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Occupied Equestria - Red Heart
c73OJ
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No.111000
111002
Welcome back to the Latest Thread of Occupied Equestria

Onyx, Spark and Brie settle down for the night in a cabin in the woods along with a set of recently rescued ponies, saved from Changeling cocoons, as well as the changelings who sought to take them captive, who are themselves locked away as captives.

In Baltimare, Silver, Dark Star, Iron, and now Midnight Lily do their last preparations before seeking to take on a creature smuggling operation in a port-side neighborhood
2477 replies and 186 files omitted.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
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No.111002
111003 111004
>>111000
Spark keeps watch over the curious changelings.
c73OJ
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No.111003
111004 111005 111051
>>110993 →
"Well, 'Iron,' there is no Black Cauldron looking for you around here"

Then, a tap on his shoulder
"psst! What are you doing? Come back here"

>>110999 →
When dark Star enters the store, it's kind of fancy. Bluish-violet walls, and weapons in glass display cases. Dark Star has a decent choice of weaponry, including of the more "medieval" style as it seems to be subject to fewer government regulations than firearms, and thus still popular and widely available

>>111001 →
Skies keeps the smile on her face, then breaks away eye contact from Midnight, and starts to speak. As she speaks, the smile fades away, and is replaced slowly with more spite

"The Democrats think that the course of history is tending towards more... Equality. Equalization as countries become bigger and the masses richer. The Markists go a few steps further, and believe that Equality is not merely a tendency but the teleology of history itself... that nations, cultures, classes, and racial distinctions will be burned away as the locomotive of history steams on towards its end... The Markists also believe that the old order - the Nationalists, the Aristocrats, the Moneyed... will not go gently into the night, but will fight back with all force and fury..."
Skies goes back to the both, and lays down on her stomach, with her left hooves sticking over the edge
"I hate to be the villains in someone else's play, but if that is what is left to me... No. I believe, as all who take the time of day to think about things do, that there is an order inherent in Nature. A natural hierarchy. And that anything contrary to this natural order is neither functional nor beautiful. And that societies and individuals are no more exempt from this universal law than are the winds, rains, the Sun and the soil. But just like all of those things, good governance requires more than a little tending by ponies on the best of days..."

>>111002
Um... they are silent?
\r
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111004
111007
>>111003
"Oh..."
She clearly wasn't expecting this much of an answer
>>111002
That reminds me, Onyx checks on the other ponies that the changelings ated.

Anonymous
++3JF
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No.111005
111007 111008
>>111003
Iron, feeling the poke, nods at the two of them, then walks away to give them space.

He decides to walk to a nearby table, hoping the poker will follow.

Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.111007
111008 111009 111010
>>111004
Dawson has awoken and is in threat response mode, standing on all fours and looking around. Rose has awoken and seems very fatigued. Red Wine is twitching but not up. Ruby is coming over to Dawson and Rose, happy the two are up

>>111004
Skies is almost confused

>>111005
They go over. Yes, it is indeed Black Cauldron
"Who is he? The Unicorn?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111008
111010 111012
>>111005
>>111007
The Unicorn in question joins them. "Silver Sword. I am, uh..." He looks over at Iron. "Well, friend might be what I would say. He would probably just say 'associate'."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111009
111012 111014
>>111007
Onyx steps over and gently nudges Red Wine
"Any serious injuries I need to help tend to? Or just your prides?"

If Blue Skies is almost confused Midnight IS confused.
"I wasn't aware there was so much behind you being here. My answer feels almost lacking now..."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111010
111012
>>111007
Iron smiles as he sits down.
"I got a certain somepony who was interested in your potion making. That is the pony."
He pauses for a bit.
"It is a big order, but I think you can manage. Are you available for it?"
>>111008
He nods at Silver.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.111012
111013 111015 111016 111023
>>111009
“Well, I am not from this continent... there is mich more to it than that... anyways...”

