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
In the North, in Bales, Brie has just aquired a carriage with which he shall make the journey into the Changeling Occupied Zone, alongt with Spark and Onyx. In Baltimare, Dark Star recouperates from injuries sustained in a near fatal encounter with a Changeling opperative. Silver helps treat two traumatized orphans, and Iron examines ancient secrets in the Jungles
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>>104367
When Spark asks this question, something incredible happens. The nameless Pink pony stops talking. She blinks, and she stands back. Then:
"Yes! Yes! There were stallions two of them who were allowed to go through after only a few questions by the Changeling guards They presented documents to the Changeling guards and they looked closely at the documents and they said "you can go" and they went I think they had fancier clothes on and they looked like they had not been drained recently or perhaps ever When they got through to the otherside they were not taken aside to be asked questions like we were but they showed their documents and had a flashlight shined over their eyes and they were allowed to go..."
When Spark asks this question, something incredible happens. The nameless Pink pony stops talking. She blinks, and she stands back. Then:
"Yes! Yes! There were stallions two of them who were allowed to go through after only a few questions by the Changeling guards They presented documents to the Changeling guards and they looked closely at the documents and they said "you can go" and they went I think they had fancier clothes on and they looked like they had not been drained recently or perhaps ever When they got through to the otherside they were not taken aside to be asked questions like we were but they showed their documents and had a flashlight shined over their eyes and they were allowed to go..."
>>104372
How does minor magic tricks get her by as a changeling? And I would assume they wouldn't be changeling if they were checked my the flashlight trick.
>>104371
"If I got those papers... perhaps I could manipulate them to get her though easier. But it sounds like they have a bit of a head start."
How does minor magic tricks get her by as a changeling? And I would assume they wouldn't be changeling if they were checked my the flashlight trick.
>>104371
"If I got those papers... perhaps I could manipulate them to get her though easier. But it sounds like they have a bit of a head start."
>>104374
"Hiding your sister from the searches sounds like a task that has a slim chance at the very best. If I found those ponies and took their papers, then we would have a much better chance. I don't want to get your hopes up for a rescue and not give you the best chance I can get you."
"Hiding your sister from the searches sounds like a task that has a slim chance at the very best. If I found those ponies and took their papers, then we would have a much better chance. I don't want to get your hopes up for a rescue and not give you the best chance I can get you."
>>104373
Use prestidigitation to fake the changeling glow when flashlighted. If they ponies pretending to be bugs, they get kicked out. Some changelings can't afford to lose their disguise in a public area, you know?
Use prestidigitation to fake the changeling glow when flashlighted. If they ponies pretending to be bugs, they get kicked out. Some changelings can't afford to lose their disguise in a public area, you know?
>>104376
"Do you have any idea where they went specifically?"
>>104377
True, but again, how do we know they were changelings? Besides being let through and them looking rich, e don't have solid proof either way. They could be rich ponies that helped one or both sides financially. I only get one shot at the fake, so if they aren't changelings and I do the trick, then it is pretty much ruined. I need to learn who they are first.
"Do you have any idea where they went specifically?"
>>104377
True, but again, how do we know they were changelings? Besides being let through and them looking rich, e don't have solid proof either way. They could be rich ponies that helped one or both sides financially. I only get one shot at the fake, so if they aren't changelings and I do the trick, then it is pretty much ruined. I need to learn who they are first.
>>104378
I guess that is a likely possibility.
However, you may have to try the flashlight trick to them in case they are bugs that can't afford to lose their disguise.
I guess that is a likely possibility.
However, you may have to try the flashlight trick to them in case they are bugs that can't afford to lose their disguise.
>>104380
"I don't think your sister has time for me to search the city. I guess I will just have to plan another way through."
"I don't think your sister has time for me to search the city. I guess I will just have to plan another way through."
>>104381
"What were you wanting to do there are ponies that go through quickly all the time just wait for one to go through quickly"
"What were you wanting to do there are ponies that go through quickly all the time just wait for one to go through quickly"
>>104382
"Hmm... why are so many going through quickly? But yes, I will catch the next one let through without a hitch."
