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Inching Closer
Anonymous
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No.175000
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The next big quest with everypony in it is coming soon (TM)
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Amber Sunset
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No.176423
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>>176416
"I did, Mama," she says with a frown.

"I saw it, Papa. While we were outside there was a very strange sound we couldn't get away from. At the clearing it was the loudest, and over a crest I looked and saw a Stallos. It was huge and dark, Papa, but it didn't see me." The filly is shivering and fidgeting nervously, but she puts on a brave face. "I hid our tracks like you showed me, Papa. There's no way it could have followed. But it's still so close to here…."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176424
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>>176421
"Awwww. Well, I want to promise you this, you will never have to worry about factory work as long as you're living with me!" She smiles at the deer, before continuing on. "So what did you do for money after leaving the factory?"
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>176411
>I'm not sure what it's going to take to get her onto the next quest...
Is there any way Posey could hear about the mercenary job? Is there an [adventures wanted] bulletin anywhere? I'd it advertised in any newspaper tabloids that a shady necromancer might read, or put on posters in a dark alleyway?
I have been waiting to meet the party for more than a year. I don't care if the way to get there is shoehorned.
Anonymous
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Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176427
"No catch! Well, I guess being a friend is a catch. Can you call it a catch? I mean, you're doing pretty well on that already. But anyways, besides that there's no catch, I just like having a friend."
Anonymous
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No.176429
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>>176427
>counter-intuitive
>Go down to Customs one morning, and ask to join in for mercenary work
Well, Posey had plans to infiltrate and investigate customs herself, since they had killed off several of her potential allies, and knowing what they do could lead her to other Necromancers, even if only to raid their lairs.
She's also trying to buy some property in the city, and fact of the matter is that Posey doesn't really have very many skills outside of killing (idk how much the university jobs actually pay, but I assume it's just proportional to Posey's profession or craft check), so work is work.

So yeah, Posey could do that.
>one morning
Posey prefers to do so in the evening if it's during business hours.
Amber Sunset
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No.176430
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>>176427
pony is ruffled

"It looked shaped like a wolf, just much larger. But it didn't seem interested in anything but moving along. Why do you call it a blast?"
Anonymous
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>>176404
The Loney Dove, a smaller ocean liner of the Whinny Line, is very possibly the first passenger ship from Nova Griffonia to arrive in Baltimare since the ocean lanes opened up a week or so ago. Bound from Weter, it arrives at 3 PM.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176432
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>>176427
Hmmm...good tingle or bad tingle? Either way, Silver pauses, looking confused. He mumbles out a "Hold on".
Mysterious Ranger
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No.176433
176435
>>176431
A wiry griffon walks onto the deck of the Lonely Dove. He is wearing a very fine tan suit with a matching wide-brimmed hat, over a silk shirt and bowtie. He carries two heavy-looking leather-bound suitcases and descends down the gangway to the dock toward the customs area.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>176433
"This way please" A grey stallion directs him to a line into a building

"Welcome to Baltimare"

>>176432
It tends towards good. It feels oddly rejuvenating. Silver feels a little more energetic.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176436
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>>176435
"Mmmmmm!"

Silver's eyes light up in response. If Pear is sure she doesn't want any, Silver swallows his bite and munches on the rest of fruit.
Anonymous
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No.176437
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>>176436
Pear moves over and licks the fruit. But Silver can certainly eat more. Be advised, it's a large fruit.
Amber Sunset
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No.176438
176442
>>176434
"Who are the Central Council?" she asks her father. She also turns to her mother. "Where is the rock with the runes? And why would a Stallos be near there?"
Mysterious Breakfast Patron
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No.176439
176442
>>176411
>>176425
makes new character anyway

Later that morning, at the die-ner

A cloaked, shadowy figure enters the diner. It moves furtively and silently, although perhaps not so gracefully as Posey does, seemingly trying to draw little attention to itself. It takes a seat at one of the chairs and gestures for service, a thin black bandage-wrapped hoof waving out from beneath its black cloak.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176440
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>>176437
munch

