NightStrike shook his head, but realized soon after that Polly wouldn't be able to hear him of course. So he called out to him again "There is no way I'm going to leave you patrolling here all alone. If you're not going then I'm neither." After patrolling the decks for a few more minutes he heard Blissy who seemingly got up the deck talking to Polly. But even with his heightened senses, it was too far away to really catch what they where talking about. Suddenly he smelled something... something delightful, delicious amazing! His stomach grumbled loudly. "Those must be the banana pancakes. Tsssst, Polly is a lucky stallion" He thought as he continued to patrol the ship.
*He looks around confused with a pancake still in his mouth and mumbles*So what are we supposed to be doing? Looking for Blissy?... Hmmm that shouldn't be to hard, i've caught her so many times in the past*He chuckles, waving a hoof and still munching on the pancakes before continuing* It will be good to have a game, though I am starting to feel pretty stuffed from eating all those pancakes... what was that my.... eighth? *He facehoofs and grins cheekily* Callette is going to kill me when she finds out I know she always likes me to be on top form for... ugh, when we go flying together sometimes *He blushes a little and trots out of the room, dropping plenty of pancake crumbs on the floor as he went, he turns around, his cheeks still red a little and grins wryly*Oh, and when I win the game, no hard feelings okay? *With a wink and a swish of his tail he gallops down the corridor then slows down, checking first in the kitchen pantries, burrowing through the pots and pans, calling out* Ohhh blissy... where are you?!*He sniffs around, after completely destroying the pantry, he continues on outside in the corridor, putting his nose to the floor like a dog, sticking his rear and tail up in the air while sniffing* Hmm... I can smell you around here somewhere... I know that rainbow marshmellow scent !!!
While Bliss left, Seth was wolfing down the pancakes given to him. (Btw, it's not racist when a wolf does it.) After his fifth, he looked up to Sky. There was a bit of syrup caught in his fur of his mussel. "So, we hide then? Well, if you need me, you better know where to look." He said with a devious grin. He had already figured out the best place to hide on a ship that nopony would look. Walking out the kitchen, he trotted over to the stern of the ship. As expected, next to the railing of the ship, there was a potted plant for decor. Jumping atop the railing, he began to lower himself until he was on the lowest rung and moved himself so that he was behind the potted plant. Using his bionic arm, Seth hung off the side of the ship without a care in the world. It would take the ponies forever to track him down now.
*She could hear Skylar from up top, but she was far below, in the engine room of the ship. It was the least extordinary area of the ship she's been to, with its rickedy pipes and steam puffing out which way. But it was the perfect hiding place for her. The smell of humid water, trash being disposed and the occssional smell of gas was more then enough to trick the smell of even Seth! Quickly she hovered around the pipes, looking for a tight spot where she could hide her bright white coat in the darkest places possible. Finally after a few frantic minutes of searching, she spotted a few ceiling pipes that were entangled within each other. there was a dark spot near the ceiling where it was darkest at the corner and the pipes would conceal her perfectly with the frequent blow of steam.* Hehe since Skylar's it, of course he's gonna wanna hunt for me first, but I'm not gonna make it easy! *She teleported into the tight spot of pipes and sat on one of the smoother ones, and waited, trying not to giggle*
Volt gulped down the rest of the pancakes "uhm so what *goran* i need to hide from Skilar? after this meal? mmaoow... al right then..." Volt said flapping his eings and opneing the kitchen door "uhm i may bring a book... he will never find me... eh eh" Volt took off leading for the machine room
*After patrolling around the deck about half an hour amidst the thick fog that still continued to persist, he stopped in his tracks as soon as he came across the familiar black unicorn NightStrike and motioned him to stop by raising his hoof up in front of him* I think we've patrolled around enough for now, NightStrike. Let's head back below the deck to check the others, since I bet you are quite hungry too at the moment? While I admit that banana pancake miss Blissy gave me recently was delicious, it did quite little to fill my stomach and now I'm hoping to get something more filling, like a salmon pie or meat pastries from the meat locker! So what do you say? Shall we head downstairs to join the others at the feast, or would you like to patrol a little bit more?
