My Little Pony: The Elements of RP
Main => Somewhere Else Inside or Outside of Equestria => Topic started by: The 26 on January 19, 2016, 10:11:40 pm
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Towards the 40th floor of the building, rows upon rows of books and scrolls rest silently in the complex’s vast archive. The ceiling height itself rises to two stories, utilizing rows of ceiling fans equipped with large lights to illuminate the texts, tables, and chairs strewn about in a disorganized manner. Bravo lands his hooves onto the ceramic tiling, first looking up at the lights above. Spreading his wings, he takes off and aims his first arrow; flying up to the end of each row, he fires the projectile across the room. The lights are shattered to pieces, instantly casting a third of the archive in shadow. On the far end of the chamber, Tinder emerges in a flash of light, landing on a table half covered in literature. Her posture and position doesn’t change; a second later Morgan appears facing her, the barrel of the rifle mere inches away from Tinder’s nose as the unicorn’s ice daggers point dangerously close to several parts of her body.
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Tinder had been pretty focused on Bravo while they were upstairs, since he was the one aiming at her, so she hadn't noticed who it was that crashed through the window. As she is quite suddenly teleported she looks around at her new surroundings quickly, looking back to see the rifle a few inches from her nose and to see Morgan holding it. It takes her a second to recognize her, she hasn't seen her for years. When that look of recognition sweeps over her face her magic fizzles and pops a bit, unable to stay stable with this unexpected turn of events. The daggers around Morgan all fall to the ground a few shattering completely, "B-bear?"
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"Hey Tinder. Thought I would run into you here." She threw her repeater down by her side and hugged her foalhood friend. "Good to finally see you again."
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Several cracks ring throughout the archive again as another arrow flies across the room, shattering the second of three rows of lights illuminating the opposite end of the room. A single row of light in the middle of the room is all that's left, providing plenty of cover for the Director as he swoops down and maneuvers around the towering bookshelves, a couple of papers flying off into the air. About 20 meters away, he finds the two locked in an embrace. The Pegasus smiles, the option to kill two birds with one stone set up right before him. He pulls out another arrow and sets up behind a bookshelf resting the arrow on a shelf between a stack of books. Eyeing up the target, he only sees Morgan's back, the perfect position for a shot.
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Tinder hugs back, holding her tight until she hears more of the lights shatter. When this happens she lets go and grabs onto Morgan's hoof, pulling her to try to get her away from where they were. "My daggers shattering probably alerted them, we're in too much of a open position, we need cover." She tries to make a shield of ice for them but her magic just fizzles and cracks, "My magic is out for a while, you're gonna need to keep us defended until it comes back. I need to find enough cover so that I can take a few pills...And it's really good to see you again Bear." It's easy to tell she's struggling a bit to keep herself from breaking down right now, she's just forcing herself to keep going.
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"Take whatever you need we need to be str-....what?!" Morgan stiffens up. Her body releases Tinder and stands up as one hoof reached back to her backside. She wobbles a bit when suddenly she jolts forward. Her eyes shut as she falls forward with two arrows sticking out of her back. Her repeated slides off her body towards Tinder. "cough* take it and shoot!"
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Tinder stares at Morgan in confusion for half a second, not wanting to believe what just happened. She finally gets her best friend back and then she gets shot, she is not letting this person hurt Morgan anymore. She grabs onto the repeater and quickly slings it around her, then grabs Morgan and as quick as she can pulls her into cover behind a shelf. "I did not spend the last few years crying and hallucinating in a playground once a year to have you die on me as soon as I actually see you. I don't even know how to use this thing Bear, I can't even use my magic now."
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"You dont need magic to operate this thing!" Morgan grimaced in pain. "Just aim and pull the trigger!" Her balance was off otherwise she'd do it herself.
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Tinder nods a couple times as she peeks out from behind their cover, aiming at where the arrows came from and pulling the trigger. She does have pretty spot on aim from years of practice with other ranged weapons, but Bravo could be anywhere by now. She's just firing at where he was last time he shot.
