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Occupied Equestria - New Opportunities
Anonymous
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No.143000
Continuing
1791 replies and 23 files omitted.
Anonymous
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No.143858
143859
>>143857
Almost defeated,
"What? No...?"
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143859
143860
>>143858
"You must have flights of fancy like that. Don't worry, I won't tell a soul." She grins slyly.
Anonymous
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No.143860
143861
>>143859
He looks up at Amber from his position with his head almost laying on the table
"I'll trust you..."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143861
143862
>>143860
Amber winks. "Your secret is safe with me."
Once she settles down, her expression becomes a little confused. "So what were we talking about?"
Anonymous
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No.143862
143863
>>143861
He blinks, with both forehooves before him on the table
"I don't know... something about music, and me coming here, and you being jealous of Salt Lick's features."
Amber Sunset
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No.143863
143864
>>143862
She pulls her head back, scrunching her snout. "Me? Jealous?"
Anonymous
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No.143864
>>143863
"Like you don't wish you had that gravitational pull."
Amber Sunset
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No.143865
143866
VexedAmber.png
"I mean...my rump might look skinny next to hers, but I ain't jealous! I could be just as shapely if I ate right, then you'd be falling head over hooves for me instead."
Anonymous
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No.143866
143869
>>143865
He keeps his lips closed tight in a smile, before opening them to take a sip from his water.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143867
143868
>>143836
Silver tilts his head at the deer.

"What do you mean?"
Anonymous
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No.143868
143870
>>143867
"Was it our weakness that let this happen? Did the gods abandon us? Did they think it just? Did we abandon them?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143869
143871
>>143866
"Are you sure you don't want something else to drink? They have juices I never thought possible here."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143870
143871
>>143868
"Ah. Olenian gods. I admit, I am not so familiar with them."
Anonymous
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No.143871
143873
>>143869
"Well... How long will you be here? I could spend some money, though I've been trying to save it..."

>>143870
"I could not have expected you to be."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143872
143874
"I was told to relax and make myself familiar with the night life..." With lessened mental clarity she has to concentrate to remember what Dark Denizen said, but once she does she lightens up. "Have a drink, which I did, listen to music-yep, done that-let a stallion make a pass, whatever that means, but you're here so maybe that counts...and have a dance. I...erm, haven't danced here before."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143873
143874
>>143871
"You seem to be rather pious. Tell me about them, if it pleases you."
Anonymous
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No.143874
143875 143876
>>143872
"I don't suppose..."

>>143873
"Pious? I don't call myself pious. Not any more. To have piety is to have reverence. To give what is due to that which is greater than you. Now I am not sure sure of what is due, or how much greater they are. But they are there. Do not let yourself be fooled. There is Tiapo, of the Forest. Vellamo of the seas and storms, Tursas of War, Kuu of the Moon, and Pellervo. These and many others. Above them all is god of the sky and thunder, Ukko."
Amber Sunset
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No.143875
143877
>>143874
"I'd really like to, if you don't mind." She smiles with a slight blush on her cheeks.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143876
143877
>>143874
"Does Ukko reign over sun as well?"
Anonymous
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No.143877
143878 143885
>>143875
He has a great smile
"Sure"
He stands up. The music is a bit more cheery now, with notes that go back and forth. It'll do for dancing

>>143876
He has a small smile
"The goddess Päivätär lords over the sun, and with its rays crafts silver jewelry. But the sky is above the sun."
Amber Sunset
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No.143878
143879
>>143877
Amber likewise gets up to join him. She hasn't had too much to affect her motor skills, at least. "Do you know how to dance to this?" she asks.
Anonymous
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No.143879
143880
>>143878
He looks up, and around
"I don't think I've heard it before..."
Amber Sunset
706f4e3
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No.143880
143881
>>143879
"Maybe we could watch how others do it, or just improvise."
Anonymous
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No.143881
>>143880
"Well, I know a couple dances"
Amber Sunset
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No.143882
143883
She smiles. "Show me."
Anonymous
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No.143883
143886
>>143882
He moves his right forehoof forward with a tap, then pulls back and moves his left hoof with a tap, then his left again, then his right again, and then he rotates to his left by 90 degrees and repeats the process again
Amber Sunset
706f4e3
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No.143884
143887 143888
[1d20+2 = 21]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143885
>>143877
He smiles back.

