private Bioshock RP

[Sidon Aldermane 52]

@@Steel Accord,

 

Sidon stopped, turning around slightly. "Don't think for a moment that you should have done anything else. I should think you would not be as great a swordsman as you are if you didn't act at the opportune moment." His voice took on a dark tone. "Galt is very reckless to deploy sentries in an inhabited area, even if they were duds."

He stood deep in thought for a moment, then shook his head and smiled. "In any case it was rather amusing to see "high society" scrambling for safety. I wager we shall be hearing many a thrilling survival story before the night is out."

Sidon noticed that there were still several ponies emerging from cover around the room.

 

@@evilcorgi, @@Windbreaker,

 

"Oi, everypony all right? Not too much salt in the eyes I hope?" He looked toward the party's new venue. "Anypony need something strong after this evening's entertainment? It's on me."

[EcstaticWind 572]

@,

 

"Ah, that's where you vanished to, Mr. Darkstorm. Who's your friend?" Aegis asked, still brushing salt out of his mane and tail, a problem Poppy also had.

 

"Exciting, wasn't it?" She looked over at Steel Accord, noticing the look on his face. "You'd think he'd be happier about his title."

[evilcorgi 48]

@Darkstorm

"No, don't worry. I only took about three shots to the left eye." He said with a watery, slightly reddish left eye. Marble walked up to meet the grey pony. "Marble Stripe, acclaimed author" he said, overestimating his own fame. "Is there any cider back there?" He gestured to the bar-counter.

[Sidon Aldermane 52]

 

 

"Marble Stripe, acclaimed author"

 

"A pleasure Mr. Stripe. Sidon Darkstorm, engineer." He said with a polite bow.

 

 

 

"Ah, that's where you vanished to, Mr. Darkstorm. Who's your friend?" Aegis asked, still brushing salt out of his mane and tail, a problem Poppy also had.

 

"Ah yes, this is Peaches and Cream." He gestured to the mare next to him.

She smiled and waved a hoof. "Hi! Pleased to meet you all."

 

 

 

"Is there any cider back there?" He gestured to the bar-counter.

 

"Oh I'm sure there are a few bottles to be found." He walked to the bar and ducked behind it, rummaging for a moment before appearing with several bottles of cider in his hooves. "Yes, here we are."

 

@@Steel Accord, @@Windbreaker,

 

"Would either of the lovely couples care to partake in a drink?"

[EcstaticWind 572]

@, @@evilcorgi,

 

 

 

"Pleased to meet you, Ms. Peaches. I'm Aegis Dare, journalist for the Harmony Confidential and a mildly successful author. And this is my fiance, Poppy Seed. She probably served you a drink earlier." Aegis said, holding out a friendly hoof. Poppy smiled and did the same.

 

(Peaches' response here)

"That doesn't look too good, Mr. Stripe. Better find a first aid station for you." Poppy said, when they heard Gustave's arrival. "Well, they say 'better late than never'."

[Steel Accord 6,660]

@@Steel Accord,

 

Sidon stopped, turning around slightly. "Don't think for a moment that you should have done anything else. I should think you would not be as great a swordsman as you are if you didn't act at the opportune moment." His voice took on a dark tone. "Galt is very reckless to deploy sentries in an inhabited area, even if they were duds."

He stood deep in thought for a moment, then shook his head and smiled. "In any case it was rather amusing to see "high society" scrambling for safety. I wager we shall be hearing many a thrilling survival story before the night is out."

Sidon noticed that there were still several ponies emerging from cover around the room.

 

@@evilcorgi, @@Windbreaker,

 

"Oi, everypony all right? Not too much salt in the eyes I hope?" He looked toward the party's new venue. "Anypony need something strong after this evening's entertainment? It's on me."

Steel snapped out of his reverie at "high society."

