open Occult in the Swamps

[Mickey Taker 347]

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Golbez Grandolfo

 

Golbez raised an eyebrow as the creature places it's claw on the other side of the glass where he placed his talon, none of what he had seen was anywhere close to what he had expected, he closed his eyes and raised his other talon to his beak scratching under his chin as he tried to make sense of it all.

 

"Is it possible this creature might be the leader of those beasts? If so why are they taking order's from the Zebra? Unless there's foul play at work here...or this fellow's simply insane and thinks he's a king, but then again he was genuinely trying to communicate with me, he must have been I saw him right in front of me, perhaps he's asking for help?"

 

Golbez opens his eyes and looks at the creature one more, rubbing the back of his neck as he did, this was turning out to be a had call to make, "He doesn't appear threatening, if he was he'd be scratching at the glass as least trying to get to me, maybe it would be safe to...let him out?" Thinking that Golbez unfolds his wings and hovers up in the air and looks at the top of the tank and around the room, looking for a means to release the creature or failing that, something to break the glass with at least.

 

Cherry Bomb

 

Cherry perked up a little when Wish mentioned she was sorry, the red mare could somewhat relate to the little pony's predicament, being in a scary place she didn't want to be in.

 

Cherry smiled and sat beside Wish as she gently brought a wing over her and hugged her with it gently, "I'm sorry too Wish, we can...still be friends right?...you need friends in a place like this...right?", Cherry smiled a little nervously at the small pony.

Edited March 6, 2014 by Sparx

[Umbreon 569]

Sabellah

 

@@Windbreaker,

 

The griffoness winces slightly as the bandage is pulled into place, but once its there she stands up and stretches experimentally.  Content that it isn't going to slip if she has to run she smiles slightly as she turns back to the mare.  "I didn't exactly read the attractions list, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't.  Don't know anypony would have come if he was."  She was trying to slip back into her cocky and overconfident mindset - a difficult thing to try and achieve given their current situation, but she figured that as long as someone looked like they knew what they were doing, the others might feel better.

 

"Thanks for patching me up...  Where did you say Golbez went?  We should start trying to find a way back to civilization, but we don't want to leave anyone behind with the zebra freak."

 

 

Messenger

 

@@SilverHeart,@,

 

 

The eye turned to stare directly at Mirror now, the tentacle rising up to just under the surface of the water again.  It still seemed either unable or unwilling to break the surface.  "Your Essences....  Still Unbound.  They can...  Break our chains...  At least...  Weaken the link."  It flicks between the two at the cauldron briefly before sinking down slightly, as though somehow going deeper into the water.  "The zebra...  Growing too powerful.  Master...  Does not like.  Break our chains...  And Master...  Can take you...  Home."

 

 

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The creature watches as Golbez hovers in the air, then swims up in his tank to try and match the griffon's height.  As it reaches the top of the tank, the creature looks at Golbez before raising a claw to touch the mesh top over his container.  As soon as it touches the chain mesh arcs of magical lightning seem to engulf him, and the creature immediately plummets back to the bottom of his vat.  After a couple moments it slowly starts to pick itself back up, turning to stare at the griffon again.

 

A quick look through the room wouldn't show much hope as far as breaking the glass would go - everything either seems too large, too small, or otherwise chained down.  The only things that would be worth a glance would be a table on the far wall, with a wooden box resting on top.  Opening the box would reveal a rather old and quite rusty scalpel - probably the same one used to dissect the dead creatures - resting on a cloth bottom.  The box would seem rather large to just hold the knife, but there don't seem to be any other drawers in it other than the main latch.

[EcstaticWind 572]

Poppy Seed

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“No problem. Turned out better than I thought it would. Anyway, Golbez went that way.” Poppy said, pointing at the door she’d seen Golbez go through. She then put a hoof on Sabel’s uninjured shoulder. “But at least try and eat something before we all go chasing after him. Actually, we should ALL have something to eat before running off through these doors.”

 

She hoped Sabel would take the advice. After that…well, she’d just have to follow these ponies and hope for the best. “Falling into a glowing portal and being transported to Celestia knows where just had to happen on the one day I leave my bottle of cider at home, didn’t it? 10 bits says I’ll wind up with a drinking problem when we get to a place with drinks.” Poppy said, trying to lighten the mood a little with the wager. 

