private The Amulet of the Eventide Reboot (RP)

[Agent505 661]

Aside from the casual rumblings of the carriage's wheels on the grass, and the occasional clunk of stone here and there, things were pretty quiet for the most part. 

Canterlot was already quickly falling behind the group, no more than a dimming structure on the side of the mountain in the rapidly failing sunlight. Suddenly, the front carriage skidded to a halt, flinging Gallant into the opposite set of seats, before quickly shaking off the sudden onset light headedness and clicking open the door, jumping out onto the ground only to be almost hit by the rear carriage as it pulled up beside them. 

"What's the matter? What's goin' on?" Gallant called over to the lead pony, who simply motioned over to the distance ahead of them. There was a caravan - a simple wooden box with wheels, big enough to house a few ponies at a time had been tugged across the road. "Why don't we just go around?" Gallant asked as he lit the lanterns on the sides of the carriage. "Any need t' fling us about like that?"
"Sir, it's a bridge, we're going to need to move the caravan to get past." 

"It is?" He looked around, peering into the distance by the road "Well, explains why I can't see the floor then..." 

Just then, there was a commotion of noise from the distance, and from the woods either side of the opposite ends of the bridge emerged 4 stallions, all dressed in rugged clothing and hoods. They signalled something to the caravan, and then a pair of unicorns hopped on top of it, while 4 more stallions emerged from behind. 

"Bandits..." Gallant cursed as he banged on the side of his carriage "Hustle up everypony...things might get a tad messy..."

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

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Violet sighed and slithered out of the carriage, leaving her rather heavy bag on the seat, pulling both her crossbow and spike dart ((Just gonna call it that because...I cant think of any other names for it)) out with her.
She stretched when she touched the ground before slithering around next to Gallant. "This autta be fun." She mumbled, loading her crossbow and unwinding her spike dart as she looked up at two of the stallions with a grin on her face, flicking her tail back and forth as her fangs snapped forwards.

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

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Lost sighed. It would have been nice if they could have at least made it one night before they had to start fighting for their lives, but apparently they weren't going to be so lucky. He hopped out of the caravan, hatchet and machete at the ready. "Do you have a plan, Gallant, or are we just going to hope for the best?" 

[Agent505 661]

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Gallant grunted quietly at the naga as he twitched his wings slightly and motioned behind him in a hoof down manner. "What is it you want from us?" He yelled over the open space between the two groups. "We're simple travellers, we harbour no coin here" 

The bandit group turned amongst themselves, sniggering and mumbling to each other over the quiet stillness of the night sky, before one of the rougher looking stallions - presumably the groups leader - shouted over in response. "No coin? Then send over snake pony! We'll take her off your hooves, let you go free!" 

The rest of the group laughed and began shouting over their approval of the idea, in what quickly became a mess of noise and jeering. 

Gallant passed a concerned eye back to Violet and Lost as he turned to face the pair. 

"Well that was the plan, any ideas now though?" He turned to Lost specifically as he answered "I wouldn't want any more bloodshed than is necessary." 

Edited September 14, 2013 by Agent505

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

@@Agent505,

 

Lost sighed. "Neither would I, but it would seem the diplomatic route has been exhausted, and I doubt these guys are very patient. I should be able to tend to our injuries fairly well, should a fight be necessary. At any rate, I'll follow your lead, whatever you decide to do."

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

@@Agent505,

 

Violet laughed. "Not the first time this has happened." She said, shrugging at Gallant before looking up at the bandits. "I'm not going with you, and I must admit its rather idiotic of you to think that I would simply go with you without a fight...so, as someone who's been fighting since I was born I suggest you let us pass or this fight will surely be your very last." She said.
She did an excellent job of hiding it...but the thought had crossed her mind of just moving on with these bandits and giving them the slip later to catch up with the group...so she...or anyone else wouldn't have to fight.

((I thought you may have brought this up to get Violet away from the group until I return...if not, let me know))

[Agent505 661]

@,

 

 

Well I didn't, but it fits nicely doesn't it? I brought it up to try and get some people to post as conversations seem to have ran dry

 

 

Gallant sighed, his wing twitching slightly as he turned to face the bandits again. "You heard the lady! She's not fa' sale!" He yelled back, taking a step forward and lifting up his wings ever so slightly. 

