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

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Fluttershy nodded, kneeling close to the fence. "There was a little hole underneath it," she sad, pointing. "Rarity held it up so I could squeeze through."

 

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Twilight rushed into the hall, skidding short as she saw a trio of men with black masks charging in the other direction. While she tried to summon a spell, one of the attackers, who didn't seem to have noticed her yet, pointed a pistol at a guest trying to flee out of their room across the hall.

There was a crack of thunder, and the bystander collapsed in a pool of blood. Twilight froze where she stood, hands slightly parted.

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Despite his warning, Stephen heard the distinct sound of the Princess' door opening. "Oh, FUCK-ING hell!" he hissed under his breath. He whipped around to Diliges and Claire, who seemed to be in one piece, more or less. "Run fer the exit whislt Ah fetch those damned eejits!"

 

With that, Stephen flung open the door, pointing out the direction of the exit to the human and Changeling before taking off at full tilt in the direction of the shots.

 

It didn't take long for the Scot to find the pair of Equestrians, one of which seemed to be frozen in place… Suppressing another curse, Stephen grabbed them both by the wrists and racing down hall without another thought.

 

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Colette spotted what remained of the hole, went over to it, then immediately set out to deepening it before anyone could say so much as a word.

 

She made a little headway before turning to address the others. "A little help would be nice… We can get in there a lot faster!"

Edited April 2, 2014 by Hypn0ticD

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Charles, Nick went over were Colette at, then helping her with the hole in the fence as they lifting it up and was trying to hold it too. “Ok It up try to get under and we will follow too.” While they keep holding the fence up too and making sure it won’t go down.

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Colette got down onto her belly and crawled under the fence, nonchalantly rubbing the dirt off her shirt and pants as she stood.

 

Looking around, she no one, heard no alarms, guns, nor dogs-- anything to indicate they were near any sort of highly guarded area. That did nothing to allay Colette's suspicions "Guys… I REALLY don't like this… If I didn't know any better, I'd say they were playing us for saps…"

 

Despite voicing her concerns, Colette waited for the others to crawl through, taking Fluttershy's hand and squeezing it as she looked to Rarity expectantly, awaiting the invisibility spell…

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Hypn0ticD, Rarity took a deep breath and concentrated her magic. To her delight, as Rarity hadn't been entirely sure that this would work, the spell covered every single one of the party with invisibility. Tho they could see each other, to anypony else the party would all be completely invisible.

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Catherine moved under the fence and strayed closer to the facility than the rest. While she was walking, she looked to her feet to see if the ground had been disturbed, then looked around more toward the facility. She continued this until she reached a guard post close to the building, then she turned around and waved for the others to follow

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She had been kissed before. Plenty of times before, really. At least, enough to know a good one from a bad one. And he was certainly better at this than he was at holding a gun. Angie was enjoying this. Sure, by some standards this may be rushing it a bit... But screw those standards! It didn't last forever, and changed eventually to her just standing under his embrace. Then she heard something that she had grown rather accustomed to. Shawn jumped, looking about. For a second, she felt pity. She knew exactly what that sound was. Before she was able to say anything, he'd taken hold of her arm and dragged her back inside after him, "Wait, Shawn! Stop!!" She protested, struggling against his grip.

 

The EMT managed to wrench her wrist around in his grasp and clamp onto his own, yanking him back, "Hold on!" She said sharply, "I know recognize that sound. I grew up hearing it," the brunette brings her pistol to bear, ejecting the empty magazine and inserting a full one, before racking the slide back, pushing a bullet into the chamber, "That was a gun shot... We can't just go rushing in... We don't know what happened. Get behind me, and be quiet..." From there, she took the lead, keeping her pistol at the ready.

 

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He liked this. It was nice, just standing in the open air and holding her. If he said this to any of the guys back at the station, he might get laughed at pretty badly, but to be frank, he didn't care. Applejack had said something about wanting to get back to check on Twilight, though she herself enjoyed this. The officer fully understood, and even before she finished speaking had already changed directions to start walking back to the hotel with her. Then he heard it. From this far, he couldn't be sure of what exactly it was, but when you were in his line of work, you could never be too careful. It didn't help his suspicion when Ulysses crouched, hackles raised and teeth bared in a vicious snarl. A deep growl rumbled out of the dog's chest, and as much as Logan didn't want to admit it, he felt he knew exactly that noise had been. 

