>>33076073
Day 2:
>xXx Stayed the night at Zecora’s xXx
>Zecora burned through all the potion, unable to create a cure
>Travel through safer daylight, Everfree Forest to Fluttershy’s cottage
>Recruited Fluttershy as a teammate
>Followed angry mob to Snakeoil Sally’s show
>Snuck around back of Snakeoil Sally’s stage/cart
>**Distracted Derpy using Sweetie Belle’s persuasive conversational techniques**
>Snuck into backstage, saw mysterious treasure hoard and a bunch of caged unicorn fillies
>Entered stage washroom, discovered a nasty looking bathtub filled with a noxious chemical
>Found by Sally; used bluffing to get info about her situation
>xXx Scootaloo attacked Sally, Sally knocks over a bunch of glass bottles above your head xXx
>HUG HAYSEED! PREVENT DEATH!
>Get Sleeping Powder from Zecora
>Take Upper Bog path
>Ignore Treasure Seeker Fanatic, bump into a loopy Rarity

Day 3:
>Use magic to remove fallen tree from path
>Get into town, head to Library
>**Send warning letter to Princess Celestia**
>Recruit Spike, go to Sally’s Stage
>Let Sweetie Belle attend to wigged out Rarity
>Stealth way into back door
>Collect Snakeoil Sally’s suspicious ingredients from washroom
>Found by Derpy
>xXx Knocked Derpy out xXx
>Woke up Sally, ran like mad
>Caught by Sally
>**Continuously tell her the truth**
>Released by Sally and rejoin Scootaloo and Spike
>Get Scootahug, Hug Hayseed, Saved the Quest

(cont)

>>33075854
lies
>>33075868
What do you mean Rose?

>>33076134
Raisin, Scootaloo, and Spike stand out in the middle of a soon abandoned town square, narrowly escaping the clutches of Snakeoil Sally. Having just stolen a concoction of secret ingredients from Sally’s washroom laboratory, the young fillies and their small dragon friend find themselves in a rare moment of safety as they attempt to figure out their next course of action.

Scootaloo realizes that she’s still hugging Raisin after the altercation. She pushes her away and looks about. “Okay… soo… uh… now that you’re back on the ground, shouldn’t we go find Sweetie Belle and Rarity? They were supposed to wait for us.”

Spike scratches his chin. “Maybe they’re at the Boutique?”

Raisin’s destiny is now in your hands. Take good care of her or else.

>>33076189
Activate stealth mode.
Check out boutique

>>33076189
To the Boutique!

>>33076189
You agree with Spike. If Sweetie and Rarity are anywhere, they're more than likely back at the Boutique. After all, you did spend quite some time backstage at Sally's place. They probably got tired. Shaking off some of the adrenaline of your near death experience, you lead Scootaloo and Spike over to Sweetie's place.

When you arrive, you notice a letter pinned to the door. Scootaloo squints up at it, then looks into the windows.

"...they're not home?" Spike looks about, unsure. "Where could they be, then?"

Could we get a quick inventory check?

>>33076363
Check the letter.

It probably says they've gone to the castle in the sand, though.

>>33076367
Raisin: Boots, CMC Cape, Vial of Strange Sand, Rocks, Hayseed + Peppermint Candy Canes, Stompstarter
Scootaloo: CMC Cape, Vial of Algae, Vial of Odd Bathwater, Snakeoil Sally Miracle Elixir
Spike:

>>33076134
Aww, I missed knocking out Derpy AND Scootahug?

LAME

As far as planning for the future, what do we intend to do with the sand and algae? Do we want to drop it off at Zecora's as soon as possible, or hang on to it in just in case, or something else?

>>33076423
You walk up to the door and yank the small, elegant parchment off. You begin to read it aloud to Scootaloo and Spike.

"Dear Customers,

I will not be in today. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you need me or my little sister, we'll be in town.

-Rarity"

You drop the letter on the ground. "...'be in town'?" Scootaloo picks the letter up. "Did it say where?" Spike starts looking around, seeing if he can spot the duo from his current vantage. He has no luck.

>>33076603
Maybe Scootaloo can FLY onto a roof, get a good vantage point and see if she can spot them

>>33076603
Do we want to check back at Snakeoil's stand to see if Rarity is getting more elixir? Or do we want to avoid that place for a while?

>>33076603
How late is it by now?

>>33076645
GAME INFO: Scootaloo can hover, but she cannot gain altitude with her tiny wings.

>>33076645
this

>>33076684
Thats adorable and inconvenient

>>33076683
GAME INFO: The early morning sunrise has just come up.

Oh well, I guess theres nothing left to do but wet out whistle. Drink the elixir

>>33076788
NO.

Stealth mode around town, searching for Rarity.
Be extra cautious, but check the snake-oil stand in case she's trying to score more juice.

Really we should get some sleep. WE're tired and won't be able to function much longer.

>>33076920
Agreed.

>>33076920
But do we want to chance losing Rarity and Sweetie Bell?

>>33076920
Nnngg...
If we sleep now though, something bad might happen to Sweetie and Rarity.

>>33077004
Better than tripping over ourselves from being too tired.

Power nap time, you know.

Hmmm... we don't seem to have too many questers with us tonight... I'll be taking suggestions within 2 or 3 minutes of my postings. First suggestion will be considered story action.

>>33076851
"Well, if they're not here, we should just start looking around town. We'll bump into them eventually, right?" You yawn a little bit, realizing that you just stayed up an entire night. "We have to make sure Rarity's not trying to get any more of that nasty potion."

"Sweetie Belle's watching her, Raisin. She won't let that happen, would she?" Scootaloo starts walking toward Sweet Apple Acres. "If they're going to be wandering around town, why don't we go check on Applebloom?"

Spike looks at you, then at Scootaloo. "Wherever you guys want to go." He avoids offering any constructive input.

>>33076997
>Rarity is selling Sweetie for more elixir

>>33077025
Well, to a certain extent. I mean, if you guys are voting like mad, then we'll go do whatever the majority of questers wish.

>>33077025
>>33077024
Much as I hate to say it, we are tired. Let's find some place to crash for a bit. No more than a bit though, we got fairly urgent stuff to do.

>>33077072
Sleep inside the boutique for a bit. Make sure we get up in a few hours, as to not miss much.

Sleep, then CMC regrouping time.

>>33076920
>>33076973
>>33077144
>>33077194
>>33077227
You shake your head, trying to wake up a bit. Not wanting to be too groggy for another adventure today, you quickly decide that taking a quick nap might not be a bad idea.

"A nap? After all that?" Scootaloo looks you over. "You nearly bite the dust and you want to sleep?" She shrugs, barely able to keep her eyes open. "Actually... I don't think I'd mind that right about now..."

Spike stretches and cracks his fingers. "I agree. Let's crash for a bit."

You suggest that the three of you find some lodging at the Boutique. When you try to open the door, however, you discover that it's locked.

"C'mon, let's go to the library. I'm sure Twilight won't mind if y-" Spike remembers that Twilight is still missing. "...this way."

As you approach the library, you see Sweetie Belle jumping up and down in front of a Royal Guard outside. She looks worried.

>>33077397
Go see what the problem is.

>>33077397
Convenient.

Walk up and ask where Rarity went off to.

>>33077397
This should be rich

If the guard asks, we dont know her

>>33077422
>>33077428
>>33077495
You gallop up to Sweetie Belle to see what's going on. "Rarity's gone! She disappeared into the night! I can't find her anywhere!" She walks in a few tight circles. "She was right there and then... poof! She was gone!"

The guard looks concerned. "I'm sorry to hear that, little one, but we're already on a search and rescue mission. We've got orders directly from the Princess herself to find a pony named Twilight Sparkle."

Sweetie looks about ready to cry. "But... can you just keep an eye out for her?" She shudders a little. "She's... white... and has a purple mane... and..."

The guard simply looks around. "I'm sorry, but we'll have to look for her another time." He backs up slowly, continuing into town. Sweetie seems pretty down. "I can't believe I lost her..."

