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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 177 files omitted.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.113809
113810
>>113808
And more valves are turned off
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.113810
113811
>>113809
Finally he decides to hover over the previously hot pipe he burned his hoof on to see his valve turning results.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113811
113812
>>113810
He still shouldn’t touch it
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.113812
113813
>>113811
Iron is a bit miffed at this result
(Perhaps it takes some time. I guess I can go turn the remaining valves off to ensure somepony is going to come down here to investigate.)
And he does so.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113813
113814
>>113812
The light in the room slowly dies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113814
113815 113822
>>113813
>>113803
Iron realizes his mistake.
(Whoops. I sure hope we did not need that light.)
He turns on his flashlight, looking at Midnight.
"This should catch their attention. Now, I assume they have to come around the same place we did, but let us not get our hopes up."
He looks around the room for flexible places to hide.
[1d20 = 18]
<Too bad we're daylight creatures
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113815
113816 113817
>>113814
I can’t say I understand the play, but okay.

Anyways, I have to go to sleep now
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113816
113819
>>113815
Sleep well!
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113817
113818
>>113815
Just in case too many griffs come down here.
Night.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113818
113820
>>113817
Why would they send more than one maintenance guy?
I can’t honestly say I understand the purpose. If you wanted prisoners you had two of them right in your hooves but you let them go
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113819
113827
>>113816
*Ruffles the floofy pony’s fur*
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113820
>>113818
I know. I wanted to secure phyiscal evidence first, then nab prisoners. Otherwise, I could've risked the evidence into being broken.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113822
113823 113825
>>113814
>Daylight creatures
>A bat
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113823
C2F59916-BF68-42CA-BFC1-F32D06259E40.png
>>113822
*bats in excess*
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113825
>>113822
Shush you.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113827
113828 113829
>>113819
Am I any closer to getting Seb to like me?
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113828
113829 113830
>>113827
What exactly is Spark doing?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113829
113830
>>113828
>>113827
Nuzzling the changies.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113830
113831 113832
>>113829
Well, they have to get closer for that.
>>113828
Spark is trying to calm them down after Onyx yelled at them.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113831
113832 113833
>>113830
By what mechanism?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113832
113833
>>113830
>>113831
By presenting his snout to be booped, of course!
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113833
113834
>>113831
For now, calming tone of voice asking him to sit down.
>>113832
All in good time
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113834
113835 113836
>>113833
They... might be calmed? Onyx leaves the room, and fun steps forward. Seb does too, about one step
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113835
113836 113837
>>113834
Spark pats the ground.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113836
>>113835
>>113834
W-wew lad. Don't go proposing them.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113837
113838
>>113835
Seb looks at the ground. It’s wooden planks that are suspended up in the air somewhere above the cold ground. It makes a “cloomp cloomp cloomp” sound when stomped on
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113838
113839 113840
>>113837
"It's ok Seb."
Spark continues to gently pat the floor.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113839
113840 113841
>>113838
Seb does the same, tapping the floor. His beats sound a little... different, with different biology in his legs
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113840
>>113838
>>113839
Seems it's Simon Says time.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113841
113842
>>113839
Spark chuckles and joins the game, patting the ground in different rhythms.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113842
113843
>>113841
The creature tilts its head, then blinks from sideways block lids that cover it’s almost glowing solid blue eyes

It repeats after Spark
*thump*, *thump*, *beat* *thump* *thump*
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113843
113844 113845
>>113842
"So Seb, do you trust me any more?"
Spark slowly moves a bit closer with his hoof ready to pet.
"I won't hurt you."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113844
>>113843
I suggest playing the rhythm game some more.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113845
113846
>>113843
The Changeling looks up at the approaching hoof - at least, the brightest parts of its solid blue orb-like eyeballs look up at the intruding foreleg. His head goes down a little (and tilts up slightly) as the tubular, tattered ears move back a little
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113846
113847
>>113845
Spark attempts pet.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113847
113848
>>113846
The creature lowers its head further as the foreleg approaches. His ears lower until they are level with the back of his head. His eyes go wide, staring at the looming hoof, until contact is imminent, and he closes his eyes.

