private An Unexpected Trip to the Human World (Closed!)

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Dawn Stripes, Tears were openly pouring down Rarity's face as she urged Fluttershy away from Pinkie and Rainbow. She blinked them away as she ran thru the woods.

 

"Don't worry, Flutters," she said to her equally distraught friend. "We'll get back to the others, and then we'll go and save Pinkie and Rainbow!"

 

Rarity was exhausted by the time that she and Fluttershy reached the perimeter fence. At first she thought that they'd have to climb, but she remembered the pliers that Pinkie had given them. Again blinking back the tears, Rarity knelt by the fence and began to cut a hole in it, big enough so that she and Fluttershy could get thru.

[IridscentNionios 1,420]

@@Hypn0ticD, How didn't he think of that? He slammed his palm on his forehead. "Damn... that tottaly slipped my mind... i need to be more careful at the details. It's nice to hear this hasn't gotten under your skin much. Know that you're not alone in this. You need to get some rest... these things weigh hard on us. I hope i'll see you soon... stay safe, i'll call you tomorrow if you don't get to me first."

[Commander Bubbles 1,343]

@00Pony

 

@Pripyat Pony

 

@Hypn0ticD

 

@Dawn Stripes

 

All the while, Applejack sat in silence during the car ride, gazing out the window. They passed by a bright red barn surrounded by what seemed like hundreds of acres of farmland. Cows grazed on the grass, and grain fields flew by in a brown blur as they drove in this land called Tennessee. Her mind began to drift as the clouds did through the evening sky, and she found her thoughts settling on her friends. Were they well? How were they enjoying themselves? As she was about to ask the question, she got her answer from Angie, who informed her that all four of them were captured.

"They... they..." Applejack stammered in disbelief, "But... who... why... how?"

Her fists began to clench, and she fought the notion in her mind.

No she thought with hope, This can't be! How could they, Applejack? Who even would, you silly filly? There's no need!

The more she thought about it, the greater she realized that this could be true. Her friends, the lights of her world! Captured! These thoughts spun in her mind, creating a tempest of frustration and confusion.

"Ah wanna be wrong..." Applejack muttered, "Ah wanna be wrong... Ah wanna be wrong!"

By this point she was practically shouting, almost in a panic. She collapsed against the side window, pulled her hat over her face, and began to sob uncontrollably.

Edited February 8, 2014 by Red Shaylon

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@@Dawn Stripes, @@Pripyat Pony,

 

The agents were led by the sound of a harmonica, which had confused them all. Nevertheless, they ran on, coming to another small clearing near the perimeter fence. There, the source of the sound made itself known, as the agents found her near a tree, sitting next to the still slumbering Pegasus.

 

The agents formed a semi circle around the pair, each one lowering their guns warily, looking around. "Where are the others?" Paige asked as she approached Rainbow Dash, tapping her lightly with the barrel of her gun. Still out cold. She looked Pinkie Pie over, suspicion written all over her face. "Whatever you're trying to pull, it won't work." Paige said as she signaled three of the men over, signalling the rest to look for the other two. "No use in trying to ambush us. Better tell 'em to come outta hiding before we find 'em!"

 

***

 

@, @,

 

Colette had to hold back a scoff when Dennis said she wasn't letting the maelstrom of shit that happened today alone get to her. If only he knew!

 

"Yeah, I know Dennis. I'll call you and Charles in the morning. He and Nick're gonna wanna be in on this as well. Goodnight, Dennis."

 

Colette stepped back into her room after she got off the phone with Dennis, getting a good look at Catherine as she did so. She turned her head and let out a small cough. "Sorry that I don't have anything bigger for you…" she said. "We're gonna go visit Jack in the morning. Maybe we can swing by your hotel and grab your clothes right after?? That way, you don't have to squeeze into anything!" She added with a mirthless chuckle. "Dennis and I wanna go back to the heliport after that… see if we can find anything that'll prove that the Ponies were--"- she gulped- "taken…"

Edited February 8, 2014 by Hypn0ticD

[Dawn Stripes 301]

@, 

 

"Applejack." Twilight stood a bit awkwardly to one side of AJ, feeling as useless a princess as ever there was that trod Equestria. She wanted to tell her everything would be fine, but she didn't have the power to make that promise. She most wanted to sit down right next to her friend and have a good cry herself, because everything was going to Tartarus since they'd made the decision to split up, but she couldn't. Not in front of changelings, not while she had these star-forsaken wings flopping around on her back that made her royalty. So she stood there, just short of even putting a hand on her shoulder, hoping that if there was something she could do for AJ that would appear, she'd be ready.

