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Occupied Equestria - Confrontation
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123038
123091
Along the shores of Baltimare Harbor, in the halls of old 33 Hoebuck, our heroes have discovered a dark secret. What started as a mundane mission to stop illegal immigrant smuggling has uncovered something far more horrific - a cult from Griffonia. The party has successfully challenged and defeated many of the cultists and hired criminals, but in the process, has nearly died themselves. Now, low on health, they must both recover and put an end to the evils in 33 Hoebuck once and for all - before it puts an end to them first.

Way up north, in the Iron Range of Whinnysota, the ponies their inquire into exact who or what is damaging so many machines. Investigating and following leads, they may unveil the faults and problems of the Haysabi Iron Mine, and gain favor with Changeling authorities.

Damn it, I missed 123,000
1610 replies and 22 files omitted.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123741
123742
>>123740
"Alright then...I suppose after this is finished with, you will want to return to your school."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123742
123743
>>123741
"I don't know. It's been a long time, and it feels like longer. I imagine the world has changed since I left it."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123743
123744
>>123742
"How long?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123744
123749
>>123743
"I'm not sure. A while."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123749
123750
>>123744
"Hmm...what was last big event in world before you were captured?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123750
123751
>>123749
"Well, the war started. I think Tall Tales fell?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123751
123752
>>123750
Silver's eyes widen a bit.
"It...has been while. War has been over for short time, around one year. We lost."
vWLK1
?
No.123752
123753
>>123751
She is silent for a moment
"I figured as much. I had heard murmuring. Certain items became harder to find... Then there was one day I thought soldiers were going to storm the place. I thought it had happened... But I had to hear it confirmed. You say 'We'? Did you fight for Equestria?"
\r
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123753
123754
>>123752
"Yes, though I was not enlisted soldier. Too old. But I can do mercenary work still, so that is what I did. Changelings own Western half of Equestria now, and New Mareland owns Eastern half where we are."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123754
123757
>>123753
She squints her eyes slightly, and nods
"Unfortunate..."
Switching subjects
"You say you are working for the city against these monsters?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123757
123758
>>123754
He nods.
"Yes, though it seems city was unaware of true scale of what is going on. They will have field day with this, i am sure."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123758
123759
>>123757
"Oh they were?"
She says
"But if the fascists are in control... They may use it to incite suspicion of foreigners. Or immigrants. Or as proof of the 'backwardsness' of Griffin cultures"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123759
123760
>>123758
"That already exists in this part of city. It is inhabited by Severyanans and Skynavians, and these griffons have been terrorizing them for well over two years now, at least."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123760
123761
>>123759
She moves her eyes to look past Silver, into the hallway and down it. It's not clear if she is looking at somecreature behind him or nothing in particular
"They will take it far beyond 'this part of the city'."
She moves her head back and looks straight at him
"Does Equestria still exist as a puppet state?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123761
123762
>>123760
"As far as I know, somewhat. Equestria has been split up into numerous Protectorates."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123762
123763
>>123761
"Is there anything like the old government?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123763
123764
>>123762
He shakes his hoof in a "maybe" motion.
"I think they have kept much of old government, at least locally. I think leader of Baltimare Governate was mayor of city before end of war."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123764
123765
>>123763
She sighs
"I am at once shocked he would want to work with the Fascists and the Fascists with him.... And yet, I'm not surprised at all.

Do the Fascists' secret police swarm over the city like flies on a carcass?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123765
123766
>>123764
"Black Hooves? They have occupied Grand Baltimare Hotel, but I have not seen evidence of them leaving there all too often. Their philosophy for occupation seems to be leave Equestria alone for most part, to avoid building unnecessary resentment for current regime."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123766
123767
>>123765
"I see..."
She ponders for a moment, and even brings her right claw up towards her beak
"How badly 'infested' are the Fascists, or the city, if you understand my meaning?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123767
123768
>>123766
Silver understands what she means.
"It is hard to tell, naturally. It is unknown how many are in Fascists, but some were found to be infesting police station."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123768
123769
>>123767
She stops moving, and her mouth, opened in part for a brrief moment as she moved around, remains in the exact position she left it. Her body freezes as a whole for two seconds. Then she starts to slowly breath out, her chest visibly contracting. After a few more seconds, she responds

"You say you are working for the city?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123769
123770
>>123768
He nods.
"Yes, I am."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123770
123771
>>123769
She blinks
"Alright... Do you need anything of me?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123771
123772
>>123770
"Hmm...I do have question. We will be getting into fight with second group of griffons here, including their leadership. We also need people to guard prisoners in atrium. Which would you prefer to do, Undertoe?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123772
123773
>>123771
"I can fight"
She says, looking straight at Silver
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123773
123774
>>123772
He nods.
"It is your choice. We will give you rifle, then."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123774
123775
>>123773
"I'll take a rifle"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123775
123776
>>123774
He nods again, and smiles.
"So...perhaps you could tell me about your skills and hobbies, now?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123776
123777
>>123775
"Pearl diving I couldn't equal the full seaponies with their magic, but that didn't stop me from trying. Where are these rifles?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123777
123778 123779
>>123776
Silver pulls a rifle off of Iron's unconscious form, and shows it to Undertoe.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123778
123779
>>123777
She takes it off of Silver, grabbing it by the butt
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123779
123780
>>123778
>>123777
She takes the rifle, and moves back onto her rump, balancing herself so that both claws can cover the rifle. Then she looks at it. It has a black barrel, what looks almost like a second barrel underneath, and a grey metal plate around the chamber. She places her claw on the bottom cylinder, pulls something up, and must have unlocked something because she twists the top of the bottom cylinder off. She looks down the cylinder, then twists it back into position. She levels the gun, and pulls the butt of the rifle towards her shoulder. A strap wraps around, and she shows that she can hold it steady with only a single claw. Lowering it slightly, she uses her claw to pull a lever out - the gun evidently having a lever action. There is a loud "cling" as it is pulled out, and she looks into the breach. There is a "clack" as the lever is pulled back up. She lowers the gun to inspect the firing pin. A cartridge falls to the floor. She picks it up, and slides it through the loading gate into the rifle.

