private Celestial Conquest: Adventure in the Great Beyond

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

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(Last post for me tonight)

 

"Jaysus Slice, y'aint all that smart are ye? I was suggesting we go fer somethin' bigger than our normal runs. I mean sure, the occasional well paying job comes 'round but, we ain't got the patience ta be waitin' fer another of those, i'd a said go talk to somepony...much higher on the payroll - maybe a certain princess or two..." He sighed, before heading back into the ship and locking his door, and then the ships door before he rejoined Slicer, "So yer thinkin' 'bout findin' this lil' filly then?"

 

(No clue why that posted before I clicked post ._.)

Slicer raised an eyebrow. "Oh hey Luna...we're mercenaries that could have been hired to turn on you at any minute...but you don't know that, can we get a job?" He laughed. "Jaysus Metal Gear, y'aint all that smart either are ye." He said, grinning at Metal Gear. "We're not walking up to the leader of one of the...oh whatever they called. Anyway, we're not just gonna walk up to her and ask her about a job. And that also goes for guards. If we were to try to get a job from one of the leaders, it would take some time to gain their trust." He said, patting a foal on the top of his head...the foal burst into tears and ran off, scared of Slicer's machinery...Slicer cackled. 

Eventually, he calmed down enough to speak. "And for the girl...we go to the one who sent out the thing in the paper...who lives in the higher class part of Canterlot..." He grinned.

Edited June 25, 2013 by ~Fire Sky~

[Agent505 661]

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Metal Gear sighed heavily at Slicer's retort "Guess that really wouldn't work out too well fer us would it?" He rubbed the back of his neck as he walked, looking off into the distance "Wish you'd a said somethin' about goin' up there, I'da brought me wings if I'da known. Say how d'ya even know 'bout this filly anyway? First i've heard of it." 

[rainbovv dash 110]

[i edited my previous post, sorry about the trouble guys]

 

During her escape Storm noticed a ship, a really familiar ship. Boarding were a grey stallion she would have recognized among a million ponies and a Orange colt she could not identify. The orange colt didn't seem to happy about whatever they were doing, on his flank he had a wrench He must be a mechanic

 

In order to receive the biggest possible amount of information about her current client she pulled out a screwdriver and approached the ship, she started looking for a plate on the lower side of the ship which read "Service only", she removed several screws and connected a cable to her laptop.

 

She started a software to retrieve and monitor the status of the ship. Every few seconds the numbers on the screen were refreshed. He should really have his ship checked from time to time, she was no expert mechanic but even she noticed the readings were awful.

 

To her surprise the numbers didn't improve over time, but got only worse. She was sure the ship wouldn't even lift itself off the ground with those settings. He can't be serious about this, even the self check when booting it would horribly fail

 

As the stallion started to leave the ship she disconnected the laptop, put the screws back in place, covered her head again with her hoodie and left the spot under the ship to mix in with the crowd and silently follow the orange earth pony.

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

Gold was now scared.

*A-a skull? What is this!?*

He thought to get this over with. He looked everything over, got the materials and started 'repairing' the autopilot. Gold made the autopilot to drive around randomly.

*If I'm going to get away with this with a slow ship...*

He smirked and made some changes to the engines as well. He made it worse.

Whenhe was finished he came back: "I finished! No need to pay me... Ill get going."

He started going out the door.

"Hold it. Get your flank back over here." He held up the skull to Gold. "See this? This was the last pony I had work on my ship. He bucked everything up as a 'joke'. It's a fun story, really. Anyway, are you sure you did everything you could? Are you sure you don't wanna change a few things?"

 

Nopony ever works for free. Especially at threat of death. Goldwrench was obvious.

[Durandal 623]

(Though there is a consistency error between the most recent posts, I decided to go off MC's post. RD's post cut straight to Storm tracking Goldwrench, however given the fact MC replied with dialogue and that he's the GM, I'm assuming that everyone is still at the ship. If Deadeye caught up to Goldwrench I'll edit accordingly, however I doubt holding up a skull in a public area is a brilliant idea.)

