Previous Thread: >>26829351
Or: https://desustorage.org/mlp/thread/26829351/
In the CYOA you control both MCs independently.
If someone gets dubs or above that action will be more effective. Suggesting dropping a weapon in response to dubs or above first will spawn that weapon for a pony of your choice.
Rules:
Tell me which pony you want to preform your suggested action.
Goal: Kill the other pony.
Rule Changes:
Dubs no longer drop items.
Cleaver Buttons (Unicorn)
Items:
-Sword
-Shotgun(3 Shells)
Injuries:
-Cuts from glass window (Near Superficial)
-Cut's from fishing-line digging into her sides.(Near Superficial)
Freshly Squeezed (pegasus)
-Rifle(2 Rounds)
-Machete
-First aid kit(Partially used)
-Weak glass shard
-Portable Nail-Gun
Injuries:
-Crossbow Bolt wound on left shoulder(wrapped and partially treated)
-Blood loss (Fatigue)
>Both Mares fire at the robots visible around the same time and both are shocked to hear the sound of the gunshots come from very close by. Both Mares recognize that these extra gunshots must be the other pony close by.
Freshly Squeezed is currently at the 2nd floor window at the top of the stairs in the Radio building.
>Fresh still sees the Robot hovering a few yards outside the window unaffected by her shot.
>Squeezy can tell that the sound of the other gun came from somewhere outside but she does not know where from.
Cleaver Buttons is currently behind the Radio Building next to the ruined fence that "surrounds" it.
>Buttons sees that the blast from her shotgun did not seem to affect the robot hovering above the building.
>Buttons heard the other gunshot come from towards the building ahead of her, but she does not know where around the building it came from.
What do both mares do?
>>27190683
Fresh ducks down and tries to find the other pony, keeping her rifle at the ready.
>>27190683
Have Glasses look around the building for the other horse, try to keep hidden so she doesn't see you before you see her.
>>27190683
They both should wonder if the other shot at the robot.
>>27190733
>>27190828
>>27190932
>Fresh ducks under the window sill, as quickly as she can in case that was a missed shot and the next was coming for her head. She peaks up a few times to check for the unicorn but she can't see anything moving besides the robot which is still floating out there.
Squeezy thinks about the shot she heard. There didn't seem to be any impacts around her window, so the Unicorn, if it was her, may have been shooting at something else. Either way, whatever produced the second gunshot must know that she is close by.
>Buttons Runs to the building in a panic.After reaching the wall she makes her way around the perimeter as quietly as possible, serching for her opponent.
>Buttons finds that the building has many windows and two floors. the front of the building has a broken window that she could crawl through and an open door. The front of the building has letters hastily nailed on spelling "Mine"
Not finding any sign of the pegasus Button's wonders if maybe she was firing at the same robot. of course, this all could have been a trap, but button's only cover thus far has been the building so it's not likely.
What do both mares do?
>>27191151
Fresh continues looking for the other mare
>>27191151
Go inside the building, Glasses.
Fresh fly out the window and up to the roof or hover next to it, listen for the unicorn.
>>27191178
>>27191266
>Squeezy gathers her things and Checks outside. After she's sure that the Unicorn is nowhere in sight she climbs on the sill of the window and flies up to the roof of the building.
>Fresh plans on searching for the unicorn from the roof but before she does, she spots another robot hovering above the building. The robot turns and focuses it's eye on Squeezy.
>Fresh freezes up and feels her legs begin to shake. The robot doesn't seem to be doing anything hostile but, there things are responsible for her current situation.
>>27191184
>Buttons goes in the door to look for the pegasus.
>Inside she sees a door to her right and one in front of her. The fist room has a desk with filing cabinets behind it a duffel bag and a crate.
>Buttons hears a bit of movement that sounds like it is coming from upstairs, but the commotion quickly dies down and silence replaces the sound.
What do both Mares do?
>>27191658
Buttons, check the duffel bag.
>>27191658
Beat the bot in a staring contest.
>>27191658
make us proud freshy
Next post is going to take a little while, I'm getting kicked out of the coffee shop soon since it's like almost 30 minutes till 9.
>>27191715I have to admit this makes a great phone wallpaperwhere powerlevel isn't concerned. Thanks Bath.
>>27191733agreed
>>27191658
I dunno Freshy. We don't know where Buttons is, so there's not much to do right now.
>>27191692
>>27191844
>Fresh can't think of anything to do other than stare directly at the robot.
>The robot begins spinning it's panels, a strange aura lights up around it and the robot begins to vanish.
>>27191678
Buttons checks the duffel bag, while making sure to not drop her guard. Inside she finds a cache of canned vegetables and a well worn composition book held closed with an old looking rubber-band.
What do these Mares do?
>>27192807
Hit it with the nail-gun before it disappears. Just one shot.
>>27192807
Read that book buttons
>>27192986
>Buttons Reads the composition book.
>It seems to be a dairy, of (what you assume was a pony) who worked here. Apparently these buildings were owned by Sorvis Manufacturing, who machined engine parts.according to the diary a freak storm blew through the island after they started machining parts for a contract that was mysterious to the one who wrote this journal. After a few entries about finding supplies the book becomes nothing but self contradicting crude maps wich seem to be plotting a rought to a mine of some sort.
