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1[19:07] <BravoGM> 3 Last time on PoloSnakian Adventures, the party defeated a monster changeling of Stable 76, in the mines of Frostbite. Glitz put on a show to boost the spirits of the emotionally dead ponies, bringing them up to a slightly operational '1 CHA', effectively. The mayor, and miners, are a little bit overwhelmed by the unexpected scenario, "What do we do with these ponies? I mean, for now? We...
2[19:07] <BravoGM> ...didn't even know a Stable was down here!"
304[19:09] * Castille glances at Snowsled, the mayor pony. "I would hope you would keep an eye on them as they recover, once that's happened I supect they'll have much more to say." he turns to Rabbit, "Do you think there is anything worthwhile on the computers down here?"
407[19:14] * @Glitz looks around at Castille, "That's a good question. I wonder what they've got down here." She looks around, shrugs, and makes a decision, "I'm going to do a little exploring around the Stable. It should be fairly safe in here."
515[19:14] * Rabbit has a nice cloth bandage carefully covering her lower jaw and such to make sure nobody sees her freaking flesh missing. She says to the mayor or whoever else was speaking, "They have lived this long. It is unlikely you need to directly help them to continue that much. However this stable may provide you safety from the dragon." She then looks over at Castille as if he was asking the most obvious question in the world. Without answering, because it clearly wasn't needed, she turns to head off to the Overstallion's administration office. Wherever that was. She had a map!
604[19:16] * Castille looks back at Glitz, "I wish to visit the Overstallion's office..." he watches Rabbit wander off, but he knows her visual cues well enough to follow. "I think Rabbit knows where we are supposed to go." he adds to Glitz, before following after Rabbit, happy to let her lead... he also wonders if they have the means to make a smoothie down here.
704[19:18] * @Glitz resigns herself to following some more and goes off after Rabbit.
804[19:22] <BravoGM> 3 The mayor looks confused. She addresses Rabbit, "So just... let them continue on down here, until their heads are well enough to talk again? Ehh.. Alright. That's easy enough..." Meanwhile, the party marches off down a hall, and a stairway, to a room that would be overlooking the main hall from a second-story height. The door does actually say 'Overmare's Office' on it, and the stairs...
9[19:22] <BravoGM> ...leading to it don't have the precise-path through the dust that the entrance halls did. The Overmare's office has a big desk in the middle of it, a window to the main hall, and a terminal on the desk. That's all the obvious stuff, anyways.
1004[19:23] * @Glitz expects Rabbit will handle the terminal. She starts searching around the room for all the not-obvious stuff.
1115[19:24] * Rabbit nods to the mayor before she goes. "They are not your responsibility, nor have they needed help for eighty years. They may like help now, but they almost certainly do not need it." And indeed, she heads on over to the terminal, settles down at the changeling king's desk, breaks out her gear, and starts to go hacking.
1207[19:25] * Castille can see the obvious stuff, thus, he looks around the room carefully, approaching walls to see if there was anything hidden, possibly. He also takes the time to inspect the large desk, looking for anything that might be hidden.
1304[19:26] <BravoGM>  Glitz and Castille can make PER checks, while Rabbit can do the Science! All at base.
1404[19:34] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz finds a storage box with an old magibeam rifle in it, in a condition that would make firing it feel risky... and 24 micro-sparkle rounds for it. Castille and Rabbit find the same thing in different ways... there is a floor safe hidden under a rug. Rabbit hacking the system makes the safe obvious and apparent to her, albeit opening it through the terminal would be Science at -20....
1504[19:34] <BravoGM> ...Castille would have just as much difficulty unlocking it the old-fashioned way. Aside from that, Rabbit can learn more about the Stable's purposes and aims, through the logs and information in the terminal. And Castille finds an old old box of cigars in the desk, right beside an old old old bottle of wine.
1607[19:35] * @Glitz lets out a little squeal of delight. "Micro-sparkle rounds!" She takes them, leaving the damaged old rifle.
1715[19:36] * Rabbit figures Castille will probably try to pick the lock, so she goes for the logs to learn what the original purpose and aims for the stable were. And whether it was known beforehand that the leader or anyone inside was a changeling, and what kind of technology may be present to help them in their aims and goals.
1804[19:37] * Castille points at the safe underneath the desk, "Something good might be in there." he comments ildly, before picking up the box of cigarette as well as the old bottle of wine, looking at the latter. "This might be vintage by now, eighty years has passed after all since this was made. He also checks the quality of the cigars he picked up. After that, he gets down under where Rabbit is 
1907[19:37] * Castille sitting to work on the lock.
2004[19:45] <BravoGM> 3 Rabbit learns that the Stable was focused around cultivating and continuing culture: the stage in the main hall is for performing arts! There were painter studios built, plenty of musical instruments stocked up, and a small library of play scripts and classic books. Also, apparently, one of the first Overmare's initial logs mentions their irritation with a lack of a lighter, and an...
21[19:45] <BravoGM> ...inability to find one in the whole damn place. So much for her cigars! Castille unlocks the safe, eventually, and inside there is... money! Two thousand bits! A bottle of fine rum. And a recharging magic rifle.
2204[19:47] * Castille takes out a bag filled to the brim with bits, as well as the recharging rifle and the fine rum, though he definitely packs that one away after a moment. "Seems like a lotta good stuff. Did you find anything Rabbit, Glitz?" he asks them both with a glance to each
2307[19:48] * @Glitz smiles at Castille, clearly a happy mare, "I found more ammo for my rifle. That will surely be useful. Oh! I see you found another recharger rifle."
