open The Final Expense: Wrath Of The Crystal Empire (Romance/Action/Drama)

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Gavin felt sorry for not being able to help her completely. "You can stay here for a while if you don't have a home in this land?" said Gavin. "We can also help you find a job if you're interested in helping us out, or if you want to help somepony else out?" Gavin asked Charcoal.

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David nodded. "Right. Thanks for the help. I think I'll do that. Thanks again for all your help!" He turned around to start walking off, then paused mid stride. "Missing something are we?" Poe asked, cackling madly. David nodded sheepishly at Poe then turned around, back towards Gerrit. "Right, uh, which way was it? I'm sorry, but I'm not used to moving around this much in this area."

 

 

 

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"You could meet up with Nex's troops at Galorick's Peak, they are going to make another run into the Forbidden Lands, they send out troops ever 45 minutes on the clock. Can't guarantee if you go out there you'll survive. If you can make it to the Outcast camp where the troops go to be with the others, I'll assume you know what you're doing." Gerrit replied.

 

Edited March 31, 2014 by The Author

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Gavin felt sorry for not being able to help her completely. "You can stay here for a while if you don't have a home in this land?" said Gavin. "We can also help you find a job if you're interested in helping us out, or if you want to help somepony else out?" Gavin asked Charcoal.

Charcoal liked the idea of finding a job again. She did always love working in the forge day in and day out. She missed it. "Yeah... finding a job sounds good... but if I understand what is going on, isn't my home and everything I had in this 'Forbidden Land'? If it is then what am I going to do?"

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David nodded. "Right. Thanks for the help. I think I'll do that. Thanks again for all your help!" He turned around to start walking off, then paused mid stride. "Missing something are we?" Poe asked, cackling madly. David nodded sheepishly at Poe then turned around, back towards Gerrit. "Right, uh, which way was it? I'm sorry, but I'm not used to moving around this much in this area."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charcoal liked the idea of finding a job again. She did always love working in the forge day in and day out. She missed it. "Yeah... finding a job sounds good... but if I understand what is going on, isn't my home and everything I had in this 'Forbidden Land'? If it is then what am I going to do?"

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Gerrit turned around to face David. "You want to go north, and you should reach Galorick's peak. But it's a long ways away from here." Gerrit replied.

 

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"I was referring to if you had a home in the Region Of Bavik. But yes, all your stuff is in the Forbidden Lands." Gavin replied.

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Gerrit turned around to face David. "You want to go north, and you should reach Galorick's peak. But it's a long ways away from here." Gerrit replied.

 

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"I was referring to if you had a home in the Region Of Bavik. But yes, all your stuff is in the Forbidden Lands." Gavin replied.

Charcoal sighed. "Then what am I going to do? I don't want to have to mouch off anypony and staying anywhere without a job isn't something I can do." Charcoal said. "So... are there any places where I could work? Like a blacksmith or something like that?" Charcoal asked, a bit hopeful.

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"Yes, actually." Gavin said with a mild look. "We have on in our grounds, you can come into the castle grounds and make armor for our Knights?" said Gavin. He then pointed near the Guard Barracks and there was anvil and forge. There were piles of minerals that haven't been used yet.

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"Yes, actually." Gavin said with a mild look. "We have on in our grounds, you can come into the castle grounds and make armor for our Knights?" said Gavin. He then pointed near the Guard Barracks and there was anvil and forge. There were piles of minerals that haven't been used yet.

Charcoal looked at the ore with as much joy and glee as a foal going to an all you can eat candy chop. This was her candy shop, only she wasn't going there to eat. "And... I can just go and use this? Does it belong to somepony else?" Charcoal asked. She wanted this badly, but didn't want to take it from somepony else.

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"Not since Jesse died, no." Gavin replied.

"If you excuse me I'll be in the Castle Library in the Castle Keep, to finish up some research, so I'll leave you be." said Gavin.

 

Gavin walked over to the doors of the Keep to go inside, as he went inside two guards closed the door behind him so he wouldn't have to close it.