Now, she looks down the sight with the cocked and loaded rifle (no talon on the trigger) down the hallway into the blackness. She lowers it down, and finds a slide that looks like a safety, pulling it down, then back up.

"This will work"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123780
123781
>>123779
He looks a little surprised.
"You are quite knowledgable about that rifle."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123781
123782
>>123780
"A little" she says
She looks back to Silver and lets the rifle slide in the sling around her. The sling of course is not simply a sling. The sling is rather tight on her. She sits back on her rump to try to use both claws to reach behind her head, and manages to untie a golden necklace around her neck. She starts to pull it off, though it has to be pulled from under the strap.

She takes the golden chain, and holds it up. She is naked, save for the rifle, and the big, black socks that went far up her hind legs, as far as her hocks, when she was first found hiding in the closet, are nowhere to be seen.

"Do you want this?" She asks, tendering the necklace to Silver
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123782
123783
>>123781
He continues to look surprised, and he looks up at her. He does not take it from her, at least for the moment.
"But...is it not yours?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123783
123784
>>123782
She holds it out for another moment, and then starts to pull it back
"I suppose I should exchange it for bits somewhere. I'll need some money after all of this"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123784
123785
>>123783
"I can give you Bits, if you need them. What do you need to purchase?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123785
123786
>>123784
"Food, boarding, transportation tickets. The basics" She says
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123786
123787
>>123785
He smiles at her.
"I will see what I can do to help you with what I have, Undertoe."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123787
123788
>>123786
She places the necklace back out towards Silver
"If you could give me a few bits for tickets, a hotel and some food, and it's not conditioned on anything else you can take the necklace"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123788
123789
>>123787
He looks in his bags, counts out a total of 500 Bits, and gives it to her with a smile.
"Here, take it. And keep your necklace. It looks nice on you."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123789
123790
>>123788
She takes the bits. And looks to Silver. And looks back at the bits. And looks to Silver. She holds out all of the bits to him, to show the amount, although only after turning her body to try to hide line of sight to the bits from the other creatures
"Did you mean to give me this much?"


Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123790
123791
>>123789
He nods, firmly.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123791
123792
>>123790
Then she says
"I'm... not an escort"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123792
123793
>>123791
He looks confused for a moment, then blushes, and chuckles awkwardly. He keeps his voice low to avoid others listening in.
"Oh, no no no, that is not...I mean, you are very beautiful creature, and I would very much like to...but no, it is not for anything like 'that'. It is gift, to help with lodging, food, and transport. I figure it is better to give too much than not enough."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123793
123794
>>123792
She smiles (or seems to, the ways she pulls her beak), now with a look like embarrassment
"Thank you. I had... forgotten what the kindness of the old Equestria was like. I didn't mean to accuse..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123794
123795
>>123793
He waves it off with a smiles.
"It is nothing to apologize for, trust me, I understand. Take those Bits with my blessing, Undertoe."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123795
123796
>>123794
She seems to smile more
"Let me get those socks.."
She walks off, right past Silver
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123796
>>123795
Silver feels quite nice, seeing her smile. He looks to the other present people to talk to.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123797
123798
She walks off, and bends down on the floor.

But Khoi is standing there, and so is Jubilosa. White Sands is a little further off, and Blue Skies has taken up a sort of rearguard, staring into the blackness. Johann does not seem to be in the hallway
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123798
123799
>>123797
Silver looks around for Meadows, realizing something he can do to help her.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123799
123800
>>123798
Meadows is on the hall on the right side, kind of facing Silver, but her head is hanging down. She's almost "listing" as she stands, with her left shoulder touching the wall, and her right hoof up and rubbing against the wall. She's strangely tall and large, and looks like she'd only barely fit through doors. She doesn't acknowledge Silver.

Blue Skies is actually behind her, in the center of the hall and facing the other way
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123800
123801
>>123799
Silver trots up to her, bringing out the flask of changeling honey he got from Zwolf's prison room. He looks to her, speaking softly.
"Meadows? Can you work with me for moment? I am going to give you something that should help."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123801
123802
>>123800
She looks up at him
"Huh?"
She looks tired
"Oh? That would be great"
She sounds tired, too
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123802
123803
>>123801
"Oh boy...uh, here..."
He holds Meadow's mouth open. Using his magic as a kind of spoon, he scoops the honey out of the flask and onto her tongue. He then closes her mouth.
"Okay, now swallow."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123803
123804
>>123802
She has a fairly long muzzle, and a tongue both long and wide, at least as long as Zwolf's. She licks it up like honey, and licks more, as if she likes the flavor. Her throat moves visibly as she swallows, repeatedly

For a moment, nothing happens. Then she moves her head side to side, scratches the ground with her hoof, and whips her tail. She snorts
"I feel... So much better"

She looks first at Silver, then right into his eyes. Her eyes become a deepr grey, then add blue, and yellow, and brown color to them. Her coat becomes a darker, with more brown and yellow. Her mane becomes a darker brown. All this over the course of some seconds, perhaps half a minute.
"Your eyes... I can see them. A blue."
She smiles, and looks over to Khoi
"And Gold"
To Undertoe
"And Red!"
She seems excited, and jumps up on her hind legs. She doesn't quite rear - the ceiling isn't high enough to guarantee that could be done without hitting her head - but she jumps up, and stomps back down on her hooves. Skies looks back

