Occupied Equestria is an RP campaign set in a post-Equestria Equestria, where the princesses are gone, as are the Elements of Harmony. Gone, temporarily at least, but not by any means forgotten.
New players are welcome.
Fantasy Play has a few "kitties" to cuddle with
Brie has a Changeling Queen to negotiate with
Iron has some gangsters to beat
Silver has some follow up to do
Amber is exploring her new home
Spark is either looking for forest demons, or negotiating the fate of a tribe of Wolves
Midnight has more cultists to kill
Onyx has a colt to look after
Dark Star has some communists to kill
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>>131153"Some of you are alright. Don't fly American Airlines on the 24th."She stares at him for a moment
"It's... it's calmer. Nothing like Manehattan or even Baltimare. Or at least the city is calm. The countryside has more resistance and fighting. More than most places, probably."
>>131154"Oh. Alright, then."
>>131156He smiles, and looks at her.
"But still not as calm as it was before War?"
>>131156"Do you think I could cause so much fear that I could basically scare all these griffins off through physical force?" Iron asks in mild disbelief.
>>131158"Probably not. Either it'll bring them to negotiate, or it'll require a follow up force. Either way, the hope is that they don't send more."
>>131157She has a more calm and somber expression
"I don't believe so. But I didn't know it well before the War."
>>131159"Right," Iron answers with a nod as he aligns his body towards Salty's Sardines "we try to encounter a sizable group of thugs, we goad them into a nonlethal fight and then we tell them who owns this land. The more group I knock out, the better."
>>131159He nods, his smile fading.
"Yes...I do hope it will be that calm again, soon."
>>131160"Sure"
Past a set of shops and homes, they get back towards the waterfront, and the piers
>>131161"I don't know. Calm breeds lethargy, indifference to others, selfishness, wastefulness. Squabbling and infighting. Ponies need some struggle against something external to define themselves, or even to build themselves. Both individually and collectively."
>>131162Iron scans the area of obviously battle-hardened griffons to challenge their authority, knowing they will be most likely doing some harrassment to the local worksponies.
>>131162"Maybe. Then again, these past few years have been nothing but struggle, and it feels like we will sooner tear each other to shreads than try to rebuild what we once had."
>>131163No outdoors griffins on the streets. Or at least, not yet. But looking onto the docks, there are a pair of griffins. It looks like they are doing something with the pier itself, and the boats
>>131164"I don't know. The struggle is supplied by ponies themselves, not so much by other things. Other things outside of ponies. We have less disease now, less work, more conveniences, less poverty. I know ponies complain about poverty now, but I've seen my grandmother's farm. I know it used to be worse. I remember how in that relative peace after the Storm King's defeat, it began, slowly. Bickering over politics and who gets money, that sort of stuff. Then when the Changelings started to make their return. It was a great difference. Ponies would work together, donate for war bonds. Start to be united as one. Then
other ponies invaded, the Changeling threat receded... There are no fewer problems, but they are of our own making. Like, when we don't have problems, we don't know what to do with ourselves and make our own problems. It's not conducive to good character. Not at all."
>>131165He begins to nod after a couple seconds of silence.
"Yes. I see your point. Let us just hope these problems we've created do not end up destroying us."
>>131165Humming softly, Iron decides to close in on the griffons, only to loiter 100 ft away in a challenging fashion by exhuding a pretentious, defiant attitude, to see if anypony would react to such scornful and disrespectful act.
>>131167It looks as if the griffins are working. One is on the closer end of the pier, minding a mooring around an unoccupied space on the pier. The other is further away, also tending to a mooring, but with a faded white trawler next to it
>>131166She nods, and gives a subdued smile, the first one in the time Silver has spoken with her
>>131168Not seeing any indication of gangster griffons, he turns to Sands in a whisper motion. "Should I try loudly complaining about the gang's occupation to lure a group of these thugs to me?" he asks softly.
>>131168"So, Review and his cohort are doing...something, in their tent. Duster and Grant are examining outside. What are you and other pony doing here inside?"
>>131169"If you just act like a drunk, they might ignore you. Go right up to them."
>>131170"Peer Review and Loans are mapping out the site, trying to get a view of the larger history, and have a location to analyze any physical artifacts brought up to them. Extra Pair and I are examining the interior of the building. Grant and Feather duster will too, when they get done outside. This room here seems to have been a library. So I am examining books. What remains, at least"
>>131171Silver looks at the ruined, burnt books.
"It does not appear than much has."
>>131171Iron considers this alternative, which would make it easier to define these griffons as thugs for the family, but feels there is a risk of actually upsetting some random civilian.
Figuring it would be better to start a direct confrontation instead of standing in the sidelines like a wimp, he starts to menacingly approach the griffion without the trawler.