 

"I beg your pardon Sidon." Steel said. "What is so funny about anyone being frightened and in danger? Rich or poor, pony or zebra. Wealth is not, by itself, an indicator of attitude. The wealthy can be virtuous just as much as they can be corrupt. The poor are just as capable of evil as they are good. Or have you not read "Oliver Twister?" In fact, you yourself are here in Hameony aren't you? More than half of Equestria would call you "high society." Make no mistake my friend, my words are not meant as a personal attack, merely an expression at my contempt of the notion that one's financial worth is inversely proportional to their personal worth."

 

"A pleasure Mr. Stripe. Sidon Darkstorm, engineer." He said with a polite bow.

 

 

 

"Ah yes, this is Peaches and Cream." He gestured to the mare next to him.

She smiled and waved a hoof. "Hi! Pleased to meet you all."

 

 

 

"Oh I'm sure there are a few bottles to be found." He walked to the bar and ducked behind it, rummaging for a moment before appearing with several bottles of cider in his hooves. "Yes, here we are."

 

@@Steel Accord, @@Windbreaker,

 

"Would either of the lovely couples care to partake in a drink?"

"I'm afraid neither of us drink." Steel responded. "But we certainly wouldn't be adverse to sharing your time."

 

"Thank you for inviting us for company. It's certainly an honor to entertain the Master Swordpony." Zidotya remarked with pride. Steel's nervousness at Galt's recklessness was balanced out by his lover's pride in him. Everything he's strived for all his life, he could see in her eyes. For her part, she saw someone who welcomed her into his life unconditionally; and one whom loved her without hesitation.

[evilcorgi 48]

 

 

That doesn't look too good, Mr. Stripe. Better find a first aid station for you." Poppy said, when they heard Gustave's arrival. "Well, they say 'better late than never

"Oh no. There's no way in Hades that I'm letting that thing near my eye again. I should probably see a real doctor or something. ((Ahem, Silver Heart))" Marble glanced up at the clock. "Finally," He sighed, "15 more minutes before we can all go home." Marble slumped onto one of the bar-stools and poured himself a glass of whatever Darkstorm set on the table. He couldn't read the label in his current state, so he took a sip out of a leap of faith.

[Sidon Aldermane 52]

 

 

"Pleased to meet you, Ms. Peaches. I'm Aegis Dare, journalist for the Harmony Confidential and a mildly successful author. And this is my fiance, Poppy Seed. She probably served you a drink earlier." Aegis said, holding out a friendly hoof. Poppy smiled and did the same.

 

Peaches returned the gestures, shaking both their hooves in turn. "Ooh, you two are engaged? When's the wedding if I may ask? I'm a confectioner, so if you need a cake or any form of sweet created I can usually make it."

 

 

 

"I beg your pardon Sidon." Steel said. "What is so funny about anyone being frightened and in danger? Rich or poor, pony or zebra. Wealth is not, by itself, an indicator of attitude. The wealthy can be virtuous just as much as they can be corrupt. The poor are just as capable of evil as they are good. Or have you not read "Oliver Twister?" In fact, you yourself are here in Hameony aren't you? More than half of Equestria would call you "high society." Make no mistake my friend, my words are not meant as a personal attack, merely an expression at my contempt of the notion that one's financial worth is inversely proportional to their personal worth."

 

Sidon sighed, setting down the bottle he was pouring from. "You are right of course. While I am not the wealthiest in this city I have more than most. T'was hypocritical of me to speak that way; pray, forgive my impropriety."

 

 

 

"I'm afraid neither of us drink." Steel responded. "But we certainly wouldn't be adverse to sharing your time."

 

Sidon brightened a bit at this. "Glad to hear it. Truth be told I usually don't either."

 

@@evilcorgi,

 

He looked to Marble Stripe noticing he was having some difficulty identifying his drink. "Miss Poppy is right, you should have that seen to, soon. Dummy rounds can still pack a wallop; trust me, I would know."