*creature is pet*

There’s a little horn in the way, and a ragged black ray running down his neck, but between the two is a bald spot that is open for touching. The top of the head is fairly hard, feeling kind of like the surface of a fingernail, or a beetle’s carapace, but harder and inflexible
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113848
113849
>>113847
Hooray!

"See? You are fine."
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113849
113850
>>113848
The creature is still bracing
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113850
113851
>>113849
Spark pets for a little bit longer before letting the changeling relax.
"That wasn't so bad was it Seb?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113851
113852
>>113850
Roll charisma, maybe diplomacy
7XDAN
?
No.113852
113853
[1d20+3 = 16]
>>113851
I think they are both the same stat wise for me.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113853
113854
>>113852
The creature presses up into the hoof
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113854
113855
>>113853
D'awwww.
Spark continues the pets for Seb.
"You are starting to like it, huh?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113855
113856
>>113854
He’s not very soft, but he reopens his eyes, and lets his ears back up partly
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113856
113857 113858
>>113855
What does Fun think of this?
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113857
113858 113859
>>113856
He sticks his neck out further, his ears go straight up, and he looks intently at the spectacle before him
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113858
>>113857
>>113856
You could say he's having fun.
XDXDXD
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113859
113860
>>113857
I motion Fun over to join the fun.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113860
113861
>>113859
*One black colander-foreleg steps forward*
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113861
113862
>>113860
I continue to pet Seb.
"Come on Fun, you want some right?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113862
113863
>>113861
Now, the burned insectoid walks up towards Spark, looking at him intently
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113863
113864
>>113862
Spark holds his other hoof out towards Fun.
"Do you want pets too?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113864
113865
>>113863
He tilts his head, then tilts it back again
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113865
113867
>>113864
"Come on Fun. You can't let Seb have all the pets can you?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113867
113868 113869
>>113865
He forces his muzzle under Spark’s leg, then his forehead, then lowers his horn to let that go under it
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113868
>>113867
...nevermind then.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113869
113870
>>113867
And thus Spark pets Fun too.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113870
113871
>>113869
Fun has basically stolen Spark’s hoof from Seb. Seb’s black spine fares up, and Seb gives a “HISS!” and his snake-like tongue comes out
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113871
113872 113873
>>113870
Spark uses his other hoof to pet Seb.
"It's ok Seb. You can have pets too."
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113872
113873 113875
>>113871
But... Spark is quadruped. How does he pet with both forehooves at once?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113873
113874 113875
>>113872
>>113871
By using the power to sit!
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113874
113877
52635D3E-E5FF-4A6F-96FE-DC78AFD8F266.jpeg
>>113873
MAGICAL ASS POWERS!
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113875
113876 113877
>>113873
This.
>>113872
Spark sits down and uses both forehooves for petting.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113876
113878 113879
>>113875
The two changelings move closer to him, almost nuzzling him, both lowering their heads to place them under Spark’s forelegs
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.113877
113878
>>113875
>>113874
Now THAT is peak sorcerer efficiency!
Be wary, for they could glomp you into the succ.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113878
113881
>>113876
Changelings sure love their pets.
>>113877
Umm....
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113879
113880 113881
>>113876
Damn, I'm kinda jealous.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113880
>>113879
Onyx sure isn't.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113881
113882 113883 113891
>>113879
He hasn’t tried it with Skies...

>>113878
They press into him
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113882
>>113881
Oof. I'm feeling a spark.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113883
113884
>>113881
More petting.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113884
113885
>>113883
They still feel kind of hard. Fun whimpers at a point when Spark’s hoof contacts a burned area
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113885
113886
>>113884
"Sorry Fun."
Spark pets Fun more carefully.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113886
113887
>>113885
*creature is pet more carefully*
Seb sits down, and looks up, while Fun stands and turns his head away
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113887
113888 113889
>>113886
Awwwwww. Did Fun not have fun?
"Did you two enjoy that?"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113888
>>113887
Well, you did poke his burned area on accident.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113889
113890
>>113887
They stare at him with giant, opaque glass eyes
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113890
113894
>>113889
Spark smiles.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113891
113892
>>113881
Hmm...may have to try that.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113892
113894
>>113891
Don't forget Dark Star. He's a good cuddle buddy.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113894
113898 113899
>>113890
They seem to want something