Silver takes another bite of the fruit, but it's gonna be gone soon if Pear doesn't ask for any. He definitely has to remember to look for more of these in the market.
Mysterious Ranger
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No.176441
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>>176435
"Thank you. Nice weather for this time of year, isn't it?" the griffon remarks as he gets in line.
Anonymous
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Amber Sunset
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>>176442
"Why do they say we can't wear our colored coats? And I want to see the Noaidi." Amber sits up and looks consumed with curiosity.
Anonymous
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No.176444
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>>176442
>t is peculiar to the morning hours
Okay, she goes one morning, after long night of writing a boring dissertation on undead combat that painfully only reveals as many weaknesses as her masters permit her to share with the public.
"Buck this. I didn't come all the way to equestria just to do paperwork..!"
And so she finds her way to customs in pursuit of a job where she can make use of her powers.
>Uh
The breakfast goer gestures for service, evidently hungry.
Mysterious Ranger
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No.176445
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>>176442
It beats the snow and cold, at least. The griffon casually observes the crowd around him.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176446
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>>176442
"Mmhmm!" Silver swallows his second bite. "It's good, right? We've got to find more of these." It's definitely an ecstatic feeling, to say the least. He feels tingly all over, like he's been charged up with static. He swears he can feel his fur almost stand on end from it.

munch
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>176428
She lowers her ears, then back up

"Did you have many friends in... wherever it was you were from?" She asks
Anonymous
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No.176449
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>>176447
>"What would you like?" She asks
A raspy it effeminate voice replies, she speaks in a hushed tone, as if worried of drawing attention to her transaction, her head still hidden beneath her hood.
"F-fourty pancakes." she says
Anonymous
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No.176450
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>>176449
"Fruity pancakes? Sure, we have that. Anything to drink?"
Anonymous
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>>176450
"No..." The cloaked figure shimmies beneath it's cloak and places a solid gold doubloon on the table, seemingly a foreign coin but worth the same in gold nonetheless
"Fourty pancakes." she repeats, more clearly this time
"And a pitcher of apple juice."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176452
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>>176447
Silver offers Pear one more slice before he finishes it off with a final munch. He feels absolutely amazing! He might end up swearing off of all other types of fruit after this, if he can find some more. If only he had this when he was eating his waffles earlier, he can't even imagine how good it would have been. He smiles at Pear.

"I can see why Curwhinny had notes about this, I would want to eat these every day if I could! We need to find more of these after we finish looking for that sarcophagus."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176453
176457
>>176448
"Dhamaji?" Kira blushes, looks away, and messes with the end of her tail. "Not...not many?"
Amber Sunset
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No.176455
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>>176442
>>176446
This is basically the eating of the Forbidden Fruit except Silver is tempting a mare.

>>176447
pony is pet
"But our clothes aren't hurting anypony. I like wearing them. Can't we be 'modern' and have our colorful coats, too?"
Mysterious Ranger
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No.176456
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>>176447
This ends up working toward the griffon's benefit, as this line is much shorter. Whether the staff for this section are as hospitable remains to be seen.
Anonymous
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Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176457
Kira first shyly nods, then slowly transitions to shaking her head at the second question.

"Yes. And not...not quite. I mean, they're not mean or anything, they would get along great with deer like you or with ponies and such, but I'm, uh...I'm definitely soft. It's why my mom wanted me here, and not fighting back at home."
Anonymous
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No.176459
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>>176457
>I don't think we have that many
The cloaked figure fishes more gold doubloons out from beneath it's cloak
"Anything- no, everything you have is fine..."
There's a shudder to her voice, almost desperate sounding

[YouTube] Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have... [Embed]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176460
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>>176457
"You called them 'Lumia' earlier, so I assumed they have to exist somewhere. It must have come from tree like other fruit do, it is why all of these notes are here."

Hmm...this gets Silver to thinking if the floor plans and shipping manifest are actually related to this tasty fruit.
Anonymous
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Amber Sunset
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>>176457
Amber pouts. "He's not of our tribe and doesn't live here. Why does he care so much about our luxuries and traditions?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176463
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>>176461
Silver frowns. "Surely not. It did not even have seeds to plant. Now, granted it is odd that it lasted this long, and there is probably something magic about it, but there must be source. Fruit does not just spontaneously come into existence, especially when he has notes about trying to grow whatever tree this came from."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176464
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>>176461
"Well, that's part of the reason, but...yes. I really was tasked with trying to get aid from Equestria, I know mom didn't lie. But I also know it's true that I wouldn't survive in a war."
Anonymous
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Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176466
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>>176465
"No, it's nothing like that, it's just...they don't really have the same hang-ups I do about eating sometimes, or at least most of them don't, and I'm probably just, you know, exceptionally soft. They really would get along with the ponies, I know that's the case."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176467
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>>176465
Silver slowly puts two and two together, seeing the puzzle pieces match together in his mind.

