Shapeless Endeavor Valient Horn Squad

[Double Edge]

(this is where team 2 is supposed to post. So have fun and Good luck)

Lab 18, you had each heard rumors about this place, horrors, of ponies and griffons entering never to be seen again. But there are just stories, nothing you can't handle after all you're braver, smarter, and much more cunning than any of those other stupid creatures whatever secrets lie in wait inside this lab. You're bound to find it. You know it.

Entering into the desolated building, wasn't necessarily difficult, most of the griffons that resided in Manehatten didn't care about this building, and those that did simply believed that no creature was stupid enough to go in what with the stories. However, you and your group decided to go about entering into the building a bit different, Walking around the building itself you found what looked to be a side way into the Lab, far from the main entryway.

As the last of you step into the abandoned Lab, you find yourselves in near darkness, as lights above you begin to flicker on. Below you, you hear the muffled sound of the buildings generator try its damnest to provide power to various utilities around the building for its guests.

The lights above that have the strength to remain on fill the way with enough light for you to better figure out where you are. A simple hallway by the looks of it, lining it you see 5 sets of doors, until it suddenly ends at a T junction.

The nearest door you are able to make out a few words, despite how faded they are. Dr. Be ke Off ce. Next to it you see a small water fountain as its cooling system chugs to a start.

[Prism]

Spoiler:

White Star looked around the low lit hallway she felt nerves but didn’t show it.

Wanting to make sure it was just them in this place she calls out, “The Magnificent White Star Commands that you show yourself!” Using her loud stage voice.

She waited to see if there was a reply not that she was expecting one but she didn’t want to be the first poking her nose somewhere strange and not wanting to try and tell the others she had only met what to do, at least not yet anyway.

She watches to see if the others would poke their noses in any rooms under their own steam before her putting the idea in their heads

[Tisis Antony]

(((For reference, you can see my CS here:)))

Event Character:

Tin-Buck-Tu was a massive ogre of buffalo, so he found the confined spaces of the room to be rather unsettling. His horns had been dulled and cracked through long use, but they remained potent weapons. The lights sudden flickering startled him as he was unaccustomed to seeing electric lights in action. His associates seemed less startled, so Tin took it as a cue to mean that these... light bulbs he'd heard about weren't going to be threats.

His associates, mostly zebra and pony stock seemed an all-right group with which to venture. He was glad that none of them seemed headstrong or impetuous in nature. Each had their own particulars for venturing into this facility, but when they had met up for the first time, it seemed too good to be true- six independent individuals with motivation and skillsets that could together venture into the reaches of the labs.

His mutual associates who had introduced the members of the group to eachother had nothing but good things to say of their characters, and Tin had to admit, they seemed like a well-rounded group.

White Star, he admitted, he had difficulty understanding. The mare wasn't particularly big or strong, and she didn't seem to be the adventuring sort. She had started to yell into the darkness, and immedietly Tin felt a pang of panic. What was she doing? Tin peered at her, and directed a statement in her direction.

"If'n there is something in here- I doubt you will be wantin' to see it. And if'n there isn't something down here- lets keep it that way."

[Sassaflash]

((Blue's CS for reference:

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Bluebook stepped inside the large facility with the others to begin her very much awaited research opportunity. She stopped next to a large buffalo to fix her glasses and glance down the hallway to get a feel for where she was and where she would be able to go in the abandoned research lab. It was a shame it wasn't functioning anymore, she would have loved to see what what going on inside the walls while it was still active.

The earth pony admittedly didn't know much about her associates, but that didn't seem to bother her. She didn't mind though; she'd still get her chance to make them do the heavy lifting for her if she needed to.

Glancing towards the two once the sounds of words filtered into her ears, she gave them a smile. "I doubt there's anything to worry about. This is just a search for knowledge after all."

[Pike Vanguard]

Seven Motion's CS:

Spoiler:

Seven Motion carelessly tromped in after the giant Buffalo, his gold tiles softly clanging on their chains. It made an eerie sound but in the presence of others Seven Motion was sure that nopony would be frightened. Upon meeting his team members he grew very curious about the Buffalo and especially why a large specimen such as Tin would even try romping through tight, poorly-light hallways. It was not Seven's business though, and he was certain he would find time later to make conversation.

