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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 183 files omitted.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114682
114683
>>114681
He nods. "It should lead us right into heart of their operation."
DS
YUzia
?
No.114683
114684
>>114682
"What if we get trapped in there with them?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114684
114686
>>114683
"Then I will do everything in my power to get all of you out of there. I am not certain if we will be able to open it later, but if it makes you feel better about our odds, we could try this one we are at now to meet back up with others and tackle that entrance together."
Anonymous
iSjv/
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No.114685
114688 114690
>>114679
He opens the door. It’s cold outside. Really cold outside. A light breeze makes it a little more so. A small cover extends from the roof of the cabin covering the closest part in shadows. A large dog, or some animal springs from the shadow next to the porch away from the cabin, and over the snow, which glows lightly in the moonlight.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114686
114687 114691
>>114684
"Let's Follow them."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114687
114689
>>114686
Silver nods. "Lead on."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114688
114691
>>114685
Spark shivers. This is going to be fun. He remembers the fire and heads over to it.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114689
114690 114691
>>114687
"You take point on this one. i'll watch our backs."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114690
114693
>>114689
>>114685
And thus, Silver takes point as they head towards the entrance the boat travelled into.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114691
114692 114693
>>114689
>>114686
This will take a while for them to leave their position. A griffin looks out into the ocean, scanning the dimly lit horizon

>>114688
That’s a very long distance away. Hopefully there are no dangerous creatures lurking in the night. It’s a ways around the cabin, to the barn, around the barn, then to the side of the shed where there last fire was left
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114692
114695
>>114691
Spark keeps a look out for any creatures in the snow. He trudges on through the snow slowly towards his destination.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114693
114694 114695
>>114691
>>114690
"Think we can take that one down silently?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114694
114695
>>114693
"If we take him together. Think you can sneak around to other side of him, so we can flank him?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114695
114696 114698
>>114692
The little pot is still propped up there. The fire has since gone out, and ice has formed over the water inside

>>114693
>>114694
There are still several creatures out, so it’s not as simple as taking one out
DS
YUzia
?
No.114696
114697 114699 114700
>>114695
"Let's wait until it just him."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114697
114699
>>114696
He nods in agreement.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114698
114699
>>114695
"Damn."
Spark wishes the changelings surrendered before he spent all of his fire spells. He figures that the family had some means of lighting the fire in such conditions though, so he looks around if they had a way to start the fire, hopefully better than some flint.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114699
114700 114702
>>114697
>>114696
The two creatures along the side pull the boat along as one watches the water, and another one sits inside the boat. It seems that whatever frightens them, it comes from the water. That, and from the boat itself. The boat is positioned to be dragged into the tunnel, and the creatures get into the water, and start to pull the boat in into the tunnel. The last one remains carefully watching the water, then goes to place the bars back into the tunnel

>>114698
It’s s good thing there is already water in the cabin and a fire in the cabin
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114700
114701
>>114699
>>114696
Silver looks to Dark Star. "Ready?"
YUzia
?
No.114701
114702 114705
[1d20+5 = 17]
>>114700
"Yep."
Dark Star attempts to sneak around to the otherside of the reature.
hj2ro
?
No.114702
114703 114704 114705
[1d20+4 = 5]
>>114699
>>114701
Move Silently: Silver attempts to sneak closer to the lone griffon.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114703
>>114702
Shit.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114704
>>114702
F
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114705
114706 114707
>>114702
Closer. Closer. More closelier.... Silver walls to the edge of the sea wall. But in the process, he misplaced a hoof, which falls over, causing him to fall over down to the lower level, hit the walkway, and his rear falls into the water

>>114701
Relative to Silver, this is a success
hj2ro
?
No.114706
114708
[1d20+4 = 14]
>>114705
Hide: SHIT! Silver attempts to ignore his injury to hide from the griffon.
YUzia
?
No.114707
114708
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>114705
Dark Star shoots at the griffion with his bow
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114708
114709 114711
>>114706
He can dive under the water, but there is no hiding the fact that he fell in

The water is slightly warmer than the air, but still fucking cold. Really ducking cold. There is some mud at the bottom, but also rock and unidentifiable debris

>>114707
Hit
YUzia
?
No.114709
114710 114712
[1d6+5 = 6]
>>114708

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114710
114713
>>114709
1d6+5? Shouldn’t it be 2d6+2 because of the merciful short bow plus the ranger’s favored enemy? (I guess that averages out to around a 1d6+5)
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114711
114712
>>114708
Could he climb out and charge the griffon?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114712
114714
>>114711
Like he’s the ducking creature of blue lagoon? Maybe, he’d need some actions first to get out of the cold water and onto the walkway

>>114709
>>114711
Where’s an Assassin rogue when you need one...