2415[19:49] * Rabbit reads through and downloads all of this information for safe keeping. While she does that she says, "Glitz, there are many resources here that you may be able to use. Resources for various performance arts, including acting, singing, and making music." She lets out a breath and says, while still looking at the terminal, "The changeling was not the original leader of this stable. It was a mare. The changeling took over some, as of yet undetermined, time later."
2504[19:50] * Castille listens to Rabbit, "Is there any indication if or when shit went downhill down here? Or for that matter if they admitted anyone famous? That would be really neat, not necessarily important, but certainly neat."
2604[19:51] * @Glitz nods to Rabbit, "Oooh, that could prove useful. I could use an instrument, and perhaps Rock would like an upgrade to hers."
2715[19:52] * Rabbit gives Glitz a quick set of instructions on how to find the relevant rooms. As for Castille's question, she continues her search to see if there is ever a change in logs, or a sudden stoppage that would indicate a change of power. "I do not know yet."
2804[19:52] * @Glitz takes Rabbit's instructions and wanders off to find said rooms. She swings by the main area to ask Rock if she wants to come along as well.
2907[19:53] * Castille nods to Glitz, "Well, as much as I love the idea, perhaps we should wait to raid their livelihood and ask? I suspect we could accomplish the same in their gratitude!" he calls after her.
3007[19:54] * Castille adds, "That isn't to say don't look though!"
3107[19:54] * @Glitz pffts and says to Castille on her way out, "Do you think I'd be so crass as to loot the place without asking?"
3204[19:54] <BravoGM> 3 Rabbit would have at least noticed the logs get more and more boring through the first month of the Stable's operation. So boring. And the boring logs ended maybe 25 years later? This Overmare apparently wasn't replaced.
33[19:57] <BravoGM> 3 Rock is totally up for following Glitz, "LET'S TAKE STUFF!" It's not too hard to find the music rooms, and I won't lay the place out, but they do! The lights are off, and the room is all dusty and unused for who knows how long? There aren't even any hoof prints in the dust. But there are all manner of dusty instruments in the room... certainly far far better than what Rock has, but still...
34[19:57] <BravoGM> ...requiring their own bit of restoration.
3507[19:59] * @Glitz admonishes a Rock. "These things belong to the people we just saved. I want to see what's available, but we aren't taking anything without their permission." She starts surveying the instruments. She's also on the lookout for sheet music.
3615[20:00] * Rabbit figures that out pretty easily. "The changeling started his draining before the old overmare died. He then simply replaced her after her death, and nobody cared enough to stop him. Most likely because they could not by that point. There is an implication that every pony less than eighty years old in this stable currently has lived in a constant, perpetual state of complete emotional drainage throughout their entire lives and have never known anything otherwise." She then looks back at Castille.
3704[20:02] * Castille sits up, before standing and walking around to stand behind Rabbit and read over her shoulder as she provides the TLDR for him, he stands up, frowning. "Glad we killed him, but I am concerned that the people downstairs may not know how to handle emotions..." he rubs his face slowly. "I suppose I could try to help them a bit with that if something like that does happen..." he 
3807[20:02] * Castille seems to be pondering.
39[20:05] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz can find all kinds of music sheets. But records and recordings... not so much. Although.. there is a set of sheets, left out, occupying a few music stands that are still setup in central places of the room. They're all titled to the same song, just varying instruments for it! But the song is not complete.
4015[20:05] * Rabbit says after Castille speaks, "I am of the opinion that none of you are capable of handling emotions."
4107[20:09] * @Glitz studies the incomplete sheets for a bit, trying to figure out what the song would sound like. She isn't all that experience with sheet music so it may be a bit tough.
4204[20:11] <Castille> "Thank you for your kind vote of confidence dear, it warms my heart." he says with a smirk to Rabbit, before standing up straight. "I would argue you just lack the range of emotions we can feel, or maybe they never gave you them?" he adds jokingly with a wink. "But, then again, what do I know? Not much." he coughs, "In any event, there is always more to do."
43[20:11] <BravoGM> 3 Rock is checking out one of those gnarly, like, double guitars! Dude! Once the grey dust is wiped away, it has flames colouring it! But alas, it's not tuned, and the strings really couldn't be trusted in tightening. So she's just air guitaring with it! Glitz can make a Presence check, to try and put together a general feel and idea of what this song was supposed to sound like.
4415[20:15] * Rabbit comments towards Castille, "You know more than you think. Most of what I told you is true. I simply changed the affiliations." She then gets up and heads on out towards Security, to see if they had any other mandates or any previously unknown tech that should be recorded.
45[20:18] <BravoGM> 3 Inspirational! This song isn't finished, but would Glitz find what is there to be something potentially amazing! She's new enough to the business that it's clear this song has details beyond what she'd considered. She could certainly find that with a few alterations and additions, it would fit her style really well, if not take her musical talent to a new level!
4604[20:19] * Castille follows after Rabbit, "I guess 'most' is better than some. Besides, even if your sense of humor is sort of like taking shot of straight gin and then sandpapering my forehead, it's still humor. So you have that going for you." he says, before taking a perfectly timed moment to ask, "Also, where are we going? I'm just following you because you seem to know where to go. And with 
4707[20:19] * Castille that, how the hell do you know where you are going? Did you know this place was here?"
4807[20:21] * @Glitz smiles brightly once she's worked out the song and makes a mental note to ask about taking it, once somepony is in a mental state to be asked such things. "Oh this piece is just lovely. Exactly what I need. I'll have to ask about it before we leave."
