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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
2377 replies and 185 files omitted.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112750
112753 112754
>>112747
Over to the left, a hallway that goes straight forward. To the right, a ramp going down into a hallway that goes under the floor level

>>112746
>>112748
You’re making me wonder...
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112751
112752
>>112749
.... Silver is with Dark Star a quarter of a mile away from the basement
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112752
112775
>>112751
Fuck, I'm dumb, or tired. Thought that was a reply to Dark Star.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112753
112755
>>112750
Wonder what?

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112754
112755
>>112750
Iron closes the front side door.
"The right door it is."
He opens the right-side door, with Midnight in tow at a safe distance, flashlight pointing forward, scouting the place.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112755
112756 112757
>>112753
Wonder what Skies would have find when the party split. I can only imagine her freaking out “what the fuck are you doing, we need to stick together,” but I really can’t see her as in either group, since it would be awkward to not be in the other group
>>112754
It looks as if this is a tunnel underground that goes a short distance or so. The tunnel is straight, and the walls are painted white, while the floor is concrete
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112756
112758
>>112755
Iron is quite surprised.
"An escape tunnel, maybe?"
He walks along the tunnel to see where it ends.
(This could prove useful if we end up having to run away.)
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112757
112759 112760
>>112755
Dark Star moves silently around the back of the church"
She can be with them.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112758
112761
>>112756
It goes deeper, further. Finally, they get to a room with loud machines, and a cart. These machines seem to have an internal spinning mechanism
jJgaL
?
No.112759
112760
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>112757

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112760
112763
>>112757
>>112759
Dark Star moves into the alley along the side. There isn’t much room separating the church from the other building, only a few feet, but there is room, and a few windows
++3JF
?
No.112761
112762
[1d20-1 = 0]
>>112758
He comes closer to them, studying their purpose.
(The workshop was on the right door. Perhaps this control the lights?)
Int check to see what magic knowledge he can muster on what these machines could do.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112762
>>112761
>Literal zero
Well, it'll be a mystery to be sent to the shadow realm, then.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112763
112764
>>112760
Are any uncovered?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112764
112765
>>112763
Uncovered? No. Partly covered? Perhaps
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112765
112766
>>112764
He looks through any partially uncovered windows
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112766
112767 112768
>>112765
He can see that they are indeed some creatures in there one is speaking to many
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112767
112769
>>112766
Can i see what the one talking looks like? can i make out his race?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112768
112769
>>112766
I suppose Iron checks the cart, then. Perhaps it has something in it.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112769
112770 112771
>>112768
Yes. Towels, and some simple articles of white clothing

>>112767
It’s a griffin. Brown coloration throughout, he wears a black coat, or some kind of article of clothing, and a black hat of some kind
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112770
112772
>>112769
Iron hums to himself before picking the white clothing, attempting to put them on.
(Seems like a good idea before I venture further in.)
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112771
112772
>>112769
Can i make out the clothes from here?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112772
112773 112775
>>112771
Dark Star can assume it is some kind of Griffonian apparel he is unfamiliar with

>>112770
It’s a little tight, but it fits... kind of

Roll for luck
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112773
112774
>>112772
Oof.
[1d20 = 9]
<Lord have mercy on me pls.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112774
112777
>>112773
Sounds coming down a hall off to the left
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112775
112776
>>112772
He Creeps back over to silver
>>112752
"Looks like the Beak ziggers are having a church service right now."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112776
112779
>>112775
"...Beak ziggers?"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112777
112778
>>112774
He decides to use the cart as a possible hiding spot for both Midnight and himself for now.
(Is he coming over here?) Iron thinks to himself, peeking around where the noise came from.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112778
112780
>>112777
Yep. She’s definitely coming that way
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112779
112781
>>112776
"... the griffins."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112780
>>112778
Crap.
(I need to hide until she is close. Perhaps I can do some interrogation if I can catch her.)
With that, he covers his whole body around the cart until he can hear her as where the machines are.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112781
112784
>>112779
"Oh. Right."