[EcstaticWind 572]

@, @@Steel Accord,
 

Aegis turned to Peaches and shrugged. "We haven't decided anything yet. But we'll let you know as soon as we do."  He went to lean over the counter, but thought better of it.  "I think I'll skip the alcohol this time. Oh, hello again, Mr. Accord. Congratulations on becoming Master Swordpony."

 

Poppy noticed Aegis was reacting slower to things. "Stand still, Aegis. How are you feeling?"

 

"Fine. A little shaken, but mostly fine." Came the response.

 

"Did you feel a sting at the back of your head during the Parasentry attack?"

 

"Yeah, but I'm fine, Poppy. It's nothing." Aegis said.

 

"It's not nothing, Aegis. You took a hit to the head and you need to sit down. We should go into the party room that hasn't been destroyed, find a first aid station for Mr. Stripe, and just try to calm down after all this excitement." Poppy's tone was stern but caring, genuinely looking out for everypony present.

 

"Yes, dear." Aegis said, half snarking and half-agreeing with her.

[SilverHeart 741]

(OOC: I can’t remember if I described the coin in my previous post and I have no way of checking since I’m writing this without a connection to the internet. The coin has Celestia on one side and Luna on the other. Celestia’s side is gold and Luna’s is silver.) 

 

Silver Heart watched the coin as she levitated it to the ceiling. If Celestia is face-up I’ll leave for the party, after all I see no reason why I shouldn’t get to have fun tonight. If it’s…whoever the other pony is, I’ll stay and watch over this Celestia-forsaken place. Silver Heart used her magic to spin the coin around until its image became a sphere of alternating gold and silver.

 

Silver Heart closed her eyes and forced the coin into the ground. She instinctively flinched at the sound the coin made as it hit the metal floor. The last time she had done this, she tried releasing the coin in the air without forcing it into the ground. That hadn’t gone as well as she had hoped, the coin had been spinning fast enough that when it hit the ground, it had the strength to launch itself through the air…right into Silver Heart’s eye. The coin had given her a particularly nasty black eye. Out of shame she had told everypony she had been mugged on her way home from the clinic.

 

Anyway it was time to stop stalling and see what fate had decided for her tonight. The coin lay a few feet in front of her, silver side up.

 

“Well I’m glad I changed my mind about which side decided what at the last moment.”

 

She hadn’t.

 

“After all I don’t think Celestia would appreciate me using her as an excuse to leave work for fun.”

 

It was a nice attempt to justify the lie. After all, there was nopony around to argue otherwise and it would probably be true.

 

Silver Heart smiled as she levitated the coin back over to herself, kissed the silver side, and slipped it back into her saddlebags. A glance at the clock told her she had plenty of time to get to the party. It was only nine. The party probably wouldn’t even be reaching its full potential for another hour or two.

 

Silver happily trotted to her locker in the staff lounge. It just so happened she had to pick up her new dress on the way to work today. The silken dress was hoof-stitched and perfectly matched the color of her mane. She thought the design was simple enough that it could be worn on most occasions but hopefully nice enough to stand out. Her favorite part about the dress was that she paid for an enchantment that would allow it to absorb most stains. Therefore she wouldn’t have to get it cleaned very often. In the long run the enchantment would hopefully pay for itself. After trading her nurses uniform, which was really just a nurses hat, for the dress she headed back to the lobby to lock up.

 

It just seemed like everything was going in her favor tonight, from the coin toss, to the fact that nopony had shown up needing medi-

 

Oh, look at that…there’s some blood on the floor.

 

The blood alternated between leaving a visible hoof step and a smear as if the pony that had left it couldn’t do much more than limp. The trail led from the lobby to one of the side rooms.

 

 I don’t think that was there before. I guess I won’t be going to the party after all…drat.

 

After staring at the floor for a few moments the implications of a blood trail finally registered with Silver Heart’s mind.

