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Occupied Equestria - Winter Winds
Anonymous
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No.171000
Continuing
1621 replies and 211 files omitted.
Anonymous
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No.171296
171299
>>171293
He picks up the phone and stares at Amber
"It has indeed been poor the entire time I've worked here." He says stiffly. Then he adds "The rebels across the border to Longsword are a managed threat." He likely does not understand Amber's meaning
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171298
171308
>>171048
Silver moves into a hall with offices on either side, and past big black and white framed photos of shiny chrome aircraft, some in the air, some on the ground. Silver goes through a door threshold, and into a new section likewise flanked by offices. Here, there are paintings like a pony in a toga flanked by a bushel of wheat to the left, and crates to the right, as well as another painting of a freight ship in a harbor, with barrels in the foreground.

The hallway opens up, and now a giant, wooden desk with letters that announce itself as belonging to the Meadowbrook Republic Trade Authority. Behind it is an open door that leads into what Silver can guess is a break room, though there are cables hanging down from the roof. There are two hallways off to the right, and an office with glass windows between these two hallways to the right of the desk, and then one hallway off to the left, kind of in the center
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171299
171301
>>171296
Amber slams a talon on the table.
"Pshaw! 'Managed' my tail! They attempted to raid a train of the Imperial Reichsbahn, a passenger train to boot! In the decades I've worked there I've never had to deal with such things, only rowdy passengers. They're growing bolder, I tell you, if they're going after such targets, and when this story breaks it'll hurt transit numbers for sure. I can only wonder why, though…perhaps there was somegriff they were looking to cubnap?"
Anonymous
a9c44d4
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No.171300
171302
>>171295
I guess east is the best bet then.
Posey makes her way to the address in the east.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171301
171347
>>171299
He lowers the phone, his eyes never breaking off of "Rudolf Hofstadter"

"What do you know?" He asks
Anonymous
c1168de
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No.171302
171303
>>171300
Does Posey need to roll anything to make her way there?
Anonymous
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No.171303
171304
IMG_1060.jpeg
>>171302
I was delaying because it’ll be a lot of description

Yes. More dice for the dice gods!
Anonymous
c1168de
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No.171304
171340 171348 171349
>>171303
Take as much time as you need then.
Gonna roll Gather Information, which replaces survival in urban settings, iirc.
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
Also, I would like to buy a net.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171308
171312
>>171298
Silver gives hoof motions for two of the members of the squad to look in the hallways to the right of the desk, while he himself looks in the hallway to the left.
Anonymous
402a74c
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No.171311
171314
>>171266
>Day Low Rain
I can't believe I forgot to ask this
"Good evening, Miss Rain. How is your sister doing?"
Wouldn't want to be rude
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171312
171313
>>171308
Looking down the central hall on the left, Silver can see that he's found the center of the building. It doesn't stretch far at all, but what he can see is that it ends at another parallel hall that marks the edge of a great atrium in the building.

From the ponies investigating the "near" hall on the right, that is to say, the one further south, and closer from teh direction Silver came, he hears at the moment only silence. But from the further away hall on the right, from the evident break room.

Spectral Streak
"Don't move!"
He calls out,
"We've got something"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171313
171314
>>171312
Silver turns around and quickly makes his way back towards Spec to see what they found.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171314
171316
>>171311
Glaring:
"Still dead"

>>171313
Looking inside, Silver can see a white room with cabinets on the left and the right. A light fixture hanging from the ceiling in the center-right has been removed and electrical lines hang from the ceiling. Below this light is a grey earth pony stallion, who stands uneasily with a Jenny rifle in a sort of "low ready" position. Off to the left, the light coming into the room is much lower, as its away from the door, but Silver can see a yellow unicorn, holding a shotgun in a yellow-green magical aura
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171316
171317
>>171314
Judging from how shooting has started, and how the earth pony seems to be frightened, Silver's initial assumption is that these are in fact ponies and not changelings. Still, he can't let his guard down. He looks at these two ponies and addresses them.

"Listen, we are in crunch time right now. If you two are changelings you had better start your shooting now because we are going to defuse your bomb. If you two are *ponies*...we could really use your help."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171317
171318
>>171316
Roll Initiave
a037c71
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No.171318
171319 171320
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
>>171317
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171319
>>171318
[1d20+2 = (13+2) = 15]

[1d20+1 = (18+1) = 19]
[1d20 = 1]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171320
171321
>>171318
The pony nearest Silver yells,
"Hail Ocellus"
And levels his Jenny at Silver

Silver goes first
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171321
171322 171323 171325
>>171320
[1d20 = 1]
[1d20 = 2]
[1d20 = 18]
[1d20 = 1]
[1d20 = 2]
[1d20 = 20]
[1d20 = 16]
[1d20 = 19]
[1d20 = 6]
[1d20 = 11]
Not dropping his guard pays off. Without having to level his weapon like the changeling, he's able to beat him to the trigger and empty a full half of his mag.