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"Not since Jesse died, no." Gavin replied.

"If you excuse me I'll be in the Castle Library in the Castle Keep, to finish up some research, so I'll leave you be." said Gavin.

 

Gavin walked over to the doors of the Keep to go inside, as he went inside two guards closed the door behind him so he wouldn't have to close it.

Charcoal sighed a bit and looked at the forge. It upset Charcoal a bit that she was taking a dead pony's forge, but... it couldn't really hurt that much... could it? Well... it was given to me. Charcoal thought to herself before smiling and walking into the forge.

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TIME 9:47PM

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~ The Fortress ~

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The air was thick and there were city's lit up all around with celebration.

"Sir, moment if you will?" Lucus asked breaking the silence in the top tower.

"Yes, what can I do for you Lucus?" Zachary asked.

Lucus trotted up the stairs slowly towards were Zachary was, the sky was showing and plenty of stars are out.

"I'm worried sir." Lucus stated. Zachary still looking out over the Kingdom turned his attention to his company.

"About what Corporal?" Zachary asked curiously. 

"I'm scared that what we're trying to do won't work." Lucus questioned.

Zachary sighed. "Restoring this great land, and these great ponies is something that Pheonix never should of put on the Bandits." Zachary looked into the sky "Luna warned us, but Jason got his way" Zachary said stomping his hoof down onto the bricks of the castle floor.

"If these Dragons don't return we won't have a more secure money system, without our economy will fail." Lucus stated.

"Have you asked Gavin yet Lucus on what his plans are if they do NOT return?" Zachary asked.

"No?" Lucus replied.

Zachary looked back at Lucus. "We will have to have a big conference to let Nex know his troops are given the right to invade the Forbidden Lands and get rid of all the problems we have that are there." said Zachary.

"I wouldn't feel too comfortable giving the rights to Nex but we may have no other choice." Zachary sighed.

"If I may ask M' Lord. What will become of the Crystal Empire?" Lucus asked.

Zachary looked in Lucus's direction and said "The same fate."

 

Lucus backed away from Zachary, "Thank-you M' Lord." Lucus replied.

"By your leave, Mr. Lucus." Zachary finished.

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As ponies of all sorts walked around Charcoal's new forge they could hear lots of noise going on from the inside. Though, Charcoal had closed off the entrance and any other ways for ponies to see what she was doing. She was hard at work from the moment she stepped into the forge. This was what Charcoal loved doing, and thus it Fletcher like home to her, not work.

 

For hours Charcoal, worked. She never took a break, not even for a moment. But it all paid off when she opened up the door and windows and everything else, letting everypony see the armor and weapons she had made. None of it was great armor. In fact it was mostly iron ore she had to work with. But the armor looked no less incredible and the weapons were deadly looking as well.

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OOC - It's not night time for me, it's just we haven't had a full day yet in the roleplay, and now after everything that's happened so far, I would call day it #1 to be exact!

 

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Time: 11:30PM

 

Gavin was extremely tired from the long day, he feel down onto his bed and passed out.

Edited April 1, 2014 by Paladin Butters

[Trevor Bright 872]

David felt weary, but couldn't stop. He had completely made up hid mind. He'd grown tired of sitting in his bunker, waiting out the possible collapse of society. If the world was going to break, he was going to be there in the middle of it. He felt his eyes close then jerk open as he stumbled over a tree root. "Its alright", Poe said quietly, "I'll take over and you can rest." David considered the chaos Poe might be able to cause, but was to tired to care. They were far from civilization, and the most Poe could do was kill a few wandering ogres. Tiredly, he nodded, releasing control of his body and embracing sweet sleep. The last thing David heard before falling asleep was Poe's spine chilling laugh.

[Mirage X Dash 27]

Mirage woke up with a sharp pain in his head. When he got up he found himself not in his room, he was in a forest. He had know idea on what happend or where he was but he knew one thing, he had to find some help. He wandered through the woods for a few minutes when he found a dirt road and he started to follow it. He didn't have any armor or weapons to defend himself. If something were to attack him he'd be in trouble. He said to him self, I gotta find somepony who can help me.

