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Occupied Equestria - New Opportunities
Anonymous
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No.143000
Continuing
1791 replies and 25 files omitted.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143958
143960
>>143955
"Where are you from, Popper Nick?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143959
143960
>>143957
"I play the mandolin, I'm not sure if you've heard of it. It's a stringed instrument like a lute or lyre...oh, those are a bit old too." She smiles sheepishly and adds, "I know how to play it but I don't think I'm good enough to perform in public, at least not yet. I was hoping to one day get some lessons."
Anonymous
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No.143960
143961 143962
>>143958
"I'm from... Manehattan. Yeah. Manehattan."

>>143959
"Do you have one?" He asks
Amber Sunset
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No.143961
143963
>>143960
"Yes, I brought it with me to Baltimare and it's at my apartment. Maybe I can play for you sometime," she says with a smile.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143962
143963
>>143960
"...Manehattan?"
Anonymous
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No.143963
143964 143966
>>143962
"Uh, yeah. In the city part."

>>143961
"Oh. Nice. You can do it some time. I'll listen. I can't promise I can give the best lessons. But you can play to me."
Amber Sunset
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No.143964
143965
>>143963
"I'd like that, I try to practice whenever I have time."
Anonymous
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No.143965
143967
>>143964
"Keep it up, and who knows"
For the first time, he turns his head to the Griffin viol player
"You might play like him."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143966
143968
>>143963
"I lived just outside of Manehattan. What neighborhood did you live in?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143967
143968
>>143965
"I can only hope so. Maybe he can offer some helpful advice...."
Anonymous
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No.143968
143969 143972
>>143966
"Uh... Bronclyn?"

>>143967
Maybe it's the subtle changes in the temperature of the air, or something she sees in the corner of her sight, but Amber can sense a pony is close behind her.

"You're taking it pretty well" a familiar female voice declares
Amber Sunset
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No.143969
143970
>>143968
Perhaps if she was alone, not had the thrill of a dance or had not imbibed a drink Amber would have been startled, even spooked by this. However, as it stands she is only mildly surprised as she looks behind her. "Hmm?"
Anonymous
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No.143970
143971
>>143969
Dark Denizen stands behind her, and Amber can see that she stands at around the height of a stallion. She has a pleased look on her face
"Did I interrupt something?"
She asks this, but the one of her voice suggests that it isn't sarcasm, but rather a question of serious interest
Amber Sunset
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No.143971
143973
>>143970
Denizen's presence is still unnerving, but slightly less so in these circumstances. "Not really, we were just chatting. Would you...would you like to join?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143972
143974
>>143968
"...you do realize you are not good at lying, yes?"
Anonymous
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No.143973
143976
>>143971
She looks over at Mustard Trim, then back to Amber
"Oh no, that is between the two of you. But I mean to remind you that we want you to be somewhere tonight. It can wait a few minutes or more, but it must be done before the opening of business in the morning."
Anonymous
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No.143974
143975
>>143972
"What? Heh heh.No. What do you even mean?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143975
143977
>>143974
"You are not from Manehattan, are you?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143976
143977
>>143973
She looks between Mustard and Denizen. So soon? Tonight, even?
She sighs. "I probably should get it done now then, I don't want to be up all night..."
Anonymous
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No.143977
143978 143979
>>143975
"Why... Why would you think that?"
His lips are pulled even further back, and almost every part of his teeth show

>>143976
"Now why wouldn't you want to be up all night?" She asks
Whether this is a sincere question is a bit hard to discern
Amber Sunset
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No.143978
143980
>>143977
"I...I like to sleep early and rise early. It's way past my bedtime as is...." She looks vaguely uncomfortable now.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143979
143982
>>143977
Silver sighs, and lays down.

"You can tell me truth. I promise you I will not tell another soul."
Anonymous
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No.143980
143981
>>143978
She twists her mouth.
"Then rise early. They don't open before eight."
Amber Sunset
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No.143981
143982
>>143980
"I really don't want to oversleep."
Anonymous
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No.143982
143983 143984
>>143979
He blinks, keeping his mouth open, and pulling his hooves from in front of him, to behind him

"I can't tell just anypony."