4904[20:23] <BravoGM> 3 Rabbit leads to the Security room! The door's open, but nobody has been in here for who knows how long. There's a collection of very standard weapons - mostly stun batons - and Stable Security bardings. That's the obvious. Otherwise, need a PER check.
5015[20:27] * Rabbit sort of has a faint smirk as Castille comments on her type of humor. However, she focuses on the second question as she approaches the room, "I am going to the Security offices. I accessed another terminal and downloaded the facility map. I did not know this stable was here, but now I know where everything in this stable is." She then enters the security room and looks around! While being careful of booby traps.
5104[20:29] <Castille> "And the view is great." he says with a grin at Rabbit, though she was busy so he doubted she would look back. "Thats's handy though, good going. I do look forward to talking with the stable ponies, see what they hell they think now that they aren't husks with pulses."
5204[20:31] <BravoGM> 3 Castille finds ammo. Most of it is shitty ammo for the weak standard security gun, but there's a box of .44 ammunition in there. 30 bullets. Rabbit finds a bunch of junk stashed in a box... wait, no, those are parts for a rifle! Someone was getting creative with weaponry... this barrel part looks like it could add some magical charge to a shot, pretty much just like the zebra burn bit on...
53[20:31] <BravoGM> ...her rifle, except that much isn't in the same place (would up burn damage to +2d6)
5415[20:33] * Rabbit definitely snatches that special rifle part, and she also grabs a stun baton. "I am uncertain if this would be considered blasphemy."
5504[20:35] * Castille watches Rabbit snatch up the part, as well as a stun baton. "Blasphemy? What would be blasphemy? And I thought you already have a shock baton, do you need another?" he himself picks up the box of .44 ammunition, though he looks around closely to be sure there aren't any .44 caliber weapons in the armory. He doesn't want to take ammo they can use if needed.
5615[20:37] * Rabbit looks at the barrel she snatched and says, "I am considering installing an Equestrian weapon part on my rifle." She then looks back up at Castille and says, "The previous stun rod will only be useful for further modification of other weaponry. I intend to attempt to find a way to install it or use it to modify the crossbow. This is its own weapon, that may be useful in its own right."
57[20:37] <BravoGM> 3 Castille might be seeing a small theme... cigars with no lighter, .44 ammo with no .44 gun... 
5804[20:40] * Castille blinks at Rabbit, "As a layperson, I can tell you I would rather be alive and a heretic and dead and a zealot if its between a part that makes my gear more effective at keeping me from dying. That, however, is my opinion. If you want to not put it on, by all means, give it to me."
59[20:41] <Castille> *than dead
6015[20:43] * Rabbit raises a brow ever so slightly at Castille, then promptly takes the barrel and slips it into her saddlebags. "I am trained in the art of improvisation and utilizing the tools made available to me to most effectively accomplish the missions mandated to me, regardless of their origin."
6104[20:46] * Castille grins at Rabbit, "I'm glad you agree, I'd be upset if you got in a bad way somehow and that mod could have helped you out. Anyways..." he glances around, stowing away the extra ammo he collected. "Is there anything else worth seeing down here? An engineering bay or perhaps a clinic, though I admit I am less inclined to take anything from those places."
62[20:46] <BravoGM> 3 Rock just finished a killer air-guitar performance. It was amazing! She's a little miffed that she's told to leave it here, but she points at it, and flirts with it, as she exists the music room.
63[20:47] <BravoGM> 3 exits*
6407[20:47] * @Glitz giggles at Rock's antics and reassures her, "We'll make a point of asking to trade for that."
6515[20:50] * Rabbit nods to Castille and gives directions towards the infirmary. The engineering bay... green text, HALP
6607[20:51] * @Glitz decides, since Rock is done air-guitarring, that they might as well see what else they can find. She heads out and starts exploring more-or-less at random.
67[20:57] <BravoGM> 3 Rock sighs, but nods. Her and Glitz explore.. and hey, there's the painting studio! Cans of paint, and painting! There are a few series of them, that seem to get more and more mundane and boring as they go on. There's one series that is trying to capture the essence of 'boring/emotionless', and it gets clearer and better as the series goes on! It's amazing! But you still feel bored in the...
6804[20:57] <BravoGM> ...end (that's the point!) Meanwhile Rabbit and Castille check out the engineering bay, and the clinic. Both are used regularly, because that stuff is certainly needed for the place to continue. There's standard minor medical equipment about the room, and a medical box with four healing potions in it. Engineering has tools, the whole power setup, and a PER check would be needed for more.
6907[20:58] * @Glitz stares at the most recent of the 'boring/emotionless' series for a long moment. "This is impressively dull. Do you want anything from the paints room, Rock, or shall we move on?"
7015[21:00] * Rabbit uses that PER check for the engineering bay. Specifically looking for perhaps a little power source for her heater. Duck's, too. And/or any mechanicy type books/tools that might be helpful. Or maybe parts to help make that crossbow better.
71[21:00] <BravoGM> 3 Castille finds an unused Pipbuck stored away in a box! Rock shrugs at Glitz, "Nah, I don't care. Maybe someone'd like boring paintings though? I dunno."
7207[21:01] * @Glitz shrugs. "The ponies here might enjoy having something to spice up their walls. Let's keep going."
7304[21:05] <BravoGM> 3 Rabbit might recall the recharging rifle previously found to contain one of the most ideal power sources she'd be looking for. Other than that, she finds a single arcade machine 'fun'ing up the engineering room with it's flashing lights. It isn't plugged into anything.