"It's so much better! I feel like I could run. I could run if I weren't in this small hallway. I could run from the orchard to the town again, and maybe back!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123804
123805
>>123803
Silver smiles at the sight as he puts the flask away.
"Heh...heheh, it worked!"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123805
123806
>>123804
She tries to run - or really, trot - down the hallway. She goes around Undertoe on the left and Khoi on the right, unsettling both of them, as she goes on by. She goes down the hallway someways before turning around (though she has some difficulty turning her body in the hallway) and trots back past a somewhat irritated Undertoe and Khoi. Undertoe is wearing her black socks again, and the necklace is run around the trigger guard and her shoulder
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123806
123807
>>123805
Silver shakes his head in amusement at the further sight of her enjoying her newly rediscovered vigor. Still, he trots up to her to reign her in and keep her furth irritating any more of the party members.
"It is good to see you up and well, Meadows."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123807
123808
>>123806
Reaching up, he can place a hoof - or more likely, magic - around the base of her neck, and reign her in
"Oh... Sorry. But I really thought I would never run again. I was surprised to see in black and white. But to see, and to remember, in color... It is a blessing of Mazda"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123808
123809
>>123807
He nods, understanding that feeling at least in part.
"It is good to hear, Meadows. What is it you remember, now?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123809
123810
>>123808
"The orchard. My old home. The mountains beyond the valley"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123810
123811
>>123809
He smiles, softly.
"That sounds very nice. Can you tell me about them?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123811
123812
>>123810
"The trees waving in the wind in the light of the afternoon. The mountains shining in the same, and the gap between them filled with mountains more distant. And the old family home... Beautiful white walls with arches, and intricate painted patterns on the top of every level. The courtyard with arches on every side. And Running down green hills... All these things I remember"
She has a tear in her eyes
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123812
123813
>>123811
The old pony smiles more at hearing Meadows recount the tale of her home.
"It truly sounds amazing, Meadows."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123813
123814
>>123812
She breathes, in and out. Her eyes are fixed at some point on the ceiling 40 feet or so down the hall
"It was. It truly was."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123814
123815 123816
>>123813
Silver looks at her, wondering is she is sorrowful at remember her home.
"...would you like hug, by any chance?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123815
123817
>>123814
She moves her head on top of her long neck, and looks back at Silver. She is visibly smiling, wide
"Yes. I would"
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
jMKqy
?
No.123816
123817 123818
>>123814
Silver's herd keeps getting bigger
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123817
123818
>>123815
He takes a step forward, and wraps his forelegs around her long neck in a hug. It's in this moment where he privately amazes to himself about how nice it is to hug somepony who is roughly the same height as him.

>>123816
Bit by bit...
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123818
123819
>>123817
Maybe not so much the "same height" thing. Her shoulders are somewhat higher. Her fur has some "give" to it, letting it move. Her fur isn't quite soft, if anything it's a bit courser than most ponies, and it's somewhat short as well. Underneath her fur is muscle and especially bone. She's skinny, and whatever fat she had - even healthy, natural fat - is gone. But she is hugged, and she tries to place her neck and head down to him, to give a hug of her own back. A long, scrawny leg wraps its way over Silver's back.

>>123816
Kek
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123819
123820
>>123818
The Severyanan stallion gladly lets her hug him back. He wonders to himself if her lankiness is natural, or the result of the feeding they put her through.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123820
123821
>>123819
Her ribs show, and she generally looks emaciated. Johann looks much the same.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123821
123822
>>123820
They could really use some food...maybe I could cook for all of them if I managed to find suitable stove.

He speaks up to Meadows, continuing to hug and hold her if she needs it. If she decides no, she can easily pull out of his grip.

"If I may ask...how did you end up here, Meadows?"
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123822
123823
>>123821
She continues to hug, though her rear hooves move a step back to reposition herself

"I got on a ship in Bitsra to take me to Equestria. And I ended up here..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123823
123824
>>123822
He grips more for just a second, hearing her tell what happened, if only briefly.

"It is sadly too common story for this place, those people that end up here...I am sorry to hear that these people tricked and trapped you, Meadows."
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123824
123827 123831
>>123823
"They chained me to a table and made me stamp horse shoes. Or carry steel. This went on for a while. Before they sent me to the Rakshaka... This is terrible place"
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123827
123828
>>123824
Can ponies play tomorrow?
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123828
>>123827
Maybe. Maybe...
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123829
Silver's Herd grows by the minute.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123831
123832
>>123824
"It is. But this nightmare is almost over."

He looks at the tall mare.

"What reason did you have for coming to Equestria, Meadows?"
vWLK1
?
No.123832
123833
>>123831
“When the new government came in in Neighran it was not a good time to be a land owner. It was much worse to be a land owner who had sold food and nuts to the Storm King’s forces. After my husband died things have not... quite been right for me. But I still tended the trees, and lived off of the proceeds of the orchards and the land in the valley we rented. It had belonged to my father...

My eldest son had come to Equestria some years before to study in school. We had the money to send him abroad, so we did so. Equestria was... Well there was this image of a shining city on the mountain. A place of wonder and prosperity. Sending your child abroad was a sign of prestige anyways, so we did so.... Besides... the times after the Storm Empire fell have not been entirely stable... we wanted him to have a back up.

