Arrival of the Zebra

16 February 2014

01:15 < EdenGM> After a rather quick battle, our group decides to set up camp nearby, using a few hot coals from the blasted remains of the cooking fire to start their own. Gilded and Shady had turned in early, though whether they slept or not was unknown

01:16 Shaken_Cola sits near the fire to stay nice and warm, the unicorn with the damaged horn looks over to Wicked "So...what's your story anyway, why were they trying to....yanno?"

01:19 Wicked wears his MoP coat again, covering especially his flank. The stallion was about to search through his stuuf, which he found in a hole nearby, looking if anything missed. He looks up at the questioun, still holding the opened medic box.

01:20 < Wicked> "Uh, i-i had nothing to do with them, actually... I think they caught me wandering."

01:22 Shaken_Cola nods "And...any reason you'd be wandering out here on this island alone?"

01:25 < Wicked> "I... erm, i was leaving a certain town. They seemed to have a problem with my... profession." The stallion smiles and pulls out a can with lotion against burns. He works on his legs, nods severely burned but still cooked. " I am not used to wander... maybe i didn somehing wrong."

01:29 < Shaken_Cola> "Nah, some pony's are just....not right in the head, yanno." He says with a nod "Although, why are you leaving this 'certian town' and what is that 'certain town called?"

01:33 Wicked looks up again. He nods but states, not unfriendly: "I had reasons... and dont want to talk about it. On the other hoof, how can i thank you for my rescue? I am sort of a medical pony, sort of. And a manedresser." he smiles happily on the latter, as if it had more meaning for him.

01:49 Shaken_Cola chuckles "Well I don't have a mane for starters, but a doc is always good to have around"

01:51 < Wicked> "Y-yes, s-sorry about that.." He looks apologetic. "I did not mean to... remember you. Uh, then is there anythi- wait, youre taking me with you?" His eyes suddenly open wide.

01:53 < Shaken_Cola> "Well, yeah, wouldn't be right to save you from canibal pony's then leave you to be caught by other canibal ponies" he says "Plus, things tend to blow up around me so a Doctor would be a great thing to have around, wouldn't you agree?"

01:55 < Wicked> "Oh, yes! Its just suprising, we barely know... I call myself Wicked Love." He offers Shaken_Cola his hoof. "Although in Rising they had another name for me... Not important, hows yours?"

01:58 < Shaken_Cola> "Eh, just call me S.C. for now, and well, to be honest, our lil group is shipwrecked here, so.....a little bit of extra help isn't a bad thing"

02:00 < Wicked> "S.C. then, its a pleasure. Heh, im kinda shipwrecked too, but without a ship... Ill do all i can to help, but... im not a fighter.!

02:02 < Shaken_Cola> "Well, we got lil miss pew pew for that, me, I'm....more boom than that" he says with a chuckle "Dunno why but most every thing I put my hooves on blows up at some point or another

02:03 Wicked chuckles himself a bit, his hooves all better by now. "Dont want to be rude, but this sound a bit... reckless."

02:05 < Shaken_Cola> "Just the curse of my 'gift' combined with insurmountable amounts of curiosity" he replies with a grin

02:08 Wicked looks into the fire. "You think you have some supplies? Im not a good cook, but could try my hooves on something. My former ow.. boss always had such works for me."

02:12 Shaken_Cola shakes his head "Nah, Aguave Fruit is better uncooked, and it keeps a really really long time too" he says with a smile, pulling one of the 'fruit' out, it's more of a thick, juicy leaf than anything, but due to the thick skin and highly viscous inner juices it's still rather fresh!

02:14 < Wicked> "Ouh... i see." for some reason the red earth pony stallion doesnt look happy about that.

02:15 < Shaken_Cola> "What, don't like aguave fruit?" he asks simply "I assure you, it's fresh, and pure. I grew these in a sealed lab myself, filtered in sunlight through reflective shafts and what not"

02:17 < Wicked> "Y-yes, theyre fine... its just, well... it seems my food is missing and now ive got nothing to eat." He looks up to the unicorn ad smiles. "No worries, though, a day or two dont bother me, im used to it."