 

Oh Celestia, why am I whining like a foal? This is way too much blood for it not to be a life or death situation. I can be such a selfish mare.

 

She continued to berate herself as she quickly walked towards the room that the trail led to. A stallion’s voice could be heard muttering after a soft thump every few seconds. The blood led to a Unicorn with a near-white yellow coat and a dirty green mane. The stallion was vainly slamming his right hoof against the Cabinet lock, while a small pool of blood was forming around his left hoof. Silver Heart inched closer; she didn’t want to surprise him, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that the stallion would be in shock. The last thing she wanted to do was to scare or surprise him and give him a heart attack.

 

There were a few empty Talent potions lying around the room. Silver Heart was finally close enough to understand the stallion.

 

(WARNING: This next paragraph contains some strong language and crude content…so if you are easily offended by morally reprehensible content or you’re young you probably shouldn’t read the spoiler. Don’t worry; I’m doubtful I’ll make another post this dark again.)

 

 

“Damn Accord, I’ll show him and his bitch…” Thump “That bastard won’t beat me a third time. I’ll break every limb in his body and then I’ll take his little Zebra whore right in front of him. That’ll teach the fucker to mess with me.” The unicorn attempted to chuckle but it only came out as a wheezing sound.

 

 

“I…you’ll what?” Silver Heart blurted out. She stared in shock at the unicorn. It was then that she had noticed the dozen or so cutie-marks spread over Peach Tree’s body.

 

Peach Tree glanced over his shoulder at Silver Heart; clearly shocked that somepony had been behind him.  He then took a step backward and bucked Silver in the chest, forcing all of the air out of her lungs. The blow launched Silver Heart back into the wall behind her, hitting her head. Thankfully, Peach Tree’s injured leg gave out from under him and most of the kick’s force was spent on slamming his own face into the floor. The kick might have killed her otherwise. It still hurt like Tartarus though.

 

Silver Heart squirmed on the ground trying to breath again. Everything was blurry; she couldn’t see anything. Her chest, lungs, heart, and head hurt more than she thought they could, she thought she may have been crying. He might have broken some ribs, she couldn’t tell yet; it was painful enough that it was possible.

 

O-Oh Stars, he’s going to kill me. I need to- Her thought was interrupted.

 

”Get up, you stupid wrench.” Peach Tree said, “I recognize you, you’re one of the nurses here. Don’t even try to lie to me, I asked you if you wanted to go to the party with a real stallion tonight.” Silver Heart tried in vain to remember meeting this stallion earlier. She couldn’t remember him, but the other nurses had talked about somepony that sold everything he had owned and spent it all on cheap nearly useless Talent Potions. Supposedly he had wanted revenge on some author.

 

“You said ‘you couldn’t, because you had to work tonight’. And yet here you are, getting ready to leave while wearing a dress far too nice for an ugly mule like yourself. You really should have accepted my gracious offer.”

 

“Now you’re going to unlock this cabinet and give me every Talent Potion in this clinic and then I’ll kill you quickly. If you don’t do as I ask, I’ll break your legs and open it myself. After that I’ll test every new Talent I get on you…and possibly more before I kill you. Is that clear?” Before Silver Heart could respond Peach Tree levitated her to eye level and hit her face with his hoof, bruising her cheek.

 

“Get moving, I want to finish all this tonight.” Peach Tree yelled before shoving her over to the Talent Cabinet.

 

Silver Heart sobbed as she looked behind her at her saddlebags. She reached in for the key. Peach Tree threatened her again. She couldn’t really hear what he had said. After searching for what felt like hours she finally found the right key and unlocked the cabinet. She slowly swung the doors open before stepping to the side.  Silver Heart prayed that Celestia would send somepony to help her…or at least for the stallion to change his mind and leave her alone.

 

Peach Tree limped over to the cabinet. “Finally, it’s a wonder you’re able to hold a job if you’re that slow. Now you’re going to tell me what each of these do. I don’t think I need to remind you what I’ll do if you lie. Understand?”

