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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 18, 2015 17:01:41 GMT -5
The robot spun around out of control and a siren sounded from it with red lights flashing. When it regained control it had its eye focused on the ponies. "Well, that got its attention." Scootaloo said.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 18, 2015 17:05:05 GMT -5
Applebloom landed beside the group, without a sound given her suit literally absorbed the impact. "How much more time do you need?" She asked Ripple.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 18, 2015 17:17:17 GMT -5
"Done." Ripple said joining them. "So I guess we wait." "Excuse me." Chrysalis tried to get their attention. "But is it alright if you get caught alone and I go hide somewhere? You obviously don't need me."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 18, 2015 17:20:20 GMT -5
"Nope, you're coming with us. You've been here longer then the rest of us and we'll need you're input." Sweetie said. Applebloom jumped on Chrysalis' back so she wouldn't try and fly away or otherwise escape.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 18, 2015 17:44:47 GMT -5
Chrysalis collapsed when Apple Bloom jumped on her. "What are you trying to do? Get off!" Suddenly a horde of strange creatures come out of the barrier. They looked like humans or blobs in the shape of them. They were black for the most part, but something like a skeleton print covered their bodies and they wore skeleton masks over round blob heads. They were riding motorcycles that were themed like themselves. And there were many of them. "So it just occurred to me." Ripple said. "What if they don't want to capture us and take us inside?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 18, 2015 17:55:34 GMT -5
"Then we keep destroying their forces will the head of all this has to come see us personally." Applebloom said with much more enthusiasm then she probably intended to. "We'll have no choice but to fight then." Sweetie said, watching the blob bikers.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 18, 2015 18:31:05 GMT -5
Some of the bikers started firing bolts of energy at them from their hands. Scootaloo dodged a few before Ripple put up a barrier. "I'm guessing we're going to have to fight." Ripple said.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 18, 2015 19:25:58 GMT -5
"Well, no better time then the present." Applebloom said, diving through the barrier and into the fray. Sweetie watched from within the field for now, trying to fully understand who they were fighting.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 18, 2015 19:36:17 GMT -5
Scootaloo jumped right after Apple Bloom and used her wing to cut the first biker that got to her. The skeleton exploded and black goo splashed over Scootaloo. "What!? What happened?" Scootaloo asked shocked as the bike fell over and skidded forward without a driver. She was so shocked that the next skeleton almost got her before Ripple teleported her back. "What happened?" Ripple asked. "I don't know, I didn't even use that much strength." Scootaloo said.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 20, 2015 10:43:30 GMT -5
Applebloom intercepted a bike, lifting it by its front wheel and slamming it on it's side. "What's that black stuff. Is it still active?" Sweetie asked, still keeping an eye on Applebloom, but more actively observing Scootaloo.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 20, 2015 17:01:06 GMT -5
ooc: I think Sweetie should be able to handle this better than Ripple. The goo isn't dangerous to them or active. The riders wont transform back. Think of it as a pit of negative goo used to form minions. The goo may be used through other things as a means of poison, but like it is now there is no effect on the girls accept getting very dirty and not knowing if they're killing living things, which is why Scoots was surprised. These things also isn't living btw. Take what you want out of all this for Sweetie's explanation.
The bike Apple Bloom slammed also burst into goo with its rider and splashed all over her. "I don't now." Ripple said. "But it isn't moving or anything. Scoots, you go help Apple Bloom while we look into this." Ripple teleported Scootaloo a few feet from where she was without the goo and it fell to the ground. "Alright." Scootaloo said jumping back into the fray.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 20, 2015 18:32:36 GMT -5
"Ok, that's nasty." Applebloom said, looking over to Scootaloo, "These guys are fragile!" She called over to her and looked around at the other bikers.
