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Occupied Equestria - New Opportunities
Anonymous
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No.143000
Continuing
1791 replies and 27 files omitted.
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
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No.143104
143105
>>143103
"It should be just a few minutes, but it might take longer for a large group," she answers nervously.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143105
143106
>>143104
And don't forget, there is a couple there as well

[1d2 = 1]

[1d2 = 2]
[1d2 = 1]
[1d4 = 2]
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
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No.143106
143108
>>143105
There are no high tables left, are there?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143107
143108 143109
It appears that all of Larkhaven's tables are either occupied, or have been cannibalized for other sections

The good news:
A table is leaving
[1d5 = 4]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143108
>>143107
>>143106
... From Larkhaven's section

Fortuna hath smiled upon Amber
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
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No.143109
143110
>>143107
The couple gets that high table.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143110
143111
>>143109
But another couple has come in

And there is still the large party
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
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No.143111
143112
AnonfillySweatingMeme.png
>>143110
There's nothing Amber can do, unless…
"Have y'all had a nice day so far?"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143112
143113
>>143111
A nice enough stallion says

"Can't complain! There was a new shipment ordered at work today."
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
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No.143113
143114
>>143112
"Oh, that's good to hear. Business seems to be doing well here in Baltimare."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143114
143115
>>143113
"Well... it's picked up since last year"
He answers

"So... how long is the wait?" He asks
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
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No.143115
143116
>>143114
"Earlier customers are leaving so it takes just a few minutes for a table to free up. I'm sorry, erm, for the inconvenience."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143116
143117
>>143115
Two diplomacy rolls
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
?
No.143117
143118
>>143116
[1d20+4 = 21]
[1d20+4 = 6]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143118
143119
>>143117
The party stays a little Longer. The couple decides to try a different restaurant
Amber Sunset
64d4dce
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No.143119
143121
>>143118
Amber's a little upset that customers were discouraged. Still, it's inevitable if the whole establishment is crowded.
I can't force customers to eat and leave faster…can I?

Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143121
143136
And I have to sleep now...

>>143119
You'll get 'em next time little pony

Aren't there two newly opened tables outside?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143122
143137
>>143004
Oh, new bread!

He only breaks this moment after a few seconds this time.

"I will go find nice spa for us, and make reservation."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143124
hopes to play soon
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
?
No.143125
143127
still hopes to play
Anonymous
db73095
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No.143127
143134
>>143125
pets the floof
Shimmering Spark
9145bf6
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No.143129
143137
I should be back tomorrow. Can’t wait to see the urban adventure.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143134
>>143127
floof is pet
Amber Sunset
cd9e24c
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No.143135
Happy Valentine's Day!
Amber Sunset
cd9e24c
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No.143136
143137 143138
>>143121
Amber speaks up to the party, "I think we have a couple of tables on the patio if you don't mind sitting there..."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143137
143138 143218
>>143122
She smiles, and turns her head.

"That would be nice."

>>143129
Hi! waves

>>143136
[1d3 = 1]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143138
143139
>>143136
>>143137
The ponies in the group look o each other, and say a few words. Then they look back to Amber
"That will be fine."
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143139
143140
>>143138
With a breath of relief Amber leads them to their tables for Mustard to wait upon. She looks to see how he's doing.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143140
143141
>>143139
He seems fairly busy (at least) frantically moving back and forth, trying to get the order for a particularly picky old mare in a group
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143141
143142 143144
>>143140
Amber will have to apologize later on, but there's no other way this could be done.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143142
143143
>>143141
[1d4 = 1]
[1d4 = 3]

[1d4 = 1]
[1d4 = 3]
[1d4 = 4]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143143
>>143142
[1d5 = 2]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143144
143145
>>143141
A larger party leaves Melon Mangrove's section as a single younger mare, a single middle aged stallion, a family of four, and what looks like a family of six, enter
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143145
143146
>>143144
Amber asks if the mare and stallion are dining together. Isn't there a high table with one seat?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143146
143147
>>143145
They turn
"No..."

It looks as if all two-seater tables are either taken or cannibalized for groups.
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143147
143148
>>143146
The family of six gets to replace the party that just left. Is Melon doing alright?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143148
143149
>>143147
Melon is soldiering right along, carrying a set of drinks. She seems to be holding up better than Mustard Trim
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143149
143150
>>143148
Well that's a relief. Amber gives an embarrassed smile to those waiting. "It's a busy evening, I beg your pardon for the inconvenience."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143150
143151
>>143149
"How long is the wait?" The stallion leading what appears to be a young family of four asks
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143151
143152 143153
>>143150
"About ten minutes…."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143152
143153 143154
>>143151
"Uh, oh. Okay."

