User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Summer 2015/@comment-7345250-20150818190804


 * Goldfin takes her place on the telepad without a word.


 * Outside, the sun is starting to set. On a hill not far from the city of Maretropolis, a half-dozen Pegasi stand about idly.

Thug 1: "Sun's setting. It's getting dark."

Thug 2: "Boohoohoo. Do you need your blankey?"

Thug 1: "Heesh, I was just making a comment..."

Thug 3: "We ain't blind, kid."


 * They all go silent. One of them yawns. Another plucks at some grass.

Thug 1: "Anypony got the time?"

Thug 3: "For crying out loud, kid, it's sunset! You literally just told us the time!"

Thug 1: "Sunset isn't a time!"

Thug 4: "It's the time when the boss is supposed to arrive."

Thug 3: "Yeah. Here it's a time."


 * ''Another pause."

Thug 1: "Do you think-"

Thug 2: "Listen here. One more word outta that fat mouth of yours, and I'm gonna kick the living crap outta you. You'll be bleeding out in the muck at the bottom of the hill when the boss arrives. Heh. He'll probably find it funny."

Thug 4: "Naw, dude. This boss ain't anything like the Mane-iac."

Thug 2: "Why not? What makes the pirate any different from the pharaoh, the mime, or any of those other freaks?"

Thug 4: "He's about more than just stealing dusty antiques and hurting ponies' feelings. Stalker's got a plan."

Thug 2: "Oh? And you're privy to this plan?"

Thug 4: "Uh..."

Thug 2: "That's what I thought."

Thug 1: "Do you think the Power Ponies are going to show up?"

Thug 2: "What did I just-"

Thug 3: "Cut the kid some slack. That's actually a good question. The fuzz is going to want backup after what Stalker did to MCPD. There will be a Power Pony or several here tonight."


 * A third pause overtakes the party of lesser mortals.

Thug 5: "It won't be Goldfin. Stalker's got her wrapped around his hoof."

Thug 2: "Dang it."

Thug 3: "You wanted Goldfin?"

Thug 4: "Who doesn't?"

Thug 3: "Alright. You win this round."

Thug 4: "What about that nurse?"

Thug 3: "Not my type."

Thug 2: "I heard they got a dragon on the team now."

Thug 4: "Dude, I don't think she's legal."

Thug 2: "Your point?"


 * The sixth Pegasus, who has not yet spoken, simply cringes. He is not alone.

Thug 3: "Way to kill the-"


 * Suddenly, all six are caught in the shadow of something massive overhead. The Death's-Head has arrived, and so has its master.

Shark-Pony: "I don't know, boss. Don't you think this is a little... risky?"

Capt. Death-Stalker: "Of course it's risky. All my hard work so far has been leading up to this point. You know how long I spent recording those messages."

Shark-Pony: "I don't get what the third one is for."

Capt. Death-Stalker: "Good. You know too much already. All you need to know is that Mareoni will arrive within the hour and that he will bring an army to protect such a massive sum of bits."

Magus: "Are you free?"