>>143981
"Then now."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143983
143985
>>143982
"You have my word. You can trust me."

He smiles brightly at the young stallion.
Amber Sunset
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No.143984
143985
>>143982
Amber nods, getting up and wrapping her cloak around her, then her scarf. "I'm sorry Mustard, I really have to go. Thank you for coming, hopefully we can meet again soon."
Anonymous
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No.143985
143986 143987
>>143984
"Uh, sure! It was fun meeting you! Let's do this again soon..."

>>143983
He pulls his hooves back in front of himself, sighs, and eases down. His lips close, coming to a more neutral position. And then flatly, at a low volume, he says

"I'm from New Mareland"
Amber Sunset
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No.143986
143988 144449
>>143985
"I'm really sorry again I couldn't stay longer, I had no idea it was tonight...." She's done picking up after herself and stands to leave.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143987
143988
>>143985
He nods.

"Your accent somewhat gives it away. You sound like other New Marelanders I have met."
Anonymous
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No.143988
143989 143990
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>>143986

>>143987
"I know..." He says, sounding defeated
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143989
143991
>>143988
"Why do you feel compelled to hide where you are from?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143990
>>143988
Amber will follow Dark Denizen.
Anonymous
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No.143991
143992
>>143989
"If you don't know then... let's keep it that way. Don't tell anyone. Please?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143992
143993
>>143991
"I will not. Are you just worried ponies here might not be so welcoming if they know your origin?"
Anonymous
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No.143993
143994
>>143992
"That doesn't help. No... it's... how many young adult males from New Mareland who were not in military or other government service uniform have you seen in the past few years?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143994
143995
>>143993
"...Ohhhhhh, you are fleeing draft. Are things *that* bad in New Mareland?"
Anonymous
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No.143995
143996
>>143994
"Well, we've been taken over by an imperialist, reactionary, speciest and regressive regime that forces almost its whole population into war to crush progress in other nations. So yes. Things really are that bad.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143996
143998
>>143995
"Heh, that is not outlook I have heard from New Mareland very often. I am sorry you fled that situation only to end up in...well, you know."
Amber Sunset
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No.143997
143998
What in Equestria requires me to go out at this hour and do something? I was looking forward to talking to the musician, going home and getting a good rest.
Anonymous
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No.143998
143999
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>>143997
Okay I'll reassess

>>143996
"Yes! And then these crazies from the Empire enslave us, and... vivisect us!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143999
144000
>>143998
"Not even Griffonian Empire wanted them in their lands. They were Maarist cultists. I am guessing you were offered passage to Equestria, and then were abducted as soon as you go close to show?"
Anonymous
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No.144000
144001
Spoilered
[Blue Skies is still best pony

>>143999
"Insane is what they are! All of the worst tendencies of creatures together at once... Yes, that is what happened, more or less."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144001
144002
>>144000
Check'd

"They are gone, now. You are free to resettle here in Equestria, as soon as you have fully recovered from vivisection."
Anonymous
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No.144002
144003
>>144001
"You mean, East Equestria? I don't think I'm free here. Not here. In this government hospital."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144003
144004
>>144002
"Why not? It does not seem like they intend to drag you back to New Mareland."
Anonymous
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No.144004
144005
>>144003
"They would. Or worse. When they find out I am a draft evader, and other things.."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144005
144006
>>144004
"'Other things'?"
Anonymous
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No.144006
144007
>>144005
"Well... I was a registered member of the Communist Party, for one."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144007
144008
>>144006
Silver's eyebrows visibly raise, though he does not say anything on the matter.

"...what else?"
Anonymous
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No.144008
144009
>>144007
"And... maybe a citation for buggery. I'm not the type they will just leave alone free. They will... they will arrest me. At best I will be sent to a penal battalion, and I have no interest in that. And I don't want anything worse. I need help..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144009
144010
>>144008
"'Buggery'. I am not so new to Ponish, but I do not believe I know what that means. What is it?"
Anonymous
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No.144010
144011
>>144009
"It's uh..." He winces, and again speaks in a hushed tone
"Violation of the sodomy laws"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144011
144012
>>144010
"...you mean..."