 

Aquila sighed. Though being in Coalition space didn't bother him, being in Canterlot, the absolute center of Coalition space, did. It wasn't that he didn't like Canterlot - he liked it very much, in fact. It was a unique mixture of the new and the old, coinciding in such a way one could consider it art. What he did not like about it, however, was the fact it was the core of the Coalition. Aquila enjoyed the edges, the realm of the unknown. There was a certain amount of excitement in knowing that you were someplace nopony had ever seen before.

 

Canterlot? If Aquila was curious he could look at a virtual tour of it on his computer with a few clicks. There was nothing exciting about it, nothing new. Aquila could always read up on Equestria's history, but it didn't affect him the same way the great beyond did. It was new to him, but not new to everypony.

 

Sadly, Aquila had no choice. He had been exploring HAT-P-17 when his ship was struck by a sudden meteorite, damaging his cloaking device. It didn't do any further damage to his ship, but a few close calls with pirates without a cloak put Aquila on far too much of an edge than should be allowed for his age. He had landed on the nearest colony he could find, and after some damage control, realized the cloak was beyond his skill to repair.

 

This meant a mechanic. His list of contacts was reasonably extensive, however out of all of the mechanics he knew, the closest one to him was in Canterlot, of all places. Though the significant discount and the free ship diagnostic was well worth the trip, it still bothered him that he was so far from what he considered home.

 

This was quickly forgotten as he heard of Luna making a public appearance. They weren't rare in the capital by any means, but Aquila's passion put him a vast distance between him the Coalition's leaders. Normally, Aquila would just record them to watch later, however he couldn't pass up on an opportunity to see one of the Alicorns in person.

 

This trip is beginning to pay off, Aquila thought as he made his way back to his ship, a few knick-knacks and other purchases in tow. Walking past a ship, something caught his eye. A hooded mare approached the ship, unscrewing a panel and plugging her laptop into the ship. Though Aquila didn't know his way around a ship the same way professional mechanics did, he had seen the mechanic at work only hours before. The mare was performing some form of diagnostic. Though not suspicious on its own, the mare's shiftiness told a different story. Aquila decided to investigate.

 

Things only escalated from there. The mare wrapped up as an orange stallion left the ship, trailed by another who was holding a skull. The mare replaced her hood as the others came out, hiding in the shadows.

 

"See this? This was the last pony I had work on my ship. He bucked everything up as a 'joke'. It's a fun story, really. Anyway, are you sure you did everything you could? Are you sure you don't wanna change a few things?" The one with the skull threatened. Something wasn't right about any of this. Aquila had a feeling he would regret becoming involved, but it certainly excited him. Approaching the ship cautiously, he kept his eyes on the mare in the back.

Edited June 25, 2013 by Durandal

[RedStorm 66]

"Hold it. Get your flank back over here." He held up the skull to Gold. "See this? This was the last pony I had work on my ship. He bucked everything up as a 'joke'. It's a fun story, really. Anyway, are you sure you did everything you could? Are you sure you don't wanna change a few things?"

 

Nopony ever works for free. Especially at threat of death. Goldwrench was obvious.

"No... n-no! I did everything right! I just wanna get out of here, that's all! You should be happy, that I'm working for free." Goldwrench was ready to grab the pistol in his jacket.

"If anything's wrong with the autopilot, then it's because I've never seen such thing before." That was a lie. Gold's autopilot was just besides him.

"Max, prepare to shoot." Gold whispered to Max.

Max did nothing and Gold thanked the heavens that his robot companion didn't respond.

*That's two ponies on that ship. Ready to shoot. Damn you, Max... why did you drove the ship, out of all the places, here?*

Edited June 25, 2013 by RedStorm

[That One Techpriest You Used To Know 2,286]

Thunder Blade sat back, having finished. He sighed. "Captian Millarx! Take over bridge command." He then stood up and walked out.