 

Silver nodded.

 

“Good, now what does this one do?” He asked as he levitated a crimson colored glass bottle with a red heart with stitches on it.

 

“Th-that…” Silver Heart paused to calm herself down; apparently Peach Tree was trying to get into Talent Potions that he had no knowledge about. If she was lucky his greed and ignorance could save her. “That’s a new one; every Talent Potion in that cabinet is rare and powerful.”

 

She stared at the bottle for a few seconds before continuing. Please Celestia let this work “That one is supposed to help your body heal itself. Think of it as Talent that will let your body regenerate from any wounds as long as you have some POX.”

 

Peach Tree stared incredulously at the bottle before looking over at his torn shoulder. He made a gesture like he was trying to shrug before downing the bottle all at once. It seemed like Silver Heart had been correct, Peach’s shoulder began to knit itself back together almost instantly. A red heart with stitches appeared somewhere on his body.

 

Silver Heart did her best not to smile; Peach Tree was dumb enough to trust someone he had promised to kill.

 

Peach Tree smiled as he pulled two more Talents down from the cabinet. One was colored blue with a lightning bolt on it. The other potion was neon purple and had a blue plus sign on it.

 

“The First potion will make your body produce lightning. Kind of like a lightening cloud, the downside is that it requires a constant source of POX to do anything noticeable. The second will make your body continuously produce a small amount of POX.”

 

Peach Tree’s smile disappeared, “If these are so wonderful, why aren’t they famous? Everypony that’s smart would kill to get these.”

 

Silver Heart almost had a small panic attack. If he didn’t drink those “It-it’s because they are both very rare and expensive. We…um…usually reserve them for special clients…who can pay a lot of money.”

 

Peach Tree shrugged again and downed both potions in succession, first the lightning Talent and then the POX Talent. Their respective cutie marks appearing on his chest. He turned back to the cabinet to reach for a black potion before stopping mid-reach. A dull buzzing sound filled his ears and he realized that he couldn’t feel his legs anymore. Peach Tree waited for a few seconds until the sound went away. He looked at his legs, no longer numb, and moved them.

 

“The hay was that?” He asked Silver Heart.

 

Silver Heart did her best to mimic being confused. “What are you talking about?”

 

“My legs went numb and I heard some damn buzzing noise.”

 

Silver Heart smiled, it looked like that Talent was working, Now it was only a matter of time before the third potion kicked in, “That means the lightning talent worked. It’s nothing to get worked up about.”

 

“Why the buck are you smiling? Damnit the buzzing is back.“ Peach Tree stopped speaking and stared at Silver Heart for a few seconds before collapsing into the floor. The buzzing in his ears had quickly escalated into a thunderous roar. Peach Tree’s legs gave out from under him. He couldn’t stand, move, or even talk; he could only scream from the intense pain. He had thought that the gash Steel Accord had given him was painful earlier.

 

“Judging by your screaming, it seems like the Talents are working just fine. I’m just going to tell you what’s happening so you know. I can’t stand to think that you could die without knowing anything.” Silver Heart rubbed her face where Peach had hit her earlier.  “After you hurt me, threatened to kill me and not to mention whatever other terrible things that I’m sure you’ve done…you deserve to die.”

 

Despite the constant cloud of pain and ear-shattering roar of thunder Peach Tree could hear and understand her clearly.

 

“Those Talent potions were locked away because they are…well they’re all failures. Well except for the Regeneration Talent. I’m not sure what is wrong with it. That one wasn’t one of the ones I was assigned to give. Testing it seemed too cruel to me, since we had to basically maim the volunteer. Anyway the other two had very, very horrible side effects. The lightning talent does cause your body to generate lightning, in theory you could shoot or throw the lightning at a target, kind of like a magic spell. The problem is that it just turns your body into a lightning generator; the electricity paralyzes your body. And electrocutes you until you either die or run out of POX.”

