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[arkman575 312]

"Die you pathetic excuses of the canine breed!" Seth yelled in the wolven tong (basically a growl.), before charging at the first timberwolf, pinning it to the ground,  and snapping it's neck in two with his mouth. The second beast pounced atop Seth and tackled him in a struggle. Seth kicked with his might and forced the wolf off of him, only resulting in half of the beast to be shattered to bits by the impact. Both wolves looked at the remains. After realizing that half of it's body was gone, the timberwolf shattered to the ground.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

"Well done guys we beat some firewood in a fight I think we could slay a dragon now just kidding nice work guys any one wounded if not we should maybe head off again I can't be arsed to get in a fight with any more unmade tables I'm ready to move when you guy are ready"

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc was walking around with his magic rod touching it to each of the piles of twigs and logs. He wasn't paying attention to his friends as he worked. Finally he finished and tucked the rod into his bag again. Then he looked up to see his friends staring at him. "What?" he asked.

[arkman575 312]

Seth got up from the pile of newly cut limber and walked to the two. With no hesitation, he picked up one of the knives throne by snack and flung it at the owner, missing his mane by less than a millimeter. The blade found it's new home with the final wolf, which the team had missed till now. "Your welcome." The confident wolf said, strapping the packs on again.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

I turned to see a dead wolf behind me and smiled I grabbed my knife and turned to eclipse "thanks eclipse so what's our next plan should we carry on or set up camp here I mean there is plenty of fire wood and some rest would do us good as well plus I've got some meat I need to cook"

[arkman575 312]

Realizing they were about to make camp anyway, Seth intentionally drops the bags off his back. He began to pick up firewood in his mouth, but stopped when he realized what the pony said. "Wait, you ponies...eat meat?" Seth asked, looking both gleeful as well as terrified.

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc looked up at the setting sun and touched his chin thoughtfully. He went through the map in his head and did some calculations. "If we camp now then tomorrow we will make it to the ruins by nightfall." Looking at his companions he said "We should stop here for the night." Turning to Eclipse he said with disgust " And no I don't eat meat."

Edited January 16, 2014 by WhiteGuardian

[Anon In Equestria 57]

I sat down and looked over to eclipse with a smile "well I eat meat but most ponies don't I was on a mission in a jungle and I had no gear apart from my knife and a suicide pill for if I was captured so I had to kill animals and cook them to survive so that's why I eat meat it was the same week I lost my eye do you want some they are fresh-ish its beef"

 

(OOC night guys see you tomorrow)

Edited January 16, 2014 by lonewolf1735

[arkman575 312]

"B...Beef?" Seth questioned, starting to drool. After loosing himself to his meat fantasies, Seth regained his composer and took the doc's advice. He ran over to his bag and pulled out a miny propane bottle and tossed it over to the pile of sticks. He quickly arranged the pile into a decent pyramid. He then turned a valve on the bottle, pressed the auto-ignite, and lit the fire. "So, where's the beef?"

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc shook his head and walked over to sit by the fire. He gazed into it pensively. He let his mind wander. He wondered what Twilight was doing right now. He wondered what all his friends were doing. He closed his eyes in contentment as he enjoyed the warmth of the fire. Then he looked up at the sky and started silently naming all the constellations.

[arkman575 312]

Seth starred at the fire, remembering his past. All the times he and his comrades sat together around a bonfire after a battle, trying to forget said battle. Ironically, the fire was usually caused by a cannon missing it's target and hitting a tree. Seth grabbed a stick of one of the dead wolves and tossed it to the energetic pile. As he remembered his past, it only caused him to morn for their loss. Finally, he was focused on his brother, Dawn. Reliving the day Seth watched his brother's life extinguish in his paws, the wolf shed a single tear. He continued to stare into the inferno, wishing it had been him.

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc watched the wolf across from him. He stared as that single tear rolled down his cheek. He could see so much pain in that one tear. He stayed silent for a moment. The he looked up and asked "Who was it? If you don't mind my asking." He spoke softly, trying to be gentle with the touchy subject.

[arkman575 312]

The question brought Seth back into the present again. He looked over to the indigo pony with little emotional pride. He guessed it was time for a bit of his past to be revealed.

 

"My brother. This fire reminds me of the aftermath of the battles we fraught together. Our squad always sat by a burning tree or smoldering piece of a building and try to forget what we did. We were the top killers back in those days... but each of us hatted spilling the innocent blood of the equines. My brother and I were the only survivors of the squad. A few years ago, I was sent here to negotiate peace with you ponies. It ended with a lasting peace accord that has been strong to this day. However, it did not come until my brother was slain in cold blood." Seth fell silent for a few seconds. "He died for peace, I lived for it."

 

After finishing his tale, he continued to stair at the fire, a second tear joining the first.

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc looked down at the fire thoughtfully. He processed what the wolf said. He stared at him sympathetically for a moment before saying "I'm sorry for your loss. But if you don't mind my being so bold I can say at least his death wasn't in vain . You both achieved what you were fighting for. That's more than in can say." He looked into the fire again with grief on his face. 'Dad' he thought to himself.

