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
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>>113080Loading bay, possibly.Iron peeks around for any trace of the griffon-bat combo.
(They could not have gone so far.)
>>113080"Alright... Do you have a name?"
>>113081No pony there
This is a new room, a little left/east of the direction they came from>>113082“I am... Joan Plumeblanche”
>>113083"It is nice to meet you, thank you for escorting me"
>>113083Ohok.Iron steps forth, exploring the room he stumbled into, particularly the clothing and towels.
>>113085It 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.
>>113084She’s looks back, then down, then back to her
“What is... your name”
>>113086Iron'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...)
>>113086"Midnight. May I ask what you do here?"
>>113088“I am... house servant...”
Joan now sounds like Celestia from
https://youtu.be/NKRa7vor63c>>113087Place names. Whitebell, Skyfall, Nouvelle Aquellia
>>113089Hm. 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. >>113090Aside 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
>>113094He 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.
>>113089"Ah, I see."
Midnight heavily considers trying to get away from the griffon, but isn't sure if it's the best idea.
>>113096He 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
>>113099"I will stay here"
Midnight gives a smile, as if she isn't gonna run off the moment she's alone.
>>113099Iron 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.
>>113100“Oh, okay”
She walks off, down the hallway they came from
>>113101This risks unfolding the clothes
But frankly is do that to formal clothes too, so Iron might >>113102Midnight quickly trots down the hall she came from, unless that's the way the griffon went.
>>113106Hey hey! In my defense....
I'm fucking retarded, SHIT
>>113103You can....
He can try to place them down carefully in an empty cart
>>113104Joan 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
>>113111Moment of truth, then.
Iron inspects the carts before starting the packing process.
>considering my options intensifies>>113111 (checked)
Midnight waits a moment before slowly walking down the hall, turning back toward where she came.
>>113115She 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
>>113114They seem functional. One has clothes in it, the other is empty
>>113117He inspects the one with clothes first, from capacity to the tag they could have.
>>113118It 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
>>113120I 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.)
>>113117Rolling int to remember the door....
[1d20+1 = 4] >>113122It’s that first one, with the big red trim
>>113121Alright, Iron presumably does so
>>113124After doing so, he checks the door where the carts should go out.
>>113126There is a ramp that snakes around going up
>>113128In 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?
>>113129It goes up to a door on what presumably is the first level
>>113131Hm.
Sounds like it's scouting time.
Iron attempts to open the door.
>>113124This should end terribly; Midnight opens the door
>>113133This opens into a hallway. It looks like a main hallway, with white painted walls and brown-black square tile floors
>>113135This 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
>>113139He 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.)
>>113140It’s probably the most public place of this building. There are doors, but nothing obviously leads to an exit
>>113142Crud
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.
>>112877Sorry it took me so long to wake up.
Back reading now >>113154Hey, no need to apologize to me. Just happy to see you.
>>113159He was here an hour ago, at least. No idea where else he'd be.
>>113160i hope he's doing alright. he did say he was on a trip for the weekend.
Alright, who is or will be here tonight?
>>113165I'm here, just playing some No More Room in Hell to pass the time.