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Hearing the shot a pet distance away gives Bravo an idea on where the two might've moved to. "Heh, this is all too easy. Can't wait to get my hooves on whatever four eyes brought to the game. But first things first." Taking flight, he flaps his wings and glides down to the other side of the archive, being illuminated as he crosses the row of lights in the center of the chamber. Landing on top of one of the shelves, the Director pulls out another arrow and looks around for his target. It's become a game of cat and mouse, and one's already injured.
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Tinder finally got back up on her hooves and gripped the rifle as it was till slung around Tinder and aimed it towards where she saw movement which happened to be where Bravo was. She fired 3 shots in that direction.
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Tinder holds her breath as Morgan takes the shots, letting out the breath when she's done. She takes this little second of quiet to grab her pill bottle from her bag and take a few pills, needing them to keep going right now and hoping that they will help bring her magic back. She looks at Morgan when she swallows the pills and frowns a little, "We need to find better cover. Somewhere where I can stabilise those arrows so they don't move around too much. I have gauze that will do the trick, you can get them removed when we get you to a hospital. I've been stabbed and shot enough to know that removing them is a very bad idea right now."
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One of the three shots grazes Bravo in the shoulder, nearly hitting the base of his wing. "Damn it those projectiles fly faster than I expected." The pegasus looks up, noting the tall bookcase he's hovering behind and has an idea. Placing his bow next to him, he flies to the top, remaining in cover to keep from getting shot again. Putting all of his strength behind him, he pushes the tall bookshelf over, creating a domino effect of falling rows of books and shelves, each crashing into each other with a loud thump as a flurry of papers fly into the air. The shelves keep falling, several more rows and his two targets will be buried in books.
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"Tinder! Use you horn to freeze those shelves!! You can do that right?!" Morgan panicked limping and trying to pull Tinder with her away from the books.
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Tinder runs away from the books with Morgan, scrunching her nose as she tries to use her magic. It pops and fizzles for a second before firing to life. She grins a bit as her magic returns and quickly freezes pillars of ice around the bookshelves to keep them from falling over on top of them. "Like that Morgan?" She looks ahead and makes a small shelter out of ice for the two of them to go to, she points at it and lightly pulls Morgan towards it. "In there, I'll freeze up the entrance and we can stabilize those arrows."
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Gaining altitude, Bravo watches as the bookshelves freeze in place, "Damn, clever girls." Looking up he sees there's still one row of lights illuminating the archives; seeing this as a chance to escape, he examines the room. His targets have holed up in some sort of makeshift igloo, a way to ward off his attacks while they regroup, unfortunately it rests just several meters by the doors. An attempt to flee through there would surely be noticed by the two, a grin appearing on the pegasus's face when he comes up with a solution. Flying up once more to the ceiling, he lines up another arrow and fires it across the room, shattering the last row of lights and sending the room into utter darkness. "Piece of cake." With that said he dives down and swoops towards the doors, firing a projectile at the cover Tinder created to keep them suppressed during his getaway.
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Morgan flinched at the arrow hitting the igloo but pulled her repeater out. She couldn't see where Bravo exactly was, but the SEALs have gone through numerous training drills in situations like these. She just calmed down as Tinder worked on her wounds. Right as the Firefly's ear twitched, Morgan fired a shot that went through the ice igloos into the darkness.
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Tinder seals up the igloo to keep them safe from his arrows, using gauze to stabalize the arrows in Morgan's back. She downs another couple pills to keep her own pain from returning, not even reacting as Morgan shoots. "We need to get you to a hospital, I can't do anything about those arrows."