Eeyup, gonna pass out. Goodnight.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112782
112783 112784
Okay, I’m’a go to sleep. Looks like midnight already kill anyways
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112783
>>112782
Yeah. Night.
I'll probably need her help in subduing the griffon chick.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112784
112796
>>112781
>>112782
Night guys. ill get some sleep tonight hopefully,so we can continue earlier tomorrow.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112786
112787
Did you want cool and varied challenges for the party that are appropriate to the level?
Well that cant happen now, given that there isn’t really a full level 5 party
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112787
112788
>>112786
Hm...
Perhaps we can meet up at the middle?
We are in the same building, after all.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112788
112789
>>112787
No... they are blocks away
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112789
112790
>>112788
Shit. Well, Iron should know where they are and viceversa.
I'm not sure which path is the most time consuming one, but perhaps I can skedaddle with Midnight to the church or the S gang can go back to the warehouse after they find out the possible main bad of this mission and have some screentime to do things.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112790
112791 112796 112810
>>112789
Thinkin' we should try to head back.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112791
>>112790
I think you're witnessing the bad griff, so I assume he'll go back to the warehouse to oversee how everything is going back at his business. I think.
Or he could be some random griffon dressed in black, I dunno.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112792
112793 112794
Alright, a little back reading later and I think I know what's going on.
>Midnight and Iron went down a tunnel
>A griffon is coming
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112793
112794
>>112792
Yes. Midnight is, presumably, in the machine room at the end of the tunnel
Anonymous
4KSDh
?
No.112794
>>112793
>>112792
Yeah, there's a chance things get hot. Seems like a night guard, possibly investigating the sound and the open/broken doors.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112796
112805 112825
9F4F4064-A13E-449E-98D6-DC17E9344D17.jpeg
>>112784
>>112790
Dark Star - and Silver, should be so choose - looks into the church though the blinds. The blinds are down, but open, so that they can see through the gaps between the blinds, even as parts of their vision are obscured. The church is rectangular on the side facing Horseman Avenue, before “bulging” bear the center. From the outside the materials used to create the “bulge” are different, as the extension to the building’s middle seems to have been created after the building’s construction.

Silver might recall that Severyanan Orthodox prefer a circular or plus shaped construction, where a congregation circles around s sacred center, in contrast to the austere and simple rectangular style of the Ponetarian Amstel ponies.

The walls are are plain, beyond a few posters around eye level. The icons, stained glass, and other religious decorations that probably existed at the time this was a church of the Severyanans. All that remains is a single set of stained glass far behind what was the center and pulpit, on the rear wall, and a single icon of the twin sisters hanging in a location where the ceiling rises in the center of the building. This icon must be too high for any renovator to bother removing. The walls are a subtle and non intrusive pink, and fairly plain. In a weird kind of way, the Church has returned to its origins through its new, austere and plain interior. This was a church of the Ponetarians before immigrants from Severyana made it theirs, and the Ponetarians eschewed iconography or religious pomposity. To them, the divine and moral was so beyond the material, that to attempt to represent it could only distract ponies from true Harmony. Harmony exists within and beyond us, not in our representations of it. Spiritual gatherings are useful mostly for teaching, and thus the places of their gatherings are structured as s teacher teaching a class. To be spiritual and in Harmony is always and everywhere, and no location should pretend to be especially elevated above it. This was not the view of the Church of Severyana, where the gatherings were the opportunity to take part in the sacred, and to be in the presence of the sacred. That is why they adorn their places of worship in icons, and structure their contractions in a circle around a center. It is a way to bring the self to the spiritual, to represent it, and to unite the self with the others around you.

Now the floor is planks of wood, forming a respectable enough dancing floor. The pews are gone, but removable and foldable chairs of various kinds populate it in makeshift pews. There are something like thirty creatures before a single speaker. The group is overwhelmingly griffin, more so than the average of Red Heart, but there is at least one pony among the audience. Dark Star described the scene as a religious congregation, and that is essentially what it appears to be, with a single griffin elevated on a stage speaking to larger group who do not seem to be speaking back. After all, the police report, or at least the portions not lost or sealed away, lists this location as home to a congregation of worshipers of the god Boreas, albeit one that does not answer to the Archonate, and is not recognized by the official griffin church.