02:20 < Shaken_Cola> "Nah, I got plenty, here, I already ate one this morning and I'm probably a bit more used to drawing out food than you are Doc" he says tossing the nice hunk of fruit/leaf/whatever the fuck it is over to the stallion

02:24 Wicked makes big eyes at the offering and looks at the other stallion, stuttering. It is easy to see he doesnt know the concept of sharing without effort. The medical (?) earth pony is stunned.

02:24 < Shaken_Cola> "What....I've got like....uh...lets see....eighteen more?" he says as he checks his pipbuck

02:27 Wicked whinnies and takes the fruit. "T-t-thats... n-no work, you sure? I-i never..." Then, after a deep breath: "Thank you."

02:31 < Shaken_Cola> "What, for being a decent person?" he says simply pulling out a canteen and taking a draw from it before offering that over as well "I have some water too if you need it"

02:33 < Wicked> "I... i have." He nibbles on the leaf, looking awfully happy. "I am not used to... °decent persons° i guess. Actually, when you rescued me, i thought you were going to sell me..."

02:34 < Shaken_Cola> "No, that's just plain wrong" he says "Now then, what virtue do ya live by?"

02:37 < Wicked> "V-virtue..." he stops nibbling and starts pondering. "Uh, how do i out that... id like to call it °embrace°. I am still new to the concept. But... i try my best."

02:40 < Shaken_Cola> "I mean, what helps you center yourself through all this.....shit" he says simply "I try to laugh at it, that helps me alot"

02:42 < Wicked> "I-i told you: °embrace°. I try to focus on the good, make it valuable. Letting others forget, even if its for a short time..."

02:43 Shaken_Cola nods some "So, in a way, similar to me, but not exactly the same" he says with a grin, befor chuckling some "Hell, maybe that's why thing blow up in my hooves so much, cause I always try to help every one's day be a blast!"

02:44 Wicked sighs deeply. "Ive seen bad. Ive seen worse, also. I did wrong in my past... its all i have: knowing what good, what beauty is, and how to share it."

02:44 Wicked looks up, smiling forced. "Maybe. Maybe its just, like, positivness?"

02:44 < Shaken_Cola> "Hey now, don't talk like that, learn leasons from your past, but don't live in it"

02:49 < Wicked> "Oh, i try too. Strangely, it catches up quite often..." He takes a bite from the leaf he still holds, like some kind of precious tread. "I..." he stops.

02:50 < Shaken_Cola> "You....?" he pry's cocking a brow and looking at the stallion

02:51 < Wicked> "N-nothing, really. My past, my problems.. Thanks for the meal. I really appreciate this."

02:53 < Shaken_Cola> "Well, it's one of those things, we may as well get to know each other, cause I REALLY doubt we'll not be spending alot of time together" he says with a broad grin

02:54 < Wicked> "Its.. difficult. Please give it time, yes? I have made terrible things, and i dont want to talk about it."

02:57 < Shaken_Cola> "We all have things like that" he says with a knowing smile, lifting his cloak and showing his flank stamp, an explosing soda bottle, below it is a small, carefully etched in tattoo of a humming bird "Trust me, I know exactly what your talking about, sans details"

02:58 Wicked looks saddened but shakes his head. He keeps on eating quietly.

03:00 Shaken_Cola nods and puts his cloak back to it's normal position

03:01 < Wicked> "Y-you saw m-mine?" he asks, trembling voice while staring into the fire.

03:03 < Shaken_Cola> "Yeah, a heart with a bundle of fags infront of it, right?" he says simply

03:03 < Shadelow> As the colts talked, the little black mare from before stepped out of her own tent. She was wearing herself a Ranger's scribe robes that covered her almost entirely except her hooves and head. She let out a quiet yawn and tiredly made a way over to the fire.

03:08 Wicked stands up, till on shaking hooves because of the failed cooking attempt. The blue blooded, red and white stallion makes a bow. His MoP doctor mantle looks still dirty, as if he dug it out somewhere.

03:13 < Shaken_Cola> "Well if we find a way back down to the b....nevermind I just remember the giant spider that lives down there"

03:18 Wicked sits down again, shaking his head. "Not a wise choice to disturb a spider in its nest. Especially giant."

03:19 < Shaken_Cola> "Well, we found hair around the hole, and it didn't burn so I did what any logical person would do, dropped an explosive down the hole to see if something would get shot out like a cannon, ended up colapsing it's tunnel and traping it, so, win win"

03:20 Wicked looks shocked at the unicorn, gasping. "What... any sane... oh my. And you... thats quite a thing. You were lucky back then."