"I do not suppose she also crafts Silver Swords?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143886
143888
>>143883
Amber imitates his movements flawlessly while managing to keep facing him.
Anonymous
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No.143887
143891
>>143884
"No. She is a maiden, and like the maidens crafts clothes and jewelry. But Väinämöinen, he has his sword. Ukko even, sometimes strikes the thunder with his sword.
Anonymous
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No.143888
143889
>>143886
>>143884
He looks up at her
"... You're really good at this, heh heh"
Amber Sunset
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No.143889
143890
>>143888
Smiling back, she replies, "Oh thank you. But I wouldn't know where to start without you."
Anonymous
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No.143890
143892
>>143889
Still, he tries to keep pace and dance, though it seems he feels the need to watch his feet
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143891
143893
>>143887
"Is joke. She crafts silver jewelry, my name is Silver Sword...well, I thought it was good, at least."

He offers himself a light chuckle.

"I find it interesting, hearing about different faiths. From what I learned, our chief Goddess was ruler over sun and rains, before Severyana adopted Celestialism. It makes sense that Ukko is God of Sky and Thunder, with Deer being mostly sea people."
Amber Sunset
706f4e3
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No.143892
143893
>>143890
Emboldened either by the events of the evening or her drink, she adds a little bit of flare to this simple dance. She raises her hooves higher than necessary, swings her head with its curtain of hair from side to side, and raises or lowers parts of her body as she shifts her weight in time with the music.
Anonymous
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No.143893
143894 143897
>>143891
"Ah" He raises his head
"And so that is who I am speaking to"

"I think I have had enough experiences with 'different faiths.' What is 'Severyana'?"

>>143892
Mustard Trim pulls his head back from the wild, bucking mare in front of him, now placing his eyes firmly on her."
Amber Sunset
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No.143894
143895
>>143893
She meets his gaze, grinning back.
Anonymous
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No.143895
>>143894
He smiles, then spins and moves to the side. The notes, higher and lower at points, invite smaller and greater movement of the body, depending on the note played. Sometimes a small step, sometimes a leap.
Amber Sunset
706f4e3
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No.143896
143898 143899
Amber perks her ears up and listens carefully to the music and tries to interpret it into a dance.
Listen: [1d20+3 = 15]
Dexterity/Balance: [1d20+2 = 9]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143897
143899
>>143893
"It goes by different, less honorable name these days. Stalliongrad. At one time it was great northern empire that could boast to rival even Equestria, holding control over lands of penguins, yaks, and polar bears. Now it is...well, most people in Equus know what it is now."
Amber Sunset
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No.143898
>>143896
Her ear for music doesn't fail her though as she moves away from a simple box step she's less certain about her movement. At one point she falls back onto her rear, and so she slows down a bit to avoid embarrassing herself any further.
Anonymous
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No.143899
143900 143901
>>143896
Definitely spin spin spin, move position spin spin, move position tap tap. Execution could use a little bit of work though

>>143897
He nods
"Yes. I've heard. I suppose the same could be said of our nation. Our once great nation. But Stalliongrad has a special infamy."
Amber Sunset
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No.143900
143903
>>143899
"I could definitely use some dancing lessons," she says, almost laughing, to Mustard.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143901
143902
>>143899
"Yes...Steel Stallions and King Johans. There are too many of them in this world I am afraid. But forgive me, I am not sure if politics are what you want to talk about."
Anonymous
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No.143902
143905
>>143901
"Johan was better than he was given credit for. But his faults were not made up for by those around him. Not at all..."
Anonymous
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No.143903
143904
>>143900
"Consider this a lesson." He hops over, once, then again, then to Amber's side
Amber Sunset
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No.143904
143907
>>143903
"Alright, let me try that...."
[1d20+2 = 22]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143905
143907
>>143902
"I will admit, all I know of him are from stories. I get idea he was weak king who let those around him do as they please so he could remain in power, to detriment of Olenian people."
Amber Sunset
706f4e3
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No.143906
143907
Amber is a natural-born dancer with these rolls, but watch me roll consecutive 1's later and end up abducted by pirates
Anonymous
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No.143907
143908 143913
>>143904
She hops up into the air, does a twist, then turns on her hind hoof, and ends perfectly with her legs on Mustard Trim, who looks very much surprised

>>143905
"And those stories are mostly true. But he knew to fight when the nation was threatened. Whether surrendering when he did was right... The peace is hardly tolerable."

