User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Winter 2015-2016/@comment-5837525-20160213185106

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Decibelle: ...Then why run off to Trotham without telling us?

(Copper Plume looks out the window of the train car he occupied and into the distance. Baltimare isn't too far away now. Just a hop, skip, and a jump to Maretropolis.)

Copper: ...Almost there.

SCREEEEEEEEEECH!!!

Copper: W-Whoa!

(The Friendship Express grinds to a halt, and Copper flies from his seat from the sudden lurch forward.)

Copper: Oww...

(Slowly getting up and looking out the window again, he notices a group of stallions -- all dressed in black -- and their vehicles blocking the train tracks. Copper's eyes widen.)

Copper: ...Mareoni's goons...!

(Three of the stallions storm the train car with firearms in hoof.)

Goon 1: Nopony move! This here's a... holdup?

(The three are surprised to find the car occupied by only a single pony.)

Goon 2: Just one? Damn. Slim pickings.

???: ...Maybe not, boys.

(The stallion in the middle -- high-ranking thug Rico Stride -- steps forward to get a good look at their hostage.)

Rico: Well, I'll be damned. Captain Orbit of the Power Ponies. Takin' a little train ride away from home, "Cappy"?

Copper: (Dammit... Not here, not now...)

Goon 1: Careful, Rico. You know what this guy can do.

(Copper attempts to channel his magic or gravity powers, but neither has replenished enough yet, and Copper is left breathless.)

Rico: ...Hah-hah. No need to worry, boys. The good captain's running on empty today.

Copper: !!!

(Copper Plume attempts to retreat through the train car's rear door, but a well-placed bullet to the shoulder instantly drops him.)

Copper: Agh!

(As he winces in pain on the ground, he hears Rico's approaching hoofsteps.)

Rico: We was just gonna rob you blind, but... I gots an even better idea.

(He kneels down to Copper's eye level.)

Rico: After what happened to Mareoni, you're gonna be my ticket to the top of this mob, buddy-boy.

Copper: !!!

(Rico points the butt of his firearm at Copper Plume's face.)

Rico: Nighty-night...!

*WHACK!*