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Occupied Equestria - The Thread That Came Late
Anonymous
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No.133503
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In Changelingia (West Equestria), Brie gains the support of a Changeling queen for his endeavors. Spark is doing his best to help an ill Wolf spiritual leader.

In Free Equestria (East Equestria), Iron is trying to intimidate a group of criminal griffin interlopers. Fantasy Play is helping to shut down an Anarchist press. Silver is helping his new household. Amber Sunset is walking through the city, and Dark Star has just finished helping the orphans.
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Amber Sunset
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No.136796
136797
>>136795
"I think you're ready.…" Amber tries to gauge the response of the mare.
Anonymous
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No.136797
136798
>>136796
She looks into the mirror near the changing room, studying her appearance carefully. Then she nods

"This will do."
Amber Sunset
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No.136798
136799
>>136797
Amber has second thoughts about this but doesn't air them as she leads the oddly-dressed mare to the counter. "Right this way, miss."
Anonymous
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No.136799
136800
>>136798
She closes her eyes and smiles, adjusting the layers of clothing over herself,

"Quite a hot dress for a summer's day, but it'll be worth it for when my stallion steps out of that carriage."

It adds up to 135 bits
Amber Sunset
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No.136800
136801
>>136799
"I wish you the best of luck. It's, um, one hundred thirty-five altogether."
Anonymous
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No.136801
136802
>>136800
She ties her mane into a bun, and pulls out of her bag a few coins, evidently golden but not really appearing to be bits, and placing them on the counter.
Amber Sunset
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No.136802
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>>136801
Amber inspects the coins and their odd pattern.
Anonymous
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No.136803
>>136802
She's given about six of large, yellow coins. On one side of the coin is an image of a griffin wearing a crown and the words "Duex Florin," and on the other side is some... thing - what looks like a torch with a spear on top, and then something like a wing spiraling around it. The coins are a little off in their construction. None are perfectly circular, and some are notibly oblong. The stamping is often off center, and none of the rims are pristine in their dimensions. The coins are all high relief. Some are a little worn, but most are not. The final coin is about half the size of the other six, and has the same symbol on the reverse, but has a... female? griffin on the obverse, and the words "Un Florin." All of the coins are a heavy yellow metal, ever so slightly faded, and are larger than any bits Amber has ever seen.
Amber Sunset
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No.136804
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Amber stares at the unfamiliar coinage and calls out, "Miss Sewn, I have a question about these coins."
She raises her head and smiles apologetically at the oddly-dressed mare, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
Anonymous
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No.136805
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>>136804
She walks over, moving her hair back with magic. She looks at the strange coins:
"In Tartarus are these things?" She moves one close to her eye to inspect it
"Well, this looks to be actual gold, so it has that going for it over the paper money."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136807
136808
>>136740
"That is...crazy talk! Of course they raise and lower sun and moon. They have for well over thousand years!"

He shakes his head in disappointment, and returns to her point.

"What threat exists that could unite ponykind? Dread League suddenly coming out of hiding and invading all of world?"
Anonymous
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No.136808
136809
>>136807
"Dread League?" Her left ear flops down then back up.

"I am not sure. The Changelings may have done it, and may still... but maybe they are too mundane, too ordinary. Too much like just another competing set of Warlords. At least I hope ponies don't see them that way. But it's, well, the surprises that strike fear into ponies. The Windigo Crisis, the return of Nightmare Moon... those sorts of things."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136809
136811
>>136808
"Like Nightmare Moon? I hope whatever world-ending threat comes for us does not take another thousand years."
Amber Sunset
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No.136810
136811
>>136805
"Do we accept it, ma'am?" Her ears flop down. "I don't know how much it is in bits…"
Anonymous
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No.136811
136812 136814
>>136809
She smiles widely as she nods for an extended period of time
"Like Nightmare Moon"

>>136810
"I don't know either. A couple years ago we'd just reject this, but with rationing and now paper money receiving gold is kind of a blessing"
She looks up from the coins and towards Amber
"Should probably make a surcharge though, because we'd have to sell this."
Amber Sunset
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No.136812
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>>136811
Amber only nods, evidentially still confused. She looks back to the customer.
Anonymous
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No.136813
136816
>>136812
[1d20+4 = 19]
High Strewn speaks to the mare

"We're sorry, there's a surcharge on the... 'foreign exchange,' we need ten additional bits, or its equivalence."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136814
136816
>>136811
He smiles back, though not nearly as widely.

"Let us hope that, whatever it is, it does not end up actually ending world. You mentioned windigoes. That might actually end us, with as much discord and strife there is in world."
Anonymous
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No.136816
136817 136822
>>136813
>>136812
She twists her lips
"I forget sometimes just how inconvenient the city can be."
She pushes over another "Un Florin" coin.

High Sewn
"Best of luck."

The mare takes the dress, the cravat, the scarf, and the stockings, and fluffs up the bun on her mane.

"Oh he will just faint when he sees my outfit when I have it complete"

>>136814
She answers to him
"There has always been strife and discord... what I am afraid of is a world without anything noble."
Anonymous
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No.136817
136818
>>136816
"I'm sure he will!" Amber says as she waves goodbye. When the mare is gone she looks down at the "florins" and remarks, "You reckon they're any count?"
Anonymous
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No.136818
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>>136817
She picks a couple coins up and drops them on top of the other. They give a sharp, high pitched ring, that ends quickly.
"Well, that's gold alright."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136822
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>>136816
Silver slowly nods after a couple seconds.