7415[21:07] * Rabbit has a sudden realization because the cold is making there be some input lag. So she stops looking and turns back to Castille. "Did you have an intended purpose for the rifle that you retrieved from the Overmare's office safe?"
7504[21:09] * Castille is busy looking over the pipbuck he collected from the box, looking like a kid in a candy shop. He looks up at Rabbit, blinking, "Huh?"
76[21:11] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz and Rock find the cafeteria. Some ponies are already in there now, looking out of it, but sluggishly getting back to their everyday lives down here. There's also the actor's room! It's pretty unused too, and prop boxes, and play scripts.
77[21:11] <BravoGM> 3 *with prop boxes
7807[21:13] * @Glitz looks around in the actor's room, but she isn't super interested in it. She wanders back towards the cafeteria unless Rock shows some interest elsewhere, and goes to take a look at what food stocks the Stable has.
79[21:16] <BravoGM> 3 Castille totally found a user's manual with the Pipbuck. This one is no ordinary Pipbuck, it's the Pipbuck Pro! According to the manual, it's like the Pipbuck, but with a much longer warranty. ...The user manual also gives +10 Science when hacking or using Pipbucks specifically.
8015[21:16] * Rabbit repeats to Castille. "You found a recharging magical energy rifle in the Overmare's office safe after opening it. Did you have an intended purpose for it?"
81[21:16] <BravoGM> 3 *when hacking Pipbucks
8204[21:17] <Castille> "Other than selling it or adding it to the armory, no." he answers Rabbit, slipping the Pipbuck on his arm to try it on. "Why do you ask, did you have some need of it?" he asks curiously, meanwhile he starts fiddling with the pipbuck.
8315[21:19] * Rabbit answers Castille, "The power source of the rifle could be given to Mstari to power the heater she wants to design for me. A second one would be able to power a heater for Duck."
84[21:20] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz finds the food here is very potato-based. But with the effort the cafeteria workers put into the food, you can figure 'mashed potatoes' sounds far far more exciting than the 'mashed potatoes' they're dishing out. The potato fields are just down the hall a bit further.
8515[21:20] * Rabbit figures potato based is at least healthier than onions...
8607[21:22] * @Glitz blechs at the dull menu. She's no cook, but she thinks this place could use a good one. She goes to check out the fields and see what's there.
8704[21:22] * Castille blinks, not really following, but that's mostly because he isn't really a tech type. Instead, he chalks it up to: "Well, if it helps you out, I don't see why I can't let you have it." he unslings the rifle, offering it over to Rabbit, though he grins afterwards. "Don't say I never did anything for you honey."
88[21:22] <BravoGM> 3 Castille finds the Pipbuck previously unused. Everything works fine, and it's out-lived it's extended warranty. Although, it's user status tab doesn't know how to read him, and is full of "?"s.
8907[21:23] * Castille hmmmms, he tries to see if there was an options menu that would help him adjust all the little question marks, they were likely because he was a changeling.
9015[21:26] * Rabbit takes the rifle from Castille and looks it over, mostly just making sure it was sitll in a condition that it could be broken down to parts and used, then slings it over her back. "You had no real claim to this weapon. Offering it now has some, but limited, meaning. Your actions this morning were more impactful." And because she wasn't sure he heard her last time due to all the commotion, she repeats, "Thank you."
91[21:26] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz sees potatoes as far as the eye can see! Until the walls. It's a garden of potatoes. There's a pony in there. Plenty of gardening tools off in a shed at the side. There's a few sun hats as well, hung up on clothes hangers on the wall, just to fit the gardening theme.
9207[21:27] * @Glitz greets the pony with a smile. "Hello. Are you the, er... farmpony here?
93[21:27] <@Glitz> "
9404[21:29] <BravoGM> 3 The farmpony almost doesn't notice Glitz, but nods. Meanwhile, Rabbit finds good fortune! ...If there's anything in the old recharger rifle that still works, it's the battery.
9504[21:29] * Castille raises a brow at Rabbit, "Which actions? I apoligize, there's a lot of things that happened today that qualify as 'this morning'." he is definitely looking a little tired, all things considered. "If it helps, it helps, that's what really matters to me anyways."
9615[21:33] * Rabbit says simply to Castille, "Overwatch during repairs."
9704[21:34] <Castille> "Ah... well, you're welcome." he answers Rabbit with a smile, before returning to trying to make the pipbuck work.
9807[21:35] * @Glitz doesn't really see anything worth doing or looking into here either. She isn't really sure where else to go.
9915[21:37] * Rabbit says to Castille, "You may have more luck waking up one of the ponies than waking up that pipbuck." She then turns to head on back out towards the entrance area.
100[21:39] <BravoGM> 3 Castille doesn't really find any options for that. It's not made for changelings. It'd take some programming to do anything with. Meanwhile Rock is wearing a sun hat. She shrugs at Glitz, "I'm just followin' you. If we're done, let's leave. Preferably with instruments..."
10107[21:40] * @Glitz sighs to Rock. "Let's go see if we can find the others."
10204[21:41] * Castille looks back up at Rabbit, "Dear, do you think you would be able to help me for a moment? You're good with computers, so do you think sometime you could try and help me with its funcitonality? It clearly wasn't made for changelings, so its use is limited. If not, I guess I could give it to Glitz or Cheer." he checks to what actual functionality it would still give him.