>>113892
I’m not sure he’ll like that
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113898
>>113894
Neither option is favorable.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113899
113900
>>113894
Can Spark tell what they want? More pets?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113900
113901
60E10140-CB16-48C3-A0BC-D1003C936098.png
>>113899
Exactly what these, or any other changelings want, is a mystery. What would a Changeling want that any pony would have to give?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113901
113902
>>113900
Spark tilts his head.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113902
113903
>>113901
They tilt their heads in kind
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113903
113904
>>113902
Spark wonders what they need. Perhaps a hug? He holds his hooves out.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113904
113905
>>113903
Seb stands up, and both press forward onto Spark
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113905
113906
>>113904
Spark gives them a hug.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113906
113907 113908 113909
Okay, so I don’t think anyone else wants to play tonight

>>113905
They are hugged, and feel... kind of weird, but both creatures, especially Fun, pull back when hooves touches the wounded parts of their bodies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113907
113908 113910
>>113906
I'm just waiting on Midnight/the maintenance pony.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113908
>>113906
>>113907
And I'm waiting on the zeeb.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113909
>>113906
Darn. It is hard to hug hurt changelings.
"Awwww. What else can I do for you so you aren't hurting so bad?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113910
113911
I'm waiting on a life.
>>113907
Boop
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113911
1659127.png
>>113910
EUGEH.
Y-you meanie!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113912
113913 113914 113915 113916
EEB38ADA-D40F-46E2-A62B-20A1E7ACC40C.jpeg
Uh... is no creature available?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113913
113917
>>113912
I'm waiting on the maintenance pony to arrive.
I also want a good hiding spot to nab him/her.
He should know basic info on guard locations.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113914
>>113912
Just waiting on the zeeb.

Also, wish me luck, going to fight the Ur-Dragon.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113915
>>113912
I'm here.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113916
113917
1105200.png
>>113912

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113917
113918 113919
F25AF5D3-C31E-485D-B32C-4E7272DD0FB8.png
>>113916
>>113913

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113918
113922
>>113917
Kek.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113919
113920
>>113917
No!
Bat is not for sexual!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113920
113921 113922 113963
7C8A646D-7567-46D9-9893-9E52D9D39312.png
>>113919
Deep down, I’m betting she disagrees
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113921
113922 113924
>>113920
Maybe if she wasn't a bat
Nuuuuuuuu!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113922
113923 113924 113963
>>113921
>>113920
>>113918
Would you fug a bat?

I would.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113923
113925
>>113922
I'd fuck most FiM species tbh.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113924
113925 113926
9DF19898-BDB8-4AE8-B4DF-CEE2330ABE0D.png
>>113921
>>113922
Most definitely
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113925
113926 113927 113928
>>113923
Tbh anything that ain't a griffon, yak, or dragon.
>>113924
U no have consent to fug this bat
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113926
113927
>>113925
I'd honestly go for all of it just to see what it would be like.
But I agree they are not great for waifuing.
>>113924
Now, do we get to see the maintenance pony come inside so we can ask a few questions, yay or nay?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113927
113928 113929
67710587cf5706c7b2d54cedcc02421bdf01a418984239dd4281426bfb239796.gif
>>113925
>consent

>>113926
Eh... uh... For them to notice the heat is down would probably take at least 15 minutes, which would be just fine if this weren't supposed to be simultaneous with another party element, but with the party split (moreso) eh....
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113928
113929 113930
>>113925
>>113927
Crud.
Well, I gues I could do some more exploring in the dark while we wait.
Iron steps over to the different-colored archway to see what it's all about with his flashlight on.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113929
113931
>>113928
>>113927
Midnight simply follows.
"So, what do we do when they get here?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113930
113931 113934
>>113928
It's a section of brick wall that obviously once held a doorway to a different section of the underground. Now, it has a brown-tan brick (as opposed to the red-brown of the walls), some of which are partly cut to make them fit in the walled-arch doorway
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113931
113932 113933 113934
>>113929
>>113930
"We nab the griffons, from the free workers to the guards to the leader of said guards. The more they know the merrier. Of course, we will not harm the workers, even if they are willing. A simple tying should do it for them."
He passes through the archway, wondering what's this door-sized hole all about.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113932
113934 113935
>>113931
It’s brick wall. It’s a wall. He cannot pass through it because it is a wall of brick
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113933
113934 113935 113936
>>113931
"Alright, that sounds like a plan."
Midnight sticks her head through the archway after Iron walks through.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113934
113936
>>113931
>>113932
>>113930
>>113933
I think we haz the dumbz
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113935
113936
>>113932
>>113933
Oh.
Iron accidentally boops his snout trying to pass through the archway, rubbing his sensitive olfatory aparatus with his hoof.
"Ow. Seems I misjudged."
He walks over to the actual door, opening it and proceeding to walk through it.
4Yet0
?
No.113936
113938
>>113934
>>113933
>>113935
If Iron and Midnight had been in this room back in the ‘40s - when 33 Hoebuck was the Baltimare Mare’s Asylum, a church-run minimum security prison and labor camp for prostitutes, petty criminals, and poor mares with foals born out of wedlock that masqueraded as a place of help - then that archway would have opened into some portion of the structure’s lower levels. But the city walled it away when the interior size of the structures were reduced for the new poor house.

