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Sparky examines the brass sprocket "Huh,I wonder why this is here." In thought,his eyes slowly drifted upwards until he sees something red smeared on the window,wait a second,is that blood? He immediately dropped the sprocket when he sees that the smeared blood read 'Help Us' and backed away from it "This can't be happening,this must just be another dream."

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Edited November 20, 2013 by wakuboys

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As the party got settled in, an hour went by, everypony slept soundly, aside from Grey Danger, who sat diligently, watching over the rest, silently and secretly watched over by Muddle's shadow. Midnight lay soundly sleeping for the moment, until suddenly he stirred, as though still sleeping though. He got up with his eyes shut at first.. Then they sprung open wide, his pupils were mere pinpoints. He turned towards Grey Danger and walked by him silently. He turned into the entrance hall, wandering towards the door. Stopping at the entrance, he appeared to notice the eye, hovering in the door. Suddenly his horn sparked, and saying nothing, he teleported out, without a trace.

 

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Group story update!

The night passes by without any further instance of disturbances. No sign of Midnight Scribbler is found, and he doesn't return, strangely. The morning sun begins to creep up the walls of the tallest buildings. Birds chirp, the dew drips from the tips of the leaves around the city streets. The morning is chilly and damp, but bright. The sky is clear, and there is no breeze. And above it all, can be heard the sound of screaming, somepony yelling a name, over and over, though at a distance is not audible enough to understand. Likely another missing victim.

 

(I've made a post in the OOC thread too. Just letting you know what's going on with my inactivity lately. We should be back on track now though.)

Edited November 21, 2013 by Midnight Scribbler

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Sparky hears this pony yelling-screaming..something,maybe another pony went missing? Well,uh oh,maybe that message had something to do with this missing pony, I must find out. Sparky prepares to head out by grabbing the sprocket he found the previous night "This may come in handy too." He takes one last look at the blood smeared window and starts heading over to where the screaming was coming from.

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Edited November 21, 2013 by wakuboys

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Muddle felt something hard, no, cold. She felt something painful. This object was the floor. She had fallen out of bed, and could hear faint screaming. "Oh no!" she said, "I fell asleep! what happened where is everypony Sha~" 

 

"Will you quiet down! Th only pony missing was Midnight, and he was gone we got here."

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(OOC: Lost internet for a couple of days, and now I'm back)

 

Sasha didn't like the hotel.  The elevators, the rooms, the halls; they were all small and narrow.  She didn't sleep well, but woke when the sun hit her windows.   Eager to get outside, she went to the window to open it.  It didn't budge.

"That's curious." Believing it to have rusted some, she pulled at it more to try and un-jam it.  No luck.  She looked the window's frame, maybe it wasn't the kind that opens?  No, it has a lock and handles to open and close with, what could possibly be... the window was nailed shut.  Two, no, three nails were driven into the corners of the window to keep it shut.

"Well, someone sure doesn't want me enjoying the air here."  She grabbed the roomkey, darted out into the hall for the eleva-, no, forget that thing.  She used the stairs instead.  Down to the lobby, out the door, and gusting upwards, she climbed the air to the hotel's roof.  Once there, she fanned out her wings wide to warm and wake herself up a little.

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Subject 888 heard the scream and rushed over to the general detection , hoping to find the source of the noise however he couldn't find it in the apartment without buying into the others rooms. "Senors! Senors! I think that he has claimed another!" He tried as he galloped through the hallway.

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@, @Midnight Scribbler,@ovr9000percentcooler, @Kira, The night passed sweetly and the watch was silent no funny business. But as she was enjoying her sleep after her shift she realized that something was sounding like an alarm in her dream. It wasn't relevant to it so she understood simply by intuition that it was another victim. She immediately rose up like electricity had run through her body. "GUYS GUYS WAKE UP! I think Grey Danger is right! They might have taken another victim!" 

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At first the scream had barely stirred up Sidesplitter, but the screaming of everypony else in the appartment had woke her with a jolt. "WOOOAA!" She rolled off the bed face first on the floor, fumbling to see what the commotion was all about.

 

"What's going on, did somepony go missing again?" She walked into the main room & looked at the couch where Midnight had crashed, but he was no longer present. She could feel a heart attack coming on. "Wait, where's Midnight?!?"

