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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 24, 2015 16:26:32 GMT -5
"Come now Lyra." Wiz called out to her. "Ask her something only she'd know. You're first coltfriend? You're favorite restaurant? I don't want you to doubt, even a little bit, that this was the last piece of your friend that you had to erase from this world." The Bon Bon puppet chased after Lyra.
When Craft landed she could barely keep her weight up and collapsed onto the ground. She lifted up her head and remained there as she regained some of her strength. "Thank you Bon Bon. We must find a way to save your friend, she mustn't get angry and let Wiz go."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 7, 2015 1:17:42 GMT -5
Lyra just kept on running, making sure she was out of sight but that Bon Bon was still following at the same time. Bon Bon Puppet ate a piece of candy to be at the ready and her face seemed to take on a new found bitterness somewhere between anger and sadness. She increased the speed of her pursuit and tried to see Lyra, if only for a second.
OOC: I'll build on this in my next post when they're out of the city.
Bon Bon just shook her head, "That's like telling the active volcano not to explode. I've been only unsuccessful at controlling Lyra in any way. Usually she just get's mad on her own and I point her at the enemy in need of destroying." She said, already feeling hopeless about the situation.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 7, 2015 7:47:23 GMT -5
The Wiz puppet fell down, motionless, as the two ran further away from him.
"I must tell you Wiz' plan." Miss Craft said. "Do you remember when I talked about Guv's back? How I had to fix him because of what your friend did? The technique she used?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 7, 2015 9:19:32 GMT -5
The two continued to run until Lyra reached the city limits. Beyond them was an open grass field swathed in moonlight (it's night time right? Can't remember). Lyra checked behind her once and made a dash, trying to get as far away from the building's as she could. She knew she'd get caught, but wanted to put as much distance as she could between herself and the buildings. Bon Bon Puppet walked past the edge of the city and spotted Lyra running. In the next second, All of Lyra compounded into the ground with a three candy strong hold. Lyra couldn't even turn her head to see where Bon Bon was and just waited, hoping her timing was right. The Bon Bon Puppet made her way quickly but smoothly to Lyra.
Bon Bon shook her head, "I remember that you needed to help Guv because of what Lyra did, but I wasn't preview to the attack she used. I only know she went too far and used her own life as a catalyst, the resulting explosion being devastating."
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 7, 2015 13:26:17 GMT -5
Out of the shadows near Lyra seemed to materialize a small hoof sized puppet. It was crudely made, simply sticks for legs and a block of wood for the body, but it looked close enough to a pony to get the reference. "You're fast." Wiz' voice came from the puppet. "But I didn't want to miss this."
"Yes, that technique." Craft told Bon Bon. "Wiz has learned how to do that or something similar. He wants to make your friend angry, desperate, enough to use all her life force in one final attack and when she does he will do the same. Both will put everything into destroying the other and they will both die by their own hoof. If they don't the other attack will surely finish it. That is Wiz' goal, ultimate proof that he was equal to your friend, that he gave everything to destroy her as she would do to him. Do you understand now how dangerous Wiz has become? How senseless a purpose he has created for himself?" The last part she said with deep sorrow.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 7, 2015 16:55:34 GMT -5
The Bon Bon puppet walked up to Lyra, not appearing winded in the least. She looked down on her friend, "You're such an idiot. You knew I'd catch you. You're weak and without me you can't even protect yourself." She said, not in a condescending manner, but a factual manner. One Lyra picked up on, "It's a shame I could never fix you. Help you stand on your own hooves." "I'm not someone to be fixed. And you're not Bon Bon. Just some cheap imitation." Lyra grumbled to herself. "You should keep telling yourself that. It'll help you feel less lose when I'm gone." Bon Bon said and walked around Lyra to stand in front of her, "I know you're too efficient to shoot a random arrow. I'm a goner because I couldn't dodge all the first arrows." She laid down a few feet away from Bon Bon, "Maybe you should realize it's me in here. And that I lost to Wiz. And that you're a hopeless fool that's a slave to her emotions. Maybe my death will finally teach you to cherish what you have and not take anything for granted. Otherwise you'll lose everything you had and more." Bon Bon said, her tone sad and contemplative, "Bye Bye, Lyra Heartstrings." She said and closed her eyes. Lyra's eye's widened as she realized this might actually have been Bon Bon... If she'd thought it was from the get go, she wouldn't have fought her. But now there was nothing she could do. She struggled to get up, but couldn't even budge. She looked in horror as one second Bon Bon was there, the next there was only a crater. More of a canyon really, streaking across the landscape and creating a massive hold not far away. The second after that came the earth shattering tremor from them the arrow touched the ground like a missile. Lyra was pulled with a chunk of earth into the vortex created when the arrow passed by her and it essentially loosed her from the ground. All the the light poles and concrete from earlier was sent in all directions as Lyra was whipped in a circle and flung to the ground. Pieces of Bon Bon were scattered to the wind and ground. No piece larger then the underside of her hoof. A chunk with a candy from her cutie mark landed beside Lyra who looked shocked beyond emotion. She laid, completely still, and put her hoof over the chunk.