"Oh? That so? Then we have problem, don't we? What do you think boys? Shall we take her for us?" The stallion jeered to his group, before the unicorns on the caravan lifted two barrels and threw them down the bridge. 

 

 

What is this, Donkey Kong? If something else comes of this scene, I know a backup for getting Violet out of the crew if needs be

 

[Ano170 162]

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The Captain finally opened her eyes to find that the snakepony had left the cart.

 

We've stopped?

 

She could hear voices, but it  sounded as if they were far away, or maybe under water. For a moment she just sat in the seat, blinking - everything felt distant; out of focus; unreal. Then, with a ruffle of her feathers, she stood, the cart seeming tilt slightly beneath her.

 

She could still hear the screams and shots; see the blood. She wasn't entirely sure what was real - the cart; the ponies around her; the voices outside - or those awful sights and sounds? The griffon wasn't even entirely sure who she was - The Captain, or Willemina, that frightened little upperclass fledgling who wouldn't last five minutes on her own? 

 

Stepping out of the cart, the first thing she saw was the snakepony and two of the stallions. Looking up, she saw that they were talking to some other ponies - bandits.

 

At once, the world snapped back into focus. She was The Captain again; she could handle this. 

 

"Finally, some fun around here!"

 

Unafraid - elated, even, The Captain took the air, whipping out her crossbow and shoving all uncomfortable thoughts back into the little box in her mind. She didn't even notice the two barrels rolling beneath her, hovering above the nearest bandit, aiming the weapon and firing a bolt at him, with no regard for her own safety or that of her new companions.

Edited September 14, 2013 by Ano170

[Agent505 661]

 

Yay! First combat, so soon too o.O

 

 

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The arrow thudded with a dull *whump* into the ground beside the caravan, and a few drops of blood splatted on the ground. The stallion nearest the caravan let out a cry as his chin hit the ground. The stallion beside him pulled him back up to his feet, and a slight cut across his front leg revealed itself. "Take the snake pony! Kill the rest!" snarled the rough looking stallion as he ducked into the caravan.

"God-dammit NO!" Gallant shouted as he ran forward two paces and took to the skies. Within a single powerful stroke of his wings, he was beside the griffon in the air, keeping himself up with irregular flapping of his wings. "Stop! What the hay are ya doin'!" He called, knocking the crossbow down with his hoof as he positioned himself in front of her. 

Meanwhile, the bandits where moving in across the bridge with knives in their mouths, and the leader of the group emerged with a spear in his hooves as the unicorns fired a mysterious magical bolt at Violet and Lost, which suddenly exploded in a huge puff of blinding smoke...

[Starshine 16,335]

The cacophony had stirred Blitz from his slumber. He didn't make any attempt to rush out of the carriage and join in the fight. He yawned once and dully noted that the Griffon and the snakepony had disappeared from their seats, and there was a smokescreen in front of the carriage. "Here we go," he murmured and channelled his magic to his horn and teleported himself onto the top of the carriage. He landed on the saddlebags with a thud.

 

Blitz Blaze scanned the surroundings. Looked like a group of bandits had blocked the way with a caravan, and some had charged blindly through the smokescreen straight to... an unicorn and Violet. Blitz Blaze turned his attention to the bandit unicorns near the caravan. He couldn't get a clear line of sight even from his elevated position above the carriage, hitting them would be a hard gamble.

 

@@Agent505,

 

"Hrmph," Blitz grunted and ignited his magic, he put a dozen of explosive enchantments randomly around the bandits' caravan. Each appeared as a simple blue circle on the ground and pulsated with unstable energy. With a flick of his horn Blitz detonated all of the magical land mines. "That should keep them occupied for a while."

