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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 9, 2015 15:39:01 GMT -5
After walking around for a while, Ruby turned back to Skullboy, "I can't see them anywhere." She said, looking back to where they came from, "I wouldn't want our lead to grow cold. I think we should go here first and report our findings when we see Applejack again. What do you think?" She asked, looking to skullboy.
Both Applejack and Puss were able to keep up with the stallion as he left the Fair area and zoomed between buildings. His size seemed to slow him down. They went about two blocks before the pony dove into an alleyway and started running to the door on the left. He was still ahead of the two, but knew not to let up or they'd catch him. The fact that the pony was trying to get away only made him more suspicious and spurred AJ to run all the quicker.
As the two walked up the stairs, there was a pile of broken frames along the wall, like they'd fallen down. They were pictures. One picture was face up and still visible behind the partially shattered glass. In it was Night and to his left and write, the waitress and her sister who was almost the spitting image of her. It was a group picture like you might expect siblings to take.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 9, 2015 16:43:30 GMT -5
"I don't want AJ and Puss to worry if they can't find us." Skullboy replied. "Maybe I should go check out the lead and you can keep searching for them Ruby."
Traveling quickly through the city was natural for Puss and he was hardly slowed as he chased after the pony, slowing at the door only for AJ to catch up.
Rarity took note of the picture and continued up the stairs until they reached the upper floor.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 9, 2015 18:12:18 GMT -5
"But I would be so upset of something happened to you. What if the pony's home? I can't have your back from here." Ruby said, not wanting to leave Skullboys side.
The pony closed the door behind him and hoofsteps could be heard getting feint as the pony continued running. Applejack walked up to the door, "He ran in here?" She asked, catching her breath. She wasn't winded, but was really running, none the less.
At the top of the stairs was a hallway with two doors to either side. They were all opened, but one squeaked as it moved slightly back and forth, like a curtain in the wind. Fresh air could be smelled coming from that room, like the window was open. There was no other sign of the Waitress moving around upstairs.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 9, 2015 19:05:00 GMT -5
"But AJ and Puss will be worried as well and it may slow them down if they start searching for us." Skullboy explained. "I'll be careful, I've been to a big city before, right?
"Si, Senorita." Puss said and threw the door open without a second thought before giving further chase.
"Excuse me?" Rarity called out. "Are you still up here?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 10, 2015 13:04:03 GMT -5
"Mmm... Alright. I'll stay here and keep looking for Puss and Applejack. Let me write the address in case we find them. Then we can follow it to you as well." Ruby said, pulling out a pencil and piece of paper from her purse.
Applejack followed close behind Puss and when they ran it it was really dark except for a lit chair in the center of the room. In it was a pony tied up and struggling against her binds. Blindfolded and tied to the chair, she couldn't tell who was there, and gagged, she couldn't call for help. The stallion was standing on the far side of the room next to a lit doorway. She stood and watched the cat and pony run in. He seemed to be waiting for them. "Puss, can you cut through her binds?" she said, running up to the pony but keeping her eyes on the stallion.
"Help!!" came the call of the waitress from the swaying door. The door slammed shut in the same instance and could audibly be heard to lock from the inside.
OOC: Let me describe what is behind the door for Rarity and Pinkie. Pinkie and Rarity shouldn't have trouble breaking through it by magic or brute force, I'll leave it up to you.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 10, 2015 16:12:53 GMT -5
"Alright." Skullboy said and waited for Ruby to write down the address.
Puss pulled out his sword with one swift movement as he ran past the tied up pony and the ropes fell to the ground. He stopped in front of the stallion, sword in hand.
Pinkie and Rarity ran up to the door. "We have to get in there!" Rarity said almost panicking. "I'll get it open!" Pinkie yelled and ran to the other side of the room. She turned around and rushed at the door, slamming her shoulder into it and doing nothing. "Ow." "Pinkie? Are you alright." Rarity asked. "Yeah, but we need another plan to open the door." Pinkie said standing up. "I know! Let's do what Applejack does." She said and turned around. "You mean buck it open?" Rarity asked. "Yep! We should be able to if we work together. "I suppose." Rarity said, not looking to happy about the idea, but moving next to Pinkie and readying herself. "Right, one, two, THREE!" Pinkie counted and they both kicked at the door breaking it open.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 10, 2015 17:44:13 GMT -5
Once there was a copy of the address, ruby handed the paper back, "I'll keep looking..." Ruby looked around and noted a large clock tower within view, "noon. Then I'll come and see how your doing if you're not back yet." She said. Noon was about three and a half hours away which would give him plenty of time to do what he needed and plenty of time for her to look for AJ and Puss.
