18th Spell: [Video/Action for Route 36]

[friendyousohard]

[The gear clicks on to show what looks like a room out of an old, rustic cabin, a fairly small one with two benches on the sides, next to windows. Three girls are lounging around in it and four backpacks litter the floor. The view holds there for a few moments... long enough to tell that the "room" is moving.]

I have to admit, this really did work out quite well.

[The gear turns around to show off Twilight's smiling face.]

Amazing what you can put together with a little teamwork, isn't it? I'm still not sure how we'll get this thing over some of the terrain Johto and Kanto have to offer, not to mention traveling between regions, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, as the saying goes.

At any rate, we're about to make our stop so I can show the outside- [Twilight's interrupted by a sudden whinny from outside.] What the... Dash! What's going on?

[There's a bit of a clamor as she shoves herself up to one of the windows along with the gear (and, judging by the noises, all of the other girls as well) and the resultant view of the outside shows a small group of Yanma buzzing by, clearly agitated by the giant intruder in their midst.]

... Well, I should have expected this thing would draw some extra attention. Sorry everyone, I'll have to finish what I was saying later.

[She clicks off the feed.]

[OOC: So, Applejack decided a while ago that the pony group needed a wagon, so she built one! (With mod permission, of course.) This is its first journey, and Twilight will be showing the rest thing off after they deal with their little infestation. Questions about it will be fielded mostly by either Twi or AJ.]

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[buckyouup]

[Applejack was sprawled out on one of the wagon's benches when the bug pokemon attacked. She pokes her head out of the window and scowls.]

Oh no you don't, you winged varmints! You ain't tearin' apart this wagon on its maiden voyage!

Pony Group Thread, AJ, TS, RD, FS?

[friendyousohard]

Let's get out there, girls!

[Stowing her gear, Twilight yanks open the door and jumps out to hold them off, tossing her current team (Spike, Pyro, and Starswirl, with the others being her eggs) into the fray.]

After the yanma shenanigans

[buckyouup]

[Applejack shakes her head, smiling through the redness in her cheeks. She sits down on the roof of the wagon, cradling one of her eggs in her lap.]

Sorry I wasn't much help out there, Sugarcube...

Works for me!

[bestofthebest]

(Rainbow was lounging about in her regular way, commonly referred to as napping...which was sorely interrupted thanks to the Yanma, which caused her to wake up in a cranky mood.)

Say no more! Good thing today's the day I picked for training all my Fire types...

(She's quick to jump out when the door opens, throwing her current team -Blaze and Tails while quickly unhooking Dash from the wagon so she could join in, with the rest being her eggs- into battle!)

[3_butterflies]

[Eeek! She stumbles a bit, trying to get her footing. As always, Shy tries to go the peaceful route, sticking her head out.]

W-wait! Maybe I can talk to them? Maybe?

[video]

[quickattackjack]

That's a brilliant invention you've got there, but do be careful around the ledges!

[buckyouup]

You might want t'get talkin' then, Sugarcube. These bugs don't look too thrilled t'see us.

[friendyousohard]

We'll spread our Fire-types out and try to discourage them from getting closer. Pyrolepi, take the rear.

[With a quick nod of her fuzzy head, the Larvesta squirms around to the back of the wagon. The Yanma fall back a bit, but show no signs of being ready to retreat.]

If you can get them to back off, so much the better, but we're going to have to be careful here. They're not high-level, but they have us outnumbered.

[friendyousohard]

[Twilight just plops down next to her and shrugs nonchalantly.]

Well, that's what happens when you buy enough eggs to make a whole new team and then some. Don't worry too much about it, we got through okay. And I got a new Pokemon out of it.

[She won't be able to do anything about said Yanma until they reach Ecruteak, but that's fine. She's got a lot on her plate already anyway.]

[video]

[friendyousohard]

That's actually a good point, and one I didn't think of. If we got hung up on a ledge in this thing it would take quite a bit of effort to get free.

Fortunately, I think we should be able to avoid that. Though as we just found out, there's not going to be anything that keeps us from making noise and attracting attention in this thing.

[buckyouup]

Our teams just keep growin'. I just hope I built the wagon big enough. [She chuckles.]

[friendyousohard]

That reminds me, exactly how many people did you have in mind when you designed this? Just us four, or were you thinking some of the others might join us here too?

[buckyouup]

With the bed on the roof, it'll sleep six of us. We could probably fit eight if two of us sleep on the floor, too.

[bestofthebest]

I don't think they're in a talking mood, but if you think it'll help. Tails, go join Pyrolepi in the back!

(With a nod and squeal of her own, Tails bounds off to go join Pyro at the back of the wagon.)

[video]

[quickattackjack]

Just remember, only go down them! Not up! Perhaps you could carry some boards and make a ramp to roll down?

[3_butterflies]

[Fluttershy manages to get out - Celest the Togetic sitting on her shoulder. She gulps, and holds her arms out.]

E-excuse me! Yanma! We're just passing through! We didn't mean to upset any of you! We don't have to fight... all we want to do is get through!

[video]

[friendyousohard]

Now that's a good idea, assuming we can fit boards long enough to do so inside the wagon. I'll talk to AJ about it, we should be able to figure something out.

Thanks for the advice!

[friendyousohard]

So as long as we don't get all of us, the Crusaders, and our big brothers or the Princesses, we should be okay.

[Though honestly, Twilight would kind of like that.]

Then again, if Mac and Shining show up we could probably make another one relatively easily with their help.

[buckyouup]

I wanted it t'be big enough for at least the six of us, while not bein' too heavy for the pokey-mon to be pullin' all day. If our party really gets that big, then we can always split up the work between two wagons.

[And part of her really hopes so many ponies do show up.]

[friendyousohard]

Now I can't help but picture us getting all of our friends from home and here and getting together in a huge wagon convoy. It'd be like going back to the frontier to visit your cousin all over again.

[buckyouup]

This trip just keeps gettin' better an' better, don't you think?

[friendyousohard]

I can't argue with you there. This wagon was an absolutely brilliant idea on your part. What made you think of it, anyway?

[buckyouup]

[Applejack stands behind Fluttershy, her lasso in her hand. If things were going to get ugly, she wasn't going to let anything touch her.]

[buckyouup]

When I saw Rainbow ridin' her ponyta around, and how happy it was t'do the job, I thought maybe we could use a little pony-power t'help us get around. We're makin' great time to Ecruteak, too!

[friendyousohard]

[The Yanma buzz away from the rear of the wagon when Tails joins up with Pyro, not willing to take on two Fire-types at once. They don't seem all that eager to tussle with Dash at the head or Blaze with the girls in the middle either, so it looks like a stalemate.

Until one particularly big Yanma comes down to buzz at them.]

That giant thing muszzt be deszzztroyed! It izzz too large and too noizzzy! It izzz like a crashzzing boulder coming through our home!

[Several of the other Yanma buzz with agreement.]

If you want that monszztroszzity let through, you muszzt defeat me in szzolo combat!

... Fluttershy, what's he saying?

[Pyrolepi, however, can understand him exactly, and she perks up her head to lock gazes with him. The Yanma looks at her, then makes one last statement.]

Bug againszzt Bug.