>>33077618
Bah. Get a scroll and tell Spike to take a letter, we need to extend the search to Rarity too.

>>33077618
Sweetie seems upset. Lets cheer her up

with elixir

>>33077678
This. All compromised members of the mane 6 need to be recovered, if only for their EoH.

Tell Sweetie we'll get her back, but we need to find AB first.

>>33077618
Ask the guards if they know when the guards that are looking for Snakeoil Sammy are going to arrive.

>>33077727
>This. All compromised members of the mane 6 need to be recovered, if only for their EoH.

For all I know Dash is dead in a cloud ditch somewhere

>>33077618
Remind them that Rarity is one of the Elements of Harmony, and therefor just as important as Twilight Sparkle.

>>33077727
>>33077678
>>33077782
"Spike, take a letter." You ask the small dragon.

He nods his head, running into the library for a moment. He returns with a quill and some parchment.

"Dear Princess Celestia,

Sorry to bother you again, but Rarity, Twilight's dearest friend and Sweetie Belle's loving sister, has also gone missing. We'd like you to extend the guard's orders to make them search for her too. Thanks!

-Raisin"

You tell Spike to go ahead and send the letter off. He yawns, then blasts the letter up into a stream of bright green light. He shakes his head, trying to stay awake. "Okay, Twilight... can I please get some sleep now?"

You shake your head, realizing that he must be extremely tired. Sweetie Belle gives you a soft smile. "Thanks, Raisin."

>>33077753
Before the guard leaves, you ask when the guards that are supposed to be looking for Snakeoil Sammy are going to be in town. "That's another one of our orders, though it was more of a footnote than an official order. Do you know anything about this criminal?"

>>33078011
>"That's another one of our orders, though it was more of a footnote than an official order. Do you know anything about this criminal?"

"Only that they make the greatest elixir ever. Here, have a sip!"

>>33078011
She's now known as Snakeoil Sally, though it's definitely the same bird!

>>33078011
Tell them that we saw a sick looking unicorn filly wandering through town last night. We followed her to the room behind the stage where Snakeoil Sally was staying, then followed her inside to make sure she was okay. When we got inside we saw several cages full of Unicorn fillies, some treasure laying in a pile on the floor, and several pictures of Snakeoil Sally in different outfits and one picture where she was dressed up as a male. Tell them we think that Snakeoil Sammy may be one of her aliases.

>>33078139
Do you ever take a break?

>>33078196
I usually get tired about halfway through these sessions.

>>33078161
>>33078168
You explain to the guard that there is a griffin in town named Snakeoil Sally. You go on to explain that you saw an odd unicorn filly enter the place in the dead of the night. You followed her, only to discover that Sally is keeping a whole bunch of little unicorn fillies held up in her stage.

The guard's eyes widen up. "That's quite an accusation, little filly... Snakeoil Sammy or not, abduction is a serious crime." He puts his hoof down next to you. "You four stay here. I'm going to get the captain to investigate this claim. If we find out that you were lying in any way, you will be severely punished. Understand?"

>>33078196
>>33078139
This guy is seriously awesome. He's like that evil consciousness voice in Raisin's head that encourages her to feed the drink to as many ponies as possible. He represents an inner temptation to test Raisin's curiosity for the drink's flavor.

>>33078363
Get Spike and the others to back us up on this. Tell them that she caught us as we were leaving, and may be trying to hide things.

Do you guys think we should go with them, or stay here and sleep while Jr ravages our collective asshole?

>>33078363
I like to think I contribute. If everyone else top posting, then I'll end up making Rasin do something really stupid, so they have to keep posting.

Also boy I sure hope Snakeoil doesnt hide everything and make us look like idiots.

>>33078363
Have Spike and Scoots back you up.

Have them check out her stall, tonight if they can.

>>33078492
Jr said that Sally will be hiring guards and moving stuff around. If we want to get back in tonight we will need to use Pinkie Pie.

I just got an idea. Some time today we are going to need to go to Sugarcube Corner and see if they finished that grape jelly. I have an idea.

>>33078492
>>33078422
You look back to Spike, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle. They each step forward in their own groggy haze.

"She's telling the truth, Mr. Guard. Every bit of it. I saw them too, all locked up in cages and everything." Scootaloo says.

"She caught us as we were leaving, though..." Spike continues. "What if she hides everything before you guys get there?"

The guard looks you all over again. "We'll search it immediately, then. If what you're saying is true, then the evidence will be impossible to hide."

He turns around to make his leave. "You kids stay here so that I can find you again. The captain may need to have a word with you."

Sweetie Belle still looks worried. "What if they don't find her?"

"They will, Sweetie Belle. What we gotta do right now is..." Scootaloo pauses for a yawn. "...find Applebloom. We've gotta get the team together so we can find out what's going on."

>>33078697
When did we lose Apple Bloom?

>>33078697
Maybe the others should get Applebloom and Rasin should stay here in case the guard comes back.

>>33078697
Tell them we need a nap first, and definitely don't want to piss off the Canterlot guard by disobeying them.

>>33078794
I want to get some of that grape jelly/jam from the Cakes and see if it helps Applebloom any.

Jr says delivering the grapes was a good thing, and I want to figure out why.

>>33078886
Alright fine lets do that

FUCK DA POLICE

>>33078886
This is after our nap and meeting with the guards, of course.

>>33078771
GAME INFO: Applebloom was never in your party. She was sick on the first day, so you never had a chance to get her on your team.

>Applebloom
>Nap
>Grape Jelly
Interesting options here.... which one, questers?

>>33078932
Nap.

>>33078932
>>33078966
But make sure we have Hayseed in our grasp when we fall asleep, just in case.

>>33078932
I say nap

It not like Applebloom is going to SUDDENLY DIE if we dont get there tonight

>>33078966
>>33078991
You hear the yawns and sleepiness of your weary team. Having not slept a wink the night previous, something that you've tried to become accustom with since you joined the CMC, you find yourself exhausted. The excitement of being whipped around like a football has you tuckered out.

"Nap first, Applebloom later..." You take a few long blinks, seeing that everyone is nodding in agreement with you. "...also, grape jelly. I'm hungry."

Spike's already inside the Library, laying down in his cozy, clean bed. "Just find a spot, you guys. Don't mess anything up; I just cleaned." Within seconds, he seems to be fast asleep.

You and the CMC crash on Twilight's bed. Before you nap, the team unequipped their saddlebags. You pulled out Hayseed to snuggle with before climbing onto the comfy, welcome bed.

>Several Hours Later...

You're suddenly awoken by a loud knock at the door. The afternoon sun has rose.

>>33079163
Tell Scootaloo to get it. Get Hayseed out and get ready to hug her.

>>33079163
>Not snuggling with Scootaloo

FUCK THIS QUEST IM LEAVING

>>33079210
You tell Scootaloo to flutter on down and see who it is. She rubs her hoof on your face and grunts. You give her a bump and ask again. "...aaaaalright, fine..." Groggy and bleary eyed, the little pegasus opens up the front door. She jumps back in shock. "S...Ssss.. Sally?!" Immediately, a guard walks in with the well dressed griffin.

"Hello, kids." Sally says in a charming voice.

The guard stands tall in front of your miniscule friend. "We searched Ms. Sally's stage with her permission. She was polite enough to let us know that some mischievous pranksters have been harassing her ever since she got in town... simply because she's a griffin." The guard looks very stern. "Where is your purple friend? We need to have a word with her."

You instinctively duck under the sheets.

>>33079323
You gotta specify these things, man. Obviously, yes, this IS important, but I'm not gonna spoon feed ya here. This is Jr quest.

>>33079443
Oh no, the jig is up!

Quick! drink the elixir

>>33079443
Well we screwed up, might as well try to salvage the situation before reloading.

Come out and tell Sally that we can help her with her King Tezel problem, but she has to work with us.

>>33079512
Oh no you don't.

>>33079512
Panicking, you slide over Sweetie Belle who is still fast asleep and walk over to the saddlebags lying on the floor. You pat your hooves over your bags, holding Hayseed in your mouth. You can't find anything that will help with this situation...