*snoot is bopped by wall*

>>113935
>>113935
Do you mean the door on the right that leads to the hallway?
\r
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113938
113939 113940
>>113936
Yes. I don't want to go upstairs for now.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113939
113940 113941
>>113938
They do so. The hallway looks much the same as it does between the laundry room and the workshop
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113940
113942 113943
>>113938
>>113939
"Are we hiding or just searching for now?"
Midnight follows, looking around
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113941
113943
>>113939
Iron moves his flashlight around.
"This place is quite empty down here. I would have thought they would place the workers down here."
(Perhaps I could try breaking the wall that booped me. Maybe there is where they are being held.)
He walks along the hallway, curious as to where this would lead.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113942
113945
>>113940
"Exploration for now. Perhaps we can catch the griffon in charge with the commotion the lack of magic lights would cause."
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113943
113944 113945
>>113941
>>113940
One door on the other side of the hallway (a pipe passes over head), and a door at the end of the hall further down
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113944
113946
>>113943
Iron decides to search the door which the pipe goes into.
(Perhaps this has something special.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113945
113946
>>113943
Midnight opens the door at the end of the hall.
>>113942
"Interesting idea"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113946
113947 113948
>>113944
This one opens to a dark, damp, cool, and fairly large room with tanks, and some other large metal basins. A couple noisy machines are also present

>>113945
Whether this door too is sealed, or it is merely locked, is not immediately determinable. But it does not open


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113947
113949 113950
>>113946
"Hmph"
Midnight peaks into the room Iron entered.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113948
113949
>>113946
"What even is this?" he questions aloud.
He walks over to one of the tanks, hovering his hoof near it.
(Noisy metal things. They are going to give me a headache.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113949
113950 113951
>>113947
>>113948
Fairly small, the machine has its own electrical hookup and a small valve.

The tank is metal and does not give off heat
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113950
113951 113952
>>113947
>>113949
Thank goodness I played Factorio to know what this is. Sadly, Iron doesn't.
Iron nods to himself, deciding that closing this valve too will disrupt the place even further.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113951
113952 113954
>>113950
>>113949
"Well, they will definitely notice at least one of the machines being off"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113952
113953 113954 113956
>>113950
>>113951
wait what
The valve shuts off, and the machine trips and turns off
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113953
>>113952
I think it's the water pump for the steam engine to run, right?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113954
113955
>>113952
>>113951
Iron nods to himself.
"Any luck wuth the other door?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113955
113956 113961 113962 113964
>>113954
"No it seems to be locked or jammed."
She steps away from the doorway to let him pass
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113956
113957
>>113952
>>113955
"Let me see."
He walks over to the offending locked door, turning around and charging his big Earth Poner hindlegs, before unleashing a hopefully good bucking on the door to persuade it to show what it contains.
[1d20+5 = 11]
<I sure hope my gains are not for show
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113957
113958
>>113956
*clique*
The door tends back, and possibly breaks internally. Iron can hear that is evidently chained at some point. The door bends and perhaps cracks, but it hasn’t quite given way
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113958
113959 113960
>>113957
Iron hums to himself.
"So many doors to hide in. Perhaps this is the place the workers are."
Once more, he presents a counter-offer against the door: Open or I destroy you
[1d20 = 13]
<If this flies towards somepony and kills him/her, I'd be impressed
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113959
113960
>>113958
It's a +5, so it's 18
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113960
113961
>>113959
>>113958
BOOM
The door breaks off its hinges at the bottom, cracks in its center, then breaks off its hinges on the top, falling down to the floor with a "slink" sound from loosening chains on the other side
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113961
113962
>>113955
>>113960
"There we go."
Iron enters, pointing the flashlight around the new room he's just opened, wondering what he can find here.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113962
113964
>>113955
>>113961
Strangely... it's more hallway for the moment. little bits of mortar have crumbled to the floor, the bricks are a duller coloration, and there are no lights on in the corridor


