Re: Adventures in Saint-Trotez - On Set (Episodes 3 - 6)

**Paper Shadow** Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:59 pm

LoganAura wrote:Snipe hops onto the construct, and fiddles in his bag. "Let's see... I have something... Ah!" Snipe tosses a small rock that he uses for his slingshot at Sleeping Beauty/Spark's head.

(If Sparks wants to "sleep" through this, I'm going to need an Endurance roll, but if you want to move things forward, you can wake up if you want to...)

tygerburningbright Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:42 pm

A few moments after being hit by the rock Sparks rather groggily gets up. "Er where am I? What in the world just happened? Why is there a skeleton walking around!? Why am I in a box?"

Colter Bolt Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:22 pm

"Hello Sparks. It's me, Necrar. You're on a boat the thieves were going to use to ship the items they stole from the museum. From what I've heard from a thief earlier, you put on a crown with a demon used as an enchantment. It probably had control of your body for some time." Necrar says, letting one red eye-light scan over Sparks.

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**Paper Shadow** Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:35 pm

Colter Bolt wrote:
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You sense powerful possession magic, similar to what you once had long ago, but it currently lies dormant, as if it is allowing the creature it is possessing to keep control...

Colter Bolt Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:15 pm

"Looks like you're doing well now." Necrar says, moving back a bit. "If you want to talk about it, come over to the graveyard."

tygerburningbright Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:49 pm

"Ok... weird... well then let's get out of this place then." With that Sparks climbs out of the box and follows whoever makes a motion to leave first.

**Paper Shadow** Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:12 pm

With the group together once more, you all head off the boat and do whatever you do, criminals in tow. Necrar splits from the party so he can "get out of his costume", but everyone else does stuff. You lead the criminals into the hooves of justice, return the crown and other treasures to the museum, and carry your night as normal, or as normal as it could be...

(Episode End)

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It's Nightmare Night. The streets are filled with ponies in a wide range of different costumes, although common, expected costumes are seen a good amount of times. The guards among you have been given the night off (unless they really insist that they want to work). What are you doing?

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Colter Bolt Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:26 pm

Necrar attempts to walk over to the haunted house Mind Games was setting up, humming a little tune as he goes along in his skeletal form.

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AProcrastinatingWriter Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:39 pm

Aces finished attaching the hook to - rather, in - his metal arm, tapping it experimentally against the ground a couple times. A bit uncomfortable, but not cumbersome. Standard Nightmare Night costume feel, then. A quick grin he didn't really feel into the mirror, a slight adjustment of his ridiculous (but necessary) hat, a brush of overly-fancy sleeve, and Aces sighed a little. "Yo ho," he said, the barest hint of mirth at the edge of his voice.

And so Aces the Pirate headed out to enjoy Nightmare Night.

**LoganAura** Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:48 pm

Snipe the bag-pony whistles from his perch at the top of the city, every so often trying to locate stuff for the construct and talking to it as though the pony from the crown was listening. "I have to say, this guy's actually really awesome." Snipe walks around, poking and proding at it. "I've needed to get a LOT of debris from busted houses but using this guy as a clean up thing has been beneficial. So!" Snipe sits his gun down and looks at the construct--Snipe having spent whatever money he had been given to make the construct look like frankenpony's monster... If crown-pony had let him do so. "I've still got nothing for any sort of deal between us, friend, but I do have a small idea. I don't want to be as... Fragile I guess you could say. What would you get if I asked you to make me tougher? As in, what would I have to give you?"

**Paper Shadow** Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:56 pm

Colter Bolt wrote:
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You find the haunted house in one of the housing districts. It's a three story mansion made of old wood and looks like it is falling into pieces. There's a somewhat large queue into the house, with a ticket seller at the doors. As you arrive, you see a small group of ponies running from house, looking scared out of their wits, before slowing down to catch their breath and begin laughing to each other...

AProcrastinatingWriter wrote:Aces finished attaching the hook to - rather, in - his metal arm, tapping it experimentally against the ground a couple times. A bit uncomfortable, but not cumbersome. Standard Nightmare Night costume feel, then. A quick grin he didn't really feel into the mirror, a slight adjustment of his ridiculous (but necessary) hat, a brush of overly-fancy sleeve, and Aces sighed a little. "Yo ho," he said, the barest hint of mirth at the edge of his voice.

And so Aces the Pirate headed out to enjoy Nightmare Night.

The streets are alive with the sound of ~~music~~ ponies enjoying the festivities. Main Street has been fully decked out with "spooky" decorations, and many different booths, varying from pop-up shops, games, and other things you'd expect from Nightmare Night celebrations. There's even a pony doing face painting for the little foals, although there aren't that many foals in Saint-Trotez, so she isn't really busy. Is there any particular festivity Aces is looking for?

