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[Charcoal Embers 169]

Frost sat up from inside the cage and looked at Charcoal. "I'll go, besides I would like to find out anyway. I can't go home like this, my reputation will be ruined." she said as she trotted over to Embers side and smiled. "Alright so what exactly do we do now?" age said as she waited for the others to join the little group.

"Well we should probably start looking around and see where we are." Charcoal said while walking towards the door. "And I don't see the problem with you being a mare, besides I think you found that "hot tourist you were looking for." Charcoal said with a chuckle.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

"I'll go with you: need to figure out getting back no normal as soon as possible." Scribe said, picking herself up with a groan and dusting herself off.

 

Whatever had caused this, she needed to stop. This wasn't right, wasn't normal. It was messing with her head!

[Snowy Storm 57]

Icy walked out of the cage.

"We have no idea where we are and some insane pony is tormenting us. This sounds like a bad horror movie" She looked around and sighed. she looked closer at the (mare/stallion?) who's voice was familiar to her. It took a while, but she remembered others calling her/him Scribe

"Hey I think I remember you" He said.

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[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@Snowy Storm,

 

Scribe blinked a few times, rubbing them with a foreleg after his tumble.

 

"You do? Because I don't normally look like this..." She said. "Female, I mean."

 

All jokes aside, the stallion was the one he assumed had been complaining about being locked up, calling herself 'high class'. The voice had sounded familiar. "... If this is about that time with the cart and the castle walls, it wasn't me!"

[Boleman500 9]

"Yes, great job Scribe." Charcoal walked over to where Scribe had fallen over and helped her up. Afterwords he walked over and grabbed his bag. It was a little snug but it could be fixed later. "Alright, who wants to go with me and see where we are? I'm not going to make the same mistake last time so it will just Ba small groups until we know where we are."

Steel decided she should go with since everyone else was doing something else and she was just sitting there"I'll go to if you want" she said to Charcoal who had already gotten another member on the group. It was better than waiting for sown thing to happen

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest glanced at Charcoal and shrugged I might as well go with you." She said. "It's not like I'm doing anything at the moment." The cyan pegesus then smiled slightly.

 

Ivy smiled and stood next to Tempest. "Do you mind if I rage along?" He asked, looking at Charcoal.

[Charcoal Embers 169]

@ @@Boleman500

"Sure you can come along but this is probably the most that could come without attracting attention." Charcoal said as he opened the door. Looking trough he sees that it is an empty hallway, and not a short one. "Oh yeah this is most definitely isn't a trap."

[ActFast231 432]

Max trotted over to the door where the others were. On her way, she passed by a mirror and spotted herself in her peripheral vision. Turning to get a full look, she saw that her body got even slimmer than it was before, but she got taller as well. She stood taller than Luna, but shorter than Celestia. Her mane was longer, now reaching her back. Her tail was a little longer too, and wasn't as messy as it was before. Facial wise, Max was mostly unchanged. Her features were softer, her jaw was curved more, and her eyes actually looked a little bigger than before. She let her wings out to full mast, and saw that they looked...softer, for lack of a better word. Folding them back and giving herself one last look, she actually didn't look half bad.

 

"Is it weird that I look better in a fedora and concierge coat as a mare than I do as a stallion?" She said to nopony in particular. With a shrug, Max trotted over to the door.

 

"Alright, ready when you are."

 

@@Charcoal Embers, 

[Charcoal Embers 169]

Max trotted over to the door where the others were. On her way, she passed by a mirror and spotted herself in her peripheral vision. Turning to get a full look, she saw that her body got even slimmer than it was before, but she got taller as well. She stood taller than Luna, but shorter than Celestia. Her mane was longer, now reaching her back. Her tail was a little longer too, and wasn't as messy as it was before. Facial wise, Max was mostly unchanged. Her features were softer, her jaw was curved more, and her eyes actually looked a little bigger than before. She let her wings out to full mast, and saw that they looked...softer, for lack of a better word. Folding them back and giving herself one last look, she actually didn't look half bad.

 

"Is it weird that I look better in a fedora and concierge coat as a mare than I do as a stallion?" She said to nopony in particular. With a shrug, Max trotted over to the door.

 

"Alright, ready when you are."

 

@@Charcoal Embers,

Charcoal looked back when Max spoke to him. "Well, ok I guess but we are treading really close to the point of being to large of a group." Looking on his saddlebag he pulls out a small crumpled up piece of paper and throws it info the hall. When nothing happens he takes careful steps down the hall. "Alright it looks like it is sa-" Charcoal was cut off by a spear streaking past his face, missing him by an inch.

[Skitter Run 44]

Skitter run walked over to charcoal and said.

"when you hit a point start walking back if these two don't wake up I'll carry them to you so I'll see you guys soon"

As skitter run walked away though he remembered.

"-I really gotta pee but I don't know how"

Rfdyh

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@Charcoal Embers,
 
"Careful there!" Called out Scribe, rushing over to see the commotion. "Want me to go first? If I set them all off then it might be safe for the rest of you?" She suggested with a wry smile. "I don't mind, if I can just get the hand of these new legs..."
 
As if on request, she managed to overestimate her new weight and trip on her own, lighter-than-before form.
 
"Uh... Or not... Either way..."

[Charcoal Embers 169]

@@Charcoal Embers,

 

"Careful there!" Called out Scribe, rushing over to see the commotion. "Want me to go first? If I set them all off then it might be safe for the rest of you?" She suggested with a wry smile. "I don't mind, if I can just get the hand of these new legs..."

 

As if on request, she managed to overestimate her new weight and trip on her own, lighter-than-before form.