DS
YUzia
?
No.114713
114714 114717
>>114710
When i added that to my sheet the info didnt save, so i just used the base shortbow dmg
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114714
114715 114716 114717
>>114712
Climb: Трахни это. Silver attempts to climb out of the water and onto the walkway.

I know, right?

>>114713
You're using a sheet? I'm just using a notepad file.
hj2ro
?
No.114715
[1d20+2 = 20]
>>114714
Forgot roll.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114716
>>114714
Im using a .txt file.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114717
114718 114721 114722
>>114713
From above and behind, Dark Star lets loose an arrow into the griffin’s back while he is distracted looking at whatever just fell into the water, right into that spot Dark Star knows the wing muscles connect to the bone. The arrow hits him and his wings fly out with a light ‘tssch’ sound and a tiny puff of pink magic. But he’s not out yet

>>114714
And so Silver pulls himself the hell out of the water, into the walkway

>>114713
>>114714
You write stuff down?

I was going to keep blue skies around as support if the players needed something, and let her be directed around. I was definitely not going to make her take initiative. But then she just gets left behind every time you change positions because you never bother to find her and bring her.........
hj2ro
?
No.114718
114719 114860
[1d20+6 = 26]
>>114717
Silver charges the griffon using the pommel of his greatsword for a nonlethal strike.

Well, yeah. No way in hell I'm going to remember every bit of information, piece of equipment, or game mechanic. I have a hard enough time remembering things in real life.

I think it's because we approach her as more of a PC than an NPC, so we sometimes expect her to take a little bit of initiative.
hj2ro
?
No.114719
114720 114860
[1d20+6 = 24]
>>114718
And confirming.
hj2ro
?
No.114720
114860
[4d6+3 = 13]
>>114719
I...honestly forget if the x2 means I roll 4d6 or 3d6 for critical hits with greatswords. I'm rolling 4d6, but I'll reroll if it's 3d6 instead.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114721
>>114717
yea i like taking notes.
im sorry we left blue.
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114722
114729
>>114717
Wait. Didn't they go to fetch Skies at the church? Did they leave her flirting with the griffon? I remember Star making a sort of power play by wrapping a foreleg along her shoulders. She didn't follow them after that?

Betcha Skies is jelly of Cauldron now :3
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114723
114724
This place is a desert.

Is this the Zebhara Desert?
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.114724
114726
>>114723
I'm the GM nao
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114726
114727
>>114724
Pfft.
What say ye, new god?
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.114727
114728
>>114726
Blue Skies is now immortal, this is law.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114728
>>114727
At least it'll bolsters her resolve to be the very best.
That no one ever was
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114729
114730
>>114722
Like I said before, we sorta thought she would follow on her own accord.
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114730
114731
>>114729
Strange. I am quite suspicious of what she was doing before that, tho, like I know GM said he didn't want the DMNPC to take initiative, but isn't flirting a gryphon a thing which needs initiative?
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114731
114732 114733
D6CA5227-58D3-4194-BDA4-8AA4F5306123.png
>>114730
What do you mean?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114732
114734
>>114731
Hi.

What I mean is the whole Skies getting flirted on/flirting the griffon scenario, where I assumed Star, by acting like he clearly got to her first with that foreleg wraparound, would snap her out of the situation and follow them along.
What really happened for them to leave Skies when I clearly remembered them meeting Skies with another griffon trying to get under her tail and Star does a countermeasure to shoo the male griffon away?
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.114733
114734
>>114731
Oh hai old GM
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114734
114735 114736
EC51355D-2E4D-4D96-9193-F2B79941AA08.jpeg
>>114733
HISSSSSSS!