03:23 < Shaken_Cola> "I'm still alive and I've gone through....uh...lets see...I got a note of it here...." he says fiddling with his pipbuck "Oh right, 8,928,102 explosive devices in my lifetime so far" he says with a big grin "Not all of 'em as....big as the TNT but....you get the drift"

03:25 Wicked shakes his head again, and suddenly burs in laughter. It takes a while for him to recover, yet to cath breath. Still chuckling he looks up: "You make good use of youre virtue there, i can tell."

03:27 < Shaken_Cola> "Well yeah, life sucks, so gotta make it a blast when ever I can!"

03:28 < Wicked> "Say... dont you have any clothes? A fine jacket would certainly suit you, also a cap."

03:30 < Shaken_Cola> "Eh, only the cloak, I don't like to take the clothes off the dead, seems....barbaric"

03:31 < Shaken_Cola> "And, it's farily armored"

03:33 Wicked looks at the cloak, measuring how ragged it is, and if he is able to repair it. "I see." he states. "Well, i owned me my mantle. Its also good for working, ponys trust me, that makes it easier to fix them.All i have despite that are some socks..."

03:35 Shaken_Cola nods "Well, socks can get cought on things so I'll hold off. Also, armor isn't clothes in my oppinion so there's that, I just feel....wrong about the thought of wearing the last thing some poor sod died in"

03:36 Wicked blushes a very slight bit and looks away. "The socks are not for outside."

03:40 < Shaken_Cola> "Oh...OH" he says with a laugh an expresion of understanding on his face "Let me guess the knee high, ultra soft kind, right?" he says with a grin "Yeah, Lulu had some of those, always wore em when she was....in the mood" he says shudering "Seriously, what is it with squishy's and tryin' to hit on people some time, I mean, yeah, second family and that but seriously...that's just....ew"

03:42 < Wicked> "It was... my work."

03:42 < Shaken_Cola> "To seduce?"

03:43 Wicked nods, biting his lips. "Not only work... for a long time it was... all that held me alive..."

03:45 < Shaken_Cola> "Ah, sex slave, sorry you went through that"

03:48 Wicked nods silently. He looks into the fire, trying to calm himself. "I... was a colt, when..." he puts his hoof on his forehead and shudders. "Sorry to bother you. Its okay."

03:50 < Shaken_Cola> "No, not bothering me at all buddy, keeping that stuff in isn't healthy, let it out, I won't think any less of ya"

03:51 < Wicked> "No. Its okay." he lays down, setting him in a more comfortable position.

03:52 < Shaken_Cola> "I won't pry any more, but, if you want to let it out, I'm here for ya. Every one needs a hand every now and then, and letting out the pain, should help you smile smile smile"

03:54 Wicked nods thankfully, but remains silent. He takes out his canteen, pouring water in a tinnen cup attached to the canteens bottom.

03:55 < Shaken_Cola> "Nice canteen" he says "Mine are old salvaged milatry types, no cups"

03:56 < Wicked> "Well, they came with the coat, really. I guess the Ministry had better qualities as the army."

03:58 Shaken_Cola shrugs some "Who knows" he says with a grin "But yeah, sorry ya went through that shit growin' up."

03:59 Wicked nods again, this time more open. "Its fine, really. Others had it worse."

04:00 < Wicked> "And.. i learned alot. So in the end i take whats given. What else can i do?"

04:01 Shaken_Cola nods and grins eyebrow waggling at the stallion "You learned alot eh?" he asks, judging your reaction

04:02 Wicked nods with a smile. "Not only sewing and massage... My owner was a bit pricky."

04:03 Shaken_Cola stops and just raises a single eyebrow, questioningly

04:04 < Wicked> "Oh, i had to learn to please, to seduce. It kept me away from the... others." He smiles sadly. "I had it good, actually."

04:05 Shaken_Cola nods "So, that's what those socks were for, now that said, maybe you should show me them~" he says, waggling his eyebrows again

04:08 Wicked looks playfully shocked. "Oh? I prefer mars, but... a stallion does aswell." He smirks, nearly gamey, with a good shot on control over his facial expression.