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Bravo lands safely at the door as the round punctures a book, sending the pages flying into the air. The pegasus reaches his hoof out and feels the door to find the knob, locating it moments after. Before he can proceed, the chamber lightly rumbles, the sound of a crash echoes in the distance; he freezes, looking up to the ceiling with some tension. 'I hope that wasn't what I think it is.' Bravo focuses his attention on the floor, making sure no more rumbling is felt; confirming that it was simply a false alarm, he continues to make his exit. A rattle of a locked door echoes throughout the darkness, the noise ringing out a second time followed by a pause of silence. "Damn it, of course the damn door is locked." The Director positions himself and kicks against the door, a loud bang going off before he gets an idea; the pegasus retreats into the room and hides behind the fallen bookshelves.
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Morgan chuckled.
"I don't need a hospital Tinder. I need to get what we all came here for and get out. I appreciate the help though. Let's get out of here and finish this **** off." Morgan stood up with her head low. "Can I break this dome?"
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Tinder stares at her as she says this, sighing a little, "Yes, you do need to get to a hospital! You have arrows sticking out of you!" She covers her mouth as she realises that she just yelled at Morgan, her emotions getting to her a little more now that they are not in direct danger. She nods slowly and melts the ice a bit to make it thinner, "Yeah, you can break through if you want, though it's much safer if you stay in here."
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"Come on you two, hurry and get that door open." the pegasus mutters to himself as he awaits for them to go. He checks his things and makes sure everything is fastened enough. With two more arrows left, he looks to see if he brought his knife; to his dismay, it wasn't where he needed it to be. 'No matter, just gotta get out.' The Director's eyes narrow, adjusting his sight for the darkness as much as he can. Both of his remaining arrows are pulled from their quiver and placed alongside his bow, his exit strategy already mapped in his mind.
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"The SEALs will take care of my wounds Tinder you dont need to worry about that. Thank you though and stick close to me with whatever weapons you might have." Morgan smashed through the igloo and began to adjust to the dark room. She had a flashlight on her but knew it would give away her location. Especially from a agile enemy that they were dealing with now. The repeater was loaded and ready to fire.
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Tinder nods a few times as her ice weapons appear around her, "Can do." She jumps up with Morgan and stands quite close to her, hoping to block Bravo's line of sight, not wanting her friend to get hurt again. She just got her back, and she would take an arrow for her to keep her around.
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Bravo remains silent as he repositions himself across to another bookshelf, keeping track of the door's location. The pegasus takes a deep breath as he plans out which route to take; regardless of how the others are doing, exiting the building should be top priority. His hoof slings over, detaching his quiver and letting it fall to the floor; with everything ready he waits for them to continue, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.
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Luckily for Morgan, years of training meant she was quickly adjusting to the dark. Her ear twitched at the sudden breath and pointed the gun upward. The only thing she needed to hear more was the quiver drop before she aimed carefully and fired.
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Tinder twitches a bit as the shot is fired, not able to see anything herself, it's too dark for her to see anything. She stares at where she thinks Morgan would be and whispers, "Did you get him?"
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"Mother F@#$!" echoes throughout the entire archive, inadvertently answering Tinder's question. The pegasus reels back as blood spills onto the floor, the feeling in his front right leg completely numb. He bites his tongue when he realizes his predicament and moves away from the shelf, unable to locate the source of the bleeding; a short distance away he lands and tries to patch the new hole in his body. His mind begins to race as he contemplates how much time has passed inside the archives, minutes ticking away as the Director scrambles to dress his wounds, even tearing out pages from a nearby book and pressing them against his injury. The thought of capture passes through his mind, first as an obstacle, but also creeping towards an opportunity.
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Morgan heard the tear of a book and shot in that direction one last time before swiftly changing her location slinging her rifle back. Out came her crossbow to try and finish this job. Her footsteps were silent as she waited for another sound.
