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Occupied Equestria - Forward
Anonymous
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No.153333
153336
Dark Star fights against CRT in the school system continues along his path to ensure a future for his and his race's children. Iron conducts a salvage operation finds and recovers hidden treasure. Amber is learning how to exploit simps establishes relationships in her new town. Spark harbors multiple terrorist continues helping Wellspring and the wolf tribe. Silver acts as a step father for unwanted foals gives back to the community at the orphanage. All of this and more
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Anonymous
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No.154285
154286
>>154284
“I’d love strawberries. You can buy them I know, but they are so expensive. Now you tell me they are free and everywhere?”

He shakes his head.

The waitress comes, and takes their orders.
Amber Sunset
f105e57
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No.154286
154287
>>154285
"Technically, ehhhh, no."

When the waitress comes, Amber states, "Two clam chowders, please!"
Anonymous
86c09c9
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No.154287
154288
>>154286
She smiles.

“Two clam chowders.” She looks to Mustard. “And what will you be having?”

Mustard:
“Uh, one of those clam chowders.”

The waitress does not write down the orders, but takes metal note
Amber Sunset
f105e57
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No.154288
154289
>>154287
"That's two for both of us. One each." She smiles awkwardly at the waitress.

She turns back to Mustard once the waitress is gone. "It gets pretty dark during the night in the cities. What neighborhoods are good to keep away from then?"
Anonymous
86c09c9
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No.154289
154290
>>154288
“The closer you are to water, the worse it is. By the bay is worst. It’s also not great to be by the river. There are parts of Red Heart the police pass by, and the New Marelanders won’t go to. Cowtown isn’t all that much better. East side is marginally better than that. Then the riverside, and the city center. Colton Hill and the north aren't that bad.”
Amber Sunset
f105e57
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No.154290
154291
>>154289
She thinks back to when she toured the coast on her first day, and is thankful all that was during the day. She scowls with concern.
"Thank you, I'll be careful to stay clear of the waterside."
Anonymous
86c09c9
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No.154291
154292
>>154290
“Are you here alone?” He asks
Amber Sunset
e70c896
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No.154292
154293
>>154291
Nodding, she answers, "I thought it was pretty clear…. Yes, it's just me, myself and I here, having gotten off the train a few days ago and haven found a drafty little apartment.
But it still ain't all that bad."
She smiles reassuringly.
Anonymous
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No.154293
154294
>>154292
“How can you afford that?” He asks
Amber Sunset
e70c896
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No.154294
154295
>>154293
Grimacing, she replies, "Barely. I took out a heavy loan just to not sleep in the streets, which I repaid only just today."
Anonymous
86c09c9
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No.154295
154296
>>154294
“How’d you pay it back?” He asks
Amber Sunset
e70c896
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No.154296
154297
>>154295
"I got some income which paid it off in full," she says, stiffly-lipped, shifting in her seat a bit uncomfortably.
Anonymous
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No.154297
154298
>>154296
He shakes his head, and blinks twice

"What?"
Amber Sunset
e70c896
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No.154298
154299
>>154297
"Nuthin', it's not worth mentioning…." she says hurriedly. "Ever had eggnog before? Maybe some has been kept around since Hearth's Warming…or maybe it'll be served again at Winter Wrap Up."
Anonymous
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No.154299
154300
>>154298
Mustard Trim's eyes are wide, his forelegs limp on the table, and his smile fades to a frown as he relaxes backwards in his seat, his brain working overtime to speculate as to precisely how a 17 year old female with no evident extraordinary skills or special schooling, could earn an "income" sufficiently large so as to pay off a "heavy loan" "just a few days after getting off the train," and has done all of this away from father and mother, in an economy teetering on hyperinflation. He speculates as to whether what means such a girl has to such an income, is compatible with his image of Amber as idealized in his mind.

He doesn't seem interested in much else
Amber Sunset
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No.154300
154301
>>154299
Clearly, she won one of those scratch-off ticket games.

"…I ain't ever had it, but I heard it's thick, creamy, and sweet. No wonder it's considered good for holidays…" she rambles on. Clearly she's worried about whether his speculation might touch on what she actually did. However, she is also oblivious to his own worry.
Anonymous
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No.154301
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>>154300
Thick, creamy, and sweet sources of income

If his mane caught on fire, it would not be any more apparent than his worry right now.
Amber Sunset
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No.154302
154303
>>154301
Oh darn, he clearly knows what I did for Dark Denizen… she thinks to herself.

After a pregnant silence she finally leans forward and asks in a whisper, "Have you ever had to do something for somepony you really needed to get by, but while going through it you just can't back out despite second thoughts?"
Anonymous
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No.154303
154304
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>>154302
He very slightly shakes his head
Amber Sunset
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No.154304
154305
>>154303
She folds her ears down, looking a little ashamed. "Well, last night I had to do that, after meeting you at the club. I can't tell you exactly what I did because I was sworn to secrecy, but I promise I didn't hurt anypony." She looks around awkwardly, her neck bowed. "I hope you don't think the worse of me for it…."
Anonymous
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No.154305
154306
>>154304
His ears fold down