Edited September 15, 2013 by Starshine

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

@@Agent505,

 

((Since I'm still here for a few days...can we try to think of something else? I kinda want to keep going for as long as I can we'll see how stuff turns out))

 

Violet coughed as the smoke appeared around them but wasted no time in darting out of the smoke cloud, around the carriage she had been sitting in and to the front where she took aim and fired it at one of the approaching bandits before she tossed her crossbow onto the ground below the carriage. "Come and get it, boys." She grinned at the rest of the bandits running towards them and began spinning her spike dart...very...very quickly, her teeth still snapped forwards...mostly to intimidate them...but also to be used as a weapon if need be.

[Agent505 661]

 

@Starshine - I think i've found how i'll input your idea of modifiers, i'll keep it simple and give it a situational dependance - visibility, type of attack, etc.

- That's fine, as I said it was initially to try and get something going, it just so happened that it coincided with your situation.

Also, I totally forgot how many bandits are around...

 

 

Blitz Blaze - 5+1(explosive) heads: The sudden explosions around the unicorns cause a noticeable distress amongst the pair, kicking up dirt and even taking a chunk from the caravan, causing one of the two to slip and fall from the roof, cracking something upon her landing - the second dropped down quickly to check on her friend, taking them both momentarily out of the fight. The lead stallion was shaken from the explosions, but he quickly leapt from the roof and landed on the ground, spear in hoof ready to strike. 

 

Violet Strike - 3 tails: The leading bandit of the group quickly regretted his position as a crossbow bolt pierced his leg, causing him to tumble to one side and slide to a halt as he attempted to pull out the shattered pieces of wood and metal. Unfortunately, none of his friends seem overly concerned with his wellbeing as they thunder past him and into the group of adventurers. 

3 of the group quickly skidded to a slow walk and began circling Violet, knives in their mouths as they kept a reasonable distance, ready to strike at their first opportunity. 

 

 

So how do you want me to go about attacking the player characters? Should I use the dice roll system for attacking characters, or just attack

 

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

Lost released a powerful glow from his horn, allowing him to see clearly through the smoke. He was hesitant to enter the fray however, not for fear of his own safety, but because he didn't want to kill the bandits if it could be avoided. But really, there wasn't much choice but to fight, and try to hold back enough that they were only knocked unconscious. Looking around, he grabbed the nearest heavy object with his magic and lobbed it towards one of the bandits.

[Starshine 16,335]

 

Blitz Blaze nodded in satisfaction as one of the unicorns fell to the ground, and the other followed suit. He could make out some movements behind the fog, but he wasn't too bothered to make haphazard guesses. He instead focused back on the felled unicorns and started channeling more mana from his horn into a sphere of explosive magic in front of him. He took a deep breath as the spell slowly reached critical mass. "Eat fire, you insufferable heathens!" With a sudden charge from his horn, Blitz Blaze hurled the spell on a high arc to the bandit unicorns.

 

 

 

 

So how do you want me to go about attacking the player characters? Should I use the dice roll system for attacking characters, or just attack

Just do it however you like it :3

 

Note: The spell eats a lot of time, about ten to fifteen seconds, feel free to have everypony moving around during the time.

 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2013 by Starshine

[Ano170 162]

 

Yay! First combat, so soon too o.O

 

 

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The arrow thudded with a dull *whump* into the ground beside the caravan, and a few drops of blood splatted on the ground. The stallion nearest the caravan let out a cry as his chin hit the ground. The stallion beside him pulled him back up to his feet, and a slight cut across his front leg revealed itself. "Take the snake pony! Kill the rest!" snarled the rough looking stallion as he ducked into the caravan.

"God-dammit NO!" Gallant shouted as he ran forward two paces and took to the skies. Within a single powerful stroke of his wings, he was beside the griffon in the air, keeping himself up with irregular flapping of his wings. "Stop! What the hay are ya doin'!" He called, knocking the crossbow down with his hoof as he positioned himself in front of her. 

Meanwhile, the bandits where moving in across the bridge with knives in their mouths, and the leader of the group emerged with a spear in his hooves as the unicorns fired a mysterious magical bolt at Violet and Lost, which suddenly exploded in a huge puff of blinding smoke...

 

(OOC: Sorry for such a slow reply...).