This was until the war broke out. He assured us in letters he was safe... But I wanted him back home. Leaving the country became harder to do, with the shipping intercepted. He never came back to lay his father in the Tower of Silence outside Prancena... I was worried.... for him, and for me...

Canterlot fell, at least it was to the Conservatives. I have gotten one telegram from him since then, so I know at least he was safe after that, though I do not know if he left since then. When I saw that the war was over, the reformists had lost and the land owners had won, I made up my mind to come to Equestria and live with him. And so I tried to.”
\r
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123833
123834
>>123832
Silver nods.

"It seems fall of Storm Empire has not been entirely peaceful...your son lives in Canterlot, or at least last you heard?"
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123834
123835
>>123833
“I believe so. That is where he was last. He may have studied at the ‘School of Friendship,’ I don’t think that is in Canterlot, after the war began and he had to prolong his studies. But the last telegram was sent out of an office in Canterlot, so that I where I was going to go. He may have left the country for all I know. Gone to the Yaks, or Hippogriffia”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123835
123836
>>123834
"Hmm...I believe that was in Ponyville, if I remember correctly. Well, do not worry, Meadows. We will get you of here shortly, and you will be able to look for your son."
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123836
123837
282B205B-0B97-4B39-9722-022606653201.jpeg
>>123835
She looks at him, with a very warm smile
“Thank you. This may still be a land of Harmony after all”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123837
123838
>>123836
"What was conflict in Neighran, if I may ask?"
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123838
123839
>>123837
“Karkadannistan is an old and noble culture, and has been for a thousand years. Saddle Arable tried to impose their rule, their culture, and their religion on the Karkardannis, but failed. The great grandfather of the Shah declared his independence as Saddle Arabia waned, and Karkadannistan prospered.

Then the Storm King attacked. The Storm King didn’t really tolerate resistance to his rule. He took what he wanted and was not afraid to burn and destroy what he could not have in full. So many of the land owners took reasonable steps to preserve what they owned. My husband was among them. He was not going to let his family, nor his father and laws’ estate suffer, and so our manor was never burned, nor were the nut trees my grandfather planted chopped down. But many of the horses were not so understanding. They held it against us, and many others.

The Shah fled to Saddle Arabia as soon as he caught sight of Airships over Nieghran, and that is probably all that saved him from being hung when he returned. But so much of the old government, and the temples had either been burnt, smashed, or painted in that black label ‘Collaborationist.’”

Now, even before the Storm King there had been.... ‘Reformists,’ who thought the temples had too much power, too much influence, and that the lands of the old estates should be ‘redistributed’ across the peasantry. This is how it is with all countries, and just as children must learn to respect their elders so too do youths sometimes take their time in learning to respect the wisdom of their ancestors. But after the war... there was no power, no authority left to teach them. To hold them in check. The Shah gave up his ancient birthright, and accepted a constitution that gave him limited power against a parliament - not that he could have done otherwise. Besides this, Saddle Arabian garrisons its soldiers in the eastern provinces. It was messy”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123839
123840
>>123838
"Ah. Story of Communism. It is disease which sits and festers in wounds left by war and disaster, just as what it did in my own Motherland. Yes, it does sound messy."
6jPLb
?
No.123840
123841
>>123839
Khoi visibly flinches as the black word leaves Silver’s lips, while Jubilosa listens in vague irritation. Blue Skies looks up from her vigil over towards the conversation. 33 Hoebuck, like so many old buildings, has that unsettling quality of not being completely silent when the lights are off and the rooms vacant, and so Blue Skies stood guard against whatever dangers may creep out from the dark hallway, with Silver’s words only now causing her to break her gaze.

Highland Meadows responds
“No. Not the Communists. The Reformists. The Democrats and the Socialists who promised reform. Everyone knew the Communists were undesirable, with how they smashed a Fire a Temple from the times of Marerius like they were Storm thugs. It was the ‘moderates’ who edged their way into power by taking concessions, little by little, until they had the country. Though they too may lose their gains to the Communists, if they are as trusting of them as the Shah was of Reformists.”
\r
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123841
123842
>>123840
"Hmm...this, too, I have heard of, though not as often. It is also not good thing to happen to nation, though thankfully not as utterly...destructive...as Communism."

He smiles at Meadows.

"I hope you find better fortunes in future, Meadows, and live happy life with your son."
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123842
123843
>>123841
“Thank you.” She says, and she makes a slight bow, spreading her forehooves
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123843
123844
>>123842
Silver crosses one of his forelegs over the other's knee, and responds to her bow with one of his own.

"There is one more thing I would like to ask you. We are just short bit away from facing against last group of these griffons that did all of this. There will be most definately be fight. There are also griffon prisoners that need to be watched over. If you were asked to choose between those two, which would you choose?"
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123844
123845
>>123843
“I don’t.... I don’t know... I have never faced combat before... The mares were not expected to.”

Blue Skies walls up toward Silver, still wearing her griffin hide, as it were.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123845
123846
>>123844
Silver nods.

"Perhaps it would be good idea for you to stay with prisoners, then."

The unicorn looks to the approaching Blue griffon.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123846
123847
>>123845
She’s dark brown, not blue reeee

She approaches, and speaks to Silver:
“What are you doing? Arming and dividing the.... creatures?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123847
123849
>>123846
You know what I mean.

"More or less."
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123848
123849
Not intending to interject on an astral or existential level, Brie prepares himself to engage in the protracted plan he has prepared with Spark.
"It couldn't have been a simple insurgent scenario, oh no,..." he mutters to himself, rolling his eyes and patting down his suit to verify the situation of his daggers, his sword, and of course his fine suit and cloak. He then disembarks to ascertain the location of the Gendarmarie, specifically Zu Lang, and attempt to position himself nearby.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123849
123850 123851 123860
>>123847
I know, but I still wanted to say that

“Well, you can certainly do that. It depends on where their security team will be, maybe they will be guarding the cultists, or venturing out. If you could lock off the building and make sure all of the captures are tied right there is nothing to worry about. Though a determined and armed team could break through locked doors. Then again, they could break through a weak rear guard too.”