 

@@Pripyat Pony, 

 

Fluttershy cried wriggling her way through the fence. The yards a blur, she followed Rarity until they were under harsh, cold streetlights, found the nearest town.

She had no idea where they were. They stopped at a gas station, looked at a few newspapers. They said 'Polk County, WI'. They were still in the same state. They had that much. But Fluttershy didn't know what to do, and she didn't have any money, and the grizzled old man behind the counter was looking at them out of the corner of his eye every now and then, concerned at having two near-tears young girls loitering at the edge of the store.

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

Colette stepped back into her room after she got off the phone with Dennis, getting a good look at Catherine as she did so. She turned her head and let out a small cough. "Sorry that I don't have anything bigger for you…" she said. "We're gonna go visit Jack in the morning. Maybe we can swing by your hotel and grab your clothes right after?? That way, you don't have to squeeze into anything!" She added with a mirthless chuckle. "Dennis and I wanna go back to the heliport after that… see if we can find anything that'll prove that the Ponies were--"- she gulped- "taken…"

Catherine closed her eyes and slowly nodded her head. "Don't worry about it. These clothes are fine for now." She looked back up at Colette and said, "I think it'd be best if I checked out of the hotel and stayed here. Jack was paying for it and I wouldn't want him to be paying for nights that weren't planned, especially with all the given circumstances... Only if that's okay with you though." She nervously tugged at the shirt and sat back on the bed

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@,

 

"Yeah, you can crash here, Cat…" Colette said as she went over to the bed, sitting next to her. "Let's get some sleep. We got a busy day ahead of us…"

 

Colette then leaned back, draping an arm on her arm over her eyes, and remaining silent.

 

((Not much more to do here… just waiting on either @Pripyat Pony or @00Pony to post…))

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Hypn0ticD, Pinkie put down the harmonica and giggled. "Well," she said, "If they're hiding somewhere round here, and I'm not saying that they aren't, but if they are hiding, it would be kinda silly for me to tell you where they are, wouldn't it? I mean, they're my friends and you're the horrible people trying to catch them."

 

Pinkie was starting to enjoy herself, now. She had thrown off the depression she'd been in when they'd been captured. This was different; what she was doing now was brave and heroic and she had perfect faith in her friends to rescue her and Rainbow Dash afterwards. The important thing now was that Rarity and Fluttershy had gotten away.

 

@@Dawn Stripes, Rarity had used her magic to patch up the fence after she and Fluttershy had wriggled thru, then she had gone with Fluttershy to a gas station nearby. Once they had learned where they were, Rarity realised that they were still far from safe. They still needed to get away from here and to the others. She sidled up to Fluttershy and whispered, "We might have to risk trying to get a lift in a car. I don't want to do that, cuz it might be dangerous, but we can't stay here forever. Somepony might ask us where our parents are or something like that."

 

A car drew up at a pump. Rarity glanced at the driver out of the corner of her eye, then did a doubletake. It was Louise Burton, the FBI agent who had promised to help them before, who had said that she was a pony. Rarity still wasn't sure about Louise, but this was the chance that they needed. Once inside the car, they could get away from here and maybe find the others. She was sure that Louise wouldn't betray them; as Pinkie had said back in the cell, perhaps all Louise wanted was to go home. Rarity wondered what Louise's real name was and what kind of pony she was; they hadn't had time to ask her before. She nudged Fluttershy. "Look," she whispered, and pointed towards the car.

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@@Pripyat Pony, @@Dawn Stripes,

 

Paige continued to eye the pink mare suspiciously. "Get up." She said flatly, only to run into a bit of resistance when the mare said she twisted her "fetlock."