>>143906
Getting abducted by pirates must be caused by truely terrible dancing
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143908
143909
>>143907
Silver nods, and is silent for a moment.

"We should have intervened. We knew what was to come after Olenia. Had Celestia ordered our armies to march on Changelings when they declared war on your people, we would not have had to deal with them now."
Anonymous
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No.143909
143910
>>143908
There is a subtle hint of a smile
"And that, was no fault of Johan. No fault of ours, either."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143910
143911
>>143909
"Yes, this fault rests squarely upon us...and upon Celestia. I would offer my apologies on behalf of ponykind, if it was worth anything to you."
Anonymous
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No.143911
143912
>>143910
"I'll take the liberation from those griffins... Though I have to wonder why they got as far as they did."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143912
143914
>>143911
"Deception and bribery, most likely. Fear also played small part. Last time police raided they found nothing but sweatshop and they gave Sweet Boek fine for it. When New Mareland invaded they found more of same. Police wasn't willing to commit to another raid for fear of large casualities among their numbers, so Baltimare government asked for us to do it instead. None of us expected to find Maarists."
Amber Sunset
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No.143913
143914
>>143907
squee
"Did you like that?"
Anonymous
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No.143914
143915 143918
>>143913
".... That was amazing!"

>>143912
"So that's what they call themselves. That doesn't sound much better than the old world. And we didn't have griffins." "
He pauses, then adds,

How did they capture a parasite anyways? Or was it working with them?"
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143915
143916 143917
>>143914
"Aw, thanks. I think I was just lucky, and the music is really swell, too," she says, blushing.
Anonymous
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No.143916
143917
>>143915
[1d20+1 = 12]
Anonymous
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No.143917
143919
>>143915
>>143916
He pulls her into a closer dance, mostly making the right steps, but missing a step and bumping into her at one point
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143918
143922
>>143914
"There is evil everywhere. What matter is that we work to root it out.

"She was captive as well. They kept her in cage, and fed others they captured to her in order to make changeling honey. I suppose they were selling it as drugs."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143919
143922
>>143917
Hooves resting on the colt's withers, Amber follows along and lets him lead. She's distracted from the dance itself by how fast her heart is beating. "I've, um, never danced with a colt before," she confesses.
Anonymous
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No.143920
143921 143922
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Just dropping some inspirational pics poners.
See ya.
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143921
>>143920
Thank you, poner!
Anonymous
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No.143922
143923 143925
>>143919
"Me neither" He says

>>143918
"Incredible" He says

"Nothing is worse than how those parasites will eat your soul, stealing all that is good from you. But to use that as a tool... This is something else. Something new. Even the West did not have that kind of evil."

>>143920
Nice!
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143923
143924
>>143922
She giggles. "If you had danced with colts like this, that would be a bit strange, don't you think?"
Anonymous
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No.143924
143926
>>143923
"Yeah. Heh heh. They couldn't dance so well as you anyways."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143925
143927
>>143922
"Yes. Sadly not first time I have seen captive changelings used in this way. But they are dead now. They can not hurt anyone anymore."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143926
143927
>>143924
Blushing, she says, "Aw, thank you. It's such a pleasure to dance with you. Otherwise, I don't know if I even would have tried."
Anonymous
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No.143927
143928 143929
>>143926
"I'm glad you did. And I hope you'll do it again." He says again, smiling and looking into Amber's eyes

>>143925
"And again, I thank you for that. You have done me, and the world, a great service."
Amber Sunset
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No.143928
143930
>>143927
She looks back into his purple(?) eyes and smiles. "Yes, let's definitely dance again soon."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.143929
143930
>>143927
He nods again.