Sweetie looked at the goo and Applebloom, noting that the bike was also goo. "It doesn't seem we can really touch them without them exploding. And that inanimate object was also goo. It's possible it's just being controlled. And it's not actually alive. I can't be sure though." she said, finalizing her preliminary assessment. Applebloom continued attacking the bikes that would get too close, only hitting the bikes and not the riders.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 20, 2015 18:53:01 GMT -5
"Tell me about it!" Scootaloo called back to AB also taking out a bike. "Chrysalis! You're changelings aren't a part of these guys are they?" "No! You can keep on doing what you're doing!" Chrysalis called back cowering near Sweetie and Ripple. The riders that fell off their bikes started attacking the two ponies with sharp claws on their hands. "So, how do we find out if they're alive or not?" Ripple asked.
ooc: What they are exactly is golems or homunculus.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 20, 2015 19:12:49 GMT -5
"Hmm... We could try and break whatever link is controlling them. Perhaps of you teleport one quickly, it'll fall apart. If they hold themselves together, then they're either really powerful connections or they might be alive. This one hasn't reassembled itself either. That's a possible hint that they might not be alive. Why make them so fragile and waste life on them. I figure life would be made of something tougher." Sweetie said and didn't look away from Scootaloo or Applebloom.
Applebloom switched to evasive maneuvers, avoiding all attacks with surprising grace. With each step her suit powered itself a little more. She figured if the fight went for too long, she'd wipe the playing field with one massive shock wave.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 20, 2015 19:50:29 GMT -5
ooc: they're golems. There's no connection, they act on their own like robots with curtain commands to follow.
"Don't forget we don't really hit softly." Ripple said. "Maybe they're not that fragile." Ripple quickly teleported one of the skeletons over and it stayed in one piece. In fact it at once focused its attention on Ripple and attacked. Ripple teleported behind the skeleton. "Okay let's test out another theory." She punched at the skeleton with a moderate amount of strength, not being the physically strongest of the group and the skeleton just stumbled forward and spun around to face her. She quickly teleported the thing to the fields far below the mountain. "Okay." She told Sweetie. "It's just Apple Bloom and Scootaloo being themselves, they're not that fragile. And I was able to teleport it, so is it alive?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 21, 2015 13:02:01 GMT -5
OOC: I know, but so far there's no evidence that the're alive or not alive and I don't want Sweetie to be so cold as to say it doesn't matter because they're in her way. She specializes in keeping a cool head and sound based magic, it's not like she's a scientist BIC: Sweetie thought to herself, looking at the leftover goo and the still fighting blobs for signs that would point to life or death. As it stood, the only thing that seemed weird was that they were still attacking. Any normal opponent wouldn't continue fighting a losing battle, or they would at least try harder to work together and make a more cohesive fighting force, but they're tactics were simple and reactive. This might not have proven they were alive or not, but it showed they weren't smart or at least weren't learning.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 21, 2015 15:05:25 GMT -5
ooc: Alright, I see what you mean.
"We should have learned a spell that could tell us what these things are." Ripple said frustrated. "So far they seem to be mindless zombies. Also, I don't think they have any plans of capturing us. Maybe I should just teleport them away so we can get back to the barrier."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 21, 2015 20:16:01 GMT -5
OOC: sorry BIC: "I'll add it to our to learn list, for now teleport them away. As far as possible." Sweetie said and looked to Applebloom and Scootaloo, "We'll need to clean those two as well." Applebloom, for one, was not a black pony and continued fighting, though blinded by the goo.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 21, 2015 20:48:28 GMT -5
ooc: Why sorry?