Anonymous
/gV+U
?
No.113963
113966 113968
>>113922
>>113920
Sorry i've been gone as of late
I've been sleeping to much because im depressed again., also when im not sleeping i stay awake for like 24 hours and then crash.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113964
113965
>>113955
>>113962
"Hm..."
He walks along the hallway, wondering just what could be hidden so strongly by a big chain.
He beckons Midnight to keep close, in case of any surprises.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113965
113967
>>113964
Midnight follows, listening for anything down the hall.
[1d20+5 = 20]
big earbs
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113966
113977
Blue_in_uniform.png
>>113963
Awww....

*Skies gives hugs*
We're glad to see you here
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113967
113969 113970
>>113965
Whispers
The ambient sounds of pumps turning, the movement of steam and water through pipes have gone
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113968
113977 113991
>>113963
I'm sorry to hear that, friend.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113969
113970
>>113967
Midnight stops and grabs Iron's tail, whispering to the stallion.
"I hear voices ahead."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113970
113971
>>113969
>>113967
This provokes a slight jump from the stallion, but nods with the tiniest of blushes.
"Right," he whispers back before continuing, but turns his flashlight off, hoping he won't crash when arriving at a T section.

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113971
113972
>>113970
Where is he going? It's perfect darkness without the flash light on
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113972
113973
>>113971
Can he keep moving forwards like when before he turned on the flashlight?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113973
113974 113975
>>113972
Yes?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113974
113975 113976
>>113973
Well, he does so.
If he crashes, he crashes.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113975
113976 113978
>>113974
>>113973
Midnight confidently strolls forward in bat.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113976
113978
>>113974
Iron does so. There's really nothing to say about what follows, because Iron has deprived himself of all sensory input

>>113975
Midnight strolls forward. A light flickers on, and illuminates just barely the tan brick walls. Iron seems to be a little in front, but far enough ahead to not really be distinguished in the darkness. The path lazy tilts slightly off to the left, then curves back to the right, then bends at a slightly sharper but still natural angle to the left, all in the span of maybe 50 or 70 feet
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113977
113979 113981
>>113966
>>113968
it's real sad boi hours.

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113978
113980 113982 113983
>>113975
>>113976
(I cannot see anything.)
"Midnight!" he whispers as he walks a bit slower. "Do you still hear the sounds of talking? Is it getting closer?"

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113979
113987
1608000.png
>>113977
Have a horse to make you happy
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113980
113982
>>113978
"Shush and I will tell you"
[1d20+5 = 20]
bat radar
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113981
113987
1558243932165.jpg
>>113977
Cat.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113982
113983 113985
>>113978
Though the path may be straight, Iron's walking cannot be perfectly so. He grazes into a wall, though at this angle it's hardly a harsh bump

>>113980
At first as she winds along the path, a single whisper. Then another. Then silence. Towards the ends, a couple together at once. Another bulb flickers on as she moves forward
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113983
113985 113988 113989
>>113978
>>113982
"The voices are getting closer"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113985
113986
>>113983
>>113982
"Alright. Get ready."
Iron decides to turn on the flashlight now to see if he can spot anything beaked in front of him.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113986
113989
>>113985
There is nothing in the dark. Only a brick hallway that proceeds straight onwards, eventually culminating in an end. There are some doorways and entries
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113987
113988 113989 113992
_Boop marble.jpg
>>113981
>>113979

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113988
113989 113991 113992
>>113987
Hides

