Set six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where the Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures because of their encounters with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestrian Southeast, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and corrupt creepy politicians threaten the city. This role play is based in large part upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&d 3.5e mechanics.
The long train ride to Bales is over, with Brie, Onyx, and Spark reaching their destination a little bruised but not dead or arrested. Before them lies a new and unfamiliar city and world, at the crossroads of Equestria's past and present, and also the Changeling Occupied Zone and East Equestria. In Baltimare, Dark Star prepares to set out on a mission to track down and arrest unfaithful and unreliable local law enforcement that have been leaking information to rebel forces. Silver may finally have a new toy he can use to clear the Catacombs of their undead presence. Iron, meanwhile, has drifted further into an temple in his search for a treasure sough by an archaeological expedition that was ambushed by bandits.
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>>102363"i know you are reporting to somepony else. other than the Baltimare PD."
>>102364She narrows her eyes, and moves her head away in part
"Who do you mean?"
>>102365"Playing Coy Again i see. you know exactly what i mean."
>>102368Her eyes start to glow slightly blue, causing her yellow irises to take on sort of a green coloration. Her face twists to an expression of irritation.
“Listen. I don’t know what deals you and he made, but I have nothing to do with it. I am a Baltimare PD officer. Let me go. Already you are threatening an officer, and interfering with official duties.”
>>102369"Yea i Don't Believe that.So How's Chrysalis?"
Dark Star Grips His shotgun tighter
[1d20+2 = 22]>>102370She pulls a hoof down on her vest
“Hail Chrysalis!”
Roll initiative
[1d20+5 = 21]>>102372She pulls her pistol effortlessly, while Dark Star’s gun gets caught on a leather strap
[2d6 = 9]>>102374Looks like Dark Star gets hit
[1d20 = 14]>>102372With that difference in initiative, I think she gets two shots
>>102379Hit.
I think Dark Star gets +2 damage for favored enemy
[2d10+2 = 10]>>102379>>102380Actually, if it's a shotgun, I'll roll damage
[1d20 = 20]>>102381>>102379Blood, red at first, but then a bluish color comes forth.
It's not enough...
She shoots back
>>102382>>102383>>102384>>102385The shot hits Dark Star squarely, but seems to go straight through his barrel to the otherside, somehow doing less damage than the last two hits
Somehow, Dark Star still has like 2 HP left
[1d20+5 = 19]>>102386Dark Star Fires his other shotgun barrel at her
>>102388>>102387The shot damned near blows her barrel open, and she falls inwards to the ground. In a flash of green light, she shows a black insect-like creature, with big blue eyes, light blue matted mane, blue dragonfly like wings, a blue carapace, a light blue translucent tail, black chitin, and those ubiquitous holes in her mane, her legs, and her wings you could run a pencil through. Her muzzle is narrow and scrunched and she has the fangs of a vampire. You get more than a little look at her insides, which now is scattered across the floor as if somepony dropped a melted quart of Blue Bubblegum ice cream
Dark Star collapses next to her, As He Groans in Severe Pain. he takes off his jacket and wraps it around his bullet wounds tightly. he then looks through her pockets.
>>102390The front door is kicked in, and Skies burst in, aiming her pistol
>>102392Skies looks over, sees Dark Star bleeding upon the ground, sees the changeling, and rushes over
"You're hurt!"
>>102393Dark Star Coughs up some Blood
"I.. Killed her...sorry i know i should have wounded it...so we could get info."
>>102394"That's okay... They are hard to take alive... We need to get you out of here"
>>102395He Tries to stand
his knees wobble like a new born's
>>102396Skies places a foreleg under his, and helps Dark Star up
"Let me get you to the vehicle"
She takes him to what must be the police car the two ponies rode in on. The earth pony is in the back, in cuffs. He looks sort of scraggly, now that you think about it.
Skies helps him into the passenger seat
"The hell happened back there?"
"Not a word out of you"
Skies takes the radio, and turns a knob
"We had a shooting. Deputy was critically wounded. Attacker was killed on the spot."
Skies then takes a camera, and leaves the car for a moment
"She's dead?"
>>102397"What happened? I told her i knew who she was working for this made her eyes turn green, i asked how the queen was then she shot me in the barrel...3 times. I'm pretty sure she is,blue blood covered the room like a griffon covers its gold." He Chuckles "After her thorax was blown open."
He coughs up more blood
>>102398Skies pets the injuries pony, but leaves Dark Star in the car after she is able to get Dark Star to sit up and hold his wounds.
She is gone for a minute, but returns to the driver’s seat.
*pets the injured pony*
“Let’s get you to a hospital”
>>102399He Rubs his head against her hoof as shw pets him
"Wait..did you search it's body? It might have had some information on it."
>>102400“Uh... be right back”
She leaves, for perhaps two minutes, then returns
>>102401Dark star rests his head against the head rest and closes his eyes.