>>111008
“Uh... okay”
She is a zebra who is almost as big as a stallion (but clearly smaller than Silver) with a black lower jaw

>>111008
“Uh... Hi associate of Iron”
She waves, then awkwardly extends a hoof after a moment, as if uncertain she wanted to do so at first

>>111010
“A big order, you say?” She says, smiling
“I think I might be able to do it”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111013
111017 111018
>>111012
The big olden unicorn matches her hoofshake alongside a friendly smile. "It is nice to meet you, Cauldron. Iron has told me bit about you."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111014
111015
>>111009
Red Wine is not awoken yet, but he starts to move

Dawson
“Pride? I was drained by a Changeling and cocooned! They even cut my foreleg... it already seems to be bandaged though...”

Rose:
“I think I’m color blind”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111015
111017 111019
>>111014
"Nope, not color blind. We're all just different shades of drained-of-color. Well if you ponies are fine, help me wake up Wine."
>>111012
"Oh... I am... Sorry for asking, I can tell it is a sensitive subject."
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.111016
>>111012
BRB, doing math for a sec. I might've calculated wrong.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111017
111021 111022
>>111013
Her eyes go wide in fear
“What did he say?”

>>111015
Dawson:
“Oh, just place a cigarette next to his nose, that’ll do it”

Red Wine starts to wake up. Or at least, he moves his head up from his position lying on his back
“Ugh...”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111018
111022
>>111013
Ok, the price amped up slightly, Silver, since I'm a dunce. Now the price is 3650 bits on your part. Will that change your decision to buy the potions?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111019
111021
>>111015
Skies:
“No... it’s important to remember why I am here. Why I take risks”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111021
111025
>>111017
"Great, there's number three. Glad to see you're all alive, and I'd bet Ruby is too."

>>111019
"If that's how you feel... What can you tell me about the others?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111022
111023 111025
>>111017
"That you were kind, generous, smart, that he could trust and rely upon you completely, that you have charm and grace, that you were beautiful beyond words...that your cooking is amazing." He maintains his smile. "Really, he made you seem like you were most greatest, most important mare in his entire life. I was kind of jealous."

>>111018
No, just means Silver'll be that much farther from his spending goals.

*secretly hopes that there will be money from this job, or that Iron wille ventually pay Silver back*
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111023
111024 111025
>>111012
Iron retells the order: 6 Potions of Cure Moderate Wounds (1800 GP), 6 Potions of Reduce Person (Pony) (1500 GP), 6 Potions of Pass Without Trace (300 GP), 6 Potions of Invisibility (1800 GP) and 4 Cure Light Wounds (200 GP)
"Take 2200 bits from the bit pouch I left on the table of your home, the later Silver can pay up, which is 3350 bits."
>>111022
While he did have the mentality of being a lot more outgoing and confident after his failures, he can't help but blush like he does as Silver retells what he said about her.
"Whenever you are ready, Silver."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111024
>>111023
*the latter Silver will pay up,
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.111025
111026 111027 111028
>>111021
Skies:
“What others? You mean the other volunteers? Well, there’s Dark Star. He can be sweet. When he wants to be. He’s kind of racist. There’s Silver Sword. He’s sweet. Kind of doesn’t understand boundaries though. Then there’s Iron. He’s a bratty teenager who was probably a very big fish in his little pond back where he came from”

>>111022
“D’aww.... he said all of that?”
She seems happy, and even raises her tail in an almost tail-wag
Skies would tell something if she were there. I guess since she isn’t, I shouldn’t bother myself with it

>>111023
“Damn... that’s a hell of an order”
She seems a little daunted

>>111021
Ruby:
“I’ve been here”

Dawson speaks to Rose
“Are you okay, sweetie?” He caresses her hair
“Look at those bastards did to you”

Dawson asks Onyx:
“Are they gone?”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111026
111030
>>111025
Iron feels a bit worried, with the little blush on his cheeks still there, but puts a smile for her.
"You have time. If you need any help with menial stuff, I am there."
Her happy demeanor from Silver's input only makes his heart flutter.
(What a view~)
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111027
111029 111030 111031
>>111025
Silver nods. "Every bit of it. Sounded like you were extra special to him, and he was little shy and trying to find way to say it all. He also talked lot about how you are best potionmaker in city. I have not seen better salespony routine in my life. Even gave me potion he bought from you as 'free sample' to prove its quality."

I'd like to hear it, just for fun.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111028
111030
>>111025
Bat:
"Nice to see you are very positive about them. I assume you are leading the mission?"