10315[21:42] * Rabbit says to Castille as she goes, "I could, if you end up keeping it. But it will take time. It is best to do it tonight."
104[21:43] <BravoGM> 3 The party doesn't have much issue meeting up back at the entrance. The mayor is there, looking confused still. "I told them to go back to their stuff, and they just ...did. I'll visit this place a few times a day, but this is just weird!"
105[21:44] <BravoGM> 3 The Pipbuck does everything except give health status.
10607[21:45] * @Glitz waits by the entrance for the others, speaking with the mayor. "Well that is... disconcerting. I'd hoped to do some trading with them, but it wouldn't ge very honest trading if they just do whatever I say."
107[21:49] <BravoGM> 3 The mayor just stares into the Stable. "It's only been a few hours. Things'll change. Just I have no idea what ways."
10804[21:49] * Castille nods to Rabbit, but then they end up back at the entrance, and Cas says to the mayor. "A changeling had been feeding on the population for their entire lives. It will takes days for them to actually stop being like... well, this." he motions back towards the atrium. "Glitz did a little performance, and that certainly helped, tomorrow some of them may actually be up to talking, 
10907[21:49] * Castille you never know."
11007[21:50] * @Glitz nods to Castille. "We'll have to see if anyone is coherent tomorrow. I'd like to do some trading before we leave, Rock and I found a few interesting items."
111[21:51] <BravoGM> 3 Rock adds in excitedly, "--It's like a guitar, but it's like, a double guitar!"
11215[21:55] * Rabbit 's tail flicks under her cloak and she comments towards Rock, "You should go get it and bring it up here, separate it from the rest."
11307[21:56] * Castille nods to Glitz, "Did you find anything like a recording studio down there Glitz? I can't imagine a place like this not having one, and moreso I can't imagine you not finding it."
114[21:56] <BravoGM> 3 Rock can't stand still, "I should, shouldn't I? ...I could just hold onto it until we do some trading. Maybe. Uh.."
11507[21:58] * @Glitz shakes her head at Castille. "No recording studio, but I found an interesting piece of sheet music." She blinks at Rock, "I'll go down with you. We can set the things we're wanting to trade for in a room near the entrance."
11604[22:01] * Castille turns to Rabbit, "I believe we also need to check on Duck, do we not? And you wanted to do something with that recharger rifle of yours?"
117[22:02] <BravoGM> 3 Rock nods to Glitz and starts on to do that, "What about the drum set, bass, and.. that other things.. uh... didgeridoo? We could start a band~" It'd take maybe 15-20 minutes to get the gathering done, depending on how much stuff.
11804[22:02] * Castille adds to Rabbit, "Also, is there some sort of recording studio down there?"
11915[22:02] * Rabbit checks her map for a possible recording studio, if there is one. And she also says, "I believe Rock can handle herself. It is not a very difficult task." She then looks back at Castille and says, "Yes, we do."
12007[22:03] * @Glitz giggles at Rock. "Do we know anything who can USE those instruments? ... speaking of, I could use some guitar lessons. Also drums are heavy and clunky to carry around, we'd need a cart."
121[22:04] <BravoGM> 3 The Stable doesn't have any decent recording studio. It has a radio room, that has the tech to do a poor job of it.. but the Stable has a focus towards it's performances being live.
122[22:06] <BravoGM> 3 Rock has a solution, "Ask the fuckin' dragon if he'll be our drummer. Problems solved! Other than that... I dunno. Should at least start thinkin' about this stuff though."
12315[22:06] * Rabbit says, "There is a radio room, with some necessary tools there." She gives directions to said room, then starts to head on out to make the trek back towards town and Mstari.
12404[22:07] * Castille grins, "I need to get one of their microphones, or three, Hi Hat asked me to get good quality mics and this place might have them." he shares with Rabbit, "But, first things first, shall we go see Duck and Mstari?"
12515[22:09] * Rabbit answers Castille, "Yes, please. For what purpose do you require microphones?"
12607[22:11] * @Glitz heard the directions. She nods to Castille. "I can go see what's available while you check on our friends on the surface."
12707[22:11] * @Glitz also nods to Rock. "Yes I suppose you're right. But how WOULD we transport a drum set?"
12804[22:16] * Castille starts walking, assuming Rabbit goes with him. "I sponsor the radio station nearing readiness in Stadium, I talk to them some nights with a transmitter I carry in my bag, one of the things she asked me to find if I could before I left last time was a high quality mic or two for broadcasting."
12907[22:17] * Castille also nods to Glitz, "Please, or you can come with us, they will be there or they won't, really."
130[22:17] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz and Rock have no issues gathering music sheets and instrument(s), and finding a stash place for them. "How would we? We'd be a band, so 'awesomely'!" Why think too hard on it? Rock figures she can handle all the lifting though, and Glitz can go on and do whatever else. That said, Glitz would find a small unused radio room. There's a microphone, and two spares in a box. They're...
13104[22:17] <BravoGM> ...excellent quality, it's just the setup of the area that would hurt a recording. Meanwhile, Castille and Rabbit wander out of the mines, and could find Mstari meddling with a broken radio in her workshop. She is swearing bitterly at the broken thing. Notably outside, it looks like it's nearing suppertime. A lot of the day has been spent mining up Stableponies!
13207[22:18] * @Glitz adds the two spare microphones to the pile of things to trade for. She also tries to determine how functional the radio gear is, and if it can call out or if it's just internal to the Stable.