"I can agree with that. I think it is part of reason so many looked up to Celestia, Luna, even Elements of Harmony. I think we never fully gave up herd mindset after we as species had awoken. We looked up to somepony to lead us and show us how to be noble and true, and now that they are gone...who is it ponykind will look to now?"
Anonymous
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No.136823
136825
>>136818
"Gold is gold, so I think there shouldn't be any problem. I wonder where she got these? They certainly aren't Equestrian…"
Anonymous
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No.136825
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>>136823
She inspects them
"They look to be Griffin" Her face eases up, before again becoming confused and uncertain
"But they look like they are old. I'm not sure how old... But it is gold."

>>136822
She shakes her head
"I don't know. Without Celestia as the mother of ponykind, I wonder. But I am more concerned as to what we will look to. And I hope it is something better than money or land, or some flowery term like 'liberty' or 'reunification' that really is just the same thing."
Anonymous
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No.136828
136830 136833
>>136825
Amber grins. "We sure get all sorts of folks passing through these doors." She ponders something to herself. "It's odd, though, that one pony really wants one dress and can't buy it, but another spends just as much on a medley of clothes at a whim…"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136829
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>>136825
Silver tilts his head.

"Is that even possible for us to do? After so long of having our Alicorn Goddesses, going to look to some ideal for our values?"

He scracthes his fluffy chin in thought.

"I hope it is something worthy of Them."
Anonymous
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No.136830
136831 136832
>>136828
Is this spoken dialogue to High Strewn?

>>136829
"I assure you, it's already happening."
Anonymous
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No.136831
>>136830
Yes, and I realize I wrote it poorly. Anything in quotations is spoken out loud, anything in italics is only a thought.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136832
136833
>>136830
The unicorn stallion tilts his head at her.

"It is? What is value we are looking to?"
Anonymous
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No.136833
136835 136836
>>136828
She shrugs
"That's the way this industry is, really. We're not selling bread, something everyone needs and most can afford. We're selling most dresses, a luxury you only really buy when you have money to spare or a once in a lifetime occassion. Not everypony can afford them, and some can afford more than others."

>>136832
"Well, I don't have the greatest faith in Anarchism, Equestrian Socialism, Republican Fascism, or the Liberals... but I've spoken quite a bit already."
Anonymous
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No.136835
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>>136833
"Oh, I know. All these dresses are much above my means though they are very pretty. What I have already is more than enough so I'm not very anxious about being able to afford them."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136836
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>>136833
He continues his smile.

"Are you sure? Unless you are getting tired, I have no problem with talking. This has been most interesting conversation I have had in forever."
Anonymous
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No.136837
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>>136835
She gives a half smile
"I'm sure you'll want to wear the white lace come the day of your wedding too." She looks up, then to the side, then:
"I need a smoke break."

>>136836
She smiles
"There are a couple students who can be so curious. Not many though. Not many at all. There's not much concern for intellectual nuance these days. Or probably in most days, really."
Anonymous
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No.136838
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>>136837
Amber giggles in response. "I don't even know any colts yet!" However her expression becomes confused when High Sewn suddenly cuts out of the conversation.
Anonymous
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No.136839
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>>136838
She looks down as she pulls out a cigarette and a match. She does not make eye contact as she says:
"Probably for the better. Stay self-sufficient, you'll do well."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136840
136841
>>136837
"It helps that you are so interesting. I have not met anypony quite like you before."
Anonymous
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No.136841
136844
>>136840
She gives a kind of embarrassed smile
"D'aww"
Amber Sunset
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No.136842
136843
>>136839
"Um, o-okay.…" However, the sudden reversal spurs her curiosity such that she follows with, "What do you mean?"
Anonymous
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No.136843
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>>136842
She is walking towards the door now
"Having somepony to help you, to support you, that's great and all. But make sure you can stand on your own four feet if you have to."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136844
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>>136841
He leans in slightly towards her.

"Are you sure there is nopony with your views who has taken interest in you?"
Amber Sunset
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No.136846
136848
>>136843
"Uh, I think that's reasonable…at least, that's what I'm trying to do now…"
Anonymous
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No.136848
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>>136844
She leans a little back, and her eyes move away
"I don't... I don't really talk to that many ponies..."

>>136846
"Keep it up. Only then, look for a stallion."
Then she looks back to Amber
"Then again, there may not be too many of those in your generation. May have to snag one when you can. Anyways, I'm going for a smoke."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136849
136851
>>136848
He smiles wider just slightly at her reaction.

"You talked to me."
Amber Sunset
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No.136850
136851
>>136848
"Um, alright. Enjoy your smoke!"
I wonder what's so great about smoking…
Anonymous
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No.136851
136852 136853
>>136849
"Heh. Well you came here to me, to my motel room. Kind of like a student in office hours."

>>136850
Without eye contact:
"Oh I need it... We had some wierdos this morning..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.136852
136854
>>136851
"Does this make me your pupil, now?"
Amber Sunset
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No.136853
136854
>>136851
Amber frowns slightly but says nothing. Weirdos?
But they all seemed nice…

Anonymous
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No.136854
136859
>>136852
Her ears go down, again with an embarrassed smile

"Well I didn't... I wouldn't say that... Although I guess if you want to be."

>>136853
She opens the door, and goes outside, smoking her cigarette.
Amber Sunset
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No.136855
136856
As Amber waits she hums a little tune to herself, but she can remember only one part and the rest seems lost to memory.
https://youtu.be/M8YM58PH66g
Anonymous
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No.136856
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>>136855
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxlZgToMDjk

She is outside for several minutes, leaving Amber to herself. But she returns soon enough.

"Afternoon shift is coming soon" she says