...until you bump your hoof against Scootaloo's bags. You reach inside, withdrawing one Snakeoil Sally's Miracle Elixir. Although you know the stuff is poisonous, this one drink could give you enough speed to see you out of a heap of trouble. Carefully, you uncork the bottle while Scootaloo stalls.

Taking a swig, you realize why this stuff sold so well in the first place. Your heart races and your face flushes red. Instantly, all that grogginess from the night previous melts away. You feel like you're ready to take on Sally yourself. You're now bursting with energy; what do you do?

>>33079569
You poke your nose up above the sheets, walking toward the staircase. You see Sally give you a subtle yet disappointed smile.

"Little Ms... you told us that this wonderful griffin here was holding a bunch of young fillies hostage at her stageshow." He looks at you down the tip of his nose. "When we arrived, she was courteous and understanding of the situation. She let the guard into her house by the kindness of her own heart." He glares at you. "There was nothing of the sort found at her residence."

He continues. "Further more, Sally here says that you stole something from her show. May we have a look at your belongings?"

You hold Hayseed firmly in your mouth.

>>33079443
Lets have Spike use his high society connections in Canterlot to get us out of this situation.

>>33079831
Tell Sally that Tezel throws away his tools when he is finished with them. Ask the guards if she offered them anything to drink.

>>33079838
That'll take forever! Lets do something brash and not well thought out!

>>33079831
Shit...
We can dart, but we'll abandon Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle in the process, leaving them to deal with the guards.
Buuut... if we grab the elixir ingredients, we can make a run for Zecora's and finally figure what's in this damn thing, and maybe make an antidote.

Remember that Hayseed never leave the grasp of our mouth or front legs.

I hate that I can't pay full attention to this, damn it.

>>33079831
What if we ask to apologize to Sally in person. At least to get rid of the guards.

>>33080007
Then they'll start searching our shit and take our elixir ingredients. We CANNOT lose those.

Hug Hayseed and reload if the guards try and take our stuff.

Well telling the truth saved our ass once before.

>>33079966
Haven't been here for past threads. Why is Hayseed so important?

>>33080051
We have no choice

We need to kill the guards

>>33080093
I wouldnt be so trigger happy on the reload.

>>33080117
She lets us save and load our game.
She is our single most important possession.

>>33080117
Basicly its out save/load screen. If we lose it, perma death

>>33080117
Hayseed is Rasin's doll. If we're holding her, we can jump back to our last save. If we die with Rasin in our possession, we go back to our latest save.

>>33080139
If they take our ingredients all of last nights stuff will have been for nothing.

>>33079915
You hold Hayseed in your hooves and look up at Sally, whispering just loud enough for her to hear you. "Tezel throws away his tools when he's done with 'em. You're just gonna be tomorrow's trash."

She gives you a sullen look. "...you think I don't already know that, kid?" The guards perk their ears up. Sally turns to speak in their direction. "Oh, she was just apologizing and telling me that the stuff she stole is in her bags!" Sally looks down at you. "Trust me, kid. The less involved you are, the better. Stay out of my way."

The guards start making their way through the Library.

>>33079998
Oi... I'm thinking that Sunday night wasn't really working out for too many people...

>>33080166
Holy shit, you can die in this adventure?
Has it happened yet?
Was it horrific?

>>33080196
Well the guards cant find any evidence if we

EAT IT ALL!

>>33080171
Correct me if I'm wrong, but reloading a save brings us back to our save point with all the stuff we had at the time. In our case, we'd jump back to right after escaping Sally, with the stuff we had at that time. Otherwise, it wouldnt make much sense. We'd port back to escaping Sally with the sand and algae without the sand and algae?

>>33080234
We've died at least a few times, yes.

They weren't too pretty.

>>33080234
GAME INFO: You can die permanently, losing the ability to quest as Raisin forever.

So far, there have been 2 close calls. Raisin was almost crushed to death by a lunatic unicorn's magic. She also angered Sally, almost resulting in an accidental death from being thrown into the street from about 40 feet in the air.

>>33080196
Whisper back "Cilepharus or however you spell it is a decoration in Celestia's statue garden now thanks to us and our friends. Help us find a cure, find our friends, and get of of King Tezel and Celestia will give you a full pardon."

>>33080292
If we lost the stuff we stole, then reloaded our save, would we have lost those items in the new load?

>>33080196

Knock over a book case in a desperate attempt to kill the guards.

If that fails. Grab the bags and make Spike send them and you to Canterlot and hope that you don't die a horrible death from his flames.

>>33080325
Lets jump out the window, lock everyone in the library, and burn it to the ground.

>>33080196

"Just what are you fighting for, anyways?"

>>33080321
GAME INFO: No. Time itself is reversed; your items go back to their previous quantities and states when you load, just like in a video game.

>>33080310
Just ignore that second 'of'.

>>33080325
>>33080361
Come on you two, cut it out.

>>33080361
>>33080325
LETS JUST START A FIRE ALREADY I DONT CARE WHAT

>>33080385
AND USE HAYSEED TO START IT. BURN THE DOLL. BURN THE GUARDS. BURN THE GRYPHON. FUCK IT, TRAP SCOOTS IN THERE TOO. SHE DOESNT HAVE A FAMILY TO MISS HER.

>>33080441

BURN PONYVILLE

BURN EQUESTRIA.

BURN THE STARS AND THE ENDLESS SPACE

THEY ALL SHOULD HAVE VOTED FOR RON PAUL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q9TYUr-Teo

Anyway. I agree with:

>>33080310

>>33080364
As the guards search around the Library for your bags, you ask Sally, "Just what are you fighting for, anyways?"

She gives you a concerned look. "Look, I'm just a traveling salesgriffin looking to make a quick buck. I got in way over my head with that... Tezel thing... and now I'm just trying to get out of this without being crushed into a fine paste in my sleep. Just shut up, duck out, and stop worrying about it."

Also, I see some 'burn the Library down with Hayseed as the fuel for the flames. Do we want to go this route?

>>33080539
uhh

no

>>33080310
But would she even know who that is?

>>33080539
NO FIRES

I've been monitoring until now but NO FIRES

Shit, man.

I saw we just run. Scootaloo's has wings, she can get away. Spike didnt do shit

>Also, I see some 'burn the Library down with Hayseed as the fuel for the flames. Do we want to go this route?

Fuck no.

Tell her that we were able to kill Cilipharus with the help of our friends and the Elements of Harmony. We can do the same thing to King Tezel if she helps us out. Tell her that we can even get confirmation that this is true from the Princess herself if she calls the guards off.

>>33080539
This seems kind of promising actually. Tell her about our past adventures. We have a line to the princess, we can help her with this. It's either us or get disposed of when she is no longer usefull. We are her only chance to get out safely, which is what she wants.

>>33080621
If she needs any proof that we really have a line to the Princess we can show her the letter we got from the Princess last night. Where did we put that anyways, did we give it to Scoots?

>>33080310
>>33080533
>>33080621
>>33080662
You pull Sally close to you. "Ya know, Cilepharus is a decoration in Celestia's statue garden now thanks to us and our friends. Help us find a cure, find our friends, and we'll get stop King Tezel." You look her in the eyes. "You'd be surprised, but I've got connections. I can get Celestia to give you a full pardon."

Sally can't help but laugh. "Kid, I don't even know what you're talking about, but I admire your drive." She looks down at you with a sarcastic smile. "That doll thing is really killing it for me. What are those, peppermint candy canes?" You look over Hayseed, seeing that she's still got her firm grasp on your partially melted candy.

"Connections to the Princess? Seriously, how dense do you think I am?" Sally gives you a light shove. The guards come down the stairs, carrying two saddlebags. They set them on the table and start searching through them.

"It should be a couple of glass bottles with some... uh.. stuff.. in them." Sally smirks at you.

