//------------------------------// // They Shot the Sheriff Pt6 // Story: Fallout: Equestria - Lovely New Pegasus // by No one is home //------------------------------// They Shot the Sheriff Pt6 -=-=-=-=- “Am I the only one thinking this plan is insane?”  Princess displays a troubling lack of faith.  “We’re gonna hot wire the rides from the outside, so Mr. Obvious Brain Damage can have one last hurrah riding a roller coaster that was shut down a hundred moons ago because it couldn’t stand up to the strict safety restrictions of the Marejave Wasteland?” “Meh,” Boss Lady shrugs like the nag she and shrugs,  “It’s either that, just finish up blowing up the casino, or turn it over to the NCR.  I’m okay with this.  Worst case, the roller coaster itself finishes blowing up the building all on it’s own.” “This is the plan!”  I smile my most reassuring smile.  “Princess, you gonna cover Jackie while she rolls around back and rewires the access shed to jumpstart the indoor midway.  Once everything turns back on, they aint gonna know to shit or go blind.  Should be a way in and out from there.  So you just gotta sneak in and find the deputy… assuming I didn’t blow him up already.  And while you do that, I’m gonna ride the roller coaster and attract gunfire.” “Can I ride on your back pony-back style on the roller coaster and throw my hooves in the air like I just don’t care?”  Sweet-E pronks with anticipation as she autotunes literally every interaction with the world. “Can you vaporize raiders with lasers from your face?” I very rationally scuff a hoof in the dirt. “I don’t know?” Her autotuned crooning taunts.  “Can I make pew-pew noises while I do that?” “I mean… technically that IS a plan…” I can sense that Princess is skeptical.  Also she is giving me a serious stink-eye. “So… just so we’re all on the same page… Me and Jackie are gonna sneak around back, break in, and Jackie’s gonna restore power to the midway?” “Ee-yup!”  I bob my head with all the enthusiasm. “Then while I sneak in through the maintenance shafts and rescue any hostages you didn’t already blow up, you and robo-short-stack are gonna hijack the condemned roller coaster and ride straight into what’s left of the Gladmane via the outside loop to draw fire.”  That’s why I like Princess, she picks up what I’m laying down. “Oh hells yeah.”  I can tell I’m smiling by the way Princess and Jack-E wince.  Honestly I didn’t even  know Jackie had a wincing face slide.  But there it is. “You know what?”  Princess throws up her hooves.  “This isn’t even the third worst plan I’ve followed you through since I met you yesterday.  Can we at least get drunk first?” “I don’t see why not?”  I shrug and head towards the Glim Glam casino. “Aren’t you worried them varmints might try and sneak out the back, while you and Princess are gallivanting about?”  Jackie is not going to rain on this parade with her sound logic, dammit! “Naw.”  I reply as I push through the batwing doors with Sweet-E pronking around my hooves.  “I figure won’t nothin’ really happen until we make our move.  You’d be surprised how often that happens in the wasteland.”