Guide to the Undermarket [open, but please ask first] (Dated)

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Scintillance has been falling for... lord knows how long now, and his throat is long dry from the screaming. he finally Calmed himself, though still somewhat emotional. "DAG-NABIT! THINK! THIS IS NO WAY TO DIE, DANGIT!" he focused his mind into the first thing he could do by magical reflex: summon his weapon, the martyr, a twin-sickle, double edged scythe normally used for melee combat, but proven to have other uses.

Martyr:

Spoiler:

the construct forms an intense light that would shine through the tunnel system, especially bright due to being fueled by not only by immense magic, bu by fear and emotion as well. "OH, AND WHAT AM I-supposed to do with... this?" Lance's voice finally toned down proper, as he could now see hes surroundings. He noticed he was quite near a tunnel wall, and so stuck his martyr into it, as he gripped his Weapin with both front hooves, hoping to slow, or even stop, his fall. he could see light from bellow, getting closer as air slowly ceased to blow past him, though not entirely...

When Lance had run out of wall for his scythe to cling onto, his dropping speed was already very minute, and Lance fell onto his four hooves, his martyr bright and levitating beside him. however, Lance's vision was starting to blur, and he was on the verge of fainting. he looked up, and saw a hulking creature, reminiscent to a very large dog, before his sight failed him, as did his legs, as he collapsed to the floor. his martyr construct dissolved, disappearing in thin air.

Onyx hears a rumbling noise, and sees a light. He looks up, and notices a pony with a large beam of light falling down a hole. He can only wonder what is going on as the pony lands on the floor, and collapses on the ground. Hey looks towards the ponies he was guiding and says, "Do Ponies understand what is going on? Onyx is confused. First Defiler get into tunnels, now strange ponies with solid light. Onyx starting to think Onyx should have listened to the stones"

Onyx melds back into the shadows and waits for the other ponies to deal with the newcomer. Onyx decided it would be too risky for Onyx to wake the unicorn. The Shamans taught Onyx about magic users. Onyx knew that angering them was worse than any other type of pony. He picks up a rock and begins to whittle it with his claws, seeing what he will make with it. He mumbles to himself, "New Pony is not Onyx's problem. Onyx is not sure about Pony magic. Shamans say bad things happen when Pony with horn magic get involved. Very bad indeed."

Onyx looks up at the hole that the pony fell through. Onyx began to wonder, how many other things were wandering through his tunnels. Onyx thought, "Onyx will need to work on traps, Onyx starting to think that that is how Ponies are finding strange Pony place. What is name again... Undermarket... that is it."

Jack made a little jump as Scintillance fell on the ground some inches away from him. Jack had still his ear on the ground and therefor the sound was about 5 times louder. He looks at the unconscious pony. Jack looks to the two ponies, but they seem to be busy with the griffon. So he looks to Onyx, but he doesn't seem to attempt any help. Jack sighs as he realizes that he has to help the pony. Jack walks over to Scintillance and tries to wake him up with slight slaps. "Hey, wake up! It isn't a good time to make a nap right now."

bothered by the facial slapfest, Scintillance's eyes slowly opened to eventually see a blurred grey figure before him. he jumped back, startled, and re-conjured his Martyr once more, in case he was in for another fight. though as his eyes finally cleared he realized he was in the presence of other ponies. His Martyr glowed brightly and buzzed, but was levitated aside. he kept it spawned, juuuust incase he'd need it. his mane had been horribly ruffled, and his fur riddled with dirt

"THANK THE GODS! other ponies! I've spent HOURS down here... it's so, so nice to see other ponies..!" A sad smile lay over his face.

String slides to the ground and turns the gryphon's head around, he slams the knife into the back of the neck, cutting the spinal cord off, ending the pain. He stands up and takes a step back.

String closes his eyes and mumbles something on his own language, before raising his hoof to his muzzle and kissing it, then laying the hoof atop of the Gryphon's forehead "Нека богови буду са тобом." (May the gods be with you.)

Hjalti grunts, pulling his blood soaked weapon from the griffon's side; "Mhh. That could've gone better..." He pulls a feather from the griffon's corpse, hanging it from his belt. He looks at String, then at Jack; "I'm surprised you two haven't been killed already~"

Onyx motions towards Grayscale to follow him down the tunnels. Onyx begins walking down the tunnels, and begins knocking on the walls and floor, as if testing acoustics. Once Onyx finishes his work, he begins to dig into the floor of the tunnel.

Onyx eventually hits the bottom, and light spills through the hole. Onyx could see ponies milling about the Undermarket. Onyx climbs back up the tunnel, hoping ponies do not notice a hole in the ceiling. Once he is sure that nothing will hear him speak in the Undermarket, he says to the ponies, "Onyx has led the way to Undermarket. Ponies will come out of ceiling there" Onyx points towards the hole. Onyx has things Onyx need to do, so Onyx will wait for all Ponies to leave before closing hole."

