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>>122703>>122705That is a very important detail.
Silver leaves the papers alone for now, and looks through the crack in the double doors.
>>122705>>122703Iron was trailing towards the steel safe before eyeing the cracked door to the left, going towards it.
>>122707>>122706Opening the door leads to a small little foyer, with a mat on the ground with blue trim. The foyer area is smal, maybe two meters long. To the right there is a coat pole, with a single coat on it. It's somewhat uncomfortable looking fur coat. Green. On the ground is a set of boots. To the left are some shelves, including a hat and a cane.
On the other side is another double door, this one a soft brown but also having recessed panels. But it is closed. There is a simple steel lock closing it from the outside.
>>122704Uh..... Meanderly Polo or something is the pony version
>>122708Iron looks at the room in mild confusion, unsure what even is this. "...what is this place?"
>>122708Silver steps inside and first trots over to the unusually colored coat.
>>122709Midnight looks around, and noticing nopony around her
"Meanderly!"
awaits responce >>122712A yellow, fedora wearing catbird walks up to her. He twists his head quickly to the side, and blinks at her with slit, orange eyes
"Who are you?"
>>122711Greenish color, shorter hair length. Ever so slightly fluffy
>>122710It's fairly small, between the two doors
>>122713ANother griffon?
"My name is Midnight. Have you seen my companions?"
>>122713The unicorn picks up the fur coat. "What kind of fur is this?"
>>122714Yes. Another griffin for Midnight to bond with. This one is male.
"They are here, as far as I know. Two have gone through the doors on the left"
>>122715Relatively short fur, but a greenish tint, a little bright and closer to the yellow range. Not particularly fluffy, though at least somewhat soft. Honestly it's not clear why any creature would find this fashionable, unless maybe it's their natural coat color
>>122716"Well, thank you. It is nice to meet you"
Se nods
"May I ask your name?"
>>122716>>122711Silver looks over to the others who have entered the room, and shows them the odd garment. "Have any of you seen any coats like this before?"
>>122717He nods
"My name is Johann Lictshild. I am an inspector of the Imperial Inquisition"
With his right claw, he reaches up and tips his fedora
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>>122718>>122718Blue Shekels walks in, sees the coat, and moves her head back with wide eyes
>>122718"Hmmm, nope. It looks odd though."
>>122719Silver gives her a confused look. "What?"
>>122721Johann looks over, and he too moves his head back, though a bit less dramatically
Blue Shekels:
"That.... that might be from a pony"
>>122722Silver slowly looks back to the coat, and considers its properties and color again. "...Oh." He quickly drops it back in the pile, a little disgusted. "Just like selling unicorn and kirin horns. Why am I not surprised?"
>>122723Shekels walks around it, keeping about a foot and a half of distance
"What the hell is wrong with these creatures"
Johann:
"In some circles.... the harder an item is to get, the more of a status symbol it is to wear"
>>122722>>122723>>122724Midnight is silent, but closes her eyes and looks down.
>>122723>>122725Shekels:
"Guh!"
Johann and White Sands inspect it closer
>>122724>>122725>>122726"Of course..." Silver makes some distance between himself and the coat, trying not to think about the pony that coat came from. He instead focus on the locked double doors on the other side of the room.
>>122727It's a door like you might expect within a house, but with an external lock closing handles on the door
[1d20+2 = 18]>>122728Strength: Silver turns his hind end towards the door, and attempts to mimic Iron's door-smashing feat.
>>122729CrackSilver may not be as strong as Iron, but he's still got a bit of strength in him. The lock does not break. The wooden handles on the door, however, break off, and the door opens inwards, hitting something on the side and bouncing off, partly closing.
It's open
>>122730Silver looks inside the newly opened door.
>>122730>>122729"Good job!"
Midnight draws her weapons before approaching the door with the others
>>122713Iron doesn't even begin to understand what the room's purpose is, swiftly returning to pillage that safe over in the other room.
>>122731>>122732A "thud" inside, and the two can see into what is evidently a bedroom.
The walls are mostly a bluish color, and here too are they decorated with a a couple paintings, one being of a city scape of low rise buildings and canals, and another of a sailing ship. On the right is a large bed, kingsize, with huge fluffy pillows and white bedspread. Over top of the bed, recessed into the wall is a glass that covers over a saber sword with intricate hilt. Opposite the bed is a television, and on the side closer to the ponies, a day bed. The wall on the right has two windows that are covered up, and there are electric lights over the top. There is a dresser on the nearby wall, and a night stand to either side of the bed, as well as a radio to the bed's far side. On the far side is a cracked open door on the left that has a leather leash leading in from the bed, and to the right is a fully open door that reveals a bathroom with marble sinks and.... a Jacuzzi?
>>122733It looks fairly solid. Small, steel and cube shaped
>>122734You know what's gonna happen nextIron tries his best to force the lock open with a much needed bash from the body.
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"well... this is not what I expected..."
>>122734"Okay, this
has to be Maakie's room."
Silver trots over to the displayed saber to inspect it.
>>122735Bam!
The safe gets pushed back, and into the wall with a loud thud, and it
hurts. Bone is not as strong as steel, and Iron's right rear hoof is in pain from this
>>122737It's approximately a saber, a rather long but kind of thin slightly curved single edged blade. The cross guard is intricate, perhaps overly so, like a string of steel tied in a knot, and there is an engraving on the handle. Above it is the sheath, which is itself engraved with initials like "R.S.N"
>>122736Maybe not,
but let's keep going >>122738He looks to see if there's a way to retrieve it without breaking the glass.
>>122738Midnight walks around the room, investigating
"What is is we are looking for?"
>>122738Iron's hoof recoils back, letting out a series of 'ow' as he clip clops back, stabilizing his breath from the steel boobytrap.
>>122739A close look implies that the glass opens through some mechanism on the right side of the glass. However, it's definitely intended to be difficult to remove, at least not without some kind of key
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>>122740 >>122742>>122739"Silver, do you know what this saber is for?"
>>122740>>122742Silver sighs, and steps away for the moment to investigate the rest of the room.
"Nothing in particular, if I am being honest."
He decides to open the door with the leash.
>>122743"I would assume it is Maakie's own personal weapon. I am unsure if it is real or ceremonial."
>>122744Opens slightly, Silver can see off to the left that there is some clothing, so it must be a closet, and....
BAMThere is an attempt to close the door on Silver
>>122744>>122745"I see..."
Midnight follows the stallion, not sure what the group is really up to.
>>122746"Ack!"
Strength: Silver scrunches his snoot, and attempts to force his way through.
[1d20+1 = 13]>>122748>>122749>>122746Midnight notices the odd exchange, and decides to try as well
>>122748>>122749Silver runs into the door, and falls down to the ground
>>122750Midnight flings the door open
Inside it's a rectangular shaped room with some suits and houseclothing, but above all
"Ah!"
A frightened creature before her. A beak, red fur, wings, a simple blue mane, purple eyes, and ears that seem backwards from that of a pony. Female and somewhat small, wearing black socks on her rear, hooved legs, and a golden necklace around her neck. There is a leather tie around her right foreclaw
>>122752"I do not wish to hurt you!"
Midnight backs up a step, to seem nonthreatening
>>122750>>122751>>122752Silver pauses in rubbing his sore flanks to look at the sight of the creature before him. He looks rather shocked. "Hippogriff...what are you doing in Maakie's...closet?"
>>122753She stands forward for a moment, then tries to move off to the side, peering out
"What... What do you want?" she says
She actually has less of an accent than at least half the creatures here
>>122754She speaks to him
"What do you want from me?"