If there are any rituals, or any special symbols, they are not present for the sermon. Indeed, the scene hardly looks any different from when Dark Star watched Golden delicious speak to a crowd of a thousand on the coming socialist state, or when Dark Star watched Affordable Care, or even Marecuse, speak of the Revolution. Indeed, it could as well be a lecture by a professor, or a briefing by a general. Even a corporate meeting. Unlike the congregation in Dark Star’s old Celestialist Church the creatures in the audience pay intense attention, never playing with their feathers nor talking to the creature next to them, but always focusing intensely on the speaker, never drifting or losing attention. One thing is certain, they are not dancing.

Their attire is fairly formal, but not fully ritual. The lead griffin wears a black formal coat that does not hang down like an Orthodox priest, nor does he appear to be a dandy. If this is indeed a religious sermon, this congregation seems as austere and plain as the Ponetarians, because their is no particularly special attire nor complex ritual on display. In appearance, it is essentially secular.

They can hear speech, they cannot hear said speech in enough detail to make out words or even the language.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112803
112809
Ehhhhhh
Exhausted bat noises
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112805
112810 112825
>>112796
"Silver...something feels Off about this congregation. it doesn't remind me of any of the Services i've ever attended. it feels more like a communist speaking to their followers. i've been to a couple of their rallies,"
F8XMR
?
No.112809
112815
>>112803
Perhaps it is only appropriate. Brie has finished persuading the pair of changelings to follow him to his date with the Hegemony. They are tired, starved, injured, and though the suspect Brie may sell them out, they cannot avoid the firing squad forever.

Over in the other room are several ponies, almost all of whom suffer from severe Changeling love drain
\r
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112810
>>112805
>>112790

Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112815
112818
>>112809
If the ponies in the next room are suffering from love drain, then why are these two hungry?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112816
112818
Somewhere a bat is making bat noises near a church.

Somewhere else, a crystal is making rock noises.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112818
112819 112820
>>112815
I mean, it was more a commentary on their general state over the past several months and what they can reasonably expect if they remain the wilderness indefinitely. Right now they are fairly well off

>>112816
They ain’t asleep yet, but they are trying to lay down. Dawson is still vocalizing discontent about the loss of his bedroom, and in any case they’d like more blankets or mattresses
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112819
112823
>>112818
Ah k, just checking. I'm still not sure what went on, other than that some ponies got attacked, and some bugs got squished
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112820
112821 112823
>>112818
And last I remember the rock was looking around for extra blankets.
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112821
112822 112826
>>112820
Sorry I'm not available for you to play with Midnight. Having uni classes rn. Should be able to continue in about an hour.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112822
112824
>>112821
What major?
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112823
112826
>>112819
>some ponies got attacked, and some bugs got squished
That’s... basically what happened. There used to be four changelings. There are now just the wounded two. Three ponies were cocooned, and another drained, then Onyx as the fifth victim.

>>112820
“The blankets are in the bedroom”
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112824
112827
>>112822
Medicine.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112825
112829
>>112796
>>112805
"It does seem strange to me. Usually, sermons feature passive listeners, understanding what is being spoken without paying attention to who is speaking. This, this is more like cult."