>>113983
A light turns off behind her, a cylindrical light turns on ahead of her, and... she walks right into Iron
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113989
113990 113993
>>113988
>>113983
H-hey!
Iron feels the soft body pressing against his back, making him jump slightly.
(Oh boy.)
>>113986
Iron decides that the end doorway should be where the possible griffons Midnight may have heard should've come from the door furthest from them.
In any case, he tries using his ears to try and guess at what door Midnight's hearing the whispers as he goes, stopping if he can pinpoint any other door he passes through.
[1d20 = 19]
<Inferior Earth Poner Ears
>>113987
DARGH! NO! STOP!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113990
113995
>>113989
Iron hears nothing. It's eerily silent
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113991
113994 113997
>>113988
>>113968
i think i've composed myself enough to continue,if you guys want to.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113992
113993 113995
>>113987
Pls, no more boops. My poor snoot.
>>113988
"Eep! S-sorry Iron."
She steps back, blushing and looking embarrassed.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113993
113995
0A2CDE19-2597-4B53-A321-E80AB0B3090B.gif
>>113992
>>113989

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113994
113997
>>113991
Alright. Can't guarantee I'll be of much use at this hour, but I'm ready.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113995
113996 113997
>>113990
Iron scratches his head.
(Strange. No sounds anywhere.)
>>113992
He coughs heavily, blushing himself.
"No problem. It was an accident. I completely understand."
(Gods. I do not want to be flustered right now...)
A lingering threat of impulse threatens Iron's otherwise stable thought process.
>>113990
He goes to the furthest door available, beckoning Midnight to follow, and opens it.
>>113993
Y-you big meanie!
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113996
113997 113998
>>113995
She follows, uttering a silent prayer that they'll start having good luck on this mission.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113997
113998 113999 114001 114003
>>113994
>>113991
Okay, it looks like the two of you have agreed to keep Skies in the scene. Skies gave an explanation (with a high bluff check) that the two of your are nostalgic and lost, and partly intoxicated

"Very well... Let us continue"

An orange stallion, appearing to belong to the generation seperating Dark Star and Silver, perhaps a little closer to Silver's age, walks up to the two. He is well dressed, has on reading glasses, and a has a short, trim mane with both white and blue aspects

"Hello. Would you like to join us?"
He asks

The speaker (priest?) continues speaking, often using a free claw or less often his wings to add emotion
"The arimaspi tore through the outer edges of the city, leading up to the top. The Knights of Archturus - shining in their ancient armor, and decorated with the medals of a thousand campaigns - stood there, in guard of their great city. Each carrying the bravery of a hundred generations. Each believing themselves to be blessed by Arturus himself, and believing that light shall triump over darkness. And each one of them fell by the Arimaspi. Smashed by his giant club. Limbs torn off and sundered. No matter who or how, all fell. And so the griffins of Griffinstone looked on as one by one, their faith in the might of the Griffonian Empire, of the Impregnability of their city, and in the deliverance promised to them by their gods, was smashed before them, just as had so many knights, and the city gates"

>>113996
>>113995
This opens to... a relatively bare room. Not all of it can be seen. Brown stone floor, and stone walls

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113998
114001 114004
>>113997
>>113996
Iron huffs in disappointment.
(At this point we will never find them.)
He walks a bit further inside the room, hoping to least hear the whispering Midnight heard beforehand.
"Maybe they are on the big place with many valves," Iron whispers to Midnight.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113999
114004
>>113997
"Ya we do dat."
He says to the orange pony his words slurring slightly
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114000
114002
Blue is top waifu
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114001
114004 114005
>>113997
>>113998
"There is no harm in going back to see."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114002
>>114000
Nice get.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114003
114004 114007
>>113997
Silver simply nods.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114004
114005 114006 114008
>>114003
>>113999
The Unicorn pony tilts his head and gives a partial frown at Dark Star, but leads the two (three) to a set of seats
"Alright, follow me. Now he's speaking of the loss of the Idol of Boreas"

>>114001
>>113998
The room is rectangular and fairly bare, Judging from the stone ground, and walls covered in simple mortar, this room is either used for storage, or whatever occupied it has long since been stripped away and removed. There is a door on the far right

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114005
>>114004
>>114001
He shakes his head.
"Nothing here," he whispers to Midnight. "Alright. Check for whispers before we go back."