 

"Uh... Or not... Either way..."

Charcoal takes a few steps back before answering. "I might say yes, but considering you think you weigh more than you do I don't think it is a good idea. Plus that armour must be loose since you obviously shrank a little bit during the transformation."

[ActFast231 432]

@@Charcoal Embers,

@,

 

"Here's an idea. Why not remove your armor, and throw it down the hall? It seems large enough to trigger the traps in this hall, and nopony has to get stabbed in the process." Max said plainly. He glanced down the hall, seeing a spear sticking out of the wall, and shuddered lightly. 

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest smiled and flew a few feet off the ground."Couldn't I just fly us all to the other side?" She asked, glancing at Charcoal. "I doubt there are any tripwires that high."

 

Ivy shrugged. "It seems like a good idea, but it might waste to much time." He thought to himself.

[Charcoal Embers 169]

Tempest smiled and flew a few feet off the ground."Couldn't I just fly us all to the other side?" She asked, glancing at Charcoal. "I doubt there are any tripwires that high."

 

Ivy shrugged. "It seems like a good idea, but it might waste to much time." He thought to himself.

Charcoal looked at Tempest. "Well you see, I can't really do that. I would rather not explain but the point is that I wouldn't make it by flying." Getting down on the ground Charcoal looked across the room. "Plus it seems that there are trip wires across all of the room, not just across the floor."

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@ActFast231,

 

"Oh no! No no no... Not an option. Nope." The stubborn unicorn argued. "I'll do it, I can deal with it, but I'm not giving up this suit."

 

Tightening the straps as far as they could go made her feel a lot more secure.

 

"Any other ideas or shall I go for it? I don't mind, I'm good at... stuff like this." She said proudly to the group.

[ActFast231 432]

@,

 

Max would of argued, but she had a guess as to why this armored mare wasn't going to give up the armor. And she could relate with that. Taking another look at the hall, she remembered the spear sticking out of the wall that shot first.

 

"Why don't we pull out that spear and use it instead. Again, it is large enough to set the traps off and it wont put any of us in danger." 

[Charcoal Embers 169]

@,

 

Max would of argued, but she had a guess as to why this armored mare wasn't going to give up the armor. And she could relate with that. Taking another look at the hall, she remembered the spear sticking out of the wall that shot first.

 

"Why don't we pull out that spear and use it instead. Again, it is large enough to set the traps off and it wont put any of us in danger."

"The spear itself wouldn't be heavy enough to break that many trip wires. But we could use the spear tip to cut them." Pulling the spear out of the wall Charcoal holds it, really not liking the taste of wood. With one swing he cuts a few of the wires, and then falls down the trap door that opens up under him.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@Charcoal Embers,

 

"Charcoal!" Scribe shouted, diving after the pony in question. Common sense wasn't one of her strengths. Neither was planning, forethought or anticipating consequence.

 

She tended to get by on an equal mixture of luck and stubbornness.

 

"I'm going after him!" She declared, stepping up to the edge of the pitfall.

 

'Great... We're going to die.' Her mind drawled in a bored tone.

[ActFast231 432]

@@Charcoal Embers,

@, 

 

Max rushed over to the trap door, thankful that the trip wires on the way there were cleared out. She looked down the hole to see the colt alive but trapped. She turned to the armored mare with a quizzical look in her face.

 

"I think I would be a better candidate for this, considering I have wings." She spoke as calmly as she could, before unfolding her wings and beginning the decent.

[Charcoal Embers 169]

@@Charcoal Embers,

 

"Charcoal!" Scribe shouted, diving after the pony in question. Common sense wasn't one of her strengths. Neither was planning, forethought or anticipating consequence.

 

She tended to get by on an equal mixture of luck and stubbornness.

 

"I'm going after him!" She declared, stepping up to the edge of the pitfall.

 

'Great... We're going to die.' Her mind drawled in a bored tone.

Falling down into a hole in the ground isn't fun. It also isn't fun when another pony lands right on top of him. "Ow, hey watch where you jump next time please." Pushing her off Charcoal stands up and looks out of the top of the pitfall he calls out. "Hey, does anypony think they could get a rope or something?"

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@ActFast231

@@Charcoal Embers

 

"Oh... Yeah of course. Wings." Scribe blushed at her mistake, watching events unfold and wondering when and how all of this would get resolved. True, she was starting to get used to compensating for the shift in balance in her new body but still...

 

'Cinder and Symphony would laugh so hard if they could see you now.'

 

She winced: she couldn't go home like this. "This is worse than Baltimare... At least The ponies there were mostly sane..." She muttered to herself.

[ActFast231 432]

@@Charcoal Embers,

@,

 

Max reached the bottom, and began to help each member up. She started with the colt that freed them, and got him up, just on the other side of the trap door, facing the end of the hall, where they needed to go. She descended again, but in trying to pick up the unicorn mare, found that she was packing too much weight.

 

"Hey, I can't carry you and your armor at the same time. Leave the armor and I'll come get it once your safe." She spoke through strained grunts.

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest nodded and flew into the hole. She floated above the others. "Get on." She said. "I'll have to carry you up one at a time, but it's the only other option. I can take half while Scribe takes the other half."

 

Ivy shrugged and got on top of Tempest. She could heal whatever was damaged later.

[Skitter Run 44]

Skitter run sat by the two sleeping stallions.

" so this one is sunset and the other I think was firecracker"

She said as she poked them.

"wake upppp hey come on you two wakey wakey "

She continued poking them

"Well this sucks"

Skitter run looked at the door that the other ponies went out and gasped as she saw a metal door sliding down

Oh no