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[Techno Universal 2,575]

2 hours ago, GoldieS said:

@Maple Bat @Techno Universal

Fortunately for the sphinx, she hadn't even struck yet, still in her battle ready stance. She avoided Maple's attempted strike, the bat still burdened by holding Morph hostage. Ragnhild was no simple thug, not just some scrub from Tartarus with a sword and an angry scowl. She was a sphinx, a creature who's entire society revolved around violence and beating one another senseless for fun. Clearly, this gladiator and pit fighter had the experience to back up her aggression. Ragnhild was neither a one hitter quitter, nor in need of magical strength from anyone. 

Morph managed to wriggle free while Maple was distracted with the red changeling who had fallen out of the cabinet. At that moment, the sphinx paused, still battle ready, but waiting to see what this was all about. 

It was pure madness. Morph rushed out the room to Cutima, holding each other fearfully behind Techno. 

The sphinx, a furious look in her eyes stared down Techno as he mentioned killing the changeling on the floor, the only changeling currently in the room. 

"You cowardly prey!" The sphinx snapped, looking back and forth between Techno and Maple. "How dare you two threaten passengers on this ship! I don't know how it works in Equestria, but we don't kill others because of the way they look!" 

"Let the hostages go!" She snapped, making an aggressive step forward, her attention now divided between two perceived threats, Maple and Techno. 

By now, many of the passengers and crew of the ship were crowding the hallway. A few of them hurried Morph and Cutima away from the scene, while the rest essentially blocked everyone in the room. They gave Techno and Maple some rather nasty looks, some of them even looked tense and ready to pounce should either of them try to make a break for it or attempt to fight. 

@Maple Bat

"Aww... how adorable!" She cooed, clasping her claws together, genuinely delighted by Woody's answer. "Well, it would certainly be a refreshing addition to our family to have someone with such goals."

Suddenly, the doors opened from the inside. Two VERY well groomed ponies each gave deep bows, holding the double doors open for the two Draconequus. Inside a rush of arctic air mixed with sweltering hot steam burst outward across the two of them. It was some sort of spa, or bath house, just as luxurious and pristinely polished as the rest of the palace. Shining marble stone walls and floors, with dark almost glowing blue lapis tiles around the waters edge. 

Dominating the room was a plus shaped pool, each arm as large as an Olympic swimming pool. In the center was an island with stairs leading up to it from the water, just like all the sides, up to a small hill covered in snow with a few pine trees for decoration. A few more islands dotted the interior of the pool. Ponies and other creatures lounged about, giggling and laughing to one another in groups here and there in the steaming water. 

Everyone paused what they were doing to stand up, and issue the most gracious and respectful bows possible, some practically kissing the floor in the process. Salacious gave a simple flick of her wrist, causing the entire hall to beam with delight at being acknowledged. 

Salacious and Maple didn't linger in the main hall long, the serpent slithering off to one of the side halls to guide her brother into a much smaller, but certainly spacious, room with an open balcony looking out into the wide open summer woodlands and fields beyond the palace. In the room, were two very large jacuzzis, both made for someone Salacious' size. She plopped right into hers, gesturing for Woodland to sit in the one beside her. 

"Ah, what a delight, no? Not a care in the universe, just basking in the glory of my greatness. Oh, I almost forgot," She held one of her hands up and summoned a bell into existence to ring it. "Have you discovered where your power comes from yet, or has father kept you in the dark dark about absolutely everything that makes us powerful?"

@Burpy @The Candlekeeper

The alpine wolf didn't need its teeth to tear through the cape or blanket to drag it along through the snow. It just needed a good grip, which it had no trouble finding. 

They moved for what felt like forever, traveling south across the valley towards where the smoke had been seen rising form earlier. It was still near impossible to see more than a few feet in any direction from Morph's view, but he could see them passing the faint outline of a brow domed hut of some sort, held up by giant ribs. The creature continued dragging until it pulled them inside one of the large huts. 

There was a small fire pit in the middle, lit and crackling as smoke rose through an opening in the center of the brown leather roof. There were three other wolves there, the smallest one a little bigger than a pony. The other three more than big enough for a pony to ride on, should they be brave enough. 

Yet, there were two other creatures by the fire. Kobolds, tiny lizard men, few of them any taller than a pony. In fact, they could probably ride atop Cutima without much problems. They wore tattered loin clothes, practically waddling on their hind legs as they rushed over to see what was going on, each one sporting spears. 

Techno then widened his eyes and froze when he released that he had accidentally gone too far with what he said...

 

TU: Yeah in actual fact we don't need anyone to die here! Though really my system just flipped on that one for some reason but maybe we could find a sneaky way to win this situation!

[Barpy 2,225]

@GoldieS @The Candlekeeper

The journey really felt like forever to Cutima, she was scared the whole time, at the start she tried to calm down, not trying to escape, trying to dodge everything on the ground, unfortunately in the middle of traveling, when Cutima was dragged, a sharp stone happened to be under her hoof, she saw it for a split second but didn't have enough time to realise and dodge it and it cut her a bit in her calf muscle, she squeaked loudly than before from pain and it quickly started to be bloody, luckily for her, no more sharp stuff later, she dodged everything coming next, but she tried to hold her tears because the wound hurt a lot.

Finally, they stopped moving, no snow under her, just dirt, her wound got quickly messy from that. Her body was really cold from all that snow she was sliding in, also a bit messy and hurt at the end thanks to the rough dirt floor, but she snuggled into @Techno Universal's cape that helped her under Morph and she slowly stopped freezing, also the fire she didn't see, helped her get warm. Cutima had no idea where she is, everything important to her at the moment was that she survived and was unfreezing but she was also sad when looking at her wound, it hurt, it was bloody, messy and cold.

