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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>>113919Deep down, I’m betting she disagrees
>>113922I'd fuck most FiM species tbh.
>>113923Tbh anything that ain't a griffon, yak, or dragon.
>>113924U no have consent to fug this bat
>>113925I'd honestly go for all of it just to see what it would be like.
But I agree they are not great for waifuing.
>>113924Now, do we get to see the maintenance pony come inside so we can ask a few questions, yay or nay?
>>113925>consent>>113926Eh... 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....
>>113925>>113927Crud.
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.
>>113928>>113927Midnight simply follows.
"So, what do we do when they get here?"
>>113928It'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
>>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.
>>113931It’s brick wall. It’s a wall. He cannot pass through it because it is a wall of brick
>>113931"Alright, that sounds like a plan."
Midnight sticks her head through the archway after Iron walks through.
>>113932>>113933Oh.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.
>>113934>>113933>>113935If 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>>113935Do you mean the door on the right that leads to the hallway?
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>>113936Yes. I don't want to go upstairs for now.
>>113938They do so. The hallway looks much the same as it does between the laundry room and the workshop
>>113938>>113939"Are we hiding or just searching for now?"
Midnight follows, looking around
>>113939Iron 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.
>>113940"Exploration for now. Perhaps we can catch the griffon in charge with the commotion the lack of magic lights would cause."
>>113941>>113940One door on the other side of the hallway (a pipe passes over head), and a door at the end of the hall further down
>>113943Iron decides to search the door which the pipe goes into.
(Perhaps this has something special.)
>>113943Midnight opens the door at the end of the hall.
>>113942"Interesting idea"
>>113944This 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
>>113945Whether this door too is sealed, or it is merely locked, is not immediately determinable. But it does not open
>>113946"Hmph"
Midnight peaks into the room Iron entered.
>>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.)
>>113947>>113948Fairly small, the machine has its own electrical hookup and a small valve.
The tank is metal and does not give off heat
>>113947>>113949Thank 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.
>>113950>>113949"Well, they will definitely notice at least one of the machines being off"
>>113950>>113951wait whatThe valve shuts off, and the machine trips and turns off
>>113952>>113951Iron nods to himself.
"Any luck wuth the other door?
>>113954"No it seems to be locked or jammed."
She steps away from the doorway to let him pass
>>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 >>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
>>113957Iron 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 >>113959>>113958BOOMThe 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
>>113955>>113960"There we go."
Iron enters, pointing the flashlight around the new room he's just opened, wondering what he can find here.
>>113955>>113961Strangely... 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
>>113922>>113920Sorry 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. >>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.
>>113964Midnight follows, listening for anything down the hall.
[1d20+5 = 20] big earbs
>>113963Awww....
*Skies gives hugs*
We're glad to see you here
>>113965WhispersThe ambient sounds of pumps turning, the movement of steam and water through pipes have gone