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171322
171323
>>171321
Just gonna check that 20 real quick
[1d20 = 19]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171323
171324 171325
>>171321
>>171322
Hopefully nopony was in the room behind that changeling
[10d7 = 38]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171324
171325 171327 171330
>>171323
If they were, they died in the pursuit of ponykind's freedom from the tyranny of the bugs
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171325
171326
>>171323
>>171321
Silver can see the creature raise it's weapon towards Silver with a combination of fear and malice. He can vaguely see the reflection in the eyes. Then a shot to the upper chest, a shot to the creature's neck, a burst of green light as the grey fur is replaced with charcoal chittin and a light green carapace along it's back, a gagging sound, and then two more shots to its torso, and a contorted expression of horror on its face before its lifeless corpse hits the floor.

Spectral Streak shoots the second creature in rapid succession
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]
[1d20+8 = (9+8) = 17]
[1d20+8 = (14+8) = 22]
[1d20+8 = (6+8) = 14]

>>171324
Sacrifice is necessary on the path to a bug-free future.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171326
171327
>>171325
[8d7 = 24]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171327
171329
>>171324
>>171326
This creature had an expression closer to simple fear as it is shot once, twice, three, four times, likewise "popping" it's pony facade before hitting the ground. The shotgun can be seen to be jammed with an improper feed as it hits the ground, which is perhaps why the drone was so afraid.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171328
171329 171330
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171329
>>171327
Silver almost pities the poor creatures. Maybe in another universe they didn't have to be enemies. Sadly however they are enemies in this one, and if Silver doesn't want him and everypony he cares about to die, they had to die. He turns to look at Spec.

"It would be weird to station guards in random break room. They were protecting something."

>>171328
visible concern
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171330
171331
>>171324
>>171328
From outside of the room in the right hallway

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171331
171332
>>171330
Oh no. Can Silver see anything about what's going on without sticking his head out?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171332
171333
>>171331
Silver can try to get an angle looking through the open doorway
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171333
171334
>>171332
If it means Silver doesn't risk getting shot through the eye and into the brain, then he's gonna try to get an angle.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171334
171335
>>171333
Silver can see, in essence, that someone is shooting from what is now Silver's left (The far right when originally approaching). He can see that they are shooting at a pair of Silver's group, more precisely the purple pegasus pony and the orange pony. They seem to have succeeded in taking cover, though Silver cannot be sure.

Judging by the sound, the enemy is shooting with a Strange Automatic Rifle, and its loud sound reverberates through the narrow corridors.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171335
171336
>>171334
Is there anything on the bodies of the two changelings in the room that could help with dealing with this third changeling?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171336
171337
>>171335
Besides the weapons and ammunition they carried, only a few tools like pliers, a lighter, a screw driver, a wire stripper, some kind of clicker, a and a little mirror. Silver thinks he's found a battery to a radio, but no radio.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171337
171338
>>171336
Hmm...okay. Can Silver manage to see where the third changeling is shooting from?
Anonymous
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No.171338
171339
>>171337
Probably yes.

Whether he can do so without getting shot is an entirely different question.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171339
171357
>>171338
Perhaps Silver can pull the same trick he did just a little bit ago. Lining up against the doorframe, Silver peaks as he begins laying down covering fire in the direction of the third changeling.

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGclick

When his magazine runs empty, he retreats back into the room to reload.
Anonymous
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No.171340
171349
>>171304
Does Posey's check succeed to find the place?
I do need to have all my spells and ability mods ready ahead of time, so I just want to have an idea of what she's trotting into.
Amber Sunset
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No.171347
171354 171368
>>171301
If griffons could purse beaks, Amber would look to be doing that now. "Oh, not much. I had a train to run, and our 'friend' was uncooperative in telling what his motivations were. But it's simple logic. Why attack a passenger train, and not a freight train, if the goal was not the cargo but the passengers? Unless, and hear me out, if the desired cargo was _on_ the passengers? You know how Katerinburg had a bit of an upset in the news? Such commotions tend to lead to a multitude of somewhat valuable knick-knacks getting moved about and leaving the country, even if the possessor doesn't realize quite how desired those things may be. Easy prey for cut-throat rebels, and easier to escape with than a bound and gagged citizen."
Amber's expression changes to be quite excited, as if she came up with a particularly clever realization.
Anonymous
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No.171348
171349
skeleton-at-desk-german-expressions.jpg

>>171304
Posey casts Undetectable Alignment on herself (which she was too daft to do last time, for some reason)
She makes a Hide check to blend in with the crowd on her way to the address.
[1d20+9 = (12+9) = 21]
Anonymous
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No.171349
171350
>>171348
Being in a large city can make it hard to find things. Not because there is little to go by, or too little information, but because there is too much. This can be to Posey's advantage. It's very easy for Posey to blend in. Even when she's an obvious outsider, and a foreigner, she is one of thousands.

>>171340
>>171304
Posey is, in essence, walking into a similar situation as she did before with the Kaftar and Crocuta community, though to a lesser extent. This area is the southern part of the Redheart district, hugging the Locust Promontory and the northern edge of the Delemare River. The buildings here, as elsewhere, tend to be crowded tenement blocks dating to sometime in the last century, four to five stories tall, with narrow units, dark brown brick facades that are plain and out of style, and occasional mismatched colorations of bricks that tell of repairs or even wholesale rebuilding of many of the buildings after some easily imagined disaster caused a partial collapse of the structure. Little bakeries, cobblers, grocers, medicine stores, and the like dot the lowest floors facing the street, and zoning is non-existent, as evidenced by the scattered giant manufactories that take up entire blocks.