When he reaches the 30ft mark, he stops, sizing him up impersonally. "Are you part of the griffons that came from Manehattan?" he asks in a stoic, demanding manner, looking down at him.
>>131172"No... it doesn't. Fire got 'em. A shame. Or maybe for the better, hard to tell."
>>131173He stops. He turns around, and he looks up to Iron in slow, deliberate movements
"Who wants to know?"
The accent is hard to place, but definitely there
>>131174"It is shame we may never know which."
He picks up and looks at one of the destroyed books.
"Know what Extra Pair is look through now? Or have you both been working separately?"
>>131174"Their welcoming ceremony," Iron answers coldly, subtly craning his neck, awaiting either a scratch or further questioning.
>>131175Not much is readable on this book portion, though it seems there may be some readable pages inside
"He has been gathering items in the hallway. There is much on the floor"
>>131176He stares at Iron for a moment, before answering
"You are a few hours early. They are not here yet."
>>131177I'll roll a sense motive just in case he's lying.
[1d20+2 = 19]<Sense Motive
>>131177"I wonder what he found."
He sets the book down, and turns to Professor Faucet. He offers her a hoofshake.
"It has been pleasure meeting you, Faucet."
>>131178Exactly what he means is subject to interpretation, but he seems to think Iron is some kind of worker, or a part of some party arranged to meet with whoever is coming
>>131179She looks to him, and shakes his hoof. Her shake is firmer than any of the others thus far
"Who are you? Or were you, exactly?"
>>131180"Silver Sword. I was pony who cleared undead from here two days ago."
>>131181Her eyes get bigger
"So that's it... Tell me, what happened?"
>>131180"I see," Iron remarks, nodding softly "I will stay here in the meantime, then."
With that, the native promptly sits on his place, looking as stoic and cold as ever, staring forwards and awaiting the incoming group.
>>131183"Okay" he answers. He seems to be wrapping line around a mooring
>>131182He rubs the back of his neck.
"There is not much to tell. There were at least two dozen undead, maybe more. I partially drained water in quarry, then went inside and fired my rifle near quarry enterance to get horde's attention and use myself as bait to lure them outside. I brought them over towards unexploded bomb from War stuck on quarry wall, shot it with rifle, and blew most of them to pieces. Those that survived I just finished it off with my rifle from range. All except mummy, and armoured ghast this sword came from. They were attracted towards bait I used just when giant bird came out of nowhere and fought them for it."
>>131185"Do you know what happened here? In
here?"
>>131186"You mean...in this library?"
>>131187"Well, yes. Or what happened in this place, this underground... thing"
>>131184Iron decides he might as well learn about the gang. "I have not been told much about the client," he preludes stoically with the slightest of shuffling closer in order to see the line wrapping even clearer. "Do you happen to know what is the occassion?"
>>131189It's a simple tying of the line around the mooring, at least right now
"They are arriving"
>>131190"Who is the one that asked for it?"
>>131193"You tell me" He says "I haven't heard anything about a ceremony"
>>131194"I see," Iron replies "do you happen to know one of the more famous griffons in this town?"
>>131188"Ohhhh. I gave all information I had on this place to Peer Review as he was first I came across. This is personal labratory of one Joseph Curwhinny, who took to practicing necromancy after death of his family to plague. He wanted to find way to bring them back, but never found way to. He did, however, create large number of animated skeletons of ponies, zebras, wolves, and even chimera, as well as more zombie-like undead called ghasts to serve him, and supposedly even reached lichdom. Eventually, he found new love, but mare he would marry was originally betrothed to sailor named Whipperwhill. Angered and having learned of Curwhinny's practices from one of Curwhinny's former friends, he formed militia to storm catacombs. They sealed Curwhinny away in his chambers, but they released his experiments and none of militia ponies survived.
"As for library, that is more...unfortunate story. Before I came by myself, I had been in here previously with other group, which included kirin. She became angered by what she thought were necromantic tomes, and...she set fire to library."
>>131195"You sure do ask a lot of questions" he says
>>131196She listens to Silver as he tells the story
"Necromancers... About what I figured this all was... Interesting, though to see one here. To be in their lair." she pauses for a moment "Kirin... were dragons not enough?"
>>131197He smiles.
"I do not mind kirins. Though, perhaps it is wise to keep fire extinguisher around when dealing with them."
>>131199She looks around in the room
"I would have been interested to see what books he had"
>>131198He shrugs, and finally ties a knot around a mooring
>>131200Scooting about 10ft closer towards the griffon, Iron seems to keep watching the griffon do his thing. "Why are you working alone at this time of the day?"
>>131201"You think I am alone?" He answers
>>131200"From what very few we managed to recover before having to flee because of carbon monoxide, many were on occult practices, histories of various civilzations, or were hoof-written books. None were actually necromantic in nature. Many were rare...some irreplacable..."
>>131203He turns around, and stares at Iron