 

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In the hangar, he looked over his ship, smiling. Ah, yes! His own personal starfighter. He used it to transport between ship, but for right now, it would have to go as far as it has ever gone before.

 

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A lone ship exited the hangar, almost immediately entering light speed. In a few hours, it touched down onto Canterlot. He put on his silver mask and a long black cloak. Time to go see if he can kill a mercenary...

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

"No... n-no! I did everything right! I just wanna get out of here, that's all! You should be happy, that I'm working for free." Goldwrench was ready to grab the pistol in his jacket.

"If anything's wrong with the autopilot, then it's because I've never seen such thing before." That was a lie. Gold's autopilot was just besides him.

"Max, prepare to shoot." Gold whispered to Max.

Max did nothing and Gold thanked the heavens that his robot companion didn't respond.

*That's two ponies on that ship. Ready to shoot. Damn you, Max... why did you drove the ship, out of all the places, here?*

"If you like having four legs, I'd recommend you get back here. I don't even need a weapon to make both your and your robot's day a living hell. Nopony ever works for free in Canterlot unless they have ulterior motives. You're obvious Goldwrench. Stop trying to hide it. I'm a busy stallion and I'm willing to let this go if you do your bucking job right." He threw the skull to the ground and crushed it with a hoof.

Edited June 25, 2013 by Mellon Collie

[rainbovv dash 110]

(Hi Durandal! to me it seems there is no inconsistency, I was never on the ship, but under it. MC and RS are still on the ship, and RS was on his way out while I'm watching from afar and MC stopped him. To me it seems perfectly consistent and alright. BTW, you write great, looking forward to this)

 

Storm kept an eye on the two ponies that were having an argument. Why doesn't this donkey just run away screaming? I don't think Deadeye would follow him and drawing attention but she had no intention of getting in the middle of their argument.

 

She had been keeping an eye on the ship to get information, she was curious about whatever Deadeye was planning but didn't care the slightest about the mechanic's faith.

 

... the ship cautiously, he kept his eyes on the mare in the back.

Storm's eyes suddenly locked onto a pair of eyes looking at her. A gray colt approached the ship and all that she could think was What are you doing! You bastard! Buck off!. As her mental threats didn't work she just sighed, "Damn".

 

Knowing he had caught sight of her, and that the longest ranged weapon she had brought was a 4 inch long hidden blade she considered that all she could do was to avoid the pony's looks. The sound of the skull hitting the floor and bursting under Deadeye's hoof was her cue to hide behind the massive wheel of another ship parked nearby.

Edited June 25, 2013 by rainbovv dash

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

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Metal Gear sighed heavily at Slicer's retort "Guess that really wouldn't work out too well fer us would it?" He rubbed the back of his neck as he walked, looking off into the distance "Wish you'd a said somethin' about goin' up there, I'da brought me wings if I'da known. Say how d'ya even know 'bout this filly anyway? First i've heard of it." 

 

"I already told you that...the paper. Some fancy high class business man is paying a few thousand bits for someone to search for his daughter who was kidnapped by some freaks who wanted his life's savings...which is several million bits. Anyway, we gotta talk to him about the payment." He said. "And why do you have to have your wings for going to the upper class part of Canterlot? They're not actually...up...in the sky." He laughed as they turned a corner to see crowds of ponies...probably there to see the princess.

[RedStorm 66]

"If you like having four legs, I'd recommend you get back here. I don't even need a weapon to make both your and your robot's day a living hell. Nopony ever works for free in Canterlot unless they have ulterior motives. You're obvious Goldwrench. Stop trying to hide it. I'm a busy stallion and I'm willing to let this go if you do your bucking job right." He threw the skull to the ground and crushed it with a hoof.

Gold suddenly ran at Deadeye. Stopping right infront of him. He took off his glasses, revealing creepy, huge eyeballs.