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Tinder stays where she is, keeping her knives held close incase she needs to use them. She's not even sure where Morgan is now, unable to see her in the dark, just hoping that Morgan is still okay. After thinking for a second she makes her way to where she knows the door is, grabbing her lockpicks from her bag and attempting to unlock the door, though it's very difficult with no light
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The stray round streaks over Bravo' s head as the Pegasus finishes dressing his wound. His beige coat is stained with red, although in the darkness, how much is covered in blood is still a mystery. With heavy breaths, the Director looks over the bookshelf to the door, noting a fugue trying to tamper with it. Now having little to lose, Bravo slowly makes his way back to the entrance. Step by step he gets closer, his steel colored eyes scanning around him for the other mare in the archive. A cautious tactic, but one that betrays him when his shoulder bumps into a corner of a table, knocking a couple of books over in the process. With his cover blown, the Director takes one last gamble and leaps into the air, aiming to pounce on whoever is at the door.
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Tinder is much too focused on trying to unlock the door to even notice Bravo coming at her, lone do anything to stop him. She had just assumed he was too injured to do anything, so she hadn't been worried about being attacked now.
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Morgan heard something fall but saw a figure in the darkness shift and leap into the air. The SEAL took careful aim and just fired hoping to hit or at least redirect the enemy coming at her.
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A loud crash is heard as the large double doors shake from the impact of the Director's collision into them, dropping right next to Tinder with a rumbling thud. The Pegasus twitches a few times as blood runs from his side. He looks up towards the orange unicorn before losing consciousness.
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Tinder jumps a bit as she hears him slam into the door, looking over at him and quickly putting he lockpick back into her bag. She grabs her bandages and quickly starts wrapping his wound to slow the bleeding down, "Bear, you wanna unlock the door quickly while I patch this guy up to send him back?" She grabs the transporting hoofcuffs she was given earlier and lays them down on the floor, having them ready for when she finishes patching him.
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"That one is coming back with me when this is all over Tinder." Morgan said in the nicest way while sounding demanding as she quickly unlocked the door.
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Tinder pauses for a second before continuing to bandage Bravo, she shakes her head a few times and grabs onto the hoof cuffs in her magic, "Sorry, no can do Bear. We were supposed to catch them all and send them back to base with these, I can't let you take him."
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Morgan sighs. "I really don't want to make this harder than it has to b. Especially against a fillyhood friend." Morgan lt go of the door and picked her rifle up. "Tinder... Do not put those cuffs on him." She struggles to aim it but her eyes were showing remorse.
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Tinder finishes wrapping his wound as she looks at Morgan and sees the gun, slowly laying the cuffs back on the floor. "I'm supposed to send him back to Equinox, do you realise what it's gonna look like if I don't send him back with the rest?" She shakes her head as she stares at the gun, "They promised to clear my record if I did all I could do on this mission. If I go back to them with out him, do you really think they'll believe I did all I could? I'm not even injured, Morgan, I look like I haven't done anything! I need to send him back."
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"Tinder I have my orders to. If you want your record cleared I can have that done without any strings attached." Morgan took a step closer not aiming, though the pains from the arrows returned. She cringed.
"Please don't make me do this and have to take you in to. Let me take hm and you tell the rest the truth.
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Tinder keeps her eyes on the gun and one hoof on Bravo, her magic surrounding the cuffs. "I'm sorry Bear, but I promised them I'd do all I can to help get this guy's for what they did. I can't let you take him, Equinox will deal with him just as well as your team can. I just need to send him back and then we can go back up and help the others." She shakes her head a bit and she grabs her pills with her magic and downs a couple, figuring that if she's gonna have to fight again she'll need the pain to not be there, "Just let me send him to Equinox. I don't care what you do to me, but let me do my job."
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"Why don't you let me do my job. Look I'm supposed to bag you too but I'm not gonna do that if you just let me have Bravo here." Morgan sighs as she looks Tinder in the eyes. "Sorry it had to be this way then. I have my orders Tinder." Morgan pulls the butt of her rifle back and attempts to hit Tinder with it.