>>27192961
>Being nice hasn't worked with these machines, and leaving like this is close to the last straw.
>As the robot is disappearing, Fresh fires a few nails at it. The Nails disappear as they get close to the robot but Squeezy hears one or two satisfying thuds before the robot is missing from sight.
>The hum that was being produced by the robot is now stuttering as it begins to trail off.
What do you do?
Gonna have to call it here so I can wake up tomorrow.
Good night.
>>27193373
If Clever hears the shots she should find cover. If she gets a bead, don't shoot but threaten. Tell her that we don't want to kill her any more.
>>27193373
The last one wasn't hurt because it was an illusion! Follow that sound and put that robot out of our misery!
biukmp
>>27193387
night
>>27194155
>>27195533
>>27197522
>>27198366
We're wasting are dubs
>>27193404
I agree with this.
>>27198734
Just denying Buttons from getting any :^)
Med packs for squeezy
>>27200278
>>27200277
So close, let's try med packs for squeezy again.
>>27201156
>>27200278
I'm an idiot, I thought the drop rule was back, but it's not. Sorry.
>>27193707
>Squeezy fires a few more nails towards the robot's low hum but it eventually gets away. Feeling a bit tired Fresh flops on her back and takes a bit of a rest.
>Freshly Squeezed isn't sure why those shots worked but it's nice to know that she hit it a couple of times.
>>27193404
>Button's listens closely for any sign of the pegasus. she hears a bit of creaking coming from above but it could just be the building settling or her imagination..
>Cleaver Buttons thinks about the things that she'd like to tell that pegasus, ho she doesn't want to fight and how she's sorry about what she's done. bu a bit of fear also eats at the back of her mind,that pegasus might not be that merciful, especially after what happened.
What do both mares do?
>>27201735
Squeezy should look around the rooftop.
>>27201735
Buttons should continue to explore, heading up.
>>27201735
buttons takes the bag of canned vegetables
she may be able to use them as a peace offering when she finds the pegasus
it can also be a handy storage bag
Beb
beb
>>27201822
>Squeezy patrols the roof briefly. In her walkabout she finds two antennae and a roof access hatch.
>>27201867
>>27201974
>Buttons slings the duffel bag over her shoulder and holster's her sword in one of the handle loops.
>With her newfound supplies she opens the back door and decides to carefully climb the stairs. As she reaches the top she hears a slight creaking from above. At the top of the stairs is a hallway that leads both left and right.
What do both mares do?
>>27209721
Squeezy camp out behind that hatch
>>27209721
Buttons should explore the floor.
>>27209721
Buttons should also keep an ear up. If the creaking goes in a certain direction, she should note it.
>>27209954
>Fresh heads over behind the hatch and sets down to rest a bit. She's feeling a little tired and taking some time without her weapons weighing her down is a nice break.
>Squeezy holds her rifle closely as sh tenses herself against the cool concrete building relieving some of the pain and sourness that her body is experiencing.
>>27209977
>>27210077
Button's decides to go left first and quickly finds a door that leads to a room with what looks like a radio. She sets down her gun for a bit and looks it over.
>As she is inspecting the radio she hears what sounds like steps leading towards the front of the building opposite from Buttons. There is definitely something walking around on the roof.
What do both mares do?
>>27210215
Shall we try for the truce?
>>27210215
Buttons should continue her exploration since we haven't done anything to draw attention to ourself. Does the radio work?
Sorry to cut the night short but I need to get some sleep. Tomorrow I'll probably finish dealing with OSHA who has been eating my afternoons, so hopefully I'll get a real session in after that. In the meantime here's a thing I did in between waiting for replies.
>>27210301
Night bb
>>27210215
Again, there's nothing really for Fresh to do. Just maintain her defensive position and try to stay alert for any ponies with guns
>>27210251
>>27210215
Truce, let's do it. Buttons start pouring out apologies on that radio, assuming it's part of an intercom system.
Actually, she should probably figure out what's up with it first. Can she hear any incoming transmissions?
>>27212998
using the radio before brought out the robots (or at least seemed to)
if we refuse to fight I'm sure they'll offer an incentive to make it happen (fight or die kind of incentive not cool stuff/return to home kind of incentive)
Bump!
>>27212225
>Fresh holds tight her eye-lids getting heavy.
>>27210252
>>27212998
>Buttons turns the knobs on the radio which responds be lighting up and coming to life.
>Buttons hops that she might be able to send a message out over the island but this radio doesn't seem to be connected to an intercom system.
Searching through channels she finds an automated system relaying weather information.
[Attention all residen******the Koho***********************ricane warning is now in effect, please evac**************ave changed. Atten*********the Koholint area, a general ********* effect, please evacuate all island operations until **********]
>Flipping through a few more channels she finds another transmission. This on is live but the signal is much more faint.
[*********Mayday, may******* This is ******* iathan, we have********we are going**********]
What do both mares do?
>>27216892
Try to improve the signal.
>>27216892
Come on Fresh, not even a little bit of thought of preservation, some fear from gunshots nearby?