[Mickey Taker 347]

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Golbez Grandolfo

 

Golbez sat on his haunches on the floor after the creature shocked itself on the mesh covering the top of the tank, he rubbed the back of his neck as he looked at the large enchanted piece,"So that's what's preventing him from leaving, there's gotta be a way to remove it without 'barbecuing' myself...", the griffon glanced around the room and discovered a box on the far side of the room, hovering to it he abruptly opened it and took what appeared to be an old, rusty scalpel, Golbez raised an eyebrow giving a some-what unimpressed look at it,"...well, least it's something, maybe I can test the mesh with it..."

 

Looking back at the top of the tank the magician hovered up to the enchanted mesh as he gripped the scalpel in one talon, gritting his teeth he braced himself as he ever so lightly poked the mesh with he scalpel, half-expecting the inevitable.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Wish Scribe

 

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"Yeah... yeah I'd like that. It's been... I don't suppose you know where 'this' is? We were in the hotel and then... Well, then we weren't."

 

And then the panic was over. She shrugged, smiled and gasped as an idea came into her mind.

 

"Maybe this is where my brother is! He could have... I dunno... maybe he came here before us? Or maybe he got brought here like you did? Or... or..."

 

It didn't seem likely - but then again it didn't really seem likely to happen to her either so she was willing to keep an open mind. Besides, there were other ponies here... and even if they didn't know him, this was her adventure! It was all practise - it wasn't so bad after all!

 

"Sorry, sorry... uhm, do you think we should look around? I want to see where we are... maybe we can find a way out!"

[Mickey Taker 347]

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Cherry Bomb

 

After hearing Wish's proposal any right-minded sensible pony would agree that it wouldn't be a good idea to leave the group and continue on thier own, despite her good intentions, as Wish said herself, neither she or any of the other's knew where they were and there was a pssible chance they could end up being lost.

On top of this, any number of dangers could be present right behind any of these doors, not to mention the masked Zebra Pervert was still out there somewhere, truly, it was simply far too dangerous.

 

Cherry, however, was not a sensible pony.

 

"Hey, that's a great idea Wish, if we scouted ahead for everypony we can get them out safely, specially your friend," Cherry nodded over at Sabel, who was right then conversing with Poppy Seed, "Do you think we should tell them?..They might stop us if we do..."

Cherry tilted her head as she looked down at Wish, really the red Pegasus was keen to help her friends with this plan, but seeing as it was Wish's plan she waited, some-what impatiently with a wide grin as she bopped her head up and down, to hear what Wish wanted to do.

 

"Come on, what's the worst that could happen?"

[SilverHeart 741]

Sabellah

 

@@Windbreaker,

 

The griffoness winces slightly as the bandage is pulled into place, but once its there she stands up and stretches experimentally. Content that it isn't going to slip if she has to run she smiles slightly as she turns back to the mare. "I didn't exactly read the attractions list, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't. Don't know anypony would have come if he was." She was trying to slip back into her cocky and overconfident mindset - a difficult thing to try and achieve given their current situation, but she figured that as long as someone looked like they knew what they were doing, the others might feel better.

 

"Thanks for patching me up... Where did you say Golbez went? We should start trying to find a way back to civilization, but we don't want to leave anyone behind with the zebra freak."

 

 

Messenger

 

@@SilverHeart,@,

 

 

The eye turned to stare directly at Mirror now, the tentacle rising up to just under the surface of the water again. It still seemed either unable or unwilling to break the surface. "Your Essences.... Still Unbound. They can... Break our chains... At least... Weaken the link." It flicks between the two at the cauldron briefly before sinking down slightly, as though somehow going deeper into the water. "The zebra... Growing too powerful. Master... Does not like. Break our chains... And Master... Can take you... Home."

 

 

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The creature watches as Golbez hovers in the air, then swims up in his tank to try and match the griffon's height. As it reaches the top of the tank, the creature looks at Golbez before raising a claw to touch the mesh top over his container. As soon as it touches the chain mesh arcs of magical lightning seem to engulf him, and the creature immediately plummets back to the bottom of his vat. After a couple moments it slowly starts to pick itself back up, turning to stare at the griffon again.