 

“The POX Talent failed because it constantly consumes a lot of calories, which lead Violet, our volunteer…and my friend…to starve to death over about a week.” Silver Heart paused to keep herself from crying. “I really miss her…. Anyway, I want you to know what you’ve got to look forward to. Basically your regeneration Talent will keep on repairing the damage caused by the lightning Talent. The lightning Talent will keep you in constant pain because of the POX talent. The POX Talent will keep generating POX until you starve to death. If you had been a better pony none of this would have happened. Goodbye.”

 

Silver Heart walked out of the room towards the staff lounge, she was going to take a shower, do her best to hide the bruises on her face and maybe head to the party. She would act oblivious to the break-in and hopefully everypony would think that the idiot did that all by himself.

[EcstaticWind 572]

Aegis had been sitting still for long enough, but he wasn't game to move. Poppy had been keeping a close eye on him, since he was still recovering from being shot in the back of the head with a dummy round. Nopony wanted to think what would have happened if it were a real bullet.

 

"Well, this party is really boring. Can we have another Parasentry attack?" Aegis asked.

 

Poppy looked at him as if he'd gone mad. "You'd better be joking. You've already been shot once."

 

She glanced at Marble Stripe, who was sitting not far away and still refused to move until a real doctor arrived. "Everyone wants to be a hero..."

 

Aegis looked over at the doors, noticing a latecomer. "Looks like somepony's a little late."

 

Poppy looked in the direction Aegis was pointing. "I've seen her before. I think it was...somepony's birthday a month ago. The staff from the clinic not too far from here celebrated...umm...I think it was Violet. Anyways, her name's Silver Heart. Hey! Silver Heart! Over here!"

[evilcorgi 48]

Marble set his glass down. Whatever was in it was pretty bad. Not terrible, but not worth drinking.

 

"Everyone wants to be a hero..."

"Oh yeah, and what's that supposed to mean?" He said, glaring at Poppy Seed. "Have you let that thing near you eye? I was half blind for a month." Marble went to grab something else from the bar "not that I wouldn't be happy to give you a reason to see that machine" He said under his breath. He knew this party was going to be a waste of his time. A four star restaurant filled with some unimportant morons wasn't anything he'd be losing sleep over again. Marble glanced over at the pony Poppy gestured to. "great. Now a bucking desk clerk's at the party. 'best and the brightest' my flank" Edited June 1, 2013 by evilcorgi

[Steel Accord 6,660]

Marble set his glass down. Whatever was in it was pretty bad. Not terrible, but not worth drinking.

"Oh yeah, and what's that supposed to mean?" He said, glaring at Poppy Seed. "Have you let that thing near you eye? I was half blind for a month." Marble went to grab something else from the bar "not that I wouldn't be happy to give you a reason to see that machine" He said under his breath. He knew this party was going to be a waste of his time. A four star restaurant filled with some unimportant morons wasn't anything he'd be losing sleep over again. Marble glanced over at the pony Poppy gestured to. "great. Now a bucking desk clerk's at the party. 'best and the brightest' my flank"

"I'm waiting for you to make a point, good sir!" Steel interjected in a decidedly defensive tone. "I understand your work I important, but your hostility towards those that don't conform to your idea of skill an intelligence is growing ever more tiring! Not everyone's talents are in purely practical matters, that doesn't mean they shouldn't receive the rewards and recognition of their art. Now I suggest you find peace with that chip on your shoulder or make yourself scarce! This party has already had enough interruptions." Edited June 1, 2013 by Steel Accord

[SilverHeart 741]

Windbreaker, on 31 May 2013 - 05:25 AM, said:

 

Aegis had been sitting still for long enough, but he wasn't game to move. Poppy had been keeping a close eye on him, since he was still recovering from being shot in the back of the head with a dummy round. Nopony wanted to think what would have happened if it were a real bullet.