 

"Get 'em back to base." Paige said, nodding to Pinkie, "and get her to the infirmary." Two of the men helped her up whilst the third propped the still unconscious Rainbow Dash, picking her up piggyback style and heading back. Paige scanned the area before running to join the other men, who had turned up neither hide nor hair of the other Ponies…

 

Paige groaned. Abernathy was gonna be pissed. she'll have to take her chances and inform Abernathy after she's had a chance to cool off…

[00Pony 286]

@['member=nioniosbbbb],

 

Kai'sa sighed, resting her forehead against the plexiglass as Chrysalis recounted some story that she wasn't sure was fact or fiction, "It's not quite that simple." She said, glancing up finally.

 

Chrysalis was a sight to behold, yes, but Kai'sa did not feel moved. If anything she felt angry. Angry at what she saw as naivety in the Changeling ruler, anger in herself for allowing herself to be trapped here and bound, drawn in by one she once called 'friend'. But she didn't lash out, she didn't scream or slam a wall. She merely shook her head, fists clenched so tight her nails drew blood from her palms.

 

The fallen Changeling spoke once more, "What has been done to me cannot be undone so simply by something as empty as 'heart'. If it could, I would have already killed Justus long ago. Clearly I have not. To break what's been done to me... I don't know. I haven't any idea what it will take, short of the cursed Unicorn breaking the spells himself, which he would jot be inclined to do. As soon as he got his magical powers back and found a way home , he'd kill me in a heartbeat. And once he decides you... Your friends... Are no longer needed he'll either kill or abandon you here as well," she placed her bloodied palms on the separating sheet of material, "You have no idea how hard it is to be disconnected. You get so used to hearing them that the silence is deafening. It's soul crushing." She takes her hands away and inspects them, falling silent once more.

 

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(I'm honestly not sure what vehicles everyone's in right now, so I can't really post responses accordingly through Angie or Logan. But hey, agents.)

@@Hypn0ticD,@,@@Dawn Stripes@@Pripyat Pony,

 

"They just crossed the state border, sir. Headed steady in your direction. ETA is anywhere between ten to fifteen minutes, barring any detours or unforeseen delays."

 

Justus - The Orchestrator - gave a contented sigh, "Very good. Keep your eye on them, Warlord." He responded.

 

"You got it, sir." Came the prompt reply.

 

The former Unicorn stretched slightly, taking a mental tally of his numbers. He'd left the Changeling to watch over the Docks, as well as a number of his lower subordinates. With him he had every available field agents, including Kai'sa's usual team. She didn't need them to help be puppy guards, as they were cutting off the 'rescue party' here. Goals were simpe: cripple their progress - either by literally crippling, or killing the humans - and capturing the Equestrians.

 

Though it would be dangerous to bring all the Changelings to the same place. It was bad enough having their Queen so close to his dormant follower. To have all three would play hell on what he'd established in her. May not break the spells, but it would certainly break her mind and he'd lose a valuable asset before her time was done. She wasn't expendable, like that 'Snowden' fellow that had sold him information. That fool had served his purpose and that was that.

 

They had a diversion set up and ready. Now all they needed was simple. They needed to wait.

 

(So that's something then. I guess)

[IridscentNionios 1,420]

@@00Pony, @@Hypn0ticD, ((OOC:Please allow me this dramatic effect is possible. Also... i am thinking after this post to put her in a berserking rage smashing everything to smitherrins. Planning on having that in conjunction with the ponies coming.))

When next Kai'sa looked the Queen in the eyes there was something very different in there. Despite most of her magic being locked due to her being a human magical essence still flowed in her vains, making it's appearance from "gates" that the body provided. The blood that the changeling had shed upon the glass had stirred something alien and scary upon her. Her iris between the black and white of the eye was now a teal nebula that slowly encompassed the rest of her eyes.