Cutima didn't know if she should look outside, what if she's in the creature's burrow? ''What if there are the creature's starving young deadly ''puppies'' outside waiting for her mom to give me to them for lunch?'' She thought to herself and had no idea what to do, she was just thinking, if Morph won't transform back, if the creature puts him off her, how will she run, even though she had no idea where she is.

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@GoldieS @Burpy

Morph calmed down a bit as he realized the beast wasn't tearing him apart, though he did still worry for the mare wrapped up under him. He wished he could turn back, so he and Cutima could make a run for it, but he couldn't turn back while he was wrapped around somepony.

His fears came back as he saw their destination, especially the fire in the hut. He had never seen kobolds before, and he worried for Cutima as he saw them approach with spears.

[GoldieS 679]

@Techno Universal @Maple Bat

Techno's words seemed to enrage the sphinx even more. A few of the ponies outside in the hall on the other side of the door moved to grab the alicorn's cape, trying to ensure he didn't try anything funny, especially after his last comment. 

"Oh yah!?" The sphinx replied to Techno. "To bad you got caught! Maybe next time you try not to let anyone see you trying to kill changelings!"

She took his statement basically as an admission of guilt. To her, and everyone in earshot, it seemed he was merely disappointed or something that they got caught, musing about using a more stealthy method next time. Then, the room froze as the red changeling on the floor began to cough after his bindings were released. They all just stared at him, waiting for his story. 

The changeling coughed a few more times. The leper medic rushed in, hesitating in the face of Maple before dragging the changeling away from her and behind the sphinx. 

"I..." he coughed a few more times, the leper removed the last of the bindings. "Someone jumped me from behind... in, in the dark! I'm sorry, I didn't see them... but I felt something, it was like leather over my face!"

The medic looked up from the victim, over to Maple. "Your wings..." She said, disappointed. 

"I saw her and her master leaving that room before the portal, just after he walked in!" Someone shouted from outside in the hall. 

The sphinx huffed. "I knew it! You and your master tie up the diplomat, and your alicorn friend here sabotages the ship! All the passengers get eaten, and you can just fly the thing wherever you want with the diplomat safe and secure, is that it!? But you didn't count on us fighting off the bugs, so you try to take out witnesses, is that it!?"

Some of the others nodded in agreement, before the sphinx rendered her orders. "Take these two into custody. Tie them up, and we'll drop em off at our first stop. Be grateful we don't just tie your wings and kick you overboard!" 

The diamond dog before, along with several other crew grabbed hold of Techno. A unicorn and two pegasi entered the room to detain Maple, but paused before her. Ragnhild stepped between them and her, glaring at her weapon and sliding some of the equipment she dropped on the ground to the side.

"Drop it all, and come quietly..." The sphinx ordered, clearly ready for a fight. 

@Maple Bat

She chuckled knowingly, staring out into the lovely view. At that point, a virtual army of ponies and various creatures poured into the room in silence with numerous grooming supplies and foods. Twelve for Salacious, and twelve for Woodland. They seemed nervous, but entirely focused on their craft, as if a single mistake would mark disastrous consequences. 

They first began by presenting the both of them with different smelling salts and oils each, still completely silent. Salacious gave it a moment of thought, picking out a few to smell them before pointing at one in particular. Three of woody's servants waited patiently for his choice, while the rest prepared their things. 

"Of course he didn't. Why? Because he wouldn't want you to become stronger than him, would he? Father doesn't want you to even come close to his strength, that way he can keep all the power, and defeat you if you ever question him." She explained, before gesturing to the room she sat in. "Just look at all of this, I'll be the first to admit it, we aren't entirely paragons of chaos... we specialize in specific areas. I didn't like the world he wanted, so I learned how to truly attain power so I could strike it out on my own."

"He wants you as a minion, nothing more. But once you discover where your power comes from, like we have, he'll try to destroy you."

@Burpy @The Candlekeeper

The wolves snapped at the kobolds when they got too close to the blankets. It was pretty clear the canines were the ones in charge, the little lizards fearfully backing away, but still just as curious and staring from afar. 

They started pulling and pawing at the blankets, trying to tear them off or pull them away. It didn't take long before they unrolled the first blanket, maybe by accident, and tossed morph off to the side of the hut. They then proceeded to tear at the next blanket. Layer by layer, they worked to unravel their prize. 

One of the bigger wolves got the robe in its mouth, and began to shake violently, apparently fed up with how complicated the process was. Suddenly, Cutima was flipped out of the robes, rolling across the cold packed earth of the hut's floor, bare and exposed for all to see. 

In unison all the dogs perked up and glared at Cutima. The kobolds shook and bounced excitedly behind them, smiling and waving their spears as the group of five wolves circled her. At this point, Morph was on the opposite side of the hut, behind the kobolds and the wolves. 

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@Burpy @GoldieS

Morph was relieved as he was tossed aside. His relief faded as he realized now Cutima was vulnerable. He finally turned back into regular pony form, and, after taking a moment getting used to standing again, he considered what to do, now he was out of sight of the wolves. He just knew he had to help Cutima by whatever means. 

"Hey! Over here!"

He shouted towards them, trying to distract them so Cutima could escape.

Edited September 14, 2017 by The Candlekeeper
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[Techno Universal 2,575]

10 minutes ago, GoldieS said:

@Techno Universal @Maple Bat

Techno's words seemed to enrage the sphinx even more. A few of the ponies outside in the hall on the other side of the door moved to grab the alicorn's cape, trying to ensure he didn't try anything funny, especially after his last comment. 

"Oh yah!?" The sphinx replied to Techno. "To bad you got caught! Maybe next time you try not to let anyone see you trying to kill changelings!"

She took his statement basically as an admission of guilt. To her, and everyone in earshot, it seemed he was merely disappointed or something that they got caught, musing about using a more stealthy method next time. Then, the room froze as the red changeling on the floor began to cough after his bindings were released. They all just stared at him, waiting for his story. 