He leans in close and whispers back.

"...homosexuality?"
Anonymous
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No.144012
144013
>>144011
"Oh, they just found me at a location and accused me... look, it doesn't matter. But they won't like it. That, and all the other things. I can't let them know who I am."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144013
144014
>>144012
Silver looks at him, lets out a sigh, and ponders.

"If you asked to be released from hospital, would you be well enough to leave? There are not many ponies besides perhaps me would could have their ribcage torn open and their heart exposed out of their chest and trot away from it."
Anonymous
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No.144014
144015
>>144013
He blinks

"I don't want to leave with the Political Police."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144015
144016
>>144014
"Okay, let us say somepony was to vouch for you to be released into their personal care, no police or Black Hooves involved. Would you be well enough to leave?"
Anonymous
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No.144016
144017
>>144015
He looks down at his bandaged chest, which has the same covering and visible edges of stitches that the stag had

"I don't know. I think the doctors want me to stay here a little longer. I certainly wouldn't put pressure on this..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144017
144018
>>144016
"How long do you think?"
Anonymous
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No.144018
144019
>>144017
He blinks again
"I don't know. Maybe if I come back to get bandages changed every few days I could go home today?"

He has a wide, awkward smile again
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.144019
144020
>>144018
"Hmm...well, there are already three people living with me, and not any more spare bedrooms. I would have to find way to accommidate you, but you could stay with us at least for meantime."
Anonymous
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No.144020
144021
>>144019
His long, red-auburn tail moves slightly under him

"Really?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144021
144022
>>144020
"Yes, though I do have to warn you about other occupants. They are all friendly, it is just they are all from Hoebuck as well. One is Sicameon griffon named Jubilosa, I think you might get along with her politically. Another is kirin from Ngua Nam named Khoi Lua, she is one who patched you and deer up. And third one is gnoll named Mala. He was coerced and forced into doing dirty work for traffickers, but he is good person and he has turned new leaf ever since we freed him."
Anonymous
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No.144022
144023
>>144021
He smiles widely
"Oh, what a lovely little nest of Harmony ya' have there. That sounds quaint."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144023
144024
>>144022
Silver's eyebrows raise ever so slightly in surprise.

"I must admit, you take that better than I thought you did. Alright then, if you want I will go back down to reception and see about having you released into my care."
Anonymous
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No.144024
144025
>>144023
Definitely smiling now
"Yes! Anything to get me out of here before the political police notice."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144025
144027
>>144024
"Alright, I will be back shortly."

Silver leaves the stallion for the moment to head to reception.
Anonymous
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No.144027
144028
>>144025
Silver finds a grey, middle aged mare with glasses standing through a reception window positioned along a long, wooden wall.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144028
144031
>>144027
"Hey, I just talked with stallion in room 354. I found out his name is Popper Nick, and that he would like to be released."
Anonymous
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No.144029
144031
>>140776 →
Iron stared at Sands for a couple of seconds before looking down at his exposed coat.
"I... don't think I have any compelling story that they won't want to ask follow-up questions," he uttered, shifting some of his coat hairs aside to check the cuts beneath.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.144031
144032 144046
>>144029
Hello
"Then be a colt who got lost on his way to the bathroom" She says

>>144028
She looks up towards him
"Are you a relative?"
c95152b
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No.144032
144033 144034
[1d20-1 = 18]
>>144031
Bluff: "Yes."
Anonymous
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No.144033
144034
>>144032
Opposed [1d20 = 19]
Anonymous
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No.144034
144035
>>144033
>>144032
She looks at him skeptically
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.144035
144036
>>144034
Silver doubles down.