"So I was smelling them after all!" NightStrike replied his stomach rumbling loudly "I really want some too, ugh I'm starving here, I didn't have a real meal ever since we left the kingdom!" He gasped and raced downstairs looking over his shoulder every once in a while if Polly was still behind. Once he got into the kitchen, he jumped for some of the pancakes and started munching them like Nightmare Moon herself was about to steal them away from him. "nomnomnomnom"
*It was dark in the engine room...and the steam was making her coat soggy...She was beginning to think this wasn't the best hiding place, but was reluctant to leave so soon. So while she waited, she attempted to practice her magic of levitating from a distance. She attempted to lift a nearby wrench that was laying near the door...and she was able to do so with realitive ease. She continued on with moving it around and floating it around in front of her, to teleporting it to another location and catching it with her levitation...till finally she dropped it.* After this I think I'll ask Polaris if he can teach me more of his magic... It's one thing to teleport and levitate...but there's got to be more to it!
Seth held on the the railing of the ship with his bio-arm, letting it hold his weight with little effort. As he hung from the back of the ship, he noticed he was getting rather impatient. Thinking of something to do, he looked to the water below him. Letting his bio-eye filter out the water's effects, he was able to pear into it with little problem. What he saw made his mouth hang open in pleasure. Sea bass. Lots of sea bass. thinking with his stomach, he pulled out his pistol and armed it with a grappling attachment. Steading his aim, he shot at the water, hoping to land a hit on a fish. It was a miss, but Seth was determined. He continued this for some time until he had acquired a few bass for his hunger to subside.
*Nodding agreeingly and followed the charcoal unicorn downstairs below the deck, and was immediately greeted by the sight of NightStrike savagely devouring some of Blissy's tasty banana pancakes as he entered the kitchen, before raising his right eyebrow questioningly at him of the scene of what he was witnessing. However he couldn't hold a serious face for too long, as he found the charcoal unicorn's beastial hunger of pancakes quite funny and gave out a warmhearted chuckle, while walking past him towards the fridge, opened it and grabbed an pineapple juice bottle and proceeded to pour some to a nearby glass with his levitation* While you may not be a carnivore like Seth, NightStrike, you sure as heck eat like one by the looks of it! Hahaha! *After filling the glass with the juice, he then opened the nearby meat fridge and hovered a delicious looking meat pie with his magic to an open microwave oven next to him, closed the door and set it to warm it properly. As he watched the pie warming up inside the oven, he then turned his head to all directions and suddenly realized that he and NightStrike were the only ones in the kitchen at the moment* Where did the others went? I'm sure I heard them down here not too long ago?
*She waited what felt like hours...fed up and bored, maybe a little impatient, she fluttered out of her hiding spot and landed with a thud, on the wooden floor* Well...this is dissapointing, I guess Skylar got lost on the ship? *She giggled at the thought her bro could actually be lost as she trotted out, levitating the door shut behind her. She came out to the front of the deck and sniffed the air trying to get a scent of Volt or Polaris, but it looked like they already headed back. The fog had not improved she noticed, but noon was already high from what she could tell. Then as the wind blew over the railing and across her nose, she got the scent of wolf on her nose. It made her sneeze and itch some since it was so strong. She darted her head and fluttered over, seeing a familiar biotech arm clutching the rail head firmly. She peered over...* Seth? That you? Why you hanging around here over the boat? *She giggled at the sight*
NightStrike looked back at him, his mouth still stuffed with pancakes: "I fthink ftey went fto plaay hide and fsweek" He told the unicorn talking with his mouth full. After a while he had enough of the pancakes. "Excuse me my behavior friend." Gives him an apologetic look "I assure you" Chuckles "I usually have better table manners than this. I just haven't eaten in a long while and eh, well some of the upgrades Volt ehm... did on me do make you a tad more hungry than normal after not having eaten decently for a while."
Volt peeked out of the machine room, some motor oil was in his face as he was helding some paper in his mouth, a pencil in his ear "mppff those ponies... can't even find me! i had the tome to esaminate everything... BLISS! POLARIS! SETH! NIGHTSTRIKE! SKYLAR! WHERE THA HELL ARE YOU?" Volt said walking in the fog on the deck, finally hitting the protection rail, and almost falling in water "Luna damn this fog!"
NightStrike stretched his legs for a bit and looked at Polaris. "Mmmmhm, I'm done eating for a while, so I'll go search for them. Also I want to check out that fog again. It's worrying me. Normally I'm quite capable of seeing trough fog because of the enhancements volt made to me, however this one seems different. And it's definitely unnatural." NightStrike was trotting upstairs towards the deck of the ship when he heard Volt cursing loudly. Quickly he galloped in the direction from where he heard the sound coming and skidded to a halt next to the blue pegasus, his knife ready to use. "Are you being attacked? Where are they!" He shouted as he looked around to spot them.