[arkman575 312]

Seth thought about what the unicorn said, partially agreeing with his judgment. He turned to see a rather sorrow face, not unlike himself.

 

"If I may ask, you seem to be down yourself. Is there anything you want to mention?" 

 

'Ya, vary subtle Seth, vary subtle.' the wolf mentally face-pawed.

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc winced at the wolfs question. How had it come to this? He knew it would happen eventually. It looked like it was time to tell the truth. Time to reveal who he really was. He sighed deeply before saying "My real name is Maximillion Stone. My father was Grayson Stone. You might recognize the name. He was Equestria's greatest modern day inventor. If you know who he is then you will know that he died about two years ago. Although you probably don't know the details. It wasn't exactly public knowledge. You'll also probably know that his wife, my mother, died giving birth to me. It was all over the news." He laughed humorlessly. "My father raised me by himself. He was always busty and gone a lot, but he did everything he could to make sure I knew he loved me. Well, when I was very young, he found out that he had contracted a very rare and fatal disease known as FMDD. Or fatal magical decay disease. He had gotten it before I was born. Little to nothing was known about it. We also discovered early on that I was somewhat of a genius." Doc blushed a little when he said this. "I learned that I loved science and soon had my cutie mark. I devoted my life to researching the disease and trying to find a cure for my father. It became my life's purpose. I soon discovered exactly what the disease is. You probably know that a unicorn's horn is connected to its nervous system. Well it's also connected to a magical network built throughout the unicorn's body. The disease puts both a physical and a magical blockage in this system so that when one tries to use magic, only a little escapes and the rest is rejected back into the body as negative energy causing horrible headaches and spasms. In my testing I also found out the disease could be inherited." He looked up at Seth and smiled grimly. " I had the disease to. Of course I didn't care about myself just my father. But as hard as I tried, I couldn't find the cure before he died."

[Anon In Equestria 57]

I looked over to doc "I'm sorry about your dad doc I heard about FMDD the soviets had researched it back at groznigrad they were trying to make a weaponized gas out of it but as far as I know that research went up in flames along with the facility and a prototype mobile weapons platform and eclipse I feel your pain I had to kill my mother at that facility she had defected to the USSR and taken two portable nukes it was my mission was to recover the nukes I hate my country for what they did to me they never told me that she was there until she tried to kill me"

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc looked at the pony with a sad smile. "Yeah that sucks. It turned out my brother was half necrocorn and he was a maniac and he opened the dark world releasing unimaginable creatures and tried to rule Equestria with an iron hoof. Me and my friends had to put him down. Not fun." Doc found himself laughing. This felt nice, sitting around a fire, sharing stories with friends.

Edited January 17, 2014 by WhiteGuardian

[Anon In Equestria 57]

I get some beef out of my pack and place on a stick and leave over the fire and turn doc. "Half Necrocorn huh that sucks the only things I have to fight are tanks KGB soldiers and maybe a few bipedal tanks that carry weapons of mass destrution you know the type of stuff that a big explosion can solve" I paused. "soooo you have a special somepony back home doc"

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc laughed again and stared into the fire with a smile thinking of his favorite purple unicorn. He looked up at Snake and said "As a matter of fact I do. And it's because of her that I'm here talking to you." He looked back at the fire as he he took a stroll down memory lane, smiling softly at the nostalgia. He grabbed a stick and poked the fire letting sparks fly into the air.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

I looked over to the beef and turned it and then looked back over to the doc "you do and she is the reason your here huh why you wanna propose to her but need a way to pay for the ring and the wedding ha ha just kidding so has miss stone got a name doc" I turn the beef while waiting for a reply.

[Firehearted 120]

@@WhiteGuardian,@, @@arkman575,  

Alright you've been taking about stuff way over the tech level of Equestria sooooo... Guns for all! When you use that airdrop it'll have guns in it! Atlas also has a revolver now. 

 

Event 2: When the sun comes up you notice you are surrounded by poison joke. You havn't walked into any of it but it's there. And it'll be there for a few miles so watch youselfs. I know it's night now and not day yet but just setting it up if I'm not there when you go to the next day. Also try not to do anything stupid and get in it... I really don't want to have to think of any effects for you...

Edited January 17, 2014 by Airbornepony

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc smiled and said "Well we're not married yet, but hopefully some day. And she is the reason I'm here because she figured out the final secret to my cure of FMDD, and saved my life seconds before I died. So now I'm cured. And her name is Twilight." Doc smiled fondly as he stared at nothing.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

"Twilight twilight twilight max does she have a second name and what's is it its very important you tell me" I visualize the pony I'm thinking of if it is her then well I don't know what I will do but she can't be that twilight can it no "max your answer please"

[WhiteGuardian 168]

Doc looked taken aback at the insistancy of his friend. He stuttered for a minute before he finally made out the word. "S-Sparkle. Twilight Sparkle. Why? Is something wrong?" He was nervous. Did he know her? And if he did, how? He tried to calm down as he waited for a response.