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Poe was walking along. Everything really was boring right now. And you could only blow up so many trees before the fun ran out of that as well. He decided, against his better judgement, to actually be helpful to David for once and try to get him to Galorick's Peak. "Or twice is more like. The first time I actually worked with him was when we were stuck in the hive." So it was in this way that a semi-reformed (more like temporarily peaceful) Poe came upon a dirt road leading north. "Perfect. We should be there in no time. David's gonna be surprised at this." After walking along a little while, the large black stallion heard hoof steps plodding along the dirt road ahead of him. Casting a spell that made his hoof falls more quiet, Poe snuck up on a blue pegasus. Walking quietly, he slowly pulled a knife out of one of his pockets on his vest. He aimed and sent it twirling so that it buried itself to the hilt in the ground in front of the pegasus. "That was a warning. Who are you and what are you doing out here?" 

 

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Startled at what had happend he was frozen in fear for a minute. He responded, I am Mirage Flame and I woke up here in the middle of the forest. I don't remember how I got here. I don't mean you any harm can you tell me what's going on? He asked the black stallion. And where am I?

 

 

@The Author

Edited April 1, 2014 by Mirage X Dash

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Poe thought for a moment, then shrugged. The pony was unarmed, unarmored, and in all likeliness, untrained. He didn't seem the military sort. "Call me Poe. I don't know to much. I do know that an area called Demensia has been over run by ogres. I used to live there, but left to go search for fortune. I thought I might lend a hoof to the guards, but they wouldn't pay a "civilian" to help them." Poe let out a hoarse laugh. "I've fought ogres before, morons turned down a great asset. Anyways, I was told to head up to Galorick's Peak if I wanted a job. They send groups of troops out in to the bad lands every once in a while, and if I accompany one of them...well, I guess I can get paid." He shrugged his shoulders and smiled. "If you want to tag along, I could use the company. My usual company went to sleep a few hours back."

 

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Sure ill tag along, he said with a smile, just call me Mirage, I'm really sorry to hear about what happened to your home land. If I can do anything to help you out, I would be more than happy to help. The blue pegasus was very confused about what all is going on, how long has this been going on, the whole invasion? he asked the black unicorn.

 

@The Author

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Poe walked down and pulled the knife out of the ground. He flipped it around and caught the blade, offering the handle to Mirage. "The details are a bit sketchy. I'm a wandering, adventuring type of sort. Don't stay rooted in one place long. The invasion could've been happening for years, or just the month I was there." He pauses and looks up, chuckling to himself. "They called me paranoid. I built my house in the ground. More like a bunker then a house. They called me paranoid. Well, look who's here, walking around in the forest. Not them. Anyways, enough about me. How about you, you don't remember anything?"

 

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Well the last thing I can remember is flying around when I saw a shadow of some kind. I flew down to the ground and then I wake up here. I was the captain of an elite flying team before this all happened. I guess if this is the real world then I guess I'm gonna have to learn how to work and defend myself, he said with a smile. His stomach then started growling, he was embarrassed and started giggling. Sorry about that I guess I'm a little hungry. Say Poe, I don't mean to be a burdon but do you think after you finish your job could you train me to defend myself?

 

@The Author

[Trevor Bright 872]

Poe looked Mirage up and down a moment, then nodded, as if deciding something. "The person I got directions from said it was quite a ways to Galorick's Peak. I was only walking for a few hours when I found you. I was assuming that I still had a good few days of travel, but after checking a map I found that I had more like a few months of travel by foot." He sighs and pulls out another knife, flipping it and catching it unconsciously. "That should definitely be enough time to at least teach you a few skills needed to survive. I don't work for free though. I'll teach you a few things on good faith, but not everything." He pauses, then smiles as an idea come into his head. "How about this. I always seem to have a knack for finding trouble. I'll consider training you a favor, then sometime in the future when I need help, I can call on you. You can make good on your favor when you get your memories back?" 