"I don't want to work for you anymore. We're leaving. I won't work for you. Find somepony else." He said in a deep voice.

As he turned around and started walking away, he saw ponies run out of the way.

"Ahem, Sire? Your eyes are scaring ponies."

"Oh... yeah." Gold put his glasses back on.

[Agent505 661]

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"Ah know, but ya remember me sayin' I might've made a few deals that went sour?" he chuckled. "And a'ight, whatever sails yer ship Slice, I take it ya know exactly where yer goin' yeah? I don' want another incident like back at the Rangur system. We where lost fer days followin' yer lead that didn't even exist!" As they turned the corner, the sheer amount of activity was almost overwhelming, it was like the whole of Canterlot had showed up for this! "Christ Slice, I didn't even know this city had this many ponies..."

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

Gold suddenly ran at Deadeye. Stopping right infront of him. He took off his glasses, revealing creepy, huge eyeballs.

"I don't want to work for you anymore. We're leaving. I won't work for you. Find somepony else." He said in a deep voice.

As he turned around and started walking away, he saw ponies run out of the way.

"Ahem, Sire? Your eyes are scaring ponies."

"Oh... yeah." Gold put his glasses back on.

Deadeye didn't expect this, so his usual, controlled demeanor faded away to his most honest reaction.

 

He laughed. He laugh loudly at the stallion for what felt like hours, but was really just a minute, pointing at Goldwrench. "Oh Luna! I love when ponies like you do that! It's so cute! Trying to threaten me! Oh Luna! That's grand. Ah, but seriously, I'll kill you and everyone you know if you don't fix the crap you messed  with...except the robot. I like him."

[RedStorm 66]

Deadeye didn't expect this, so his usual, controlled demeanor faded away to his most honest reaction.

 

He laughed. He laugh loudly at the stallion for what felt like hours, but was really just a minute, pointing at Goldwrench. "Oh Luna! I love when ponies like you do that! It's so cute! Trying to threaten me! Oh Luna! That's grand. Ah, but seriously, I'll kill you and everyone you know if you don't fix the crap you messed  with...except the robot. I like him."

"Well then... you can start by killing yourself..."

He pointed to Max.

"This guy has three built in cannons."

"Four, Sire."

"See? Also, if you wanted to kill me, you would have done it a long time ago. Because you don't have the skills to do anything with the ship, except drive it."

"You are a (insert mean words here :3)!"

"Since when did I built you that function?"

"For situations like these, Sire. So I could make the opponent angry and help you die faster."

".........."

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

"Well then... you can start by killing yourself..."

He pointed to Max.

"This guy has three built in cannons."

"Four, Sire."

"See? Also, if you wanted to kill me, you would have done it a long time ago. Because you don't have the skills to do anything with the ship, except drive it."

"You are a (insert mean words here :3)!"

"Since when did I built you that function?"

"For situations like these, Sire. So I could make the opponent angry and help you die faster."

".........."

"....I love that bucking robot. Anyway, I've fought much bigger fish, buddy. This will all go easier if you didn't try to buck with me." He then thought of something that made some sense. "You're a changeling! That's why! You have ten seconds to surrender before I send you back to your Queen in a bucket!"

[Durandal 623]

Aquila watched as the orange stallion tried with increasing futility to escape, making a fool of himself in the process. Aquila had seen his type before, and had dealt with them personally a few times as well. Normally, it was slight gestures or reactions that betrayed them. For this stallion, that wasn't the case. Not only did he do his services for free, but he attempted to threaten a pony who had just crushed a skull. It was pathetic.

 

"You're a scoundrel and a fool. At least your partner underneath the ship has some sense about her." Aquila spoke up, using his magic to aim his pistol at the stallion as he came up from behind.

 

"As for you," Aquila continued, looking up at the grey stallion. "I would suggest you let him walk. He's too much of a scoundrel to be trusted and too much of a fool to hide it. He didn't have the sense to request compensation, so he's useless to you."