13315[22:19] * Rabbit was already walking, so presumably Castille caught up with her, and she does indeed continue. "That sounds useful to have." Upon wandering up, she finds Mstari, and no Duck... Her first question is, "Hello, Mstari. We came to check on the repairs. Did they go well? Where has Duck gotten off to? Additionally," she unslings the rifle as she steps up behind Mstari in a more offering gesture, "I believe I have found a power source for the heater design you were creating."
13407[22:20] * Castille also grabbed the severed head of the changeling king on his way out.
13504[22:22] * Castille follows suit after Rabbit, and he hold up the changeling's head to Mstari. "You asked for a changeling's horn, I have brought you a changeling king's horn, killed less than an hour ago, and imbued with an immense amount of magic from eighty years of nonstop feeding." he sets the severed head next to Mstari, "And, honey, for the record. Never doubt my resolve when I agree to do 
13607[22:22] * Castille something.
13704[22:30] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz finds the Stable radio can pick up and send signals a short distance out... it's hard for her to tell how far, but it seems a sketchy setup for that at best. But for inside the Stable, it's perfect. Meanwhile, Mstari takes the rifle from Rabbit, rips out the battery, and looks it over. "Yeah. This is about right." Rabbit and Castille would find they have another pony with this,...
138[22:30] <BravoGM> ...Duck, "You passed me at the mine entrance. You were chatting, so I didn't interrupt. The repairs went well, and additionally, I was able to put together some more information regarding my relations with Feint." Mstari freaks out a little bit when a severed head is put on her work table, "Whatzit-- Ack! That's a severed head! Are you insane!? ...You wanted 'fear toxin', I never doubted...
139[22:30] <BravoGM> ...your resolve, I doubted your sanity! I think I'm justified! ...Get that out of my sight, and just cut the horn off!"
14004[22:32] * @Glitz considers this. With things for trading gathered and this information in hoof she heads back towards the surface, looking for Castille and Rabbit, while speaking with Rock, "I think we'd need a cart. And then someone would need to stay with the cart. Couldn't go leaving it unattended while we delve into strange Stables."
14107[22:33] * Castille shrugs, "That's definitely not the way it felt, dear. And, indeed, it is a severed head, a severed head of a changeling, plus horn. Pointy and crooked, see?" he picks up the head, pointing. Admittedly, he just wanted to fuck with Mstari, because she was a bit of a bitch. "Do you have a saw I can borrow, Mstari? I can do it myself easily if you do."
14215[22:34] * Rabbit answers Mstari's question on Castille's insanity, "He is, yes." She then turns to Duck, having been surprised, but pleasantly surprised. "You maintained your talents, despite your injuries. We should share that information you learned at the first opportunity, when we are all together."
143[22:34] <BravoGM> 3 Rock is enthusiastic to Glitz, "Hey, we form a rockin' band, we could have like.. pony's out the wazoo lookin' to march with us!"
14407[22:35] * @Glitz smiles wistfully at Rock. "It would be nice. But we have to get there, and those drums won't carry themselves in the meantime."
14504[22:40] * Castille turns to look at Rabbit, "You know, you're not a very supportive significant other." his attitude, as always with jokes, includes a teasing smile. "You should work on that."
14604[22:41] <BravoGM> 3 Mstari points Castille to a tool setup, where a saw hangs. She mutters to herself, and starts messing with the battery. Duck nods to Rabbit, "I recovered my ability to play the harmonica. I don't have memory of where that talent came from..." Rock and Glitz exit the mine, and her, there's the workshop~ they arrive easily enough. "We get some cart route up and running, maybe hitch a ride...
147[22:41] <BravoGM> ...and recruit them to our cause!"
148[22:41] <BravoGM> 3 and hey*
14904[22:42] * @Glitz giggles softly at Rock's suggestion. "If it's that easy I'll buy you a drink." Has she reached Castille and Rabbit by now?
150[22:43] <BravoGM> 3 Glitz and Rock totally reach the party!
15107[22:45] * Castille heads towards the saw, taking the head with him. He takes it down and gets to work, being as careful as he can be not to damage the horn or the skull.
15207[22:47] * @Glitz heads towards the Castille. She's smiling, but she waits patiently for him to finish what he's doing.
153[22:49] <BravoGM> 3 Castille has to be careful if he doesn't want to damage the horn of the skull. He'd need like a LCK check, or just taking an extra 10 minutes to do it.
154[22:50] <BravoGM> 3 horn or the skull*
15507[22:50] * Castille takes ten minutes. He knows his luck is shit.
15615[22:50] * Rabbit blinks at Castille and says, "I am not sure what the signifigance of this other is. Regardless. Sandpaper, remember?" She looks back at Duck and starts to smile a little bit. "Do you enjoy it? I will go get a harmonica out of the stable for you to practice on."
15704[22:53] * @Glitz doesn't want to interrupt Castille and cause him to falter in his work. Instead she turns to Rabbit. "The Stable has broadcasting equipment. It doesn't have much range, but I'm wondering... do you think we could improve the antenna and get a message out to Bravo? Or someone in Broken Tower? We could call for help against the dragon."
15804[22:54] <Castille> "Ow. That hurts." he says to Rabbit whilst sawing away carefully at the horn. He also turns to Mstari, "I'm not insane, I assure you. I was hoping the solution would be potent enough to cause others to flee, but have a short duration of effect. In effect, my idea is to prevent having to kill people if I can." he says flatly, "It's not really intended to be malicious. It'd be like using 
159[22:54] <Castille> tear gas, but I don't have any of that."