Seven peered down the hallway. He wished he had changed his mind about coming in here, not out of fear, but out of necessity. Why would there be anything of value from his culture in here? An old concrete facility in a metropolitan industrial district did not scream Zebra mysticism. Still, he had a hunch, and Seven learned long ago to never ignore his instincts.

Upon seeing White's distress, he calmly shifted next to her and placed a reassuring hoof on the unicorn's shoulder. Almost as if demonstrating Bluebook's forced calm to her.

[Hark]

((Δ's sheet for reference:

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Delta stepped in after Bluebook, glancing about the dimly lit hallway with little interest. Here out of interest, she wanted to reclaim the lab's research to use to her own advantage, even though the research was of a different discipline than her's; she would find a way to make it useful. Even though she had that objective, she was still interested in the lab it's self; it's remaining devices could be put to good use by a pony like her, and the intrigue of discovering how said lab fell excited her so. She inhaled deeply, casually exhaling quickly.

With that, she began to move, past some of the others in the hallway (which she paid no mind to), to the buffalo, and, barely squeezing past him, she arrived at (what the author assumes) the head of the group. She glanced behind herself, now paying attention to her team members. She saw a few ponies, one being her sister, Bluebook, a zebra, and, of course, the titanic sphere of biomass that was the buffalo. She didn't quite speak yet, though her horn flared, re-buttoning her lab coat for good measure. Her eyes were squinted in scrutiny still as she peered upon the group.

[Double Edge]

At the other end of the hallway, there is a quick dart of movement, roughly pony sized. From where the blur came from, there is a soft call, “The Magnificent White Star Commands that you show yourself!” the voice itself sounds muffled, despite the distance. More than likely it sounds like someone was speaking underwater. As the voice begins to die, and silence begins to fill the hallway once more, similarly muffled sounds can be heard beyond three of the doors, each sound like laughter in their own way. Just as soon as it started, the sounds cease.

[Queen_Androconia]

Spoiler:

Hypnotize lazed... well lazily upon the buffalo's back as he entered the building, why walk when you can get a ride?. "Whoa there's Fluffyface, that's the thing I was trying to explain to you earlier." She stated slowly as she patted the top of his head with a hole-less horn. She
hadn't has the chance to make a unique appearance with what time she had. Ditch the wings, close the holes, dot the eyes, cross the horn and coat the flank. Hell she had even been a "Blank Flank" for a moment, until she slapped a swirly circle on her flank in a rushed attempt. Only
took her 10 second to think up the idea, but it was done.

She had decided since the buffalo was the biggest thing here, she'd let him carry all of her stuff, including herself, he was big and strong though so....

[Prism]

White listen to what the others had to say about her shouting. She was about to replay to them telling them why she had done so when a soft call come back mimicking what she had said.

"See... Now we know there is something else in here and it has something in the way of a brain" she said sound very proud of herself.

She then shot off a magic spark down the hall way that blow up like a firework but only giving off a lovely green light where the noise come from.

[Pike Vanguard]

The old zebra took his hoof off of White's shoulder as she illuminated the hall. He turned to look at White in her eyes and frowned. He had not expected something that drastic coming from the nervous unicorn. Seven Motion took his left hoof and reached to the top of his back. He firmly tapped the mouth-sized oak handle on a steel shovel which was clipped to his armor. The long, sharpened shovel popped out of its place and flipped end over end until Seven caught it in his teeth.

Holding the shovel steady, Seven glanced at the large buffalo behind him. He immediately noticed the squawking mare on top of the giant's back. The zebra furrowed his eyebrows and grimaced, his teeth digging into the wood of the handle.

[Sassaflash]

Bluebook let a quiet hum leave her, raising a hoof up to fix her glasses slightly while glancing down the hallway.

"Now, who could that be? Is it perhaps the leader of another research group?" She asked calmly, refusing to believe that there could be anything beyond researchers roaming around in an old lab.

"I very so much doubt that it's anything to worry about, Miss Star." She replied, turning towards the white pony in question. "They do seem to enjoy mocking you, however."

[Double Edge]

The firework detonates as it reaches the end of the hallway. The bright light fills the junction as you hear the distinct sound of hissing coming from the other end followed immediately by what sounds like splashing. The light however continues to illuminate a few of the office windows. Through one, labeled as: Professor Atom, you see a dark shape.

[Tisis Antony]

The buffalo peered around at his comrades. "Now see- we have one less room we will be checking now."