 

A quick look through the room wouldn't show much hope as far as breaking the glass would go - everything either seems too large, too small, or otherwise chained down. The only things that would be worth a glance would be a table on the far wall, with a wooden box resting on top. Opening the box would reveal a rather old and quite rusty scalpel - probably the same one used to dissect the dead creatures - resting on a cloth bottom. The box would seem rather large to just hold the knife, but there don't seem to be any other drawers in it other than the main latch.

Mirror stared at the eye-thing. Would freeing it and its master, who or whatever that was, be a good idea? However going home sounded better than being the captive of an insane and power hungry zebra. It didn't seem like there were many other options though. Mirror shrugged "Okay...what do we do?"

[Umbreon 569]

Sabellah

 

@@Windbreaker,

 

Smirking at Poppy's last comment, Sabel shrugs slightly.  "I wouldn't mind, don't exactly have anything on me though...  Don't suppose you you have anything on ya either?  Guess we could try and find whats-his-face's kitchen, not sure what he even eats out here though...  There has to be something though, right?"

 

 

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When Golbez touched the mesh with the scalpel...  Nothing happened, surprisingly.  No lightning or backlash, no damage to the mesh, nothing.  It didn't seem like the rusty scalpel was going to cut through the chain mesh anytime soon though.

 

A quiet thud could be heard as the creature inside the tank smacks the glass side, trying to get the griffon's attention.  It swims up near the surface, not touching the mesh again but getting as close as it would dare.  As the creature stares at Golbez it turns its gaze back towards the box on the far table, opening its mouth and letting out a couple of bubbles like it was trying to speak again.

 

 

Messenger

 

@,@@SilverHeart,

 

The eye slowly starts to sink away, fading from sight.  As it starts to disappear, the mysterious voice slowly starts to grow quieter as well.  "Find...  The bindings...  Stomp out...  The runes..."

[Stormbringer 346]

@, @@SilverHeart,

 

Storm perked his ears. He scrunched his face, then looked down into the cauldron. He made a sound. "The runes?" he asked. "What are the runes?!" Seeing that it was no use, he took his hoof off the cauldron's side. Looking over at the pony across from him, he let his ears flatten. "Do you know what... What that thing meant by 'runes'?" He looked at the ground, then sighed. "Sheesh... This place is full of wacky things..." 

[EcstaticWind 572]

Poppy Seed

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“Sorry to disappoint you, hon. Though…” Poppy said. She was thinking about what Sabel said. If that weirdo lived out here, it was within reason that he’d need a place to store food for himself. Whether or not they could stomach whatever he considered food hadn’t crossed Poppy’s mind yet. “It sounds like a good idea. But we should send a pony or two to find Golbez, and see what he thinks of the idea. If we all go running off, we could easily get lost in here.”

Edited March 13, 2014 by Windbreaker

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Wish Scribe.

 

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Still not quite certain of what to think if the mare, Wish let out a "Tsk!" and shook her head - brow raised.

 

"Tell them? We're not little fillys sneaking out at night, we don't need permission! Anyway, they probably want to rest a while... We can explore up ahead and make sure there's nothing dangerous! Come on, Creepy McHoodoo must be about somewhere"

 

There was something about the thought of danger that gaze her a bit of a buzz - but the real appeal was tracking down the truth - finding out what was really going on with this place... she had her things and her rope - the weight of the overburdened saddlebags reassuring her as she reached around and pulled out a long strip of red cloth, wich she considered for a moment before nodding and tying around the base of her tail. She couldn't really think of a way to wear her brothers letters, so they stayed safely at the bottom of the bag.

 

She was an adventurer - it was time she started acting like it!

 

The mare glanced about - everyone seemed occupied with something or other, so she sidled towards the door that she belived the masked pony must had vanished behind, motioning for her new friend to follow.

Edited March 13, 2014 by Cinderscribe

[Mickey Taker 347]

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Golbez Grandolfo

 

Golbez raised an eyebrow as he looked at the creature gazing at the box, almost as if suggesting there was something else in it, "He must have seen the Zebra do something else with it..I wonder," Hovering over too the box Golbez placed the near useless scalpel on the table and picked up the box again, this time examining it more closely as looked and ran his talons all over it, he had a hunch this wasn't just any old fashioned wooden box.