Edited June 25, 2013 by Durandal

[RedStorm 66]

"....I love that bucking robot. Anyway, I've fought much bigger fish, buddy. This will all go easier if you didn't try to buck with me." He then thought of something that made some sense. "You're a changeling! That's why! You have ten seconds to surrender before I send you back to your Queen in a bucket!"

Gold bursted out laughing.

"That's better than all the stuff Max has done... me? A changeling?" He laughed even more.

"Oh... that's priceless... Max, scan me."

"Sire, you are Goldwrench, an expert mechanic, 36 years old, male earth pony. And more information that would make a total fool out of you, Sire so I'm not gonna tell it."

"......"

 

Aquila watched as the orange stallion tried with increasing futility to escape, making a fool of himself in the process. Aquila had seen his type before, and had dealt with them personally a few times as well. Normally, it was slight gestures or reactions that betrayed them. For this stallion, that wasn't the case. Not only did he do his services for free, but he attempted to threaten a pony who had just crushed a skull. It was pathetic.

 

"You're a scoundrel and a fool. At least your partner underneath the ship has some sense about her." Aquila spoke up, using his magic to aim his pistol at the stallion as he came up from behind.

Gold turned around.

"Oh... guns now? Max?"

"Yes, Sire?"

"Attack."

"Yes, Sire."

Max suddenly jumped onto the pony who was holding a gun at Gold. He started slamming the pony in the knees, knocking him over.

*Who's a fool now, eh?* He thought as he saw the pony get pummeled by Max.

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

Aquila watched as the orange stallion tried with increasing futility to escape, making a fool of himself in the process. Aquila had seen his type before, and had dealt with them personally a few times as well. Normally, it was slight gestures or reactions that betrayed them. For this stallion, that wasn't the case. Not only did he do his services for free, but he attempted to threaten a pony who had just crushed a skull. It was pathetic.

 

"You're a scoundrel and a fool. At least your partner underneath the ship has some sense about her." Aquila spoke up, using his magic to aim his pistol at the stallion as he came up from behind.

 

"As for you," Aquila continued, looking up at the grey stallion. "I would suggest you let him walk. He's too much of a scoundrel to be trusted and too much of a fool to hide it. He didn't have the sense to request compensation, so he's useless to you."

Deadeye turned to this new stranger. "I suspect him of sabotage. He's going to either fix it, or he'll pay for it. I don't let morons like him do as he pleases. And who are you? I don't think we have ever met before, stranger."

 

Suddenly the robot attacked the stranger. Deadeye slammed Goldwrench very hard in the side of the head with the back of his hatchet while he was turned to brag at Aquila. "Dumbflank!"

Edited June 25, 2013 by Mellon Collie

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

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"Ah know, but ya remember me sayin' I might've made a few deals that went sour?" he chuckled. "And a'ight, whatever sails yer ship Slice, I take it ya know exactly where yer goin' yeah? I don' want another incident like back at the Rangur system. We where lost fer days followin' yer lead that didn't even exist!" As they turned the corner, the sheer amount of activity was almost overwhelming, it was like the whole of Canterlot had showed up for this! "Christ Slice, I didn't even know this city had this many ponies..."

 

Slicer sighed. "That...shut up. Anyway, if you want the truth...I have no idea where I'm going." He said, cheerfully as he turned down another street to see that it led back to the docks...where there looked to be a bit of a commotion. "Oooooh...go find the fancy high class guy.....or check out whatever is happening over there. Come on, lets go get into trouble." He said, happily skipping down the street towards the docks.

[rainbovv dash 110]

(@Durandal: That awesome post.)

 

Storm Cloud's expression was extremely similar to the one children make when plates fall out of their hands. Cringing just by hearing the words in the distance, You fool! How could someone possibly think I'm fixing ships!

 

She then considered, Well, working on the bottom-side of one may have given away that image. She hoped that the fact she was hiding under the ship would be secondary to the two fighting colts and that they would solve their problems soon enough to stop wasting her time.