He cleared his voice- a bit of gravel or something had caught itself in his throat, so first and foremost he coughed it up and straightened himself. "We came here for a reason," he announced, trying to instill some order. "We did not come here to stand in the lobby."

With that put to the side, he began a brisk pace down the hall, nervously eyeing but otherwise avoiding the doorway that the whatever-it-was had traversed into. "Can someone bring a light up here?"

[Prism]

White stays behind Buffalo not really wanting to go first even if she could light the way.

"We should check the rooms to make sure they are empty and not got anything in" she said walking up to the closest one trying to see if she could see anything though the office window. "Maybe everyone check a room and Tin makes sure nothing comes from the front of us.... maybe we find some torches?" looking at everyone that was in the hallway.

[Queen_Androconia]

Hypnotize gave a quiet sigh before sitting upright looking over the buffalo's head as he passed some of the others. She had missed the shadow in the window, but hissing was a sound she was used to hearing weather she'd say it or not. She stared off into the slowly fading light before doing a 180 upon Tin-Buck-Tu's back to face those behind him.

"I have an idea, let's not do things to attract attention, let's not make a lot of noise, and most importantly, let's get what you guys came for and get out. Alright?" She asked, her eyes scanning the darkness, being a changeling under all that pony meant she could see into the darkness, sadly it was a curse more then an advantage because most of the time she didn't like what she saw in shadows, but she hadn't missed the sounds.

"You know, we haven't even questioned what the giggles or hissing came from, I doubt anything happy would live in a place like this. Combine that with the rumors... I hope I'm not the only one here with hairs standing up." She whispered before from atop the Tin's back a small chill in her voice.

[Hark]

At the request for a light, Delta was already searching in her bags for one such item, one fueled by magic rather than traditional fire. As she did this, she chipped in, thinking her opinion mattered quite a bit. "Honestly, if we attract attention to ourselves, we have that giant mass of partially sentient biomass with us. It has horns, it's large, I don't see why it can't hold all of their attention whilst we hit them with the better weapons," she said as she finally pulled out a small rod ending in a symmetrical quartz, etched in runes held within equilateral triangles. With her levitation of it, it immediately lit up, about as bright as your average high-power L.E.D. flashlight.

"Besides, no lab experiment has ever produced something with enough power and intellect to take down a group such as this one... at least, I think."

[Sassaflash]

Bluebook froze up the moment she spotted the shadow along with the others, clearing her throat slightly while fixing her glasses. She took her book in her hoof and opened it up to flip through the pages, going her best to hide her nervousness while searching for nothing in particular.

"I'm sure there's a logical answer for anything that might be in here. It doesn't necessarily have to be a monster... I hope..." She said to the others, the finishing statement said under her breath. "Everything has a logical answer."

[Pike Vanguard]

Seven Motion slowly began moving toward the nearest door opposite the one where the figure was spotted. He kept very close attention to that door labeled "Professor Atom" and sidled up next to the small water fountain, his gold tiles clanging softly as he went. He kept a tight grip on the shovel and felt his breath bounce back onto his nose.

He had decided to move up closer without a word, although his nerves were not much calmer than any other pony present. His heavy snorts betrayed his desired sense of calm.

The zebra looked to the buffalo and, with his shovel, motioned for the giant to move closer to Seven and the front of the pack. Seven's knees began to twitch a little involuntarily, he immediately alleviated this by leaning against the water fountain, still watching the suspicious door.

[Tisis Antony]

Tin was getting frustrated with the dallying and decided to assert his leaderly abilities. "That is enough dallying- it was likely a squirrel or something. We will move- ON. I doubt there is anything worth looking at this early on the building, the scavengers have likely gotten to it. We are moving- TO THE END OF THIS HALLWAY."

With that said, and out of the way, Tin-Buck-Tu haughtily marched to the end of the hallway and puffed himself up pridefully.

[Double Edge]

As Tin reaches the end of the hallway, he is able to see what appears to be a pony or at least a statue of one, slightly translucent, but completely bleached white and in utter terror or pain you are unable to tell. Within the object you can clearly see two sets of bones, a skull mirroring with its jaw fully extended as it mirrors the face, and a set of ribs. All around the pony you see a clear liquid of some kind, pooling around the object and blending in almost seamlessly with the floor itself

Bumping into the water fountain, Seven accidentally activates it. The machine begins to chuck and shake as it tries to function. Eventually it does not do its best of shooting a small arc of liquid from its nozzle, from what you can tell, it is not clear like most water, but black and thicker than any water you've seen.