"You went there to=" He licks his lips, as his mouth seems incredibly dry

"You were there to have sex for money"
Amber Sunset
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No.154306
154307
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>>154305
Her shame is instantly replaced with confusion. "What? No, I had that drink."
Anonymous
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No.154307
154308
>>154306
"You were drugged first?" He asked
Amber Sunset
0de4239
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No.154308
154309
>>154307
“No? Maybe I was a tiny bit tipsy, but I was in a sound mind."
Anonymous
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No.154309
154310
>>154308
"So you were sober for it" He says
Amber Sunset
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No.154310
154311
>>154309
"I had to be, otherwise I wouldn't likely be able to get away," she answers in a hushed tone. "I was hardly ever in such danger like I was through that night."
Anonymous
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No.154311
154312
>>154310
"What do you mean 'get hurt' and 'get away'?"
He says sharply, loudly, almost exasperated.
Amber Sunset
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No.154312
154313
>>154311
Her ears fold down, as she looks unhappily off to the side slightly. "I had to do something for ponies I didn't at all like. I didn't think it was so bad at first, but as it went on, if I refused not only would I be threatened, but I could have been imprisoned as well."
Anonymous
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No.154313
154314
>>154312
“But like….” And then in a suppressed voice “what did they do to you?
Amber Sunset
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No.154314
154315
>>154313
"I had to go to a place with lots of ponies who would have captured me, and retrieve a piece of paper without them noticing," she says flatly.
Anonymous
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No.154315
154316
>>154314
“What” he says flatly. Whatever answer he was expecting, it didn’t involve a combination of a game of tag and a scavenger hunt.

“But like… what did they do to you?”
Amber Sunset
20db43b
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No.154316
154317
>>154315
"Well, I'm uninjured, except for my pride…" she leans forward, and talks in a low voice. "I had to kiss a stallion…actually, the stallion kissed me…to not be too suspicious. I feel disgusted by that."
Anonymous
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No.154317
154318
>>154316
Goddamn it Amber. Just lie and accuse your boyfriend of flirting with the waitress like a normal filly]
Whereas in the past 30 seconds he was close to the table, almost hunched over it, he now slumps back in his seat

“Paper…….?” He trails off

“What else?”
Amber Sunset
20db43b
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No.154318
154319
>>154317
kek
"That's all, honest! It was really that one little thing, which they wanted a lot and in short order. Why are you questioning me like this? You really got your britches in a twist," she answers, the corners of her eyes glistening with tears.
Anonymous
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No.154319
154320
>>154318
Amber reclaims strategic initiative with her counter attack

“Uh…. Well I just, I was just concerned if maybe…”
Amber Sunset
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No.154320
154321
>>154319
"You really thought I was a horrible pony? You were so nice to me, but now it seems like you actually hate me." She looks about to cry.
Anonymous
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No.154321
154323
>>154320
“No, no no. That’s not what I meant. That’s not what I meant….”
Amber Sunset
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No.154323
154324
>>154321
spam reee
"You said I was a low-down criminal, a mare who would do anything for money…. She covers her right eye and her lips curl as she starts to sob.
Anonymous
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No.154324
154325
>>154323
“No no no no no I don’t think that if you, I don’t!”
Amber Sunset
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No.154325
154326
>>154324
"Then how could you say such things about me?" she cries.
Anonymous
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No.154326
154327
>>154325
“No no. I didn’t say anything hurtful. I just. I don’t see how you could pay that much money with just a hostess job.”
Amber Sunset
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No.154327
154328
>>154326
"I didn't," she says, sniffling. "But I didn't do anything immoral either. It was just a retrieval errand."
Anonymous
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No.154328
154329
>>154327
“You didn’t…” his eyes dart away, and he says in a low tone of voice,

”Do, uh, sexual things for money?”
Amber Sunset
20db43b
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No.154329
154330
>>154328
She looks more confused than anything. "Do what kind of things?"
Anonymous
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No.154330
154331
>>154329
He sits there, himself nigh teary eyed

“You didn’t, uh…” he leans over the table, and for an extended period of time, seems entirely unable to think of the word he was looking for. He remains in that state, desperately searching through his mind’s dictionary, looking for that specific word. After the passage of some time, he leans even closer, evidently to speak to Amber in confidence

”Have to handle a stallion’s… you know”

He makes some kind of gesture that is hard to interpret, though it isn’t clear Amber wants to understand it
Amber Sunset
20db43b
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No.154331
154332
>>154330
Amber is still bewildered and doesn't quite know what to make out from what he's saying, wondering if he means a wallet–implying she's a pickpocket–or some other possession. However, even someone so in the dark can understand the concept of jealousy.

"I didn't touch any stallion," she says, frowning.
Anonymous
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No.154332
154333
>>154331
From Amber’s periphery, a new form enters. It’s the pink mare. She moves in in smooth, deliberate, relatively slow movements, and places a bowl of chowder before Amber. Amber can see her fairly well. Her coat is a lemonade pink, and her mane is blonde, carefully tied into two braided pony tails with small red ribbons. Her tail is much the same, nearly long enough to touch the floor. She tilts her head into Amber’s direction, and makes contact with her fuchsia eyes. She suppresses a facial expression. In a wordless movement, she leans back, and then rotates her body in a seedless motion to lean in and place another bowl of chowder before Mustard Trim. By the movement of Mustard’s eyes, she must make eye contact with him, and by the movement of her cheeks, she must have made some facial expression towards him. She then moves back, and momentarily stands besides the couple, making quick glancing looks to each of the two.

She smiles in the way a car bird surely must when it sees an animal falling and dying in the desert, or how a lioness looks at a wounded gazelle that has fallen behind the herd. She turns, and carefully trots off.
Amber Sunset
20db43b
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No.154333
154334
>>154332
Amber neglects to thank this mare, preoccupied with thoughts regarding this uncomfortable conversation, but her eyes follow even as the waitress leaves. Whereas before she got the sense of polite, if not kind, hospitality, now there is a vague feeling of hostility.

"What kind of face did she make at you?" she asks Mustard suspiciously.
Anonymous
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No.154334
154335
>>154333
“I’m sorry” he says
Amber Sunset
20db43b
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No.154335
154336
>>154334
The young mare sitting across from him is at a loss for words, but her eyes soften in response. The chowder in front of her offers an enticing escape, so she tentatively tries it. Even as she does so, though, she continues to glance at Mustard with pleading indigo eyes.