 

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Time: 3:25AM

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- The Farm -

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"Steven, Steven, where are you?" Benson called out.

"Over here dad!" Cried Steven.

 

Benson trotted over to their hay stacks. He turned to the other side of them, where he found Steven wrapping up more hay.

"Son, we need to get our Breakfast." Benson demanded.

"Yeah, Dad I'm almost done." Steven replied. UGH! Steven cried as he pulled the lace tight around the hay.

"Hey, Kevin, where did we put the rest of the lures?" Lenny asked.

"Over by the Barn!" Yelled Kevin from the Main House.

 

As they all finished they headed inside their house for breakfast.

Eventually they were all sat down at the table ready to start. After some time

the table grew silent while they were eating.

"Dad, I must ask.. When will the Dragons be back?" Steven asked.

"The Senators told us they should be here soon enough." Benson replied.

 

There was a knock on the door behind them, "Kevin, it's your turn." Benson demanded.

Kevin got out of his seat and trotted over to the door. As he opened it, there was an explosion. BOOOM

Five figures dashed it inside. "Benson... You're coming with us." The voice demanded.

"NO! Get them guys!" Benson yelled.

 

With Kevin bleeding out, Steven and Lenny went after the Figures. Lenny went full on attack at one of the figures, punch, punch, punch, and punch. None of them landed his target. The figure who was attacked by Lenny pulled out a blade, and shoved it up his throat. "NO!!" Steven cried. Benson ran to grab a gun in the other room. Steven filled with rage went after the Figure who killed Lenny. Steven was kicked straight in the head by the same Figure. He fell and hit the ground hard. Two of the Figures went after Benson. Benson finally got the Gun off the wall in the other room, he loaded it and was ready to turn around to attack. As soon as he turned around he was lifted by the throat and bashed against the wall. "Nelrisk Del Tor'!" The Figure said, as Benson's throat was crushed. UGk kek glos.... The Barn fell silent....

 

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An Explosion happened to their north, and huge smoke flares were in the air from where it occurred.

[Mirage X Dash 27]

He smiled at Poe and said you've got yourself a deal, thank you for taking me in, and I will work my best for you. Mirage thought to himself, I do hope I can get my memories back before long. Mirage looked up at Poe and gave him a smile and said! thanks for bumping into me if u hadn't come I'd probably have bumped into an ogre or something. So, it's a few months travel eh? Mirage let out a heavy sigh, well, Mirage said, looks like we're gonna get to know each other a bit better now. So what's your story how did you end up in all this? Then out of no where Mirage heard an explosion, his ears shot up and he looked around. What in the wide world of Equestria was that, Mirage asked Poe with fear in his eyes?

 

@The Author

Edited April 1, 2014 by Mirage X Dash

[Trevor Bright 872]

Poe jerks around and he feels David wake up inside of his head. "What was that explosion!?!?! And who's this. Dang it Poe! I leave you alone for a few moments and you're already blowing stuff up?" Poe looks at Mirage and then sighs. "I'm not a normal pony, you should know this before you decide to involve yourself with me. I'm actually not even me. I'm usually a pony named David Pocket. I...huh. It's a bit complicated. Lets just go investigate that explosion, then I promise you an explanation ok?" Turning to walk towards the smoke Poe says to David "And that explosion wasn't me. I got tired of blowing up trees hours ago."

 

Author's note: As of this moment, only the text in blue is what Mirage is able to actually hear. David is speaking to Poe inside his head. If you read his bio, this would make sense. I can explain if need be.

 

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Mirage flew up above the tree line and spotted the smoke, he flew back down and said, "The explosion was pretty massive, and it's a pretty good distance between us" Mirage thought to him self,"what could have caused the explosion and I wonder if their alright" Mirage turned to Poe and said "Your dont need to explain yourself, Everypony is different and has different problems. But for now let's go investigate and see if anypony was hurt."

 

@The Author

Edited April 1, 2014 by Mirage X Dash