The changeling coughed a few more times. The leper medic rushed in, hesitating in the face of Maple before dragging the changeling away from her and behind the sphinx. 

"I..." he coughed a few more times, the leper removed the last of the bindings. "Someone jumped me from behind... in, in the dark! I'm sorry, I didn't see them... but I felt something, it was like leather over my face!"

The medic looked up from the victim, over to Maple. "Your wings..." She said, disappointed. 

"I saw her and her master leaving that room before the portal, just after he walked in!" Someone shouted from outside in the hall. 

The sphinx huffed. "I knew it! You and your master tie up the diplomat, and your alicorn friend here sabotages the ship! All the passengers get eaten, and you can just fly the thing wherever you want with the diplomat safe and secure, is that it!? But you didn't count on us fighting off the bugs, so you try to take out witnesses, is that it!?"

Some of the others nodded in agreement, before the sphinx rendered her orders. "Take these two into custody. Tie them up, and we'll drop em off at our first stop. Be grateful we don't just tie your wings and kick you overboard!" 

The diamond dog before, along with several other crew grabbed hold of Techno. A unicorn and two pegasi entered the room to detain Maple, but paused before her. Ragnhild stepped between them and her, glaring at her weapon and sliding some of the equipment she dropped on the ground to the side.

"Drop it all, and come quietly..." The sphinx ordered, clearly ready for a fight. 

@Maple Bat

She chuckled knowingly, staring out into the lovely view. At that point, a virtual army of ponies and various creatures poured into the room in silence with numerous grooming supplies and foods. Twelve for Salacious, and twelve for Woodland. They seemed nervous, but entirely focused on their craft, as if a single mistake would mark disastrous consequences. 

They first began by presenting the both of them with different smelling salts and oils each, still completely silent. Salacious gave it a moment of thought, picking out a few to smell them before pointing at one in particular. Three of woody's servants waited patiently for his choice, while the rest prepared their things. 

"Of course he didn't. Why? Because he wouldn't want you to become stronger than him, would he? Father doesn't want you to even come close to his strength, that way he can keep all the power, and defeat you if you ever question him." She explained, before gesturing to the room she sat in. "Just look at all of this, I'll be the first to admit it, we aren't entirely paragons of chaos... we specialize in specific areas. I didn't like the world he wanted, so I learned how to truly attain power so I could strike it out on my own."

"He wants you as a minion, nothing more. But once you discover where your power comes from, like we have, he'll try to destroy you."

@Burpy @The Candlekeeper

The wolves snapped at the kobolds when they got too close to the blankets. It was pretty clear the canines were the ones in charge, the little lizards fearfully backing away, but still just as curious and staring from afar. 

They started pulling and pawing at the blankets, trying to tear them off or pull them away. It didn't take long before they unrolled the first blanket, maybe by accident, and tossed morph off to the side of the hut. They then proceeded to tear at the next blanket. Layer by layer, they worked to unravel their prize. 

One of the bigger wolves got the robe in its mouth, and began to shake violently, apparently fed up with how complicated the process was. Suddenly, Cutima was flipped out of the robes, rolling across the cold packed earth of the hut's floor, bare and exposed for all to see. 

In unison all the dogs perked up and glared at Cutima. The kobolds shook and bounced excitedly behind them, smiling and waving their spears as the group of five wolves circled her. At this point, Morph was on the opposite side of the hut, behind the kobolds and the wolves. 

As Techno was taken away he had no idea what he had done wrong plus he was starting to panic to the fact that his own creations were now turning on him...

 

TU: Seriously how did the bugs manage to actually cause harm to me when they broke in!? Seriously I would of known about the damage that the bugs would of done if I sabotaged the ship plus it would literally be like killing myself if I let the bugs in. I'm seriously smart enough not to do something like that because of knowing what the bugs would do to me if I let them in!  

[Maple Bat 3,568]

@GoldieS

Maple didn't move but as the ponies approached her she said "I wouldn't do that... None of that story is true." She said glaring at the Sphinx "The whole time the golem was on the upper deck of the ship he was with the real Cutmia the whole time he never had a chance to slip away and sabotage the net. Meanwhile, my brother and I were down below deck I saw Cutima get pushed off the deck afterward the same pony was seen it was them because the golem saved her. The stag that was with them would agree. So that puts that golem out of the picture, next to me and my brother got above deck I went over to go talk to Cutima while my brother was speaking with another stag, later on when the bugs attack I saw the same stag kneeling before him for some reason but as soon as he and I saw those bugs had come loose we leapt into action protecting the crew and passengers then you showed up and my brother demanded you to also help protect everyone. None of your story adds up, why would we save everyone if that what you believe our intention... Tell me that and I'll come quietly..." Maple couldn't believe she managed that normally she can't think very tactically but that was pretty well thought out for her standards 

@GoldieS

Woody picked one that gave off a foresty scent the place he practiced the most., "Thank you." He said taking it "Dad didn't seem like he was hiding anything and you can say that's he's all but he's actually rather soft now. After he met mom he had reformed, then having he me, he's not 'Destroy anything that stands in my way' anymore He even knows I can stop time but even then he's proud of me for figuring it out." He had a hint of anger in his voice all these things they said seemed like lies

[Techno Universal 2,575]

8 minutes ago, Maple Bat said:

@GoldieS

Maple didn't move but as the ponies approached her she said "I wouldn't do that... None of that story is true." She said glaring at the Sphinx "The whole time the golem was on the upper deck of the ship he was with the real Cutmia the whole time he never had a chance to slip away and sabotage the net. Meanwhile, my brother and I were down below deck I saw Cutima get pushed off the deck afterward the same pony was seen it was them because the golem saved her. The stag that was with them would agree. So that puts that golem out of the picture, next to me and my brother got above deck I went over to go talk to Cutima while my brother was speaking with another stag, later on when the bugs attack I saw the same stag kneeling before him for some reason but as soon as he and I saw those bugs had come loose we leapt into action protecting the crew and passengers then you showed up and my brother demanded you to also help protect everyone. None of your story adds up, why would we save everyone if that what you believe our intention... Tell me that and I'll come quietly..." Maple couldn't believe she managed that normally she can't think very tactically but that was pretty well thought out for her standards 