>>114732
I don’t know. I assumed at the time that they thought they had the wrong griffin, otherwise they would have told her “hey, we’re leaving” or “what the fuck are you doing?” Maybe they thought “well, she’s off doing her own thing, let’s leave her to it and not interrupt her.” Or maybe they thought she would not immediately go back to doing what she was doing before she was interrupted and would instead watch them long enough to know that they left the building.
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114735
114737
>>114734
Huh. That's not good.
I would assume she didn't want to split again, but she can always rush out the building when she realizes the zebra and obviously Silver are missing tho. That could work. She is a good scout pony since she can always do the UAV maneuver with her wings.
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.114736
114738
>>114734
Hiss all you want, you can't unGM me.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114737
114738 114739 114741
>>114735
I don’t know. Something just feels disappointing about the way the the quest has played out so far
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114738
114739 114740
>>114737
I feel you. The plan wasn't really settled, so you're basically improvising at this point.
>>114736
Hey, wanna punch more griffins?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114739
114742
>>114737
>>114738
Silver Ruins Everything: Episode 537
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114740
114741
>>114738
Sure
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114741
114744 114745
>>114740
>>114737
Can we boop the guard, making him caw very hard, which could attract more guards to kick their flanks?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114742
114743
>>114739
I don’t know, do you have any more commentary, anything to say, any perspective?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114743
114745
>>114742
When Silver said he was going to scout out the church, I did it believing that with four ponies at the warehouse, three of which being adept at stealth, they could handle anything that would come their way while he was gone. He would've seen that there was a griffon that looks like a leader of sorts and reported it back to the others. I honestly had no intention of so thoroughly spliting up the party like he accidentally did and ruining everything like he usually does.

I honest to god thought Skies would take her own initiative and follow Dark Star and Silver when she saw they were leaving, or else would say something to try to convince us to stay if she thought there was some sort of lead they could use. I am so, so sorry we left her behind.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114744
114745 114747
>>114741
Only one way to find out
>Midnight boops the grif
c73OJ
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No.114745
114747
>>114744
>>114741
Midnight and Iron stay in that room as long as they chose to, and this is true whether they stay another minute or they stay until the morning light. No one comes for them, no one stumbles upon them. No replacement maintence guy nor curious small patrol comes to them before the day shift. Where are the rest of them? Where is the remainder of security? Surely these must exist, somewhere. Yet they do not make an appearance in that room.

Do they all have something better to do this night than check out why the heat is down, or why their lazy maintenance worker hasn’t fixed the problem yet? Are they perhaps not even inside of the building at all? The answers to these questions are not found inside of the dark, increasingly cold, brick room.

Maybe they’ll send a team to kill them in the morning. Hell, maybe they’ll even send police. But for now, it’s a place they can basically rest and fall asleep... whether they awake with slit throats is another matter

>>114743
I’m just frustrated
\r
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114747
114749
>>114745
>>114744
Hm...
I'm not sure if this resting is actually legit.
I suppose we could try to carry the griffons out of the building in an attempt to turn them in for later.

Iron starts to pick up the fully unconscious gryphon, placing him on his back.
"Guess we should get them to someone who can speak this language."
Previous post is joke, don't mind it.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114749
114753
>>114747
"Are you serious? We are going to take them with us?"
Anonymous
hj2ro
?
No.114750
114751 114753
>>114748
...
...
...
I'm just gonna...yeah...sorry I fucked everything for everyone. And sorry especially to you, GM.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114751
114754
>>114750
Aww, I’m sorry floofer. I am just frustrated from otyer things I life. I didn’t mean to yell at you
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114753
>>114749
Iron shrugs.
"Reinforcements should have come by now. If nopony came by now, then the others must be away doing something else."
>>114748
It wasn't my intention. Like I said, I went with what Skies approved and expected others to follow suit. When they didn't, no one really wanted to stop him, so he just... went, like Skies with the gryphon at the church.
As for noise, he's focused on strength, not stealth. he's not a rogue, so he has to improvise with the tools he has.
As for the flashlight... I suppose it's dumb thoughts of being sneaky on my part, as well as believeing they wouldn't trap somewhere the maintenance crew could easily stumble into accidentally. If they indeed stumbled into a gryphon, at least they'd both be at melee range, where I'm sure Iron would survive with ease against one shotgun shell due to HP and take him out with Midnight.

