The Trotting Dead RP

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"OK, i'll go ahead and do that." Missy said, the tank was now full, she attached the tank to her back and the mask to her muzzle, as she prepared to jump in, Fire Horn stopped her.

"Be careful, will you? I just... don't want anything to happen to you down there. Make sure to check the engine for parts."

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Stephan put his hoof on Missy's shoulder. "Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked. "I would much rather have myself do it. If anyone should risk their life for the sake of everyone else in the group, it should be me, not you. I couldn't live with myself if any of you died..."

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The brute looked down towards Grand with a little laughter. "Arguing? My my, we were just about to make a decision until everypony interrupted."

 

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Afterward, Zeta stepped in next to Stephan, letting out a nod towards Missy to show he was on his side. "I would easily agree. You should let the protectors do all this hard work that could pretty much kill us, which I know would worry you as well."

He took a little time to think for a moment, continuing on just a little after. "But please Missy, you're more important to both of us.."

Edited September 2, 2013 by Baby Sirius

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"I'll be fine, Ghost." Missy said. putting her hoof to his. "And i'm no more important than you guys. I know Fire Horn doesn't like this, but i want to lift my own weight. Alright, i'm going under." Missy dove into the water, using her wings as propellers, she started swimming over to the wreckage.

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Ink Drop retreated back to the engine room as the other survivors prepared themselves to aid with the salvaging. But before that, he came back to the room where he was lying unconscious after the accident that had occurred to him on leaping on board, he went inside through the opened entrance and tried to find his satchel at a toppled position and some of his items were outside; his herb bottle, his custom-made air-assisted spring propelled bolt gun, his stationery which consisted of a fountain pen, pencil, ink bottle with its quill, his black covered journal, and several sticks of coal. After he tidied them up, he picked the satchel up once he's done tidying, and then a chime came from the area behind him, a sound familiar to him... judging from the sound generated, it was from a light metal object; aluminum and a little bit of silver. He turned around quickly and took that object without seeing what it was because he already knew what it was... something valuable to him.

 

He put the satchel's sash around his back, mounting it up on his back like a saddle; opened up the satchel and put the little object inside. Walking slowly and closely along the walls to minimize the risk of falling down, he walked outside and descended directly to the engine room. Inside his mind he kept repeating, "Stay awake..." on and on and on.

 

 

"OK, i'll go ahead and do that." Missy said, the tank was now full, she attached the tank to her back and the mask to her muzzle, as she prepared to jump in, Fire Horn stopped her.

"Be careful, will you? I just... don't want anything to happen to you down there. Make sure to check the engine for parts."

 

Before he entered the engine room's door, he said from afar, "Just... take the essential only... spark plug, fuel pipe, and any sticky and water-proof material yo could find..." he shifted from his usual lively expression to a gloomy state and then continued, "Missy, is it?" Ink Drop said her name as he had discover it from the stallion saying her name, "Be careful..." he said calmly, then he disappeared from view and went down to the engine room.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Ink Drop

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Stephan kept hold of a rope tied around Missy's waist, ready to pull her up in case if things got bad. "Quit worrying. She'll be alright." Stephan kept saying to himself over and over again. "She knows what she's doing down there... at least, I hope she does." Stephan said, thinking aloud.

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She reached the boat wreckage, with 3 minutes left on the gauge, she had to be quick, going down to where she thought the engine was, she looked in, trying to salvage any parts she could off of it, she put a couple bits and pieces into an old toolbox she found on the yacht, she moved a part of the engine by accident.

 

Avg Roll: 8.6

 

The boat was very damaged at this point, so something fell, cutting the rope, soon after, a piece of debris fell down ontop of Missy trapping her.

 

(Unfortunate to the max)

 

Missy's breathing started to get worse, then she noticed, but before she could reach out to grab the loose pipe, she started choking. She was starting to lose conciousness.

 

-Meanwhile-

 

Bubbles were appearing on the surface above the wreckage.
"Don't worry, that's just the air coming out of the snorkel." Fire Horn said. Then the bubbles become more frequent and larger.

"Oh no, what's going on?"

Edited September 2, 2013 by ILoveTheShy

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Grand looked at ink worriedly. "Do you need anything?" She asked him helpfully, but she decided she needed to figure out this situation before it was too late. " alright missy, you can go. I'll man the rope if you would like" she said, compressing bits of ar and inserting it into the can.