04:11 Shaken_Cola tries to hold a strait face but just, can't, and busts out laughing, rolling onto his back and kicking his legs "OHMYGODDESSES!" he laughs out

04:12 Wicked smiles happily. He doesnt mind the stallion to know. Actually, he finds it pleasing, knowing not to have to play what he isnt.

04:14 Shaken_Cola looks over and stops laughing "Oh shit, you were serious, weren't you"

04:15 < Wicked> "I was young. No chance to choose, so why now? All have some beauty, you know?" he smirks at the others confusion.

04:18 Shaken_Cola nods "Well, can't say I'd know myself, when your options are just squishies, you tend not to have those thoughts..."

04:19 < Wicked> "What are *squishes*? are you talking about ghouls?"

04:20 < Shaken_Cola> "Yeah, I am, calling em ghouls makes em sound like monsters, but they're still good folk, yanno, so I call the non ferals squishies, it's more...endearing in a way"

04:22 < EdenGM> Shaken_Cola and Wicked both notice an odd mist starting to flow in, still faint

04:23 Shaken_Cola frowns and stands up pulling out a stick of dynamite "What in the nine bloody hells!?"

04:23 Wicked stands up slowly, packing his saddlebags on his back. The young stallion isnt that interested in findint out what coused this, knowing they are at a former cannibals place.

04:28 < EdenGM> The mist slowly gathers into a pretty solid looking sphere a ways away, before fading and leaving a zebra in its place.

04:28 < Shaken_Cola> "I'll say it again....what in the nine bloody hells"

04:29 Wicked is dazzled. But he remains calm enough to give the zebra a long look, looking for any clues who appears.

04:39 Ruzeth looks around in confusion, his eyes wide as he takes in the scene trying to determine where he was.

04:40 < Shaken_Cola> "Oy, let me see your teeth.....zebra"

04:43 Ruzeth raises an eye in confusion before a realisation hits him. "Oh yall must be the ponies Dagda told me about," he exclaims excitedly, taking a couple of steps towards the pair.

04:43 < Wicked> "Thats rude. S.C. Let me handle this, please." The red-white stallion in a MoP doctor coat trots forward, but stops a few step before the zebra comes in reach. "Hello."

04:44 < Shaken_Cola> "Stay where you are, and let me see you teeth" he hisses out holding up the tnt, the memory of the sharpened teeth on the canibal ponies still fresh in his mind from earlier

04:45 < Wicked> "Who is Dagda? And please, i mean no offense, but i greatly dislike beein searched for."

04:48 Ruzeth stands before them, looking at Shaken_Cola confused by his demand. He's a young zebra, about halfway between the size of a colt and a stallion, wearing leather armour with a zebra sword strapped to his side. He has a weird Zebra glyph on his flank, having already recieved his mark. Ruzeth takes a moment to compose himself before answering, "Dagda is a forest spirit. He told me I woul find you and you would lead me where I need to go."

04:49 Ruzeth takes a moment to compose himself before answering, "Dagda is a forest spirit. He told me I woul find you and you would lead me where I need to go."

04:50 < Shaken_Cola> "Let. Me. See. Your. Damn. Teeth." he hisses out again "I HAVE to be sure"

04:51 Wicked looks pondering, but not unfriendly. "S.C. if he WAS a cannibal, ten hed speak their language, not ours." he smiles at the zebra. "Has this Dagda told you why we would do this?"

04:52 < Shaken_Cola> "Unless he's supposed to capture people" he hisses out, but does back up some lowering the tnt a bit, but still rather on edge

04:53 Ruzeth rolls his eyes and parts his lips at Shaken_Cola, showing his teeth. "There, you happy now?" Addressing Wicked he adds, "No, he did not say, only that you would."

04:55 < Wicked> "Well, thats odd. Speaking for myself, i dont like being followed. Or forced on tasks. Isnt that what spirits do? Giving tasks? But, how unpolite, my name is Wicked Love, that there is S.C. and the others are still asleep. Care for some water and a cosy fire?"

04:56 Shaken_Cola nods as he sees the teeth are not filed to points "Sorry but the only 'inhabitants' of this island we've come across were cannibles, and that's just. plain. wrong....mmmk?"

04:59 Ruzeth gives Wicked an eager nod. "My name is Ruzeth, and I would love to share your fire for the night. It is the way of the spirits to give tasks and my dutie to accept them."

