open A Darker Fate: Beyond these Walls Chapter Two.

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Scribbler felt as though there was little he could ask her that wouldn't end in this same silence. He smiled at mirror when she mentioned that she'd promise to tell him about it later. "You seem like a very secretive soul, Mirror. I can understand, though. Everypony has their stories they'd rather not relive.." He fell silent for a moment, looking to the road at his hooves. "So.. What made you choose to stick around back there? When we confronted Orion that first night. I was ready to teleport a thousand miles away at the first sign of trouble, until I saw you.." He realized how this sounded, and would have blushed had his coat been a brighter shade of blue.
 

Clockwork Green

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Clockwork chuckled "Preposterous. I wouldn't dream of having anypony pay for my train tickets. Quite frankly I'm stunned you would assume such things, madame. I will be able to make my own way, I merely wish to partake in the journey. I have many talents to offer, I do believe they may come in handy." He smiled, beginning to take in the one who'd spoken up. "She's a rough and tumble one, isn't she? Quite the adventurer type, I might guess. Not my cup of tea.. although I never was one for tea." He mused.

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Pavisa

 

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Pavisa winks at Aegis, shoving her empty mug towards him.  "Don't worry about mine - don't think I could down another mug of this junk."  Laughing she turns her attention back to the two newcomers, waving a hoof at Icarus when he looks towards her.

 

"Yeah, and we can speak too ya know.  I'm Pavisa, with the Canter-...  Er, just Pavisa."  That was going to take a little getting used to.  She shrugs and leans backwards, still trying her best to seem okay with everything.

 

Turning towards Kingfisher, Pavisa nods towards the newcomers and winks at the other mare.  "So...  Ten bits or twenty?"

 

 

Zintiik

 

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If Zintiik was anything, he was paranoid.  Especially here in Canterlot.  And he just couldn't shake the feeling he was being followed...  The changeling quickly ducked around a corner, spinning and getting ready to pounce on his pursuer...

 

And stops himself at the last second when he realizes it was Kricket.  He barely manages to catch himself before leaping at the little Aspect, really not wanting to suddenly grab a creature made of magic.

 

"Sheesh!  Freaking worm, you had me ready to pounce on somepony..."  He still didn't think Kricket understood him, but it felt good to have someone to talk to.  Even if that someone was a sentient spell that had somehow turned into a pet...  He laughs quietly and sighs as he sits down in the alley, watching the Aspect closely to make sure it didn't bite him.  "...Don't suppose you know of anything I could get for a party of unicorns to make them not hate me, huh?"

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Icy just watched the others talk to each other. Drinking from her glass she just listened to them.
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"I guess I'll join you on your quest. I mean if you don't mind, of course" It she heard every thing she wanted to hear. While they were doing it to do something important, she was joining just to be with others. She wouldn't mind taking a back seat to all of them, at least now she had something to do.

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Icarus stared at Pavisa for a few seconds, wondering what she had skipped over.

 

"I am Icarus, Dr.Icarus of Stalliongrad" He said, giving a little respectful bow, "Medical expert."

 

Hmm, Canter-, obviously she meant Canterlot, and the added  "with the"..... hmm, she's hiding something, but that is not of concern at the moment.

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Aegis Dare

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"You're a tease, Pavi." Aegis said, half-jokingly. He was content to watch the conversation unfold, except that he couldn't shake the feeling that the green one was walking trouble. He resolved to keep an eye on that one, just to be safe. "Aegis Dare. Just a writer and storyteller."

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Willow Starsinger

 

"Kricket. It's Kricket."

 

Willow knew that she hasn't been spending much time with Orion recently: she's been spending far too much time with Zintiik while he was spending time with Scribbler. It felt.. strange to spend time with family. "Where is Kricket?" Willow asked, patting around her mane for the little Aspect. She was terrified not to find him anywhere.. "Where's Kricket?!" Willow looked about frantically and trotted quickly down an alley.