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Grand looked at ink worriedly. "Do you need anything?" She asked him helpfully, but she decided she needed to figure out this situation before it was too late. " alright missy, you can go. I'll man the rope if you would like" she said, compressing bits of ar and inserting it into the can.

"No... I'm good. Just inform me if you found all the parts." he said while he was still down below the deck.

 

 

She reached the boat wreckage, with 3 minutes left on the gauge, she had to be quick, going down to where she thought the engine was, she looked in, trying to salvage any parts she could off of it, she moved a part of it by accident.

 

Avg Roll: 8.6

 

The boat was very damaged at this point, so something fell, cutting the rope, soon after, a piece of debris fell down ontop of Missy trapping her.

 

(Unfortunate to the max)

 

Missy's breathing started to get worse, then she noticed, but before she could reach out to grab the loose pipe, she started choking.

 

-Meanwhile-

 

Bubbles were appearing on the surface above the wreckage.

"Don't worry, that's just the air coming out of the snorkel." Fire Horn said. Then the bubbles become more frequent and larger.

"Oh no, what's going on?"

 

Down in the engine room, he waited for the others and for the parts, he let time passed by by rechecking the engines; making sure that he did not miss anything... any flaws or any other damages that could have been sustained for over the days or perhaps even months of staying idle because of the outbreak. And fortunately, there was any other damage besides the previously mention three damages. He looked around for the jerrycan of fuel that he had brought with him, but it wasn't there. He went outside and saw Fire Horn, Stephan, Grand, Zeta, plus the others gathering up around the railing of the boat. He asked, "Where's the jerry..." before he could even finish his current sentence, until he realized something was definitely off.

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Stephan could feel Missy suffering. "Don't worry, Missy! Just hold on for a few more seconds!" Stephan took a deep breath dived down into the water. He saw up to Missy and quickly lifted the debris off of her body. He then grabbed Missy and started swimming back up to the surface. "This would be so much easier if I were a human again..." He thought to himself.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Stevenearthpony

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"Come on, please don't be dead." Fire Horn said.

"Guys, we've got company, there's a boat sailing in our direction, i believe they're going to board us. I think they might be pirates." Starburst said, flying down from the top of the yacht.

 

(Why do i have to do this, i don't want to make a filler.)

Edited September 2, 2013 by ILoveTheShy

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Stephan saw the bottom of a ship going across the water. It seemed to be heading towards the boat that the others were on. "Uh oh. Time to speed up!" Stephan thought. He suddenly gained a burst of speed and swam as fast as he could to the boat. one of his legs skidded across a sharp piece of debris and it was cut open. Stephan tried to ignore the pain and he kept pushing forward. "Please let there be no sharks in these waters." Stephan thought, as he quickly intercepted the boat. 

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"Come on, please don't be dead." Fire Horn said.

"Guys, we've got company, there's a boat sailing in our direction, i believe they're going to board us. I think they might be pirates." Starburst said, flying down from the top of the yacht.

 

(Why do i have to do this, i don't want to make a filler.)

 

(( I was thinking the same thing ))

 

The sound of boat engines from across the sea fell to both Ink Drop's ears. His eyes aimed towards the direction of the source of the sound and he saw one boat threading across the water. "Oh, they won't give up, will they?" he said to himself. There were two problems at the moment, one; Missy being in a probable state of drowning, and two; the persistent marauders that had been chasing him or any other ponies ever since he was at Baltimare.

 

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Stephan saw the bottom of a ship going across the water. It seemed to be heading towards the boat that the others were on. "Uh oh. Time to speed up!" Stephan thought. He suddenly gained a burst of speed and swam as fast as he could to the boat. one of his legs skidded across a sharp piece of debris and it was cut open. Stephan tried to ignore the pain and he kept pushing forward. "Please let there be no sharks in these waters." Stephan thought, as he quickly intercepted the boat.