"Unless you have anything to say or ask me, I think this will be goodbye for now. That stallion who was with you at that altar, I want to meet with him as well, see how he is doing."
Anonymous
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No.143930
143931 143935
>>143929
“I am surprised you came to see me. That was not expected. Or perhaps it makes the fighting more tolerable. I cannot say.”
But then he turns his head more directly towards Silver
“Until we meet again.”

>>143928
The question is: do they dance more?
Amber Sunset
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No.143931
143932
>>143930
As much as Amber would like the night to stretch on long, she suddenly feels tired and with a yawn asks to return to the table. She looks to see if the same griffon is still busy playing.
Anonymous
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No.143932
143933
>>143931
He continues sawing away, having no notice of what Amber and Mustard Trim - or any other pair of ponies, for that matter - are doing
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143933
143934
>>143932
Amber tells Mustard, "When he finishes I hope I can have a chat. He's really talented...."
Anonymous
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No.143934
143936
I have to sleep now...

>>143933
He tilts his head
"You mean with him...?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143935
143937
>>143930
"I wanted to make sure you were okay. Did not feel right if I did not."

He bows his head to the deer.

"Until we meet again."

Silver turns and leaves the room, heading for the room with the young stallion.
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143936
143953 143956
>>143934
Goodnight!
"You'd be amazed at how he was playing earlier, I simply have got to meet him!"
Anonymous
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No.143937
143938
>>143935
He gives a nod, and Silver leaves the room.

Up the stairs, down the hall, and Silver finds the room supposed to contain the recovering pony
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143938
143939
>>143937
Silver knocks at the door.
Anonymous
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No.143939
143940
>>143938
No reply
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143940
143941
>>143939
Silver tries the door to the room.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143941
143942
>>143940
He opens the door, seeing a set up similar to the previous room, but with the bed on the mirror opposite side. This means that the bed faces towards Silver, standing nearer the entrance of the room, rather than away from him, as was the case in the previous room.

There, in the bed, and covered in part by bed sheets, is a white - or rather, a light grey - unicorn male, with red-auburn mane. His eyes are wide
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143942
143943
>>143941
"Hello? My name is Silver Sword. I was part of group that raided 33 Hoebuck. I just wanted to check up on you."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143943
143944
>>143942
His eyes are wide, and he sits up, pulling the bedsheets up high

"Uh, hi"

He has an awkward smile
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143944
143945
>>143943
Silver enters the room properly, closing the door behind him. He smiles back, with a greater sense of sincerity.

"It is good to see you alive. I am afraid I did not get acquinted with your name, last we met."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143945
143946
>>143944
"You're... you're with R&M, right?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
?
No.143946
143947
>>143945
"Erm...I am afraid I am not familiar. R&M?"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143947
143949
>>143946
"Revenue and Migration services? I guess that's a 'no.' Who sent you?" He asks
Amber Sunset
6987aba
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No.143948
143950
waves
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143949
143950
>>143947
"Ah, that makes more sense. I think R&M was involved, all I know is that we were tasked with breaking up trafficking ring at 33 Hoebuck from Baltimare Government."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143950
143951
>>143948
waves back
Hello!

>>143949
"Oh. You're... with the city."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143951
143952
>>143950
"Not really, I was just with group asked to stop bad people."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143952
143954
>>143951
"Uh... that's... good." He has an awkward smile
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143953
>>143936
"Uh. Yeah. That would be neat." He answers
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143954
143955
>>143952
"So, what is your name?"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143955
143958
>>143954
"It's uh... Popper Nick."

He is sitting upright as best he can - he is moving around more than the stag dared - his teeth are showing, and his lips are pulled all the way back in something that was presumably intended to look like a smile. He speaks with a young sounding voice with a noticeable Dominion accent
Amber Sunset
6987aba
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No.143956
143957
>>143936
Amber smiles at Mustard, adding, "Music is one thing I am very passionate about, and it's such a terrific surprise to find somepony who plays an antiquated kind of instrument like I do.
This is the last sort of place I'd expect it, actually."

Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143957
143959
>>143956
"Well, that's- that's really neat. I wasn't expecting it here either. What kind of instrument do you play exactly?"
He places a hoof on the side of his head