>>123848
The lieutenant is still near Brie. Zu Lang and his two personal guards are walking up the ramp and away. A few more gendarme stand around in or on the edges of the pit, keeping watch with long rifles and carbines
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123850
123852
>>123849
Perfect. Since last Brie and Zu spoke, it would not be untoward for Brie to take flight, and so he does so, all the while keeping an eye on Lang. Intended elevation of about 150'.
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123851
123852
>>123849
I suppose Spark makes his way back to the forest.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123852
123853
>>123850
Brie flies up, up and over, out of the pit. He can see all of the pit, its rocks and gravel, trucks and power shovels. He can see most of the town, if obscured by trees, upon the hill, with a steeple, a school house’s bell, and the top floor of the company building sticking out. He can see the railway, and the grinding mill that sprawls north and west of the pit. He can see a lake, and the edges of a second pit north, and to the East. And he can see an endless sea of pine trees, against which the lake, town and pits stick out as islands.

Zu Lang walks out to the edge of the pit, between the mill and town

>>123851
Spark crosses the railroad, towards that cleared area, and the trees with the damaged limbs
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123853
123854
>>123852
Brie adjusts to a glide, and aerially shadows Lang, positioning himself to transition into a dive.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123854
123855
>>123853
Lang walks slowly, changing his direction towards town. Brie has to make a circle to make this work, but he can dive from behind
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123855
123856 123857
>>123854
Brie maintains his shadowing pursuit, waiting for things to blow up to signify the start of the plan.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123856
123859
>>123855
This isn’t possible strictly speaking, as Brie must fly faster, to maintain flight, than Lang’s walking pace. Of course circles can maintain an approximate position, with wider circles, especially those that go over the forest, being less suspicious to any guard who looks up.
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123857
123858
>>123855
Oh. I'm the one blowing things up? Ok, I misunderstood that part.
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123858
123861
>>123857
I was under the impression that Spark was going to light the spark, yes. The other explosions will be from Brie.
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123859
123862
>>123856
As needed, that's fine. I don't know what to expect from Lang
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123860
123862
>>123849
Fair enough.

"Hmm...it is difficult to figure out. And if I am remembering correctly, there is still one doorway to atrium that is without door."

He looks up at the griffon.

"So, you are more experienced than I am at leading and coordinating groups. Perhaps you have advice you could give?"
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123861
123862 123863
>>123858
Then Spark will wait till sundown like discussed.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123862
123864 123865
>>123860
“The door way between the buildings closes” she says

“If you want to strike quickly, and with power, keep everyone together. To be more cautious, but have less power when you strike, keep some in the other room. Of course there is also a risk to the creatures themselves if they enter combat. It may be possible to go contact the police or customs now, though that would take a pony away from the action. It would help secure those that are captured though.”

>>123861
Are you sure?

>>123859
Lang is walking towards town. He has a slower pace than he could have. His lieutenant walks up the ramp, and towards another pony near the edge of the pit.

>>123861
He’s flying now though
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123863
123865
>>123861
... its not... sundown?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123864
123866
>>123862
Silver nods.

"I did not consider this last option. This seems wisest."
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123865
123867
>>123862
>>123863
I don't know. Is it? I'm kind of relying on you guys doing whatever you need to to get ready and then I go now that I'm the trigger.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123866
123869
>>123864
“Do you... want me to go find customs? How about the police? It means I won’t be in the combat though, unless nothing happens until they arrive”
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123867
123868
>>123865
I guess I just sort of assumed it was go-time. If not for Spark's plan, Brie would be engaging in a recon/bombing run right now. Oh well, too late to retcon, Brie is in tactical strike position.
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123868
123870
>>123867
I will bomb whenever. I just need to know when it is. Is it now? Is it in a couple of actions' time?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123869
123871
>>123866
"..."

Silver scratches his chin in thought.

"Hmm...well, what do you think? Would you rather be in fight, or get police or customs?"
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123870
123871
>>123868
I'd say play it by ear. If the coast seems clear and Spark is comfortable, fire away. He can always decide to wait.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123871
123872 123874
>>123869
“The captures being released is a definite hazard, but the real question is probably this: where do you want the weaker creatures to be when the cultists are confronted?”

>>123870
Brie can reasonably assume that Lang is going towards the police station, or if not the police station, a different covered structure that even the 500 lb bombs of formal dive bombers would face moderate difficulty collapsing. It’s near a mile up to the town, away from the pit and mill. Lang will take several minutes at the least, and circling him like a carrion bird for all that time is unlikely to remain unnoticed.
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123872
123873
>>123871
How many exits?
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123873
123875
>>123872
Of the police station? It is hard to say, Brie saw only one waking past it. But Zu Lang is out in the open right now, and Brie is even more so
Silver "The Floof" Sword
aZTOK
?
No.123874
123877
>>123871
"Preferably out of way of fighting, if they are unable to support us using ranged weapons."
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123875
123876 123877
>>123873
Brie triggers his cloak and disguises himself as part of the skyline
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123876
>>123875
Imperfect given the limitations of the cloak, but he does reduce his presence to something more like a bird. Clouds further away offer even more cover, but they are further away
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123877
123878
>>123874
“Well, then give them all guns, place them in one of these rooms, or lock them in the dormitory building”

>>123875
A new development that may be concerning. The lieutenant, who looks over in vain towards Spark, gathers an earth pony stallion in chains and a gendarme guard, and starts his way towards the station. He’s behind Zu Lang, 200 feet or so, and so has the ability to see what is behind Zu Lang - and likely, what is above him
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123878
123879
>>123877
Alright, how many ponies/bugs are in play, around Lang? There's the Lieutenant, the stallion prisoner, and the guard. Anyone else?
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123879
123880
>>123878
Two immediately around Lang, a guard with the Lieutenant, a chained pony prisoner, and three gendarme guards are visible around the pit (they are kind of far away and closer to the pit).