If it were me, I might try to relocate by now, I would be getting kind of antsy about holding a compromised position for too long.
>>27216923
By that, I'd like to add: Don't fall asleep in a compromised position. Fresh fired and gave her position away as well.
If Fresh to sleep, don't take the risk to leave and do it somewhere else.
>>27216923
>>27216943
The unicorn would only have one way up to the roof and we're right behind it.
>>27216954
But we can't defend an entrance while we're sleeping.
>>27216892
Alright Buttons, let's head the other way down the hall, you tried at least.
>>27216965
we could try to block it.
>>27216969
We've barely tried anything, we just fiddled with a couple nobs.
>>27216923
>>27216943
>Fresh catches herself falling asleep and jolts awake!
>She realizes that if she falls asleep in a place where she already gave her position away, she could be as good as dead.
>Now awake and breathing heavily Squeezy thinks that she might want to leave if she's this tired, but she hasn't quite decided on weather she is going to yet. Besides, the blood loss might be what has her falling asleep.
>>27216914
>>27216969
>>27216978
>Buttons fiddles with the switches a bit.
"Hello!?"
[This is******** Who************** we're going*********assist******* repeat this*********]
>Buttons tries to adjust the controls the clear up the signal a bit but it doesn't seem like the signal can be improved from here.
>Button's exits the room and looks down the other hall, down the other hall is a window and two doors.
What do both mares do?
>>27217177
Buttons, head up to the roof, call out to the Pegasus as you do, in case she was the source of the roof noises. Tell her you don't want to kill her.
>>27217211
Agree with this. Be cautious calculator horse.
>>27217177
See if there is anything we can get to?
>>27217177
Fresh worriedly inspects the latch for any way to lock it.
Assuming it's gonna fail, but it's better than passing again.
>>27217211
>>27217219
>Buttons opens the door labled Roof access and finds a ladder set into the wall leading to a roof access hatch.
>Buttons carefully uses her telekinesis to begin opening the hatch keeping her gun trained on the hatch since she thinks that the noise on the roof might be the pegasus.
>>27217254
>Fresh gets up to check the hatch for a way to lock it from the roof. it doesn't have one from the outside.
>As she inspects the backside of the hatch a purple glow lights up the dark roof and the hatch begins to open.
Buttons calls up the hatchway, "Hello, I don't want to fight. I just want to talk."
>Squeezy freezes trying not to make a sound. Fresh's heart races as she stares at what could very well be the grim reaper coming to take her to a final destiny.
>Squeezy is careful not to make a sound as she decides what to do next. Could the unicorn that put a crossbow bolt through her really be calling for some sort of truce, and is it worth it to even find out?
What do both mares do?
>>27217537
Squeezey. Get ready to fire, but listen to what she has to say.
>>27217537
Squeezy should hear her out, but be ready to fight.
>>27217537
Buttons, start by asking her if she shot the robot too.
Buttons decides to try again, "Hello?"
>>27217578
>>27217582
>Squeezy aims her gun at the mouth of the hatch and spreads her wings.
Squeezy then wets her lips and asks, "What do you want?"
>>27217599
>Buttons heat pounds as she hears the voice of that pegasus. Even though the suspense of silence was killing her, the release from the pegasus' response only built up more tension.
>Buttons thinks about the shot she hear earlier and suspects that the pegasus might be on the same page.
Buttons gathers a bit of courage and asks, when you were firing that gun earlier, what were you shooting at? Was it one of the robots?
>Squeezy realizes that the unicorn knows about her gun now, which make her feel uneasy at best. she also knows that she fired at a robot. Has the unicorn been watching her?
>Squeezy thinks about her response even though her first instinct is to blurt out, "maybe."
What do both mares do?
>>27217782
>>27217788
Buttons should apologize for attacking last time.
Just tell the truth. We were scared, and we thought that if we just acted quickly then we wouldn't need to feel guilty or anything.
Of course now we just feel worse anyway.
Tell her that we don't like the robots either, but they seem impervious to gunfire.
I'm falling asleep on myself. I'm gonna cut it here for the night and pick this up tomorrow.
>>27217788
Fresh should maintain a healthy amount of skepticism.
This mare showed no hesitation in the past, but now she wants to talk. Bit of worry that it's a trap to get her to lower her guard.
A brusque 'yes,' for now.
>>27217788
Buttons, cry a lot from stress plus remorse/shame.
>>27217788
Buttons realizes how bad it feels to have another pony aftaid of her.
>>27219473
>>27219823
This is the only likely course of action
>>27217788
Buttons, tell her you're an unemployed school teacher. Keep cautious and don't advance.
If you can figure out why you both were selected, maybe you can figure out how to get out of this without killing anyone.
Also, what subject did you teach? Math?
>>27217788
just shoot the nigga, Squeezed! Git 'er!
>>27222410
I'm going to disagree with you there.
>>27222618
Uh oh
>>27219034
Fresh keeps her aim trained on the hatch, "Yes, that's exactly what I was doing."
>Squeezy knows that this might be a trap, this unicorn didn't hesitate before and now she's at a disadvantage, this could be a trap. Of course, Fresh didn't hesitate when she had the flamethrower....