Onyx steps back into the shadows, eyes shining in the darkness, "Onyx does not want to scare strange Pony with deadly light weapon. Would end badly for Onyx. Screaming one did not have magic like that. Was tolerable."

Jack makes a step backwards as Scintillance conjured his weapon again, but he smiles as he hears his words. "Well, it's nice to meet you, too" Jack isn't sure what he should think about the new pony, but since he has a weapon he acts friendly.
Jack notices Onyx gesture. "It's time to move. To be honest I don't want to stay any longer in these tunnels." He walks torwards he hole, nods to Onyx and says "Thank you very much, Onyx. You are a lifesaver. Without you we would still search for an entrance." He slides down the tunnel and meets two surprised ponies on the other side. "Well, hello there" Jack says with a friendly smile, but the ponies don't seem to bother about it and continue to talk to each other.

Scintillance wasn't the only new pony nearby, though the other two arrivals managed to stay hidden. Shade and Scrapper hadn't taken the vertical path but approached from behind, as far as they could without the risk of being detected, which ment they hid behind a turn since Scintillance's weapon lit up the path quite well. The both of them had searched for the brown unicorn, and somehow Shade wasn't in the least surprise to find him causing a commotion and taking a place in everyponie's memories. The surprising element was that they had found him in the first place, for hours they had been wandering around down here in almost complete darkness with hardly anybody else to meet. Encounters generally had been avoided anyway.

But even if had taken so long, a waste of time was something different. For one, it had given Shade the possibility to cool down from her outburst and collect her thoughts again, and they had even found a new place to stay, a new hideout. Or at least, possibly. Finding Scintillance had been more important than checking out the location, but now that they had found him, they didn't show themselves. Shade didn't like to show herself to strangers, it was best if nopony knew that she was around, and as long as Scrapper was with her, he better applied the same standards. Which he did, much to Shade's satisfaction. He wasn't only promising, as she had described him before, he also kept those promises.

Now they were listening, and silently following as the group moved on. At first Shade hadn't been interested in their purpose, but when it became clear that they were going to the Undermarket, Scintillance falling into them turned out to have a good aspect. Now they only had to wait until the group had left the entrance to the underground city Shade only once had heard of since she had arrived in Manehatten, but it had been enough to raise her interest. Every place that was hidden and bare of light deserved her interest.

Scintillance realized his weapon was still conjured, and hastily dissolved it. He slid down the same hole Grayscale took. and fell to his knees. "Civilization... at last..." He turned to the gray pegasus, "I feel that I must thank you... I may have taken a wrong turn there and proceeded to stumble through those caves had you not shown me the way... to... hmm... where are we? ... Where are my manners, I'm Scintillance."

String turns towards Hjalti and pats his shoulder, then turns to everybody, he clears his throat, trying to get everybody's attention "Today, one gryphon died at our hands. This is just a start. Death. We'll have to meet it again, many times in the future. But, death is the price of peace, and blood is the price of glory. Don't let death scare you, we are the ones who should scare -it-" he then heads for the hole in the ceiling, only glancing through it, far enough not to fall through it.

He slides down the hole as well, spreading his wings to soften the fall, he looks around the undermarket and smiles >Finally<

Hjalti stays silent, wiping the blood from his blade with his hoof. He follows String closely.

Onyx watches as two of the ponies slide through the hole into Undermarket. Onyx thinks to himself, 'Why did Onyx help Ponies again? Yes, Onyx remember, Ponies will remember Onyx helping. Ponies will make connection. Onyx was stupid for giving name. Ponies know who Onyx is. Onyx should have gone by previous name. No, previous name known by Defilers. Ghost cannot appear in city. Ghost will not appear in city if Onyx can help it. Maybe Defilers forget Ghost?'

Onyx sniffs the air and looks around, "Onyx smell you... but Onyx cannot see you."

Onyx looks towards the pony who fell from the ceiling, "Onyx is leaving now, Onyx think Onyx can hear crowd." With that, he jumps to the ceiling and digs a tunnel towards the sound, leaving the ponies in the dark, with the hole to the Undermarket still open.

Shade visibly tensed up when the diamond dog openly warned them that he was aware of their presence. Sure, dogs had good noses, and Shade couldn't deny that she could need a shower or a bath, but such luxury wasn't always available on the street, she wasn't the only one who had to live with that.

The trouble that usually followed when somebody noticed her presence didn't come. The dog left, digging his way somewhere, and Shade simply continued waiting until the path would be clear.