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Tinder hadn't been expecting this from Morgan, she trusted this mare, she never thought Bear would actually hurt her. So, when Bear goes to hit her with the butt of her gun, Tinder doesn't even try to avoid it, she didn't even know it was about to happen. She goes down quickly as she's hit, the cuffs and her daggers from before all dropping out of her magic.
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The SEAL felt horrible for what she did even shedding a tear and letting out a sigh. "I'm sorry Tinder. Maybe one day when we meet again you will find away to forgive me. I didn't want to ever have to do this to you. Part of me wish I never came on this mission, but I did get to see you. Please just stay down."
Morgan slung her rifle around and cringed again at the arrows in her back before walking to Bravo with her own set of cuffs. "I got Bravo. I'll throw one of the markers down on the floor I am on for pickup."
Bear walked to the windows and smashed it open enough for her to give Bravo to one of the carriers.
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Tinder does stay down, she's knocked out cold from that hit. She's not gonna be getting up for a while by the looks of things, she wouldn't even want to wake up if she could really. Thankfully, the chances of her even remembering the hit is slim to none, she'll be quick to forgive.
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Morgan took one last look at Tinder before throwing Bravo onto the carrier before hopping in herself with her legs dangling off the edge.
"Hope to see you soon again buddy." She whispered as the pegasi in the front flapped their wings to lift the carrier towards Lauren's room.
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Tinder slowly wakes up after Morgan leaves, looking around the room in confusion as she attempts to remember what just happened. She sighs a bit as she sees no sign of Morgan or Bravo, she doesn't remember what happened but she knows it wasn't good. So, she slowly stands up, rubbing her head where it was hit and downing a couple more pills. She takes one last look around before heading for the door, planning on making her way back to the roof.
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Eventually, Broadshield makes his way down onto the floor Tinder is on. Arriving on the floor, he sees Tinder making her way to another set of stairs. "Tinder! Are you alright? Where's Bravo and that other pony you were with?" he asks, checking Tinder to make sure there aren't any major injuries on her.
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Tinder looks over as she hears Broadshield, nodding as he asks his questions, "I'm fine, I'm kind of dizzy and my head hurts, I think I got hit with something." She glances back towards where she came from and shrugs, "I don't know, I can't remember what happened. I think me and Morgan were fighting about who got to take Bravo, but I can't remember what actually happened."
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Broadshield breathes a sigh of relief hearing that Tinder isn't too badly injured. "That's good, I didn't want someone else to get hurt on this mission." he pauses before continuing. "My Recon Team saw you go down, and Bravo was already down. It could have only left that Morgan pony you were talking about. I'm sorry I had to tell you that, you two sound like friends." he pauses, then turns to his soldiers. "You three, look for that truck, and report to me any information you have." he says. After giving their commander a salute, they jump out of the open window, soaring into the air. Turning back to Morgan, he continues where he left off. "You've done well, regardless of the circumstances. One way or another, when this mission is over, I'll see to it that you receive a full pardon from the Equestrian Government. Its what you deserve. Now, you have two options, you may choose to leave, and make your way to the base at the foot of the building and rest up until the mission is over, or you can stay and fight, and bring the rest of the Directors down. What do you think?" he asks.
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Tinder thinks for a moment, rubbing at her head where she was hit, "I'll stay and fight. I already lost one of the directors, I can't let the rest go free. Plus, I haven't even done anything to earn that pardon yet, so maybe I can do something to help now." She smiles at him a little as her usual weapons start forming around her, "Let's finish this."
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"Alright then, lets get going." he says. Suddenly, his headset comes alive with more radio activity. "This is Recon Team Taurus to Commander Broadshield, we have eyes on the carrier, they are at the top floor. Yankee is still up but not for long. Hurry!" the voice says before going quiet. "We better get going to the top floor, lets go!" he says before running up the stairs
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Tinder nods and quickly fixes her bag before running up the stairs after him. "Let's finish these guys off! And if we can get Bravo back that would be nice too."