"Looks like you've got me." The pony said holding up a hoof, "Or do you?" He said and the lights all flashed on, revealing a warehouse twice the size you might have expected it to be. The light was blinding and Applejack had to pull her hat down. The pony that was tied up jumped AJ, putting her into a swift headlock that AJ was too disoriented to get out of quickly. The sisters strength was well beyond a ponies of her size, and the blindfold fell, revealing eyes that from a distance might took normal, but upon closer inspection, were mechanical in nature. Around the room were numerous ponied in rubberized suits standing next to metal pillars. And high above them, the whole room was filled with dark clouds, right above the line of hanging lights.
Once the door was kicked in, a white pegasus flew through it and pinned down Rarity, the first pony he saw, "You're under arrest!" He called out as his golden armor shinned in the light coming in through the window, he was looking at Pinkie, making sure she didn't try any funny business. The waitress looked like she was crying in the corner, it was quite a good show really.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 10, 2015 18:05:31 GMT -5
"Okay Ruby, I'll see you soon." Skullboy said and headed for the address on the paper.
"Applejack! Are you alright?" Puss called out to her and lifted his sword at the pony. "Let her go or you shall know the wrath of Puss in Boots." He said, his eyes showing that his threat was serious.
"Get your hooves off me you brute!" Rarity yelled. "You're a palace guard?" Pinkie asked confused.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 10, 2015 18:14:19 GMT -5
Ruby watched Skullboy until he was out of sight. She then paced around the tried to find out where Puss and Applejack went.
"Unless you want AJ to be zapped with enough lightning yo wipe her from exhistance, drop the sword." the pony replied, looking at Puss eye to eye, his stare just as serious at Puss'. All at the same time, the pillars around the room were turned on and the room began to buzz. Puss' fur would stand up on end from the static in the air, as did AJ's mane and the ponies tail. Only the pony holding AJ didn't flare up with static.
Above Skullboy, the once small scattered clouds quickly expanded to ominous dark clouds and in an instant flash of lightning, it started pouring. Ruby was quickly soaked to the bone and looked up, "What the heck?" She said as ponies began running to and fro. They frantically searched for a way out of the torrential downpour.
"Yes, and as far as I can tell, you're burglars in this poor mares home. I'm taking you both in." He gestured to the waitress in the room crying and didn't let go of Rarity.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 10, 2015 18:30:14 GMT -5
ooc: What to do, what to do? Does Puss quickly move towards the pony, placing his sword at his throat before he has time to blink? Do I cut the mechanical pony holding AJ in half saving her? Do I cut the turbines with Puss' blade slash to break them? Or do I let him drop his sword. So much potential for disaster.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 10, 2015 18:33:19 GMT -5
OOC: I wanted to create a situation where the whole group temporarily lose and Ruby and Skullboy have to save the day. Or for them to saved themselves, whichever comes first.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 11, 2015 4:56:50 GMT -5
ooc: Uh, how would Ruby and Skullboy save the day where AJ and Puss can't? AJ and Puss are pretty powerful. Rarity and Pinkie has experience. And Ruby and Skullboy are pretty much just normal kids. Also I already have Pinkie and Rarity's part penned down and if you manage to wriggle your way out of that one I'll have to give you like a low score or something, like a 2/10.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 11, 2015 11:06:10 GMT -5
OOC: Since you've got it penned down,
SPOILER
Skullboy, and Rarity and Pinkie, we're given the same address. Skullboy would have been their alibi and helped then get out of trouble. By then, the waitress would have left and the three would have had to go to the fair again and stop the storm device on that end. That's sip the storm on Puss and Applejacks end which will give puss the chance to free Applejack and the whole plan will be thwarted.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 11, 2015 16:42:30 GMT -5
ooc: Uh, yeah, I don't see things working out quite like that with the response I have planned, unless you force it into that direction, which is what I was talking about. But how about you first wait for my response before doing that? And I still need to know what I'm suppose to do with Puss so I can post a reply.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 11, 2015 18:02:19 GMT -5
Skullboy ignored the rain as he followed the directions.