 

Being a magician using props for his tricks he was used to using devices that hidden compartments, from what he could tell off the creature, there might have been one somewhere located on this box.

 

Cherry Bomb

 

The red mare nodded as she quickly followed Wish behind the door,looking back one more time before closing the door behind them quietly.

Cherry hurried to walk beside Wish as they made their way down a simple dark corridor, despite being illuminated the lights themselves were only dim, they could only just see around their surroundings without tripping or knocking into anything.

 

Cherry was already beginning to get an inkling this might have been a bad idea, not being the adventuring type like Wish claimed to be she was already getting nervous. she attempted to try to get her mind off the matter, "Soo...you have a brother right? What's he like?....Is he cute?" the Pegasus smiled sheepishly a the Earth Pony.

Edited March 14, 2014 by Sparx

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Wish Scribe.

 

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Wish looked up towards Cherry incredulously for a second and shrugged. She'd never been asked that before.

 

"I've not seen him in a while. He went looking for something, and he wrote for awhile and then just... stopped. He's really great though, you'd like him!" Despite having known Cherry for a grand total of no more than about ten minutes, Wish had deduced that she was nice. And since her brother was great, good natured ponies would like him! "I'm looking for him, see?"

 

The concept of flawed logic was something that she had never quite gotten to grips with.

 

The surroundings were... less impressive than she had hoped for. She had expected dark, gloomy oppression or creepy, dank caverns: this wasn't very adventurous at all! Still, the two of them exploring some hidden tunnel alone, seeking out the villain and saving the day?

 

That was adventure!

 

"Are you hungry?" Asked the filly out of nowhere after a few moments of thoughtful silence - as if they were out shopping, and not locked away in some unknown lair. "I've got food, you like apples, right?"

[Umbreon 569]

Sabel

 

@@Windbreaker, 

 

"Yeah, that's probably-"  the griffoness pauses for a moment before glancing around.  It felt...  Quieter, than it had been a moment ago.  It took her a minute to figure it out, but when she does her wings droop slightly.  "...Where did Wish and that pegasus go?"  She glances towards Poppy, hoping that maybe the mare had seen where they'd gone...  But considering they had been talking, she doubted it.

 

"Splitting off on our own can't be a good idea...  You know where Golbez went, right?  Can you let him know what's going on while I try to find the two of them?"  The fact she had just followed 'splitting off on our own can't be good' with the suggestion of going off by herself to look for the other two didn't even cross her mind.  

 

@@SilverHeart,@,

 

Glancing towards the cauldron to check that the other two were still with them, Sabel is relieved to still see them near it...  Doing...  Whatever they were doing.  "Hey, you two!  Did either of you see where the others went?"  

 

The voice from the cauldron remained silent, and the figure that had been speaking to them didn't seem like it was going to reappear soon.

 

 

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As Golbez picks up the box a small rattle can be heard - there is definitely still something in the box, though there doesn't seem to be any other way of opening it.  It would seem...  Well, rather simple, to be honest.  The only way in would appear to be the latch on the top.

 

 

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 As the two mares make their way down the hall, the floor would gradually start to slope downwards, as though they were slowly going deeper into the ground.  This hallway will eventually lead them to a rather simple wooden door that leads to what would seem to be some kind of supply room.

 

Many of the large barrels and dusty crates appear to have exactly what one would expect from a room like this:  Food.  Some of them have less recognizable objects in them, and based on the smell it would probably be best not to inquire what they were.

 

Aside from the crates and barrels, one thing in the room would stand out.  In the far corner is a shape that seems to have an old tarp thrown over it, but it is vaguely in the shape of a stallion.

[SilverHeart 741]

@, @@SilverHeart,

 

Storm perked his ears. He scrunched his face, then looked down into the cauldron. He made a sound. "The runes?" he asked. "What are the runes?!" Seeing that it was no use, he took his hoof off the cauldron's side. Looking over at the pony across from him, he let his ears flatten. "Do you know what... What that thing meant by 'runes'?" He looked at the ground, then sighed. "Sheesh... This place is full of wacky things..."

(OOC: posting from my phone. Anything with in the apostrophes are thought.)

 

Once more when the stallion looked across at her she turned her head to the side. 'Why do they always try to look under my hood...' Mirror pushed back off of the cauldron, ready to go do something else. "I'm not sure what it means...maybe we should look around?" Mirror asked.

