Spoiler: Roll to cast Create Fire 12 + 2 + 1 (Skill) = 15 Success Fireheart easily creates a magical flame that hovers around her and can be moved as needed. The fire easily wamrs the party as long as they stay within 27 hooves of it. Oddly enough, it doesn't melt the snow on the ground nearby. The wind howls around the party as they step into Ragnarok and move toward Dream Castle. In fact, it only seems to have just started howling since they've entered the wasteland. Most of you can see equine shapes flitting in and out of the snow drifts and the clouds around you, as if something is watching and waiting for one of you to drop your guard.
Dark Shine didn't like the cold. Good thing Fireheart made the fire. Suddenly, he heard a howling. His ears perked up and he darted his eyes around. He tried to focus on one of the shapes, seeing if he could make anything out.
As they are teleported once more, he looks around now at the unfamiliar snowy landscape. It's a bit colder than he's accustomed to, so he brings his wings in tighter against his body for a little added warmth. As Luna indicates Dream Castle, he squints in the direction, only just able to make out the outline of what seems to be a large tower. Listening to the rest of Princess Luna's speech until she vanishes, he glances over the map before picking it up and placing it in his saddlebag. He nods in agreement with Jhera before replying, "I'm ready. Let's go!" As they begin making their way to Dream Castle in the desolate wintry landscape of Ragnarok, he notices that the wind seems to be howling more than usual. He glances around him, noticing equine silhouettes quickly appearing and disappearing among the snow drifts and clouds around them. "I've got a bad feeling about this place, everypony. Keep your guard up."
Entropy walked a good distance behind the group, staying away from Fireheart. Why shouldn't they be able to enjoy some warmth? He grimaced an pressed on through the freezing cold and, for the...no, he had lost count of how many times he'd wished he could use magic, or even be NEAR magic. There were shapes darting around the group, and he heard Lightning warn the group; apparently he'd noticed them too. The wind seemed to be abnormally powerful, and it was ridiculously cold...
Spoiler: Roll Luck 10 Middling As the group presses ever further into the desolate wasteland, they come upon several snow drifts that appear more orderly than any others. Spoiler: Roll Mind (Perception) for group Lighting Chaser: 4 + 1 + 1 (Job) = 6 Entropy: 1 (Critical Failure) Pink Fizz: 9 + 4 = 13 Dark Shine: 7 + 2 + 1 (Job) = 10 Fireheart: 12 + 2 = 14 Jhera Flower: 15 + 1 = 16 Entropy, being so far from the group is unable to see what Jhera and Fireheart notice almost immediately: Part of a banner is sticking up from the snow. Upon further inspection, Jhera recognizes it almost immediately. Spoiler: Well, Jhera? What is it? It's the banner of the Earth Ponies. He likely recognizes it from the Hearth's Warning Eve plays that he's seen since he was a foal. Near a couple of the snow drifts are several holes dug into the snow. Spoiler: Roll Mind (Percpetion) for group Lighting Chaser: 1 (Critical Failure) Entropy: 19 + 3 = 22 Pink Fizz: 18 + 4 = 22 Dark Shine: 11 + 2 + 1 (Job) = 14 Fireheart: 10 + 2 = 12 Jhera Flower: 16 + 1 = 17 Lightning suddenly finds himself distracted by the howling winds as Entropy and Pink Fizz examine the holes. To their surprise, they can both hear noises coming from within the holes. It sounds like...digging...
Shivering with cold, Entropy walked over to one of the holes, curious as to the source of the noise coming from within.
"Why would there be an earth pony banner way out here? The civil war ended an extremely long time ago." Jhera said curiously as he examined the cloth. The holes nearby were being inspected by Entropy and Pink Fizz, so he turned to them and said "Find anything interesting in there? I'm sure it can't be more interesting than these banners."
Spoiler: Roll Mind (Perception) for Entropy 13 + 3 = 16 As Entropy nears the hole, he can definitely hear the sound of digging, along with some sort of chatter. "Dang, it's cold down here! How long did the Boss say we had to be here?" "At least the windigoes can't get us down here. Keep diggin'! Boss said it was in this old pony village." "My paws are frozen!" "Oh, I'm sorry. We'll just stop and go back to our Boss empty-handed... Keep digging, Stupid! *smack!* "Grr..." The wind above gets louder and the air very nearly cuts through the flame's protective warmth. The equine figures in the air draw closer. Spoiler: Roll Mind for Fireheart 11 + 2 + 1 (Skill) = 14 Luckily, Fireheart is able to keep the flame lit.
