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Honor Among Thieves
By: Morgayne Date: March 28, 2017, 10:13 pm
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Morgayne never paused in her galloping as she headed towards the
designated meeting place. Her eyes darted to the moon, and she
pushed herself harder. How could she have let time slip away
from her? She had never been late to their meetings, not in the
nearly 70 years she had been doing this. He was going to be so
angry...
She made her way through alleys and down streets, heading to
Canterlot's west side.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Orchid Date: March 28, 2017, 10:17 pm
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"No no no no no no no!" Lucid was galloping as fast as she could
as the sound of hooves grew louder.
"I think she went this way!" A stallion voice shouted.
Orchid turned the corner at a full speed before she hit
something making her vision go white for a second and her small
bag with an enchanted gem fly into the air and land. Thankfully
the gem was in tact and still in the bag. She groaned before
quickly reaching for her sleep powder.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Morgayne Date: March 28, 2017, 10:28 pm
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Pain suddenly shot through Morgayne's muzzle as she full-on
collided with something. The force sent her bags flying off,
though thankfully they stayed closed as they hit the hard
ground. Morgayne staggered back, though she quickly realized
that to hit something that hard, she must have hit something
traveling nearly fast as herself... a pony.
Short on patience and filled with worry and terror at her
tardiness to where she was heading, Morgayne snapped out a
short, "Watch where you're going!" She shook her head, but she
saw double from the force of the collision, distorting her view
of the other equine. Instead of waiting for her vision to go
back to normal, Morgayne felt around for her bag. Every moment
she wasn't running was making her later.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Orchid Date: March 28, 2017, 10:58 pm
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"I could say the same for you!" She grabbed the nearest bag and
turned around. "Oh nuts! They're getting closer!" She tried to
scramble to her hooves but falls right on top of the other pony
again.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Morgayne Date: March 28, 2017, 11:14 pm
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Morgayne's hooves finally found the other bag and she placed it
on her back, only to fall over when the other pony plowed into
her again. Though her vision had finally stabilized, Morgayne
had her to shut her eyes tightly in concentration to keep the
pony from spiraling into an illusion from the prolonged contact.
"Get off!" Morgayne snapped, standing up quickly enough that it
would send the other pony tumbling. Giving the shorter mare a
glare, the selkie started to stalk off.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Orchid Date: March 28, 2017, 11:20 pm
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Lucid flew back knocking her hood off. She glared right back at
Morgayne with her red eyes that seemed to glow a bit. She isn't
worth it.
The mare got up right as the guards began to round the corner.
That was all Lucid needed to begin running in the other
direction.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Morgayne Date: March 29, 2017, 12:02 am
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Morgayne didn't notice the glare directed at her, in fact, the
encounter was almost immediately forgotten as she started
galloping again.
After a few minutes, she reached the mouth of a particularly
dark alley. She hesitated, taking a calming breath before she
entered it.
"You're late."
The male voice cut through the darkness, its tone causing
Morgayne to flinch. She stopped several feet from the figure
that seemed to be little more than a hulking shadow. "I got held
up," she said softly. "I'm sorry, I-" "Ah yes, by the undead
freak. I saw." The voice said sourly, cutting her off. Morgayne
did not stand up for said undead pony, merely hung her head.
"Do you have all I have asked for?" The voice finally asked
after a long silence, and Morgayne took the bag of her back. She
half-threw it, letting it slide over the dark figure. She
studied the shadowed cobblestones as she heard the bag being
opened. She flinched again at the harsh, "What's this?" Her
breath was shaky as she responded.
"I know it's not all there, I had to use two pieces to cover my
tracks. I-" She was once again cut off. "NO, what's this?!" The
bag was tossed back to her, and she opened it to find a single
gem. Her jaw dropped. "No... no... This doesn't make sense!
There was so much more! Jewelry and gems, exactly what you had
asked for. I- wait." She fell silent.
"Explain, Morgayne," the figure snarled. "I ran into a pony on
the way here... Our bags got knocked off, they must have gotten
mixed up!" The selkie said nervously, ears pinned back. The
figure let out a low growl, and Morgayne took an automatic step
back. "But I can recover what you wanted! I'll find the pony,
take my bag back. I just need more... time..."
"You have twenty four hours!" The voice said harshly. "Or I'll
expect the payment in blood." Morgayne nodded. "I can do it,
I'll go now," she said hurriedly. Taking the bag that was
mistaken for own, she turned and left.
Moments after she left the alley, a pony pulling a cart neared
it, the pony whistling and lighting his way with a lantern. As
he passed, the light shone into the alley, revealing it to be
completely empty.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Orchid Date: March 29, 2017, 12:16 am
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Lucid made it to a closed off gate that wouldn't budge. She took
her dagger out but it wasn't breaking the chain on the gate as
the guards approached.
She wasn't surprised that the guard could find her quickly.
There was a breadcrumb trail of pursuers that she put to sleep.
However, she was nearly out at the moment.
"Stop! You are trapped!" A guard barked as he turned the corner.
She wasn't really in the mood to kill any guards, but her
options were dwindling down. Lucid, however, still had one last
trick she could try. They just needed to take a step closer.
Luckily for her, they did.
Her horn glowed as a black and red orb formed that grew,
engulfing her and the guards in the alley with her. They all
fell into a deep slumber with Lucid. They were in her dreamscape
now. In there, she performed incredibly painful acts on them
working with nightmarish creatures that began to torment them.
The guards began to scream as Orchid dropped the spell waking
everypony up. They blinked and were completely startled as Lucid
created a small dream dimension in front of her making one of
her nightmares come to life. The guards all screamed seeing it
again and galloped away.
Letting out a sigh, Lucid gathered her things as the nightmarish
creature disintegrated. She took a look into her bag to realize
causing her jaw to drop. This was NOT the gem she just stole.
They were useless! They were not powered up at all.
"That... mare..." She grumbled. "She must've took my bag!" This
was incredibly frustrating. She had spent weeks exploring the
minds of the owner and guards of the museum only to lose it.
Orchid threw her hood back on and galloped out of the alley to
look for her.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Morgayne Date: March 29, 2017, 12:37 am
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Morgayne reached the corner where the mysterious pony had run
into her and frantically started looking around. As she did, she
couldn't help but wonder... why was the other pony carrying
around a gem? A bag of bits, she would understand, but a gem?
Something occurred to her.
The pony had said "they" were getting closer... Was she being
chased? Was she a thief as well?
It was interesting to ponder about, but Morgayne didn't see how
such a realization helped her. Just increased the chance that
the pony had discovered Morgayne's larger haul in her possession
and had already left Canterlot with it.
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Re: Honor Among Thieves
By: Orchid Date: March 29, 2017, 12:43 am
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Lucid galloped around the corner bumping into Morgayne again and
falling backwards grabbing her snout.
"Ow! Dang it ponies really need to watch where they are going
today!" She looked up and rubbed her eyes. "You!"
The thief hopped up and pulled both her daggers out. "Give me my
bag back now!"
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