@GoldieS

Woody picked one that gave off a foresty scent the place he practiced the most., "Thank you." He said taking it "Dad didn't seem like he was hiding anything and you can say that's he's all but he's actually rather soft now. After he met mom he had reformed, then having he me, he's not 'Destroy anything that stands in my way' anymore He even knows I can stop time but even then he's proud of me for figuring it out." He had a hint of anger in his voice all these things they said seemed like lies

TU: Yeah I was literally up on the upper deck the whole time until now and I was having a lot of fun with the real Cutima so I really had no reason why to come down here until now!

[GoldieS 679]

@Techno Universal @Maple Bat

"So you admit it! You admit you were down here the same time as the diplomat before we entered the portal!" She snapped. "And don't try to throw this off on anyone else, I was up there fighting the moment I saw the bugs! You're master could have cleared the deck and patched the hole all on his own, but he didn't!"

"And you!" She snapped, whirling over to point at Techno. "You were just running for cover, you didn't try to help at all!" 

Ragnhild huffed, not at all believing a word that came out of either of their mouths. Not that she was refusing to believe them due to some sort of ill intent, it was more like she was just too stubborn to admit she was somehow wrong. She truly believed they were the one's at fault there, compounded by the awkward statements from Techno and Maple being caught 'red hoofed'. 

She gestured for the three crew to take her away. They hesitated, but moved forward to grab Maple. Techno's escort, dog included, began pulling him down the all and up onto the deck where they bound his wings. 

@Maple Bat

"Oh? Is that so?" Salacious replied, amused. "Not hiding anything hmm? Then why weren't you aware of us, did he just... forget to mention the majority of the family?"

She laughed a bit, but her blue main was poofing up a bit, either because of the steam and water, or the conversation was striking a nerve. The army of attendants moved around, gathering more of their two choices of oils. They quickly applied more of Woodland's choice into his water, providing it with the quaint scent of the forest, while blueberry for their master. They then gathered around the two, setting grooming supplies down around them. Two began working on Woodland's hair and fur, gently and methodically taking care to clean and groom as much as they could. It took about six to work on Salacious, half of them being forced to hop in the tub with her to take care of the mane running the length of her entire body. That was going to take a lot of effort. 

"Ugh, so naive..." She mused, laughing a little. "It's alright, I was like you once. I thought he loved my mother. So much so, that he would grant her immortality... but I was wrong. When she... passed away... I realized who he truly was. Nothing more than a liar and a manipulator. There's a reason they used to call him the 'Grand Puppet Master', Woody. Little brother stole the title from him now, but father still has all of our most prolific qualities."

[Maple Bat 3,568]

@GoldieS

Maple figured she could say one last thing so she had to select her next words carefully... She remembered hearing the golems name and only now did the name click "Leave Techno... Out of this..." She sighed not seeing a way out of this she could at least be selfless about it. "I did it. All of it. There Are you happy. You go what you wanted and Techno wasn't part of it!" she said shouting. "I'll accept whatever judgment you wish to cast upon me, however wrong it is, but know that you are making a terrible mistake..." She started to say as a last resort "My Master would hate to have anything bad happen to me.

@GoldieS

Woody was tense, so many ponies around him he was blushing badly and there was no hiding it, He not only didn't like the attention but he hated being pampered too, especially since these ponies were working as if their life depended on it, he felt guilty taking this from them but didn't voice that to his sister. "Not... trying to defend something he has done but... Don't you think that he trying to keep me hidden from you? Rather than keep you hidden from me. If he had brought you all up then I would have wanted to come visit... Well, I can't say it's been a bad experience... yet." He had another question for her but didn't voice it just yet.

Edited September 18, 2017 by Maple Bat
Changed Maple's reaction back I decided I like the first one better (Sorry)

[Techno Universal 2,575]

@GoldieS @Maple Bat

 

Techno then turned his head to Maple...

 

TU: Seriously why would all of you want to remove me from existence when I did nothing bad for you and I'm the only thing stopping equestria from getting destroyed by my brother!

[Barpy 2,225]

@GoldieS @The Candlekeeper 

Cutima noticed that something was touching Morph, or, it was trying to put him away from her. Her heart started beating at an insanely fast rate, it seemed to her that the thing wanted to hurt her. 

After Morph fell off her, she looked in front of her and noticed all the wolfs looking angrily at her, didn't even notice the lizards in the background from the shock, Cutima stood up, widened her eyes, it felt like something fell down stomach at that one moment from how scared she was, then the wolves started circling around her, she couldn't do anything, she was surrounded by them, Cutima was just standing in the middle of the circle, shivering, panting, her heart almost stopped working from the fear, squeaking.

Suddenly, she heard Morph yell something and every wolf looked at him instead now, completely ignoring her, she didn't want to leave for a second because she didn't want to leave Morph alone there, but she quickly realised that she is too weak to do anything anyway and it would be much smarter to find some help outside.

Cutima undecidedly squeaked from fear and started trotting towards the exit so fast that @Techno Universal's cape fell off her on the ground, she had no warm clothing on her. In all the current events she completely forgot about her hoof being hurt and didn't feel the cold that much, but just a few meters in front of the hut, Cutima didn't pay attention where she is trotting and stumbled over a stone, falling heavily in the snow by her head, Cutima's head hurt from the fall and her wound hurt more than before from all the cold and she started to shiver from lying in all the snow which stuck in her fur making her freeze.

