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Takes place after Max promises to defend Lightning in court.

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Shortly after Crosshair was informed of the mix up allowing Max to speak with Lightning Runner, she questioned him, again, extensively, but getting no new information, she passes the torch to Flamberge, who reluctantly agrees.

The door to Lightning’s cell creaks open and imposing figure of Flamberge makes his way inside, the guard outside closes the door behind him, locking the two stallions in together.

Lightning looked up and was startled by the sudden entrance of the stallion. “What do you want?” He asks, not caring about his attitude anymore/

Flamberge sits by the wall, opposite the prisoner.

“I want to ask you a few questions, and you are going to answer them,” he explains coldly.

“Fine, what are they... not like I have much to do anyway” Lightning got up from his lying position and sat up opposite of the soldier “If its about what I think it is, I already told you last time one of your guys came in here”

“Alright, so we’re going to take this from the top Lightning. You stole the bolts from a hiding place, in my home. Then you claim you gave them to something outside of town. Is that correct?” Flamberge stoically repeats.

Lightning nodded with much boredom. The same routine of questions was awaiting him, he was just waiting for the trial so Max could get him out of this mess.

“So you met with something, outside of town, and then stole under it’s instructions? Why?” Flamberge begins with the usual questions.

“Yes a Diamond Dog. And I did stole them. I did it for the dog in an attempt to get them to stop attacking here. It seems it didn’t help” He lied, hoping it would at least trick him into believing what Max had vaugely told him to say.

“A Diamond Dog? I was told you said you didn’t know who it was. Your story is changing Lightning Runner,” replies Flamberge.

“Well I thought it would get me out faster so might as well tell you what I know.” Lightning said, tapped his hoof on the ground.  “Can we hurry up, I have a bit of the grumblies and would love to get some food real soon”

“You will eat when I say we are done, and not a moment sooner,” Flamberge replies, “If that is true, then how did the diamond dog sneak into our fort and kill the griffin, and more importantly why? Nothing other than the bolts was reported stolen that day. A dog would have only come to rob us, and yet they murdered a bird and left.”

“I will ignore the ‘Bird’ comment and continue with the rest. The diamond dog didn’t give its reasons. Maybe it had a bone to pick with him and settled it that way, I was just told to get them and drop them off in an alcove somewhere in the wild” Lightning said, interest slowly getting lower and lower “Please, not every ‘thief species’ we have here just want to steal our things”

“What did he offer you to do this?” Flamberge asks, though he clearly doesn’t believe the tall tale.

“Gold, but I refused. I do not take money for anything I do...” Lightning replied

Flamberge places a hoof to his forehead lets out an exasperated sigh, then says, "So, for no promised reward, you stole from your superior officer, by sneaking into their home, then gave weapons bearing their name to a known enemy combatant? Who then snuck into town to kill a foreign soldier that we were treating, without committing any other crimes, in such a way as to deviate greatly from their usual MO. That's seriously the story you are going with?"

“Yes and no. The dog mentioned they were valuable therefore it wanted them. What I didn’t know it that it would kill somepony.” He said, hoping Flam would continue to believe his lie, regardless of what it would lead to afterwards

Flamberge resists rolling his eyes and asks, “And how would it know about those old bolts specifically? If it wanted weapons, why steal from my home instead of from the armory? Clearly you wanted bolts with my Crosshair’s name on them, you were trying to frame her for something.”

“Why do you insist I was involved, when I was hospitalized!” Lightning said, not realizing his shift in tone. “I did not murder anypony! Sure I provided the means but I had no idea M- The diamond dog would do that! I don’t know... I don’t know why it didn’t take from the armory” He calmed down, hoping that would suffice for a day or two

“Yes, you were hospitalized, you were just down the hall from the victim, twenty feet away, behind two doors at most, when he was murdered, and you won’t tell us who was involved!” Flamberge seaths with anger, “I don’t believe you pulled the trigger, but you are still responsible for his death, WHO ARE YOU PROTECTING?” Flamberge strikes him across the face with a hoof.

Lightning flinched, surprised Flamberge had even struck him in the first place, let alone during an interrogation “At-Atleast you don’t... think I killed him... I am not protecting anypony... I told you all I know, why do you insist I know more” He asked

Flamberge strikes the prisoner again, and picks him up slamming him into the wall, "You are lying! What are they going to do next? Who is the next target? What is their goal?"

