Welcome back to Occupied Equestria
Dark Star, Silver, Iron, and Midnight continue their investigation and hopefully, the take down of a group of organized criminals who have taken up operations at an old fortress on the sea shore. They have already rescued a number of creatures and persuaded them to join in their efforts. Now, they most hope that they can strike with enough force, and quickly enough, to destroy the evil that has taken up residence there.
Up in the North, the ponies are waking up, ready for a new day
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[1d6 = 1][2d6 = 10]>>117871That’s been curiously absent the entire remainder of the the night.... Fine
Iron is stabbed right into the barrel, while Midnight is stabbed in the side
[1d20+3 = 16]
Jubilosa lurches forward, and stabs at the one attacking midnight
>>117872...I thought you already knew he was wearing it.
>>117872I assume that's 10 damage
>>117873Iron, for his part, grunts in pain at this griffon's well placed attack.
He retaliates with a quick jab to the griffon.
[1d20+11 = 18]<Beak? Meet hoof. >>117876It's an unconsicousness inducing one, by the by.
[1d20+5 = 21]Blue Skies shoots her cross bow at the one attacking Silver
>>117876And it hits
>>117878Hitting the griffon on his chest, he unleashes native hoof power.
[1d3+7 = 8]<Native fists Griffon in front of crowd [1d20+5 = 11]>>117878Dark Star fires an arrow at the one that stabbed midnight
>>117882[1d20+9 = 10] Once again, Silver attempts to put a big gash in the chest of the griffin attacking him.
>>117883>nat 1I'm convinced the universe believes I pissed in its eye socket at some point in the past. At this point I would unironically be better off not rolling.
[1d20+3 = 13][1d20+5 = 15]>>117883Silver thrusts forward. But the griffin parties the blow, and even knocks the sword right out of Silver’s glow
But the Kirin charges in, and swings her hammer
Then comes Mala, who says with muffled words
“You’re not going to hurt my friends, you bully!”
And slices with his sword
>>117867And so they leave, with more detail after the end of the battle
[Read more] [1d8 = 5][1d6 = 6]>>117890Hammer crushes and sword slashes
The lead griffin, who attacked midnight, is still standing, despite being sliced by Midnight then stabbed by Jubilosa.
The one off to the right, who confronted Iron, is down,, shot and stunned by Dark Star, then punched down by Iron.
The third one has been shot, bludgeoned, and sliced by Skies, Khoi, and Mala. He is down
>>117893Next time we get into combat, I'm not even going to have Silver roll for Initiative, I'm just going to have him stand in front of the enemy in Full-Defense mode.
The last griffin, the one formerly attacking midnight, starts to run
“INTRUDERS!”
>>117897Iron attempts to stop the griffon's retreat by trying to tackle him.
[1d20 = 20]<An attempt is being made >>117898And he charges and tackles the bloody griffin right down to the ground
>>117899Iron takes this opportunity to forcefully put his foreleg on his/her beak to silence him/her.
"Be quiet."
>>117894Jesus Christ just roll die like a normal person and stop worrying about it. Also there’s still a live griffin
>>117900Dark Star ties some rope around his beak.
>>117892The two ponies take Brie, and presumably Onyx and Spark, out side of the trailer, past waiting guards, and towards the north side of the pit. Down little hills of black and grey rock, past carts, towards an edge. There is some water a little distant, and the ground seems wet, maybe even muddy.
The shovel itself is a large contraption of metal color, with a big steel claw at its end, and a smoke pipe coming out of a side that must be the engine.
“See, it’s damaged.”
Brie actually can see damage on what is presumably engine housing. In fact, there’s a large tear or hash. A gash as if shredded with some giant blunt object. The tears are at least six inches long
>>117902>>117900And so Iron tackles and holds down the griffin, while Dark Star ties him up
[1d20+10 = 26]>>117903Disable Device check - ascertain the nature and method of the sabotage
>>117904Iron pats the griffon on the head.
"Good."
He awaits Dark Star's bondage skills being finished on the griff.
>>117905Despite some of these machines being called steam shovels, this particular one is actually a smaller diesel power shovel
Blunt force applied from outside tearing through a steel engine housing, and disabling an oil line inside, as well as tearing into a gear box. It is harder to tell if the cover over the engine had as well been lifted to enable the dansge. As the damage is greater on the exterior than the interior, the damage was noticed before the shovel was run without oil, thus avoiding additional wear on the gear box and an engine low on oil.
"Hmmmm. This was either a team effort, or an exceptionally large pony did this."
>>117906"Knock him out. i'm gonna have a few questions for this flappy merchant after we take care of his friends."
>>117904>>117909Iron glances at Star.
"I do not think it is necessary. Besides."
He hovers his hoof in front of the griffon's beak.
"This one is wide awake for some question right now."
>>117907>>117910"Im sure if we untie that beak he's going to start squawking again. unless of course some pony shows him that's a bad idea. right iron?"
>>117910>>117911"Did your parents never teach you two to not play with your food?" Silver picks up his dropped sword, and touches the wound on his chest with a hoof. "Knock him out. We do not have infinite time to waste. Who knows who heard him call that out."
>>117912Hello floofster!Sorry you couldn’t enjoy last nightSome of the creatures present in or entering the room see Silver’s phrase as curious, Mala and Sands most of all. But there is a general mood of compliance
>>117912>>117911>>117913Everypony can see your sins, Floofster!Iron considers it for a bit, before nodding, bonking the griffon on the head with his hoof into unconsciousness.
[1d20+11 = 14]<Griff grunting can be misinterpreted. >>117915>>117912>>117911>>117858And so the griffin is bashed into unconsciousness. He was barely hanging on anyways, and bleeds on the floor
Jubilosa and Khoi, especially Khoi, look displeased at Iron and Silver’s remarks.
Mala contrasts sharply. He has blood across his front, and seems not to notice it. He is smiling, proud of himself
>>117916He's not actually dying though, right?
>>117909>>117916>>117917Iron looks questioningly at the two.
"It is not like he is dead."
He stands up, turning to Silver.
"He will be fine, although his head will be sore when he wakes up."
>>117917In D&D terms, no. He’s unconscious. Probably.
>>117919Okay then. Just wanted to know.