Edited September 18, 2017 by Burpy

[Techno Universal 2,575]

12 minutes ago, Burpy said:

@GoldieS @The Candlekeeper 

Cutima noticed that something was touching Morph, or, it was trying to put him away from her. Her heart started beating at an insanely fast rate, it seemed to her that the thing wanted to hurt her. 

After Morph fell off her, she looked in front of her and noticed all the wolfs looking angrily at her, didn't even notice the lizards in the background from the shock, Cutima stood up, widened her eyes, it felt like something fell down stomach at that one moment from how scared she was, then the wolves started circling around her, she couldn't do anything, she was surrounded by them, Cutima was just standing in the middle of the circle, shivering, panting, her heart almost stopped working from the fear, squeaking.

Suddenly, she heard Morph yell something and every wolf looked at him instead now, completely ignoring her, she didn't want to leave for a second because she didn't want to leave Morph alone there, but she quickly realised that she is too weak to do anything anyway and it would be much smarter to find some help outside.

Cutima undecidedly squeaked from fear and started trotting towards the exit so fast that @Techno Universal's cape fell off her on the ground, she had no warm clothing on her. In all the current events she completely forgot about her hoof being hurt and didn't feel the cold that much, but just a few meters in front of the hut, Cutima didn't pay attention where she is trotting and stumbled over a stone, falling heavily in the snow by her head, Cutima's head hurt from the fall and her wound hurt more than before from all the cold and she started to shiver from all the snow stuck in her fur making her freeze.

Even though the cape fell off Cutima it still automatically teleported to her and put itself back on her after a few seconds of being untouched on the ground. It then told her about how it worked...

 

CA: Okay so yes even if I fall off you somehow I will aut put myself back on you after a few seconds unless you actually told me to come off.

[Barpy 2,225]

Just now, Techno Universal said:

Even though the cape fell off Cutima it still automatically teleported to her and put itself back on her after a few seconds of being untouched on the ground. It then told her about how it worked...

 

CA: Okay so yes even if I fall off you somehow I will aut put myself back on you after a few seconds unless you actually told me to come off.

Cutima heard the cape's words and quickly reacted. ''P-pleas-se b-b.. b-be warm-mer...'' She whispered while shivering from the cold in the blizzard.

[Techno Universal 2,575]

Just now, Burpy said:

Cutima heard the cape's words and quickly reacted. ''P-pleas-se b-b.. b-be warm-mer...'' She whispered while shivering from the cold in the blizzard.

CA: Yeah I believe I'm already on to that now!

 

The cape was now becoming extremely warm automatically because of the increased cold...

[GoldieS 679]

@Techno Universal @Maple Bat

"So you admit it, finally." Ragnhild smirked at Maple, securing the weapons she dropped as the other three ponies grabbed her and began moving her out into the hall. The admission part was about all she really heard, not at all listening to her pleas to have Techno released. 

She did hesitate when the bat mentioned her master... even some of her fur stood on edge for a moment. Everyone gave pause for a few moments. 

"Your master is facing his punishment as we speak! The wolf will give me strength to slay him if he tries to show his face again!" Ragn shouted boastfully. 

They took both Maple and Techno out up onto the main deck. The other passengers looked on curious, some of them concerned. Cutima was hiding scared behind one of the crew members, but Morph was conspicuously absent. Ragnhild and the others virtually ignored Techno, only giving him the barest of glares before tying his wings down with a piece of rope. It was clear at this point they didn't believe a word from Techno's mouth, the dog handling him quite roughly and shoving him along until he and Maple were standing together at the side of the ship. Some of the things he was saying did sound a bit outlandish, at least to a Tartarian, oddly enough.  

The guide stepped out of the wheelhouse, a satisfied look on his face as he stopped in front of Maple. The very same look from Morph when she was forced to release him down below. 

"How dare you Equestrian's threaten my ship!" He snapped. "You're lucky we don't throw you overboard, but I consider myself caring and understanding."

It was at that point that the ship was slowly beginning to descend through the cloud layer, obscuring the Tartarus ceiling and the wide open sky. The sphinx moved about the deck, collecting Maple's bow to take it into the wheelhouse.

"We'll be landing in Threeside. You will be departing there. Best of luck." He said the last part a bit sarcastically. 

@Maple Bat 

Salacious' snout twisted and scrunched in displeasure at the suggestion. She gave but a mere huff as some of her attendants paused momentarily, thinking they had done something wrong, before continuing and acting quite a bit more cautious. 

"Ugh, don't be so foolish! Little Shadows has known about you since you were born... apparently... Wish he would have told me sooner than a week ago..." She grumbled. "He's been planning on just the right way to bring you here so we could eat you, or... turn you to stone. I can't remember which. But, it took him a little more time to arrange things, as the alicorn's and father are more complicated than mere mortals. Plus, the Equestrian outerworld is somewhat of a mystery to us in some ways."

"I wanted to just go there and grab you, but no, Shadows wanted to do it... what did he say, 'fluidly', or some such nonsense. Either way, he does get the job done." She concluded. 

@Burpy @The Candlekeeper

The dogs and kobolds turned around instantly to see Morph standing before them. They stared, surprised at the ponies sudden appearance. The wolves, however didn't waste any time in leaping forward to attack the pony that had 'snuck in' under their noses. Fortunately, that gave Cutima the chance she was looking for to escape. 

The moment Cutima pushed through the flap of the leather skin hut, one of the smaller wolves turned to see her escaping. This one was still a little bigger than Cutima, but not by much. She bounded forward, leaping out of the hut and into the blizzard after the pony. The wolf was on Cutima in seconds, jumping forward to pounce on the injured and fallen mare with a vicious look in her eyes, clearly unfazed by the enchanted cape covering her.  

