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The hotel couldn't have been that far, she was recommended to it by someone nearby, so it would likely have been in the community, right?  It'd be foolish to assume that the logic of people from somewhere else coincided with her own, but that's all she had.  Anyways, she aimed for some lights she felt just -had- to be the hotel.  Even though it was dark and a little chilly, just the sight of light was warming.  She placed her aim for the overhang just outside the hotel entrance. 

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The shadow made it's way into view of the hotel building, and watched as Sasha landed. It stayed hidden, skulking about in the dim of the alley. The lights of the hotel were bright, and lit the street in front of it. The sign outside read "vacancy". The shadow waited for Sasha to make her next move.

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She perched just over the door, looking back to the streets to make sure there wasn't any danger before trotting into an enclosed space.  With the patience and paranoia of a hunter, she took her time.  She had felt like this before, believing to be watched or followed by some predator.  Manticores, basilisks, timberwolves; they were each territorial and attacked any other predator they ever laid eyes on.

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Sidesplitter smiled warmly towards Grey Danger. She was happy to have an ally with them in this grave situation.

 

"Um, I'll go, that is if nopony else wants to of course." She didn't really feel up to it, & was tired as everypony else was, but she didn't want to act selfish."

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Muddle remained quiet while everyone laughed at thought of tying up Midnight, and she remained silent as they talked about what they would do about the chip and in the future. Everything they said seemed to scare her more and more, until she was absolutely silent.

 

"Tying up a friend, kidnapping newborns and experimenting on them..." She heard Sidesplitter offering to go and feared for the pony's life. "Shadow," She thought, "I need you to do me a favor."

 

"I already told you n~"

 

"Please! just watch over everyone until it's my shift, then you can go to bed. I'll take you where ever you want to go when this is all over."

 

Shadow thought this over for a moment. It always wanted to go to Germanigh, and the fact Muddle had offered meant it was important. "Alright, I'll see what I can do."

Edited November 18, 2013 by danzxc123

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"I'll take first shift, I'm already used to sleep deprivation", Subject 888 said. He knows that they need the sleep more then him. "And Midnight, is there an engineer in the city, I have a design but no means of bringing it to life." He had an idea for a weapon, but needed to make it.

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@,@Midnight Scribbler, @danzxc123, @ovr9000percentcooler As Selune returned from her security-patrol there were small eyes at the doors and windows just like her cutie mark. She heard Grey talking about getting the first shift... "Then i'll get the second... we don't want you being tired from watching us all night now do we?"

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Sidesplitter shrugged. "Alright, I'll take the third shift I guess." She was happy to at least get a little sleep before patrol. "But I'm going to warn you now, I'm a heavy sleeper, so you'll really need to try to wake me up for my next shift, heh." She said nervously.

[SixNine 4]

Walking down the streets of Dodge city, Sparky sees missing posters everywhere, he heard about the disappearances through murmurs in some of the other towns he passed by, but he thought it was a myth, seeing that the disappearances wasn't just another myth, his heart starts racing, telling him to get out of there, but he suddenly hears a rumble in his stomach, I'll just have a quick bite,he assures himself, then I will get out of here.

 

A few minutes later,he finds a café drawing him in with a sweet aroma, once seated, he orders a bowl of his favorite alfalfa. Starting to eat, he starts to calm down,and he drops his saddlebag. Halfway through the meal he sees a mare out of the corner of his eye, but he doesn't take note until he sees her run past him, grabbing his saddlebag. Sparky pauses for a second and yells "Hey!" He immediately gets up from his seat and starts running after her,abandoning his alfalfa, but after 10 minutes of chasing her,he couldn't find where she went he gave up, realizing he lost her.

 

Frustrated and exhausted, Sparky walks over to the nearest Police Station to talk with an on-duty Officer.

Walking up to one of the officers,Sparky desperately says "Help, a pony stole my saddlebag."

The officer, upon hearing this, responds "Sorry, we can't help you,we are focusing completely on the disappearances, so you will have wait." The officer adds "If this stolen item is important,you should stay at the hotel across the street until we are done with this investigation."

 

Sparky, disgruntled and tired, walks across the street and enters the hotel,

"I would like to rent a room for three nights," Sparky says to the hotel attendant.

"That'll be 30 bits," the attendant replies.

"What's with the foalnappings?" Sparky asks while getting the bits out,

"I don't know, but I wouldn't want to find out," the hotel attendant answers, giving Sparky his hotel key,with 1409 etched on the side.

 

Sparky arrived at room 1409 a few minutes later and jumped into bed,falling asleep a few minutes later, finally feeling somewhat relaxed for the first time in what seems like forever.

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"I guess leaves me with the fourth shift huh?" She knew it was selfish, but she wanted the shift closest to morning. In the middle of the night, 'almost' alone in the dark. She would probably just end up scared of her own... Right. 

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Midnight began to feel slightly more at ease with all the barriers and protection spells up. He wasn't sure about this newcomer, but he seemed friendly enough.. Although it was still on his mind that he, being a test subject himself, could possibly be as vulnerable to outbursts and blackouts. He didn't want to harm anypony, but there would be nothing he could do if the chip decided to take over for him again. "I'll stay out here with the watch shift. It would be best if there were somepony to watch me in case I lose control again.. If anything should happen.. be careful, all of you." He said with a serious tone, and with that, Scribbler curled up on the couch, and laid his head down.

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Now that Subject 888 knew of the foal-nappings he was on full alert, he wouldn't let any of his first friends to be captured on his wacth. "Goodnight, everypony. You'll need it, and Midnight, do you by any chance have a pencil and paper?" He had a good design in his head that he did not want to lose. 