>>102402*pets*
“Poor Star... You’re lucky to be alive.”
She then smiles at Star with her mischievous grin as she pets the top of his mane
“You’re a hell of a lot more intact than that succubus-worker back there. She’s strewn across the floor.”
>>102403"Just Doing my Job Ma'am"
He smiles weakly
>>102400>>102402>>102405Three ID changes within an hour. Spooky.
It had been a while since we had a disguised Changeling unmasked. In fact, there had only been one disguised Changeling - Marecuse - revealed as a Changeling, and only upon death
>>102408Makes sense. I imagine most changelings try to avoid dropping their disguise.
>>102410Would that be the changeling equivalent of a nudist colony?
>>102410If Brie had only crossed the river he would have walked into one soon enough.
There were a few times I had thought of changeling colonies in Baltimare, existing for different reasons. Of course these would be disguised unless there was some clear reason not to be
>>102411-_-
>>102412Changelings may be succubi, but they are insectoid aliens. They are anything but sexy in their true forms
>>102413If xenomorphs can be viewed as sexy by some, then I can't really say changeling will be super non-lewd bughorses
>>102415...some randoes in a mongolian imageboard.
m-muh rule 34 >>102417When you make a species feed on love, this usually happens.
Cauldron revealed as changeling when? Anyways, how are you guys doing?
>>102432Alright, so Silver should be talking to the little pony (White Orchid)
“Ooh! We could go to the zoo! Or the railyard! Or...”
>>102405The car drives Dark Star to a hospital, where personnel take him in immediately. Star is left alone for this, as Skies has to leave
>>102434"Okay, okay!" Silver laughs. "Slow down, little one. They sound like great ideas." With his ice cream now dwindled, Silver takes a crunchy bite out of his cone. He turns again to Orchid after he swallows it down. "Can I ask why you would like to go to railyard?"
>>102434He Reaches for her as he is taken away
>>102437That a reference I spot?"Ah, fair enough. Just seemed like unusual choice to me." Silver takes another crunch of his cone. "I suppose you have until we finish with our ice cream and we trot around pond with Mint to make decision on what exactly you want to do."
>>102437"Tell seabreeze im sorry she died."
>>102438He blinks
“Unusual?”
>>102439She rubs her hoof through the mane of the severely injured pony
“Just be happy you didn’t die”
>>102440He simply shrugs. "It is just not something I would have expected you to say. Nothing more, nothing less." He finishes off his cone with a final crunch. "That was delicious treat."
>>102441White Orchid, having ordered the most ice cream, is the least done with his. Parts of it melt down over the side. Mint Marine’s ice cream is better managed, due to uninterrupted licking and a smaller size
>>102442Silver can only laugh to himself.
He certainly went all out with that ice cream. >>102440Dark Star Passes out from the pain now that he's safe.
>>102443White Orchid now tries to herd and contain stray streams of melted ice cream - not particularly common because of the weather, but still present due to having been left unchecked - and finish his ice cream. Mint Marine dismantles and tears apart his waffle cone. After chomping down some more ice cream... and briefly suffering what seems to be brain freeze, White Orchid does the same
>>102444Eventually, Star will wake up in the bed with an IV in him, and several bandages covering him
>>102445Silver, meanwhile has just been enjoying this rare bit of preserved Baltimare nature. "You two finished?"
>>102446There’s a little wind, and a bird flies overhead
MM: “yes”
WO: “sure”
>>102447No pony there at the moment. Star is alone
>>102449if theres a clock on the wall, he looks at it.
>>102451"Hmmmm"
he looks at where he was shot.
>>102452These have been given localized bandages
>>102453I know it is a bad time to jump in with another story to keep track of, but once I enter the nearest bakery, I purchase some treats for the bartender, bat, and changelings and head back.
>>102448With an old stallion's grunt, Silver gets up from the bench and stretches his legs. "Then let us trot around pond for bit. After, we will do whatever you have decided on, White Orchid."
>>102453are there any objects in the room?
>>102454A bakery sells croissants, bread sticks, and other assorted items
>>102455The grass at least is mostly trimmed. The ground is a little soft, thankfully it isn't yet muddy. As stated before, the banks of the pond don't seem firmly defined, like they would rise and fall substantially with the rains. Mint marine takes interest in the dragon flies on the pond, as well as in the plants growing in it
>>102457Silver mostly just keeps an eye on the little ones, though he does continue to enjoy being in such a place.
Nature is almost unbridled here. It must make for very pleasant corner in otherwise industrialized city. He watches a dragonfly zip past him and hover in the air over some reeds, like those new gyrocopters he's heard about.
>>102457I buy a few croissants and rolls and then head back inside to check on the changelings.
>>102459They are still there
>>102458Mint Marine looks at small fish in the pond, darting about as he nears
>>102460I offer them some treats.
[1d20+3 = 12]>>102460Spot: Silver looks into the pond to see what kind of fish reside within it.