 

Turning around at the sound of Sabellah's voice Mirror froze. Where was Wish...or Cherry? She looked around the room. They weren't there. At least not that she could see. Mirror shrugged. Wish had probably wanted to go exploring. Between not exploring the swamps and this, Mirror was beginning to feel a little left out.

[Mickey Taker 347]

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Golbez Grandolfo

 

Golbez continued to examine the box, having by now done this for some time he began to get more than a little frustrated at the small container.

He knew that logically he could of course just smash the box against the floor and search for it's contents amongst the splintered wood, but admittedly he also knew it would be a shame to break something of good quality make, as a griffon regularly used containers like this with hidden compartments, he figured he could possibly use it for himself.

He wanted to put it one side when he was finished with it and when this fiasco was done and dusted, he could come back for it, and as hr thought of it he should really pick up the rest of his belongings back at the hotel he left behind, props like that didn't come cheap after all.

 

​Eventually Golbez lowered his arms and looked blankly at the wall in front of him, it had occurred to him he had been here for some time and the others likely didn't know where he'd gone, like wise he didn't know what had happened to them, "I should go and check on them...right after I've opened this blasted thing!".

A talon slid over the top of the box and caught a small hatch on the lid of the box, as it opened to the griffons surprise he failed to catch something that fell out as it landed on the floor in front of him.

 

Cherry Bomb

 

Crunching on an apple that Wish was kind enough to give her, Cherry tucked the remains of the the piece of fruit as she stood up on hind legs to look inside one of the barrels, "Ooooh, Apples!" the Pegasus giggled as she looked down at Wish, "This must be his food locker, do you think we should take some this back to the others? they must be hungry don't ya think?", climbing off the barrel she walked closer to Wish.

 

In all honesty, Cherry still didn't think this was a good idea and was right now looking for any excuse for them to go back to the others with out sounding like a little Filly, bring food back to the others sounded a good a reason as any to go back.

Edited March 15, 2014 by Sparx

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Wish Scribe.

 

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Wish looked around. Apples? She had been expecting gold, or spell books or something - maybe an eldritch artifact or two! You never knew though - maybe there was a secret passageway or something...

 

"Sure, that's a great idea! Lets just... poke around a bit first. There's got to be something interesting around here!"

 

She began visually sweeping the room - looking under, over and around anything that she could: pressing her hoof firmly against any suspicious parts of the wall and moving aside anything that she could to look for trapdoors. Eventually, her eyes fell on the covered object.

 

'Jackpot!'

 

She looked at it for a while - considering her options. To be safe, the mare pulled the thin length of rope to the top of her pack before she grabbed for the material covering the strange figure and tugged sharply.

[Umbreon 569]

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The tarp easily falls away at Wish's tugging, revealing what had been hidden underneath.  It seems to be a statue of a stallion - remarkably well made.  The stallion's eyes are a pair of cut garnets, and it looks like the statue seemed carved around a golden harness crossing its chest.  In the dead center of the harness was a hole that seemed to go into the heart of the statue.  Held very loosely in the statue's mouth was a long, purple crystal.  Looking at the crystal, it would be rather simple to see that the shape of it matched the shape of the hole in the statue's chest. 

 

 

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The object that fell to the floor was a large chunk of malachite.   Inspection of the box would show that the main hatch had started opening and the cloth 'bottom' that the scalpel had been resting on had torn open.  

 

As the stone hits the floor, the creature in the vat smacks the glass and nods its large bulbous head enthusiastically.  Whatever Golbez had managed to find, it seemed to be what the creature had been trying to clue him in on.  After staring at Golbez for a moment it lifts its gaze to stare at the chain mesh topping its prison expectantly.

[EcstaticWind 572]

Poppy Seed

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Poppy trotted after Sabel. “And let you go alone? Are you crazy? I just said we could get lost in here, so going alone would be suicide. Besides, didn’t you just say that splitting off on our own can’t be a good idea?” Poppy said, hoping her words got through. That and she wanted to find Cherry and Wish, too.

 

"So what's the plan? Aside from running off alone, of course." She half-joked, though the question was very serious.