>>27217794
>>27219473
>>27219823
>>27221460
Buttons swallows the lump in her throat and shutters, "I'm, I don't fell good. about any of this. I'm scared I don't want to hurt any pony and, and the thought that anypony would be afraid of me is. It hurts... I just lost my job because the school I taught at closed down and I wanted to try getting my life back together and this happens. I don't want to be here anymore but I also don't want to kill you. I'm sorry about hurting you but, I was scared, I wanted to think that if this ended quickly I wouldn't fell anything but... If I could shoot at those damn robots I would but they seem to have some kind of sheild. I'm s-sorry about what I did to you...."
>Buttons fells a tear running down her check. How did she become such a monster? Also, if the pegasus doesn't accept her apology is she ready to deal with the pegasus?
Fresh yells back, "That can't be right, I just shot one of those robots while it was in the middle of disappearing."
>>27219034
>>27222410
>>27222419
>Squeezy knows that she could end this all right now, all she would need to do is fire her gun into the hatch, but she's not sure if she should. The unicorn could just be waiting with her own gun and maybe, maybe she's sincere.
>Fresh realizes that she can't let her guard down. especially with the stakes this high.
What do both mares do?
>>27223407
Buttons, defuse the situation then. Say you're both mares, you're both scared, and the obvious, you both don't want to get fuckin shot.
Or you know, shoot her first.
>>27223407
Squeezey: Come up the ladder , I'll put my weapons down. If you can come up the ladder unarmed. I'll know I can trust you.
>>27223407
Buttons, don't go on the roof. Tell her if you wanted her dead and knew where she was, an ambush would be a much safer move than a trap involving yourself as bait. Talking to her was a huge risk you were willing to take. You don't have to be best friends now, but at the least you can figure out why you're here or just walk off in opposite directions.
Also ask her about how she shot the robot.
>>27223407
Buttons, say that you are going to lay down all of your weapons, and do so. After proving that you are completely unarmed, ask if she could do the same, or at least stop pointing a gun a her. We are both really tired and we could use some sleep without worrying about getting killed.
>>27223407
Fresh tells Button that if she comes up unarmed they can talk. She moves to the edge of the roof and puts her gun down. If Button's brings a gun up she'll drop off the edge before she can shoot.
>>27223743
Maybe we shouldn't lay down arms yet. I wouldn't expect Squeezy to either. A truce could be achievable. An alliance will take time. Besides, the robot really didn't tell us anything about whats going on. For all we know, at the conclusion of this "experiment", the survivor may just be disposed of.
Just promise to stop hunting her and try to have her do the same. If it comes down to it, maybe we can fool the robot into thinking we're participating while we look for a means of escape.
>>27223969
This
>>27223634
>>27223750
Freshly squeezed decides that something needs to happen., they can't just keep standing here,"How about this, you leave your weapons down there and come up and then we'll talk about a truce.
>Squeezy realizes that this pony is a unicorn. she's never going to be completely disarmed... maybe if she takes her up on this, it will still be a bad idea.
>>27223721
>>27223969
>>27223485
Buttons considers her offer, but it's a bad idea, "We both know that's not going to happen. Look, I know we're both scared and I know that a truce isn't going to form all that quickly, but I took a chance comming here to talk to you and I'm just hoping that it wasn't the wrong one. We'll talk about what we do next later though, for now, How did you shoot the robot?"
Fresh thinks back , "It was trying to disappear on me and I was tired of trying to talk, so I shot at it while it was in the middle of disappearing and I hit it."
What do both mares do?
>>27224161
Maybe they could both camp out or something until that robot comes back, then Buttons can try to grab that shit with magic?
But for now, Buttons could ask about a Pinkie Promise that you both won't shoot each other. Maybe climb up the ladder with a protective shield on ha-hoof.
>>27224161
Not much more can be said now. Buttons, promise to stop hunting Squeezy and advise her to relocate to a place you don't know about. You should do the same soon after. But first, if you were a physics teacher, try fucking with the radio. Fastest way out of this is rescue.
We need to find a place to rest and think of a course of action. Shelter, food and water are a must.
>>27224161
Shakily agree that they're not going to shoot each other. If Buttons really wants to come up, she can.
>>27224310
>>27224313
>>27224376
>Buttons wishes that she was a more specialized teacher, like a physics teacher or something unfortunately she taught fourth graders so any knowledge about radios is kinda lost if she ever had any.
Buttons yells up the hatch again,"Look, I think we should just go our separate ways for the time being, just avoid each other., perhaps if we agree not to hunt each-other on the way out of here we'll be fine for a while."
Freshly, thinks about how the unicorn could simply take a shot at her as she tries to fly away, "Are you just going to leave in the other direction while I fly off? or are you just going to gun me down as I fly away?"
Buttons thinks for a moment, "I found a radio and, I want to see if I can call for help, but I'm not sure how to fix it."
Fresh looks around, "Do you think this broken radio tower in front of the building could have something to do with it?"
Buttons thinks about it, "I don't know. Maybe?"
What do both mares do?
>>27224683
Buttons should say, "If I was going to shoot you, why haven't I already done it? What am I gaining by waiting?"
