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>>173161She looks around her for such a thing. "Coffee shop?"
Regardless if she sees one or not, she looks back to the yellow police stallion. "I'm really sorry if I'm causing a disturbance, Mr. Police Ponies, I'm genuinely not intending to. I'm just passing through the area." Her ears flop down and she frowns slightly. "It's a little disappointing having so many ponies run away at the sight of me. I'm really friendly, honest. I wouldn't do anything to hurt anypony, in fact I'd far far rather give you all a nice hug."
>>173165[1d6+7 = (1+7) = 8][1d4+7 = (2+7) = 9]The sword attack provrkes sn attack of opportunity, btw
Pup 1 attacks the hydra
If I'm not mistaken, it should be blind now, so it should have a big penalty to AC
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16]
Pup 2 attacks Posey
[1d20+2 = (7+2) = 9]
[1d20+2 = (11+2) = 13]
>>173168Both of Pup 22's attacks hit
Rolling to confirm threat
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18] Hydra's turn rn, if it's still alive.
>>173166"No!"
This seems to frighten the officers, and one seems to reach for a weapon.
"We do not want any hugs the yellow stallion says."
But it gets
so much worse
"
Excuse me? What do you think you are doing? Crime isn't high enough so you have to harass innocent passersby?"
Neela moves forward
>>173164>>173162>>173165The hydra's final head is severed, and with it, blood spews into the water, and the creature drifts slowly upwards, pursued by the ooze that was formerly attacking it. That ooze hits it repeatedly, finally drenching the last of it in acid.
>>173171It appears to be dead.
>>173173Posey plunges her sword into it's heart as a coup-de-grace, just to make sure
.... This provokes an Attack of opportunity from Pup 2
[1d20+2 = (3+2) = 5] >>173172She holds her hooves up, both in innocence and to try to tell Neela to back off.
"It's okay, I didn't say I was going to, just that I'd much rather give hugs than hurt anypony. I know not everypony like hugs."
>>173175The red stallion speaks
"Oh-kay... just don't go by the coffee shop again, okay?"
[1d20 = 6] >>17317636 damage, which becomes an unbeatable fortitude save.
Posey dismisses the spell, sending her puppies back from whence they came.
She, too, drifts to the surface, like a bloated corpse.
She climbs onto the beast and lets out a battle cry
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGHGHGHHHHHH!!!!!!!" >>173177>>173175But. The yellow stallion argues back to Neela
"We received a call about a disturbance and we are going to investigate it"
Neela: "The only disturbance here is what you're causing!"
>>173177>>173179Kira nods.
"Okay, officers. I hope you both have a great day!"
She looks to Neela, and smiles.
"I appreciate you coming to my aid, but we've got it under control. Come on, you have to show me more of the city!"
Posey stays on top of the hydra for about a minute, nursing her wounds.
After that, she decides to investigate the metal structure she saw earlier in the bog, hoping that the major item table was rolled for this very hard fight.
>>173180Kira didn't exactly have the permission of the officers to leave, nor does she have the compliance of Neela, but if she grabs Neela and slithers past the officers it becomes a matter of how much will does anypony/anydoe have to stop her?
[1d20 = 16]
[1d20 = 17]
[1d20 = 2]
>>173183>>173184>>173175The officers aren't really motivated to stop Kira, but Neela isn't exactly compliant.
I level up from this, right?
>>173183>>173185Kira definitely at least heavily encourages her deer companion to move on, and if that doesn't work then she gently wraps her coils around her to carry her. "Heh heh...sorry about that, she's really defensive when it comes to her friends. She's got that Equestrian spirit of friendship and harmony, you know."
Seeing that the officers aren't likely to pursue them, she waves goodbye to the two stallions, and disappears with Neela around the corner. Once they're a safe distance away, she lets go of Neela if she was forced to carry her.
"Sorry about all of that, Neela, I just don't want you to get in trouble for my sake."
