In the far-off, northern island of Mended Horn, the party there has learned that they face an enemy they have dubbed "The Traveller." They have decided to go to an old, abandoned village there in hopes of rescuing some communist sailors.
In Baltimare, Dark Star tries to get things in order, while Virgin Flame looks for her old friend.
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>>185853>>185853>The man my group is interrogating had a phone so I'm using it as a hotspot to post this.Wait what.
In EAW, bat ponies are a race of pony indigenous to the Equestrian Southeast, which have spread across especially the eastern portion of Equestria, New Mareland, and then a set have moved across the ocean to northern Zebrica. They have historically been separate from the Equestrian pony tribes, which are migrants to the area from further north. They have their own seperate culture, they are generally nocturnal, and they have their own indigenous religion, although of course in the past, many have followed Nightmare Moon, and many now follow Luna.
Evidently they are not well integrated into Equestria. They have migrated en mass into Baltimare and the other big cities as they are often favored as laborers, especially in the night shift.
Bat Ponies tend to favor the Blackhooves faction as New Mareland has a conception of national identity that is more inclusive of bat ponies than the Hearthswarming myth of Equestria, which centers around the three races. New Mareland, likewise, has never had to deal with Bat pony seperatism, and thus does not have a negative perception of bat ponies. The leftist groups of Baltimare do not like the bat ponies so much, as bat ponies are migrants, mostly from further south, who compete with union laborers, and worst of all will work as "scabs" during strikes.
Don't take the remarks about "dreaded bat ponies" too seriously. In a now-retconned version of the lore, bat ponies were the victims of racism by the other pony races. Why are the other ponies racist against bat ponies? Because reasons. So Princess Luna had to be the upper class white girl savior of the bat pony race, because in one thousand years not a single bat pony had the talent or the will to free themselves... The developers themselves realized that this didn't quite make sense and had some unfortunate implications, so it was changed to the bat ponies segregating themselves, which makes much more sense.
>>185857They have to be employed
somewhere"Yeah" He says, looking at Dark Star, and clearly believing that Dark Star would only talk to him if he wanted him to do something.
>>185827The mouse sits upright on its back legs, and stretches out its body as it looks up towards Kira
>"What are you? Is this what all ponies look like?"It tilts its head
>"Are you from the sea?">>185827 "Ну, я знаю это, но... Как именно вы его обманываете?" -
"Well, I know that, but uh... How do you deceive him, exactly?" He tilts his head, and raises his right foreleg, pushing it forward
"Не лучше ли было бы бежать?" -
"Wouldn't it be better to run?" >>185829The filly's back is bent upwards in the middle, the eyes are closed. The little portions of the mane that stick out from under the hood are disturbed and disheveled. The little disruptions in the snow, as well as the way the bundled tail has been disturbed, suggest that she was moved to that location from somewhere else. A narrow but sharp shadow cast by the upper body suggests a source of artificial light that is above the body, but slightly lower and off center. The photograph is in black and white and so colors can only be guessed at, but cavaliere can guess that the fur coat is likely brown, the filly's mane is a light, bright color, and the coat is a darker, medium color. Cavaliere may be skeptical of the doctor's claim that the filly was killed by violence, as there is no blood, no sign of tears or trauma, though the possibility that it exists under the thick fur coat cannot be ruled out. It would be easy to say that the frost that covers especially the edges of the jacket suggests a lack of body heat, but it's thick enough that even this is inconclusive. For all that can be known, the filly may simply be sedated. The upper left of the photo is marked "ΓД37"
Cavaliere doesn't know much about the avian-esque tracks. They certainly aren't that of a griffin, nor any kind of bird that he knows that could live that far north. It is somewhat suggestive of a flightless bird, or at the least, something very large, at least as big as a pony.
The scratches on the tree are too ambiguous to say much for sure. The first guess would be an icepick, or perhaps the horn of some creature pressed against a tree trunk, slipping and ripping the bark off of it in a horizontal pattern.
Cavaliere has heard stories of giant ponies, either as something that existed once in the past, or as something still seen by hunters and trappers in the Nova Griffonian wilderness. These stories must always be met with a grain of salt. But this... this isn't quite that. If anything, it's more like an attempt to reproduce a giant.
>>185860He raises an eyebrow
"Are you in charge here?"