160[22:56] <BravoGM> 3 Mstari was paying attention to Castille's work, albeit rather indirectly. But when he's done, she takes the horn to her work table space, takes a hammer to smash it in a few pieces, and then starts filing a dust out of the end-most piece. With a little table broom, she sweeps the dust into a little container. "I'll finish the rest later. It'll cause 'fight or flight', no way around that."...
16104[22:56] <BravoGM> ...It was a delicate operation. Duck nods to Rabbit, "I do. I think Feint may have as well. That may be the answer to where the talent began from, but I lack significant enough evidence."
16215[22:57] * Rabbit looks over to Glitz when she approaches and says, "It is... unlikely. We are currently in a valley. It may be worth a try, but I would not expect it to work. There would be a better, but still low, chance if we were able to take the broadcasting equipment to a side of the mountain that faced Las Pegasus. However even if we were to do so, I doubt there is anyone with the capability to fight a dragon in Las Pegasus safely, and if there is, that they would respond to the call. Do you know of anyone other than the Blast Mares? I am uncertain if they would be interested or not."
16304[22:59] * @Glitz considers this. After a moment she replies to Rabbit, "I don't know much about trade. Do you think reopening trade with Frostbite and this new Stable would be worth enough to get some interest going in bringing down the dragon? If the traders want it enough they could pay the Blast Mares. We've seen them do it before."
16404[23:00] * Castille walks back over to the group, looking between Duck, Rabbit, and Glitz, "So, here we are, seems like we have some downtime, what's the plan? Also, I do believe Duck here had some information for us?" he asks, looking at Duck.
165[23:01] <BravoGM> 3 Rock hears that, and is capturing both 'unsure' and 'excited', "Get the Blast Mares to help burn out a dragon!? That's an iffy trade, but they'd jump on a chance to wreck a dragon!"
16615[23:03] * Rabbit also considers that for a moment before saying to Glitz, "That is a possibility. It may be worth exploring." She looks over at Castille when he asks for information, and she just shakes her head and then leads everyone out of the workshop and off back towards the inn where at least they knew they were alone and wouldn't be overheard, because that would be bad. Anyway. Once there, she then speaks up again, "The Blast Mares would jump, yes. What about the Showmares? Very large weaponry."
16704[23:05] * @Glitz nods to Rabbit. "I'm sure they would do it if we had the funds. The real question is, can we convince anyone to pay them to do it? We certainly can't afford it ourselves."
16815[23:06] * Rabbit says to Glitz, "Convincing them to do it is your job."
16904[23:06] * Castille laughs out loud. "The Showmares? You think they would walk all the way up here to fight a dragon? The answer might be yes, but we'd have to pay them an outrageous amount of money." he says to both Rabbit and Glitz, "And after our last parley with them, we got a lot of them killed, the moment they hear dragon they're not gonna go for it."
17015[23:07] * Rabbit says to Castille, "We did not get many of them killed. That operation was going to happen with or without us. They had already made the decisions to act."
17104[23:07] * @Glitz fixes a flat stare at Rabbit. "And your job is to help me figure out who I'm convincing. I'm fairly new to this region and... oh, so are you." Instead she turns to Castille. "They did their jobs and were paid for it. Losses are a tragic part of their business, I doubt they hold that against us."
17207[23:09] * Castille blinks at Glitz, "Look, not to make you sound ignorant, but the biggest rule in the merc business is you have to be alive at the end of the job to enjoy the payout. In this case, that rule may outweight the second biggest rule which is 'more money, more sway'. Does that make sense?"
17315[23:10] * Rabbit raises her eyebrows at Glitz and nods. "You have been in Las Pegasus longer than I have. But those are your most likely options for help. The other option is Icy Maw, the rival dragon. I still believe that she may be the best option."
17407[23:11] * @Glitz huffs at Castille. "Well if you have another plan go ahead. But I'm loathe to put my trust in yet another dragon who may turn out to be just as vile as the one already plaguing us."
175[23:12] <BravoGM> 3 Rock adds, "Blast Mares! Frag and her fliers could actually do something up in the sky!" Meanwhile Duck watches the party talk about dragon-slaying. Pest has totally been there, but she's looking tired after a full day of dealing with emotionally problemed people. Duck speaks up, with her in mind, "Perhaps we should discuss Feint tomorrow. I will align my memory further... and you can...
176[23:12] <BravoGM> ...continue discussing the potentially more-pressing dragon issue."
17704[23:12] * Castille points towards Rabbit when she mentions the other dragon. "I agree, though there is a lot of circumstance on that option Rabbit, sorry for playing devil's advocate here, but she could be just the next extertionist. Then we're just back to square one."
17815[23:14] * Rabbit says, "We do not need to trust the dragon to not be vile. We only would need to trust the dragon's distate for the other dragon currently bothering Frostbite." She looks back to Castille and says, "There is no way to know until we find out. If she is, then we leave."
17904[23:15] <Castille> "What if she does not allow us to leave?" he asks Rabbit, naturally using that paranoial tick to ask those annoying 'what iffer' questions that get in the way of progress. "Granted, I agree with you, the risk is worth the possibility, but I want everyone to be clear on the other outcomes that are far less fun."
18015[23:16] * Rabbit says to Castille, "In order to extort us, she would require us to do something for her. That would necessitate us leaving. The other option is attacking and attempting to kill us. We open ourselves to that possibility by leaving Frostbite regardless."