 

((I'll write down how Ink Drop gets the burst of adrenaline and what exactly happens to him, so you guys could understand more))

 

Ink Drop saw that Stephan had already taken care one problem and it was now the time to settle it between the survivors and the bandits. Like he mentioned, ever since the very first events related to the viral outbreak that he had witnessed, suffered, and underwent, something inside of him changed. Just like before -- exactly like before at the roof of a building at Balitmare -- Ink Drop controlled his breathing without actually purposing it to happen. His pupils dilated, his body, assisted with the application of Salicylic acid that he gained for consuming the white willow leaves. Unfortunately, thanks to his injured brain rendered him still unfit for a direct offensive stance, meaning that he could not repeat the things he had done at the docks.

 

His head was still bandaged at that time, he took out his bolt gun and held it at the state of ready and wary. All he need was the 'go hot' order from any of the ponies there. 

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The ship was getting closer, either it's a pirate ship or a bandit ship, whichever one it was, was a bad sign.

"OK, they have two unicorns, a pegasus and 3 earth ponies." Fire Horn said, we currently have 3 unicorns, an alicorn and 2 earth ponies. By definition, we should overpower them, but stay on the ready, don't attack until i order."

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Stephan got the the ship and climbed up with Missy to the deck. He put he down gently and fell to the ground, coughing up water. He clenched his cut knee. "Ah! Damn it, that stings.' He slowly looked behind him and saw the boat coming towards the group. "Man, we've got all the luck..."

Edited September 2, 2013 by Stevenearthpony

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"Come on, please don't be dead." Fire Horn said.

"Guys, we've got company, there's a boat sailing in our direction, i believe they're going to board us. I think they might be pirates." Starburst said, flying down from the top of the yacht.

 

(Why do i have to do this, i don't want to make a filler.)

"Pirates you say?" Zeta asked, reloading his rifle and taking aim. "By the looks of it, yes indeed. Their ship is intact though, so if we can kill them off we may have a chance of getting away."

His only intention now was to finish all this up so they can get moving toward where they needed to go. Having his armor on and everything ready, he waited for Fire Horn's signal.

 

(( by the way, is the ship smaller, bigger, fancier, not as much as the yacht? And also if it is smaller n crap, we could salvage from it ))

Edited September 2, 2013 by Baby Sirius

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The pirates turned to board, instead of attacking directly, who Fire Horn assumed to be the captain of the little gang, and his accomplices came over to the yacht.

"Missy, wake up. Missy?" Fire Horn turned to the captain. "Leave right now so i can help my wife or so help me Celestia i will tear your head off and wear the skin as a hat."

"Now, now, we're here to make you an offer, give us all your weapons now and we'll kill ya quickly." The captain said. "Wait just a flippin' moment, i know who you are, Ink Drop." He turned to look at Ink Drop. "Did you think you'd given us the slip last time."
Fire Horn was bewildered. "What?"

Edited September 2, 2013 by ILoveTheShy

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The pirates turned to board, instead of attacking directly, who Fire Horn assumed to be the captain of the little gang, and his accomplices came over to the yacht.

"Missy, wake up. Missy?" Fire Horn turned to the captain. "Leave right now so i can help my wife or so help me Celestia i will tear your head off and wear the skin as a hat."

"Now, now, we're here to make you an offer, give us all your weapons now and we'll kill ya quickly." The captain said. "Wait just a flippin' moment, i know who you are, Ink Drop." He turned to look at Ink Drop. "Did you think you'd given us the slip last time."

Fire Horn was bewildered. "What?"

 

((Thank you ))

 

"Hello, Captain... or should i say Brook Lancer " Ink Drop placed his eyes firmly at the captain whilst saying his true name. "We meet again..." he continued while his hoof held his bolt gun even tighter than before.

 

((Brook Lancer, my first generate brony name, is that okay with you guys?))

 

"Still remember my name, do you eh? Author..." teased Captain Brook. While the two ponies had one tense and a seemingly reunion type conversation, Brook gave a hoof signal, telling his men to spread out; covering every part of the deck, just to be sure that Ink Drop won't make any moves as he did the last time.

 

"You still lied to any pony that passed by? Huh?" he asked in rage and he mentioned, "How you told them that you provided sanctuary but the truth is you only want their equipment and supplies?"

 

"On occasions... You really know how I do things around 'New' Baltimare" Brook replied and stated that he had owned Baltimare, "you could have used that brain of yours... but too bad you refuse." Brook looked around and saw the unconscious Missy, enraged Fire Horn, soaking wet Stephan and the others, "You always pick the underdogs."