 

She then decided to hide further and climbed up the fixture supporting the wheel she was hiding behind to the frame of the ship. Once she sat inside of the body of the ship she was sure that the darkness inside would hide her well enough to watch without being detected a second time.

Edited June 25, 2013 by rainbovv dash

[Agent505 661]

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Metal Gear was a bit of a blind puppy when it came to exploring, he simply followed Slicer around wherever he went, often giving his opinion on matters but more often than not being ignored in the process. Seeing the commotion in the streets, it was Metal Gear's first instinct to stop and walk the other direction, but of course, Slicer had other plans.

"Slice, wait up I don't think tha-" but he was already merrily skipping away. "Goddammit Slice, yer gonna get us both killed" he mumbled before picking up the pace and heading to catch up to him. "Look, this aint a good idea Slice, I aint armed and I can't fight! You gonna protect me too? I doubt it! I ain't bein' a part o' this crap this time." 

[RedStorm 66]

 

Suddenly the robot attacked the stranger. Deadeye slammed Goldwrench very hard in the side of the head with the back of his hatchet while he was turned to brag at Aquila. "Dumbflank!"

 

Goldwrench fell on his knees. His vision was blurry. He started blinking, trying to get back up.

*Not like I could take a few hits... oh buck...* He noticed blood streaming down his head.

He got out his pistol and shot Deadeye's front leg. He was aiming for the chest, but the blurry vision made it nearly impossible to aim.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@RedStorm,

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Metal Gear was a bit of a blind puppy when it came to exploring, he simply followed Slicer around wherever he went, often giving his opinion on matters but more often than not being ignored in the process. Seeing the commotion in the streets, it was Metal Gear's first instinct to stop and walk the other direction, but of course, Slicer had other plans.

"Slice, wait up I don't think tha-" but he was already merrily skipping away. "Goddammit Slice, yer gonna get us both killed" he mumbled before picking up the pace and heading to catch up to him. "Look, this aint a good idea Slice, I aint armed and I can't fight! You gonna protect me too? I doubt it! I ain't bein' a part o' this crap this time." 

 

Slicer simply laughed and leaned against a tree near the docks to watch the fight. "You can go to the ship and get your weapons if you want...and wings. I have no intention of joining this fight but they're worth having...for something." He chuckled and pulled a bottle of water from his bag. He casually sipped it as he watched the pony on the ground point his gun at the other pony...who seemed to be a little angry.

[Durandal 623]

Aquila gasped as his knees buckled. Returning his gun to his side while he struggled to get the robot off of him, he unsheathed his sparkblade, the plasma on its edge crackling as he did.

 

Swinging it towards the robot, he scrambled backwards, putting some distance between him and his attacker. Keeping his sword directed at the small bot, he spoke up. This bot seemed to be a bit quirky, perhaps he could use that against it.

 

"You appear to be intelligent, so tell me. What are your chances of success here, Max?" Aquila mocked.

 

However a gun went off, surprising Aquila. Glancing towards the stallions' direction, he realized the grey one had been shot in the leg. Quickly tearing away the pistol from its owner, Aquila returned to his own fight, now hoping the bot had been too distracted to utilize his mistake against him. Perhaps I should practice dueling more often.

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

Goldwrench fell on his knees. His vision was blurry. He started blinking, trying to get back up.

*Not like I could take a few hits... oh buck...* He noticed blood streaming down his head.

He got out his pistol and shot Deadeye's front leg. He was aiming for the chest, but the blurry vision made it nearly impossible to aim.

He'd been shot enough to take it, but damn it hurt. He growled, spinning the blade in Gold's direction and coming down hard on Gold's leg (the one with the gun) as he fell from the wound. "Dumbflank..." he growled angrily, immediately crawling on top of him to beat the crap out of him with his good foreleg.

Edited June 25, 2013 by Mellon Collie