>>33080833
>we'll get stop King Tezel.
Spaghetti flew out of Jr's pockets

>>33080833
"Its my homemade fizzy lemon soda drink. I just reused the bottle. If you dont believe me, then have a sip!"

>>33080833
Tell them we can prove it, all she has to do is tell the guards to stop searching our things. Also tell her that the candy canes are going to come in handy, but we just aren't sure how yet.

>>33080833
Call Spike over. She's been in this town for a few days now, if she's at all decent at her job she'll know all the big names, including Twilight. We should be expecting a letter from Celestia sometime soon now anyway, not that we should mention it because then its just embarassing when it doesn't show up.

If we still have the last letter she sent, show her that.

Don't let any of the guards overhere this.

>>33080879
We already drank the potion, remember?

>>33080833
Where the fuck is Spike. Nigga better be getting our back on this.

>>33080901
This, and ask Spike if he has gotten word about the search for Rarity back from the Princess yet.

>>33080903
That was in spoilers. It was a joke. Some guy has been trying to get us to drink it forever now.

>>33080903
I thought that was a What If type situation

>>33080930
>>33080945
Ohhh.

Next thread is open, by the way. Been open for a little while.

>>33080879
Never missing a beat; I like you, anon.

>>33080903
That was in a spoiler block. I was just having fun with it to see if you guys wanted to try and run with it.

>>33080885
>>33080901
>>33080930
You whisper to her again. "I'm serious, Sally. I personally know the Princess and I can prove it... just make those guys stop."

She stares at you. "Prove it, then."

You call up to Spike. He doesn't seem to wake up, instead just grumbling a bit. Scootaloo runs up the staircase. "Hold on, I've got 'im." Within a few seconds, an extremely groggy looking Spike makes his way down the stares. He snaps awake when he sees Sally and the guards. "Whaaha! What's SHE doing here?!"

You ask Spike if he's received any word from the Princess yet. He scratches his chin. "...nothing yet. She's usually pretty quick to respond, too..." He looks around. "What are these gu-"

You cut him off, asking about the letter further and why she'd take so long to respond. Sally snickers. "Oh please... give it up, already."

Spike says that since they only sent a request to update the guard orders, the guards would more than likely be the only ones to be contacted by the Princess.

>>33080833
"She's trying to hide the things we took because she doesnt want people to find out what's in her fake potion. She make the whole town sick."

>>33081153
"Dont you know who this is Sally? This is Spike, Twilight Sparkle's personal assistant. She is, if you remember, the Princess's personal student. He's Twilight's direct contact to the princess."

>>33081153
Ask Spike if he can send a letter to the Princess asking her to give Snakeoil Sammy a full pardon if he or one of his associates were to help us solve the King Tezel problem and cure the town of the after effects of drinking the Energy Drinks. Tell him to ask the Princess to respond ASAP.

We need to stop relying on the princess to solve all our problems. There's a way out of this. We just have to reach through the internet and read Jrs mind.

>>33081180
>>33081222
>>33081230
3 critical choices you can possibly make here...

>Accuse Sally of Poisoning Ponyville
>Highlight that Spike is Ms. Sparkles PA
>Try to send another letter to the Princess

Lets move here.
>>33075782
>>33075782
>>33075782
Its been empty for a while. In fact, the thread after it is just ending.

what do we have in our inventory?

see if we can send an urgent letter that just says "send a response to this letter. the content is irrelevent."

the royal seal on the return scroll should be enough to convince her

>>33081303
Hmmm


Ima go with number 2

>>33081303
We can do those last two. Demonstrate that Spike is her assistant with contact to Celestia by sending the letter, then hope that the princess can respond pretty quickly with confirmation, and isn't too bothered.

>>33081303
Tell her that Spike is Twilight's personal assistant and can send letters to the Princess instantaneously. Tell her that the guards can even tell her that.

>>33081306
Let's move our responses on over to the next thread. We don't want to 404 and get all scrambled or anything.

>>33075782
>>33075782
>>33075782
>>33075782
>>33075782
>>33075782

The next response I type will be there. We're going for telling Sally about Spike and getting a communication back and forth.

>>33081351
And whisper to her that Twilight herself is missing because of that stuff she is selling. We can't prove it, so it isn't really a bargaining chip right now, so don't try to use it like that, but have her know that the entire reason this elite cadre of guards is here is because of her, because we sent the letter.

It should weaken her confidance a bit.

>>33081310
>>33081333
>>33081344
>>33081351
You point over to Spike. "You see that dragon? That's Twilight Sparkles' personal assistant. He can speak directly to the Princess on our behalf."

She looks at you coldly. The guards begin to pull things out of the saddlebags. One of them holds up a glass vial. "This one of 'em?"

Sally nods her head, then turns her attention towards you. "If you can really get my 'associate' Sammy a pardon for 'his' crimes, then by all means, please do. Use your little dragon. Get me a pardon." She says with confidence, thinking that you're just trying to bluff her.

"Spike... take a letter." You wait until he's ready with another piece of parchment and a quill.

"Dear Princess Celestia,

Please respond.

-Raisin"

You tell Spike to send the letter simply to prove that you do, in fact, have a means of communicating with the Princess. He rolls his eyes and blasts the parchment out of the window. Sally is taken aback by the simple display. "...well... that's interesting."

>>33081414
You also make mention that Twilight is missing because of her poisonous potion. The guards are here looking for her and to arrest 'Sammy'.

"They're not gonna find her here, I guarantee."

The guards gather up a small circle of bottles. "Alright, found them. Just like you said, Sally, these kids stole 'em."

Dried Grapes general?

>>33081630
Ask her if Twilight is still even alive, or if she has gone to the mountains to the west of town.

>>33081630

>Finally get home for Raisin Quest
>We've fucked up royally by now.

Shit. Who thought it would be a good idea to run to the guards to solve everything? By trying to shirk responsibility, we've just made things worse.

Also >nap.

I just caught up, but from my perspective things look really bad. I really propose reloading. I mean, we missed the mob and everything.

If we're continuing with this line of the quest, then I suggest owning up. Tell the guards that our friend and a lot of people we knew fell seriously ill after drinking and we thought that we could make a cure. Also, use that pardon as a bargaining chip.

>>33081699
Someone thought it was a good idea to tell the guards about the caged fillies we saw in Sally's place before they got to her on their own. Now the guards are on our ass and we're losing everything we worked so hard to get. Now everyone's going to the princess for help, which is going to lead to a bigger shitstorm for us. Remember Jr kills people who dont take risks.

>>33081630

Don't lie. Say that we're sorry. Lying makes everything worse in Raisin Quest.

>>33081699

I'd really hate to reload now, but things do look like they're going south. I say we meet up with Pinkie Pie to see what happened with the mob first. That is, if we don't get arrested first.

>>33081753
How are we lying? A lot of people did get seriously ill from the potion.

>>33081630
YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?! THATS SPIKE THE DRAGON! HES THE LEFT EAR OF THE PRINCESS! DO YOU KNOW WHO YOURE DEALING WITH?! I CAN HAVE YOU KILLED WITH A WORD!

>>33081699
Stow that for now, we are trying to get Sally to work for us.

>>33081753
>>33081699
WE DON'T RELOAD TILL WE'RE DEAD OR OTHERWISE INCAPACITATED

>>33081774

Lie about stealing them, I mean. Sally understands what we're doing and why, it's just opposed to what she has to do to save herself. Try and get her to drop charges by sincerely apologizing.

>>33081748
> Now everyone's going to the princess for help

Ourproblem is convincing Sally that we can talk to the Princess, so of course we are going to use the Princess to solve this problem.

>Change thread
>The plan we were working on goes out the fucking window and we start on something else.
>scrunchy silver spoon.jpg

>>33081815

If we get arrested the guards will confiscate our doll faster than you can say niggerfaggot.

>>33081823
No appologizing. She needs our help, she just doesn't know it yet.

>>33081836

The pardon might be a good avenue, but waiting for the Princess to come to our aid gave us the absolute worst ending in Jr's last quest. I doubt he's changed his policy on that one.