 

He looked to Applejack when she grasped his arm, expressing her confusion. Logan's expression was a mix of fear, pity, and the resolute urge to protect. She was innocent in what exactly that was, and what it meant in the wrong hands. He had hoped that she would never learn, but... That didn't seem too likely. The man sighed, leaning down and kissing her gently for a second before pulling away and with his free arm, drew his pistol - flicking the safety to off with his thumb - as he responded, "I wish it were that simple, AJ." He had been going to say more when an even louder, more decisive crack cut the still, night air. His heart sank; there was no doubt about it now. Those were gun shots, and that one had been from something big. 

 

The Officer started slowly walking back, putting himself on the other side of his girlfriend, making sure she was between him and Ulysses. Logan spoke as they went, "Stay low, and don't start running unless I tell you too... I don't know what's going on back there, but it cannot be good," He glances at his pistol - a 45. - and continues, "If we can get to my car, then I should have a little more firepower. I don't know what we're going to find, or what is going to happen, but... Just remember that I love you, alright?" He gave her hand a single, tight squeeze, then continued on his way back.

 

That louder shot had come from a sniper rifle, or something similar. He couldn't be sure where it came from, but he could only pray the shooter didn't spot them and decide to take them down - it wouldn't be hard, if they were trained. So, Logan did just that. He prayed for everyone's safety. He knew this probably couldn't be resolved peacefully, if his gut was telling him the truth, but he could at least try and keep those he was responsible for alive while it was taken care of.

 

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Well, this was certainly not an ideal situation. Diliges had stood silently behind Stephen and Claire as the former tried to get the Princess' and Cicada's attention, but before they were able to do anything worthwhile, a sound that he hadn't heard in the flesh before rang out through the structure. He may not have heard it live before, but he had been able to gather what it meant. This... was not good. Stephen had taken it upon himself to yank both Claire and himself back into his room, shouting for Cicada and Twilight to stay put, before inquiring if they were alright. Diliges only nodded, not feeling he needed to speak. 

 

He then heard something else that caused him to curse inwardly. Stephen didn't have that same filter and gave a full voice to his own curse. The Scotsman ordered Diliges and Claire to run for the exit before taking off after the Commander and Princess. Diliges' expression hardened. He was a military officer - a soldier. This man was a civilian. He may not be a native here, but this was not within his code of operations. Besides, his Commander was in a potential combat zone. He glanced to Claire, as if he was about to tell her the same thing as Stephen had, but then he thought about it. Cicada was a soldier herself, the Princess was... well, a Princess - though not one he served. But there was already a soldier with her and Stephen. To follow after him would leave Claire, and he could not be sure where any other hostiles may be. 

 

So, the Changeling didn't follow his initial urge and instead gestured for Claire to stay close and began to sprint down the hallway. An exit shouldn't be hard to find.

 

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Well, things had certainly kicked off. A signal from the Clerk, and out came the guns, on went masks, and shots were fired. Only a few into the ceiling at first, getting most of the non important hotel stayers to drop to the floor in terror. Some tried to run, which resulted in them getting shot in the back, or if they were lucky, the knee. Through his scope, Warlord couldn't see any of their targets, but that was what those inside were for. He was there to keep anyone from trying to be the hero, and keep their heads down. He watched as one of the search teams dropped a man trying to run before panning his scope over those still on the floor. Most lie still, hands either on their heads or on the floor before them. Except one near the back, who discreetly reached down and drew out a phone when the pilot's comrades weren't looking. Warlord clicked his tongue, setting his sights on that particular would-be-hero, and squeezed the trigger.

 

The rifle rocked back on its bi-pod into his shoulder, the large, brass shell clattered to the earth beside him, the firearm's report echoed forth, the window cracked and the would-be-hero's torso was now sporting a large, red void where the shoulder once connected. The cracking of the window and subsequent bloody mess would all have happened before the rifle's sound even reached those down there. Unlike his comrades, Warlord took no pleasure in having shot the person. He didn't even feel impressed by his shot. It was merely what had to be done. 

