User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Winter 2015-2016/@comment-5837525-20160214031845

(Decibelle doesn't reply. What could she say? She was sure if Orbit were here, he'd have the perfect thing to say.)

Decibelle: ...

(As she passes by the infirmary door, Gamora notices Strongheart no longer in his bed.)

Gamora: Strongheart?

(Copper Plume's body hits the floor harshly. As he regains consciousness, he feels a sharp sting in the right side of his forehead from where Rico Stride struck him with the butt of his gun. Lifting his head, he finds himself in a restaurant. A large sign over the nearby bar reads "Mareoni's". He wriggles. His hooves were bound with rope. Around him was an assembly of nearly ten stallions. As the ringing in his ears fades, their voices become clearer.)

Goon 1: ...crazy bringing this guy here. You know what the Power Ponies are gonna do when they find out he's here?

Goon 2: You heard that blonde banshee earlier. The Power Ponies are barely keepin' themselves together right now.

("Blonde banshee"? Were they talking about Decibelle? Was she here?)

Goon 3: Dunno if you noticed, but we ain't doing so great ourselves. Mareoni's gone, most of our guys are either dead or in prison...

Rico: Everypony, shut your holes!

(Rico Stride rolls Copper Plume over onto his back and looks him square in the eyes.)

Rico: ...See the big freakin' mess you and your League made? Thanks to you and your pal Captain What's-His-Face, the Mareoni family's all but dead in the ground! Just like Mareoni himself.

Copper: ...

Goon 4: Why isn't he doing any... you know... crazy gravity shit?

Rico: Who cares? As long as we have him, we can use him.

Goon 5: How?

Rico: First things first -- we need some stallionpower to make up for the guys we lost. Use this putz to make a deal with the Trotham mafia. Mark my words, boys. The Mareonis will rise again!

(Copper tries to channel his magic again. Still no go. He was powerless and about to be used as a mafia bargaining chip, and no one even knew he was here.)