05:01 < Wicked> "Then just keep one in mind: it is not ours. We have to have a choice. Anyway." he offers the zebra a hoof to shake."I welcome you to our littla camp."

05:02 Shaken_Cola puts the tnt up and sits back down "Yeah, sorry again about the....less than inviting welcome, you just suddenly apeared, right after we saved that fellow from cannibles" he says pointing at Wicked

05:03 < Wicked> "A messy story. They were setting me up above a fire, to COOK me. At least they had the manners not to ear me raw."

05:05 Ruzeth winces as he hears the tale, "I'm glad you guys managed to save him, though I do assure you, I am no cannible, but I can offer my services if any of yall are injured". I've got just enough to mix up a poultrice or two.

05:06 < Shaken_Cola> "Nothint polite in eating another pony, or cooking them alive" he says simply and shakes his head "Unless you can make something to restore my magic, I'm golden for the moment"

05:07 < Wicked> "OH, a doctor? I am a medipony, well, kinda. I learned alot abot anatomy during my... past." he smiles friendly, offering the stranger a place near the fire.

05:09 < Shaken_Cola> "Oh, goody goody, two Docs to patch me up if I get blowed up again" he says with a grin

05:09 Ruzeth shakes his head sadly, "Nope, nothing for magic, and I'm no medizebra, but I do know a thing or two about potions."

05:10 Shaken_Cola sighs and nods "Well still, potions good"

05:11 Wicked looks a bit sad. "Oh, potions..." he lays down at the fire and places his saddlebag and medibox beneath him.

05:15 Shadelow wriggled around a bit, having slept soundly by the fire for a while, but the new pony seeming to do a little something to get her to budge.

05:16 < Shaken_Cola> "Oh, hey Miss Zapgun" he says to Shadelow "How are you this fine evening"

05:17 Wicked looks up at the soundly wakening mare. "Oh, my savior.! I-i was sticking around to... erm, thank you."

05:17 < Shadelow> "N-No tomatoes please.." She said. Shadelow still next to dead tired, only a little extra responsive to the sounds around.

05:19 < Shaken_Cola> "hahahaha, damn she sleeps like a rock" he chuckles out, pulling out a bedroll and rolling it out and laying on it

05:19 Ruzeth trots curiously up to the newly aroused pony. "Hey there, I'm Ruzeth"

05:20 < Wicked> "T-tomatoes?" The red stallion laughes. "Lets give her time to wake up first. Shes still dreamtalking."

05:20 Shadelow grumbled gently and rubbed her hooves tiredly at her eyes, barely peeking out her magenta eyes to the bright fire, "U-Uhg.. M-Morning already?"

05:22 Shaken_Cola laughs loudly "Well, you are red...and you were saying how you were staying around to 'thank her' right" he chuckles before laughing loudly

05:22 < Ruzeth> "So...where are we? The spirit seems to have whisked me away from home."

05:23 Wicked chuckles. H decided to let her wake up first and looks to Shaken_Cola. "I am always red, S.C. Its my fur."

05:23 < Shaken_Cola> "I know, and that means your boy parts are red, and she obviously doesn't like tomatos" he says sticking out his tongue and making a funny face at the stallion in MoP gear

05:25 Shadelow blinked tiredly at Cola, at the same time unsure about what he said and taking it too seriously. "...What?"

05:26 Wicked blushes now, showing he can get even more red. "Uh, I-i n-never... if she asked then..." He silences with a small whimper.

05:26 Shaken_Cola laughs even more now rolling onto his back, his hind hooves kicking in the air "OH MY GOD YOUR FUCKING ADORABLE!"

05:27 Ruzeth stands there blushing at the crude jokes, snickering to himself a little.

05:27 Shadelow blinked a bit more, shuffling around in her robe. She shook her head clear and tried to look at the newer ponies, "Uh.. Hi."

05:27 < Wicked> "I-i a-am?" Confusion strikes shame in a wicked smile and wierd expressions.

05:28 < Shaken_Cola> "Seriously guy, your red, and can STILL blush, that's fuckin' adorable"

05:30 Wicked now hides his muzzle under his fronthoof. He sighs and decides not to look up until the blush ran out.

05:31 Shadelow blinked more and blushed a slight tinge herself, some earlier comments surfacing a little more.