Two familiar black dogs roam around the edge of the pit, looking about
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123880
123881
>>123879
Can Brie estimate the approximate freefall time to reach the ground from here? At 150' I would assume it would be less than 10 seconds, but I know the acceleration speed of a falling object.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123881
123882
>>123880
Round about 3.1 seconds if exactly 150 feet and no effort throwing it down
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123882
123883
>>123881
Is there any form of cover in the vicinity of the group or are they in an open area?
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123883
123884
>>123882
The forest is maybe 100 feet away., and the walls of the pit are 30 feet or less. Depending on the exact location, there are objects ranging from a dump truck, a ditch next to the railway, and even a steam train
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123884
123885
>>123883
Alright. Last question. What are the gendarme equipped with, assuming its visible?
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123885
123886
>>123884
The Gendarme are full soldiers of the Changeling Army. The ones around the pit (further away) have bolt action rifles. The ones standing with the officers have semi-automatic carbines. The officers have at least pistols. It is harder to say if anyling has a Submachine gun
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123886
123887
>>123885
e_e
Alright. Brie, who is naught but an innocuous bird I don't see why he can't camoflage as the skyline, but w/e begins ascending, endeavoring to keep Lang in his sights, or if not to keep an eye on wherever he goes.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123887
123888
>>123886
Okay, maybe his cloak can turn him solid blue.

It’s probably fair to say that Brie can sense that his confederate has had a hiccup or difficulty of some sort
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123888
123889 123890
>>123887
Spark would be setting up the bombs along the forest, probably to knock over trees, as well as the train station Spark had previously found.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123889
123891
>>123888
Spark can easily place a charge at the base of a tree, or on a tree. The civilian train station that Spark found is around a hill and almost a mile away - are you sure that is what you want to try to attach explosives to?
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123890
123892
>>123888
I assume Brie can see this
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123891
123892
>>123889
No, the one where the workers are loading things onto.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123892
123893 123895
>>123890
If Spark is really in the woods, then he’d be just out of Brie’s field of view. Brie would see him entering and leaving the forest easily, though.
He could see him along the track and in the side of train cars as well.

>>123891
Anything in particular? A train car, the track, a locomotive?
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123893
123894
>>123892
The building itself, a wall.
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123894
>>123893
Alright. It is done
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123895
123896
>>123892
That also means that Brie would have a bird's eye view of what Lang and co were doing, and whether or not they were observing, following, or shadowing Spark.
6jPLb
?
No.123896
123897
>>123895
The Lieutenant does indeed look around, first at Brie, and then at Spark, evidently expecting Spark to meet with him. He stops later, gets the pony prisoner and goes in the direction of town. Zu Lang heads in the direction of town immediately and pays no mind to anyone except possibly the two drones accompanying him. Aside from some curious black dogs it really looks like the Gendarme around the pit are more concerned with looking over the pony workers, and the pony workers go about their business - if sometimes at leisurely pace
\r
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123897
123898
>>123896
Having been looked at, even in disguise, Brie will decide "he's gained enough altitude" and will peel off toward the forest. How much time does he have to kill before sundown?
Anonymous
6jPLb
?
No.123898
>>123897
If he’s waiting until sundown, almost two hours
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123899
123900 123901
Alright, little ponies. Now what?
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123900
123902 123904
>>123899
Brie wants to keep an eye on Lang, planning to pull a death-from-above when the fireworks go off. He took off because he thought it was later than it was. Since its far earlier than I thought it was, and since the lings are still expecting him to run recon, he'll minimally do that, but more to kill time than to actually run recon. According to Spark, there is no insurgency, so after about an hour (still before sunset) he will return to the city, "before setting out again to locate the insurrection" (but really just to be in position).
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123901
123904 123905
>>123899
Spark needs to try and keep that prisoner around, so he heads to the lieutenant.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123902
123903
>>123900
Lang walks on, into Blackwood. He walks first into the company building, and is in there for a while, before walking into the police building. The Lieutenant walks directly to the station with the prisoner. Gendarme soldiers occasionally walk between the town and the pit, but mostly the same ones look over the pit.

Over at the mine, there is something like the end of a shift, with many workers walking back and to the mine. The grinding mill stops its incessant pounding, and the steam train, with a whistle, slowly pulls out from the mill. The cars do not look to be full.