Meanwhile in the tent, Morph had been surrounded just as quickly as he had been revealed. Clearly they weren't ready to let their prey just run off. Morph was surrounded, the bigger dogs swiping their paws at the stallion, snickering with evil grins while they toyed with him. 

[Techno Universal 2,575]

10 minutes ago, GoldieS said:

@Techno Universal @Maple Bat

"So you admit it, finally." Ragnhild smirked at Maple, securing the weapons she dropped as the other three ponies grabbed her and began moving her out into the hall. The admission part was about all she really heard, not at all listening to her pleas to have Techno released. 

She did hesitate when the bat mentioned her master... even some of her fur stood on edge for a moment. Everyone gave pause for a few moments. 

"Your master is facing his punishment as we speak! The wolf will give me strength to slay him if he tries to show his face again!" Ragn shouted boastfully. 

They took both Maple and Techno out up onto the main deck. The other passengers looked on curious, some of them concerned. Cutima was hiding scared behind one of the crew members, but Morph was conspicuously absent. Ragnhild and the others virtually ignored Techno, only giving him the barest of glares before tying his wings down with a piece of rope. It was clear at this point they didn't believe a word from Techno's mouth, the dog handling him quite roughly and shoving him along until he and Maple were standing together at the side of the ship. Some of the things he was saying did sound a bit outlandish, at least to a Tartarian, oddly enough.  

The guide stepped out of the wheelhouse, a satisfied look on his face as he stopped in front of Maple. The very same look from Morph when she was forced to release him down below. 

"How dare you Equestrian's threaten my ship!" He snapped. "You're lucky we don't throw you overboard, but I consider myself caring and understanding."

It was at that point that the ship was slowly beginning to descend through the cloud layer, obscuring the Tartarus ceiling and the wide open sky. The sphinx moved about the deck, collecting Maple's bow to take it into the wheelhouse.

"We'll be landing in Threeside. You will be departing there. Best of luck." He said the last part a bit sarcastically. 

@Maple Bat 

Salacious' snout twisted and scrunched in displeasure at the suggestion. She gave but a mere huff as some of her attendants paused momentarily, thinking they had done something wrong, before continuing and acting quite a bit more cautious. 

"Ugh, don't be so foolish! Little Shadows has known about you since you were born... apparently... Wish he would have told me sooner than a week ago..." She grumbled. "He's been planning on just the right way to bring you here so we could eat you, or... turn you to stone. I can't remember which. But, it took him a little more time to arrange things, as the alicorn's and father are more complicated than mere mortals. Plus, the Equestrian outerworld is somewhat of a mystery to us in some ways."

"I wanted to just go there and grab you, but no, Shadows wanted to do it... what did he say, 'fluidly', or some such nonsense. Either way, he does get the job done." She concluded. 

@Burpy @The Candlekeeper

The dogs and kobolds turned around instantly to see Morph standing before them. They stared, surprised at the ponies sudden appearance. The wolves, however didn't waste any time in leaping forward to attack the pony that had 'snuck in' under their noses. Fortunately, that gave Cutima the chance she was looking for to escape. 

The moment Cutima pushed through the flap of the leather skin hut, one of the smaller wolves turned to see her escaping. This one was still a little bigger than Cutima, but not by much. She bounded forward, leaping out of the hut and into the blizzard after the pony. The wolf was on Cutima in seconds, jumping forward to pounce on the injured and fallen mare with a vicious look in her eyes, clearly unfazed by the enchanted cape covering her.  

Meanwhile in the tent, Morph had been surrounded just as quickly as he had been revealed. Clearly they weren't ready to let their prey just run off. Morph was surrounded, the bigger dogs swiping their paws at the stallion, snickering with evil grins while they toyed with him. 

Techno then slowly looked up at the ship's captain with weakened and serious face on and at the same time was crying a little...

 

TU: You're going to kill this universe from this. By dumping me here there will be nothing to stop my brother from attacking equestria and without me he'll seal the fate of equestria within hours of my disappearance. You could of just thrown me overboard into a volcano to instantly make equestria kill itself.

[CandleCandleCandles 2,012]

@GoldieS

Morph was glad almost all of them were now focusing on him, as he noticed Cutima escaping out of the corner of his eye.

"Ah, ha ha... good doggies..."

He quailed, but when he felt sure about Cutima being away, he turned himself into a small rock, trying to disguise himself with the hut's ground. He prayed they would think he teleported away instead of being one of the rocks before them.

[Maple Bat 3,568]

@GoldieS

Maple saw her bow get picked up, If she was going to be treated like a criminal then Why should she act like a guard captain "HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING AT ALL OR ARE YOU JUST THAT DENSE!" She had completely snapped at Ragnhild shouting with the force of a commander. "I BET THIS 'WOLF' IS JUST AS DENSE AS YOU ARE!" She wanted to just punch the sphinx in the face she'd never met someone that dense. She noticed something and took a deep breath before saying, "Captain, sir, wait! Where's Morph?" She figured the captain would less dense than the Sphinx. "I thought that He was right by Cutima... I figured the one that bit me would stick around."

@GoldieS

Woody flinched when she said that Shadows had known the whole time especially about the whole eating him thing, he grew very intimidated thinking of the other two dragonequus."I ... Sister is it ok if I stay with you for a bit, here? I honestly don't feel welcome around anyone else. The Wold and Shadows they just really scare me... and such is... not someone I'd like to be around." He was still really shy about asking anything of Salacious at this point they were no more than half related strangers but he was asking for her to protect him from their shared family, "Sorry this is probably a bit much to ask."

[GoldieS 679]

@Techno Universal @Maple Bat 

"Bah ah ha!" The captain/guide laughed at Techno's grave warnings. "Come now, you couldn't possibly be some sort of great defender... just look at yourself! Tied up by a few mere mortals, your schemes defeated before they've ever even begun... besides, even if you were telling the truth, it's not like someone tricked you into coming here so this 'brother of yours' could destroy your world."