Silver suddenly does a double take in Dark Star's direction. "...You have been to communist rally?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112826
112834 112838
>>112821
You're fine, seriously I know this feel
>>112823
Onyx sighs, and enters the bedroom.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112827
>>112824
Noice
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112829
112833
>>112825
"A Cult? here in baltimare? Yes i have, it was before i joined up with the black hooves. and then one time afterwards to gather intel."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112833
112835
>>112829
Silver digests that little nugget. "Cults are everywhere, religious or not. I am not explicitly saying it is cult, it just seems like one. Cults rely on charismatic speakers, capable of getting inside others' heads and speaking directly to them, to what they want out of life. Rarely does it end well for those who fall for such honeyed words. And this, well, it seems more like they are here for who is speaking as much what they are speaking."
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112834
112837 112860
>>112826
Inside are Brie (Spark? Probably Spark) and Onyx’s two favorite creatures, the changelings that drained his and shot at him earlier, ‘ol blue eyes (who shot at Onyx) stands nearer Brie, and blue green (who drained onyx) keeps his distended from Spark. Over in the corner is a basket with quilts - family quilts with pictures of ponies woven in it, and of the lands of Whinnysota
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112835
112839
>>112833
"What you just described matches with the reactions of the audience at the rallies,Should we maybe...go inside?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112837
112841 112861
>>112834
Onyx remains silent as he retrieves the basket, glaring at the changelings.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112838
112842
>>112826
"Ah Spark! I hear you've met our new friends!" Brie beams.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112839
112844
>>112835
"Hmm...it is risky. And I am not certain how welcoming they would be of arms being openly brought into building, if we go in through front door. I will leave decision up to you."
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112841
112842
>>112837
*Onyx
Sorry
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112842
112852
>>112838
>>112841
"Yeah, I reckon 'met' is a bucking good word for it."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112844
112847
>>112839
"Well this used to be a SvetyaianTfw i forgot how to spell the word, just assume Dark star said it correctly. Church, you could say that you were showing your zigger friend, the church you used to pray at."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112847
112850 112851
>>112844
"Severyanan. And if that is what you want to go with, I will be with you all way." He chuckles. "So, what should I call you...zebra?"
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112850
>>112847
Striped Star
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112851
112855
>>112847
"Call me, Zekker, if they get hostile we should head out of there very fast."
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112852
112857 112860
>>112842
"Oh come now, you look fine!" Brie says dismissing the apparent aggression.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112855
112858
>>112851
"I agree. Very well, Zekker. Let me give you grand tour." Silver makes his way around to the front of the church, before trying the front door.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112857
112860 112864
>>112852
"Yeah, and you look the same shade of grey as everything else thanks to them."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112858
112861 112865 113195
>>112855
Zekker follows close behind
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112860
>>112857
>>112852
>>112834
I'm back.

Spark waves to the bartender.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112861
112864 112865 112870 112875
>>112837
One if these quilts even has Rose and Dawson as a couple on it. Another has dairy farms, wheat, and iron ore mines.

Blue green backs himself even further away into a corner on the far side of the small room

>>112858
>>112858
Be advised. If thus turns sour, Dark Star and Silver will not be able to outfight their opponents, they will not be able to outrun the flying enemy, and they will never make it back to the party healer way across the map

Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112864
112868
>>112861
>>112857
Alrighty, ready to enact griffon hugs?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112865
112875
>>112861
>>112858
It's up to "Zekker". Silver will do his best to get his friend out of there, in any case.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112868
112879
>>112864
Oh hell yeah
Midnight is gonna hug and use diplomacy on that griffon so hard.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112870
>>112861
Spark looks at Seb and wonders if he looks like he is more willing for a pet this time.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112875
112877 113195
>>112861
>>112865
Dark star is feeling rather bold.
"Lets get in there."
sorry for the delay was in the bathroom
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112877
113154
>>112875
And thus, Silver does so.
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112879
112887
>>112868
Alright. I assume you want to get out of the cart hiding place first. Iron's the backup.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112887
112902 113033
>>112879
Alrighty then