>>27224683
oh snap, Fresh can go check the tower out and see if she can fix it
>>27224744
>>27191151
That thing looks pretty fucked mate.
>>27224683
>>27224733
If Buttons were trying to kill her, she would have kept the element of suprise. Tell Squeezy that you figured she wasn't up for working together. A pegasus would do wonders repairing a tower, but if she just wants to leave you're going to do it yourself anyway...provided there's a ladder.
Ask Squeezy if she's sure she's up for working on potentially damaged high voltage towers while injured. Remember, we have magic.
>>27224733
>>27224744
>>27224954
>>27224932
Buttons gets a little angry about being called a liar even in this kind of circumstance, "If I was going to shoot you, why haven't I already done it? What am I gaining by waiting?"
>Fresh knows that she has the advantage in this situation, "If you came up here, you would still be on a ladder and I would be free to shoot you."
"Okay, then why would I ruin my element of surprise but talking to you!?"
Squeezy feels a bit more angry as the unicorn seems to get a little less apologetic, "You already ruined that when you fired your own gun! Why do you think I flew up here!?"
>Both mares sit in silence for a moment.
Buttons calms down a bit,"I'm... gonna go. if you think you might be able to fix the tower on the way out, I'd be. more than grateful."
>As buttons climbs down and releases the hatch cover Freshly tries to say something, but she doesn't have the words.
>Fresh looks out over the land and spots the ruined tower. it looks very broken.
What do both mares do?
I'm gonna call i here for the night.
>>27225043
Goodnight, Bath.
>>27209721
Or the radio antenna could be one of these. That would make things a lot easier, and explain the partial broadcasts we were getting.
Night bath.
>>27225095
Trying to straighten out that weird bent thing might work. I doubt a collapsed tower would be able to get anything.
>>27225023
Buttons should go to a window and yell "BANG"
Then say, see, if I wanted to fight we'd be fighting.
>>27225162
The problem with your theory is that Fresh is on a roof with cover from all angles, and only one easily defensible entrance.
It should be clear to both ponies that Fresh has the tactical advantage here.
One that would only vanish by allowimg her onto the roof. There is no sneak attack and never was unless Fresh allowed it to happen.
>>27225180
I was imagining Fresh going over to the tower, and there's clearly a window overlooking it.
A window that Fresh probably wouldn't see.
>>27225191
Why would Fresh go over to it? That would be a waste of time. Just look at it.
>>27225195
Because it's the broadcast tower, AKA our one shot at both getting out of here.
The bent things on the roof are receivers, pretty sure.
>>27225180
While I agree with you, Fresh is wounded (we saw her get shot) and in far worse condition than us. If it came to an endurance match on who could stay awake the longest, we would win. We also could have just sat on the floor below her, wait for creaking and fire into the cieling with our shotgun. But that isn't really important. Right now we just need her to get off the roof. She seems adamant on staying there which sucks because it isn't a great position for her and stops us from working on rescue.
>>27225217
Buttons would have no idea when Fresh was asleep and firing randomly into a solid roof like that one is foolish.
>>27225023
If they could unattach the central cable in that tower, and the antenna presumably at the end, and raise it into the air they might be able to get a better signal. Maybe they could fix it to the side of the roof.
>>27226531
Alright, i concede. We'll just have to wait on repairing the tower. In the meantime check the door we didnt go through here >>27217177
. If it comes to it, maybe we should just make our way to the mine on the map and forget the tower.
>>27226531
There seems to be a smoke stack. Maybe we could attach it to the side of that.
That tower looks pretty busted, unless it's made of tinfoil, I don't see how we could repair it.
>>27232568
We don't need to repair the tower. It's just a frame to hold an antenna up. If we can raise the antenna at least off the ground then the signal will improve.
>>27225095
>>27225130
>>27225209
>>27226531
>>27232134
>Buttons realizes that the pegasus is a bit more intelligent than she guessed she seems to know that the roof is the safest place she could be and doesn't seem to want to give it up any time soon.
>Buttons heads into the door she hadn't checked in the building on the top floor. Inside she finds paper trash thrown all about and notes scrawled on the walls that seem to be more maps. ahead of her is another door.
>Freshly Squeezed figures that the tower out front is spent, and she isn't ready to hold an antennae-wire up in the air for that unicorn since she's have a chance of getting electrocuted while she picks it up off the ground and once she is in the air and ungrounded she'd make a perfect target for the unicorn's gun. Fortunate for Squeezy, she knows a little about the dynamics of electricity from back when she nearly became another weather-pony, looking back her job would have been a lot more stable working for the government instead of a string of failing restaurants.
>Freshly stops thinking about this, since it's not helping.
>Looking at the bent antennae on the top of the building, she figures that these are likely the receivers. taking a chance she attempts to straiten out the bent one for the unicorn. As she does she constantly worries about the unicorn popping up and ending her.
>Squeezy manages to straiten it out mostly. Something about the way it was mangled feels like it was done intentionally.
What do both mares do?
>>27245464
So to safely raise the towers antenna, we'd need to first turn off the power.
I wonder if this building is powered by the generator Buttons shot.
