With a loud shout, a cluster of ponies swiveled away from the cannon. It fired a huge shell, lobbed out into the eastern sea of Foxtaur treetops. After the weapon finished recoiling, the workhooves rushed back, loading the next shell.
Along the starboard side of the Steel Wing, several more cannons were fired and reloaded with such expert precision. The air constantly rang with the cacophony of long-ranged warfare.
Josho rubbed his aching head, flinging a dirty look behind Enforcer Shell's back.
Captain Filta strolled up to Shell's side and shouted above the noise. "That's an awful lot of ordinance you're ordering my stallions to fire into the earth, sir!"
"And I know that there is plenty more where that came from," Shell calmly said beneath the thunder.
Filta winced as yet another consussive blast of energy blew at his mane. "Might I ask what this might accomplished? Even if the target was located around Enforcer Josho's estimated guess, they'd likely have fled the site from now!"
"Then what remains to discover is exactly where anything in the forest has to flee to," Shell said. He pointed over the ship's side. "Observe."
Filta trotted over to the edge of the deck. He squinted at the distant impact sight of the mulptile shells. A steady wave of motion was rustling through the trees and branches. The air filled with noise as birds took to the air, surging in the same direction as the waving foliage.
"You're starting a stampede?" Filta remarked.
"I'm instilling fear," Shell muttered. Another nearby cannon fired as he paced calmly across the vibrating deck. "And if there's enough life inside Foxtaur to contend with as I suspect there is, then our targets will have no choice but to follow the flow of nature's panic."
"What of the main target? The pony who flies?"
Shell turned and gazed at the captain with one glaring eye. "If she exposes herself, then we will have her head." He motioned towards the ship's bow. "Rig the gliders. Prepare your finest stallions to take air..."
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girlShellOkay... smart Shell is smart.
But I think the whole "Capture Rainbow Dash" mission has changed to "Eliminate Primary Target".
This is decidedly bad.
I have a good/bad feeling that RD is gonna' easily take down the Steel Wing like it's a toy airplane, or something.
Because, you know, she's practically unstoppable.
Oh, that chapter title.
/facepalm
Finally we have explosions!!!!!
I approve!
Oh, Shell, one does not simply manipulate nature. This could end poorly for you.
shell is going to go the way of captain Ahab i fear...
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Cue the Rainboom
IIIIIt's Dashie's evaluation time!
So not too much in this chapter. But it's worth noting that, even though Shell is the bad guy, he's smart. He knows how to do things and doesn't let personal revenge cloud his judgement on the battlefield. We'll see how this plays into his epic final battle with Dash.
-MASH
And now another session of reading begins, and I can only hope that with the site funny happenings at the moment, all my comments will still work.
In any case, interesting chapter. Seems like an interesting plan of Shell's, but I'm still not sure of how effective it will be. We will soon see...
Onwards!
Is this why his name is "Shell"? Y'know, cuz he's shelling stuff? Yeah, that was bad, but... I regret nothing!
Also, no + stampede =
Hopefully the giant centipedes (I've been mentioning these things a lot lately, haven't I? Well, because they're damn freaky. I actually think I'd keel over if they really existed) all stay underground and don't join the party, or the good guys are gonna be in a spot of trouble. Dash should be able to take on the gliders, hopefully. Well, only one thing to do - to infinity and beyond, onward!
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Keeleth, ye of little anthropodical knowledge!
I know, wrong a-word.
Granted, 30 cm is not quite giant, but they're still scary.
And slightly cute, at a distance, for reasons I do not profess to understand.
gasp
Bad Shell.
Bad. Although I think the final battle is coming soooooooooon...
Jeez, I hope there's not a centistampede.
Damn, that's smart.
Shells back to his old tricks of being an insufferable, cold hearted dick
a genius dick, but a dick with brains is still a dick
Why do they call them gliders if they are powered
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So the shell-shocked wildlife stampede through the forest... this could go badly.
Best chapter title ever.
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Gliders can have motors that are used for takeoff only. It being a glider has more to do with how it stays airborne more than how it gets there.
We got the explosions. Now where are the short skirts?
Shell shells slippery sea shells south of the seashore.
I mean, there’s probably a good reason why they left Shell to this stuff.
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Well, that’s utterly horrifying. Looks like I’m never sleeping again.
Also: “In 2014, a four-year-old child in Venezuela died after being bitten by a giant centipede which was hidden inside an open soda can.”
Yep, I’m out.
Forever eastward. Dash will guide us and her friends east, and possibly encounter Petals again. Forever eastward, my dear Austraeoh!
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I was certain you'd bring up the massive Arthropleura of the Carboniferous period, considering it was, like, 8 feet long or some sht
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