Edited November 21, 2013 by ovr9000percentcooler

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Standing on the roof's edge like some droopy eyed, medieval gargoyle, she can't help but hear the repeated shouting of someone's name as well.  Not knowing the circumstances of the town, nor willing to put much thought into it, she dismisses it.

"Sheesh, mare.  Keep a hold on your foal and shut up."  She remains up on the roof for a while until her want for warmth is no longer greater than her tolerance of the chanting down below.  She went back to her room, grabbed a few thi... better leave the bow and quiver, and headed out.  Was that pony still calling out to her foal?

"Geez, zip it, you probably need to visit a therapist."  She came here for a job, and she had planned on finding one. She had made a list of places that could use some general labor and a few mechanical know-hows.

Edited November 21, 2013 by Sasha

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The yelling was coming from outside, across the buildings somewhere in the streets. It soon ceased, but a commotion had begun, with ponies from all around gathering near the City hall. Something big had happened, nopony was sure what it was yet.

 

(I'll let you know what's going on if you get close to the action)

[SixNine 4]

Sparky continues to rush to where the screaming was coming from, curious, yet scared of what he might find out. After a few minutes of running, he starts to feel a bit tired,so he stops for a moment to catch his breath,noticing a huge crowd gathering around the city hall, curious, he walks up to the nearest pony and asks "What's going on at the city hall?"

 

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Selune couldn't wait for the rest to come follow she would inform them of this later if needed. She took her backpack and rushed towards the action seeking the source of the commotion which was apparently the town hall. She budged the people away...

"Excuse me..."

"Coming through..."

"I need to take a look please..."
 

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(I'm controlling Sidesplitter momentarily, because ovr9000 won't be able to play for a week. I'm just going to have his OC leave temporarily.)

Sidesplitter  picked herself up off the floor, and shook the sleep out of her head. Waking abruptly like that is always off-putting. Something crossed her mind then, as she cleared her head. She was late for an appointment! She'd forgotten all about her gig with the comedy club across town, there was still time if she hoofed it. "Oh no.. I have to go!! I'll explain later!" With that, Sidesplitter dashed for the elevator, and booked it across the street, galloping off to her interview. Money was tight, she didn't want to miss this, even in the light of the situation, this was important to her well being.

 

There was almost no getting through the crowd. Ponies were packed in tightly trying to catch a glimpse of what had taken place. Mutters of a rumor can be heard floating around that it was murder this time, an even more unusual case for the city.

 

Sparky approached a green mare with a blue mane, and asked her what had happened. She looked surprised to be spoken to by a random stranger, but answered. "Nopony seems to know yet, all I've heard is that somepony was found dead.. They think it was the mayor. I haven't been able to get close to the front yet."

[Sasha 4]

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     Sasha confidently played out how her day was going to go, at least in her head, and the cerebral simulation was enthusiastic and hopeful.  It was a brand new day afterall; the sun was shining, the city was bustling, the...

     "Oh, hey!  What's going on over there?"  She saw a crowd had gathered as she turned the corner.  It was in front of an important looking building.  A bank maybe?  It didn't matter to her, the crowd was what had her curiosity.  

     She gusted upward to look over the many pony heads blocking her view.  She glided over, yet still couldn't get a view she was satisfied with, so she perched on the edge of the building's canopy.

Edited November 22, 2013 by Sasha

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From Sasha's vantage point, she could see a line of police ponies, blocking the crowd from getting through. They had yellow tape lines set up all over the front of the building, and a tarp had been laid out over something, over a fairly large area. There was a lot of blood, even with the cover of the tarp. Detectives and police wandered around the scene, taking down notes, and looking around at objects they'd marked as important.

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@@Sasha,@Midnight Scribbler, @wakuboys, ((OOC:is Sasha a griffin or a pony?)) Unable to cross the crowd Selune gave up on that. Instead she spotted the newcomer near her "Someone has been assaulted... from what i hear it must be the mayor. There were some dissapearances... i think the whole thing is escalating."

[SixNine 4]

Sparky thinks for a moment, what does this mean, why would someone want the mayor dead, maybe this is where the screaming came from? Well, it's clear that I can't get a good look at what's going on down here, maybe if I get up higher?
He looks around for some sort of vantage point and sees a tall building with a service ladder leading to the roof, "This looks like it is going to be a good vantage point," Sparky says to himself confidently starting to climb the ladder.