Not sure what else to say aside from a simple sorry which may not even partially mend this wound.
>>114750
I'm pretty sure he's talking to all of us, some of it to me.
Don't worry, GM cherishes your company.
Anonymous
hj2ro
?
No.114754
114758
>>114751
The apology is appreciated, but unnecessary. I know I'm a fuckup. Doesn't matter if it's looking for a job, or making art for you guys, or even playing this game, I fuck up almost everything I do. Pointing it out doesn't hurt anymore, it just serves as a further reminder.

As for the answers to your questions:

I actually thought of finding the pony named Sweet and asking those questions, but as I was typing Dark Star decided to wordlessly leave the church, and since he was the leader, I followed.

I didn't really think of using a knife on the window, nor did I think it could be done. As for the door lock, I completely missing the "buckling" part of the description, so I just assumed it was locked and that was that.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114755
114756 114759
Well, what do you think of what you’ve seen so far? Is it mostly boring exposition?
Anonymous
hj2ro
?
No.114756
>>114755
I've liked it, haven't found it all that boring. I'm just sorry I messed it up.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114758
>>114754
Awwwwww. I like your character. I think you have been playing very well. And I liked your art. I hope you make more.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114759
114760
>>114755
While I've enjoyed this, I'm gonna come out and say I feel how I fluffed Midnight for this campaign was a fuck up, I felt that the party wanted a cleric but a cleric is hard to play when I can't wrap my head around the.... nuances of the setting.
If I have caused any grief with my character I sincerely apologise. and that stand for bat and Rocky boi
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114760
114761
>>114759
Do you want to change your character
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114761
114762
>>114760
Depends, are you unhappy with my character? Is either one of them causing you grief?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114762
114763
>>114761
If you don’t like how I have restricted clerics, do you really want to play a cleric as opposed to some other class?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114763
>>114762
You... Really haven't restricted clerics to be honest.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114764
114765 114766 114767 114768
Does anyone want to give me reassurance that things are going well and will continue to go well
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114765
>>114764
I think they are. You have done an excellent job so far and I predict it will only get better as we progress. I have so far doubled the cute changeling followers, so anything is possible.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114766
>>114764
Sure it will. A couple bumps in the road are to be expected, but we'll pull through like we always do.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114767
114769
>>114764
The only emotional reassurance I can offer is cute ponies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114768
1533400549673.gif
>>114764
I'd say you have a good thing going for it.
I'm satisfied with the storyline presented and hope to succeed in Iron's personal quest.

Also have cat.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114769
114770
1949240__safe_artist-colon-zaphy1415926_oc_abstract background_changeling_circle background_clothes_cute_cuteling_hooves to the chest_-co.png
>>114767
Or changelings.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114770
>>114769
Okay, I can't even hat bugs for Onyx now. That's fucking adorable.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114771
114772 114773 114774 114777
Sometimes I wonder. Are the descriptions overly long, are they at all interesting? Is there too much of that? Is the pacing still awful? What are you expecting? How do you think the story will go? Is there any mystery? Is the combat stale and repetitive? Too easy? Is there any tension? Do you feel like you have meaningful choices in advancing the action?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114772
>>114771
Every step is a sort of mystery. Every decision seems meaningful and every encounter is tense... well, maybe not to the killing machine. It is in no way stale. I mean, our enemies have the chance of chaning sides and become an NPC. That is amazing. The pacing is only slow because we are. You have done a great job.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114773
114778
>>114771
Hm...
While I assume some like the worldbuilding you propose, perhaps you could try a lighter variation. Reduce said descriptions to about 4 pieces of information maximum.
Pacing is... complicated, and mostly not your fault. Rather is some players having sporadic times available to play.
I had almost no expectations aside from rolling dice and beating stuff up, tbh.
Story seemed unimportant overall, unless you meant worldbuilding, which in that case is above-average, and probably never-ending unless the PC dies.
Mystery is there, but I probably failed to pick it up for this mission, but I did have this sense of exploring a new world with the temple jig.
Combat is... unsure. Not sure if it can be unstaled and less repetitive, to be fair. Only way you could spice that up is by allowing some extra books, but it's overall unnecessary as long as the fights are somewhat short, spanning 4-7 rounds at most.
I don't mind difficulty. It's well balanced.
Tension in this particular mission no, but there definitely is overall.
I think I'm doing well with advancing the action, but perhaps I read the briefing wrong. Physical evidence and guards should be good food for the Black Hooves to stop this or take advantage of the mean griffs.