>>27245464
Could Squeezy lift the tower's antenna up to the roof? If it has any use, it'll be a bit more likely to work.
>>27245464
Buttons, check to see any of the papers on the ground have anything useful written on them, then check out that equipment room.
>>27245464
Well Buttons, we now know we're on Koholint island and that the hurricane warning applies to us. Given it may also be one of the storms talked about in the journal, but we really shouldn't stick around to find out.
>>27245555
Nice quints. The equipment room is a good idea. Also maybe compare the map in the book to the one on the wall. Anything changed?
>>27245555
I mean quads. Fuck me.
>>27245555
>Buttons, check those numbers
FTFY
beb
>>27245555
Czech'd
Quads and Dubs, all the number 5. Is the universe trying to tell me something?
>>27245555
>Freshly Squeezed hears thunder in the distance. looking up she spots a massive storm rolling in.
>>27255013
Oh good, they're forcing Fresh off the roof.
Then we'll be in the building together alone. I guess now's probably the best time to try for that truce.
>>27255043
Or Fresh could try for a different building.
>>27255013
Keep an eye on that storm Freshy.
>>27255079
Sure, I guess we could fly straight up and see if there are any buildings nearby before the storm hits.
Not too far, we don't want to get caught in that.
>>27255079
Why though? A truce is the best option for both poners
>>27255720
Trust doesn't come easily. Give Fresh some time to think it over.
>>27255013
As Squeezy, tell Buttons that there's a storm a'brewin, and we shouls totally make a truce.
So basically, this >>27255043
>>27256508
I agree.
>>27255013
Squeezed, you shouldc-continue 11-54 when p-possible...
this quest better end with hugs and all that sweet shit
>>27262688
Again with the dubs, Bump
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Buttons looks at some of the papers. I seems that most have to do with communications center operations but some of them have more redrawn maps.
>Buttons opens the door the room labeled "Equipment". insides are a bunch of tools, radio equipment and other assorted electrical equiptment. As buttons explores the room, she also finds what looks like an arc-welder.
>Meanwhile Fresh watches the storm roll in not sure if she should try flying to another building or taking her chance with a truce.
Squeezy opens the hatch and yells, "there's a storm rolling in!"
>She gets no response from the unicorn.
>Squeezy looks down into the darkness feeling as alone and scared.
>The winds accelerate and a cold rain begins to downpour.
>With the way winds are picking up it will be unsafe to fly shortly.
What do both mares do?
>>27263318
Fresh very nervously and uncertainly gets inside, calling for the unicorn as she goes.
Truce is our best chance at this point.
>>27263318
fug, fly in anyways Squeezed
have your gun in some kind of disarming but ready stance, try to find yourself in some remote place if you're not caught
>>27263318
Get on in there, Squeezles
>>27263858
This.
>>27263318
Might be useful. Do we know anything about radio?
>>27263351
Got my vote
>>27263318
We might be able to weld an assembly to hold the antenna to the smoke stack. Has Buttons ever used a welder?
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>>27264657
Freshly Squeezed decides to head into the radio building, dropping her fist aid kit first and shutting the hat on her way down.
>Squeezy decides that maybe a truce could work and she's willing to try it.
Not feeling like she should let her guard down cmpletely she wraps her hoof around the nail-gun and yells out to the unicorn, "hello!? I don't want to surprise you but I'm coming in now...."
>Fresh consider whether of not she could help with the radio. She really doesn't know that much about them, so likely not.
Squeezy worries more about leaving her superior position. Now she has no advantage. Freshly Squeezed heat begins to flutter as she imagines the unicorn ending her life.
>Buttons wishes that she has taken some metal shop like class during her school years. Unfortunately she doesn't know that much about welding.
>Buttons hear some thunder from outside the window which draws her attention. A violent storm seems to have come out of nowhere with rains that almost fall sideways and plant debris fling everywhere.
>As Buttons stares out the window she hears a voice coming from down the hall. The storm must have forced her to compromise her position.
>Ideas both good and bad begin to flood Cleaver Button's head.
What do both mares do?
>>27264685
Buttons, If it came to a fight indoors our shotgun would do pretty well. That said I think a truce is a better idea. Call back to Squeezy and tell her where you are. You should also move to a room without windows and storm proof it as best you can.
>>27264685
Buttons should ask Fresh if she's accepting the truce.
Keep your gun handy, but really the truce is the best option for everyone.
Once they've met eye to eye there should be introductions
>>27264685
buttons responds to squeezy by asking her what made her change her mind about the truce?
(be sure to pay close attention to the sound of squeezy's voice for any signs of deception)
and make sure to keep a path of escape if it is a trick
>>27264685
Fresh says that she's thought over it and a truce is really the best opportunity for both of us to go home. We can try working together instead of hiding from the other.
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>Freshly Squeezed pops the door open to the hallway and falls back on her rump.
>Cleaver Buttons carefully makes her way to the hallway herself leading her way with the shotgun.
Buttons sees the open door in the middle of the hallway and asks, "Did you reconsider setting up some sort of truce?"
Squeezy shutters and responds, "I think that I might have to. even if this just gets me killed."