"...Pear? Do you think all of this came from Abyssinia? This book paper, this fruit, that floor plan...all of it? And if there are more of these fruits, growing on actual trees, they would be there?"
Mysterious Ranger
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No.176468
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>>176457
The griffon nods his head and puts down his suitcases.

"Afternoon. Name is Garv Cavaliere, from Nova Griffonia, griffon, length of stay indeterminate, and as for the rest…" he pulls out a card holder from an inside suit pocket, picks out a card, and slides it across to the stallion.

GUN FOR HIRE

GARV CAVALIERE
WETER
Amber Sunset
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No.176469
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>>176465
"If our coats are holding us back, then why do you let us wear them indoors? That means you don't actually believe the Central Council," Amber points out. She turns to her mother. "Aren't I right? We're not being 'compliant,' just in secret."
Anonymous
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Silver "The Floof" Sword
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>>176470
Silver shakes his head clear. "I am sorry if I seem focused on this, but...I can smell adventure coming from this, and it smells like citrus. And, remember when you asked where I would take you on our next escapade?" He smiles at the mare. "I would like you to come with me, when it is time."
Amber Sunset
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No.176472
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>>176470
She cheers up and hops off the bed. "Sure!" She pauses. "Wait, do you think she'll be okay? The mare, I mean. I don't know why she was on the tundra or where she was going."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176470
Kira scrunches, though the scrunch feels entirely non-threatening.

"But this is different. They're my people, I know them. They just need a chance."
Anonymous
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Garv Cavaliere
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No.176475
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>>176470
The griffon shrugs. "That depends. Military life is behind me and I am what you could say freelance. What I do know is that there is no shortage of work in Baltimare, even compared to Nova Griffonia. There is very important work needed by some very important ponies."
Anonymous
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No.176476
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>>176475
"Well, be mindful of the restrictions on firearm and explosive use and possession in the Baltimare Governate. It's for licensed agents and deputies of the government only. In any case. let me arrange for a work visa. There are no immigrant visas available for Nova Griffonians, but... There are war-time work visas available. Come to the next room, we can get you set up."
Amber Sunset
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No.176477
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>>176474
Just realized that Jakala was with Amber up to where she encountered her parents

"The poor pony we–Jakala and I–saw on the tundra. One of the neighbors said she may be Makea Aamu. She did not look good, she had frostbite all over…and he said she was delirious.
Anonymous
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No.176478
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>>176477
Oh that's right. She didn't stay in the hut, did she?

"Oh... I see... Is she okay now?"

Mother shakes her head
"Bad spirits have been released..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176479
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>>176474
"Why would you end up eaten? You're not food, you're Neela." Kira tilts her head at the deer.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176480
176481
>>176474
"Heh, it will be once we find where that dang sarcophagus is." Silver looks around at the room. "Where is that thing?"
Anonymous
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No.176481
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>>176479
"I saw how you looked at me. I've heard the stories..." She replies

>>176480
"I don't think it's in this room." Pear says, turning the flashlight around to the walls.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176482
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>>176481
"Probably not. I know we have not explored every room yet. Do we keep looking in other rooms or do we head outside and start questioning others?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176483
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>>176481
Kira tilts her head some more at Neela. "What stories?"
Anonymous
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No.176484
176485 176486
>>176482
She shrugs, and makes a small smile
"It's worked out so far. For me it's a question of whether I'd rather more of my coworkers see me with you, or if I'd rather they see me go off in private with you... Hard choice there... How about we check out another room or two?"

>>176483
Her ears go up
"I mean... Old stories. Just... Nevermind. I just mean that the ponies may not see it your way."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176485
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>>176484
"Then I'll half to work extra hard to change that! It's like you said, the ponies do seem to like me. I know that's not the context you used it in, but still. I'll change their minds about me and lamias."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176486
176489
>>176484
Silver smiles as well.

"That is true, who knows what other treasures are hidden away that even time has forgotten, that we may find along way."

Silver heads for another room to search.
Amber Sunset
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No.176487
176508
>>176478
Nope, but we can just say she went home.

"Spirits? What do you mean?"
Garv Cavaliere
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No.176488
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>>176476
Cavaliere looks directly at the stallion.

"I assure you, creatures in my line of business don't last long without paying attention to local law."

