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>>139627Silver wraps a telekinetic sheath over the SMG, and tosses it aside.
"Do not move muscle."
>>139628He keeps moving, like he's trying to get up
>>139629"Final warning. Do not move."
Silver keeps his rifle trained on the changeling.
>>139630The alleged pony sits up, baring its gritted teeth at Silver. It magically undoes its pouch.
[1d20+10 = 13]>>139631Silver shoots at the changeling.
>>139634Silver shoots the creature in its belly, which is enough to make it slink over to its side. A green fire comes down it, burning away and revealing a changeling drone with a large number of open blue wounds. the end of a Changeling-style grenade pops out of its open pouch
>>139635"I told you."
He calls out into the hallway.
"Clear."
>>139636A soldier cone and peeps into the mess of the room
“I hope they’ll forgive what we’ve done to the mayor’s office” he says
>>139637"Offices can be rebuilt, but ponies can not be brought back from dead. I think they will not mind."
He looks back to the soldier.
"Tell rest of B Squad to finish performing sweep of town hall, then meet me outside. Our work is not finished yet."
>>139638"Sir, yes sir!"
He goes off to meet with other soldiers
But outside, Silver can already hear rifle shots, then machine gun fire
>>139639Silver rushes out to see where the gunfire is at.
>>139640Silver can hear it from the direction of the back of town hall; i.e., A company.
Does Silver go outside before the full clearing of the building?
>>139641Uh...unless something important is supposed to happen?
>>139642Okay, so silver goes outside.
What do?
>>139643Well, he was suppose to go investigate the gunshots behind the town hall.
>>139644Going down the central hallway of town hall, silver sees a hallway that leads to a door. Peaking out the door onto the street, silver can see that A company, stationed in the second floor of the small brick fire station across the street, is engaged in fire with other enemies, hard to see from that location
>>139645Silver advances towards the fire station, trying to get in contact with the ponies or not-ponies inside.
>>139648Uh, well B squad is still in town hall, C squad and the machine gun section is unengaged, and A squad is engaged behind the town hall in the fire station.
>>139649Eeyup. And now he's heading to see whether the ones in the fire station are ponies or changelings.
>>139650Silver would have to run out into open fire to cross the street, and could be shot.
>>139651In that case, it is probably best that he stay in town hall and assist B Squad until he has covering fire.
>>139659Any more specific actions?
>>139660Besides performing a sweep of town hall? Not really.
>>139661From his position in the office on the far end Silver can see that there are four doors. Two on the right, one on the left, and one at the end.
>>139662Silver goes to the first door on the right.
>>139663This room looks to be a mundane bathroom with a single toilet, blue tile floors, a basket and a window on the far side. It's a narrow room.
>>139664Hmm...door on the left, then.
>>139665Technically this is the second door on the left, as the staiwell Silver came in from is also on the left.
This is a narrow supply closet that wraps around, with stacks of paper, a set of pens, a simple paper cups among other things.
What is less in-place, is what lies down on the ground: a green sleeping bag that looks to be full. It lies in such a position that it takes up essentially the full space between shelves.
>>139666"That is unusual..."
Silver investigates this 'green sleeping bag' with his flashlight.
>>139667It seems to be completely zipped up and full. It's the standard cotton and nylon bag issued to the Equestrian Army.
>>139669Silver cannot make out many details through the thin, nigh transparent covering of silk that encases what is before him. Yet what Silver can gather is that under the layer of white-tinted gossamer is a light brown unicorn with his eyes closed and mouth open - technical private Hazelfront.
>>139670"Private!"
Silver is relieved that he's found his missing private, but figures that until the town is secure it is not a good idea pulling him out just yet. He whispers to Hazelfront before zipping him back up.
"I am coming back for you."
Next, he tries the second door on the right.
>>139671This room is marked "records" above the door, and inside are a number of file cabinets, shelves, and cardboard boxes
>>139672Interesting. He definitely marks this room for further inspection later, as the records may hold things of value. For now, however, he inspects the room on the end.
>>139673Silver enters this room to see:
A pair of desks, each facing towards the center. A wall that seems to hold a black, telephone switch board with cables (albeit now many applicable holes), a pair of telephones, a chair near the entrance, an over turned chair near one of the desks, an upright chair by the other desk, and windows on each side of the room. Both desks have papers on them, while one has a headset, and another has an apple core on top. The room smells of cigarette smoke.
>>139674Silver curses himself somewhat for not knowing how to contact command using telephones. Doing so would undoubtably be so much faster than telegraphs.
>>139675There is a slight bumping sound, as if against wood
>>139676Silver pulls his rifle in front of him, and turns towards the direction of the noise.
>>139677It seems to be from the direction of the desk on the left. No creature is visible popping out from behind the desk... yet.
>>139678Silver calls out to the desk, and whoever may or may not be behind it.
"Whoever you are, come out slowly and put your hooves where I can see them."
>>139679A beige furred pair of ears pop up, and then a muzzle and dark blue eyes. Then a thin pony sits up, hooves raised. The form is decidedly female, her hair is back and she wears an Equestrian Army uniform.
>>139680Silver nods slowly.
"Alright. Good. Now...changeling or pony?"
>>139682He nods again.
"Okay. Now, here is what I am going to do. I am going to come over there, and test you to see if you really are pony or not. Regardless of what test shows, even if it turns out you are changeling, as long as you stay still and do not try anything you will not get hurt. Understand?"
>>139683She nods, slowly.
In the corner of Silver's eye, he can see something rising up behind him