 

"At least they'e not dirty like you..." at the end of his sentence, Ink Drop received one blow from Brook to his still recovering head, knocking him down but not knocking him out. 

Edited September 2, 2013 by Ink Drop

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"I'm running out of patience for your games, Brook, so why don't you just scuttle off back to your ship, and go find someone else to bother for a while, my wife is lying there, dying, the longer she stays like that, the less chance i'll have of saving her. So i'll ask again real nice. Get the fuck off my ship!" Fire Horn was right up at the captain's face, sword to the neck.

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Water was clogging Stephan's throat. He could see his vision fading. His breathing rate was low, but he could still breath. His vision went to black as he went unconscious. The last thing he saw was Fire Horn holding a sword to Captain Brook's neck.

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"He's right, leave this folk alone... uh..." the bandages around Ink Drop's head were starting to get loose because of the sweat and the unsuspected flying hoof at him. He tried standing up and facing him directly eye to eye. One thing though, he purposely left his bolt gun lying near Starburst's hooves and its barrel aiming at Brook's leg, all that was required was one hard kick because of the intentional flaw that Ink Drop gave to his gun as a 'dumb-fail-safe' then one stray shot will launch out.

 

"Well, I would love to leave... but look at all those weapons." Brook pointed at every weapons that the opposing group had on their disposal, "and you... please, just don;t be a hero, you're a writer. Wake the f***^[1] up !" Brook sworn over Ink Drop's face, yelling relentlessly at him, reminding him that he was just a writer.

 

"You're right, I am just a writer." Ink Drop admitted, lowering his dignity down to this jerk of a stallion. He gave one cue^[2] that Brook did not noticed to Starburst. He simply looked at her and said to both Starburst and Brook at the same time, "and now this... writers tend to cleverly leave something really obvious but hard to spot stuff in their story." 

 

^[1] In my years of writing and learning how to write, there's some sort of a rule where you need to apply a censor to a swearing/taboo word because it would seemed to be informal and impolite, but it's not necessary though.

^[2] Doctor Who style giving an obvious clue (Rise of the Cybermen)

Edited September 2, 2013 by Ink Drop

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"Go on, give me a reason not to slit your silly little throat right now, go on, i dare you."  Fire Horn said.

Starburst was just beside Missy, listening to what Ink was saying. The words were processing, there was some hidden signal, a meaning, he looked down a bit. There was a gun, aimed... Starburst stomped full force with his front hoof, the gun firing and hitting Brook in the leg.
"EVERYPONY! ATTACK!" Fire Horn shouted, Brook was on the ground.

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Stephan regained his vision and slowly got back up to his feet. He looked at Captain Brook and heard Fire's battle signal. "Hey, man... that wasn't cool..." He quickly ran up to two of the ponies and made quick, but effective strikes to their bodies. He knocked them both unconscious on the ground. "Heh. Looks like your men don't know much about hoof-to-hoof combat, Brook." Stephan taunted.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Stevenearthpony

[The Ponyville Critic 304]

The battle was over as quickly as it had started.

"Captain Brook Lancer, i am letting you go free, do you know why?" Fire Horn asked rhetorically. "Because you will meet your little buddies, and you're going to tell them about us, and when you do, tell them this from me. "F**k with us, and we'll f**k you right back", you got that? Now, get out of here!"

 

(I think it best that you control the captain Ink.)

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The battle was over as quickly as it had started.

"Captain Brook Lancer, i am letting you go free, do you know why?" Fire Horn asked rhetorically. "Because you will meet your little buddies, and you're going to tell them about us, and when you do, tell them this from me. "F**k with us, and we'll f**k you right back", you got that? Now, get out of here!"

 

(I think it best that you control the captain Ink.)

"You know, that's a bad mistake.." Zeta would reply. His rifle was still aimed at the captain's face, hoof on the trigger. "You let no enemy survive, Fire Horn. None, ever.."

So he pulled the trigger, sending out one of the bullets directly through Captain Brook's face. He didn't care about disobeying his orders, but Zeta has shot somepony at a very close range once before. And from that day, he would never let that oppertunity slip again.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Baby Sirius