Anonymous
/gV+U
?
No.114006
114007
>>114004
Dark Star Takes a seat
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114007
114010
>>114006
>>114003
I take it they just sit back and listen?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114008
114009
>>114004
Silver keeps his voice low, so as to not disturb the speaker. "Griffonia's very own religious artifact, and symbol of power, wealth, and rightful rule."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114009
114011
>>114008
Forgot to mention that he sits down.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114010
114011
>>114007
Dark Star does
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114011
114012 114013
>>114010
>>114009
He continues
"From his throne high on top of the tree of Griffinstone, Guto the Sixth watched the Aramaspi tear through his knights, and slog his way towards his throne. From that Throne room, Guto the Sixth could peer out over his vast domains, and by decree rule a territory that spanned all of Griffin kind from East to West, only hemmed in by Pony Spear and Magic. Everygriffin, rich and poor, old and young, had for centuries lived under Griffinstone's holy rule, and appealed to Griffinheim's courts. All of the power, glory, and wealth of a continent was concentrated in that room, and he was surrounded by treasures vast and deep of gems and swords of conquered creatures and coins of every mint, baring the images of a thousand conquered kings and two dozen imperial predecessors. And chief in the center of it all was the divine idol of Boreas, said to be minted by Boreas himself, the physical manifestation of the principle of law and order. It's presence in that room gave he who sat on the throne the divine right to rule. So it was claimed anyways.

That, all that - all the gold, all of the knights in armor, and Arcturus and Boreas themselves - could do naught even to save themselves in that moment. For Aramaspi carried on, through the Knights of Griffinstone, through Guto's personal guard, and into the Throne room. And as the century old dark wooden doors, engraven with the scene of Grover's coronation, cracked in two, and came crashing down, scattering across the floor and taking a knight with it... In that moment, Guto's eyes made contact with the firery red eyes of Aramaspi. And he knew... He knew that Aramaspi was sent by none other than Maar. He came to take away that Idol, and the law and order of all Griffonia in the process. And Guto the sixth - brave, stupid griffin - rose up. Pulled out his sword, a sword given him by his second uncle, the previous emperor. And he charged for Aramaspi... Like swatting flies. With a slash of his claw, so ended the life of Emperor Guto the Sixth of Griffinheim. The Cyclops grabbed the idol, pushed his way through so many knights on the bridge connecting the palace to the town, and knocking them over into the winds, before plowing his way back through the snaky roads of the city"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114012
114015
>>114011
Silver listens intently, personally curious about griffon history.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114013
114015
>>114011
Dark Star Fakes looking interested.
he thinks to himself about how nice that tree the griffon was talking about,would look on fire.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114014
114015
Darn it. Foiled by time yet again.
I'll roll for Iron to at least try to listen for any griffin activity.
[1d20 = 16]
<Big Ears sonar
c73OJ
?
No.114015
114016 114018 114020
>>114014
And now, Iron himself can hear it. Vaguely, only, but he can start to hear it

A movement of air that may just be air flowing between old and long sealed rooms, but it might just be a distant whisper

>>114013
>>114012
"Aramaspi - red eyed, satisfied in his mission and purpose, ran out through the smashed gates, chased by a slew of knights. He dived, deep into the gusty canyons beneath the ancient tree of Griffinstone. And it is said that there, he met his fate, and joined with Maar in the spirit realm. But not - not - before taking half a dozen more knights with him, brave enough, gullible enough, to follow him into those winds from which no creature breaks free.

So the city was left in mourning for the chaos and destruction caused by Aramaspi. Buildings set ablaze by tipped over lanterns, roofs torn off, street vendor carts tossed several leagues and several streets over. And terrible carnage in loss of life, mostly of those who resisted. But most of all... They mourned the loss of their claim. Their claim to rule over a fourth of the world. To make every griffin bend the knee to them. And they understood, then and there, just how fragile their power and their glory were. Just how impotent their wealth, their spears, and their prayers had been against one sent by Maar. And they trembled. And they cried. Because far more was lost them than any funeral oration for their dead emperor, or any portrait of the destruction, or any wailing in loss over the idol, could possibly capture"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114016
114017
>>114015
Can he relatively pinpoint its location? Does it lead to the door behind him? Maybe on the other door available? Above?
I think I have an idea but I want to make sure.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114017
114019
>>114016
Unfortunately, this is one of those sounds that is fairly difficult to discern its origins
Maybe after a roll
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114018
114021
>>114015
Dark Star nods