"I am his grandfather."
Anonymous
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No.144036
144037
>>144035
May want to re-roll
She looks at him, and then back at the file
c95152b
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No.144037
144038 144039
[1d20-1 = 18]
>>144036
Anonymous
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No.144038
144039
>>144037
And again...
[1d20 = 12]
Anonymous
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No.144039
144040
>>144038
>>144037
She looks back down
"Grey unicorn, grey unicorn... Alright, has a doctor approved his release?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.144040
144041
>>144039
"No, I have not talked to his doctor yet. My grandson has been through very tramatic experience and would just like to head home to recover in calming environment."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.144041
144042
>>144040
"Well, write your name and address here, and get a doctor to sign off on it."
She pushes over a paper
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.144042
144043
>>144041
Silver fills it out, and goes to find a doctor.
Anonymous
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No.144043
144044
>>144042
Silver encounters a white unicorn stallion with glasses, a white lab coat that's almost difficult to distinguish from his fur coat, and little tufts on his feet, who walks down the hall with firm, clanking steps against the tile floor that can be heard long before he is seen
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.144044
144045
>>144043
Silver flags the doctor down and goes to him.

"Excuse me, doctor? My grandson is in room 354, and he would like to be released from this hospital into my care."
Anonymous
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No.144045
144057
>>144044
"If we can do it quickly" he says

"Let me see his file. Should be in the room."
Anonymous
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No.144046
144047
>>144031
"If you think it will work," Iron tentatively replied with a nod, taking a small breath to get into character.
His gaze softened considerably as his eyebrows rose up, acting surprised. "Oh!" he exclaimed. "I feel like going to the... uh, bathroom! Right now!"
The big stallion took a second to recall his plan before executing his movements.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.144047
144048
>>144046
A pony looks up from his seat in a booth by the wall, but then looks back to his companion. Iron is free, once again, to move about
Anonymous
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No.144048
144049
>>144047
I'm gonna assume we both remember what Iron's path to the table is for this next post.
Iron proceeded to go along his planned route to the left and outside.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.144049
144050
>>144048
The door to the next room over is located on a wall perpendicular and to the right of where Iron and Sands were sitting. There are some booths along that wall, and the door is near the left most side. On a wall opposite of that is a hallway where the bathrooms are located, so it is conceivable that a pony who was told the location of the bathrooms could go to the back by mistake.
Anonymous
754e859
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No.144050
144051
>>144049
Trusting his gut, Iron opted to go the opposite direction of the bathrooms, hoping to get that sneak peak on who to bash next.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.144051
144052 144053
>>144050
Alright, is he looking into the left side of the room (easiest if he moves towards the right, sort of the opposite side of the bathrooms), or is he looking in to the left?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.144052
144054
>>144051
I mean, "is he looking into the left side or the right side of the room"?
Anonymous
754e859
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No.144053
144054 144055
>>144051
I do believe he'll look on the left side of the room, yes.
Anonymous
754e859
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No.144054
>>144053
>>144052
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.144055
144058
>>144053
Because of the wall and the narrow field of view, without actually entering into the room Iron can only see a portion of what is there. However, Iron does see the following:

A set of waves and maybe a boat is painted on a wall above a cushioned booth seat that does not appear to be a part of the wall, but rather sits in front of it. In front of this booth seat is a table, presumably one that holds four ponies. This wooden table is not bolted to the floor, and there is room to the left - between the wall and the table - to manuever and get in and out. There are no chairs on the opposite side of the booth seat.

Sitting at the table, almost in the corner of the room, is a red-brown rust colored minotaur. He has very large muscles and is tall even sitting down. He wears a relatively formal green dress shirt with no jacket, sitting with his legs cross and wearing focal glasses. He is looking down and evidently reading a book on the table in front of him. Also on the table is a newspaper, sprawled open. To his right and on the left side of Iron's field of view, almost exactly in the corner of the room, is a violin case, cracked open.
Amber Sunset
6987aba
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No.144056
144060
Is the next stage of her adventure planned out?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.144057
144060
>>144045
Silver nods, and leads the doctor back to Nick's room.
Anonymous
754e859
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No.144058
144059
>>144055
Iron's head cocked a little to the side, staring at the rather well dressed minotaur, almost as if he was staring at a walking contradiction.
(Wait,) he thought to himself, astonished. (You mean these pasta bandits' most trusted marecenary is this mammal?)
Well, after being mauled by a tiger, he wasn't about to underestimate his chances this time, soon going to the right side in order to take a closer look at that book of his.
Anonymous
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No.144059
>>144058
*underestimate his opponent