 

"You shall not lay down your life so easily Kai'sa! I won't allow it!" said Chrysalis her voice now sounding charged with magic cold and fiery as well. She was pressuring her mind, pressing herself to contact Kai'sa through the hive mind. The opposing magic though was however too strong for her, bashing on a magical door is much different than bashing on a normal one. She was trying so hard, she was pushing her mind and body to it's limits and wondered if Kai'sa would feel it at least. She was kneeling from the focused attempts that caused her pain which she couldn't bear standing. But she didn't stop... even if it proved pointless to her, even if Kai'sa rightfully accused her as weak, even if she was naive, arrogant, and everthing else Kai'sa was right about... Tears of pain came down her eyes once more, once more she continued pressing herself and her weak body to the point that her brain was starting to push to it's limits, a sharp pain striked her mind as thunder forcing her to stop. This was taking her toll on her body which was now processing the galactic acid that her muscles produced. Mental and bodily strain seemed to be required to cast magic on this world...

 

A drop of blood fell on the floor in front of her and she looked at it curiously. She soon figured out that the blood was coming from her nose, a few more fell upon her palm that she put under her nose before sucking the blood back.

 

"You are right for every accusation you put upon me. You are right for my arrogance, you are right for my naivite, you are right for me not being enough. But what is there for me to do but try to not be these things? I want people like you to care for me, i want people like David to love me, i want the ponies to help overcome this "curse" but i don't think they care. I am telling myself lies, lies that they do care, in hope that it is true."

 

A thousand lies... it only takes one moment to uncover the truth, it only take a single gleaming moment to have an epiphany that will change your world forever. This was one of those moments for Queen Chrysalis. This was the moment where she understood that the greatest lies you say... are to yourself. But this... this could shake her other feeling, the feeling that she couldn't give up.

 

"You say our hearts are weak... and that we are disconnected. Yet... yet i still feel your gap inside me. I still feel your distant and pained heart calling out to me. I strech the hand of my mind to catch you..." she slowly raised her hand as to show her something with this gesture, to show her that she would shed even blood to get her back.

 

"Too far... you're too far... and he's stopping me... Justus... But he fears you, you know it to be true because he wouldn't want even the remote possibility of you escaping his grasp. You need not help me directly if you can. You have been through so much for the sake of our kingdom. Aid my chances for sucess because the time draws near. Soon comes the time that i will voice all changelings' fury, their pain, their anger... i promise on my ancestors, my parents, my changelings, and the blood that we have shed... Justus shall receive changeling justice. He shall be... "locked"."

 

Her last sentence was said in a tone that radiated a sudden coldness to everyone around her close enough to feel this. The lock was an ancient forbidden seal only the Queen could cast on the greatest offenders against the changeling nation. Only known solution was the "Unlock" spell that only gifted individuals like the Queen knew about...

 

((OOC:If you have questions about this contact me. This probably is a failed attempt by her to dispel the spell holding Kai'sa. Also... because we said stuff about magical bindings... i want to ask you maybe in the future to give me one spell. The "lock" spell.))

Edited February 9, 2014 by nioniosbbbb

[Dawn Stripes 301]

@@Pripyat Pony, 

 

Fluttershy ducked half behind a stand full of magazines, picking at the edge of a plastic-wrapped danish at one of the far isles. "Are you sure?" she whispered, half-whimpering. "She doesn't....look that safe." Now that they were away, did they really want to go back towards the people that had kidnapped and separated them?

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Hypn0ticD, Pinkie kept up the giggles as she and Rainbow were taken back to camp. Somehow, it had come to her that the best way to get thru this was to laugh her way thru it, no matter what happened. After all, being miserable hadn't helped either her or her friends any.

 

@@Dawn Stripes, "I'm not sure at all," Rarity whispered back, "But we've got to take this chance. We need to get away from here. If all goes wrong, then I still have my magic, remember? We take this chance and we could be with the others soon."

[IridscentNionios 1,420]

Having a father with the equally severe cEditEditEdit understand. The obsession with cEditting and de-constructing motorbikes causeEdit-effects of the medicineEdite years hampering my EdititEditEditEdit THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED DUE TO REASONS!

Edited February 9, 2014 by nioniosbbbb

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@@Dawn Stripes, @@Pripyat Pony,

 

The men only gave Pinkie a confused look as she giggled all the way back to base, but nevertheless got her into the infirmary.

 

Pinkie's ankle was dressed by the nurses in the infirmary, then she was made to dress herself in a drab gray tshirt and sweatpants, then sent into an exam room. There, she was joined by Rainbow Dash, who was now dressed in the same garments. She was on an an exam table with a doctor above her. He had stuck a large needle into her arm, filling an attached vial. Another doctor moved up next to Pinkie, not saying a word. He gently grabbed her arm, swabbing it before sticking a needle in, drawing blood.