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Midnight Scribbler

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Scribbler felt as though there was little he could ask her that wouldn't end in this same silence. He smiled at mirror when she mentioned that she'd promise to tell him about it later. "You seem like a very secretive soul, Mirror. I can understand, though. Everypony has their stories they'd rather not relive.." He fell silent for a moment, looking to the road at his hooves. "So.. What made you choose to stick around back there? When we confronted Orion that first night. I was ready to teleport a thousand miles away at the first sign of trouble, until I saw you.." He realized how this sounded, and would have blushed had his coat been a brighter shade of blue.

 

 

(OOC: Posting from phone. Could someone give me the code for Italics? It's annoying not being able to do thoughts properly.)

 

Mirror stared at Scribbler for a few seconds before quickly looking away. She could feel her cheeks burning. He stayed because of me? "Um ...I really only stayed because I...um..." Having not recovered from her flustered state she stumbled over her words. "Um...I stayed because I didn't know what to make of the situation....the only alicorns I know of are the Princesses...." Without realizing it, Mirror had slightly shortened the gap between herself and Scribbler.

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Kingfisher.

 

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"Heh... Oh! And when we get there Aegis? Maybe try not to go telling Bardic you're a writer?" Kingfisher chuckled - finishing her water as she debated just how serious she was actually being. "He's... a bit absent minded. No... easily distracted - that's more accurate. We'll be there for weeks before he actually tells us what's wrong otherwise..."

 

She stood up, glancing back at the two she had been sitting with for just a second too long before shaking her head as if to wake herself up and clapping a hoof on the back of the Unicorn that he'd introduced herself as Icy.

 

"Everypony else in Canterlot seems to be following us for some reason... why not?" She shrugged defeatedly - why was all this organisation harder that adventures themselves - was this leadership? She wasn't sure she liked it.

 

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Orion Starsinger'

 

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"Willow, slow down!" Called Orion as he bolted after the mare - cursing under his breath: the aspect had proven most useful but he couldn't help but feel like right now it was causing far more trouble than was necessary.

 

"Wait for me, you don't know who might be out this late at night!"

 

If he hadn't lost his wings, things would face been easier - thankfully, Willow never seemed to even consider flying. He understood completely - after being grounded all his life, it had taken a while for flying to seem like a viable solution for anything. Either way, he didn't even know if she could fly...

 

"It's hardly defenceless, just calm down for a second!"

 

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Kricket.

 

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Kricket looked at the changing creature.

 

Aaa-ck? Ra-aa-aack!"" it crackled, mimicking to conversational to e that the changing creatures used, much to his enjoyment.

 

He had lost a willow, but she was never far from the changing creature... So he waited: settling down on the ground and watching the creature with an inquisitive look.

Edited December 6, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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Scribbler felt slightly embarrassed, he noticed Mirror's sentences became more choppy, he worried that he'd made her uncomfortable, until he noticed her closing the gap between them. He wasn't sure what he felt, aside from a flurry of something choking his thoughts for a moment. He simply smiled "You and I, both.. I hadn't thought it to be possible to find an alicorn outside of royalty. Orion was dangerous when we met him.. Seeing you there.. I couldn't just leave knowing I had left somepony behind to face what could have been their doom. As it turns out though, sticking around seems to have yielded much more than I had thought that night.. Meeting you, and Orion, Willow, and.. Well, Zintiik was an interesting find too.." He paused speaking for a moment, thinking of the first night. "You intrigued me from the moment you blinded me with that spell." He chuckled. Scribbler hadn't forgotten that moment, the blinding light which had shielded Mirror's secret, which Scribbler had later seen anyway. He didn't want to elude to it though. Her scars seemed to be too personal to speak of yet, though he was very curious to know what stories lay behind them.

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Clockwork Green

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Clockwork Smiled, noting the suspicion in Aegis's eyes as she spoke to him. "Clockwork Green. Creator of inventions and innovations. At your service." He bowed his head, tipping his bowler hat slightly. He didn't want to remove it entirely, as it had been rigged up with a cable, connecting to the device stored inside it. This would be better left out of sight, the less they knew, the better, he thought. Without trying, his demeanor had taken a slightly ominous tone it seemed, and he wasn't entirely sure why.