(this is the louder shot that Logan had heard, just so you know.)

 

(Well, here's some measure of a thing. Probably missed stuff/messed something up)

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Cicada was annoyed at Stephen for grabbing hold of her wrist as tho she was a child, and shook herself free as soon as she could. She nudged Twilight.

 

"Use your alicorn magic," she said, feeling a bit impatient at the Princess's hesitation. "You don't have to kill them, if you don't want to, but can't you use your magic to say, turn their guns into something harmless?"

 

Cicada sent a message to Diliges thru the Hive Mind. "We need to split their ranks. If we use our powers, we can do that. Find a place out of sight, and take the form of one of their own. Lead them away so that the people of our party who are outside can get them."

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(OOC: Yeah, buck the plan)

Twilight glanced nervously over at Cicada. She should fight...this was the same as dealing with a rampaging Ursa Major or Timberwolves...except the Timberwolves had just been hungry, an the Ursa Major just grouchy. The cruelty was terrifying.

She tried to summon her magic, but it stayed just beyond her ability, like swallowing after a lump of water had just passed her throat. She began to freeze, there in the middle of the hallway, knowing that she must be in terrific danger every second that she stood here. But she didn't want to go back, and she couldn't force her will and body to move forward.

 

Then there was a thundercrack. Something made Twilight jump, whistling past her ear and hair, and when she spun, a man in the corner had been reduced to a ragdoll covered, as if in grim humor, with blood that spattered the walls.

And then was the familiar feeling of something breaking, the heat, and then the drowning light. Twilight was--just barely, faintly--aware of her feet leaving the ground for some time as the mana erupted, reshaped on the fly in an orgasm of pulsing energy. One part of her will was, distantly, aware of the rest of her acting swiftly and without thought or hesitation.

 

She came back to ground--some time later, which seemed like hours, though it couldn't have been more than a few seconds. 

When she looked down the hallway in the previous direction of the fighting, all she could see were clothes, and occasionally a few guns, lying beside tastefully selected potted plants.

"Oh, dear, not again...' Twilight tried to say, and reach out, but fainted a second later.

 

(OOC: So the idea was eveyone in sight that direction down the hall is a plant now--civillians and characters included, etc. You can sort of select who you want to have been frozen if you'd like--for instance if you really don't want Warlord to be a plant of whatever, he can be out of sight. Same goes for Cicada, Angie, Stephen, whatnot.

Or you could write about the no-doubt fascinating experience of being a plant.

I wish Futtershy were here now...)

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((Gonna post as the others later. GOTTA get this outta the way first!))

 

Stephen rounded the corner, racing with all his might at the indistinct yet terrible sound of a loud crack--no doubt some sort of high powered firearm. Shit, shit, SHIT! This was absolutely a foolhardy idea! Just what in the hell possessed the Equestrians to blindly run into the line of fire??

 

Stephen suddenly found himself blinded by a white light upon running up on the Changeling and Princess from behind, the latter surrounded in a fantastic display of her own power. He stood there dumbly as he watched Twilight's magic subside. Stephen was stunned when he looked down the hall. There were piles of clothes and the odd gun lying on the ground, but what was in place of what he assumed were people, were plants of varying sorts.

 

Stephen's focus was brought back as Twilight suddenly collapsed in front of him. "Bloody hell!" He gasped out as he collected her limp form, turning on his heel and running in the direction he came, not wanting to find out if there were more gunmen.

 

((So… is Cicada a plant, or is she still in human form?))

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Ooc: Nope, she escaped. XD

 

Cicada had prudently ducked out of sight as she saw Twilight's hands glow with magic; whatever it was that she had urged the pony to do, she didn't want to be in the line of fire, so had pulled herself into a nearby cupboard. Hearing running footsteps after the loud crack, Cicada stepped out, kicking coats and scarves away from her feet, and gasped as she saw the potted plants in the hall. "Wow," she said, in grudging admiration.

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Colette looked at her arms as she felt the slight sensation of Rarity's magic envelop her; she could swear that she saw the air just around her skin warp and shimmer ever so slightly… "Are we really invisible, Rarity??" She asked, her voice barely above a whisper. If they were truly invisible, then how are they able to see one another?