[Mickey Taker 347]

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Golbez Grandolfo

 

Golbez picked up the bright green stone in one talon and examined it and looked up at the creature looking at the chain-mesh covering it's tank, Golbez knew better to know that appearances could be deceiving but, in all honesty he couldn't really make heads or tails on why the creature was making such a fuss over it, but then again maybe it knew something about that he didn't, which was likely. 

 

Golbez figured it be best to simply give it to the creature, but what would be the best way to do it under the circumstances?

The stone was quite weighty, perhaps he could shatter the tank but, after thinking that could likely half-flood the room the next door with the water contained in the tank, he quickly decided that was a bad idea, besides...he didn't fancy being shouted at again.

 

The Magician looked gain at the creature looking at the mesh before doing so himself, perhaps if he threw it over with enough force it could break through? It was a safer suggestion at least. 

Stepping back a bit Golbez tested the stone in his talon, and with one swing of his arm he tossed it overhead.

 

Cherry Bomb

 

Cherry let out a little worried whine after Wish discovered the stone Stallion, since discovering that Wish was the inquisitive type she knew the little pony would start trying the stick the crystal held in it's mouth into the hole into the hole in it's chest, having read enough Daring Do novels herself to know the setup was painfully obvious for even the most amateur of adventurer's.

 

"H-Hey Wish? Maybe we should leave this alone until the others look at it, huh? I mean it could be a trap!"

Edited March 16, 2014 by Sparx

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Wish Scribe.

 

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"Thats what I'm counting on! Give me a minute...we don't want to miss anything! Don't worry... I'll look after you, trust me!"

 

Wish had read the Daring Do novels hundreds of times - along with plenty similar books. She knew each one back-to-front, and knew perfectly well that traps were always waiting on the correct path - after all, what was the point of leaving traps in places where ponies weren't about to discover something important?

 

She plucked the gem from the statues mouth and - with a shrug and hoping that her brother was thinking the best of her, thrust it into the clear opening in the statue.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Cinderscribe

[Umbreon 569]

((Finally a chance for me to use this character!  XD))

 

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A loud click signals the purple crystal locking into place in the stone stallion's chest, and suddenly the gemstones that were in the place of the statue's eyes light up as though there were a fire behind them.  His jaw which had been held open to hold the crystal moves as though the statue were stretching, and slowly the stone stallion bends his head back as though trying to work out a kink in his neck.

 

"Sheesh, it's about time...  Took you long enough, didn't it?  Let me guess, you have something heavy you want me to mo-"  The statue hesitates as it notices Cherry and Wish, and it stands there quietly for a moment as it processes this information.  "Wait, you're not the zebra who talks in third person."  He glances around briefly, trying to take in where he was.

 

"...He shoved me in the freaking storeroom!?  Like a crate of apples or something!?  Come ON!"  The statue turns to look at Wish and Cherry again before shrugging slightly.  "Well, his loss I guess...  Which one of you put the crystal back in?  Which of you is my new master?"

 

 

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As the green stone touched the chain mesh, the spell worked into the chain seems to go crazy.  Bolts of electricity fly from the point of impact, and the stone itself seems to be reacting as much as the chain.  

 

The creature in the vat seemed to have been waiting for this chance.  With a sudden burst of energy the large creature launches from the bottom of the vat and bursts through the now weakened spell of the mesh, landing on the floor in front of the vat with a heavy (and wet) thud.

 

The creature remains hunched over for a moment before standing up to its full intimidating height.  Turning to look at the Griffon, the creature stares at Golbez quietly for a moment before its lips start to move.

 

"Dank...  Yoo..."  Its words were thick and difficult to understand, but it was trying to speak Equestrian.  Unfortunately the fact that the creature's lips were foreign to the sounds and the fact that it had pieced together how to speak by listening to Savoba's atrocious accent weren't going to make it easy for it to communicate efficiently.

 

"Trapped long time.  Need...  Find Pack."  Suddenly the creature lifts up one of its claws and pats itself on the chest.  "Mrglok."  That sound wouldn't have been a word no matter how it was heard - the creature's name, perhaps? 

 

 

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@@Windbreaker,

 

Sabel shrugs slightly as she glances around the circular room.  "Let's just check one of the doors, hopefully they didn't go far.  They may have just gone to see what Golbez was doing, let's try one of the other ways in case they didn't..."  The griffoness walks to one of the doors at random and opens it, briefly glancing back to Mirror and Stormwing.