18107[23:17] * @Glitz sits down, somewhat distraught at the current situation. The Stable didn't help at all with their real problem, it had probably been silly to hope it would. "Well unless you want me to go sing at the dragon I don't think we have a choice."
18204[23:22] <Castille> "There is always the Rangers." he suggests to Rabbit and Glitz, "It would be easy enough to convince them why Frostbite has significance for them. Gems are used to create power cells for weapons and armor, Frostbite is the only major local source of gems."
18315[23:24] * Rabbit looks back at Glitz at says, "If you sing loud enough, you could cause an avalance and trap it inside its own cave. Or distract it. Damage its hearing." She then looks back at Castille and has to process for a fwe moments before saying, "That could be dangerous to balance, but could be a very viable option."
18404[23:25] * @Glitz blinks, then looks up and nods to Castille, "The Rangers are also much closer, it would be easier to get a signal to them." She looks around at Rabbit and giggles softly. "Rabbit, I was joking. My voice couldn't do anything to a dragon. Although an avalanche... but how do we catch him in his cave unawares?"
18515[23:27] * Rabbit says to Glitz, "I was not joking. And we would use scouting and recon." She then says, "If the signal could be made strong enough, it may be possible to reach the Steel Rangers and make contact with them before physically going to them."
18604[23:28] * Castille shrugs at Rabbit, "More dangerous to balance than trying to bring in another dragon?" he says in deadpan to Rabbit, "Every option has potential for disaster, admittedly what I'd like to do is maximize our chance for success. The Ranger possess the training, weapons, and armor to kill a dragon." he glances at Glitz, "That is... well, hell, let's talk about it, why not." he's 
18704[23:28] * Castille being serious, for the record, not sarcastic. "Well, I do have my backpack transmitter." he says to Rabbit, "It's a military model, I think. Don't know who else would have one of these." he takes it out of his backpack and show it to the party.
18815[23:30] * Rabbit says to Castille once he producses the transmitter, "Then use it. The Rangers are a safer preliminary option than the dragon."
18907[23:30] * @Glitz nods to Castille, "It's a much better option to explore first."
19004[23:35] * Castille stares at Rabbit, "Well, uh... you're the spy, do you know how to use Equestrian radio protocol or... whatever to get in touch with the Rangers? Is there like a military frequency band? I can't imagine you don't, because I sure as hell don't."
191[23:35] <BravoGM> 3 Duck adds in, "The Rangers could be a deadly force, but they are perhaps not as well trained as you might think..."
19207[23:36] * Castille glances at Duck, "Do you know something we do not?"
19315[23:37] * Rabbit says to Castille, "Of course." She then also looks at Rabbit and says, "What did you learn from your observations of them?"
19404[23:37] * Castille also looks back at Rabbit, "I also have a couple of their dog tags if you need, from back when we fought the uh... Collector."
195[23:42] <BravoGM> 3 Duck continues, "The operate with a bizarre interest in parties, balloons, streamers, and such things. Whether they are as good with their miniguns as they are with their streamers is unknown. It would sound ridiculous if it wasn't a serious question to wonder."
196[23:42] <BravoGM> They*
19707[23:43] * Castille asks Duck, "Did you observe the ones in the mountains, or the ones down in the city? It was my understanding the mountain Rangers are not so... fun loving."
19815[23:45] * Rabbit looks at Castille and shakes his head. "No, if you recall, the mountain Rangers are specifically the ones who were fun loving. The Rangers in Respite left in order to have less parties."
199[23:45] <BravoGM> 3 Duck shakes her head at Castille, "It is more the other way around. The ones by the city claim themselves to be more militaristic, albeit to whatever minor degree." She apparently doesn't know about the whole anti-changeling thing the mountain ones are up to.
20007[23:46] * Castille blinks at Duck, "Well, do you have any information about the anti-changeling pograms the mountain Rangers have implemented? They seem pretty radical about it. Which is why I was concerned Feint is involved with that somehow."
201[23:47] <BravoGM> 3 Duck shakes her head again, "I have no idea of this. It was not the case before I was trapped in the Pit."
20204[23:49] * Castille turns to Rabbit, offering the radio over. "At the worst, we decide against it."
203Session Time: Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 2016
204[00:24] <Castille> Sometime later, Cas probably finds Glitz somewhere doing something. He approaches her with a casual wave, "Are you busy dear, I have been broaching an idea in my head that I think you would like to hear, at the very least."
20507[00:29] * @Glitz is doing something! But since the sheet music is still in the Stable, that something probably isn't super important to her. Just idly chatting with a local or some such. She politely breaks the conversation before turning to Castille and smiling, "An idea? I'm all ears."
206[00:32] <Castille> "Walk with me?" he offers, "I prefer a stroll, makes me feel like I'm being productive." he waits for Glitz to join him before he continues. "Perhaps the thought has crossed your mind, but I see immense potential with the stable in more than one way. As we talked about earlier, we both see the potential Stadium can have as a public center for culture and the arts. The Stable we found 
207[00:32] <Castille> is all about the same thing. We could create a partnership with the Stable dwellers perhaps to create something really good for the wasteland."
20807[00:35] * @Glitz walks with Castille and listens to his proposal. She sighs. "Once again I think it's a problem of geography. Stadium and the Stable aren't well-positioned to be the center of anything in this region. They're both on the outskirts. And they aren't even close to each other, a partnership would be difficult and possibly counter-productive." She looks around at the scenery as she 
20907[00:35] * @Glitz talks. "If anything they'd be competitors, people would have to chose which edge of the wasteland they wanted to go to for culture and arts."