 

Both he and the other doctor finished without fanfare. The Ponies were then sent into a smaller cell for the night…

[Dawn Stripes 301]

@@Hypn0ticD, @Pripyat Pony, 

 

Fluttershy nodded and took Rarity's hand. It was the only thing that she felt she could do. There was no choice; Rarity would have to be the one she trusted to keep her safe. If something went wrong with that...she would be on her own again.

 

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Rainbow Dash was sleeping dreamlessly.

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@@Dawn Stripes, @@00Pony, @@Pripyat Pony, @,

Both twins were silent as they listened for AJ's reaction. Shawn could make out the barely perceptible sound of sobbing on the other end. "Put her on speakerphone?" Shawn asked, never taking his eyes off the road. He glanced over to see Angie do so." AJ, it's me, Shawn. I… I'm sorry, but we can't turn back now. We're too far away to turn around." He paused as he considered his words. "I'm sure they're fine, and that the others are looking for them…"

He felt terrible for telling her that, butit had to be said. "We'll rescue the queen, then immediately head back for the others. I'm sure they'll be fine until then."

***

@,

Colette got off the bed, and went over to the cot. As nice as Cat was it felt awkward sleeping next to her. "Don't worry about taking the bed." She said as she went for the light, turning it off. "See you in the morning!"

Colette then climbed into the cot, tossed and turned a bit, but eventually fell asleep.

Edited February 10, 2014 by Hypn0ticD

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

@Hypn0ticD

 

As awkward as Colette felt sleeping next to her, Catherine felt twice as awkward, feeling as if she kicked her out of the bed. After lying in the bed for a couple hours, thinking endlessly about things that bothered her, she got up and slipped out of the room. Thinking that maybe a bit of food would calm her nerves, she grabbed a small bag of Cheez-Its* and sat down on the couch. She tried her best to drown out all sounds and just relax, so well, in fact, that she didn't hear Colette's father pull up in the driveway and enter the front door.

 

 

*This user is not affiliated, associated, authorised, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with The Kellogg Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates... However, she will say they are very good.

 

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Hypn0ticD, @@Dawn Stripes,

 

Rarity walked out of the gas station with Fluttershy. Despite what she'd said, she felt extremely nervous about once more putting her trust in Louise, but it had to be done. She walked up to the car and tapped on the window.

 

Louise could hardly believe her eyes when she saw Rarity with Fluttershy. Where were the other two? She wound down her window and said to the mares,

 

"Get in the back. We can talk on the way." Louise had filled her car at the self service pump, so as soon as the mares were inside the car, she drove off. Once they were safely on the highway, she spoke.

 

"What happened to Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash?" Louise asked Rarity and Fluttershy. "I thought all of you would escape."