05:32 < Shaken_Cola> "Hey, don't be like that guy, we're all, more or less friends, we're probably gonna be spending alooooot of time together anyway, so no reason not to be" he grins "And yeah, I poke fun at people, but it's not that I'm trying to be mean, just that I'm trying to make ya laugh some"

05:33 < Wicked> "Its not working..." says the voice from under the hooves.

05:34 Ruzeth continues to giggle at the scene.

05:34 < Shaken_Cola> "Well think of it this way then. You aren't gonna be the only one who gets poked fun at like this" he says smiling

05:36 < Shaken_Cola> "So then, that said, what's your story stripes?" he say looking at the zebra

05:36 Shadelow wriggled one of her forehooves a bit, holding them out ahead of her while she laid down, "W-Was somepony talking to me before?"

05:37 < Wicked> "Its not funny to smear everyone my past in the face! They might be... offended by it." The stallion says lodly to Shaken_Cola. He even stood up, and still blushes.

05:38 Shaken_Cola snerks but bites his tongue "I wasn't smearing your past mister 'I have special socks', which you still need to show me sometime" he says sticking out his tongue and blowing a raspberry at Wicked

05:39 Wicked whimpers and hides under his hooves again. Mumbling can be heard, something about *blowing up*

05:39 Ruzeth scowls at Shaken_Cola for using that term. "I'm currently on my vision quest and cant return home till I finish it. Though..." He looks up at the night sky to determine where he is. "I'm not sure where home is anymore." The Zebra suddenly lights up. "Oh that reminds me..." he scoops a little bit of dirt from the ground into a class boggle.

05:41 < Shaken_Cola> "Dirt collection, useful hobby" he says before getting up and trotting over to pat Wicked on the back "Sorry, I'm just trying to keep spirits up right now, if I upset or offended you, I didn't mean too, and I'll stop, okay?"

05:42 Wicked looks up. "O-okay, im fine." he nods

05:42 Shaken_Cola leans down and whispers something to the other stallion

05:43 Wicked looks at the stallion, suprised. He whispers back.

05:44 Shadelow cocked her head a bit, "You colts are weird.."

05:45 Ruzeth 's ears perk up as he hears the sleeping pony finally rouse. "Oh, hey there, I"m Ruzeth," he offers, giving a litle wave

05:45 Wicked shakes his head to get a picture out and turns to Shadelow. "I-i am? S-sorry then, not my ..intention."

05:46 Shadelow lifted her hoof and gave a little wave to them, smiling a little.

05:46 Shaken_Cola whispers back and chuckles going back to his bedroll to lay down while every one talks, much more comfortable

05:47 Ruzeth notices the others bedding down for the night and rolls out his own, finding a spot near the middle fo the camp.

05:49 < Shaken_Cola> "Not really weird, he mentioned something earlier that perked my intrest, so I inquired, you've been sleeping alot"

05:51 Wicked now adresses Shadelow again. "S-sorry for the confusion. Werent you the heroic mare that singlehoofed took down two of the cannibals? I...wanted to thank you again, I would be dead by now. And much a pony would had left me there."

05:53 Shadelow 's blush rose up again and a little more red, rubbing the back of her mane with a hoof, "I-I don't think I took out two of them.. But you're welcome.." She smiled a bit, "are you okay though? You look a little hurt still."

05:54 < Shaken_Cola> "What is it with you people and blushing"

05:55 < Wicked> "I could only mend the pain, but... im okay. Hate to be a bother." He offers her a hoof, smiling. "I go by the name Wicked Love. I know its a bad name, but you dont want to know the others, really. And i never catched yours."

05:58 Shadelow took it up and shook his hoof, "Shadelow. Well, those burns would hold whatever medicine you got if it was covered." She pulled out two bundles of bandages, throwing one at Cola, holding the other, "May I?"

05:59 Shaken_Cola looks at the bandage "Uh...what?"

06:00 < Wicked> "Erm... i really hate to be a bother... i just know how expensive medical gear is..." he scratches the ground wíth his front hoof. "I... I am just happy to be alive."

06:02 < Shadelow> "It's just a bandage. I have a bunch, and they're dirt cheap."