 

"Well, this party is really boring. Can we have another Parasentry attack?" Aegis asked.

 

Poppy looked at him as if he'd gone mad. "You'd better be joking. You've already been shot once."

 

She glanced at Marble Stripe, who was sitting not far away and still refused to move until a real doctor arrived. "Everyone wants to be a hero..."

 

Aegis looked over at the doors, noticing a latecomer. "Looks like somepony's a little late."

 

Poppy looked in the direction Aegis was pointing. "I've seen her before. I think it was...somepony's birthday a month ago. The staff from the clinic not too far from here celebrated...umm...I think it was Violet. Anyways, her name's Silver Heart. Hey! Silver Heart! Over here!"

Silver Heart looked around the room for a few moments. It had sounded like somepony had called her name. To her right, a young mare was waving in her direction. I...don't think I know her...she does look kind of familiar though. Maybe she's a former patient. Silver Heart quickly looked around to make sure that she wasn't waving at anypony else before walking over. Her face and chest still hurt. She hoped that the bruises wouldn't be too noticeable up close.

[EcstaticWind 572]

@@SilverHeart,

 

"Hello there. Do you remember me?" Poppy asked as Silver Heart approached. "Poppy Seed. I was the barmaid at Violet's birthday last month. How is she?"

 

Aegis noticed the way she was walking, as if she was in pain, but said nothing of it. "Hello, Ms. Silver Heart. I'm Aegis Dare, journalist for the Harmony Confidential and part-time author. This is Steel Accord, who needs no introduction, and his lover Dot. I think Darkstorm was around somewhere, with his friend Peaches. And the grump at the table to your right is Marble Stripe." Aegis said, gesturing to each pony in turn.

[evilcorgi 48]

 

 

And the grump at the table to your right is Marble Stripe.

 Marble was silent and motionless for a good 15 seconds. He had wasted his night, gotten injured by Galt's drones, and now he was being insulted by some nobody journalist. He was absolutely fed up. He stood up slowly, with a forced smile. "Have a nice night, everypony." and he walked away. Marble slowly walked through the halls of Harmony, on his way to his home, when something moved in the corner of his eye. It was faint, but it appeared to be group of about five ponies, wearing bizarre rabbit masks. "Where are the others?" one of them whispered, sounding exasperated. "sigh for the third time, we're going in separate squads so that-" The second leader was cut off. "Hello?" Marble shouted. "I can see you. What are you doing?" "Buck, run!" The leader shouted, and they all rushed off in the direction of the Kashmir Restaurant. Marble caught a glimpse of something metal on one of the ponies. Was that a crossbow? "Hey, wait!" He yelled in vain. Nothing was stopping them now, and they were too fast for Marble. "At least there was someone that party didn't want..." He muttered. There was no way that those delinquents could do any harm. They probably just wanted to throw eggs as the hoity-toity party-goers. The idea put him in a slightly better mood. He continued to trot off to his apartment.

[SilverHeart 741]

(OOC: Sorry, I've been focusing on classwork a lot for the last few days. Making a quick post to help move things along. Sorry if it isn't much of a quality post.)

 

"Oh...well I guess you wouldn't know...Violet passed away. If you want me to I'll tell you more later. She wouldn't want to ruin tonight." Silver Heart whispered to Poppy. She blinked back a few tears and did her best to fake a smile. "It's nice to meet you all."

 

"Um...Dot was it? I like your stripes, don't believe I've seen a Zebra with non-black stripes before."

 

(OOC: Sorry if I got her stripes wrong. I don't have time to look back.)

[Steel Accord 6,660]

@@SilverHeart,

 

((OOC: Dot's just your regular ol' Zebra; black stripes and all. She was raised in Equestria since she was a little girl, so she's not like Zecora in terms of cultural viewpoint.))

 

Dot smiled at the compliment.