Of in the forest, there is something that looks like smoke off in the distance. A wolf howls. Night begins to fall
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123903
123904
>>123902
Brie returns to the town, intent on speaking with Spark. He's seen a fire in the distance, which grants legitimacy to the story he's going to spin for the gendarme, should they ask.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123904
123906 123907
241981.png
>>123901
>>123903
>>123900
New interpretation! If Spark left the conversation thinking he was supposed to blow up the bombs immediately, he is going to set the bombs off immediately
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123905
123909
>>123901
Fine. Cancel that. I'm moving ahead with the whole thing. Spark gets to cover and sets the fuses. He preps his illusion spell for the moment the explosion happens.
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123906
>>123904
Cute buggo
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123907
123908
>>123904
Oh I do hope that Brie can see Lang when this happens
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123908
123909
>>123907
He will not yet be to the tree line of the town when this happens
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123909
123910
>>123905
>>123908
It is what it is. Lets blow some shit up.
I assume its too late to acquire or have acquired an incendiary device?
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123910
123911
>>123909
Unless he had matches with him, or a zippo Should have made your character a smoker like Silver. Maybe he can run and find something
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123911
123912
>>123910
He'll improvise. Not everyone can see in the dark, odds are he can find something when the time comes. The most critical part is stuff blowing up while he's in the air. He doubts that Lang is gonna hide when bombs are going off, and if he does, he'll just go find him.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123912
123913
>>123911
If only there were some location where the sun where blocked out, that is dark even in day, and that the changelings could easily be persuaded to run into....

Oh well. So long as they don't know Brie is attacking them he really has multiple shots at this
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123913
123914
>>123912
Spark casts his illusion as the fuses near their end. He uses the beast he encountered in the forests outside the farm as his mental picture to base this creature on, but exagerates it in many was, giving it large fangs, wings that appear to have a razor edge, and eyes that only a demon could posses. He starts it inside the forest and makes it walk tought the trees towards the pit. The bombs should give it all the attention it needs.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123914
123915
>>123913
Damn. Now for the explosions...
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123915
>>123914
Alas, I can't find any Visioneers memes about The EXPLOSIONS
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123916
123917 123923
shutterstock_420323716-760x506.jpg
It comes out of the woods like a silent contender. Approximately it looks like a 25 foot Owl Bear, with with a sharp hooked beak with fangs bending down, matted grey fur cast in shadow. Sharp, angled wings like that of some malign dragon. And glowing, blood red eyes.

It announces its presence to the world with a "PING!" exploding behind it, sending a tree falling down, and into another tree, knocking off limbs as it falls down and in the direction of the tracks. Another tree is knocked lose, and into the wood. The cracking of limbs and falling timber is nearly a roar against the silent perpetrator.

The Lieutenant and his guard are the first to look back

Drie: "What is that thing?"
Guard: "That is.... not like what I saw... It is something else"

Zu Lang and his two guards stop in their tracks, and turn back. The two guards pull out their guns, and level them at the monster. Zu Lang pulls out his pistol with a magical glow.
"Well? Shoot it! Make it go away!"

It Starts to walk forward with silent steps, even as the trees crash behind it. The guards at the edge of the pit look back over towards it now.

Then, "PING!" There is an explosion on the side of the grinding mill. A feeding conveyer falls down to the ground, and a steel cover flies off. This is the event that, more than anything, gets the attention of the Gendarme, as a howl and shriek of bullets start to fly

BANG BANG BANG BANG

The leitenant's guard starts to shoot, then the Lieutenant with his pistol. Zu Lang seems to have a different perspective:
"Saboteurs! They are Saboteurs planting explosives! Hold the area! More bombs will be forth coming! Everyling, on duty!"
His guards are shooting their carbines in the direction of the monster, and perhaps indiscriminately at the forest.

A particularly scared pony stallion appears through the dust cloud by the grinding mill, having evidently been near the source of the explosion. A black dog looks around before jumping towards the pit

The guards around the pit have all turned and were among the first to start shooting. Zu Lang yells at them
"Look out for insurgents in the mines! Watch them!"

From around the mill, and over around the town, there is buzzing, with presumably more changelings coming to join the fray

For the dozen bullets shot at the Owl Bear from Tartarus, nothing seems to hurt it. They may as well just pass through
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123917
123918
>>123916
Brie in his return flight, will visually target Lang. He'll draw his short sword, shift his cloak to look LIKE Lang, and then descend on a death-from-above course.

Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123918
123919
>>123917
Lanng has his pistol out, and is yelling at Guards. To each side is a guard with guns drawn, focusing on the monster before them
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123919
123920
>>123918
So Brie has surprise? :3
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123920
123921
>>123919
At the moment... Yes
Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123921
123922
>>123920
Its probably ill advised, and it might hurt Brie a bit, but, Brie is going to use his current dive-bomb formation to run Lang through with his short sword
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123922
123925
>>123921
So soon? Will he announce to the guard what he is running through Zu Lang for, so as to discourage retaliation?

Alright...
Roll Die
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
?
No.123923
123924
>>123916
To keep the illusion going, does Spark need to remain stationary? While he ponders when a good time to run back to the others would be, he casts Ghost Sound to make the beast of his making seem more believable. He makes it make a noise as if it feels the bullets trying to tear though it with some shrieks and roars, as well as its footsteps closer to the group of confused ponies and changelings.
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123924
>>123923
And so are added ROAR sounds, the stomp of giant feet, and flinches and raised arms as bullets tear at it
jPC9/
?
No.123925
123926
[1d20 = 7]
>>123922
Nah, these are Lang's bugs. He's under no illusion that he's getting off easy.
No strength modifier, not sure if he has a BAB, and I dunno the (any) bonus for the sword
Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123926
123927
>>123925
+3 BAB, +2 Charge bonus (Because this is a dive), and +2 from the Sword. It's enough to penetrate the fur coat of the flat-footed Zu Lang
jPC9/
?
No.123927
123928
[1d6+2 = 6]
>>123926
Woo hoo!
Its a +2 sword?? SHID!! :DDDDD

Anonymous
vWLK1
?
No.123928
123931
>>123927
Yes. Don't forget your Sneak attack bonus
jPC9/
?
No.123930
123932
[3d6 = 9]

Anonymous
jPC9/
?
No.123931
123932
>>123928
"So sorry, I seem to have gotten turned around. I was looking for the person responsible for discipline around these mines. I seem to have slipped." Brie says, pulling his blade from Lang and readying it for another blow, since Lang is prone.
vWLK1
?
No.123932
123933 123934
[2d20 = 20]
[1d20+2 = 12]
>>123930
And so 15 damage down to Zu Lang, who is knocked prone.