"What made you reconsider?" Buttons askes.
"You might not have noticed the weather out there but if I stayed outside I don't think I would last very long, and I really don't want to die," Squeezy answers.
"So what do we do now? I don't want to be stuck in these rooms over here and with the debris I saw blowing around we might want to storm-proof this place."
"I'm not sure, I guess we should discuss terms." Squeezy grunts as she adjusts her equipment.
>Both mare know very well that they could end this right now, but are either of them prepared to kill another pony. Both ponies wait on the other to make a move or gesture but nether of them seem willing to lead this situation, only growing the level of tension between them..
What do both mares do?
>>27272570
Squeezy should mention fixing the antenna.
>>27272570
Well, Buttons should suggest that both, in addition to the obvious 'not killing each other' thing, we introduce ourselves. My name is Clever Buttons I was a math teacher, *insert family connections ect*
The more we know about each other, the harder it will be to betray this truce, I think.
>>27272570
buttons lowers her shotgun and cautiously steps out into the open but readies her telekinesis to disarm squeezy if she look like she's going to attack
>>27272570
Squeezes tentatively asks the other mare's name in an attempt to break the ice and pave the way for a truce.
>>27272570
Bump forteam Squeezlesquibbles
>>27272570
Squeezy can take the first step in the open. Slowly, nonagressively.
>>27272570
See the sorry state of each other and try not to cry. Cry a lot.
>>27272582
Just don't take it too far. If we start talking politics, we might want to kill each other.
>>27273870
/pol/ here, can confirm
Avoid politics at all costs
>>27272570
Buttons, roll over a can of soup as peace offering/sorry I shot you?
>>27276042
That's good, I like that idea.
>>27273846
I feel like Buttons is in for a shock when she sees what she did to squeezey up close and personal.
>>27277224
Luckily, there's a bandage over it.
However, that's gonna need to be changed very soon.
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>>27279919
>Both mares sit there in silence for a few moments before Buttons sets her things down and pulls a can of vegetables out of her bag which she rolls it over to Squeezy. Fresh is startled for a moment before she realizes that it's only a can.
"Hungry?" Buttons asks.
Freshly Squeezed begins to grow tired of the weapons strapped o her.she begins laying them on the floor.Squezy swallows a lump in her throat as she steps out from behind the door, feeling like this could be where she dies.
>As the pegasus reveals herself to Buttons buttons gets her first good look at what she did to poor Squeezy.
"Oh my," Buttons blurts out.
Fresh scoops up the can with her hoof and says, "Do you have a name? Mine is Freshly Squeezed, but you can call my Squeezy or Freshy or really whatever at this point I'm not feeling good enough to care what you call me right now."
Buttons tries to hider her expression behind her hoof, "Shit, did I?.. Sorry, I mean my name is Cleaver Buttons but Buttons is fine."
"So, maybe we should come up with some terms for this truce now." Fresh interjects
"Well, we can start by agreeing not to kill each other I guess."
>An awkward pause fills the room as both mares observe the toll this event has taken on them.
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Buttons tries to clear the air, "Maybe we should talk or something. to pass the time. Like, before this happened I was a fourth grade teacher. Well was, I was kinda between things when I ended up here."
"Well, it sounds like you were in a better place than me. The restaurant I was working for closed it's doors and I was looking for a new chef gig somewhere before, well this. With the way you were acting you seemed pretty eager to get back, do you have a kid or something?"
"Nope, it's just me." Buttons nervously laughs, "I just, didn't want to be the pony who died, you know."
Squeezy looks away fro a moment as she reflects, "I know what you mean I guess. I haven't really met any pony either. So, why were you between things."
Buttons shyly pokes around, "It's a little embarrassing but the school I taught at just recently closed down and they didn't really have any room at the schools that took in the students from our school. So, I was thinking about becoming a sub but... I don't know."
"Brutal." responds Fresh, "Do you have any pets?"
"No."
"Me neither."
>Both mares just kinda stand there trying to figure each other out.
What do both mares do?
>>27280412
I still say we try to talk.
Talk about home and where we came from
>>27280417
Do you think that's why they chose us?
I mean, we're both out of work, have no real connections...
>>27280417
Talk while nailing windows shut. That or eat. I don't think we've eaten since we got here and we're both pretty banged up. Make sure to protect the room with the working radio too.
>>27280425
Wasn't that established in the very beginning? I seem to recall the robot saying as much. It might have been another anon speculating though, I'm kind of fuzzy regarding events that far back.
>>27280417
Squeezington should get to work on that can of food. Maybe suggest putting her chef skills to use and cook a meal for two.
>>27280425
Yep. Picked ponies who wouldn't be missed.
bump
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>>27284455
The fives are happening again
>>27280417
I am enjoying the hex Outta this.
Ayy lmao
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>>27281453
>Both ponies agree that they don't feel being alone with each other disarmed so they both load up their weapons. The mares also agree that weather proofing is the best idea but they can't seem to find anything to board up the windows with on the second floor.
>After looking back through the second floor they realize that the only rooms without a widow are the radio room and the roof access.
>Both mare load themselves and their gear into the radio room and settle in for an uncomfortable time.