Rock:
"I meant that'd you'd be glad. As for the bugs... They're still here."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111029
>>111027
While Iron knows Silver's doing a favor, he can't help but feel quite embarrassed from basically him spouting out all the things Iron said about her without warning, only reddening his cheeks even further, putting to show his unwanted chaste and shy demeanor.
(I bet my father would have done the same simply to get me like this.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111030
111031 111032 111033
>>111026
“Oh, okay. I’ll try to find some of these ingredients tomorrow. They can be hard to locate. It’s probably a good thing you Dane to me since a batch like that is sure to raise some eyebrows”

>>111027
She tilts her head. And one ear comes down
“Huh”

I can do any of that shit better than that second-rate stripped import, damn it! I’m graceful, pretty, smart..... ....” *hangs her head, and lays it on the floor*

>>111028
Skies:
“Sure? Mostly I just supervise”

>>111028
Dawson
“THEY’RE STILL HERE?!”

Rose
“Changelings?! Where?” She looks dazed, but has her eyes wide and is looking around
Red Wine, likewise looks around, and leans over and gets up

Ruby: “Ah!”

Wesley and Kerr, over by the fire, look over in frightened expressions at all of the commotion
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111031
111037
>>111027
>>111030
DANGIT SILVER! STOP MAKING IRON DIE FROM EMBARASSMENT
Iron nods with red cheeks.
"I think it is alright, right Silver?"
hj2ro
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No.111032
111034
[1d20+3 = 15]
>>111030
Sense Motive: Silver decides to that it's a good idea to get a feel for what she's confused about before asking her directly.

Aww...poor alternate tiemline Skies. We still love you, in all your greatness.
*hugs the poor pegasus*
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111033
111034
>>111030
Bat:
"It is a simple question, if the mission hits the fan, which pony should I look to for orders?"

Rock:
Onyx slaps his face with a hoof
"Yes, they're hear. No they're no gonna hurt you. Probably because I'd dismember them before they could at this point."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111034
111036 111037 111039
>>111032
Just a couple doubts as to whether the affection is sweet or burdensome, nothing serious

*Pegasus is hugged*
“I may not be able to cook...” *sniff* “or be very kind or generous... or particularly trustworthy.., but I’m pretty than a zebra, damn it!


>>111033
“I’m that one that knows what she is doing and have access to the best doctors. If that’s what you want, listen to me.”

>>111033
Dawson:
“But why are they here? Where are they? Is is those two... little colts there?”
He points at Kerr and Wesley, who have wide eyes as they are unsettled
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111036
>>111034
Bat:
"I... Guess that is what I am looking for?"

Rock:
"Yes, those are colts. No, I don't know anything about them. Any other questions that I can or cannot answer?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111037
111038 111173
>>111034
"He made it sound like he is trying to bring you more business, give you access to better life. I think it is rather sweet. He can be big softy once you get past his stoic, native appearance."

The prettiest.

>>111031
"It will have to be what it will have to be. I understand time constraints. Sure."

>>111031
Never! >:D
Also, he should probably mention the adjusted price to Silver.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111038
111039
>>111037
Iron's embarassment cannot be understated as he covers his face to maybe hide the immense blush on his cheeks from the pony he should've assumed would want to act as a wingpony.
"Good!" he stammers out. "By the way, I did the math wrong. It is actually 3350 bits total on your end."
EUGEH! You big meanie! D:<
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111039
111173
>>111038
>>111034
Silver lets out an internal sigh as the dream of once again having a home is pushed just a bit further back. He places the necessary Bits in notes in front of Cauldron. "Here, if Iron is right, this should cover costs."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111044
111045 111047
1520363950300.png
*Flustered native noises*
DS
YmArP
?
No.111045
111046 111047
_Boop twiggy.gif
>>111044

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111046
111048
1659133.gif
>>111045
Not helping, Star!

Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111047
111048 111049
>>111045
No

>>111044
Keep on being flustered
DS
YmArP
?
No.111048
111049 111053
_Boop flutters.png
>>111046
>>111047
Yes
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111049
1520176448628.png
>>111047
Darn you, God!
>>111048
Darn you, Zony!
DS
YmArP
?
No.111051
111053
>>111003
Dark Star Whistles as he walks through the door
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111053
111058
>>111051
“What would you like, fine fellow?” Asks a honey-good stallion in a suit

>>111048
No
DS
YmArP
?
No.111058
111059
>>111053
"i Need a Bow, a light crossbow and 2 short swords."
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111059
111060 111064
>>111058
He nods, calmly
“That, we can do for you. Is there any particular type of bow you would prefer? A short bow, a longbow. Anything magical, perhaps? Yew or steel?”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111060
111061
>>111059
>Yew
Shoot a griff with a bow made of yews for maximum chuckles and irony.
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111061
111062 111066
>>111060
>despite its strength and density, Yew has an incredibly low and disproportionate modulus of elasticity at only 1,320,000 lbf/in2 (9,100 MPa). What this means is that the wood is extremely flexible, yet strong, making it ideally suited for use in archery bows. In fact, Yew was the wood of choice for English longbows in medieval warfare.
https://www.wood-database.com/european-yew/
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111062
111066
>>111061
The more you know.

Do our cutie mark skills increase with us as we level up to meet with the new max?
DS
YmArP
?
No.111064
111065
>>111059
"Yew Seems like a fine choice for the bow. What's the difference between the 2 types of bows? i'm not very familiar with bows."
UdnC7
?
No.111065
111068
>>111064
“The shortbow is a smaller bow, and more easily carried around. The long bow can be as tall as a pony, but deals a heavier blow”
\r
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111066
>>111061
Thanks for the lesson. Still funny in my eyes.
>>111062
I bet they do, since it's your main talent.
DS
YmArP
?
No.111068
111069
>>111065
"Hmmmmmmm. I Believe that i'll take a Shortbow. Hows the range on those?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111069
111071
>>111068
“An arrow shot by the bow can go several hundred feet, but with declining accuracy as distance increases. The bow is most accurate at a range of 60 feet for the single-wood bows, and 70 feet for the multi-wood”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111071
111072
>>111069
"would you suggest a multi-wood bow? if so what other wood would pair nicely with yew?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111072
111073
>>111071
“It isn’t Wood, so much as horn laminated to the wood with sinew. Manticore, bovine, what’s bone... they slightly increase the resistance of the bow”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111073
111074
>>111072
"Manticore bone eh? That sounds like a plan to me. I Need to be stealthy with this bow,so i won't spook the game, what enchantments could be put on a weapon like this?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111074
111075
>>111073
“There are many enchantments that can be placed on a shortbow. There are enchantments to make an arrow light up in flame. To distribute an electric shock into its target. To hit the afflicted wound with ice and cold. To merely knock and stun the targeted creature. To make the arrow fly twice the distance. To magically increase both penetration and damage. To be more likely to hit an important area. To afflict particular damage upon certain types of creatures... And more. Much more.”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111075
111076
>>111074
"What types of creatures?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111076
111077
>>111075
“Well, sir, you tell me. They are organized by taxonomical category, rather than by species. From Outsiders, to Animals, to Dragons, to Plants.”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111077
111078 111079
>>111076
"Would avians Work?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111078
111079 111081
>>111077
“Well, if you mean animals, then yes. We can include an enchantment for any non-sentient birds from sparrows all the way up to Rocs”
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111079
>>111078
>>111077
Sounds like you should come out on your intention of 'hunting' griffons if you want that enchantment.
DS
YmArP
?
No.111081
111082
>>111078
"what if i wanted sentient avaians included?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111082
111083
>>111081
“Well... that would be sapienscide, and we would have to decline the sale”
He looks suspiciously at the young zebra male trying to buy weapons
DS
YmArP
?
No.111083
111084 111086
>>111082
"I Live Close to the Griffon Ghetto across town. There's a large amount of crimes that happen there. i'm just trying to protect my children."
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111084
111086 111089
>>111083
“Self defense or not, we are not allowed to sell items of magically increased lethality to private actors who expressly intend to use it to kill others”
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111086
>>111083
>>111084
Just cuz i'm a zebra?
Dats specist.
YmArP
?
No.111089
111091 111093
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>111084
Diplomacy
A Tear Rolls Down Zigger Star's Face and theres a desperation in his voice.
"Do you not know the brutality of Griffons? They would murder me,Rape and sell my foals into slavery. You don't have any foals of your own?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111091
111092
>>111089
There is clearly an effect on the salespony, yet he reiterates what was said before
“It is not up to me. There is a local law against selling weapons of magically increased lethality to civilians, where said weapon is intended for use other than hunting or wildlife control.”
YmArP
?
No.111092
111095
[1d20+5 = 17]
>>111091
Diplomacy Again
The Tears are flowing now
"Fine, I'll Go Describe to the little ones the bleak painful future ahead of them, the Griffons will probably make them watch as they cut my throat open and let the blood drain out. after that they would probably turn my body into their meal for the week,at which point they will force feed my remains to my foals in a sadistic torture method,designed to break them.and my poor poor filly..."
He chokes the next few words out
"You could imagine what they would do to an innocent Young Mare like her."
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.111093
111094 111095 111097
>>111089
>a zigger who is present and responsible
DS
YmArP
?
No.111094
111096 111097
>>111093
>zigger star is a unicorn amongst Zebra Fathers
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111095
111097 111098
>>111093
This