>>33081865
If that happen, give'em the old weepy filly eyes

>>33081904

I just don't really want to lose Raisin. The guards have it out for us; it would take only a moment for them to grab Raisin out of our hands and escort us to a cell, where we'll be forced to watch bad end and there won't be anything we could do about it.

>>33081903
Last quest was much more time sensitive than this. Hopefully Celestia responds quickly to SPike's latest letter and Sally calls off the guards, buying us more time we can use to secure a pardon for Sammy.

This will hopefully get one of the BBEG's minions on our side.

>>33081682
You are taken aback by her statement. "Is Twilight okay? Where have you taken her?"

Sally puts one of her cold, well decorated talons on your shoulder. "She's someone else's problem now. Don't worry about it."

>>33081699
>>33081748
You prepare to tell the guards that you only took the ingredients in order to make a cure to whatever poison is inside of Sally's potions, but a sudden burst of fire and a belch disrupts the silence. Sally looks stunned as a scroll appears out of the dragon's mouth.

Scootaloo runs it over to you. "Here. Read it, quick..." She looks over to the guards as they start heading for the door with the vials.

Sally starts following the guards. "h..Hey! Where do you think you're going with that?" The guards give her a serious look. "This is evidence that a crime has taken place. A little crime, but a crime nonetheless."

Two more guards enter the room with spears. "I hate to do this to a couple of little fillies, but you kids are coming with us."

"No! Wait! You're making a terrible mistake! Sally's the bad guy here, not us!" Spike starts waving his claws like mad.

You have the letter in your hooves. You can hear Sweetie Belle rousing upstairs, awakened by the guards loud commands. What do you do?

>>33081962

Reload. It was a mistake to call the guards into this.

>>33081962
Uh, read Celestia's note?

>>33081962
Tell Sally to read the note and to not press charges. Give the candy on Hayseed a lick and then stick her to our side so we don't lose her.

>>33081962
Lets at least read the letter first.

>>33081962

Read the letter. Be ready to hug Hayseed. Fuck the police, we ain't going to jail.

>>33082004
>>33081962
Before we reload, lets try to save the situation.
Sally is the one who would be pressing charges, she can hopefully get them to let us go.
Never let go of the doll. Reload only if someoen tries to take it.

She should realise that we are the real deal.

>>33082044
It's both of them who are pressing charges against us, the guards and Sally.

"Sally. They're about to take all that away. Then they're going to find out what it really is. Then they're going to come after you. You think you'll be able to pull off this identity switch over and over? Your future is on the line too. If you want to get out of this, you need to nullify the situation with the guards. Drop the charges. Tell them it's all okay. Whatever."

>>33082097
I don't think the guards can press charges if the victim doesn't want them to.

>>33082044

I'm just seriously worried about missing the mob. We could have definitely used that to gain her trust. I mean, we've already established that sleeping = bad.

>>33082121
Except the guards already told us that they'd be pressing charges if the search pulled up nothing. So regardless of what Sally does, they'll still gonna bring us in for that.

Read Sootaloo

Hug the note

>>33082143
If we do reload I have several ideas I want to try, but we would have to split the party.

>>33082156
They changed their minds on that after Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Spike backed us up.

>>33082184
We can get to that if and when a reload is needed.

>>33082156

Think about it: if we go to jail, then it's up to Sweetie to rescue us. Think long and hard about that.

>22 minutes and no response

Incoming bad end, I hope you fuckers are happy.

>>33082227
He may have fallen asleep.


I'd vote for loading right now, myself.

Read the note, but get ready to hug Hayseed if Sally can;t or won't call off the guards.

>>33082227
>in the struggle, the spear skewered all of the little fillies in a freak accident

>>33082022
>>33082028
Quickly, you unfurl the note.

"Dear Raisin,

I'm sorry I didn't contact you earlier about the change to the guard's orders. We just received a flood of missing ponies reports from another town close to Ponyville.

Rest assured, the guards will be looking for Rarity as well as Twilight.

-Princess Celestia"

Dumbfounded, Sally grasps at the letter and reads it for herself. "Well... if I'll be an old mare..." She holds it up to the light. A spear lingers closer to your face.

"Regardless of being able to talk to the Princess, you've committed a crime against a citizen of Equestria. You mu-"

Sally jumps up. "No, no. It's fine. Actually, I don't think they meant it at all. We'll work something out. Thank you, guards..."

Scootaloo gives you a stressed out expression. "What's going on now?"

"I'm sorry, ma'am. These kids need to learn a lesson about lying, at the very least. They're distracting us from a very important missing pony search..."

(cont)

>The Equestrian equivalent of pointing a loaded firearm at children.

Wooooooow

>>33082266
HUG NOW DAMNIT!

Remember when we tried to send the elixir to Celestia with our first letter, and Spike said shipping cost extra? What exactly did that mean? Does it literally take money to send things via dragonfire?

>>33082266
>all crimes are punished by death

>>33082296
Cool your jets. Lets at lest wait to see how screwed we get in part two.

>>33075782
Well Raisin was fun while she lasted. I just though Jr would give us a bit more warning before he killed us or destroyed Hayseed.

>>33082266
"Hold on, now! You're searching for a Twilight Sparkle, yes?" Sally looks a bit nervous.

"Yes. And another pony named 'Rarity'..." They look at her cross. "Do you know something that you're not telling us?"

Sally looks back over to you. "You 100% sure about that pardon, kid?"

>>33082328
No, he was actually just being a dick about it. He was going to grab your Bits and pocket them, sending the letter + elixir anyways. If you pushed it, he would have sent it. The one anon that threatened him would have got their way.

>>33082364
How did I respond to the OP?

>>33082378
"If you are telling the truth about being forced to help him out, I'm dead sure."

>>33082378
>"You 100% sure about that pardon, kid?"

UH OOOH

Lets say yes, but then "lose" the letter later

>The one anon that threatened him would have got their way.

ahaha, that was me! It was a joke

>>33082378

Yes. She owes us.

I still think we should reload. We've missed too much time

>>33082378
Hundred Percent. Help us, and we'll help you.

>>33082378
We should keep that in mind for later. If this doesnt go horribly wrong, and we actually get Sally as an ally, It might be worth sending samples of the sand and algae to the Princess in a safe, tightly sealed bottle. Then, if Sally tries to double cross us and take our only evidence, everything wont be a total waste.

Hey Jr, have you ever run a game of Paranoia? You seem like you would be a perfect GM for it.

>>33082440
I don't know what you think we have missed, and if we hadn't taken a nap JR would have had our lack of sleep hurt us at a later point in time.

>>33082378

"Positive. The Princess owes me one."

>>33082446

I think Sally's going to turn herself in.

I actually feel kind of bad on this one; it implies that we weren't able to beat the quest without being able to gain Sally's trust on our own.

>>33082511
To be fair, she gave us a nice scholarship.

>>33082482

We missed an angry mob and Pinkie possibly exploding. Don't you remember when we slept at Zecora's?

>>33082537
Didnt we miss that by sneaking into Sally's place? Or did I miss the nap part?

>>33082537
Why do you think the mob is important?

>>33082586

We missed it because we were supposed to sneak into Sally's place the night before. I thought we could go to Sally today, warn her about the mob before it came, and gain her trust that way. I'm still very curious about what made the explosion and where Pinkie is right now.

>>33082443
>>33082403
>>33082511
You nod your head, evading the spear that's nearly poking you in the nose. She takes a big gulp.

"I know where they went off to! You should have asked me about them before, I could've told you all about it..." She gives them a beaming smile. "I saw both of them just the other day playing by Froggy Bottom Bog when I was gathering some ingredients for my wonderful energy elixir." She wraps her arm around the nearest guard. "Don't tell anyone where I get my stuff from, alright?" The guard looks at her coldly.

"Froggy Bottom Bog? Are you certain you saw them out that way?"

"100% certain. They could be out there right now... but that was a hours and hours ago. They said something about camping... I sure hope they're okay." Sally gives you a quick wink.