Freshly Squeezed sighs, "I miss home. I was living in Ferricport city right next to a big park. I used to go there and... be alone..."
Buttons feeling awkward, adds her own account, "Yeah, I was living in dustwater and I remember looking outside at the mesas... on Friday nights. By myself."
"Those robots picked us because we're losers didn't they?" Squeezy shakily admits.
"Hey,I'm not a loser I'm just. Not very important."
>Both mares reflect on their life situation.
Feeling a bit depressed Buttons tries to change the subject, "So, you're a chef right? could you make something good out of these cans of food?"
"Do we have anything we can cook with?"
"I don't know, I thought I saw an arc-welder."
"Can we cook with that? and do you know how to use one?"
"I don't know how to use it and come to think of it, I'm not sure we can cook with it." Buttons admits.
>Both mares are silent for a bit.
"So, I guess we're eating these peas cold then."Squeezy interjects.
"Yeah..."
What do both mares do?
>>27287710
They could light a small campfire with it if they find something fireproof to hold it in.
>>27287710
Ok. What we can do is if we have a large enough peice of flat scrap metal is use the welder on it until the metal is hot (which it gets really hot) and place the opened can on peas on it. Should heat it up. The only question is what type of welder is it. SMAW? GTAW? MIG? TIG?
>>27287710
With the downtime, Squeezy should probably think about changing that bandage.
Wet wounds get infected.
>>27287910
I agree. She looks like shit.
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>>27287925
>After opening a couple of cans both mares get their first tastes of their contents. It's really bad, like the contents are out of date. Oddly enough,th e use by dates are 20 years in the future so that cannot be the case.
"I'm going to get that welder." Buttons states before getting her shotgun and exiting the room.
>Buttons isn't sure if all arc welders are the same but this one has what looks like a jumper cable connected to the metal cart it is sitting on and another jumper cable like piece that is just sitting next to the main unit, along with the plug for what she at least thinks is an arc-welder since it was kept with a welding mask and some little metal rods.
>While buttons is getting the arc-welder Squeezy decides to take advantage of this time and change her bandage.after she removes the bandage Fresh begins bleeding a lot.as she is applying a new bandage buttons opens the door and both mares freeze.
>Still holding her gun in her telekinesis buttons begins to turn pale looking at this pegasus mare. Ms Freshly Squeezed also seems to have more of her mane out of place every time she sees her giving her an even more pathetic appearance.
>Fresh hopes that the buttons doesn't feel like ending this right now, she sits there silently praying that this isn't how this ends.
What do both mares do?
>>27288456
Put down the gun and help her dress the wound, it is our fault after all.
>>27288456
Buttons turns away, uncomfortable, maybe even a little queasy.
>>27288456
Help wrap it the wound. A horn's better for it than hooves.
>>27288456
Buttons, cry while you change the bandage for her you monster.
>>27288696
Let's not oversell it too much. They were both hostile towards each other at the time.
>>27288546
I agree with this.
Also, while you're both sitting around, see if the antenna fixing helped the radio. Not much else to do.
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>Buttons cringes and averts her gaze, the wound looks really bad. Of course Buttons has never seen a crossbow wound before.
Buttons puts her gun down, "h-here let me help you with that."
>Squeezy tries to tell Buttons that she can do it herself but a mouth full of gauze prevents her from saying it.
>With button's help Fresh is patched up quickly. she doesn't look much better, especially with her mane coming undone but at least her wound won't get infected... probably.
"Thank you... by the way I tried unbending the antennae on the roof, we might get better signal now."
>Buttons feel a bit of hope cause her heart to leap. It might not be their solution but at least it's a step foreword.
>Buttons turns on the radio.
[Attention all residents of the Koholint area, a general hurricane warning is now in effect, please evacuate*********** until conditions have changed.Attention all residents of the Koholint area, a general hurricane ************ effect, please evacuate all island operations until conditions have changed.]
What do both mares do?
>>27288796
What about the other signal?
>>27288796
What a helpful broadcast.
>>27288796
Flip through the frequencies again. If you pickup a live broadcast try communicating.
>>27288796
... anybody know where Koholint is?
>>27289429
this is a good question.
>>27288456
Alrighty, I went to bed but before Bath could update. Looks like a stick welder. Now find the recommended flat peice of scrap metal and put the grounding clamp on it. If look at the type of rods, are they 6010's or 7018's? Since 7018's are the most common I'll say to go ahead and set the voltage on the machine to about 45-50 (this might be wrong, it's been a while since I welded). Buttons should do it since there are no gloves and it'll take a steady hand to control the rod and keep it from just sticking to the metal while trying to strike an arc (which WILL happen) or loosing the arc. If the rod isn't burning properly or just turning red try reversing the polarity.
>>27288796
Sounds like we're gonna be here a while. Hope this building is sturdy
beb
>>27263318
Maybe we should cover the window here with the table from this room >>27245464 and use the nailgun to keep it in place. The tools just seem too useful to let the storm ruin them.
>>27289858
If this doesn't work, we could just fashion together a heating coil and put a piece of glass over it.
beb
>>27305777
Checked, bumped
Bunp