 

"Hah!" The Captain laughed in triumph at the sight of the bleeding bandit, then looked up sharply in surprise as the expedition leader - Gallant, right? she wondered - knocked down her crossbow. "Hey!" she yelled, paws on hips, like an irritated child who's toy had been snatched by an angry parent. "What was that for?"

 

What's his problem? The Captain looked down at the bandits attacking members of the caravan. They're the bad guys.

[Agent505 661]

 

@@aRegularPony,@, @@Starshine, @@00Pony, @@Alex Kennedy, @@Ano170, @@SilverHeart, @,

OKAY! This is still a thing, if you guys all want it to be. I'm back for good now, so i'll be able to hopefully get things moving. I have things planned for the later stages of the RP, so hopefully it wont all be like this  
Also, i'm going to take Violet out of the RP for the time being - I've had no reply from Flame Dancer, so I must assume he's gone away as he said.

 

Just a refresher in case anyone has forgotten what's gone off so far, we've headed out from Canterlot in the carriages and have been ambushed on a bridge by bandits. We're currently trying to escape with our lives, or kill the bandits. Either way.

 

 

@@Alex Kennedy,

(Let's try and recall how I did this before...)

Lost Knowledge - 5, tails: As Lost grabbed a nearby rock with his magic and hurled it into the oncoming bandits, it bounced from one of the three in front of him with a loud thump, causing the bandit to twist forcefully to one side, knocking into the other beside him. The one at the back however, had noticed that the unicorn was on the offensive, and saw his chance. In the confusion, he lunged forward with the knife in his mouth, landing mere inches away from Lost, he swung with his knife...

 

@@Starshine,

Blitz Blaze - 6, heads: The injury the unicorn sustained from the fall was enough to stop her from making any form of escape, and in an attempt to protect themselves from any further attacks, they cast a protective shield around the caravan and themselves.

However, the sheer force of impact and intense heat from Blitz's attack was more than enough to - quite literally - burn through it. The entire caravan was quickly engulfed in flame and heat, and the only thing that moved were the flames and pieces of falling wood...

 

Gallant Pursuit - 6, heads: (I think my dice are weighted...)

Glaring momentarily at the griffon, Gallant was quickly shaken from his thoughts by the growing sound of conflict from below. He shook his head in frustration, turned, and dive bombed into the ground on the bridge, aiming to intercept the bandit leader before he could enter the fight. Thankfully he must have not heard the incoming pegasus, as he remained oblivious up until the point of collision. Discharge bounced with a surprising athleticism a few feet away and unsheathed his kukri, ready for the next strike. 

 

Violet Strike

Unresponsive to the threat around her, the naga almost willingly let herself get captured by the surrounding bandits. With a scary precision, one of the bandits from behind quickly gagged the snake pony, and another lunged in with a knife to her throat as they silently dragged her away. Within moments they had gone - seemingly vanishing into thin air - along with one of the carriages the group had arrived in. 

Edited September 22, 2013 by Agent505

[Ano170 162]

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"Whatever." The Captain growled slightly at the retreating stallion's back, then turned in the air and dived herself, wanting to be part of the thick of the fighting. Through a cloud of fog she landed rather heavily next to a unicorn stallion with a grey coat. Crossbow raised once again, it took her a moment to realise he wasn't a bandit and turn the crossbow slightly away from him. Before she could say anything, a bandit lunged at the stallion, knife at the ready. She fired at the bandit almost instinctively, not even sure the bolt would hit him on time even if the shot was accurate.

[SilverHeart 741]

(OOC: Sorry it's taken me so long to post. Posting from phone.)

 

After spending far too long searching through her bags producing a two and a half foot long flanged bar mace. The word "Fortitude" was inscribed on one if it's sides just above the handle. She gripped mace in her telekinesis and jumped outside of the carriage.

 

Silver Heart surveyed the skirmish around her. Nearby were two ponies that had been distracted. Silver Heart quickly moved forward and swung her mace at one of the ponies hind legs, hoping to cripple him for the rest of the fight

 

(OOC: Just to clarify she's aiming for one of the ponies that Lost knocked down with the stone.)

Edited September 23, 2013 by SilverHeart