Puss carefully accessed the situation with a glance around the room. Then, as quick as lightning, he jumped through the air spinning and landed on top of AJ's captor. He stabbed his sword into the robot's arm that was around AJ and twisted it free, he then pushed AJ well out of any harms way of the robot and electricity.
"So how's Sky Shield doing?" Pinkie asked the guard. "Is he still taking the long ways around so he can bump into Quill? Did Stainless ever get over his crush on Octavia? Oh! Did anypony win the wager about which part of the castle would need to be fixed up next? I always thought Princess Luna's room would be a good choice."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 11, 2015 18:28:51 GMT -5
Ruby looked up and around, "If this is not normal rain... Then perhaps Misery is in the area!" Ruby exclaimed and began running around, looking to see if she could find her. Up above, the weather mare was flying back and forth, frantically trying to get the weather under control. She could effect the weather, but it seemed to be generating itself and she couldn't get it settled.
Almost as quick as Puss, the robot pony spun her body around and punched Puss with a solid shot to the side. The shock was enough to send Puss flying in the direction of the a pillar. Applejack got to her hooves and jumped to catch Puss before he collided with it. All this happened at the same time as the numerous ponies around the room flipped the switches on the pillars, which seemed to upset the stallion as much as he was shocked by Puss' actions. a massive bolt of lightning fired from the cloud and arced straight to the robot, destroying it entirely. A stray bolt arced the the disembodied arm, singing it horribly, and finally arced to Puss' sword (which I'll leave you to decide if he held onto it or not. it'll be tarnished but still usable, even if Puss isn't holding it.).
The guard looked at the pinkie pony talk and was more confused then ever. He couldn't even respond as he tried to think of the answers to the questions, why she knew what she knew, why she was asking the questions, and why he was even thinking of answering them. All he ended up doing was staring at her with a puzzled expression. While they were busy in the hallway, the waitress jumped out the window and began running off.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 11, 2015 20:13:54 GMT -5
Puss saw the electricity arcing towards him and Applejack and quickly threw his sword towards the cloud the lightning came out of.
"We're friends of Princess Celestia silly." Pinkie told the guard seeing his confusion. "And, not to brag darling, we are depicted on quite a few of the stained glass windows around the castle." Rarity added. "Surely you must have at least seen one."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 16, 2015 13:38:41 GMT -5
Ruby was running around when something caught her eye. First, the streets were empty. Everypony had run away except the weather pony flying above her. Second, there was a strange hum in the air like a big machine or electricity sparking through the air around her. Her curiosity put her face to face with the source of the sound, a large machine with four pillars at it's four corners, all sparking like giant Tesla coils. At the center was a meter. It was at 25% according to the marker and slowly rising. Very slowly, but at a steady pace. "What's this thing?" Ruby said circling the device and noting words on a plaque in one corner. "Weather Generator: Cleaning the slate for a better tomorrow. -Dr. B" she read it aloud. "If this is making the storm, then this isn't natural. That might explain the reaction of the ponies." She thought out loud and continued thinking about what to do next. She remembered the pegasus pony flying above. She looked like she was trying to get the weather under control. She decided to seek out the pony and tell her what she found.
OOC: When is Skullboy popping back in?
The sword didn't make it far before the lightning caught it, but charged as it was it flew into the cloud and caused serious electrical disturbance. An electric pulse flared out in all directions, further fluffing the fur of the two and the stallion, and disrupting power to the pillars causing a fluctuation. They remained on, however, and started charging for the second blast. "STOP!!!" The stallion yelled, "You're no used to us dead!" He yelled at the two hugging in the center of the room, "Just give up so we don't have to use lethal force again." He said, holding his hand out hoof to hold the ponies on the pillars from firing until he said to, "Our cause means more then the money we could exploit from destroying you, and I will choose my cause first. Don't tempt me." He said, looking as angry as he was and with complete seriousness painted on his face.
The Guard looked at them both, "Alright, you have a striking resemblance to the palace windows. But how do you explain breaking and entering." The guard said, "And the state of this place." He gestured to the hall and the house in general, finally letting Rarity up.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 16, 2015 16:26:50 GMT -5
ooc: Waiting on you to cue were he is. He's still following directions.
"Applejack." Puss spoke to her. "The cloud shoots electricity to whatever metal is nearest to it. Could you make sure that there are plenty of things for it the attack that is not us while I shut this machine down?"