The ponies seem content to sit and wait.

A little filly with a bow in her mane, an apricot coat, and a long tail sits down, looking upwards and in the direction of Amber
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143153
>>143152
>>143151
[1d4 = 2] [1d5 = 3]
[1d4 = 2] [1d5 = 2]

[1d4 = 4] [1d2 = 2]
[1d4 = 3] [1d4 = 4]
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143154
143155
>>143152
Does the filly look familiar? Did she enter earlier?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143155
143156
>>143154
Amber doesn't think she's seen the auburn maned filly before. But it can be hard to say.

And now, a mare with two young colts, and what looks like a set of five ponies - an adolescent, two adults, and two seniors - enter.
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143156
143157 143158
>>143155
Amber bites her lower lip as she watches them enter. "I'm sorry friends, but we're currently full. You'll have to wait in line."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143157
143158
>>143156
[1d3 = 2]
[1d3 = 3]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143158
143159 143160
>>143157
>>143156
An older mare says
"Ah, I was tryin' to get them to go to the Rapscallion anyways."
The group of five seems to leave

The mare and her fillies, who run about, says to Amber
"Oh, we'll wait." She does not make eye contact, as her lemon yellow filly is running away and in the direction of De Sew's combo tables

[1d4 = 4]
[1d4 = 2]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143159
143160
>>143158
[1d5 = 1]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143160
>>143159
>>143158
Incidentally, one of De Sew's combo tables is leaving now
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143161
143162
Is this the family of four from >>143144?
If so, she tells them, "Looks like a table is open now.
Right over here!"

If not, she can't have them skip ahead in the line, can she?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143162
>>143161
There is waiting a single stallion (perhaps for bar space), a family of four (including the apricot filly), and the single mare with two fillies
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143163
143164
Amber tries to step in front of one of the rampaging fillies before she trips one of the waiters.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143164
>>143163
Roll die to catch filly
Amber Sunset
965fb45
?
No.143165
143166
[1d20 = 9]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143166
143167
>>143165
Amber places herself besides the rampaging filly, but has failed to make up for the filly's head start
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143167
143168
>>143166
She calls out in alarm to the filly, "Please stop!"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143168
143169
>>143167
Startled patrons look out at the commotion, while the filly's owner runs after her, looking back to Autumn to say "sorry," before turning her head back just in time to avoid running into a chair.
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143169
143170 143171
>>143168
"owner"
Amber winces briefly and looks back at her post. The waiters are too busy to help, and the mother might not be able to catch her alone. Amber tries moving to a side of the restaurant they're moving away from. They have to get turned around, right?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143170
143171
>>143169
Okay fine. "Mother."

The filly has to either dart into the kitchen and bathroom hall, or turn around

[1d2 = 1]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143171
143172
>>143170
>>143169
And the filly has continued into the bathroom and restroom hall

Roll die to catch filly

[1d2 = 2]
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143172
143173
>>143171
[1d20 = 2]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143173
143174
>>143172
Amber runs, and hits the right side of the door frame of the bathroom hall. The filly, meanwhile, has run towards the bathroom doors
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143174
143175
>>143173
"Oof!" Quickly, she puts her body in front of the doorway to prevent the filly from running through.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143175
143176
>>143174
Unfortunately, Amber has not been able to
perform such a maneuver in time. While she is faster than the filly, the filly's head start, Amber's delay and misfortunate, as well as the small body of the filly, mean it has been able to slip through
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143176
143177
>>143175
Amber quickly follows inside.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143177
143178
>>143176
The filly has run up against the far end of the hallway, and the two doors, and has to turn around.

Meanwhile, her owner mother has also entered the hall, going for her filly
Amber Sunset
965fb45
?
No.143178
143179
>>143177
Amber tries to reason, "Please come back. It's not a game."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143179
143180
>>143178
The child is stopped, possibly because Amber has blocked her path. She looks up at the Earth pony.

Then Amber can feel herself physically pushed aside with an "excuse me," as the mother goes over and picks up her filly, placing her on her back.

"Sorry, sorry."
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143180
143181 143182
>>143179
Amber hurries back to her place, hoping this episode didn't discourage any customers.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143181
143182 143183
>>143180
The family of four, now seated in one of De Sew's combo tables near the entry to the kitchen, watches the ponies as they return with the filly carried on her mother's back like a trophy.

[1d4 = 2]

[1d4 = 4]
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143182
>>143181
>>143180
[1d2 = 2]
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143183
143184
>>143181
"Phew, I guess foals can be hard to deal with…"
If the lone stallion is still there she recommends he go to the bar.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143184
143186
>>143183
He nods, and goes.