"Alright, then. Thank you for your help, Ms. Sally." The guards withdraw their spears. One gives you a sneer. "Little brats..."

When the guards finally leave, you, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Spike meet up in the center of the room. "Alright. That probably got us a few hours. You kids better be quick; what do you want from me so that I can get that pardon?"

>>33082631
The explosions were Sally putting on the show and our bomb exploding. Pinkie is in orbit around the planet.

>>33082649
We need to know everything you can tell us about what's going on.

>>33082649
>try not to mutter "take a short walk off a short pier...."

>>33082649

Ask her to tell the truth. Let's see if we can this. Although, the whole "few hours ago" thing makes me really edgy that we've already lost.

Dammit Jr, why do you have to make every decision seem terrible?

>>33082649
Reminder: be specific or we'll miss key information. But also be careful not to let Sally know we dont know as much as she thinks we do.

>>33082649

would now be a good time to save?

>>33082649
We need o know everything she knows about King Tezel and his plans, how she got caught up with him, how to cure the ponies that are suffering from the after effects of her potions, how to cure the unicorns that drank the potions, where all the unicorns really are and how to get there and get close to King Tezel.

>>33082743
I dont think so.

>>33082743
No.

>>33082649
"Everything, starting with the fillies in the cages and the castle in the sand"

>>33082772
Then the treasure, the elixir, and her involvement with the King.

>>33082747
We also need her to physically help us cure the ponies and beat King Tezel/

>>33082743

Fuck no. Some people myself included think we should in fact reload.

>>33082801

ahhh. get info, then reload. that makes a lot more sense

>>33082801
Yeah saving here is a bad idea, but so is reloading. We need to at least get as much information as we can.

>>33082801

Jr. we better have Hayseed stuck to us so that we can reach her at a moments notice. I'm thinking that the brainwashed unicorns were led by Twilight and Rarity to some secret cave. I bet we were supposed to follow them. If we've walking and suddenly see the sky turn red with dark magic, reload asap please.

>>33082848
We also know there's a connection between the derpy eyed fillies, the castle in the sand, and the treasure in Sally's place.

>>33082846

Yeah, you're right. I'm just really paranoid; if we think we're safe with Hayseed, then Jr. will come up with some way to take her away that's outside our control.

>>33082725
>"Dammit Jr, why do you have to make every decision seem terrible?"

That's my job, son.

>>33082694
>>33082747
You tell Sally that you need to know everything about what exactly is going on. You tell her to start from the very beginning as to how she got mixed up with some living granite pony golem named King Tezel.

Sally sighs. "You know, I said we only had a few hours..."

Scootaloo sits up. "Tell us everything you know!" Spike has the same sentiment. Sweetie Belle sits close to you. "What's even going on? I just woke up..."

You narrow it down quick, asking her about the fillies in the cages.

"Ha. That.. That's me being extraordinarily nice." She rubs her temples. "King Tezel absolutely hates children. The little unicorn fillies aren't strong enough to carve sto-" She looks at the group's confusion. "Okay, let me start from the top..."

>Flashback

So I was on the road, just trying to cut out a living for myself. I was out of goods to sell and in a bit of a rut. No goods, no money, no food. I saw this temple place in a mountainside out in the desert I was traveling through, so I decided to go treasure hunting.

That was the biggest mistake of my life.

Inside, there was a ton of gold, but also some gigantic stone pony. I didn't mind him at first... he didn't move or anything. Then, he started talking to me.

(cont)

We really should go through with this as long as possible before reloading. Hell, we may even win this round.

Jr, at some point you should write a fic about Rasin going to therapy to deal with her traumatic past lives, and the amusing confusion of the pony therapist that hears all this.

>>33082991
In some dark scary pony hell, all of the Possible Rasins are playing hop scotch together and singing songs

>>33082962
By all means, lets push this as far as we can. This infodump will be extraordinarily useful, and any exploration we can do around the bog will also help a great deal.

After Sally's done her speal, ask her what she did and where she was right after our save point.

>>33082991

Fuck a fic, I'd like to have a drawing of Raisin and Hayseed that was actually nice and not a messy MSpaint doodle.

>>33083025
Rasin has seen some shit.

>>33083034
We definitely need to ask about this whole "few hours" thing and get a grasp of the time scale of this quest.

>yfw Jr just threw that in because someone said we had plenty of time on this quest

>>33082948
He said that he appreciated having the company, but he felt compelled to grind me up into dust. As he started to approach me, I had no choice but to try and win his favor. I told him that I, Snakeoil Sally, could help him get anything he possibly wanted. He started telling me about his life, his title... a King, apparently...

Long story short, he wanted me to use this weird sand stuff to put enough unicorns into a trance to carve him a warrior out of the mountain. I said I'd agree to help as long as he didn't crush me to death. He said that was acceptable. A deal was made.

>/Flashback

"And if I don't deliver 100 unicorns to his dumb Castle in the Sand by the end of this week... well... I'm a goner."

As she finishes her story, you think that you'd probably have time for 3 more questions before you had to leave the Library. It's just an estimate, of course...

>>33082991
I could definitely do this
>>33083043
And this. Wouldn't mind having someone else take a crack at it, though.

>>33083068

Ever since the second night I knew that it was a timebomb waiting to explode.

Speaking of bombs, Jr. has our satchel exploded? I mean, you said it resembled dull thunder, but we should at least be able to think that thunder on a sunny day is kind of odd.

"How big is gigantic and how big do you think the warrior is going to be?"

>>33083128
GAME INFO: Luck has been pretty kind tonight. The closest number generated to 127 so far was 155.

Bomb is still live, armed, and ticking with a random length fuse.

>>33083105
Can we get some solid information on what the castle in the sand is, and what she knows about the composition of the elixir? Names of the stuff she put in it preferably. I know a lot of that was implied, but I dont feel like leaving this stuff to an assumption.

>>33083105
>>33083105

Did she ever think that maybe Tezel couldn't leave his little castle? Why did she think that she couldn't just take his treasure and just never return there? Also, does she know why he hates kids?

>>33083186
Probably cause they keep asking all these stupid questions

>>33083148
>>33083164
>>33083186

GOT THREE QUESTIONS; RESPONDING

>>33083105
One quick question should be what she did after she rescued usThat is the last saeve point, right?
If we do load, we can go get her on our side really quick, without all this guard involvment.

>>33083105

>Warrior
>Carved out of a mountain
>Animated with magic

Fucking Dwemer and their fucking Numidium. I say we achieve CHIM and turn godmode on.

>>33083209
With that last one you are just going with >Also, does she know why he hates kids? right?

>>33083216

Not to go off topic, but what's CHIM? I've only played Skyrim so I know it's Elder Scrolls, but looking on the wiki doesn't give me anything. Is it from Morrowind and Oblivion?

>>33083299
Basically, it gaining super enlightenment

>>33083148
"Just how big is gigantic and how big do you think the warrior is going to be?"

Sally flies up in the air a little and holds her talon out about 7 ponies above your head. "I'd say he was about this tall, honestly." She lands on the ground quick. "...and the warrior of the mountain? I have no idea what that's about. He's probably going to carve a bigger stone pony out of the mountainside."

>>33083164
"What is in that nasty elixir crap anyways?"

She scratches her chin. "Oohh... uh... actually, to be absolutely completely honest, I'm not sure."

"Whaddya mean, 'you're not sure'?! You make the stuff, don't you?" Scootaloo protests.

"Well, yes, I do. I put some of Tezel's magic powder in the mix to get to the unicorns. It doesn't affect any of the other ponies... from what I know..." She hesitates. "The other ingredients? It was just some nasty bathwater I forgot to drain... I think I knocked in some floor cleaner and paint thinner at some point in time. One of my associates drank it once, got a huge boost of energy. 'Snakeoil Sally's Miracle Elixir' was born."

Sweetie Belle looks disgusted. "Rarity drank rancid bath water? She's not gonna be happy about that."

(cont)

>>33083380

>Nothing special in the elixir

Holy shit. I just facepalmed. All that wasted time. Why Jr. why?