Brie has the advantage of looking more or less like Zu Lang, but anyone who can see position and weapons could see who is who.

Left guard
"This is the monster!"

>>123931
His green eyes narrows right on Brie

He should probably roll initiative
jPC9/
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No.123933
123934
[1d20+3 = 20]
>>123932
"You could have avoided this by relaying with the Queen. Now you're my problem. No hard feelings, its just business." Brie says with a sneer.
Anonymous
vWLK1
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No.123934
123935 123937
>>123933
>>123932
Brie first, then a gendarme, then Zu Lang, then the other Gendarme. No other creatures have yet joined in, as they are focused on the monster
jPC9/
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No.123935
123936
[1d20+5 = 13]
>>123934
Alright. Brie will attempt a second stab with his sword, per dice. If he can he will also prepare a throwing knife, and if he can throw it (not expecting to, but if he can it will be at one of the gendarme).
vWLK1
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No.123936
123938
[2d2 = 4]
>>123935
Hmmm.... Probably a hit


Anonymous
jPC9/
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No.123937
123940
>>123934
"Let's play a game, you and I. Or I and I. Depends on how you look at it I suppose."
jPC9/
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No.123938
[1d6+2 = 7]
>>123936
A hit? Bully!

Anonymous
jPC9/
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No.123939
123941
"Winner takes the other's head. How's that for sport?" Brie says mockingly
vWLK1
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No.123940
123941
[1d20+7 = 25]
>>123937
His eyes seem to change color under Brie, from Green to something... different. Black. Pure orbs of black that soak in the light and give nothing back. They stare at him

But with his pistol, he shoots back at Brie
vWLK1
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No.123941
123942
[2d6 = 10]
>>123940
>>123939
Brie is exceptionally lucky, for both Gendarme refrain in the chaos and confusion from shooting at either of the two Zu Langs before them

Where he is not so lucky is in Zu Lang's return shot with his pistol, which goes right through a gap in the jacket.

Zu Lang's head twitches again, in a strange way
Anonymous
jPC9/
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No.123942
123943 123944 123946
>>123941
"Tit for tat. Come then Lang." Brie says, showing his bat fangs.
Anonymous
jPC9/
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No.123943
123946
>>123942
Brie furls his wings menacingly
Anonymous
vWLK1
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No.123944
123945 123946
>>123942
Zu Lang has.... stopped responding in any kind of normal way. The last reciprocal action he undertakes comes when he, too, bares his fangs. His right fang is three and a half inches long, the left one is two inches, so it is established. With this, comes a grin.

Now, it is not unusual for Changelings to change shape and appearance. What is new is to do so without a green flash. Before Brie's eyes, slowly, over the course of seconds, Zu Lang's chitin starts to drain color, and change texture, becoming a whiteish brown at parts, and looking almost like dried, dead naked hide from a pony. His chest starts to expand, as does his back, slowly becoming longer. His legs become longer, and lankier. His belly does not grow, however, and he looks exceptionally emaciated. His wings don't seem to change much, becoming crackled and small on his back.

He grins with lips that become ever thinner, and with broken yellow teeth behind, as his muzzle seems to become longer. And he stares right back at Brie with those soulless, black eyes
Anonymous
jPC9/
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No.123945
123946 123948
>>123944
Brie is going to activate his cloak to attempt camoflage, and attempt to take flight.
Anonymous
vWLK1
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No.123946
123947 123948 124943
>>123942
>>123943
>>123944
Underneath Brie, staring back at him with giant, soulless eyes is a creature that looks, in a way, like a pony. A pony who has holed themselves up in the winter, gone long months without any food, who has had their flesh exposed to the cold, and watched their limbs die in the frost bite, become black and mummify over the bone even as the pony lives. And then, before the warm of spring can rescue them, death comes. Drained of blood and every last gram of fat andd muscle fiber, reduced to hide stretched over bone and sinew - that winter stricken corpse is like the figure under Brie.

With one critical difference. The figure beneath him starts to grow. Become bigger, until soon it will be twice as big, or bigger, that the comparatively innocuous creature from whence it came. It reaches out a bony, white leg with holes you can fit a knife through, towards Brie.

The two guards next to Brie seem to have in large part lost interest in Brie or defending their captain. The past six months have conditioned them to wild rumors of fantastical creatures drempt of by the natives who have dwelt in these forests long before the three tribes came. They are spooked by the appearance of the owl bear. They are unsettled by the attacker come from above. And now the figure underneath Brie appears to them as the verification of ever horror whispered about in these cold woods

"So the ponies weren't shitting us... It's the Wetiko"

>>123945
The guards are distracted. This is perfectly possible
Shimmering Spark
3CXiY
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No.123947
>>123946
OH FUCK.
Anonymous
vWLK1
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No.123948
123949
>>123946
>>123945
From his crocodile leather muzzle, Zu Lang smiles back with red blood dripping out of his mouth.
Anonymous
jPC9/
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No.123949
123950
>>123948
Fire. Brie searches frantically for a fire.
Anonymous
vWLK1
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No.123950
123951 123952
>>123949
Unfortunately, the explosions were fairly clean and left nothing on fire, and in any case the areas near the Owl Bear monster are showered with bullets.

Spark is a pyromancer though. It may be worth finding him