neck. They'd closed the distance towards him faster than he'd anticipated, and one of the griffons had their talon through his windpipe.

 

The griffon smirked and Steady fell towards the ground. As he lay there dying and gasping for air, the griffons looked over his weapons before tossing them next to him. 'Guess they're not good enough for them.' He tried to chuckle at the thought, but found only pain. 'Curse being an "information specialist. Curse command for sending him to fight war griffons. Curse that blasted plate armor. And most assuredly, curse branches for being so... damned... loud...' 

 

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Steady's eyes opened wide as he gasped for breath. His hooves frantically searched for the puncture wound that should have been in his neck, and when he couldn't find it, he looked around, noticing a distinct lack of trees in the vicinity. He slowly leaned up and looked around the field he found himself in. As his eyes glanced over the changeling and minotaur, Steady bolted to his hooves, his magic reaching for his weapons. Upon not finding them where they should have been, his eyes grew wide as he searched the grass around him, the apparent threats forgotten. "Where? Where? WHERE!?!"

Edited February 21, 2017 by Lil' Lovebug

[genessee 535]

@@Moon Dancer.

 

As soon as the changeling spoke to him, Lance froze.  He figured he was done for at this point, might as well accept it, right? He quietly turns around to get a look at the changeling. To his surprise, it seems that the changeling wasn't planning on killing him.

 

"Uh... nowhere?" He answers meekly.

 

@@Lil' Lovebug

 

"...Hey!.. Uh.. what are you looking for?.."

 

Lance stared past the changeling towards the stallion, now awake, looking in the grass for something.

Edited February 21, 2017 by genessee

[genessee 535]

@@Moon Dancer.

 

"H-How should I know?.."

 

Usually, Lance was very composed and didn't break easily. But the series of events that had literally just happened caused him to melt. Usually, if anypony else had asked that question at any other time, he would've answered either something snarky or would've started looking further for the answer. But right now, all he wanted to do was curl up in a ball and die yet again.

[FancyHorse 1,209]

@@Moon Dancer.,@@genessee, @@Moon Dancer.,  

 

Raising to his hooves, towering over the other ponies and scanning about the horizons. 

 

"It may be so?" He questioned listening in on the frantic conversation of the three. Awkward, unknowing, but its still a lovely view. He was still unsure what to say or do...

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Steady jumped as he heard someone call out to him. His eyes darted around, trying to find the the source of the voice, finally settling upon a stallion he'd apparently overlooked when he saw the other two, one of which looked to be confronting the poor stallion.

 

"Uh.... Nothing! Nothing important! Aheh heh...." Giving another glance through the grass and not finding his weapons, his shoulders slumped a little. He decided to walk over to the pony and changeling. "This guy giving you trouble?" he asked the stallion, pointing to the changeling. Upon hearing the changeling introduce himself, and seeing the minotaur casually walk over, Steady tried to calm himself down.

 

"The name's Steady Hoof." he said, deciding to introduce himself next. "Equestrian Special Operations... er... Intelligence Officer."

 

'Smooth. I don't think you could have convinced a foal, let alone a stallion, a changeling king (supposedly), and a minotaur," he thought to himself.

 

"Sorry about the display back there," he said, rubbing a hoof against his head and chuckling. "Thought i misplaced something. I guess it just didn't get brought with me to... wherever we are."

[FancyHorse 1,209]

@@Moon Dancer., @@Lil' Lovebug,  

 

He let a smile to the two. 

 

"Don't worry- I'm not going to rip off anyponies limbs." He kneeled down to meet their heights- a sorta assurance what not to not intimidate the three. 

 

"Srosh. I'm from the far east." He says, "Or... wherever east is now..." He says. 

 

"Its nice to meet you three." he says. 

[genessee 535]

Lance stared at the group. Somehow, within a minute, they had built a small level of trust. This amazed Lance and all, but there was a few other things to clear up.

 

"Uhh... Okay, so it seems we're all cool here, and noponies killing anypony here, so I guess our next biggest problem is, uh, like... what are we going to do now?"

 

He thought of one of those sandbox board games. Breakbuild? No, that didn't sound right. never mind, he had to go see if he could find civilization. He could see trees ahead, so maybe somepony had a hut or something there.

 

"I'm gonna go look for anypony else. Can you guys try to find food or something?"

Edited February 21, 2017 by genessee

[FancyHorse 1,209]

@@genessee, 

 

"Food?... In the middle of nowhere? The best thing would be to look for someplace together." Srosh inputted, joining up to Lance before turning back. @@Moon Dancer.,@@Lil' Lovebug,

 

"Lets stick together for now... See whats going on." He says encouraging the other two to follow along. 

 

The woods maybe their best bet perhaps?

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Steady looked at Lance. "I have to agree with the minotaur. Finding shelter would be the best course of action. Once we do that, we can find something to eat." As he mentioned eating, Steady gave a brief glare towards Transmutation, before looking back towards the other two. "Plus, I don't think we should split up in such a foreign environment. We don't know what kind of creatures may be waiting to eat us out there."

[genessee 535]

@Everypony

 

A bit taken back by the sudden amount of teamwork, Lance stuttered for a second before regaining himself.

 

"Finding shelter. Okay. Yeah, the forest is probably the, uh, best way to not die."

 

He then began the trek to the forest, which may be a while on foot.

 

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@@Techno Universal

 

Meanwhile, back where our heroes began, on the patch of field, another burst of blue light appeared, this time leaving behind a male unicorn.