The captain chuckled a bit more, before he stepped over to Maple with a grin and a sly look. "He's one of our good passengers, and I won't have you harassing the poor lad any longer!" He flashed a toothy grin, revealing a sharp changeling fang. 

Suddenly, the sphinx came barreling towards Maple, who was still held like a prisoner by the three ponies. Ragnhild hauled back and punched the bat with her balled up paw with some substantial force. 

"Shut up!" She snapped. "The Wolf's probably torn your pathetic master apart by now!"

The sphinx was in an absolute rage, being pulled back by the leper wrapped in rags. 

@Maple Bat

Salacious paused, staring at Woody for a moment with a surprised expression, before dawning a wide grin. "Of course! It would be a delight to have you as my guest for such an extended stay! What fun it will be!" a third of her body sprung out of the water a bit, looming over Woody with her talons clasped in delight, sending several of the pony attendants to tumble backwards, a few falling forward into her bath atop her snake like form.  

"Superb food, dancers, ooh! A little sleepover too! I just can't wait!" She beamed, but gave pause just as quickly to dawn an evil grin. "Yes, War can be quite a trial at times, and Pestilence... well, he's not exactly a fellow you want to spend any longer than ten minutes with in a room." 

She slowly descended back into her bath, just narrowly avoiding pinning one of her attendants under the water as he tried to make it to the surface. She didn't seem to notice, or care, as he surfaced to quietly gasp for breath. 

"But, you really must meet with Shadows. I do think you two would get along rather well." She added. 

Salacious held a finger up, popping a large ceramic bowl into existence beside her, floating int he air. She casually plucked something from within. Whatever it was, squirmed in her talons, covered in chocolate. The draconequus casually lifted it above her maw as she opened her mouth wide, and dropped it in. She didn't chew like the grapes, but merely swallowed, enjoying the act entirely too much. 

"What's your favorite foods anyway? I'll have my best chefs whip something extra extravagant for us to dine on tonight!" 

[Techno Universal 2,575]

18 minutes ago, GoldieS said:

@Techno Universal @Maple Bat 

"Bah ah ha!" The captain/guide laughed at Techno's grave warnings. "Come now, you couldn't possibly be some sort of great defender... just look at yourself! Tied up by a few mere mortals, your schemes defeated before they've ever even begun... besides, even if you were telling the truth, it's not like someone tricked you into coming here so this 'brother of yours' could destroy your world."

The captain chuckled a bit more, before he stepped over to Maple with a grin and a sly look. "He's one of our good passengers, and I won't have you harassing the poor lad any longer!" He flashed a toothy grin, revealing a sharp changeling fang. 

Suddenly, the sphinx came barreling towards Maple, who was still held like a prisoner by the three ponies. Ragnhild hauled back and punched the bat with her balled up paw with some substantial force. 

"Shut up!" She snapped. "The Wolf's probably torn your pathetic master apart by now!"

The sphinx was in an absolute rage, being pulled back by the leper wrapped in rags. 

@Maple Bat

Salacious paused, staring at Woody for a moment with a surprised expression, before dawning a wide grin. "Of course! It would be a delight to have you as my guest for such an extended stay! What fun it will be!" a third of her body sprung out of the water a bit, looming over Woody with her talons clasped in delight, sending several of the pony attendants to tumble backwards, a few falling forward into her bath atop her snake like form.  

"Superb food, dancers, ooh! A little sleepover too! I just can't wait!" She beamed, but gave pause just as quickly to dawn an evil grin. "Yes, War can be quite a trial at times, and Pestilence... well, he's not exactly a fellow you want to spend any longer than ten minutes with in a room." 

She slowly descended back into her bath, just narrowly avoiding pinning one of her attendants under the water as he tried to make it to the surface. She didn't seem to notice, or care, as he surfaced to quietly gasp for breath. 

"But, you really must meet with Shadows. I do think you two would get along rather well." She added. 

Salacious held a finger up, popping a large ceramic bowl into existence beside her, floating int he air. She casually plucked something from within. Whatever it was, squirmed in her talons, covered in chocolate. The draconequus casually lifted it above her maw as she opened her mouth wide, and dropped it in. She didn't chew like the grapes, but merely swallowed, enjoying the act entirely too much. 

"What's your favorite foods anyway? I'll have my best chefs whip something extra extravagant for us to dine on tonight!" 

TU: You see captain the defences systems are all running off my system so as long as I'm alive and in existence everything will be safe however you'll see everything change instantly if this kills me. Plus knowing how Herobrien works he's probably going to come here first and finish you all. Just to make you learn the mistake you've made without a chance to live. Plus I'm mostly weakened because of the environment down here but Herobrien would be stronger than ever down here so if he attacks you there will literally be nothing you can do to stop him.

[Maple Bat 3,568]

@GoldieS

"That was cheap." There was a flash in Maple's eyes. Pure rage and determination, She struggled against the ponies holding her and coughed. "I... Bet you would know how he feels... since you are him..." She tried to free herself and looked at techno who could use a small amount of magic but not enough to help. "Where's the real morph changeling... because I see right through you... I always will!" She headbutt the captain/Guide straight in the mouth attempting to knock out the fang.

@GoldieS

Woody smiled relieved for the most part "Something Equestria preferably. I'm not picky but anything from where I come from would be nice, as... exotic as your food seems I don't think I'd like it but again... Not picky. I'll try your favorite I guess." He really didn't want to be a bother to his sister he still felt he was asking too much "One last thing though... How do you 'See through the eyes of others?' " He asked "Is it easy?"

[GoldieS 679]

@Maple Bat @Techno Universal

The stallion pulled back at Maple's sudden attack, holding a hoof up to his mouth as he bled a little. He glared at her, but said nothing as he turned around to use the inside of his coat to wipe his snout. 