>>33083435
>King Tezel's magic powder

I think that counts as special.

>>33083380
YOU JOKE RITE

Do we still have any of the samples we got, or did the guards take them all?
We should probably shoot some of the sand to Celestia. Spike can suck it, the little cunt.

>>33083495
I think most of us want to reload after this Q&A session is finished, so it doesn't matter much.

NEW RASIN BREAD
>>33077766
>>33077766
>>33077766

>>33083186
"Just why does Tezel hate kids?"

Sally shrugs her shoulders and looks off to the side. "I maaaaay have something to do with that..." She looks about. "You see, I knew that Tezel had a ton of gold locked up in that sand castle, so I decided to loot it... discretely." She looks over her shoulder at the door, answering a paranoid feeling. "Tezel said that he would kill any unicorn children he saw; they are too weak to help and only a burden. Being a good girl, I decided to rescue those fillies... and send them in there during the night to loot the place."

"You're despicable." Spike looks at her angrily.

"Say whatever you want. I saved those fillies and that's that." She puffs up her chest proudly.

You feel a chill run up your spine.

>>33083435
Except for the chemicals, my friend. Why can Pinkie drink this clearly poisonous solution, get all the benefits of energy, but never get sick? Now that's a good question.

Also, you know that there's a magic powder in the drink.

So we have our answers. How much of that do we blindly believe?

>>33083380
>It was just some nasty bathwater I forgot to drain... I think I knocked in some floor cleaner and paint thinner at some point in time
...
GOD DAMMIT JR.

>>33083552
Wave goodby to her, then hug Hayseed and reload. It's time to find out why those grapes are important.

I want a compilation of Rasin's adventures, I've missed out on too much

And I'm about to miss out on more, it's time for me to go to bed

>>33083591
She (probably) doesn't have a reason to betray us. She wants out just as much as we want to stop her.

By the way, questers... I was asked if I could stop these a little bit earlier than I have been, mostly because it's hard for you guys to creative this early in the morning.

When do you want to wrap up? I'm pretty tired myself, so whenever you guys are good, I'm good.

>>33083687
I'm good for a bit longer.

>>33083603
So... reload, then? This is the only action I see...

>>33083687
I am fine with continuing if that is what the people want, but if it stopped I could get more that 4.5 hours of sleep tonight.

>>33083740
I cant think of many other options that dont scream Bad End. Anyone else?

>>33083740
Unless we have time for one more question before the guards break down the door, then sure.

>>33083780
That's a risk you'd have to take in order to find out. There's no guarantees either way. If you've got a question and want to risk asking it, then feel free to try.

>>33083811
Get farther away from the door, maybe go upstairs, while asking more questions. What we need most of all is time to hug hayseed while they break in.

We are already holding her, right?

>>33083811

personally, I'd rather cut and run. we've messed up a lot, and we somehow managed to salvage the situation temporarily. we should be thankful for that and get out while we still can

>>33083811

Maybe send Scootaloo out to see if there are really guards waiting to pounce on us. I just think it might be worthwhile to go outside and maybe see where whatever evil thing is coming from.

>>33083811
Tell Scootaloo to watch through the window for the guards, back away from every possible entrance and make sure that Hayseed is close enough to hug, then ask her where she hid all of her stuff so the guards wouldn't find it.

>>33083811

I can't think of anything that we couldn't ask her later if we tried to get her trust a different way. Except maybe why Derpy's working for her, but I half suspect she's just paid labor chosen because she'd make the derped unicorns feel safe around someone who looked like them.

>>33083687
I'd prefer ending at like 1 AM PST.

I can't stay up much later than then.

>>33083687

Also, I'm fine with anything. This is my last week of winter break, so I'm ready to wrap up whenever you are. As long as you can finish this week, I'll be good. I mean, this is your longest and best quest yet.

>>33083839
GAME INFO: You are currently holding Hayseed in your mouth. Her mane tastes like autumn leaves with a hint of firewood smoke.

>>33083853
>>33083889
You grab onto Scootaloo and pull her close. "Scoots, I've got a bad feeling right now. Keep a lookout for guards, would ya?"

She rolls her eyes. "Alright, but Sally said they'd be a few hours out." The little pegasus goes upstairs to look out of Twilight's bedroom window. As she goes upstairs, you ask, "...where did you hide all your stuff at?"

She looks at you funny. "Eh.. since we're on the same side for the moment..." She smirks. "I actually just let the unicorn fillies run free in the streets. I really hope they don't go toward the 'music' in the west... had to save my skin first, though. As for the treasure..." She shakes her head. "That's a secret."

Scootaloo falls downstairs. "RUN!!!" Spike rides Sweetie into the kitchen. Sally looks around the Library, darting to the kitchen.

>>33084024
>spike rides sweetie
Oh god damn it now I'm interested again. SWEETIE WHY ARE YOU HERE

>>33084024
What is it? As you head to the kitches, I suppose.

>>33084024

Duck somewhere other than the kitchen. Grip Hayseed and reload once we see whatever abomination was lurking on the library's second floor.

>>33084048

Shut the fuck up Nathan.

>>33084024

Follow the griffin. Worst comes to worst she makes a good meat shield. Ask Scootaloo what she saw while we're running. Be ready to reload.

Shoot. Do we wait long enough to see what is coming, or do we reload now?

Fuck Windows 7 and it inability to pipe sound through the headphones instead of both the headphones and the speaker. Fucking XP never did this to me.

>>33084074

Fuck I'm getting tired.

>duck somewhere other than the kitchen because it'll probably go after the big group.

>>33084097

Fuck, I don't know.

Look. Please oh please don't let my insatiable curiosity kill us.

If we decide to run, be sure to give the candy stuck to Hayseed a lick so we can stick her to our coat.

Yell and ask Sally what she sees.

don't take the chance

reload

>>33084053
>>33084074
You decide it best to separate from the group. You by the stairs and hide in one of the statue alcoves. Suddenly, you hear a crash of glass on the upper story floor. A terrible roar shakes the small tree.

Your friends shriek in the other room, darting out with Sally close behind. Behind them, a giant stone wingtip reaches into the library.

"I was afraid of that..." Sally is ducking near you.

"What?! You know what that thing is!?" Spike yells over the screeching of the giant stone bird.

"That blockhead said he'd get me if I betrayed him, one way or another..." She gulps. "I guess he wasn't kidding..."

You see a sharp beak slam through the upper story wall. It works its way through the wall, jabbing big holes into the tree as it gets closer and closer to Sally.

>>33084215

WELP
TIME TO RELOAD

>>33084215

Goddamn, reload.

Shit, thank God we waited. I would have went over and tried to get Sally's trust again if we reloaded. Looks like we're on our own again.

>>33084215
Reload, but be sure to tell us if that is a stone beak or an organic beak.

>>33084215
Thats a GTFO if ever there was one.


I wonder what happens to abandoned timelines?
Do they cease to exist? Do we just vanish, leaving everyone to their horrible fates?
Is all of this a coma dream, and Raisin is still crystallised?

>>33084215

>winged creature
>made of stone
>can still fly

Fucking magic, man. Reload, close our eyes so we don't see Sally get her head crushed while Hayseed's magic is working.

>>33084244
If this is a coma dream, then we are currently lying on the floor of a cave in the Everfree. Or maybe that Cockatrice got us after all.

>>33084244

It works like Majora's Mask any way that makes you feel best because it's a goddamn game

Does anyone else want to end it for tonight after reloading? I've got a feeling that we are going to start making stupid mistakes if we go much longer.

>>33084227
>>33084236
>>33084242
>>33084265
You can't take anymore of this tension. You bring Hayseed close to your face, taking in her wonderful scent of home. You start to remember all of the fantastic pies your mom would bake for you as after school snacks. You remember her warm smile when she served them up with just a little dollop of whipped cream on top.

As the world begins to fade around you, a sharp pain tears its way into your back. You see the fading image of Sally being struck by a stone emerging from your chest. It barely misses Hayseed. Suddenly, you feel warmth around your neck and a familiar softness against your cheek.