 

~~~

 

Cicada heard what Applejack said, and was sorry; after all, her Queen and friend had been taken and she knew how that felt. But they really couldn't just drop everything and go back. She was glad when she heard Shawn say as much. In any case, once they'd rescued the Queen, they'd have her to help them mount a rescue for the others.

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@,

 

It was the end to what seemed to be another hellish week for William… and yet he had another one waiting for him startting on Monday…

 

The taxi pulled up alongside his only vehicle -- which was miraculously still in one piece! William looked around after the taxi left. Where were the other cars? Had Colette finally given up this notion that the throng of cosplayers and their rabid fans? If so,good. One of those cosplayers owed him a car!

 

William stepped trough the front door, relieved to finally see an empty--he turned his head to lay eyes on a blonde girl sitting on the couch.

 

Oh, God dammit.

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

Pinkie was enjoying herself. Once the agents had put her in a cell with Rainbow and gone, she began to exert her hammerspace powers to their full extent. This was what she should have done before! It was fun, silly, and passed the time. Pinkie first of all decorated the cell with loads of balloons, all in different colours, which floated to the ceiling. She then took out streamers and noise makers, and ribbons. The cell looked quite unlike a cell once she had finished. Pinkie also tied some brightly coloured ribbons in her hair and put on a pair of stripy legwarmers and some matching gloves to brighten up her clothes. She then curled up to go to sleep, thinking that it was the only thing to do seeing as Rainbow was still out for the count, and perhaps she'd wake up later and then they could talk.

[Dawn Stripes 301]

@@Pripyat Pony,@@Pripyat Pony,  

 

(OOC: That's not bad. BTW, what does Louise look like and what's she wearing?)

 

Fluttershy stayed far enough behind Rarity that she could peer at Louise from some sense of at least relative safety. She looked the agent up and down--tall, staring at Fluttershy with expectance and vague irritation, not at all lost.

"Are you really a pony?" she said softly. How was she to believe that?

 

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Rainbow Dash woke up, after a long, restful nap, into the jarring prison of her gangley limbs, her wingless shoulderblades, and her fingered hands. There was no headache, but Rainbow Dash still groaned as she sat up to find the memories of the past couple weeks rushing in to fill the void of post-flight happiness.

Then she saw Pinkie curled up next to her, the decorations, the tiny room, and rolled her eyes. "Fuggit," she muttered to herself; she banged on the door a couple times, to no real result. 

She sat back on her bottom and tried to closer her eyes. Being trapped in one place with Pinkie Pie could get bad enough, but Rainbow Dash could feel the beginnings of pegasi clautstrophobia nipping at her from the moment she'd opened her eyes. She'd always had it bad as a foal; it was why Fluttershy hadn't been able to get her to go to ground until she was ten. This room was barely large enough to jump across, and if she'd had wings, she felt as though they would have been strained against the edges.

Her spine itched, and she shivered, squeezing her eyes tighter. Bad thoughts, Rainbow. Don't think about that. Think about something else. Like...Twilight. Or Dennis. One of whom was trying to save Queen Chrysalis, and the other of which probably had no idea where she was, if he hadn't been grabbed himself by now.

Okay...there had be something in all this that was safe to think about.

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@,

 

William straightened himself and cleared his throat before addressing the girl. "I'm assuming you're with that upstart 'Rainbow Dash'?" He looked around a bit as he removed his trenchcoat, hanging it up. "Speaking of which, where is she? And where's Colette??"

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

Cat looked up and saw Colette's father standing behind her. She jumped up and faced him. "Um.. S-sort of, yes. Collie's in her room and uh... We don't quite know where Rainbow Dash is. She was... taken by these people when we were at a race and we haven't heard from them since."

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@,

 

William grunted. He never bought into the fantastic stories of girls with hair more colorful than Colette's. "Most likely been picked up by the state hospital." He said flatly, going over to a wine rack, and pulling out a bottle. "'Bout time, too! That girl was nothing but trouble!"

 

William took a glass and filled it about halfway, looking over to Catherine. "Aren't you the girl who's rolling with that racer?" He asked as he took a seat on the sofa opposite Catherine. "Where is he?"

 

***

 

@@Dawn Stripes, @@Pripyat Pony,

 

Abernathy and the young agent had reentered the base in a sour mood, picking out the last of the needles embedded in their skin. That little Unicorn had better be glad she got away!

 

She allowed the agent to head to his quarters, as she wished to do the same. She quickly changed into some confortable workout clothing before heading to the common area.

 

There, she was cautiously met by Paige, who cleared her throat and straightened herself. "Abernathy, ma'am!" She began with a click of the heel, followed by a salute.

 

Abernathy, who had since found a seat at a corner table, acknowledged the junior agent's presence with a grunt and a nod. "What is it?"

 

Paige gulped. "I have some good news and some bad news." She studied her superior's face before continuing, "the good news is we have Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash back in custody. The bad news-- "--is that Rarity and Fluttershy escaped." Abernathy finished flatly. "We go after them in the morning. They couldnt've gotten very far."

 

Abernathy then raisesd her voice a little so that everyone present could hear. "For now, everyone whose shift ends now, have a good night. For those of you just starting, get to your stations." Abernathy then stood, and patted Paige on the shoulder. "You turn in as well. I'm gonna have a little chat with our guests before I turn in…"

 

Abernathy then made her way down the narrow corridor. Time to see if the Rainbow Pegasus was awake…