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114774
114776
>>114771
I don't suppose I could give you my answers tomorrow morning? I'm a bit tired right now, so I don't think I could come up with good ones.
Anonymous
WOYCL
?
No.114776
>>114774
Okay
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114777
>>114771
>Are the descriptions overly long, are they at all interesting? Is there too much of that?
I wouldn't say so. I personally enjoy the lore and backstory they give and find them interesting, even if I don't always explicitly say so. The issue I see is that sometimes the information necessary for the upcoming mission is sidelined for the lore, so I would watch out for that. My suggestion when it comes to missions would be to get the basics out of the way first, then divulge further into the lore.

>Is the pacing still awful?
It may take a hundred or so sessions to advance a single day, but with how frequent things come up, it doesn't feel terrible. Perhaps if this were a more traditional adventure campaign then the current pacing would be an issue, but outside of the Bales group there hasn't been much of an opportunity for anything like that. I also only have experience with this campaign, so I only have this one to compare itself to, but it doesn't feel bad. It might be an issue later if we get into a longer-term story arc or mission, so we might have to revisit pacing once it comes up.

>What are you expecting?
To have fun? I didn't come into this game with many other expectations, and it's been met so far.

>How do you think the story will go?
I have no idea. The most definate story arc for the campaign I've seen so far is that the Elements of Harmony need to be united with new Bearers to prevent the second coming of the Windigoes and throwing Equus into an age of cold and death. The upcoming Second Great War is another story arc, but seems to be a little abstract at the moment.

>Is there any mystery?
I am absolutely terrible at mysteries, so I'm not certain I'd be able to answer that.

>Is the combat stale and repetitive? Too easy?
Not at all, though I've only been in a couple combat encounters so far. I'm sorry again about splitting up the party and making it so you can't fully test the party's might against full encounters.

>Is there any tension?
There has been, be it moments where I wasn't sure if someone would succeed, fail, or die. In this particular instance, we haven't been in a tense situation yet, but I feel it'll be coming up.

>Do you feel like you have meaningful choices in advancing the action?
Honestly, usually not, though I'm more familar with those kinds of linear stories than I am open-ended ones. I'm not opposed to either, it's just what I've noticed so far.
Anonymous
byBWq
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No.114778
>>114773
That’s really not encouraging, but I appreciate the honesty


Anonymous
WdT+N
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No.114794
114795
I don't even know why i writting this but whatever. It feels like empty promises when I ain't have nothing too show for it.

Anyway, I'm getting the hang of this chracter creator thing. Things are starting to finalize themselves so now you know. I just wanted to sa that I probably will be done soonish.
Yeah, pointless update is pointless.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
96nGn
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No.114795
>>114794
It's not really pointless. It's nice to know when new players are getting close to being ready. It means we can all more easily plan for it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
96nGn
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No.114805
114806
2089149__safe_artist-colon-skitsniga_oc_oc-colon-marussia_mlem_nation ponies_ponified_pony_russia_silly_single_tongue out_waving.jpg

Anonymous
EuWtb
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No.114806
114807
1529480833098-1.jpg
>>114805
Hi.
Have gift from cat.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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>>114806
Awww. How adorable!
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>>114807
Cat is happy and sits at chair. It looks expectantly at you, plate next to him, as if it awaits something in return.
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>>114809
Cat is surprised of the new visitor.
It looks dumbfounded at the quadruped with clothing and its wounds.
It doesn't know what it can do aside from stare.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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>>114809
What's up?