LoganAura wrote:Snipe the bag-pony whistles from his perch at the top of the city, every so often trying to locate stuff for the construct and talking to it as though the pony from the crown was listening. "I have to say, this guy's actually really awesome." Snipe walks around, poking and proding at it. "I've needed to get a LOT of debris from busted houses but using this guy as a clean up thing has been beneficial. So!" Snipe sits his gun down and looks at the construct--Snipe having spent whatever money he had been given to make the construct look like frankenpony's monster... If crown-pony had let him do so. "I've still got nothing for any sort of deal between us, friend, but I do have a small idea. I don't want to be as... Fragile I guess you could say. What would you get if I asked you to make me tougher? As in, what would I have to give you?"

(Crown Pony does indeed let you decorate the construct as Frankenpony's Monster, but I will ask if you wish to give the construct a name...)

"Depends on what you mean by being less fragile," the whisper in your head state. "Do you wish to become a stallion, with mind and body strong? Do you desire protection, so swords and daggers bounce off your skin? Or do you hope for brawn, muscles to break things you couldn't break before?"

"Also, I presume 'Complete and Utter Devotion' is too much of a cost, correct?"

tygerburningbright Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:59 pm

Sparks pauses in his random wandering of the city trying ,an attempt take in as much as possible, a sudden feeling coming from his gut. He then comes to a full stop in order to think of the best way to say something to Varesh eventually settling on what was the very first thing to came to mind. "There is no real good way to say this and I have no clue what you are currently trying to do but I feel like I should either be kinda jokingly calling you a big softy at heart or trying to shame you for being too overt..."

OOC if you hadn't noticed I am horrible at free form...

**Paper Shadow** Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:26 pm

tygerburningbright wrote:Sparks pauses in his random wandering of the city trying ,an attempt take in as much as possible, a sudden feeling coming from his gut. He then comes to a full stop in order to think of the best way to say something to Varesh eventually settling on what was the very first thing to came to mind. "There is no real good way to say this and I have no clue what you are currently trying to do but I feel like I should either be kinda jokingly calling you a big softy at heart or trying to shame you for being too overt..."

OOC if you hadn't noticed I am horrible at free form...

(That's okay. I'm just trying different things to see what people like, and this way simulated regular life in Saint-Trotez rather well. I'll avoid putting you in free situations in the future...)

Varesh begins to appear in front of you, and being in the spirit of Nightmare Night, is dressed up as your marefriend, if your marefriend was an animated corpse. Needless to say, you don't appreciate the costume. "Sorry, could you repeat that?" asks the mare with a cheeky grin...

**LoganAura** Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:48 pm

((Snipe will call the construct Struck for simplicities sake))

"Hm..." Snipe taps his chin, fidgeting with a few portions of the Frankenpony outfit before looking at Struck in the eyes. "And actually? It would be too little, because I'm already completely devoted to anypony I consider a friend, even if you don't, though I'm guessing your idea of "Complete and utter Devotion" is more "I become your eternal servant" or the like, which yeah would be a little much for just one little thing. Add in the fact that all three of them are a bit much: I'm fine being a kid, and I'm a Pegasus sniper, not an earth pony farmer, so brawn would not be the best thing... Though just being resistant to blows rather than a full on deflection is more what I want."

AProcrastinatingWriter Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:34 pm

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**Paper Shadow** Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:10 pm

AProcrastinatingWriter wrote:
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(There isn't really anything gambling based, except the casino, which isn't really a part of the festivities, so I assume you want to bob for apples?)

LoganAura wrote:((Snipe will call the construct Struck for simplicities sake))

"Hm..." Snipe taps his chin, fidgeting with a few portions of the Frankenpony outfit before looking at Struck in the eyes. "And actually? It would be too little, because I'm already completely devoted to anypony I consider a friend, even if you don't, though I'm guessing your idea of "Complete and utter Devotion" is more "I become your eternal servant" or the like, which yeah would be a little much for just one little thing. Add in the fact that all three of them are a bit much: I'm fine being a kid, and I'm a Pegasus sniper, not an earth pony farmer, so brawn would not be the best thing... Though just being resistant to blows rather than a full on deflection is more what I want."

"Usually, when creatures ask me for deals, they dream big," responds the whispers. "Give me a moment to think, but I will most likely ask you for a favour, and give you the resistance you seek when you complete the task. Deal?"

"Also, 'Complete and Utter Devotion' is less 'Become My Eternal Slave' and more 'Do Not Ever Go Against Me', but that would still be too expensive for this deal, right?"

