private The Haunted Woods

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

He frowned, "Ponyville..." He leaned down and scented the air around the brightlt colored mare beneath him. He blushed, ears flicking back in a submissive gesture, and stepped off of her. "S-s-sorry," he stammered out, backing away like a Omega wolf that had just ticked off an Alpha. He was suddenly very conscious of the amount of ponies he just potentially ticked off; his wings snapped out and he darted straight up into a tree. No no no no, this isn't like me. I don't rush into things, I think them through. Analyze. Come up with a plan. Follow through. Not feral react. He watched the band of ponies from the tree tops.

[RoseLaflesh 38]

Honey Seed tightened the straps to her bag and stood beside Azura. She didn't feel any more rested from the night's sleep, but she was ready to continue on as planned. Maybe Boomy was right about no one being properly prepared. The more she thought about it, the more she realized there wasn't much of a maybe to it, but she's heard stories of ponies who survived with less. All it takes is good friend and a good head. A pony who's familiar with the forest wouldn't hurt either. Still, watching a good portion of the group pack up to leave left her a bit anxious.

 

As if she wasn't already on edge, the small brown pegasus flying out of the bush made her heart stop. The new pony, Hypno, seemed calm about the situation, so Honey took a deep breath and calmed herself down as well. She walked over to Pinoak to offer him a goodbye.

 

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"It's a shame things are going so far from ideal. I hope you'll be careful on your way back to Ponyville," She said, offering a farewell hoof shake.

[Chickey 383]

"Oh how I love puppets, especially marionettes." He said with a slight grin as he turned back to Scout. "Now that wasn't so hard now was it me laddy." He said faking an Irish sounding accent as he turned back to Pinoak. "Names Hypno. Ya know any scary stories, storyteller?" He asked.

[Azura 1,107]

Azura was suddenly pinned down by a pony that flew straight out of the bushes. She was breathless, having no idea what to say in the position she was at, so she decided to stay nice and quiet. After she had a little chat with Hypno, she got off of her. Taking a deep breath, she dusted off the dirt and looked at him. "What was that all about?!" angrily. 

 

(OOC: I would sound really stupid if I wasn't the pony who was pinned down.)

[LeJAKoJAK 49]

 

"It's a shame things are going so far from ideal. I hope you'll be careful on your way back to Ponyville," She said, offering a farewell hoof shake.

"Don't worry about us," Pinoak says as he takes the hoofshake, "We'll be fine. It's you guys that need to stay safe. Y'all are staying here longer than we are. So take care."

 

 

He said faking an Irish sounding accent as he turned back to Pinoak. "Names Hypno. Ya know any scary stories, storyteller?" He asked.

 

"Have you heard the one about the pissed off mother-in-law?" Pinoak laughs. "I do, but I'll have to tell them at a later time when we can sit as a massive group. And from the way you look, you seem to have one or two up your sleeve. How about later we swap stories." He gives hypno a elbow bump and then holds out a hoof.

[Chickey 383]

"Fair enough." He said, his voice turning back to it's normal tone as he shook his hoof. His own felt rather cold at the touch. "I'm a bit rusty with scary stories nowadays though." He added as he turned to Azura. "Sometimes taking a less violent choice in a conflict can diffuse the situation... It seemed to have worked." He explained.

[Azura 1,107]

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"I was about to push him back if he didn't let go." she replied Hypno. Looking over to Boomy, she said "Remember to stay safe on your way back to Ponyville and try not to get yourself killed on the way back." Azura was hoping the ponies who were planning on going back to Ponyville will make it a worthwhile trip. She went over to her tent and took it down. She carefully folded it and placed it into her saddlebag nice and neatly. "Whenever you're ready!" she said to nopony in particular, waiting for rest of the pack to get ready.

 

 

(OOC: Lets part ways as soon as possible, I want the rest of the party to get moving.)