Rarity dusted herself off. "Thank you." She said. Pinkie took a deep breath. "We got a strange message that my friend's, Applejack, cousin was ponynapped and they wanted a million bits for him. But she doesn't have that much, so Rarity and I went to the cafe where he worked and the pony there gave us this address and told us he's staying here and the pony here, the one that screamed, met us here and pushed open the door and walked in, so we followed her and saw that everything was a mess, but then she screamed and we ran up here to see what was wrong and then you jumped us. Which was a little scary."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 17, 2015 1:22:32 GMT -5
OOC: He'll pop up at the same address as where Pinkie and Rarity are now. At the most, I suppose I could have waitress run past him and he'd recognize her from behind the stand, but she won't stop and say hello or anything.
BIC: Ruby managed to waive down the pony and took her to see the machine. The two looked at it puzzled before the weather mare got fed up and turned tail, bucking it in the side plate. A control panel unfolded from the On it, lots of code flashed across the screen in an unreadable jumble. When Ruby hit a key on the keyboard, the text disappeared and a prompt appeared on the screen. "I age in order one, two, five, four. You'll only see me in the air for a second, but I prefer the under darkness, clear and pretty." and a prompt beeping and waiting for the answer to be entered. in the top left corner was written (_1/7_). It was clear what they needed to do as they tried to think of the first answer.
As Skullboy walked on, the waitress, who looked almost exactly like the pony they spoke with earlier, ran past him, clearly in a hurry. She didn't pay him any mind. He might as well have not been there at all, far as she was concerned.
"They don't seem to fire at the pillars, though. They're higher then the other pony was and are clearly made of metal too. I think we'll be safe if we stick close to them." Applejack said, showing she'd been carefully observing their surroundings as well.
The pony seemed unfazed by the very quick testimony, "Alright, let's say I do believe you, why didn't you come get a guard in the first place, or at least before walking through the house that appeared to have been broken into. You're almost asking for trouble." He said in a halfway scolding voice, "Given the pony that called for help isn't here anymore, I'm going to trust your side of the story for now. There's still a lot of unanswered questions though." He said and right as he finished there was a flash so bright it filled the house. The house itself was struck with a massive bolt of lightning that filled the room with the terrible boom of the thunder. The guard looked to the windows confused, "We're not supposed to have any weather today. What's happening out there." He said. It was pouring outside. less like cats and dogs and more like mules and horses. Even indoors, the rain hitting the roof was deafening.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 17, 2015 6:25:54 GMT -5
Skullboy was confused when the mare run past him and didn't even notice him. He decided he'd better hurry to where he needed to go and started running.
"That's very observant of you Applejack." Puss comlimented her having not noticed this himself. "I was going to destroy those pillars as it seems to be a source of power for this thing? Do you think that would be a good idea?"
After the lightning struck Rarity was hugging the guard around the neck and Pinkie was right on top of the guard's back, her mane more frazzled than usual. "My apologies!" Rarity said letting go and composing herself. "That was rather frightful." Pinkie didn't let go or get off.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 17, 2015 13:09:50 GMT -5
"Frog" The weather mare said, "At first it has a tail, then two legs, then four legs with it's tail. Then the tail goes away leaving only the four. And it only spends part of it's time in the air, while it's jumping." She explained and Ruby typed it in. The machine beeped and said (_2/7_), listing the next riddle.
OOC: If you give me a riddle I can solve it. At least then I'll feel more engaged then I am now making up my own riddled for my own characters and solving them.
The stallion didn't pay the girls any mind. "It's fine. It was a big thunder. Much higher then regulation." Let's get out of here, we need to look into this and you need to stick with me till this all get's sorted out." He said and headed for the front door, ignoring Pinkie on his back.