Dark Shine looked around, however could not see anything. He then noticed Entropy and Pink Fizz were looking into a hole. "Is everything alright over there?" He began to head over.
Entropy's eyes narrowed. Diamond Dogs. They were clearly up to something. He shouted down into the hole, "Hay! What's going on down there?"
She blinked a few times, as if coming out of a daze. It was like a dream... a cold, and somehow chattery dream. Suddenly, she snapped to and bumped her head into the side of Entroy's before shoving her head into the hole and growling. "Yeah! You guys done yet or what?! I'm waiting on YOU!"
"wait jhera this is just a guess but if this is an original earth pony banner does that mean ragnararok used to be the old home to the feudal races. Before the everlasting winter".
Jhera frowned as he further examined the banner. "You may just be on to something, this this is ancient!" he exclaimed. "If this is, indeed, one of the original banners..." he looked up at the others. "Might any of you mind if I take this with me? It would be an interesting addition to my family's heritage. One of my ancestors was on the council for the earth tribe before the unification!" Before allowing any of the others to answer, he slowly and carefully pulled the cloth off the pole. It was fairly simple, as the nails holding it to the pole were decades old and broke easily. When he was sure he had the whole thing off, he placed it in his bags and took another look towards the hole. "Hey, who are you shouting at?" he asked.
At Entropy's request, the Diamond Dogs ceased their digging for a moment. They seemed to be just around a corner in the burrow, so they couldn't be seen by anypony who peered down into the hole. "Hey, it's the Boss! Hi Boss!" A large, brown paw jutted from around the corner and waved. "It's not the Boss, stupid!*smack!* Keep Digging. Buzz off, whoever you are!" The wind whipped around the ponies. At Pink Fizz's shouts, the digging stopped again. "It's the Boss! Hiya Boss!" The same large, brown paw as before jutted out and waved. "That's not the Boss either! Ugh, how do I keep getting assigned with you?" A short, blue-grey Diamond Dog poked his head out from around the corner. He was dressed in a large, furry cap and a scarf covered part of his face. She squinted at Pink Fizz and Entropy, then ducked back in and after a short scuffle, he dragged a larger, brown dog into view. The larger dog was dressed in similar attire to his smaller companion. "See? It's just a couple of ponies! Do they look like the Boss to you?" The brown one cast his galnce upward at the ponies. He seemed deep in concentration for a long while before turning to his companion. "It could be a mirage." The smaller one face pawed. "Mirages only happen in the desert, you nincompoop! Get back ta work!" With great effort, the smaller Diamond Dog managed to shove his companion back around the corner. Then he turned back to the ponies. "Whaddya want?" He narrored his eyes, then suddenly glanced around. "Um...Rarity's not with you...is she?"
"So, ya heard of 'er!" Her horn flashed and fizzled as she imagined herself down there in front of the diamond dog, bouncing up and down as she looked around. "What ya lookin' for anyway? Must be somethin' precious an' shiny an' pretty!" She giggled sweetly. Either way, teleporting or manually, she'd make her way into the tunnel and take a quick look around. "Ya know what I like about shinies? Dey look GREAT around my neck!" She lifted herself a bit and drew her hooves apart around her breast to examplify. Suddenly. her head twitched to the side and her mouth curled a little as her eyes crossed momentarily, then back to looking at the diamond dog. Oh, it was a diamond dog. She sniffed a little. "Have ya met Rarity before? I have. She got a lovely mane. Takes good care of it, y'know?"
"If this is truly there's going to be a flag on that massive not moving cloud for the old pegasi and one for old unicorns on that mountain shall we go check presumably the mountain first as we both cant stand on clouds". Fireheart said to jhera.
Spoiler: Roll to cast Teleport for Pink Fizz 2 + 4 + 1 (skill) = 7 Pink Fizz teleported herself nearly on top of the smaller Diamond Dog, causing him to leap back. "Whoa! Watch it, crazy pony!" "We've all heard of her..." He listened with a hint of disinterest at Fizz and her interest in shinies. He then turned his attention to Dark Shine's rather...cryptic response. "Well, uh...Just wondering is all. Heh."
Dark Shine smiled. He hit a weakspot in conversation. "Oh really? And it just so happened to be Rarity you wondered? Speak, now."
The Diamond Dog stepped around Pink Fizz and addressed Dark Shine. "Yeah! It just so happened... What of it?" He still seemed slightly cowed as he glanced around. "We Diamond Dogs have a...history... with her." He snickered. "I just wanna know of me and Butch have ta be nice ta ya or not."