 

Despite this concern, Colette followed Catherine as quickly as she dared, using the trees for cover, just in case. She joined Catherine and looked up to the top of the post, where she spotted several men in the lookout tower, large guns pointed outward as they seemingly scanned the woods if there was nothing going on.

 

Colette sighed in relief quietly. Surely, Rarity's spell had worked, for they would've surely been shot by now! Still, that did nothing to help the challenge of actually entering-- let alone getting back out with Dash and Pinkie Pie…

 

Colette waited along with Catherine for the others to catch up. No sense in compromising their cover, especially this close!

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After Charles went under the fence, then arrive to the others with Nick and then they were Invisible while looking at the guards too. Then Charles whisper next while looking around for anything as he was looking at the guards again. “Ok Louis is there another way in and what weapons they are using?”
 

Edited April 4, 2014 by Fireblaze

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Stephen had left Cicada behind, as he was doing his absolute best to keep his rage in check. He carried the still unconscious princess down the hall fireman style, cursing and damning all the way. Just what the FUCK were they thinking?! Were they thinking?!

 

Stephen was still fuming when he made it to the exit. Stephen chanced a glance before slipping into the stairwell, propping Princess Twilight against a wall before taking another glance outside, wondering if he could chance a run for his car…

 

((Gonna try and coordinate this with my other posts shortly. Where are Claire and Diliges, BTW??))

Edited April 4, 2014 by Hypn0ticD

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@,@@Fireblaze, @@Hypn0ticD, @@Pripyat Pony, @@Dawn Stripes, Colette was right... as they were getting closer he was expecting more and more resistance but it never came. Of course Rarity had been so kind as to cast an invisibility spell but still... some distraction would have to happen.

 

"I am going to look for the center of the computer network. I think they're going to like some fire there don't you think?"

 

He kept his voice as low as possible... he was stressed as it is and the invisibility made it worse than better. He had to be careful not to sound loud, not to breathe too loud, and he would most certainly succeed. This he swore...

Edited April 5, 2014 by nioniosbbbb

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Shawn enjoyed kissing Angie, as he was finally able to work up the courage to do so. He let the moment linger as he embraced the brunette, enjoying the quiet moment they were finally able to share...

 

That silence was shattered by a loud crack that ripped through the air. Shawn looked around, grabbed Angelica by the wrist and ran for the motel, only to br forestalled by the EMT as she yanked on his wrist. He wanted to object, but knew Angie would know better.

 

Shawn did as he Angie instructed, falling behind her as she unloaded her pistol, replacing the empty magazine.

 

He chanced peek over her shoulder every now and again, but remained silent…

 

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If Twilight could only see them now! Of all the mares, she seemed to be only one who didn't seem to open herself to these humans. Such a shame, too…

 

Applejack had just made the suggestion of heading back when a loud pop tore through the air. She frowned upon studying Logan's expression, a bad feeling welling up, making her stomach sink. It didn't help that Ulysses suddenly let out the deepest growl she had ever heard him emit.

 

She merely nodded and kept pace with Logan and Ulysses, crouching low, but jumping a little as another pop tore through the air, louder, and from what she could tell, closer than the last. "Logan… wus that one meant fer us??" She asked, her voice low. "Why would they wanna do that, Logan??"

 

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"I think that would take too long, Dennis…" Colette answered. "I just wanna get in there, get Dash and Pinkie, then get back out again."

 

Dennis then showed the group several Molotovs. We now know Dennis does in his spare time!After a moment of stunned silence, Colette forced a smile. "Let's just get in there."

 

Colette then turned to Louise, lifting hwe eyebrows a little. "So… how do we get in?? And aren't there gonna be guards gonna be waiting for us?? Being invisible's great and all, but it won't do much if we suddenly barge through a door… kind of obvious…"

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@@Hypn0ticD, "That's where the distraction comes in," Louise replied. "We wait until Dennis does his thing, then hopefully the guards will rush off to that part of the site. Rarity can take out the cameras, too; not just at the fire exit, but all over. That way, they won't know where we are."