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Sidesplitter took in a deep yawn, stretching her arms all over the place. "Well, I guess I'll be on my way to bed then. Where are the other rooms we'll be sleeping in?" She didn't know which room was hers, and was ready to go to sleep as it was. Not to mention it was his appartment after all.

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The shadow watched as a pony entered the hotel, underneath the roof of the entrance where Sasha stood. It would have chosen this new target, had the street not been under close watch. Regret was beginning to cross it's mind, this one was far too alert to be caught off guard. It remained in hiding.. peering out, and waited.

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 She swung down and through the door in an attempted single motion, though she miscalculated the friction of the roof siding and slipped, falling to her hooves instead of sliding through the door.  Instinct being as it is, her wings spread and braced her fall.

"You're freaking out, Sasha.  Losing your game."  She shook the jitters off herself, though it was a futile attempt.  She now entered through the doors of the hotel in a much more graceful, yet simplistic manner of simply trotting in.  She finds the lobby desk as the clerk greeted her.

"Hello" he said "Are you here to get a room?"

"No, I'm here to get a rhinocerus." Sarcastically thinking of course, Sasha didn't know any other reason to come to a hotel.

"Yes, one room, single bed, one night." 

"That will be 10 bits in advance."

Sasha rummaged through the sac on her back, producing a small pouch and counting out the appropriate amount.

"Thank you." Upon receiving the bits, he reached for a key. "Your room is 1408, just up the elevator."

"..."  Sasha blinked at this new word "The elewhat?"

[SixNine 4]

Fast asleep,Sparky hears a loud crashing sound, waking him up instantly, he gets out of bed slowly, trying not to alert any intruders of his whereabouts, he tip-toes to the door and takes a little peek. Looking out the door,he sees the broken window and a brick,lying in front of it. Sparky walks quietly towards the window and looks down,feeling somewhat relieved to see a couple young ponies run away,"Phew," Sparky says to himself "For a second I thought...nah,couldn't have been." Relieved, he heads for the door to report the glass-breakage,but he felt someone-something,was with him,breathing down his neck, he quickly turned around suspecting to see someone,but he saw nothing but the broken window, but where's the brick?
At this point Sparky starts freaking out, he runs out of hotel room and yells "H-",but he was cut off before he could finish,feeling something hit him hard in the back of the head,all he could hear is ringing,and his own whimpers as it dragged him a way.

"ELP!" Sparky yells,waking up (for real this time.) and falling off his bed. "Ugh," Sparky groans,getting up to pour himself a glass of water.

 

 

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Edited November 20, 2013 by wakuboys

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A sound comes from the direction of the window in Sparky's room. Something like a tick against the glass, like a stone or something.

 

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Midnight soon dozes off, the sounds of the others fading away as he drifts into sleep. He begins to feel strange, but says nothing, feeling too tired to care at this point.

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Lucid looked around the shop for awhile, "I have nowhere to stay I guess its my only option," He thought to himself. "I guess I can stay for tonight," he said to clockwork. "I wonder what happened to all those other ponies... maybe I should have followed the others, but for now it's best I stay here, and find more about this machine."

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Sidesplitter waited for an answer, but it had seemed Midnight was already passed out on the couch. She shrugged her shoulders. "Ah well, I'll just pick a room" she thought to herself as she opened the door to one of the rooms and flopped on the bed, quickly snuggling the pillow & shuffling to get comfortable.

[SixNine 4]

Sparky hears this tick coming from the window,curious and scared,he put his glass of water on the table and crept towards it to see what was making this noise,maybe the dream was going to come true? Or maybe some random hooligan, please be the hooligan.

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Sparky turns the corner of the doorway, looking into the main room to the sight of somepony standing in his room, doing something to the window. The silhouette of a unicorn can be seen in the dark window against the slightly brighter nighttime background. Suddenly, a spark of magic appears at the unicorn's horn, and it disappears in a flash of light, leaving a small wisp of smoke. Something seems to have been left on the window.

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Subject 888 started to begin his watch, "Goodnight everypony, I'll get something to help more tomorrow" he then looked out the window and spoke to himself, "I don't know who you are, or what you are planning, but I promise you that I will find you, I'll hunt you down to the ends of Equestria if I have to, and you will be punished, for I am justice" (ooc: brohoof if you see the reference)

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Muddle yawned and started to make her way towards a room. She was comfortable sleeping on the floor as long she could cast a conjure a pillow that last the night, and maybe a few sheets. It would be rude to wake Midnight but he hadn't told them where these items were, and they had only so much room in the house.

 

She removed her hairband and placed it on the ground next to her. Then started to snuggle into the bed she had made. "Strange," She thought "I don't remember taking it off at night before..." She was fast asleep.

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Her shadow was still in the living room, secretly helping 888 keep watch.

[SixNine 4]

Sparky lets out a few coughs through the smoke the unicorn left behind. "Anyone there?" he asks while getting progressively closer to the window.

"Hey,what's this?" Sparky says,barely seeing something attached to the window,he picks it up...

(Sorry for late post,needed to finish homework.)

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The object is a small sprocket made from brass. Looking closer at the window, there are smears of blood reading "Help us"

 

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Clockwork chuckled, and looked around the shop floor. "Very well then.. I'll find you something to sleep on. Come with me, we'll set you both up, and then I'm off to sleep. I have much to accomplish this week." He trots up the stairs, and enters the bedroom once again. Rooting through a wardrobe closet, he pulls out some quilting and pillows. "This will have to do, I'm afraid. I have nothing else to give you unfortunately." He handed Lucid the quilts and things, and turned to leave the room again. "Sleep well."