Meanwhile, the leper medic glared at the two, shaking her head condescendingly. First, she stepped up to Techno, standing up to him. 

"You Equestrian's are nothing but arrogant jerks! You come here scoffing our gods, dismissing them outright because you think you're somehow better than them! That's why you got caught in your stupid schemes, because your just- just- disrespectful and rude!" She said, her voice muffled under the wrappings, yelling directly at Techno. "You don't know anything about Tartarus you jerks!" 

Ragnhild tilted her head to the side with a little smirk as the leper went on her little tirade, before moving over to guide her away to the bridge house. The leper pony was still grousing as the sphinx walked her away. 

Gradually the ship made its way down to the surface. For a few moments, the flew over a small city, or large town situated in a lush valley between two icy mountains on either side. On one end of the valley, a large lake attached to a massive river. They landed in a field next to a stone road just outside the city. 

"Good luck finding your way home!" One of the crew laughed as he shoved Maple over the ship, wings bound with rope, and into the grass below. 

The diamond dog pushed Techno off the side into the grass as well, and onto an ant mound. After that came several barrels off the side of the ship, landing on either side of the two. Oddly enough, the stag climbed down a rope on the side of the ship a short distance away. He waved to the crew, and the ship began to ascend, leaving Maple and Techno tied in the field, the Stag staring up at the ship as it rose to the clouds. 

One of the barrels began to shake and move about, muffled sounds coming from within. 

@Maple Bat

"Ah, you wish to know how to invoke eyes and ears hmm?" She smiled, hovering the bowl over to Woodland. "It's a bit difficult to learn so quickly. But once you start practicing, it gets rather easy."

"Close your eyes, tell me what you think of these. You can't look though, it's one of those things your brain will tell you tongue it tastes terrible." She explained, waiting for him to follow suite. 

"Anyway, it begins with your blessings and your magics. You need to find your source of power. Then, those that create that source essentially build a link with you. The more they give you, the more you can do with them. That's the simplest way to explain it, but there are an infinite number of ways to do things as a god of chaos, you just need to learn them. That's just how I do it." She explained. "Now, open up!" 

[Techno Universal 2,575]

3 minutes ago, GoldieS said:

@Maple Bat @Techno Universal

The stallion pulled back at Maple's sudden attack, holding a hoof up to his mouth as he bled a little. He glared at her, but said nothing as he turned around to use the inside of his coat to wipe his snout. 

Meanwhile, the leper medic glared at the two, shaking her head condescendingly. First, she stepped up to Techno, standing up to him. 

"You Equestrian's are nothing but arrogant jerks! You come here scoffing our gods, dismissing them outright because you think you're somehow better than them! That's why you got caught in your stupid schemes, because your just- just- disrespectful and rude!" She said, her voice muffled under the wrappings, yelling directly at Techno. "You don't know anything about Tartarus you jerks!" 

Ragnhild tilted her head to the side with a little smirk as the leper went on her little tirade, before moving over to guide her away to the bridge house. The leper pony was still grousing as the sphinx walked her away. 

Gradually the ship made its way down to the surface. For a few moments, the flew over a small city, or large town situated in a lush valley between two icy mountains on either side. On one end of the valley, a large lake attached to a massive river. They landed in a field next to a stone road just outside the city. 

"Good luck finding your way home!" One of the crew laughed as he shoved Maple over the ship, wings bound with rope, and into the grass below. 

The diamond dog pushed Techno off the side into the grass as well, and onto an ant mound. After that came several barrels off the side of the ship, landing on either side of the two. Oddly enough, the stag climbed down a rope on the side of the ship a short distance away. He waved to the crew, and the ship began to ascend, leaving Maple and Techno tied in the field, the Stag staring up at the ship as it rose to the clouds. 

One of the barrels began to shake and move about, muffled sounds coming from within. 

@Maple Bat

"Ah, you wish to know how to invoke eyes and ears hmm?" She smiled, hovering the bowl over to Woodland. "It's a bit difficult to learn so quickly. But once you start practicing, it gets rather easy."

"Close your eyes, tell me what you think of these. You can't look though, it's one of those things your brain will tell you tongue it tastes terrible." She explained, waiting for him to follow suite. 

"Anyway, it begins with your blessings and your magics. You need to find your source of power. Then, those that create that source essentially build a link with you. The more they give you, the more you can do with them. That's the simplest way to explain it, but there are an infinite number of ways to do things as a god of chaos, you just need to learn them. That's just how I do it." She explained. "Now, open up!" 

As Techno landed it ruptured one of the main output wires that was directly connected to his generator. The moment it happened lightning started to constantly strike everything around Techno and it was coming from the ruptured wire. It also struck the ship several times as it was rising and it put a number of holes into the ship's hull and some even ran straight through to the other side of the ship. The lightning then destroyed the ropes around Techno's wings only to then almost kill Techno by striking him in the head. Techno had now stopped functioning and his eyes were completely back as if they were LED screens that were powered off. The moment Techno was shut down by the lighting the lighting also stopped but then a red portal opened in the distance for a pony that looked like Techno to come through and land on the main deck. It was Herobrien and his mane and tail were made up glitched rainbow pixels while his eyes were completely white...

 

HB: Ohh Yes... Finally my brother is down and I can make everything suffer in fire! Really all of you have made the mistake that will end this multi-verse network!

[Maple Bat 3,568]

@GoldieS @Techno Universal

Maple wasn't even upset about the fact no one believed her more along the lines of she couldn't get techno out of the situation. After the power outrage involving him Maple started at techno. "Wow... That was intense." That was when she heard the muffled she opened the barrel and looked inside it for a minute

@GoldieS

Woody was hesitant "Alright... I'll give it a shot." He said nervously as he closed his eyes and levitated whatever was in the bowl over to him and gingerly took a bite of it, waiting for the flavor to see if he liked it or not.