As the machine continues to spout the liquid from its recesses, you notice that it does not drain away over time, but instead begins to pool in the center of the fountain growing considerably bigger.

[Pike Vanguard]

The zebra grunted at the sight of the sludge. Whatever it was, it wasn't letting up and that was disconcerting. Forgetting any anxiety, Seven Motion removed his shovel with a hoof and walked slowly forward past the gurgling sink. He noticed the buffalo had stopped and he was curious to find out what the gigant saw. 'No matter,' he thought to himself, 'it would be best to get these other ponies through without them touching this black water.'

Seven Motion turned around to face the rest of the group. He motioned with his shovel to come closer. He did this with a severe look on his face and quickly so that the rest of the group would understand the urgency of the situation. Whatever the water was, he didn't like it. The most desirable action would be to get around it quickly.

The zebra's gold tiles clanked against the floor ever so lightly as he beckoned the group.

[Sassaflash]

Bluebook glanced towards the zebra with the shovel as he seemed to be telling them to come over to him. Giving a nervous nod, she took slow, shaky steps towards the water fountain that seemed to be of some importance. The mare adjusted her glasses slightly while examining the sludge that was still slowly coming out of the faucet.

"This surely is strange...but it is also an abandoned building. A pipe could have broken and something may have gotten inside." She said, doing her best to hide her nervous tone of voice while taking a slightly closer look at the substance.

[Tisis Antony]

The object on the far room looked like one of those skeleton displays he had seen in a burnt out hospital once-upon-a-time. He heard the ponies mention the fluid at the corner of his eyes, and he brought his attention to what he figured the more pressing need was. "Take a sample of that stuff. It might be valuable."

Tin kept a watchful eye on the blank halls and the broken windows. He didn't want anything to ambush their party while they harvested the sample of whatever it was.

[Hark]

Delta had already been approaching the fountain at the zebra's beckoning, ready to take a sample with a small specimen jar from her first aid kit, which was really more of a biopsy/dissection kit than anything, with a few bandages kept along in case anyone needed them. As she squeezed into the group about the fountain, she waited to speak, first turning to her sister. "More than likely it was dumped into a sink. Places like this usually have one-way plumbing, and often dispose of their waste in alternative manners. This was probably the result of a lazy cleanup effort," she said, placing the specimen jar below the stream of sludge as the buffalo commanded, to collect a sample, the object held in a small nimbus of magical energy.

[Prism]

White pulled away from the door she was looking through after what Tin said as it was very true the good stuff would be inside not on the door step

She joined the group as they watch the water and got there samples "Well I guess we should push on not come here to watch pool of water grow" she said trying to see what was up a head.

[Tisis Antony]

Tin agreed. The sample would be enough for them to determine at a later date if it was something to warrant them returning for more. He pointed to the skeleton with his hoof as Delta drew a sample with her glass. "If that's an anatomy display, then it means we're in medical wing. Which means we should be on the lookout for medical goods that can be scavenged. Never can go wrong with that, easy profit."

With that said, he ventured towards the skeleton to examine the path leading by it.

[Pike Vanguard]

Seven listened to Tin's suggestion carefully. Perhaps this was the medical wing of the facility, but he didn't trust any of the medicine to be up to date, or any good for that matter. He had all he needed in his bags for medicine. His poultices were stronger than any other derivatives he had come across, plus he had no interest in selling any medicine they found. He was here for other reasons.

The zebra clicked the haft of the shovel onto his back and trotted up to the buffalo. He stood next to the giant's backside and faced the rest of the party behind them. They were still examining the liquid and spending some time collecting it.

[Double Edge]

As Delta grabs a sample of the liquid, a few drops of the liquid hit her at the touch the liquid seems sticky pulling at the skin and fur. But she does collect a sizable sample in her jar. As the sample is moved away for a quick moment it appears as if the pool that had collected in the fountain tried to pull towards the jar, and likewise the sample pushed against the glass trying to get back to the pool before both bodies of liquid fall still, but only for a moment as the pool presses against the metal of the fountain becoming thin coat and move along the sides of the fountain, off the machine and onto the floor itself. Likewise the sample pressed itself against the glass of the jar till it too looked like a thin coating. Even the drops on Delta begin to spread thin, covering more of the pony's foreleg.

[Tisis Antony]

As of now, this thread is officially CLOSED.

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