Edited December 6, 2013 by Midnight Scribbler

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Frost's eyebrow lifted in interest as Blast explained the artifact to him. He was glad that the stallion was being open with him, seeing as they had never met before. "If I may ask...Blast...what exactly were the difficulties you ran into?" He asked, his eye shimmering with curiosity. He began to think since all of these ponies were here together that they ere splitting their ways here, or they were taking another shit at retrieving this artifact.

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Eclipse

Eclipse looked over to Clockwork Green. He didn't look like the most... well, sane of stallions. He looked like one of those mad scientists you would see in movies like Frankenstein or movies around those lines. But, he wasn't going to completely judge by horror stereotypes. He was going to judge by what he really was.

"Pardon me, my good sir, but you like quite mad for somepony such as you." Eclipse said, walking out of his seat and up to Clockwork. "Tell me; what exactly can you do?"

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Blast

At this point, Blast was becoming slightly hesitant on what he was saying to Frost. What if he was one of Orion's friends trying to gather info... nah. That's silly. It couldn't be that reason.

"Mostly generic stuff, like collapsing caverns and such. But, there was one threat that stood out from the rest; Orion. He was an alicorn who had already read half of the Litany. That's why we need to find it before he does. If he finds it, he'll be even more corrupt."
 

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Clockwork Green

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Clockwork raised a brow at this comment. It wouldn't have been the first time he'd been called this, but from a complete stranger, it was unexpected. "I beg your pardon, sir, but.. Do you usually call ponies things like that before introductions?" He chuckled. "Perhaps I am slightly mad.. There is, after all, a hint of insanity in every genius. hmmhmm. To answer your question.. I invent mechanisms to improve upon old systems, and create ways for earth ponies to experience the delights of using magic, and flight." He grinned, fanning his left wing out a bit. The dim light shimmered on the brass blades of his pseudo feathers.

Edited December 6, 2013 by Midnight Scribbler

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Scribbler felt slightly embarrassed, he noticed Mirror's sentences became more choppy, he worried that he'd made her uncomfortable, until he noticed her closing the gap between them. He wasn't sure what he felt, aside from a flurry of something choking his thoughts for a moment. He simply smiled "You and I, both.. I hadn't thought it to be possible to find an alicorn outside of royalty. Orion was dangerous when we met him.. Seeing you there.. I couldn't just leave knowing I had left somepony behind to face what could have been their doom. As it turns out though, sticking around seems to have yielded much more than I had thought that night.. Meeting you, and Orion, Willow, and.. Well, Zintiik was an interesting find too.." He paused speaking for a moment, thinking of the first night. "You intrigued me from the moment you blinded me with that spell." He chuckled. Scribbler hadn't forgotten that moment, the blinding light which had shielded Mirror's secret, which Scribbler had later seen anyway. He didn't want to elude to it though. Her scars seemed to be too personal to speak of yet, though he was very curious to know what stories lay behind them.

 

 

As the two walked on the buildings were becoming noticeably nicer looking, as were the clothes of the ponies that walked the streets. They were getting closer to their destination. If her memory server her right it was just a few streets away.

 

Mirror thought back to when she had almost blinded te group. The spell she used wasn't exactly spectacular, in any way other than it's brightness. Maybe she was forgetting something. "Why is that?"

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Aegis Dare

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Aegis remained quiet. Lacking a proper response, his eyes narrowed at Clockwork's steel wings. He drained his mug, trying to figure out why he was having this reaction. 'What's wrong with me? I don't normally mistrust ponies this much.'

 

When he finally did speak up again, he tried to remain pleasant. "You must be quite the inventor, sir. Nopony else would be bold enough to give themselves wings."

 

((OOC: Unless you're talking about Pavisa, Aegis is a stallion, even if he does have a somewhat femmy appearance.))