Midnight steps out, slowly trotting forward and doing her best to look confused.
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112902
112903
>>112887
You are unarmored, right? Are your weapons concealed?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112903
112905
>>112902
Yes and yes
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112905
>>112903
Excellent. Hopefully GM gets back, but I have a feeling he wants to shoo the S duo away from the church, since he's making it sound like a boss battle setting.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.112949
112952 112954
Huh. This is unprecented.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112952
112955
>>112949
Eh? You think so?
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112954
112955
>>112949
What do you mean?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.112955
112956 112958
>>112954
>>112952
You mean you don't think the GM's sudden disappearance is weird?
It's not even 12:00 AM
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112956
112964
>>112955
Could be he's off typing, or contemplating. He's done stuff like this before.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112958
112964
>>112955
Its friday. Who knows what he's doing. Obviously I hope for the best, but its a little early to be getting concerned about it.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112959
112962 112963 112964 112965
1A62B75C-644F-41FC-89D9-48B849C7A2EC.png
I am on an out of town trip for a Labor Day weekend. I think I will be available later tonight
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112962
>>112959
Alrighty. We can wait, go on and have fun or do whatever you need to do.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112963
>>112959
*boops the snootendoodle*
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.112964
>>112956
>>112958
I suppose.
I hope he's not in turmoil as to how the quest is going.
>>112959
Ah ha! See guys? I knew something was off!
Of course, good luck.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112965
>>112959
Have Fun Fren
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.113009
113010
5C9B6E5A-F60B-4651-A7A1-C305FED74B74.png
Am here
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113010
>>113009
If Midnight not here, then I must await my opportunity.
Sorry Sir Ancapon The First.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113027
113028 113029 113031
Hello, hello?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113028
113030
>>113027
*Pokes snout*
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113029
113030
>>113027
Hi
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113030
113032
>>113028
>>113029
Hey guys. How's it going?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113031
113037 113038
DC207281-02D4-40F4-86E9-F8609713AAF6.jpeg
>>113027
Hello
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113032
113033 113037 113040 113044
>>113030
Ready to play whenever Midnight arrives. We gonna make griffon be nice.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113033
113037 113040 113044 113049
>>113032
His Majesty Sir AnCap LXIX is here. I believe my last action was >>112887

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113037
>>113033
>>113031
>>113032
Heck yeh!

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113038
113040 113041
>>113031
Is this y'all pony your new OC?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113040
113042
>>113033
>>113032
Alright....

Iron Midnight leave from the loading bay, going past the door to the right, the ramp down to the left, and the door in front and to the left, closing instead to go down a ramp that leads into a small tunnel going straight ahead. It has a flat concrete surface, brick walls, and an arched ceiling,l. It looks wide enough for a cart to just barely maneuver, and precedes straight from the loading bay has be hundred feet or more, illuminated by spaced incandescent electrical lights that just barely light the brick hallway. This goes past a door, and into a room that bulges out. The room has a drain on the floor, and a number of steel cylinders four or five feet in diameter that have knobs and seem to be done kind of machine. In the hallway is a metal cart with a big open rectangle that was found to contain articles of white clothing when Iron inspected it. The sounds of the machines can be hear long before the two arrive, and hides the sounds of a griffin who approaches from the left, from a different, smaller hall

>>113038
That’s Harmony Star. She is one of two mascots for HarmonyCon, the replacement for Nightmare Nights after that convention closed. She’s adorable, the honorary Element of Texas, and has a surprisingly large amount of art, so I post her a lot
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113041
>>113038
Don't think so. Probably.
If he did that, it would've been Skies
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113042
>>113040
She does indeed look adorable, you'll get no argument from me.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113044
113045 113047
>>113033
>>113032
Anyways.... declare actions. I think Iron wants to hide behind the cart
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113045
113047 113049
>>113044
Correct.
Midnight's action is in the one you linked
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113047
>>113044
>>113045
What he said, Midnight is just looking lost.
Which is easy, considering she is.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113049
113050 113051 113052
>>113045
>>113033
Alright... as Midnight has chosen to be found...

The griffin comes out slowly. She wears some kind of white cover on her front, but is otherwise unclothed, and has white feathers with black ends, and a soft but dull lion coat on her main body. She is fairly small, yet still as big as Midnight as Griffins tend to be. She is at first kind of lazy in her approach, but when she sees Midnight, she reacts with fear, throwing her wings over her beak and widening her eyes

“Qui es-tu? Qu'est ce que tu fais en bas?!”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113050
113052
>>113049
"E-excuse me? I am sorry but I cannot understand you..."
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113051
113052
>>113049
I'm surprised I can even understand her without translation. Romantic Languages FTW.
Iron, while behind the cart, swivels his ears.
(She is a guard, indeed.)
Can he see the griffin?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113052
113053 113055
>>113050
Roll for luck
She tacks a step back
“Comment êtes-vous entrés?”