06:02 < Shaken_Cola> "Hey, just an observation, no need to throw things at me, remember, contents volitile under durress"

06:04 < Wicked> "I-if you really insist..." he scrolls up his sleeves, showing her the burnmarks on his legs. "I-its not that bad, though..."

06:05 Shadelow wriggled herself along up to him, swishing her tail as she worked, "Still.. There might be more natives after that. We should be ready."

06:07 < Wicked> "Err... Mister Blowup over there already offered me to follow, i-is that right? You guys wouldnt mind?" He looks at her with hopefull eyyes.

06:08 < Shaken_Cola> "Of course not!" he calls out with a grin "I'm sure she'll say the same, kinda could use all the help we could get, there is safety in numbers after all"

06:09 Ruzeth chimes hopefully in as well. "I can tag along as well right? What are you guys out here doing?"

06:10 < Shaken_Cola> "I don't see why not, it's good to have friends!"

06:10 Shadelow nodded, "I'm okay with it." She leaned in a bit and quietly spoke to Wicked.

06:13 Wicked quietly answeres, trying to hit his *canvincing* tone.

06:13 < Shadelow> "And with Cola, it'd be a little better to not heal all his broken bones alone.."

06:13 < Shaken_Cola> "Whoa whoa whoa, what now!"

06:14 < Wicked> "A-aactually... i am more of a nurse... never learned medicine. B-but i can give massages and manecuts..."

06:15 Shadelow meeped out in surprise, tensing up.

06:15 Shaken_Cola waggles his eyebrows at Shadelow "Oh ho ho ho, now what did I just hear!"

06:16 < Wicked> "N-n-not that i ... errr... its just an offer." He looks between Shadelow and Shaken_Cola. "Its just my job, honest."

06:19 < Shaken_Cola> "Actually, no, I should stop, don't wanna upset another person"

06:20 Shadelow blushed furiously, the mare lifting up her bedroll and draping it over her head, hiding.

06:21 Shaken_Cola sighs "Well, looks like I put my hoof in my mouth again" he says before LITTERALLY putting a forehoof in his mouth "SFEE?"

06:22 < Wicked> "D-did I say somethig wrong? What...?" he looks around pannicking. "I-i dont want t-to be left behind, im sorry, whatever ive done."

06:23 Shaken_Cola spits his hoof out "Nah, I think it was me, I'm just trying to break the ice and ease the tension and such"

06:25 Shadelow gulped gently and lowered her bedroll a bit, eyes peeking out as she hid the blush.

06:25 Wicked tryes to calm again, places a now badaged forehoof oh his chest and breath deeply, before relaxing even a bit. He shoots Shaken an angry glance. "Your blowing your gig a bit too often..."

06:25 Shaken_Cola sighs heavily and lays down, facing away from the fire "Sorry if I upset you two"

06:27 < Wicked> "N-no, its all fine, at least for me..." he waves his hooves, trying to convince him. "B-but im new, a-and have some troubles, maybe ... you know, maybe you should take it a bit slower?"

06:28 Shadelow frowned and gently moved over to him, "W-We're going to spend a lot of time together, but we still just met and all.. Gonna take a little time to open up more."

06:29 < Shaken_Cola> "We all met on a boat yesterday, it was supposed to be a fun lil cruise, I was sick the entire time, then suddenly storm, captain got fried by a lightning bolt, we managed to stay alive, boat sank, we all spent the night together in mystery cave, then came up here and saved you Wicked. If that isn't reason enough to try and get some laughs, I don't fucking know what is"

06:30 Ruzeth perks up finally hearing the story about why they were together. "So everypony here is new to each other? Do you know where we are at least?"

06:31 Shadelow frowned and reached over a hoof to hesitantly pat his back, "Sorry.. I never thought you felt that way.."

06:32 Wicked relaxes seemingly and smiles again. "Oh, i understand. Well, that helpes me alot, thanks." He looks at Shadelow. "And youre a true medipony? Maybe i can learn from you, i mean, im good with bandages, but thats it..." He turns to Ruzreth. "Not far from Rising Tides, why?"

06:32 Shaken_Cola just shrugs it off "I'm away from my home, surrounded by folks I don't know, in a place that has pony's who willingly eat other ponies like the zeds do, and I just keep upsetting people" he says bluntly pulling the blanket part of his sleeping bag over himself

06:34 Ruzeth frowns and shakes his head, the location unfamilliar with him. "Because I was wisked away from my home by the spirits. I don't recognise the stars out here at all."