Edited December 6, 2013 by Windbreaker

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Icarus chuckled a bit.

 

Now this is an interesting experience, for once, I'm not the one being called insane, I already like this group. Usually the mask sets people off.

 

He noticed a few ponies giving him strange look, but they avoided his gaze.

 

he looked back to the group

 

"Ageis is a writer, what is everypony else's professions, if you don't mind me asking? " He inquired.

 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2013 by Commander Tangent

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Kingfisher.

 

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Of all the topics to bring up... Why was it that the one time that 'professions' were the worst possible topic, it was one of the first things to come up? Kingfisher glanced at Pavisa with uncharacteristic concern before taking matters into her own hooves.

 

"Sailors, adventurers... whatever you want to call us." She said ambiguously, resting a foreleg around the ex-guards neck and smirking, much like Red would have done - jaunty, confident, self assured that with enough charisma, a few small omissions of truth might be overlooked. Not that she was technically lying - they had both been an adventure after all... The fact that only Kingfisher did it for a living was simply not worth mentioning...

 

"Exploring, discovering, saving Equestria from certain doom... that sort of thing."

Edited December 6, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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Icarus raised an eyebrow at Kingfisher's response. Not that anyone could see that though his mask. 

 

"Really? most intriguing, you sound quite upbeat about it" He said.

 

Saving Equestria, now that is quite a broad term, and one that carries weight to be upheld. I guess you could say I've done similar though, because had I not stopped the plague at Stalliongrad and allowed the creator to spread it... 

 

Icarus shuddered at the thought.

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Pavisa smiles gratefully at Kingfisher for saving her from having to explain, blushing slightly.  She wasn't used to having somepony defend her, even in something like this.  Thanks, Fisher...  Doing her best to put on a confident grin Pavisa gives a small nod.  

 

"Heh, yeah, that's us...  However you want to say it, take your pick."  Not a lie, really...  That may be the life I have to look forward to now.  She spares another small glance at Kingfisher, thinking back to when the other mare had offered her a place on the Dreamer...  It was too early to be thinking about that though.

 

Faking a yawn and hiding it behind a hoof, the ex-guard stands up and jerks her head towards the direction of her room.  "The train leaves pretty early tomorrow, and I'm not a morning pony...  I think maybe I should go ahead and turn in."

 

 

Zintiik

 

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The changeling sighs as he looks down at Kricket.  "Still don't understand what I'm saying, huh?"  He steps back out towards the street, jerking his head down the direction he was walking.  

 

"Well, come on.  I can't just leave you out here by yourself."  After a moment 'Tactic' lowers a wing as though to offer the little Aspect to ride on his back.  "...One bite, and I'm rolling over on you.  Willow has to be worried about you, so let's go find her."  As much as he disliked the numerous bites he had received from Kricket, Zintiik had to begrudgingly admit that he at least preferred the little Aspect's company over being by himself.

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Crimson finally noticed everypony sitting at the nearby table, discussing the next adventure, so he quickly trotted over with a grin. "Hey guys! Are you getting ready for our next crazy adventure to save the world and whatnot? If so, I'm in!" said the seemingly drunk pirate with a chuckle, before noticing the new ponies. "But who are the new kids?" he asked Kingfisher, taking a swig of his rum.

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Kingfisher.

 

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Kingfisher breathed a silent sigh of relief - sure she could lie as smoothly as the best if them - even without her deadpan demeanour - but winging it and simply hoping that she wasn't upsetting her friend further? That was slightly uncomfortable.

 

"Alright: Think it leaves pretty early so that might just be the best idea... 'Night Pav!"

 

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"Y'know, I'm not in the least bit surprised to see you here Crimson. That's nearly a full set now, minus that explorer guy..."

 

She thought for a moment and shrugged.

 

"Doctor Death an' Clockwork Orange... or somethin like that. And it's a train ride: not an adventure. I mean, knowing us it'll be a train ride, a six month trek, a spiritual journey and the best damn sandwich you ever ate... but right now, it's just a train ride. Goin' to meet a friend up in the Crystal Kingfom - fella who sent those letters 'bout the Litany."