Lightning let out a small yelp as the sudden rush and pain of his actions shocked him “I don’t know what they are doing next... I... They’re next target is... somepony in power here. Their goal is unknown to me” He coughed, a small amount of blood coming out

Flamberge smiles though keeping Lightning held upright and pinned to the wall, "See, you can be helpful, now please, let me help you. You are facing execution in the next few days, and you don't stand a snowballs chance in hell at the trial, unless you rat out who the pony you really stole the bolts for is, right now. You do that, and I give you my word you will live."

“That pony is a friend of mine, I don’t rat out friends” Lightning said, not noticing the change in his story “Execution? Don’t I get a fair trial? This place is as corrupt as Fruitholds”

Flamberge drops Lightning Runner and steps back, "Corrupt? No. You will be given your trial soon. And it will be fair, you have just admitted you know the identity of the murderer, and are protecting your friend. On Top of theft that is more than enough to hang you, but it isn't too late to save yourself, and by extension your family? What will Sweet Potato do without you? Or Mist without a father? Is your friend worth more than them to you?"

Lightning shook his head, and decided to stay silent just to keep this from going on any longer.

Flamberge sighs and moves towards the door, having the guard open it for him.

“I’ll let you think it over for tonight Lightning, I’ll return in a few days, and I hope you will see to reason,” Flamberge says as he takes his leave.

Quote from: Iceblaster on May 28, 2013, 11:08:06 am

Quote from: scrdest on May 28, 2013, 10:46:53 am

Quote from: Iceblaster on May 28, 2013, 10:44:51 am

Wait MindBreaker is pretty much Schizophrenia? Why not just make it a random effect from Genetics? That could be as much !!FUN!! as just having a disease.

On another server. It used to be permanent in the code in the past, but /tg/ removed it a (long) while ago. But yeah, that could be a fun effect. Or to buff Hullocigen virus effect to work like Mindbreaker.

A very Fun effect... or buff Hullacigen virus effect. Could be fun either way, having a station break out into a schizophrenic insanity, paranoid of everyone there though that's normal

Oh, it is...I had my first run-in with the stuff as CE while doing emergency surgery on the captain (no med staff on station).  Trying to remove someone's appendix when you've never done it before while the station appears to be on fire and your doppelganger is stabbing you is most definitely !!FUN!!.

KG

Hahah, well I hope that appendix was yummy

If only I could give money. If I can convince my father to fund this, I will be happy for when this comes out.

-Sidenote: I am under 18 so I am unable actually fund it atm as I don't have a job or a debit/credit card-

Quote from: Iceblaster on May 28, 2013, 10:44:51 am

Wait MindBreaker is pretty much Schizophrenia? Why not just make it a random effect from Genetics? That could be as much !!FUN!! as just having a disease.

On another server. It used to be permanent in the code in the past, but /tg/ removed it a (long) while ago. But yeah, that could be a fun effect. Or to buff Hullocigen virus effect to work like Mindbreaker.

A very Fun effect... or buff Hullacigen virus effect. Could be fun either way, having a station break out into a schizophrenic insanity, paranoid of everyone there though that's normal

Wait MindBreaker is pretty much Schizophrenia? Why not just make it a random effect from Genetics? That could be as much !!FUN!! as just having a disease.

I have to share this gem from last night's three person round.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Axl Blyant asks, "What's next? Aphrodisiacs pumped in the air supply?"
Alina Koch says, "..... Mmm."

As said, late night low population rounds are hilarious.

That settles it, late night rounds for me too

I think DFHack could theoretically do it, but as far as I know there's no existing tool to do it.  Unforunately, there's no way to mod the game to change the built in uniforms.

One possible work around for this is modding clothing.  You could mod clothing in that acts as armor but don't have the armor tokens.  That way miners would pick them up and wear them.  The problems here are that other dwarves would pick them up too, and the armor would wear out like clothing.

I can just imagine a soldiers armour rotting away in combat now... and I'm laughing as they are cut apart by the many elves they challenged. I am a sadist... is that normal?