Edited March 25, 2013 by Azura

[Broseph Stalin 103]

Seeing people talking, Steel thinks this is the best time to cut out. No one will notice him, and he'll drop by later or some such. Maybe see that Hypno character in town, or Pinoak. Steel packs up hit little forge area, grabs another batch of the mushrooms, and breaks off full tilt toward his house, yelling 'Seeya later everypony!

[Azura 1,107]

"That pony really likes to leave other ponies behind like that.." She said as she let out a huge sigh. "Please be a dear and make sure he comes back with you.." Azura told Boomy before she left the camp site and towards what was still unknown to them near the center of the forest.

(OOC: I'll add color as soon as I get back home.)

Edited March 25, 2013 by Azura

[Revolver Bobcat 45]

"That pony really likes to leave other ponies behind like that.." She said as she let out a huge sigh. "Please be a dear and make sure he comes back with you.." Azura told Boomy before she left the camp site and towards what was still unknown to them near the center of the forest.

 

(OOC: I'll add color as soon as I get back home.)

 

Boomy let out a huge sigh "Sometimes i think he has sawdust for brains, but he's a good kid, we'll see him soon" Boomy waves azura goodbye and his share of the party is on their way to ponyville. The path back is easy to notice and they make haste in order to catch up with azura later.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Why do they think I'm a mare? Scout asked himself from his tree, Is it my name? I'm pretty sure I was named after some fictional character who was a mare. But they don't know my name. Oh. Is it because I'm short? I don't think height determines gender. I don't think it's because I'm green. Wait, did I step in poison joke on accident? He quickly checked himself, and sighed, relieved. Nope. They're just strange

[Broseph Stalin 103]

Steel gets home and immediately starts forging a new weapon. While the forge heats up, he makes another mushroom stew thing. He pours it over the blade when he makes it, and sees the metal absorb the stew. 'YES!' he yells, 'I made a glow in the dark weapon! perfect for friendly fighting in the dark!' He grabs the blade, cools it, and flies again, full tilt, back to everfree and the camp.

[RoseLaflesh 38]

 

"Don't worry about us," Pinoak says as he takes the hoofshake, "We'll be fine. It's you guys that need to stay safe. Y'all are staying here longer than we are. So take care."

"We will," Honey promised, "This forest seems to have a lot in for us, but I'm not giving up so easily." She gave Pinoak a brave smile. 

 

Honey Seed held her head up high. She wasn't about to push her luck by saying she's ready for whatever will come or that the worst is over, since she has no idea if they will, and life always seemed to find a way of proving assumptions wrong. This forest almost seemed to dare her to assume she could guess what will happen.

[Celestial Panzerhund 289]

Arrow walked up to the small group of ponies with the bow at his side. "Hey." He calls out trying to keep his introduction short. "Names Arrow Head.  But friends call me Arrow." He didn't know what else to say for a while, after that and looks at his surroundings. "What's the plan?" Was all he could think of.

[Azura 1,107]

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"What's with the bow? Are you a hunter or something?" she looked at him with suspicion. "Since you've already introduced yourself, it would be rude if I didn't as well. I'm Azura, nice to meet you." Azura heard weird noises ahead of the path, some sort of unknown language. She couldn't tell what it was, but she's going to find out soon enough. "Shhh, be quiet.. I hear something ahead, maybe we should keep a low profile.." she said quietly to the others as she took out her dagger and started sneaking towards the ponies or whatever it was ahead.

 

(OOC: READ THIS POST.)

[Celestial Panzerhund 289]

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"What's with the bow? Are you a hunter or something?" she looked at him with suspicion. "Since you've already introduced yourself, it would be rude if I didn't as well. I'm Azura, nice to meet you." Azura heard weird noises ahead of the path, some sort of unknown language. She couldn't tell what it was, but she's going to find out soon enough. "Shhh, be quiet.. I hear something ahead, maybe we should keep a low profile.." she said quietly to the others as she took out her dagger and started sneaking towards the ponies or whatever it was ahead.

 

(OOC: READ THIS POST.)

Arrow heard the same foreign language and conjured an arrow on the string and pulled the string back. He followed Azura a good few feet back being light on his hooves as possible and stayed alert to where the noise is coming from. He whispers faintly. "No, I'm not a hunter. Just a talent for shooting bows."