"Okay, to the border beyond the Unicorn Fields." Rippled said as her horn started to glow. "That should be far enough and not a lot of town between us and them." In a flash all the enemies vanished leaving only Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, who shared the same color as her friend now. "Could you two stand over here!" Ripple called out to the fighting ponies. "I need to see how bad it is before I can clean you."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 21, 2015 22:12:58 GMT -5
OOC: It felt necessary for some reason. BIC: Applebloom followed the sound of Ripples voice to where they were standing, Sweetie stopping her when she was close.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 22, 2015 16:15:28 GMT -5
Scootaloo also followed to stand next to Apple Bloom. "Wow, I'm seriously leaning towards these things not being alive." Ripple said and teleported the black ponies behind them while the sludge fell harmlessly to the ground. "Alright." Scootaloo said shaking herself despite already being clean. "Getting captured didn't work, but getting them to notice us did. Do you think these things are the ones behind all this?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 23, 2015 12:28:44 GMT -5
"These brain dead dummys?" Applebloom said, "No, they couldn't be behind more then a stain on your carpet. But the fact of the matter is that nothing particularly dangerous or intelligent has come out yet. Could we be dealing with a robot of sorts? Controlling all these blob things to do his bidding." "I think it's too soon to tell." Sweetie said and turned to Scootaloo and Ripple, "So we can't teleport in, break the wall, or get captured. We haven't tried cutting the barrier."
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 23, 2015 17:39:20 GMT -5
"That's right!" Scootaloo agreed. "Let me have a go!" She turned towards the barrier and as if on cue a large, round robot with two arms and legs, about twice their size landed on the ground making cracks in the earth. This foe looked a lot tougher than the horde they had just faced. "We have more company." Scootaloo said opening her wings threateningly.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 23, 2015 19:27:31 GMT -5
Applebloom walked up confidently, "Hopefully this guy is more interesting then the goo guys. Maybe he actually knows something." she said, ready for a fight.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 23, 2015 19:47:39 GMT -5
The middle of the robot opened up and revealed a screen. "How observant of you." A voice came out of it and a picture appeared with a skeleton on it that was also half machine. "The heroines return and much earlier than I had had hoped, although not unprepared for. That is the whim of time traveling after all." ooc: srmthfg.wikia.com/wiki/Skeleton_King
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 23, 2015 23:43:05 GMT -5
"The mastermind behind all of this, I would assume?" Sweetie said, stepping forward between AB and Scoots. OOC: I actually remember him from ancient times past I used to really like that show.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 24, 2015 8:03:19 GMT -5
"In more ways than you can imagine." The skeleton told her. "Who are you?" Ripple asked. "I am the future ruler of your world, the Skeleton King." He answered her. "What did you do with our friends!?" Scootaloo yelled. "I would prefer that you forget about that and leave this place, but you're not the kind to do that, are you?" The Skeleton King told them. "You'll also keep trying to enter the city until you find a way to destroy my barrier. So I prepared something to make you think twice about that." The barrier became transparent. It was still there, but they could see the city now and it was more disturbing then they could imagine. It looked more like a giant factory than a place where ponies used to live. But the thing that pulled their attention for now was the crystallized Pinkie Pie, who stood just beyond the barrier, attached to a weird machine.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 24, 2015 10:36:15 GMT -5
Sweetie looked at the machine and the rest of the city, taking in as much detail as possible to sort through later. Applebloom stepped forward though, "And how's this supposed to stop us?" Applebloom asked, more so as a genuine question then with a haughty attitude.
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Post by Bio Plus on Nov 24, 2015 17:12:25 GMT -5
"If the barrier is destroyed, they will be destroyed as well." Skeleton King told them. Scootaloo gritted her teeth together when she heard. "And I have the others along the barrier at different intervals. All accept for one. You see, there isn't much I can do with these ponies. It would take time to make use out of them, time which I do not have. But there was one that showed enough weakness to corrupt. And anyone can be corrupted, through their concern for their family, their fear for their sisters, their need to protect their true love, even through their loneliness. Don't you agree?" He asked looking at Ripple. "Yes." Ripple answered. "Anypony can be corrupted, none of us are immune. But anypony can by brought back and they'll be stronger than ever!" "I'm curious if you'll be able to bring this one back, she was already so close to darkness that her despair would have destroyed her."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Nov 24, 2015 17:22:21 GMT -5
Sweetie squinted her eyes in focused thought, "And I suppose she's inside the castle with you, and the only way we'll get to her is be getting by this barrier? I suppose you won't be letting us in then."
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