>>113051
He can if he looks around to the right. (I mean, he can do it from the left, she’s just more likely to see him). Her attention is focused on Midnight. He would see the description given in >>113049

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113053
113054
>>113052
"I cannot understand you, do you speak ponish?"
Luck I guess
[1d20 = 14]

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113054
113057
>>113053
“Small amount. Who... are you”
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113055
113056
>>113052
Iron decides to peek from the right, seeing her clothing.
(I think I should take off these clothes. It will look bad.)
Would that make noise?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113056
113058
>>113055
It’s a simple worker’s garment. It looks like it protects from spills.

Roll die to remove silently
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113057
113059
>>113054
Midnight nods, as if she's used to speaking with creatures who don't speak much ponish.
"Am Midnight. Was chased, saw open door to run in."
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113058
113059
>>113056
I knew it.
[1d20 = 16]
<Sneaky Stripping
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113059
113060 113061
>>113058
Success

>>113057
“You are not to be here”


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113060
113062
>>113059
"Sorry, could you help me leave? Scared of ponies who chase me"
Diplomacy check to see if the griffon will help.
[1d20+12 = 20]

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113061
>>113059
Nice.
Iron awaits in a pouncing maneuver in case things go awry.
(If Midnight calls me out, then I should be safe to come out without her being panicked over stolen clothes.)
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113062
113063
>>113060
She speaks in heavy accent and with words often delayed
“Where did you come from?”


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113063
113064
>>113062
"Am visiting for business. Stay out too late. Cannot find place to stay."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113064
113065
>>113063
“You cannot be here... the closest exit is...”
She thinks for a moment, then points back the way she came
“That way”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113065
113066
>>113064
"Can you escort me? Afraid bad ponies are waiting."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113066
113067
>>113065
She still looks stunned that a random pony somehow wondered in
“It is... back this way”
She points with a claw back through the way she came
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113067
113068 113069
>>113066
"No help?"
Midnight cocks her head, looking with big eyes.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113068
113069 113070
>>113067
“Is this way”
She points a claw, and angles her body that direction
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113069
>>113068
>>113067
Hm... should Iron come out now or keep waiting? I fear there'll be another party separation.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113070
113071
>>113068
Midnight flares her wings as if to signal Iron to wait, and begins to walk towards the area the griffon pointed to.
"Fine."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113071
113072
>>113070
The griffin goes ahead in front of Midnight, but looks back to watch her occasionally
“This way”
She goes forward, and leads into a room with a couple other carts and folded clothing, then a ramp going up to the first level off to the right then turning right again. This goes out a big door into what must be the first floor. The hallway goes each way, and has a couple big doors branching off. The walls are painted white, the floor is a number of 1 foot by 1 foot square tiles that are a brownish black in color
“This way” she says again, taking a left
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113072
113073 113075
>>113071
She continues to follow, praying to Luna that this will end well.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113073
113074 113075
>>113072
Just a little further, and there is a hallway off to their right. This one goes forward, past a couple more doors, and ends in an expanded area that seems like an entrance foyer or waiting area
“This is the exit” she says
She goes forward
“Not sure if locked...”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113074
113077
>>113073
Midnight steps forward and tests the door.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113075
113077
>>113072
>>113073
Since they went away, Iron feels it's a good time to redress himself as a worker.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113077
113078 113079
>>113074
The griffin herself checks the door. It does not budge. Midnight checks if next, and sure enough, it is locked
“I... do not have key” the griffin says awkwardly