AProcrastinatingWriter Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:35 pm

Aces slowly made his way over to the familiar tub of apples, walking a quarter-circle around it before approaching - so as to ascertain the best angle. He looked up for the pony - or otherwise - in charge.

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**Paper Shadow** Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:55 pm

AProcrastinatingWriter wrote:Aces slowly made his way over to the familiar tub of apples, walking a quarter-circle around it before approaching - so as to ascertain the best angle. He looked up for the pony - or otherwise - in charge.

The pony in charge is an male earth pony dressed up a clown. He spots you looking at the tub, and says "Hello there sir, care for a bob?"

Colter Bolt Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:43 pm

"Excuse me," Necrar says, tapping the pony in front of him. "Do you know how long this haunted house is open?"

AProcrastinatingWriter Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:26 pm

Paper Shadow wrote:
AProcrastinatingWriter wrote:Aces slowly made his way over to the familiar tub of apples, walking a quarter-circle around it before approaching - so as to ascertain the best angle. He looked up for the pony - or otherwise - in charge.
The pony in charge is an male earth pony dressed up a clown. He spots you looking at the tub, and says "Hello there sir, care for a bob?"

"Aye," Aces says, raising his hook as he steps further in. "Any special house rules I should know abou' beforehoof?"

**LoganAura** Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:55 pm

Paper Shadow wrote:"Usually, when creatures ask me for deals, they dream big," responds the whispers. "Give me a moment to think, but I will most likely ask you for a favour, and give you the resistance you seek when you complete the task. Deal?"

"Also, 'Complete and Utter Devotion' is less 'Become My Eternal Slave' and more 'Do Not Ever Go Against Me', but that would still be too expensive for this deal, right?"

"Hm... Gimme what the favor is first, and then I'll see if I'll agree. And I might be willing to do the never go against you thing if you add the qualifier "Unless my own life, values, sanity, or safety in any way shape or form" is tacked on. Meaning, I'll do what you say... Unless I can find some way to specifically tell you how it would go against one of those. For example, it would go against my values as a 'soldier in training' if you ever tell me to steal/kill/maim/murder/slaughter/various other ways of torture somepony who wasn't guilty of a heinous crime." Snipe grins widely.

**Paper Shadow** Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:59 pm

Colter Bolt wrote:"Excuse me," Necrar says, tapping the pony in front of him. "Do you know how long this haunted house is open?"

"Erm, it should be open 'til morn," answers the pony, a mare dressed up as a vampire who seems to be in a small group of other mares dressed as vampires. "Cool costume, by the way."

AProcrastinatingWriter wrote:"Aye," Aces says, raising his hook as he steps further in. "Any special house rules I should know abou' beforehoof?"

The stallion smiles. "Well sir, I'm glad you asked," he replies. "This tub is your standard game, but we got a special tub for those who want to put their bits where their mouth is. Does that interest you sir?"

LoganAura wrote:"Hm... Gimme what the favor is first, and then I'll see if I'll agree. And I might be willing to do the never go against you thing if you add the qualifier "Unless my own life, values, sanity, or safety in any way shape or form" is tacked on. Meaning, I'll do what you say... Unless I can find some way to specifically tell you how it would go against one of those. For example, it would go against my values as a 'soldier in training' if you ever tell me to steal/kill/maim/murder/slaughter/various other ways of torture somepony who wasn't guilty of a heinous crime." Snipe grins widely.

"You know, you think pretty deep for a child."

Colter Bolt Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:22 pm

"Thanks, I've been working on it for years." Necrar says before stepping out of the line. He continues to Main Street in the hopes of finding his allies.

AProcrastinatingWriter Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:59 pm

Paper Shadow wrote:
AProcrastinatingWriter wrote:"Aye," Aces says, raising his hook as he steps further in. "Any special house rules I should know abou' beforehoof?"
The stallion smiles. "Well sir, I'm glad you asked," he replies. "This tub is your standard game, but we got a special tub for those who want to put their bits where their mouth is. Does that interest you sir?"

"Wha' else would you expec' a pira' to say?" Aces smiled. "Show me the way."

**LoganAura** Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:41 pm

Paper Shadow wrote:"You know, you think pretty deep for a child."

"I may be a kid, but I'm not an idiot." Snipe makes a small face. "Besides, I needed to grow up quickly when my special talent was essentially handling a gun. Speaking of." Snipe grabs his sniper-paintball gun and promptly fires a shot of Granny-smith-green beside the bobbing for Apples tub, avoiding anypony near there and waving if Aces looks up.

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"So, the favor?"

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