>>173188>>173186There's some pretty cool treasure for Posey to find
>>173187"The police are like that. They will just harass you for nothing. You can't just let them do that."
>>173190"I know, I know. I really appreciate that you would go to all of that trouble for me, Neela."
Hmmmmm...does she dare attempt to hug the deer?
I'm trying to figure out how to get this hydra corpse back to base...
>>173192Neela is scrunchy
Kira may think twice about attempting to hug the little morsel, err, friend. It's best for there not to be any witnesses in case it goes wrong.
>>173195Hmmmm...okay, that's a fair assessment. Still, Kira is very appreciative that Neela has already tried to help her with a situation. Onwards towards Westside they go!
>>173196The next impediment...
A group of ponies, about 4 or so, at a check point. olive drab uniforms and rifles. It's a checkpoint
>>173197"Wow, those look like military ponies. I didn't know there were military checkpoints in the city." With her usual friendly demeanor, Kira waves to the soldiers as she approaches
carefully, not wanting to be shot.
"Hello! I'm guessing we need to show you our identification?"
>>173198The ponies look at Kira as she approaches, watching her silently, but definitely holding onto their weapons
Finally, one, a green earth pony, says
"... Uh, who is passing through?"
>>173199"Us both, she's showing me around the city and we're going to Westside."
She shows the ponies her ID bracelet and any of the relevant papers for both her and Neela to the military ponies.
>>173200He looks at the IDs, then Kira, them Neela, and back at the IDs.
"So... We have two exotic animals owned by Kubana Kirafiki?" He says, seeming slightly confused.
>>173201Kira nods as if it's a completely normal situation.
"Yes sir!"
>>173202"I see..." He says, and looks to the creatures
"We're going to need to search those bags"
>>173203Kira tilts her head at the military pony, and flicks her tongue.
"Why is that?"
>>173204He answers:
"This city is under marshal law, and all bags and large shipments, especially bags that big, are subject to search for contraband at checkpoints."
>>173205"Why's the city under marshal law? Also, what's considered contraband?"
>>173206"Because of partisan activity. Firearms, explosives, ammunition, certain literature, and certain two-way radios are contraband."
>>173207"Oh, okay!"
Confident that none of her items fit the pony's description of what is contraband, Kira lets the military ponies look through her bags.
>>173208Neela is very hesitant, but doesn't have much of a choice.
The pony and another go through the sets of bags
"Why do you have this?"
The bow
"This"
The large amounts of money
"This"
A dagger
"And... whatever this is"
Some kind of crystal
>>173209Bow: "That's the bow my mother helped me make when I was a little snakeling. I use it for hunting for food out in the wilderness."
Money: "It's the money I got from selling some foreign coins, jewelry, and a couple gold bars to a pawn shop. They were really nice ponies and have many wonderfully nice things, they even gave me that pocketwatch. You should really shop there sometime!"
Dagger: "Oh, that's my hunting knife. It's very useful to keep one around, you can use it for a very many things out in the wilderness."
Crystal: "Hmmmm..."
Is the crystal from Neela's possessions, or is it one of Kira's?
>>173210The crystal is not Kira's
the dagger wasn't supposed to be eitherThe pony's ears perk up
"So you're a hunter?" And "How long have you been here?"
>>173211Oh, sorry, I thought he was talking about Kira's hunting knife.Kira nods. "Yes, just like my mother and hers before her. Feeding the tribe is tough work, though now I'll just be feeding myself. I just arrived here in Equestria, went through Customs and everything. The ponies there were really nice to me, especially this one stallion, Free Rover."
Appraise: Kira looks at the crystal in question, pondering its potential uses.
[1d20+1 = (13+1) = 14] >>173191Does Posey find any tanks?
>>173214If Posey doesn't find any tanks or treasure in the bog, she drags the Hydra to shore, piece by piece.
She then cleans herself off, and sets out to complete her mission, moving in the opposite direction that she came from.
wonders how friendly/interested the military ponies are
[1d20 = 9]