 

@@00Pony, Clare was with Diliges, wondering just what was going on. "What are we going to do?" she said to him, worriedly. "It's like all hell just broke loose."

Edited April 5, 2014 by Pripyat Pony

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"Is there any way that you can take out all of the cameras all at once? They'll know where we are if you that…"

 

Colette then turned to Dennis, apparently having got over her initial shock. "How many Molotovs do you have? We can firebomb more than one entrance simultaneously… "

 

She then took a bottle, snuck over to an entrance, gesturing for Dennis to do the same. "Well? We gonna torch this place or what??"

Edited April 6, 2014 by Hypn0ticD

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Catherine looked up at the top of the fence, which was tipped with razor wire. She started walking along the perimeter, away from the others, for about 100 metres. There didn't seem to be any good way in, unless she could cut a section or the wire off. She walked back and whispered to the group, "I don't suppose any of you would have something I could cut razor wire with?"

Edited April 6, 2014 by ~Shadow Wolf~

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“Well that can work too, also we need make sure there no one at the top because they may place one at the top so you need levee that part to me and I will find something to distract them if we run into more outside guards too.” Charles whisper to them while he was looking for a best point were to throw the Molotovs and then he saw it too. “There is Tall grass next to the building if you guys throw it over there and it will created a fire so this way they will try go to put it out.”

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@@Hypn0ticD, Rarity considered the point for a few moments, then said, "Well, I could send the needles flying out in a fan. That's what I did when Fluttershy and I escaped before. I will just need to concentrate first, and then I could send a needle into the back of several cameras at once."

 

"That would work," Louise said. "Coupled with fire attacks in different places, it'll confuse the guards and they won't know which entrance we're using."

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"Try and make it a circle , if you can… Try to take out all of the cameras at once…" Colette said before taking her position, lighting her Molotov, before getting promptly shot at. "We got movement!"

 

Colette managed to narrowly dodge the hail of bullets, as well as toss the bottle. Whilst it didn't hit her target, it landed close to the entrance…

 

((Anyone else gonna toss their Molotov?))

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Fluttershy kept her head down and ran, trying to stay close to Colette

 

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Rainbow Dash lifted her head for a moment. For a moment, she thought she had pricked her ear, before she realized that she had cauliflower ears instead of the fine-tuned triangular dishes she'd used to.

"Pinkie?" she muttered in the dark. "You hear something?"

[IridscentNionios 1,420]

@@Dawn Stripes,@@Fireblaze, @, @@Hypn0ticD, @@Pripyat Pony,  "Excellent... time to "F*** the System". Good song by the way... System of a Down rock. Now i haven't made many but..." He allowed them to take a peek in his backpack where he had one for each of them. He facepalmed himself a bit...

"I wouldn't make any of these if we weren't for this situation. But i felt like i had no choice." He handed them each one to throw. He smiled at them and patted in the back those who hesitated.

"Light them up... and knock them down." He went to the far right side and found a big sing with "Flammable" on it. Perfect... that had to be the heating. He lit it up and only rose for a moment to throw it. This was going to be tough...

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Dennis was shot at the moment he tossed his Molotov; fortunately for him, all of the bullets were near misses. "We got another one!" A guard shouted.

 

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((This is assuming Cat, Nick and Charles threw theirs… have them do so if they haven't done so already!))

 

"Fires at all the main entrances, ma'am!" Paige radioed in. "All of the cameras are out as well!"

 

Abernathy frowned. It didn't help that the guards in the towers radioed in shortly thereafter:

 

"Ma'am, we can't see 'em! They're throwing bombs, but one of the aliens're using some sort of ability!"

 

Abernathy cursed. Looks like these little cartoon headaches were starting to grow brains. But they still weren't smart enough! "Fuck the cameras! Come down here and guard an entrance!" She radioed to Paige. "These aliens don't have that much logic, so look for any movement. One of them's bound to run outta smarts sooner or later!"

 

Finally, she addressed the guards stationed at the doors. "Send out three men. Two to put the flame and one to watch for movement. The rest of you stay where you are!"

 

 

The guards complied, opening the doors; one man stayed behind at each entrance and monitored the area in a sweeping motion whilst the others wasted no time putting out the flames with fire extinguishers…