>>111092
“Tell you what. I cannot make for you a bow baned against Griffins.... but I can sell you a magical sword or bow of Mercy that stuns more than a normal bow or sword wounds”
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.111096
111099
>>111094
Dark Star isn't a real zigger, and statements like before might blow his cover
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111097
111099
>>111093
>>111095
>>111094
Kek. Thank goodness GM didn't make Cauldron an orphan due to a skedaddling father. It would've spooked Iron off.
DS
YmArP
?
No.111098
111099
>>111095
"Th-That would be Better than nothing."

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111099
111100 111101
>>111096
I know, right? I was incredulous when he claimed to have kids at home. Then I figured “well, this is set back in something like the 1940s when Black families actually had fathers”

>>111097
Reeee

>>111098
“Right, we can do something like that, and or sell you something for hunting trips”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111100
111102
>>111099
"Thank you so much. What kind of arrows do you have?"
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111101
>>111099
You still have a bumbling colt from her mere presence tho. I'd say it's a win overall.
Did Iron ever ask about Cauldron's mother? That may be something he's bring up in later stages of the now almost consolidated ship.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111102
111104
>>111100
“The arrows are normal. They take enchantments from the bow”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111104
111107
>>111102
"Interesting. How much would it cost to carve something into the wood?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111107
111108
>>111104
“Depends on the intricacy of the carving. A few bits for just a couple letters, and much more for complex custom engravings”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111108
111110
>>111107
"Could you Carve a picture of my Late pony friend into it? Her Name Was Dark Days."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111110
111114
>>111108
“If there is a picture to go by, an artist may be able to”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111114
111118 111130
Dark Days.png
>>111110
Dark Star hands him the picture of his mother

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111118
111122
>>111114
“We’ll see if our artist can work with this”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111122
111126
>>111118
"How much for the order?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111126
111128
>>111122
“What are you ordering?”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111128
111129
>>111126
"The Bow,Light Crossbow, and the 2 shortswords."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111129
111136
>>111128
“Was that a composite shortbow with manticore bone, the engraving, a mundane light crossbow, and two mundane short swords?”
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.111130
111132 111136
>>111114
>race mixing
Okay, that's something a zigger would do
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111132
>>111130
Oi! Don't diss on mah zeebfu, u lil beach.
ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
I fite u
DS
YmArP
?
No.111136
111141
>>111130
its Dark Star's mom
>>111129
"Yes, Can you put a Damage enchantment on the Crossbow though?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111140
Holy FUCK, treating kanker sores burns!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111141
111143
>>111136
“Of what type?”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111143
111145
>>111141
"A Basic one."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111145
111147
>>111143
“And no enchantment on the bow?”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111147
111148
>>111145
"I Still want the one on the bow as well as the one on the crossbow. How much would that be?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111148
111150
>>111147
“You are going to have to be more specific about what you mean by ‘the one enchantment.’ There are any of a dozen possible enchantments.”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111150
111151
>>111148
A Look of confusion comes across dark star's face
"the one that stuns?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111151
111154
>>111150
“Alright... let’s see... a mere 20 bits for lower end mundane short swords, 450 bits for a master-work, Manticore boned composite shortbow with a custom engraving, and 2000 additional bits for a merciful enchantment. 375 for a masterwork light crossbow, and another 2000 for an enchantment on it. 4845 bits in total”