06:35 Ruzeth growls angrilly at Shaken_Cola jumping to his feet. "We do not eat ponies, and we do not harbor demonic moon princess like yall."

06:36 < Shaken_Cola> "I wasn't talking about you, you stupid zebra. Or did you forget we SAVED Wicked from being cooked alive and eaten by canibals already" he spits out angrily from under his sleepingbag

06:37 Shadelow laid beside him, "We should be looking on the bright side of things.. At least we're not facing these things alone Cola."

06:37 Wicked perks up at this, getting upset himself. "Regina noctis pro nobis, lunae lunem. Do not speak bad of the moons goddess."

06:38 < Shaken_Cola> "But we are, none of us really know each other, none of us are friends, we're just....aquantances of circumstance"

06:40 < Shadelow> "Well.. Has there ever been friends who /didn't/ start out like that?"

06:40 < Ruzeth> "Yes but us 'Zed's," he spits out that word, "Are mostly not cannibals, probably the less often than you ponies, since we /know/ how to survive in the wilds"

06:41 < Shaken_Cola> "You fucking idiot, Zed is slang for zombie, a feral ghoul" he calls out to the zebra "And no, my new familly took me in with open arms, sheltering me and helping me learn things I needed to survive, patching me up when I accidently hurt myself, and such other things, no questions asked"

06:43 < Wicked> "And you..." Even the meepy stallion now went upset. "Do NOT speak bad of the moons goddess." adressing Ruzeth. "Regina noctis pro nobis, lunae lunem."

06:44 Ruzeth shrinks back in embarrassment, his ears pressed flat against his head. An "Oh," was all he could manage.

06:45 < Shadelow> "C'mon guys.. Please calm down.." She sat along up, "Besides.. They were all earth ponies, and they were eating another earth pony... I think racism is the last thing happening there."

06:46 Shaken_Cola moves some under the sleeping bag, getting more comfortable, as a soft tune starts to play out, soft and delicate humming, a gentle, soothing melledy

06:48 Ruzeth finally addresses Wicked, giving him a resigned "Ya sure...I wont..." not wanting to bring anymore trouble to the group.

06:49 Shadelow gave him another, final pat before walking to the other two. "Um.."

06:49 < Wicked> "Its just... i owe much to Luna. Please do not insult her... i beg you." He looks sad, but not pleading.

06:54 < Shadelow> "Please guys.. We should probably go lay down or something.."

06:56 Wicked looks at Shadelow and nods. "Yeah, we should. " Then he tries to find a place on the ground which seems comfortable enough to lay down for the night.

06:56 < Shaken_Cola> "W...what do you think I'm doing" he calls out softly from his bedroll, the humming music starting to loop again

06:56 Ruzeth nods in agreement and lays back down on his bedroll, curling up comfortably.

06:58 Shadelow went over and cuddled up into her own bedroll, sighing.

07:08 Wicked frowns. He stands up and walks up to Shaken_Cola and nods him with his muzzle. "Do you care for company? If it helps, ive got no bed."

07:10 Shaken_Cola shakes his head, his voice trembling some as the music cuts of "I-I wouldn't mind..." he says softly, still curled up under the blanket portion of the bedroll

07:12 Wicked takes off his dusty coat, his cutie mark now open for Shadelow to see. He also wears an old leather collar. The stallion gently crawls under the blanket and hugs the unicorn. "Shhh... its okay. I know what you feel. I lost too."

07:14 < Shaken_Cola> "You don't know what I feel" he says softly "And odds are, you never will. You've gone through your pains....but they are not mine"

07:15 Shadelow blushed gently and turned to the fire, trying to drown them out and pat down the fire with help of her telekinesis, as to not set themselves on fire overnight.

07:15 Wicked simply nods, placing his own muzzle over his neck.

07:16 Shaken_Cola blushes at the closeness, and sniffles some "I...I am sorry"

07:17 Wicked just holds him. "I know."

07:21 < Shaken_Cola> "Thank you....." he says softly, rolling over and clutching the other stallion tight, more of a desperate needing hug than a sensual thing

07:22 GyroTech drifts off to sleep in his roll, snoring softly.

07:22 Wicked remains holding him, giving him support.