Posey actually passed through this way some days ago, on her way to the ghetto. This area is more open, with fewer obvious signs of decay, fewer damaged street lamps and trashcans, and less garbage on the ground. Griffins stand out, making up perhaps 50% of the population. Even the pony population - numerous here, as everywhere - seems oddly foreign, wearing sometimes the bright colors of the Northern Griffonian ponies, the ponchos of the southern Equestrian ponies, or the webbed wings of the dreaded bats. Military and police do not seem to fear neighborhood, even as they do not trust it, and their patrols are semi-regular, if perhaps understaffed. Posey passes along at least one structure that takes up an entire block, with its imposing rectangular shape, odd blue coloration on the roof and symbols of the bear, the plow, and the wind, and two towering minarets - Posey knows what this is.

Arriving at her destination, Posey finds a fairly normal looking structure - a thin apartment block with a stone facade on the first floor, five floors in total, and her destination as apartment B on the third floor. Forlorn Grandeur is the name.
Anonymous
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No.171350
171351 171352 171353 171404
Arcturian_Order.png
>>171349
>apartment buildings again
>reeeee
Posey walks up to the building and as she is about to head inside she's gripped with rigor mortis, her eye twitches and she curses under her breath as her shambling body disobeys her.
Posey reconsiders her plan.
"Think, Posey, think... Aha!"
Posey steps away from the apartment and takes out her pen, quill, an envelope and sealing wax, and using her magical aura to shape the wax into a symbol that she's well familiar with: the mark of the Arcturian Order."
With her intelligence, and familiarity with the symbol, Posey should be able to make a 15 on the check to forge the wax seal. Int is a dump stat for Paladins, and with Forgery being opposed by Forgery, it's likely to look official enough at a glance.
Posey knows when she's done with the seal as soon as it starts to hurt to look at, wincing at the holy symbol.

(To be cont)
Anonymous
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No.171351
171352
8599657090_96e9774cc8_b.jpg
Capture-2-e1624479346643.png
original-1-1.jpg
>>171350
As for the contents, Posey appeals to the hopes of the desperate paladin, fabricating a story that a local order has heeded his warnings.
>Dear Sir Luminous
>Your pleas have not gone unheard, for you have comrades in this fair city. The Equestrian Order of Paladins has endured through these trying times, although with the occupation we've been forced to lay low as the Blackhooves seek to stamp out any enduring loyalty to our fair Princess Celestia (bless her heart). Our forces are few, but we've endured all these centuries, and we will answer your call now, for we the disciples of the sun know all well what's to befall this world if the plague of unlife goes unopposed; it's what our dearest princess would wish for us to do, afterall. One of our compatriots would be willing to meet with you to discuss how our forces at the Baltimare and Potomac Tunnel at midnight on [insert date here]. Make haste, swift flyer, for we can't afford to stay in any one place for too long.
>Sighed: August Wreath (lol)

I'm about to pass out. Let me know if this plan is impossible at face value. The tunnel I'm referencing should've been built by now, if this city is anything like Baltimore. It has low infrequent, is in a generally secluded area, and it's nice and dark. The trick is to lure him to the tunnel so Posey can eliminate him there. I might have to set a different date though

Also, Posey should probably confirm that he lives hear first.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171352
171355
>>171350
scrunch

Posey is able to create an arcturian symbol easily enough, and hopefully, well enough

>>171351
The biggest problem with this plan is that, well, Posey has not confirmed he lives here. Posey has not found anygriff of that name in the city. The name of the resident here is close; close enough to be a relative of the target, or the target going by a pseudonym, but the identity is not confirmed.

As for the tunnel... eh, I hadn't really planned on Baltimare having enough variation in elevation to make a tunnel really make sense, but sure, why not add a tunnel. That's not an issue.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171353
171355
>>171350
What's wrong with apartment buildings?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171354
171368 171402
>>171347
He tilts his head, and squints his eyes
"Is there something, specific in mind?"
Anonymous
c2da931
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No.171355
171364 171365
>>171353
Because I gave Posey the Phobia weakness in conjunction with vampire weaknesses, so she's unwilling to enter buildings without permission.
But she could use the mailbox.
>>171352
Well, if he's staying with relatives, any relative who receives an envelope addressed to him would likely deliver it to him. If he shows up at the given date, that would confirm that he lives near the area.
There's also possibility that he sees through the trap, but given that he's a paladin and there's only one faction that would be interested in assassinating him, he might just show up anyway to eliminate Posey...

The tunnel is to try to get him in an area where he can't put too much distance between himself and Posey by flying.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171357
171358
>>171339
There is a pause, then BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG, and then Tattattattattattattat and a BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171358
171359
>>171357
Was Silver able to make anything out when he laid down suppressive fire?
Anonymous
f88a9de
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No.171359
171360
>>171358
He can see that the origin is some kind of office at the end of the hall. The distance is small.