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Edited November 24, 2013 by wakuboys

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(OOC: Her father is pony, her mother is griffin.  The name for such a thing is a hippogriff.)

 

"Yikes, and I thought pheasants bled a lot."  She didn't need to see any more.  She opened her wings and spiraled downward to an area of the road void of onlookers.

"Odd thing.  Something dangerous just happened; better stay near the place where it happened." Sasha did just the opposite and trotted away from the scene. "I swear I will never understand some ponies."  She trotted to the sidewalk, eager to continue her original mission, though hesitatingly looked around, making sure that the situation wouldn't escalate to some sort of trampling stampede. 

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Muddle could hear everyone leaving, and was trying her best to catch up. She was hastily throwing on her clothes and hairband, and she was nearly out Midnight's door when she tripped over her pants... 

 

"Why are you..."

 

She looked down and noticed that she was wearing pants...

 

"I was in a hurry get these off!"

 

Quickly her shadow used it's claws to rip off Muddle's... pants... Then the two rushed out the door and towards the source of the sound.

 

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Muddle could feel herself cringe as Selune suddenly hugged her. The sudden embrace caught her off guard, and she couldn't figure out why she was receiving this hug from a mare that she only met yesterday.

 

They had shared stories and, except for herself, and slept under the same roof roof for a day; but Muddle never veiwed this as a reason to just hug somepony you didn't really know... "What if I do know her?" She thought about this for a moment. What if in this short amount of time, they had become friends...

 

"Thank Celestia you are alright."

 "She cares..." Muddle felt a warm feeling growing inside.

 

someone attacked the mayor... i think the mayor... is dead.

"...Warm feeling gone." She opened her mouth to scream, What!, but Selune had continued before she could speak.

 

"This is getting really out of control. I think we need to gather once again... i have an idea... but i'm not willing to share it here."

 "Well, do you know who everyone else is? When I woke up from my shift I couldn't find Midnight, and Grey ran out here?"

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Her shadow was looking nervously at selune. It was being careful to match Muddle's moments, although it's lack of practice in this could be seen on a few certain steps. It still viewed Selune as a dangerous enemy, but not as much as it's self...

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Clockwork green made an appearance. He swooped in from above on his brass wings, and landed on the far side of the crowd. Making his way around the ponies gathered around the police line, he managed to get up to the front. Ponies seemed to move out of his way, being either intimidated by, or respected his work in the city. At a closer look, he appeared to have something attached to his hat, like a wired device. The press had gotten into the fray as well, photos were being snapped left and right. And now, with the appearance of Clockwork Green, he was being swamped with reporters and cameras. Clockwork had a sour look on his face, annoyed by all the attention. Suddenly he vanished into thin air, as though he just ceased to exist entirely. Ponies all around him were frantic, not knowing how or why he'd disappeared. They began to break apart, moving away from where he'd been.

Voices could be heard in the crowd, asking questions "How could an Earth pony do that? He hasn't any magic!!" "Where did he go??"

[Hastur 505]

Subject 888 had left the apartment awhile ago hoping over roof tops to avoid being spotted, he flew down one he reached City Hall he flew down and his in the crowd, he was still too far away to see or hear anything. "Cazzo!" He cursed under his breath. He had to get closer but the crowd was too dense to get in without being noticed.

[SixNine 4]

After finally climbing the ladder Sparky looks back towards city hall and sees the crowd start to spread out. He sighed in frustration and climbed the ladder all the way back down again. Curious at why the crowd was dissipating, Soarky walks to the same mare he met earlier and asked with an annoyed tone "What happened this time?"

@Midnight Scribbler

Edited November 26, 2013 by wakuboys

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After a brief hour or so, Sidesplitter rode the elevator back down from her surprisingly successful business meeting and made a b-line out of the building and towards the main event she had come by on her way. She was very anxious to get to the bottom of this whole fiasco she could barely constrain herself in the board room. She eventually ran into the crowd. Bustling her way in, she accidentally collided with Selune, noticing both her & Muddle. She gave a sigh of relief.

 

"Oh thank goodness you guys are here! What'd I miss?" There was no hiding the worry she was currently feeling at the time.