Scootaloo pulls away, realizing that she's been seen hugging you in public. "Oh.. umm..." She clears her throat. "Should we go find Sweetie Belle and Rarity? They were supposed to wait for us the other night."

You're back out in the middle of the town square. Alright, guys.. I think this is as good a spot to quit as any other. You've got a ton of info under your belts now; should be able to quest your way to the Castle in the Sand next time, I bet.

Of course, you won't want to leave anything important behind... I assure you, you'd be disappointed.

>>33084355

Alright sounds good. Tuesday as usual?

Since we're on a timer it seems, I say next session we should split the party; send Scoots and Spike to take Zecora the powder for analysis while we find Sweetie, get Pinkie, and then go from there.

>>33084355

are the explosives still un-exploded? is it finally time to make things go boom?

>>33084420
Remember we dont have the powder. We have the bathwater, the elixir, and the sand.

>>33084420
Don't forget to get the grape jelly. It has to be important for something.

>>33084355

You;re going to make us carry the bomb satchel, aren't you? Maybe if we can get a cast iron pot to put it in, if it goes off then maybe we can survive.

Please don't tell me we need it for best end, I still forgiven you for the whole comb thing

>>33084433
The sand IS the powder.

>>33084433
Query: Zecora kept saying she couldnt find out what chemical was in the elixir because there was magic obscuring it. She did seem certain that there was something under the magic. Do we assume she was she just going bonkers and that the only dangerous thing in the elixir is the magic itself, or did we miss something?

>>33084444
It made a giant crater behind the barn, all a metal pot will do is make it a fragmentation bomb.

>>33084433

The sand has got to be the powder, I mean, what else could it be? It was right next to the vat of bathwater, where she bottled the elixir up after spiking it with chemicals.

Also, no naps. We drink the elixir before we take a nap.

>>33084457
We missed something, I'm certain of it.

>>33084457

Apparently drain cleaner has alchemical obscuring properties.

>>33084468
I always thought the sand was there to show if anyone had been in the room. It was all over the floor, so if anyone entered, they would leave a foot print. The sand was a trap of sorts.

>>33084422
GAME INFO: The explosives were remarkably safe tonight. The last number I rolled was 619.

>>33084420
Planned for Tuesday, yes. Same time, 11pm EST

>>33084444
>the comb thing
I was such a prick with that quest. I'll be a prick with this one as well, but in a super special way.

>>33084457
GAME INFO: There's something in the elixir, specifically the poison part, that was obscuring her ability to determine the components of the elixir. You could've actually figured out what was in the elixir without Sally telling you... if you had something to mix into her cauldron to draw out the 'true' effects of the potion

>>33084497
It's the fucking grapes I bet.

>>33084494
I think that was sand that had spilled out of the satchel, which we grabbed.

Also, we're going to need to leave someone here to steal a bell and make sure the derp fillies don't wander to their deaths. I don't want to head back to Sally's cart though, so I don't know where to get one.

>>33084444

comb thing?

>>33084537
It was a key item in the first Raisin Quest. You needed to use it to unlock an artifact cage.

>>33084497

Fuck me, we're going to have to sacrifice ourselves, won't we? I'm so sorry Raisin. I wish we could have had multiple saves; I would seriously redo the entire quest just to save the little gal.

>paint thinner
Ethylbenzene
Xylene
Butyl acetate
n-butanol

Get on it chemanon.

A good end is still possible right? Have we totally fucked up best end?

>>33084558
Oh, don't worry. I mean, every peril is a possible route to absolute doom, but I tend to give you guys at least a slight chance of redemption before death.

>>33084569
I'd say something close to Xylene. I was picturing a Xylol container when I thought that part up.

>>33084606
And a good end is STILL possible... best, though? Perhaps... but I don't want to discourage you guys or get your hopes up over an ending you probably won't be able to get.

Best ending is the one where Raisin doesn't die.

>>33084610

Okay. Just as long as there's no coddling this quest. I still think you fudged some of your roles last time when we were infiltrating the library during the Cil quest. I'd rather lose with dignity than be given victory.

Plus, it would give us a reason to quest with Canvas or something.

>>33084610
Did we get that satchel full of sand, or at least sand from the satchel?

>>33084610
Well we could play around with the Apple farm's moonshine machine to make a diffusion tube and easily separate the xylene and water from the solution. But that fucking floor cleaner. There are like hundreds of those. Does Big Mac have a spectrophotometer?

>>33084636

we have to try

we haven't even gotten our cutie mark yet

>>33084636
>Say you like Raisin and running quests with Raisin
>Make the only ending where she survives the Best Ending

Something is fishy here...

>>33084636

If it comes to sacrificing ourselves and saving Equestria, I say we pack our bags and tell the rest of the ponies to go fuck themselves. We'll join a buffalo tribe and live off the land.

>>33084647
>Canvas

Who?

>>33084647
Hey, while I hate to kill off a good character, I take solace in knowing that it's you guys killing off little Raisin, not me.

Don't worry. There's plenty of opportunities to die. And in stupid ways, too. Wouldn't mind bringing back Canvas or doing a new quest pony, honestly. Could be fun.

>>33084665
Oh, come now. Without a little danger, what's the fun of playing with Raisin? More peril and chances to die makes her accomplishments slightly more impressive.

>>33084651
Yeah, you guys got this.

>>33084665

Jr's ruthless. It's what makes his quests the best. P.Q.'s and Shockwave's are nice, but there's no real sense of danger with theirs. If I don't feel like questing, I can just look in the archive and seee what happened. With Jr's I actually participate as much as I can so when Raisin dies, I can say I at least tried.

Speaking of Shockwave, has he been in the threads? I wonder if he gave up with his Sweetie Lich quest that he wanted to run.

>>33084660
Cutie mark crusader engineers could probably make one. Then again, fucking >magic powder

>>33084675

It's on his Deviantart. Apparently Jr ran a quest as an anon who had to save her from demonic possession. It was long ago, I think Jr's first quest.

>>33084732
>FACT

Except it was more of a magic hairpin that made humans see the ponies wearing the pin as demons.

Also, touching them turns the human into stone.

>>33084713
I've got no problem with danger and stuff, but I would feel a little shafted if we are forced to take a Vanilla Fallout 3 ending because we didn't do every single thing right.

>>33084755

Clearly you've never played a Sierra adventure game.

>>33084755

You have to admit, the threat of that spurs a lot of discussion.

>>33084755
You don't have to do EVERYTHING right.
You just have to do one thing perfectly.
Mess that up and Raisin's a goner.

Use your heads, look for shit, win. Otherwise, die.

>>33084774
With Sierra Adventure games you can restart if you screw up. We can't do that here.

>>33084802
So I guess our priority is to track Sally and find where she hides all the treasure?

>>33084825

that sounds like a good idea. if Sally's been taking treasure out of the ruins without Tezel's knowledge, there could be something in it that he wouldn't want to part with

>>33084825

Probably. We have to see if the Cakes have any leftover cardboard boxes we could use for sneaking around.

Hey, not gonna spoil anything. Dead tired, here, so I'm going to catch you guys a bit later. Maybe in a thread or if you guys have Steam or something.

Night, Raisin Questers

Random thought; thinking about making a Raisin Quest small game thing one of these days. It would be far more brutal than the normal quest.

>>33084866

do it

>>33084848

My guess too. Jr said earlier that there were three things to look for in the cart. We got the magic sand, the second one was probably a mustache or something proving that Sally doppleganged as a dude, and probably something in the treasure pile.

Fuck, we're going to have to risk the increased security. Better we try now and be able to reload than be caught with our pants down during the final battle.

>>33084866

Mite b cool. I'm sure you could get help from people if you posted your idea around.

>>33084905

we have to try
I haven't played through three quests to see that little purple shit die

>>33084866
What's your steam?

>>33084950

He's in the MLPG steam group, under Jr I think.

>>33085026
I figured that might have been him, but I wasn't sure.