[Chickey 383]

Hypno nodded, keeping his tomahawk at the ready and followed Azura as quietly and stealthily as he could. He adjusted his broken sunglasses with a mental sigh, knowing he was gonna have to fix them later if he wanted to ever see right again. He wondered what could be up ahead, he rarely saw ponies in the forest, but today had proven him wrong.

[Azura 1,107]

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"I've always dreamed about being a hunter, putting down dangerous beasts with an arrow between it's eyes.." she replied Arrow as they approached a bunch of ponies wearing tribal gear with spears in their hooves. There were three ponies talking to each other about something but she didn't understand a single word. "Stay down, no sudden movements." Azura quickly went prone and readied her machete. "Should we take them down?" she asked.

[Celestial Panzerhund 289]

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"I've always dreamed about being a hunter, putting down dangerous beasts with an arrow between it's eyes.." she replied Arrow as they approached a bunch of ponies wearing tribal gear with spears in their hooves. There were three ponies talking to each other about something but she didn't understand a single word. "Stay down, no sudden movements." Azura quickly went prone and readied her machete. "Should we take them down?" she asked.

Arrow prone low to the ground angling his bow 90 degrees. "We should wait, strike at the right moment, wait for one to leave, strike him, then repeat." Arrow said sternly as if he had this plan for a while now. He looks at the weird tribal ponies. "This shouldn't be hard." He added.

[Chickey 383]

"Not to be a kill-joy or anything." Hypno started. "But why exactly are we going to attack them?" He asked with a whisper. "They are living out in the forest here, so they might be tougher then they look yanno." He explained. Hypno himself didn't have much motivation to not attack them, but he was curious.

[Azura 1,107]

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"If you believe they're friendly, feel free to head out there and talk to them. But judging from the looks of them, I doubt they are. Taking the risk to communicate with them when we don't understand their language would be dumb, especially when we don't have any sort of backup." she replied Hypno. The tribal ponies finished their little conversation and started walking up a very narrow path. "Maybe we should follow them to see what they're up to." she started sneaking behind bush to bush as silently as possible.

[Chickey 383]

Hypno sighed. "Fair enough, but killing them would be bad 'mojo' in their terms." He whispered as he followed her as they started to trail the tribal ponies. He wondered what they were up to himself, or if they had any idea on what was going on to the forest since Hypno had no idea at this point. 

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Scout followed the group treetop-to-treetop silently. They seemed to be stalking, and upon further inspection, they seemed to be stalking a group of ponies. He frowned; For Ponyville ponies, they seem to be kinda violent. Even the high schoolers I went to class with would only pick on groups weaker than themselves. Maybe they're looking for the Source, too?

[Nightfall 3,950]

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"If you believe they're friendly, feel free to head out there and talk to them. But judging from the looks of them, I doubt they are. Taking the risk to communicate with them when we don't understand their language would be dumb, especially when we don't have any sort of backup." she replied Hypno. The tribal ponies finished their little conversation and started walking up a very narrow path. "Maybe we should follow them to see what they're up to." she started sneaking behind bush to bush as silently as possible.

 

Feahterstone had wanted to follow Azura, and went to find his knife. Once he found it, he looked around, but Azura was already creeping away into the forest. He tried following her, being quiet, but took a wrong turn; well, he didn't know that. He came out onto a narrow path and looked up to see three tribal ponies walking towards him.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Scout's ears flicked and he looked toward the place the tribal ponies seemed to be walking when... The jinx-flinger- I mean, unicorn from earlier... That's not good; if he's spotted those ponies might hurt him or worse. I should let his party know... But how? It's not like I can write them a note and drop it on their heads... He looked at the unicorn's friends, Maybe I can get the darkling's attention. He flew to a tree above Hypno and hissed, "Your unicorn friend is about to discover what it's like to meet Tribal Ponies without proper introduction."

Edited March 26, 2013 by Dawnpath