"I don't know. We don't know how this stuff works. For now I think we should stand our ground." Applejack said and her attention was suddenly broken when a pony crashed through the door they entered. The waitress looked around, seemingly in a panic, before her sights focused on the disembodied arm in the center of the room. With her in the center, the ponies manning the pillars turned them off, but the storm didn't go away. The pony picked up the arm and coddled it not unlike a child. She looked up at the stallion and her glare was field with more grief and anger then it seemed her body could even produce, let alone contain. The Stallion looked at her quietly, observing her like he knew she'd do something unpredictable. The filly stared walking up to him steadily, her eyes just as focused as his, and he stood his ground. When they were not arms length from each other she finally spoke. "What was the plan?" She said, the anger almost not present in her voice, manifesting it entirely in her demeanor and stance "Start the two generators, and capture Applejack." The stallion said plainly. "Care to explain how Beaker ended up like this?" She said tears rolling down her now grimaced faced. "The others fired the short range pulse when that one attacked." He pointed at Puss, "Beaker was the only thing in the room that would attract the attack, and she took a full charge." "Alright, I'll give you that. But someone gotta pay for this." She said, looking down at the arm, "I'm starting with you." She said and before the pony could even react she laid a solid punch into the ponies face. There was enough force behind it to knock the stallion off his feet and send him barreling into the floor. He grabbed his face in pain and laid there as he tried to collect himself. The filly turned around and faced Applejack and Puss, directing her rage at them, "And then there was you." She said, setting the arm down softly. Applejack couldn't but stare on as the series of events unfolded before her. She was rendered speechless when the stallion was sent flying to the ground.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 17, 2015 15:10:21 GMT -5
ooc: The two ponies at top stopped the generators and it's obvious both need to be their for the thing to work, so can Puss please knock one of them out? He should be able to get to them right?
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 17, 2015 17:13:57 GMT -5
Pinkie seemed to have composed herself as well and was now having fun riding on the back of the guard. The group did almost run into Skullboy who just arrived at the front of the door. "Skullboy?" Rarity asked surprised. "What are you doing here." "A pony at the fair gave me this address." Skullboy explained what happened to him and Ruby while they were searching.
"Move over to the pillars, while I distract her." Puss whispered to Applejack and stepped in between her and the new pony. "If it is any consolation Senorita." Puss told the pony looking at them. "You never stood any chance of beating us."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 17, 2015 17:34:59 GMT -5
"So the same pony that was just here gave you an address to here as well?" The stallion said trying to piece everything together, "Sounds like a diversion if I've ever seen one." He said and looked outside, the storm getting much worse.
Applejack did as Puss said and back up slowly till she was right under one of the pillars. As Puss was speaking, heavy rainfall started sounding on the metal roof of the warehouse. "If it's any consolation, I didn't care about either of you in the first place. Slight wanted to extort you from money and I went along with it. And now that you're in the way of my plan, I see it wasn't worth it. And now that my true friend is gone, I only hate you now." She said and threw the arm to the side, hard. It barreled straight into a button on the wall and the room hummed loudly, like the wind was entering through a window. It started raining in a line that was slowly expanding out. The roof was opening up and the cloud was escaping. The ponies started turning their pillars back on, knowing the plan was going to continue. The stallion got up. still rubbing his face. He was bleeding a bit from a deep gash in his cheek and spit out a tooth. He moved to leave through the door behind them, not saying another word.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 17, 2015 17:49:33 GMT -5
"I'm glad you're here now." Pinkie said. "You seem to be much better at this than we are."
Puss checked to make sure Applejack was safe. "One moment please, Senorita." Puss told the angry pony and jumped past her with lightning reflexes. He ran up to the pony that was sneaking away and knocked him out. "Not so fast. I told you that you wouldn't escape the wrath of Puss in Boots."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 17, 2015 18:56:53 GMT -5
"I do what I can." The stallion said, "We need to find the source of this weather. Skeleton. Do youknow where the center of this storm is? Where were you when it started raining?" He asked. The pony moved almost as quick as Puss as she spun around and aimed a punch clean at Puss. Applejack stood back but became really worried. She saw how hard she punched the stallion and didn't want Puss to get hurt or worse. OOC: Please don't block that punch. I don't want to Break Puss. BIC: 3 riddles down and 4 to go, the weather pony and Ruby were still trying hard to stop the generator. It was at 50% now and the storm now covered that much of the city.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 17, 2015 19:05:53 GMT -5
ooc: Oops, forgot about the riddles. And how would she break Puss? She hardly did anything against the stallion and Puss can take a lot more than that.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 17, 2015 19:48:39 GMT -5
OOC: She almost broke the stallions face because she was holding back. Her hooves are solid metal all the way through. She's just so strong from holding up for as long as she's had them that she can move around like she's uninhibited. I'm just saying, dodge before you sty and take the blow directly.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 17, 2015 20:08:21 GMT -5
ooc: This story. "I was just leaving the fair." Skullboy told him. "I think it started there." Puss dodged the blow. "I feel I must warn you that I don't want to hurt you, but you are forcing my hand." Puss told the scientist, robot creating, James Bond villainish metal armed, pony.
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