Did the bat have a flashlight?
"Hmm... why are so many going through quickly? But yes, I will catch the next one let through without a hitch."
Did the bat have a flashlight?
I have crawled out of a shallow grave, only partially looking like a lich.
Now, where is Onyx?
Now, where is Onyx?
>>104387
"We need to drag a pony or two that might have special border crossing privileges off to the side for a little chat. And you are the type that can do the dragging and probably the chatting."
"We need to drag a pony or two that might have special border crossing privileges off to the side for a little chat. And you are the type that can do the dragging and probably the chatting."
>>104390
"Good. We just have to find where there is the swiftest traffic out of the changling lands and see why they get through so fast."
"Good. We just have to find where there is the swiftest traffic out of the changling lands and see why they get through so fast."
>>104391
Your mlems are going to be put on hold for the time being. Illgeal Border crossing simulator time!
Your mlems are going to be put on hold for the time being. Illgeal Border crossing simulator time!
>>104391
Don't let him seize your mlems like this! First they come for your mlems, then your boops, then before you know it, you can't even cuddle a hoers. This must be stopped!
Don't let him seize your mlems like this! First they come for your mlems, then your boops, then before you know it, you can't even cuddle a hoers. This must be stopped!
Kind of just died there for some reason
>>104398
A moment of nothing
A pony (a dulled if pastel green) comes through from the Changeling side, and is taken to the side to be questioned by a Pony in beige uniform
A pony comes through from the changeling side, is very quickly checked, has his eyes checked, and is let go long before the first pony is sent out of questioning
A moment of nothing
A pony (a dulled if pastel green) comes through from the Changeling side, and is taken to the side to be questioned by a Pony in beige uniform
A pony comes through from the changeling side, is very quickly checked, has his eyes checked, and is let go long before the first pony is sent out of questioning
>>104404
Onyx stands next to the pony, trying to look as intimidating as he can
"It'll just take a moment sir"
He forcefully sets a hoof on his shoulder
"As long as you comply"
Onyx stands next to the pony, trying to look as intimidating as he can
"It'll just take a moment sir"
He forcefully sets a hoof on his shoulder
"As long as you comply"
>>104408
"Just a curious pony. Very curious about how you got through security so quickly when there are some ponies being denied for the slightest inconvenience or if the guards just don't feel like it. What's your trick?"
"Just a curious pony. Very curious about how you got through security so quickly when there are some ponies being denied for the slightest inconvenience or if the guards just don't feel like it. What's your trick?"
>>104409
He pauses for a moment, but then, he relaxes a little as his tension eases up
"I go through on a special 'friendship' visa. You see, before the war, I lived with my Father-in-Law across the river in Bales, but worked as an operator in a grain mill on the other side of the river. When the zones were split, my residence was on the Bales side, so I was made a Bales District citizen. But my work was on the Changeling side, in Boulder Field. They let certain residents in the Border District have special visas that would allow them to live in the New Mareland Occupied Zone, but work in the Changeling Zone. I didn't have anywhere better to work, and the mill is still open, so I commute between the two zones for work, sometimes staying on the other side for a few days, sometimes commuting in a day. Some other ponies also have these visas, mostly either merchants who are trying to import and export things across the border, or certain skilled workers like forestry agents who have special work permits to go into the Changeling lands. the ponies who are sometimes turned away are mostly emigrants who want to leave the Changeling Zone for the Bales District. There isn't really a formal law baring most of them from leaving... yet, and there is no law preventing them from immigrating to the Bales District, but the Changelings do not like their livestock jumping its fence. The ponies who are allowed to cross are often drained first and have their stuff taken. They've also started denying some ponies any crossing at all, usually those with weak claims for why they want to migrate. They like to separate families in retaliation for the migration, and also in hopes that the one left behind will still have a strong love for those that go to the otherside."