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Steady followed behind, deciding to watch the rear. He didn't quite trust the changeling. Though he knew it was prejudiced, in his line of work, one couldn't be too careful. That hadn't stopped him from slipping up and getting himself killed though. Steady sighed, stopping for a second to check their surroundings before following again.

[FancyHorse 1,209]

Adjusting the bag on his back, that miraculously remained on his character he trudeged along side of Lance with the other two companions following about. 

Giving into panic wasn't the ideal thing. Might as well roll along, their will be time for questions when they figure out where they are... Maybe they were- No, he dismissed the questions. It would just give more then he needed right now. 

[genessee 535]

"How do you suppose we got here?"

 

Lance asked nothing in particular. He assumed nobody here knew the answer to his question. However, he had a few suspicions. One was that he was still unconscious, and this was a dreamland. But if he was dreaming, wouldn't the minotaur and changeling be trying to kill him? He would never have thought to make them kind. He also thought that maybe he had, like, stopped being alive? But this didn't seem like the afterlife. It seemed as if this place was just as real and alive as the real world. He shrugged off the thought. I'm sure we're fine. This is probably, like, uh... never mind. We're fine.

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Steady put a hoof up to his neck "I..." Steady stopped himself. 'I should figure out more about them before I divulge anything. Who knows what might happen eventually.'

 

"I don't know. Maybe we can find something that can give us a clue while we search for a place to set up camp." He looked around, trying to spot anythings but trees and the occasional large rock, while still keeping his eyes on the others in the group.

[genessee 535]

@Everypony

 

The group has now gotten to the forest. What they see is what looks like a clone of the Everfree Forest.

 

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"Uhh... well, I think this is the Everfree Forest. But where's Ponyville?"

 

He pauses.

 

"Actually, I heard there's a hut in the forest that some zebra named 'Zecora' lives. I don't know, I've never seen them in person, so..."

[FancyHorse 1,209]

"It certainly doesn't feel... .natural. Is this Equestria? I don't recognize these forests." Srosh commented noting at the tall height these trunks reach up to. He ducked and weaved as he followed along with his little entourage into the depths of this mysterious copy. 

[genessee 535]

@@FancyHorse

 

"Hey, wait u-- oof!"

 

Almost immediately after entering the forest, Lance tripped over a rock and faceplanted into the dirt. He muttered something inaudible into the ground before getting back up.

 

"That didn't hurt."

 

He then glanced behind him to make sure nobody saw him clumsily fall, before catching up with the minotaur.

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Steady pondered the name as they walked. 'Where have I heard it? Zecora.... Zebra..... Everfree, Ponyville, Celestia's Student!' "Huh," he accidentally let out before putting a hoof too his mouth. A slight thud sound caused him to look forward, seeing Lance start to get off his face, snickering. As Lance turned his head, he averted his gaze, peering very intently into the forest for signs of life. "I've heard there's some kind of weird blue plant in the Everfree that's a real pain to deal with. Heard that Celestia's student and her friends accidentally came across some. Also had a coworker had come into contact with the stuff, causing his knees to shake to the point that you could hear him coming a good 2 minutes before he arrived anywhere." He cracked a smile at the memory.

[genessee 535]

@@Lil' Lovebug

 

"What, do you mean... THIS ONE?"

 

He quickly turned around and threw an average dandelion at Steady. However, as soon as he spun around and tossed it, he lost his balance again and hit the ground with a kathunk.

 

​"Are you afraid or what? You should be afraid, just some advice."

Edited February 22, 2017 by genessee

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

@@genessee 

 

Steady caught the dandelion with his magic and set it down on Lance.

 

"I'm afraid of your clumsiness getting us killed if that's what you mean." Steady let out a chuckle. "Also, if a basic dandelion was going to scare me, I wouldn't have been in the line of work I was. What I am afraid of, though, is that I haven't seen or heard anything but the leaves rustling slightly from the wind. There should be timberwolves stalking us."

Edited February 22, 2017 by Lil' Lovebug

[genessee 535]

@@Lil' Lovebug

 

Lance was going to make a snooty comment until he heard the word Timberwolves. He had seen those monsters in person, and it was one of his worst experiences. He had completely forgot about the Timberwolves when he followed the minotaur into the Everfree.

 

"Well then, because I'm clumsy and will probably get you killed, I will wait outside for your humble return. Good day."

 

He began to make his way back the way he came. 

[Techno Universal 2,575]

Techno woke up in a way that he's whole brain was restarting like if he had been unconscious for a long period. He was now in the everfree forest nearby a group of travelers...

 

TU: Uhh... What happened with that computer... I knew I shouldn't of tried to fix it because of how dangerous it was... That would of for shore killed me but I don't understand how I'm sill alive and I'm not in the lab.

 

Techno then got up and looked around to see that he was in the everfree forest.

 

TU: Now how did I get out here? I believe that computer teleported me here or did it?

 

Techno then checked his CMD for the universal system cords of his location to find something very unusual...

 

CMD: UN CORDS--Universe Epocket-35522731 World-PRL934

 

TU: I never expected this but apparently I'm in a completely different universe and I've never known about the Epocket universe system. It's probably a universe system for dead entitys and this is where they remain after death. But still it could be like coma or pocket system as I seriously know nothing about this universe system...

 

Techno then turned his head to see a group of ponies in the distance so he naturaly walked over to them to ask about where he was...