*Her ears flicked at the bickering going on down deck and trotted back to the kitchen to see what the commotion was, only to find Polaris was down there fixing up more food for his breakfast* Oh! Polly! *She trotted up to him seeing the convient timing* Just the pony I was looking for! I was playing Hide n Seek with the others but kinda got bored with that... So I came up with another idea... Maybe you can show me some more basic magic tricks?
"MY BUCKING EARS NIGHTSTRIKE! STOP SHOUTING ON THEM!" Volt shouted hearing the agitated unicorn "and what are you going to do with that knife? make me a new cutie mark?" He said moving carefully away the black hoof "i am just tired and bored of wait there! no one can find me! i am better than you at hiding ahah!" he said bumping his hoof on Nightstrike's chest "bah friend... this damn fog is ruining my day! ehi, try usuing the googles i gifted you and tell me if you can see something around! We can play a nice joke on Blissy with those eh eh" The pegasus said thinking about a nice prank to play her
*He nodded and smiled cheerfully at the marshmellow alicorn mare, who suddenly trotted from behind the corner of the kitchen's entrance and entered in, while occasionally keeping guard of his meat pie that was getting ready inside the oven next to him* I guess I have few minutes to spare to show you some other magic tricks other than basic levitation. Keep in mind though, that while I'm not able to teach you most of the magic any normal unicorn can cast, I can still teach you to use your horn as a bright source of light to illuminate your surroundings if you ever find yourself in a dark place where you can't see! Or if you'd like, we could keep honing your levitation spell instead?
*She grinned and playfully concentrated, and within seconds of her horn flickering with her aura, Polaris was surrounded by a rainbow aura of magic and was swiftly lifted up into the air right up to the ceiling. She trotted up under him and grinned sneakily again* I think I got a good hang of this levitation thing, don't you think? *She looked up to his height feared face, then gently lowered him down* But I think learning to illuminate light from my horn would be another good start! But you're a unicorn, don't you think you can teach me some of the magic deflect spells you do?
*He gulped and looked at the marshmellow alicorn with a sheepish grin as he landed back next to Blissy, before gathering himself up, wiped the slightly terrified look on his face and nodded agreeingly while smiling* Looks like I don't have to teach you with the art of levitation anymore it seems, miss Blissy! Your constant practice has finally paid off and I'm proud of you for that! But yeah, the illumination magic is too one of the most common unicorn spells that are quite necessary for every capable unicorn to learn with your basic levitation! *He then raised his hoof to his chin and began stroking his beard with a deep though after hearing Blissy's last request* Deflection magic you say? I can say that I'm not quite sure about that, since you'd have to remember that my magic is way more different from the rest of you, since my most of my powers are partially channeled from the darker part of the nether realm where all the magic comes from. It is a very difficult process for an unskilled unicorn to tap their powers from there, and it took me years to master the way of doing so with the help of my old shaman. You on the other hoof are an alicorn and have proven to be quite powerful in the use of your powers, so I guess it wouldn't hurt if you tried to make contact with the darker side of the nether realm and maintain a small link with it constantly to grant you a high resistance to any magic based attacks like I do without having to trouble casting a separate deflection spell. *Noticing how he was beginning to trail off a bit from the subject, he looked back at her with an apologetic grin, before clearing his throat and looking at her again with a more serious face* However I could still just teach you to a basic deflection spell if that's what you want, miss Bliss?
If you don't mind? *She nuzzled his cheek like an eagered student* I know it's important that I don't take risks and let others...well protect my well being...But what if there are times that I don't have protection? I need to defend myself from magical attacks somehow right? But maybe to start with how to illuminate my horn first? Then we can move onto magical defenses as you said. *She trotted passed him and levitated a cup of coffee for herself before heading out the door, and turning back to him before leaving.* I'll be at the front of the ship sitting on a sofa waiting for you! *She grinned then shut the door behind her. She made grate haste trotting through the ship till she found the front of the vessel and pulled a chair out with pillows to sit on. This is a good place to learn magic, out at sea, open area... if any mishaps were to happen nopony should get hurt!*