>>113075
Thus Iron puts on a garment of his own
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113078
113080
>>113077
He steps out, wondering what he should do.
(Go to Midnight, or keep exploring?)
Some part of him points out they should not separate more than the group already is, so he retraces the griffin and Midnight's steps to the best of his ability.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113079
113080
>>113077
"That is fine, I can just stay here."
Midnight simply sits next to the door, and decides to make small talk.
"What is this place?"
[1d20+12 = 17]
diplomacy to hopefully make the griffon a bit more friendly.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113080
113081 113082
>>113078
Step forward, step forward, step forward... it’s a room with a few baskets of clothing and towels, and two carts. Two potential exits

>>113079
“This is... our place that we live.... I will have to contact a guard to unlock the door”
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113081
113083
>>113080
Loading bay, possibly.
Iron peeks around for any trace of the griffon-bat combo.
(They could not have gone so far.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113082
113083
>>113080
"Alright... Do you have a name?"
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113083
113084 113085
>>113081
No pony there
This is a new room, a little left/east of the direction they came from

>>113082
“I am... Joan Plumeblanche”

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113084
113086
>>113083
"It is nice to meet you, thank you for escorting me"
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113085
113086
>>113083
Ohok.
Iron steps forth, exploring the room he stumbled into, particularly the clothing and towels.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113086
113087 113088
>>113085
It is an inelegantly constructed room. The walls are naked brick of a variety with a distinct brown and yellow hue. The floor is bare concrete, and the most complication comes from a single vent that blows in warmer air, and electric lights with naked cables. Inside the room there are a couple bins, containing mostly folded cloths, and a couple tables with clothes on them. Clothes are mostly simple woven, although there are some fancier coats and robes (probably wool), which are hung up on a rack. Towels are undyed white cotton.

>>113084
She’s looks back, then down, then back to her
“What is... your name”
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113087
113089
>>113086
Iron's mind lights up.
(This is the place where they store their export, possibly. I might be getting somewhere here.)
He inspects the fancier coats and robes first, seeing if they have some sort of signature or otherwise tag where it says who made the clothes.
(If only I had somepony who knew if they'd seen the clothes before...)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113088
113089
>>113086
"Midnight. May I ask what you do here?"
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113089
113090 113097
>>113088
“I am... house servant...”

Joan now sounds like Celestia from
https://youtu.be/NKRa7vor63c

>>113087
Place names. Whitebell, Skyfall, Nouvelle Aquellia

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113090
113094
>>113089
Hm. What could that mean? Clothes brand or actual Griffonia places? Sadly, Iron is a dumbell, so he'd have to do some 'borrowing'.
Iron nods to himself.
(This seems like useful information.)
He glances around for any sort of reliable and quiet method for carrying around folded clothes.
Technically, Iron can probably take those boxes without issue, but it's going to look conspicuous.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113094
113096
>>113090
Aside from the carts, there are no options besides carrying them on hangers or over his back. Maybe in a cotton bag, but this would unfold and possibly wrinkle them
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113096
113099
>>113094
He decides to try carrying them on his back the available fancy clothes, for he believes they are the easiest to recognize for searching who and where they are going.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113097
113099
>>113089
"Ah, I see."
Midnight heavily considers trying to get away from the griffon, but isn't sure if it's the best idea.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113099
113100 113101
>>113096
He can do that, it’s just the opposite of inconspicuous. The color constraints strongly against his grey coat and white workers garments

>>113097
“I should... maybe find a guard to unlock the door” Joan says
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113100
113102
>>113099
"I will stay here"
Midnight gives a smile, as if she isn't gonna run off the moment she's alone.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113101
113102
>>113099
Iron shakes his head.
(I should avoid damaging the garments.)
He glances at one of the carts.
(Perhaps they are the best option. Might as well take some of the more simple clothing, too.)
And with that, he starts packing one of the carts with the available fancy clothing plus some of the simpler clothes.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113102
113103 113104 113106
>>113100
“Oh, okay”
She walks off, down the hallway they came from

>>113101
This risks unfolding the clothes
But frankly is do that to formal clothes too, so Iron might
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113103
113111
>>113102
Are the carts really that small they cannot fit a strewn out article of clothing?
Or is the act of moving them? If so, he will be forced to carry them on his back slowly and all that, since that previously didn't risk unfolding.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113104
113106 113111
>>113102
Midnight quickly trots down the hall she came from, unless that's the way the griffon went.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113106
113107
>>113102
>>113104
>down the hallway they came from
>unless that's the way the griffon went
Bruh
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113107
>>113106
Hey hey! In my defense....