OOC: Hopefully that's alright. So small a puppet at was being controlled by Bon Bon would have been thrown around as well. I'll post again once Wiz's voice brings Lyra to her senses and sets her off for good.
BIC: Bon Bon looked downtrodden, "I don't see how we can do that. I don't know how to help her... But first we need to find her and fast. Can you lead the way to Wiz? He must be close to Lyra if he plans to kill the both of them."
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 7, 2015 21:27:52 GMT -5
After a while the small puppet made its way out of a bush, being thrown in there as soon as the shock wave hit it was spared any damage from the attack. It made its way over to Lyra and put its wooden hoof on top of hers that was on the cutie mark. "How does it feel to see yourself die?" Wiz asked. "I know how it feels, because you did it to me." He said with venom.
"I don't know." Craft told Bon Bon. "Wiz has kept himself from us and only ever comes here when he needs to, like when he brought you here. Oh, Bon Bon, if only I could tell him that he was loved for who he was, that he didn't need to be something else to be accepted. But my wooden arms could never warm his heart." She looked down at her hooves. "I'm sorry this had to happen to you Bon Bon, please believe me, I never wanted it to be like this."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 16, 2015 12:48:14 GMT -5
You almost couldn't see Lyra's hoof move as she smashed the puppet hard and fast enough to crush all but it's head, which stayed suspended in the air for a moment before falling to the ground, "I'm sick of your cowardice." she picked up the head, "Come out of hiding so I can give you the death you so desperately desire." She said, her eyes shrouded in darkness and a nearly visible aura emanating from her whole body.
Bon Bon started to feel helpless at this point. She felt her hooves were tied behind her back and she had to run a mile. All four hooves.
OOC: Can they have felt the explosion? I'm not sure what Bon Bon can do.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 16, 2015 15:13:06 GMT -5
ooc: Okay, I have a bit of a problem. Lyra and Wiz has basically run their course now, I don't know of Lyra can get any angrier. Bon Bon however isn't ready yet and you don't have enough info to think of a solution. I was really hoping Bon Bon's obsession to know everything would let her ask Craft more questions. More about his power or what Craft does know, help from Guv and Natasha, why Craft can now feel and who she murdered. I'm kinda at a loss about how to move forward from here. What do I do to let Miss Craft and Bon Bon interact more? What do I do to make Bon Bon start thinking of a solution instead of feeling helpless. She was suppose to get Craft back on her feet. I mean, she's dealing with all this real feelings now that she didn't have the first time they met.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 16, 2015 16:07:17 GMT -5
OOC: Well, Bon Bon is actually not thinking of wanting to know everything right now. It's more that she feels sorry for what she did to Craft and Natasha. I guess her feelings in one word would be loathing or lacking self-confidence. Since Craft can feel now, she could empathize with this feeling or at least recognize it and help her push past it at the very least. If Bon Bon can be shown that she needs to be strong for Miss Craft then she'll do what she can, but that doesn't tell me what I should be doing.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 16, 2015 16:11:08 GMT -5
ooc: I do have a backup if you can't think of anything to stop Wiz, but it'll take time to get there. So we have two depressed characters and we both hoped for the other to help their character out of it. Complicated. So how do we get a spark of progression going so we can end up doing that? Somehow the conversation has to shift.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 16, 2015 17:08:50 GMT -5
The room where Bon Bon and Miss Craft was quiet for a moment. Then there was a low hum that got progressively louder until there was a clap of lighting and thunder and a small charred cockroach landed between Bon Bon and Miss Craft. it's leg twitched slightly as it lay on the ground on it's back. The sound of sizzling was barely audible, but present.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 16, 2015 17:19:13 GMT -5
Miss Craft stared at the roach for a long time before talking. "Do you know what I did to them Bon Bon? Do you know what I did to Zenny and Doodle? What I would have done to you if things worked out differently."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 16, 2015 17:24:33 GMT -5
Bon Bon was also staring at the roach, "No. I thought you gave them what they wanted so you could be together forever?" She said and watched as the roach seemed to heal. Now it was trying frantically to get back on it's belly.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 17, 2015 1:58:38 GMT -5