 

@@SilverHeart,@,

 

"Hey, you two!  We're going to try and find Wish and...  What was her name?  Cherry?  Anyways, don't go off by yourself, alright?  If you look around, at least try and stick together."  Suggesting that they just stay there didn't even cross Sabel's mind - she certainly wouldn't have thought to stay put like that.  Turning back to Poppy, Sabel shrugs again as she grins slyly.  "There's the plan."

 

Turning towards the door she had pushed open, Sabel takes her first step into the hallway.  This particular one quickly started to curve and go upwards - it seemed like it was going to lead to a room above them. 

[Mickey Taker 347]

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Golbez Grandolfo

 

Golbez shielded his eyes from the bright sparks emitting from the chain mesh with one wing, he hadn't seen the creature leave it's tanks but could only here a loud clank followed abruptly by a harsh stomp on the ground, still standing up on his hindlegs the impact knocked him to the ground as alarge amount of dust was thrown up into the air, as the dust finally settled Golbez could only look up nervously at the creature standing over him, "*gulp* Y-your very welcome."

 

After getting back to his feet, the magician briefly tried to figure out what it had said, most likely it's name after thumping it's chest indicating itself, with only a rough idea Golbez figured it was only polite to respond, he figured it would be wise at this point to stay on it's good side.

Golbez placed a talon to his chest, "Gol-bez", he scratched the back of his neck with his other talon ,"This is ridiculous.." , "*ahem*...Gol-bez...help...Mur...glock...find Pack.....Murglock...follow Gol-bez?

 

 

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Cherry Bomb

 

Cherry's nerves were by now nearly in tatters, her knee's knocking against each other as she steadily raised a hoof, pointing at Wish, "S-s-s-s-s-He is, P-Please don't hurt us!", She lowered her head some as she looked up at the stone stallion very nervously, after all it was a living stone statue, what was next? Wall's closing in? A bottomless Pit?.....Dragons!? Celestia forbid....

Edited March 18, 2014 by Sparx

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Wish Scribe.

 

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Wish flinched back a step when the statue moved - she probably would have fled or hidden, but her fear of the statue didn't quite outweigh her fear of appearing cowardly in front of her new friend.

 

After being pointed out by Cherry, she reclaimed her place by taking a shaky step forward - head raised as high as it would go.

 

Between Griffons and Golems, she wasn't exactly having much luck in appearing intimidating next to anything that she met recently... even Cherry had taken her by surprise!

 

"Uh... yeah! That's, uhm... I mean I did it! I did... the thing. With the crystal." She managed to say - mostly. "Don't come any closer! I'll... do something, really bad! Don't think that I won't!"

 

The stone pony was... just slightly terrifying. She didn't really know what she could do if it did attack - her rope probably wouldn't be much use, nor did it look particularly stabbable... Was there anything like this in any of her books? She was sure that there was but it was so hard to think when a rather imposing statue seemed seconds away from trying to 'squish' her.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Cinderscribe

[Umbreon 569]

Granite

 

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The golem's gaze moves between Wish and Cherry for a short moment before it sighs rather loudly.  "This body is horrible for facial expressions, but I would be rolling my eyes if I could...  You put the crystal back in, right?  Then stop acting so scared of me, you're going to hurt my feelings."  The stone stallion's voice was practically dripping with sarcasm.

 

With another loud sigh, the golem gets down on its knees and bows before Wish.  "Is that any better?  I don't understand how I'm supposed to carry out any kind of orders if I'm stuck like this, but you're my new master so...  Whatever.  Not like waiting is something I'm a stranger to."

 

 

Mrglok

 

The large creature nods at Golbez, but then walks past the griffon towards the table that the box had been resting on.  Without missing a beat 'Mrglok' abruptly brings its claws above its head and brings them down onto the table - crushing the wood into splinters.  Reaching down to pick up one of the legs of the table, it gives the makeshift club a couple swings in the air before turning around to Golbez again.

 

"Not...  Sayfe.  Need Pack.  Go home."  Mrglok nods again, as though what it had just said made perfect sense, and then starts to walk over to Golbez again.