I'm fucking retarded, SHIT
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113111
113114 113115
>>113103
You can....
He can try to place them down carefully in an empty cart

>>113104
Joan goes down the hall and turns right, which Midnight has the spacial awareness to know us the opposite direction they came from, and leads the griffin in the direction of the hostel/fort building

If Midnight chooses to leave quickly, she may need to move silently
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113114
113117
>>113111
Moment of truth, then.
Iron inspects the carts before starting the packing process.


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113115
113117
>considering my options intensifies
>>113111 (checked)
Midnight waits a moment before slowly walking down the hall, turning back toward where she came.

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113117
113118 113122
>>113115
She able to wait in spot, then go into the hallway. It seems empty. Down the left are many doors, surely one of which is the one she care from

>>113114
They seem functional. One has clothes in it, the other is empty
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113118
113120
>>113117
He inspects the one with clothes first, from capacity to the tag they could have.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113120
113121
>>113118
It contains a moderate amount of clothes that are of simple design, and several colors. At least some of the fancy clothes on the rack could fit in it without overflowing
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113121
113124
>>113120
I sure hope this is actually useful for the mission.
Iron decides that not all fancy clothing should be extracted, for they would both disrupt their operations while allowing some of it be shipped off to their destination to see which are the ones accepting the clothes.
(Hard evidence of clothing presence. This should be worthy of taking out.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113122
113124
>>113117
Rolling int to remember the door....
[1d20+1 = 4]

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113124
113126 113135
>>113122
It’s that first one, with the big red trim

>>113121
Alright, Iron presumably does so
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113126
113128
>>113124
After doing so, he checks the door where the carts should go out.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113128
113129
>>113126
There is a ramp that snakes around going up
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113129
113131
>>113128
In any case, Iron goes to inspect it.
Does it lead outside? Are there any other exits that could lead directly outside in the room he's in?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113131
113133
>>113129
It goes up to a door on what presumably is the first level
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113133
113139
>>113131
Hm.
Sounds like it's scouting time.
Iron attempts to open the door.

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113135
113139
>>113124
This should end terribly; Midnight opens the door
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113139
113140
>>113133
This opens into a hallway. It looks like a main hallway, with white painted walls and brown-black square tile floors

>>113135
This opens into a dark room, which has some cabinets, steel stoves, an oven in the back, a few sinks, and just a couple pots out
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113140
113142
>>113139
He walks along said hallway, figuring out if he can find a safe and close exit to take out the clothes.
(Will Skies know how to hide a cart full of clothes? I hope so.)
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113142
113146
>>113140
It’s probably the most public place of this building. There are doors, but nothing obviously leads to an exit
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113146
113324 113334
>>113142
Crud

At least he's not going to cause an uproar due to his costume, then.
He decides to check the doors at his disposal since he lost himself in this maze of a building.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113154
113156
>>112877
Sorry it took me so long to wake up.
Back reading now
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113156
113158 113159
>>113154
Hey, no need to apologize to me. Just happy to see you.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113158
113161
Spoilered
>>113156
I sure hope that's a firehose.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113159
113160
>>113156
Is Gm around?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113160
113163
>>113159
He was here an hour ago, at least. No idea where else he'd be.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113161
Spoilered
>>113158

DS
jJgaL
?
No.113163
>>113160
i hope he's doing alright. he did say he was on a trip for the weekend.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113165
113167 113168 113180
5C297E2D-C09D-402E-8822-C3364B6B9C5F.jpeg
Alright, who is or will be here tonight?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113167
>>113165
Yesh.
I is here.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113168
113195
>>113165
I'm here, just playing some No More Room in Hell to pass the time.