He pauses for a moment, but then, he relaxes a little as his tension eases up
"I go through on a special 'friendship' visa. You see, before the war, I lived with my Father-in-Law across the river in Bales, but worked as an operator in a grain mill on the other side of the river. When the zones were split, my residence was on the Bales side, so I was made a Bales District citizen. But my work was on the Changeling side, in Boulder Field. They let certain residents in the Border District have special visas that would allow them to live in the New Mareland Occupied Zone, but work in the Changeling Zone. I didn't have anywhere better to work, and the mill is still open, so I commute between the two zones for work, sometimes staying on the other side for a few days, sometimes commuting in a day. Some other ponies also have these visas, mostly either merchants who are trying to import and export things across the border, or certain skilled workers like forestry agents who have special work permits to go into the Changeling lands. the ponies who are sometimes turned away are mostly emigrants who want to leave the Changeling Zone for the Bales District. There isn't really a formal law baring most of them from leaving... yet, and there is no law preventing them from immigrating to the Bales District, but the Changelings do not like their livestock jumping its fence. The ponies who are allowed to cross are often drained first and have their stuff taken. They've also started denying some ponies any crossing at all, usually those with weak claims for why they want to migrate. They like to separate families in retaliation for the migration, and also in hopes that the one left behind will still have a strong love for those that go to the otherside."
>>104410
"And so, there is no effective way to forge the friendship visa, because they could simply trace your claim to the place of work to confirm you are indeed a worker..."
"And so, there is no effective way to forge the friendship visa, because they could simply trace your claim to the place of work to confirm you are indeed a worker..."
>>104411
"Well... I would imagine a letter of employment, for instance, would show that somepony on this side cared. As would something like a marriage certificate for a pony on this side, or a letter from a relative. Something giving them a claim to this side. And of course, proof of citizenship on this side."
He takes a deeper look at Onyx Steel
"Say... You're a crystal pony. I take it you already know something about getting across the border"
Yes. He just assumed onyx's birthplace based on racial profiling
>>104412
"They can investigate, yes. For travelling merchants who are self employed, they simply look to whether the pony was admitted across the border before. Any pony with a friendship visa has, by definition, first entered the Changeling lands before trying to leave it later, so they look to proof that you were admitted by their customs"
"Well... I would imagine a letter of employment, for instance, would show that somepony on this side cared. As would something like a marriage certificate for a pony on this side, or a letter from a relative. Something giving them a claim to this side. And of course, proof of citizenship on this side."
He takes a deeper look at Onyx Steel
"Say... You're a crystal pony. I take it you already know something about getting across the border"
Yes. He just assumed onyx's birthplace based on racial profiling
>>104412
"They can investigate, yes. For travelling merchants who are self employed, they simply look to whether the pony was admitted across the border before. Any pony with a friendship visa has, by definition, first entered the Changeling lands before trying to leave it later, so they look to proof that you were admitted by their customs"
>>104413
Rude yet extremely effective
"A few things, yes. Do you have any examples of some papers we could look over?"
Rude yet extremely effective
"A few things, yes. Do you have any examples of some papers we could look over?"
>>104414
"... No? I've never had to immigrate since I was made a Bales citizen when the Princesses fell and darkness spread. I would think just ask an employer or close relative to write a letter and notarize it. They do have a tendency to actually try to verify that these people and places exist though."
"... No? I've never had to immigrate since I was made a Bales citizen when the Princesses fell and darkness spread. I would think just ask an employer or close relative to write a letter and notarize it. They do have a tendency to actually try to verify that these people and places exist though."
>>104413
>crystal pony ought to know about getting across the border
"It wouldn't be as much of a problem if we were the ones crossing. But this is for one of those ponies that got a family separated, if not more. I figured before we head off into their land, I ought to help a couple ponies escape it."
>crystal pony ought to know about getting across the border
"It wouldn't be as much of a problem if we were the ones crossing. But this is for one of those ponies that got a family separated, if not more. I figured before we head off into their land, I ought to help a couple ponies escape it."
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