 

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Kricket.

 

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Kricket looked up at the changing creature with an expression of confusion - or at least, as close to which an warped elemental could manage. What was the creature doing? It kept talking to him in its strange language...

 

Hovering upward, he rose several meters into the sky before descending - ignoring the wing and settling on the creatures head with a self-satisfied "Aa-ak!"

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"trust me, the simplest of journeys can turn into the most elaborate adventures" Icarus said, " I trust that this will turn out in a similar fashion".

 

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Icarus watched the pony leave for her room. Before returning his gaze back to the group.

 

What could she be so secretive of?... hmm, perhaps she is royalty or a guard, that would explain why she is so secretive here. Smart..

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Frost smile widened at the events Blast explained. It vanished at the mention of Orion. He did not know the pony, but the name sounded familiar and had a sound that made had a very vile, evil sound to it.....or at least that's how it sounded to him. "Orion....I don't believe I've heard that name before." He said shaking his head. "Anyway, it sounds like quite the adventure! I might just follow you guys and stick to the shadows." He said, nudging Blast before letting out a loud chuckle. "I joke of course." He added

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Aegis was in half a mind to follow Pavisa's example and go to his own room, if only to get away from these two new wierdos. Icarus just seemed creepy and Clockwork was unsettling. Not exactly the best drinking company in the world. And then, out of nowhere, Crimson shows up. 'Oh good. For a moment, I thought I'd end up permanently paranoid before bed.'

 

"Yo, Crimson! How you doin', buddy?" Aegis asked, genuinely pleased to see the pirate.

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Eclipse

Eclipse's eyebrow raised. A pegasus that works in machinery? Not only that, but he creates ways for Earth Ponies to use magic and flight? Genius!

"Hmph. I think Blast might take a liking to you, then." Eclipse said, keeping his look of indifference. "Perhaps I do start my introductions like that most of the time. No problem with that. right?" Eclipse then turned to Crimson. "Nice of you to join us, Crimson." He said, very monotone.

 

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Blast

"Why not?" Blast asked him, smiling. "You seem like the type to be adventuring! It could be a good experience for you!"

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Pavisa calls over her shoulder as she walks away from the table, "Night!  Wake me up if ya need anything."  As she walks past Crimson she grins and nudges him, not breaking her stride.  "Hey there pirate.  Was wondering when you'd show up."

 

As she gets back to her room she unlocks the door and delivers a swift kick to knock loose her halberd which she had wedged in the doorframe.  Stepping inside she leaves the door unlocked, picking up her halberd and carrying it over to her bed.  Propping the weapon up next to the bed she gets down on the floor to pull her armour out from where she'd left it, inspecting each piece and stacking it next to the polearm.

 

Sitting in her bed, she lets her gaze drift to the pile of gear.  Slowly she reaches out to pick up her helmet, holding in her hooves and staring at it.  "...My whole life has been turned upside down in a matter of weeks..."  Sighing sadly she shuts her eyes and rests her forehead against the cold metal helmet, the first signs of moisture forming around her closed eyelids.  She still felt like she had made the right decision, but it still hurt to let go of something she'd wanted since she was small.

 

 

Zintiik

 

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Zintiik lets out an agitated sigh as Kricket settles into 'Tactic's' mane before spreading his wings and starting to take off into the sky.  "Come on then, lets get you back to Willow..."  

 

By getting above the level of the buildings the changeling was able to scan the streets below, looking for the telltale glow that would be Willow's wings.  He didn't see her or Orion in any of the main streets, but Canterlot was a big place...  They could have gone down one of the many alleys, or more likely, into a building...  

 

He looks up at Kricket resting on his head.  "I don't suppose you have any ideas of where to look, do you?"  Not expecting an answer he flies back to the ground and starts walking, keeping his attention focused on looking for either of the siblings.