"That is what I thought I did." Miss Craft said. "The process of putting your soul and powers into a puppet isn't a simple one though. It can only be done one way, when it's finished there is no body left to return it. I thought that they would still be in there though, in the puppets. But when I got the feelings from Wiz I knew that it wasn't the same, I knew that I had murdered my friends without realizing what I was doing. Can a being like me ever be forgiven for something like that?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 25, 2015 16:45:04 GMT -5
"You're saying your friends changed after the operation?" Bon Bon said confused, since the process seemed pretty straight forward, at least how she was explaining it.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 25, 2015 17:21:18 GMT -5
"No, they stayed the same, as I saw them." Miss Craft said. "But it's like believing a toy is real. How can I be sure they, the real Zenny and Doodle, were in those puppets and it wasn't just me making them act that way?" Craft shook her head. "But it's not just that. How would you feel Bon Bon if you cut open your friend, seeing her die by your hooves, even if you took her soul and put it into something else? It's that feeling that I could not understand before. That loss and sense that I did something terribly wrong."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 25, 2015 18:30:35 GMT -5
Bon Bon fell silent. She knew she couldn't speak on this if she wanted to, and she didn't, "Miss Craft. Not to sound insincere, but you still have Natasha, and Guv, and even Wiz. Surely there's something we can do to save them. You can't forget what you've got while trying to get what you want. You taught me that."
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 25, 2015 18:53:37 GMT -5
Miss Craft lifted her head. "Yes, you are right. I may have done terrible things, but they shouldn't pay for it. We have to find Natasha and Guv. They're somewhere in here." Craft tried to stand up, but she was a bit woozy.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 25, 2015 19:06:04 GMT -5
Bon Bon stood and walked over next to Craft, "I'll carry you if you want. It doesn't appear you can walk like you used to be able to."
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 25, 2015 19:41:17 GMT -5
"If you could just help me a little." Craft said. "Let me lean on you and I think I can manage."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 25, 2015 22:18:25 GMT -5
"I can do that. Let's go on to find Natasha." Bon Bon looked forward, "Do you know where we should start searching? These are your old tunnels, right?"
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 26, 2015 7:46:40 GMT -5
"No, not part of the ones I build." Miss Craft said. "It does seem to be similar, so I assume we're in some part of the real sewers under the city. I don't think it's very large though so we should find them if we look around." Craft pointed to the only other door in the room, the one Bon Bon didn't enter through.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 26, 2015 10:30:19 GMT -5
Bon Bon lead the way, with Craft at her side, to the door she's pointed out. It felt awkward supporting someone taller then her, but she did her best to make it work.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 26, 2015 10:43:21 GMT -5
The place was indeed not very big and they easily found Natasha and Guv in rooms next to each other. Guv was quiet as always, but Natasha seemed happy to see Craft and ran up to her with her tail waving in all kinds of symbols. "I'm glad to see you too Natasha." Craft said and hugged the dragon with one wooden leg. Her voice was heavy with emotion at the sight of them though. Natasha seemed glad to see Bon Bon up and about as well and wanted to hug her, but wasn't sure if she should.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 26, 2015 10:50:24 GMT -5
Bon Bon looked to Natasha, the full weight of her guilt over this whole situation flooding back to her. She didn't even know how to apologize to her and simply swished her tail in the manner she'd learned when she and Natasha first met. IF she remembered right, it was hello or something along those lines.
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 26, 2015 11:06:34 GMT -5
Natasha swished her own tail in hello and then hugged Bon Bon anyway.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 27, 2015 13:53:39 GMT -5
Bon Bon wasn't sure how to take it, but her arm hugged back out of habit. Her guilt was still strong, but her desire to make things up to them was stronger, "Can you guys guide us to Wiz? We need to find him as soon as possible."
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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 27, 2015 15:56:53 GMT -5
At Wiz' name Natasa's mood sank and Guv spoke up. "He doesn't talk to us anymore. The last time we saw him he gave Natasha permission to bandage you up and then left. We haven't seen him since."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Mar 27, 2015 19:52:19 GMT -5
"Then do you guys know how to get out. I think that's the first thing we should do. Then we can try and track down Wiz and Lyra. The two will likely be together." Bon Bon said and looked around, "If the cave is small enough, then we shouldn't have a problem getting to the surface."
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