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>>164284"How many do you estimate?"
>>164285“We are not sure. It’s not a large group. Less than 10.”
>>164286"Depending on what weapons they have, 10 can be
very large number."
Silver looks out at the station.
"Do they have watch on area around building, or is approach uncontested?"
>>164287“They keep windows open, and will sometimes take shots out of them. The streets can be dangerous.”
>>164288Silver takes his Jenny, and peers through the non-magnified scope at the building to see if he can find any windows that are being used.
>>164289Yes. He can see specific open windows. It looks like one, two, there on this side. Hard to tell which ones are populated.
>>164290"We are not going to leave those civilians to die. Are there any alternative routes into building? Sewer tunnels, for example?"
>>164291“It’s not the bottoms floors that are fortified. It’s the top.”
>>164292"I know, but to actually get
to building..."
>>164293“That… there may be a subterranean passageway. Or run across the street from one building to another. If you wish to enter from the bottom of the building, that is.”
Back home now>>164295"Well, the way I see it, there are multiple ways to attack. From below, from across the street, or from above."
>>164301"Above?"
Silver looks to the upper levels of the station.
>>164302"Well... It's a bit harder for you since you can't fly." he answers
>>164303"Fair enough."
Is there an entrance to the sewer nearby, or would they have to trot a ways away to do find one?
>>164304>>164305A pony along alongside the salmon home guard pony answers
"There should be a tunnel linking the basement of the office building with this one" he answers
>>164306Silver nods.
"I say we go underground, come up through basement and storm changeling positions. There is not much time to lose."
>>164307 The pony nods. Silver, Spectral Streak, the Salmon pony, and the new, vermillion coated pony travel inside the building, which has a lobby decorated in jade colored false marble - it appears to be the lobby of, among other things, a printing company. Silver walks through the front lobby with its green Doric columns and multicolored red and gold carpet, past a counter and through a hall. Along the wall in the reception area, Silver sees a poster from the National Review Board explaining it's objectives in promoting social morality, and ironically enough, a poster warning that your neighbor may be a changeling infiltrator. While the former poster does not have images and is interesting only for how it divides its material into bullet points, the second poster portrays a pony couple walking up to another couple on a lawn... which is a changeling drone and worker in pony clothing in front of a house. To the left is a door, which the vermillion pony opens, that takes them down into a basement with piping and what seems to include a boiler or water heater. Further to the left is a tunnel, which though small, takes them thirty or more yards, into another basement with slightly sparser piping. The vermillion pony finds and turns on a light in the dark, and takes them to a stairs. Soon enough, Silver is in a hall that leads to a lobby decorated with white porcelain, and which includes a straightforward red decorative carpet, and has the names of what must be multiple professional businesses.
"First floor of the tower." The Salmon pony says
>>164308Silver keeps his Jenny at the ready. He allows himself to marvel at the opulence of the TV station for only a little bit (
Wow, television must be very successful!) before whispering to his companions.
"Know where stairs are?" >>164309"One set. In the center" The vermillion pony says
>>164311Silver nods, and moves for the center of the building.
>>164312Past a set of bronze elevator doors, Silver sees a door, which is opened by another pony
"Staircase up to the top."
>>164313Silver peaks through the door and looks up for any watching changelings.
>>164314Silver doesn't think he sees anyone above. But he can see that it is a long way up.
>>164315Stairs...why did it have to be stairs?Silver begins the long climb up.
>>164316It's quite a ways. Silver may be concerned about sound, or becoming exhausted as he goes up, or about what is waiting for him.
>>164318Silver stops at a landing after a short time of climbing stairs to catch his breath, and to avoid aggravating his injuries too much. He looks up at how much more he has to go.
Everypony in this thread is a cute little pony
>>164320Maybe... five floors? It kind of depends on where Silver wants to stop.
>>164321no u!
>>164322n-no u!
>>164323Silver whispers, "What floor?"
>>164324"It's the top three floors." Spec says
>>164325The injured and tired unicorn nods, and continues up the stairs.
>>164328Up the stairs, Silver can here a
thick, and a click, clack, thunk, of a grenade being tossed down the flights of stairs and bouncing against walls. Silver can see the spherical grey object coming to a stand still on the landing above Silver
>>164329"GRENADE!"
Can Silver try to fling it back up with his magic?
>>164330Silver can try, but he's fighting against gravity and the stairs mostly block the line of sight to the levels above. Silver can also try to dive down the stairs and around the landing.
>>164331Diving would likely be the smarter option, even if his doctor would not recommend agrivating his injuries. Silver dives down the stairs and around the landing to get out of the blast.
>>164334>>164335Silver dives to the right on the landing and down the stairs, towards the set of ponies following behind him. They look surprised, but several of them fall down, whether intentionally or from the large, fluffy pony diving towards them. He hears a loud
Boom and sees splinters of wood hit the wall next to him, while the railing on the stairs above him becomes lose, and parts fall down.
Now Silver hears a
Ching Ching Ching from automatic gun fire above. It seems like a single burst.
>>164336Silver allows a grunt escape him as a dulled pain spreads through his chest. He gets up and aims down the sights of his Jenny up the staircase.
>>164337Silver quickly gets the impression that the enemy is firing blind.
Roll wisdom.
>>164339Looking up through the center of the stair case, a couple floors up, Silver can see a creature leaning over. It's a drone, naked black chitin, no pretense of being a pony. He is leaning over, pointing a long, black gun Silver isn't familiar with.
[1d20+6 = (10+6) = 16][1d20+6 = (16+6) = 22][1d20+6 = (1+6) = 7][1d20+6 = (3+6) = 9]>>164340Silver aims his Jenny up at this drone, and squeezes off a short full auto burst.
>>164341The creature flinches, and pulls away.
Roll one damage