The mother, though she looks embarrassed, has not left yet. Her other filly remains sitting on the bench

The mother walks past Amber, and turns her head to make the remark
"Sorry... it's just so hard to keep them in line without their father"
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143186
143187
>>143184
"No, no, it's alright, no harm done…" she reassures her. Against her better judgement, she asks, "Will he be arriving later?"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143187
143189
>>143186
She turns her head away from Amber, moving forward, and in the direction of her other filly, the one on the bench. For more than a second it may seem that she did not notice Amber's question, or that she was not interested in answering it. But then, with her head turned away, she says

"No."

>>143186
Two stallions and two mares enter
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143189
143190
>>143187
I'm really just so crass, I probably ruined her whole evening…
She turns to the newcomers. "Howdy. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to wait a bit."
Anonymous
18aef5a
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No.143190
143191
>>143189
The stallion who answers is probably in his early thirties.

“How long is the wait?”
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143191
143192
>>143190
"These ponies are in front of you, so maybe fifteen minutes?"
Anonymous
18aef5a
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No.143192
143193
>>143191
“Uh, alright.”
The stallion sits down next to a white mare in semi-formal clothing, who carries on a conversation with the other mare in the four, who sits alongside the other stallion. The lone mare in the other set sits quietly with the troublesome lemon filly under her forelegs, and with the second fully next to her.
Amber Sunset
965fb45
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No.143193
143194 143195
>>143192
Now that it's a little more relaxed Amber idly wonders what time it is.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143194
143195
>>143193
It's well into night now.

[1d4 = 2]
[1d4 = 2]

[1d4 = 2]
Anonymous
da4cb8d
?
No.143195
143196
>>143194
>>143193
And another couple arrives. One wears a military uniform, and a hat. (Yes. Inside).
Amber Sunset
5ee45d3
?
No.143196
143197
>>143195
Well, hats aren't that uncommon. Amber wonders if she should give military personnel priority or if that's restaurant policy, but there's no space now regardless.
Anonymous
da4cb8d
?
No.143197
143199
>>143196
The stallion says to Amber, tipping his hat

"G'day ma'am. Table for two."

[1d4 = 2]
Anonymous
cd9e24c
?
No.143199
143200
>>143197
"Alright, sir. Um, we don't have any tables available at the moment, so you may have to wait a few minutes."
Anonymous
da4cb8d
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No.143200
143201
>>143199
Seeming disappointed, he asks
"How long's ya wait?"
Anonymous
cd9e24c
?
No.143201
143202 143203 143204
>>143200
She nervously replies, "A table's cleared every five to ten minutes, just about. There are a lot of other ponies waiting though…"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143202
143204
>>143201
He looks over to the mare, who is older than Amber but not by much, and asks her opinion

[1d3 = 3]
Anonymous
da4cb8d
?
No.143203
>>143201
He looks over to the mare, who is older than Amber but not by much, and asks her opinion

[1d3 = 3]
Anonymous
da4cb8d
?
No.143204
143205
>>143202
>>143201
"We'll give it a try" he says, and sits down next to his mare.

[1d4 = 4]
[1d4 = 1]
Anonymous
cd9e24c
?
No.143205
143206
>>143204
"I think the food here is well worth the wait. It's really popular…"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
?
No.143206
>>143205
"That's what she tells me" he says, placing a hoof on the mocha brown mare, who smiles

[1d5 = 3]
Anonymous
cd9e24c
?
No.143207
143208
Amber smiles back, but she can't think of anything more to say. She glances to see if any tables have freed up.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
?
No.143208
143210
>>143207
One of Cream Pop's booths has opened up.

Fortunately, it's the one that also used one of Larkhaven's tables

Thus, one booth and one high table
Anonymous
cd9e24c
?
No.143210
143211
>>143208
The couple that had been waiting the longest gets the high table, whereas the family of four get the booth.
Anonymous
18aef5a
?
No.143211
143212
>>143210
I believe the original family of four received one of De Sew’s combo table-booths that opened up. There should currently be the mother and her two fillies, the two stallions and two mares, and the couple that just showed up with the stallion in uniform.
Anonymous
cd9e24c
?
No.143212
143213
>>143211
I don't think Amber asked, but are the two stallions and two mares in one group altogether?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
?
No.143213
143215
>>143212
Yes.
Anonymous
cd9e24c
?
No.143215
143217 143249
>>143213
Then it's an easy choice, the mother and her two fillies are moved to the booth while the new couple gets the high table.
Amber Sunset
cd9e24c
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No.143216
143217
Got to stop today