 

"Thank you, they go with my dress well . . ." She indicated her black dress with sparkling gold stripes. (Steel taking the opportunity to let his eyes wander down her form. ) "You seem to be a bit distressed though, do tell?" She asked Silver with a frown.

Edited July 16, 2013 by Steel Accord

[SilverHeart 741]

"I..um..to be honest, I haven't had a good night so far. I'm not even sure why I came here," Silver Heart paused briefly while she sat at one of the tables, "instead of just going home. Well...anyway I was locking up the clinic. I should probably let you all know that I'm a nurse, when I found some blood on the floor. I thought it might be somepony who needed help, so I followed the blood trail to one of the side-rooms. It turned out to be from an injured stallion who was trying to steal some Talent Potions. He..well I don't want to talk about that. Anyway I managed to get away and I came here." 

[EcstaticWind 572]

Poppy handed Silver Heart a drink. "Sorry to hear that. Tonight should be a night to enjoy yourself. Dancing, fine wine and dining."

 

"You didn't get hurt too badly, did you?" Aegis asked, his concern mixed with anger at whoever broke into the clinic.

 

"Aegis, calm down. The injustices of the world can wait a bit. Tonight is your night off, after all." Poppy said.

[SilverHeart 741]

Silver Heart smiled and nodded a "Thank you" to Poppy for the drink. She wiped back a tear from her eye, it was touching that complete strangers would even care that she had been hurt, let alone get angry over it. After taking a few sips from her drink, she looked over to Aegis "I, I don't think I'm hurt too bad. I should be fine as long as I get some rest after tonight. But thank you for caring. That really means a lot to me." 

[EcstaticWind 572]

"You're most welcome, Ms. Silver Heart." Aegis said, flashing a smile in return. "Not everypony in Harmony is like Marble Stripe. I don't mean to speak ill of him behind his back, but he's not a pleasant pony."

 

"That's true, but I doubt it's going to raise anypony's spirits if we talk about unpleasant things." Poppy said.

 

"Yeah. You're right, of course." Aegis grinned at Poppy, then raised his glass. "To friends, both old and new."

 

"To friends." Poppy said, raising her glass as well.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

((OOC: Orders from the top on this next post.))

 

No sooner did the drink glasses "clink" above the heads of the new friends did a group of armed ponies burst into the room.

 

"Sic semper tyrannus! Down with Galt!" One with a crossbow cried as he shot a stallion in a top hat.

 

"AAAAAAH!" His wife screamed. She was set aflame by a unicorn with an artificial cutie-mark like a flaming skull.

 

The murderers began to run rampant through the party. Shooting, casting, and beating without discrimination.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Steel Accord

[EcstaticWind 572]

"EVERYPONY DOWN!" Aegis yelled, trying to be heard over the screams of the crowd and kicking over the nearest table to use as a shield. "Steel, can we get to an exit from here?"

 

"We'll try to make our escape on your signal." Poppy said. She turned to Aegis. "You're both gonna follow us out, right? No heroics?"

 

"Of course, my love."

[Steel Accord 6,660]

"EVERYPONY DOWN!" Aegis yelled, trying to be heard over the screams of the crowd and kicking over the nearest table to use as a shield. "Steel, can we get to an exit from here?"

 

"We'll try to make our escape on your signal." Poppy said. She turned to Aegis. "You're both gonna follow us out, right? No heroics?"

 

"Of course, my love."

"Yeah! That door right there!" He pointed to an open hallway. "Get somewhere safe!" He then turned to Dot. "Go back to the apartment and don't open the door for anyone but me!" He kissed her deeply. "I love you." They both said to each other.

 

Steel then leapt from the hiding place and cut the first shooter down. His partner tried to bring his own weapon to bare but Steel knocked the barrel away with one sword and killed the shooter with the other.

 

"Galt! Galt where are you?!" He cried as he ran through the ransacking.

Edited July 16, 2013 by Steel Accord