He follows him to the next room.
Anonymous
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No.176489
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>>176485
"And how will you do that?" She asks

>>176486
"I would say the most interesting details have been found already, but clearly not."

Pear adds,
"Have any books been removed from the library?"

And where does Silver go?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176490
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>>176489
"Since last time I was here?"

Probably start with the opposite library. But first, Silver looks to see if any books have been removed (that he hadn't removed already).
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176491
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>>176489
"By being my best self, you know, being an example for my tribe! I suppose it's a good thing I was chosen for this task, huh? Maybe my softness can come in handy."
Anonymous
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No.176492
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>>176490
"No, I mean when you were here."

The shelves have since been almost emptied

>>176491
"Well, the ponies like you..." She says "So... does that mean I can just live here, or...?" She looks up toward Kira with her softest doe eyes
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176493
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>>176492
Kira nods. Even if she wanted to, there's no way she could say no to those eyes.

"You can live here."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176494
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>>176492
Sense Motive: Silver tries to read Pear's face to see how she would react to the truth. On the one hoof, Silver has a suspicion that she might not appreciate the books being in the hooves of the Black Hooves. On the other...maybe it would be considered a bad boy move?

[1d20+2 = (9+2) = 11]
Anonymous
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No.176495
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>>176494
Silver can't really see her well in the darkness, especially with him not having a flashlight of his own. Silver can, however, tell that she wants those books and cares what happens to them. Silver does seem to have impressed her so far.

>>176493
Still keeping the doe eyes
"And?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176496
176498
>>176495
Dammit, they say honesty is the best policy. Maybe it will work here.

"Black Hooves have them."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176497
176498
>>176495
"What do you want, Neela?" Kira tilts her head at the deer.
Anonymous
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No.176498
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>>176496
She blinks.

“What.”

>>176497
Drawing out each word,
“And also other expenses?”
She continues her doe eyes
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176502
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>>176498
Kira giggles.

"And also other expenses, yes."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.176503
176508
>>176498
"They are, or were, in possession of one Blue Skies of Black Hooves here in Baltimare."
Anonymous
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Silver "The Floof" Sword
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>>176508
Silver blinks.

"Uh...you just summarized it pretty well. Blue Skies, Black Hooves."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.176510
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>>176508
D'awwwwwwwwwww.

"D'awwwww. You chose me?" Kira smiles brightly at her deer friend.
Anonymous
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No.176511
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>>176508
>it's a matter of timing
I'm not quite sure what you mean.
I'm unaware of what the date is on the calendar of this universe, or if Posey's timeline is necessarily synch simultaneously with all of the others (I notice that there have been quest lengths that vary wildly at the same time, so I sort of assumed individual party members were on loosely different timescopes).
Couldn't they just... Conveniently all meet up at some point?
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>176509
"The Black Hooves have several books of Dark Magic and ancient history and religion?" She says blankly.
Anonymous
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>>176512
>but you're trying to put Posey on a much faster timeline than the other characters, so I think the number of days that pass should not be taken very seriously as they will not line up between characters
I didn't intend to. I figured Posey would need to spend some downtime to get situated at the university anyway.
>it just seems the other characters are not ready
Well, I guess that's that...

I wouldn't object to being randomly thrown into the quest surrounding the Lich's Lair, if that's plausible.
Anonymous
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>>176514
So the thing about the Lich's lair is that it was the site of a quest that concluded about... five or so calendar years ago.

The idea is that after Silver's character went back to the scene When I straight up just told his player that he left a massive piece of loot behind, it was populated by a set of characters who themselves were from a flash-forward dream sequence from a different player. The group is a University team who are doing an archeological survey of the quest location for construction on the site.

Silver went there this time to hide an automobile he stole from the mob, and is staying probably because he wants to screw one of the characters involved in the archeological survey.
Anonymous
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>>176515
>The group is a University team who are doing an archeological survey of the quest location for construction on the site
Well, that is something Posey might catch wind of.
>Silver went there this time to hide an automobile he stole from the mob, and is staying probably because he wants to screw one of the characters involved in the archeological survey
Hmmmmmm, well then. Idk what I could do there then. I just like exploring dungeons.
I'm going to want an independent lair of operations at later level, and an abandoned lich's lair sounds like a good place to move in...
Amber Sunset
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No.176517
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>>176508
"So those are good spirits…and you said there are evil spirits too. How did they get here and what do they want?" Amber leans forward as do her ears. She stares in interest.
Garv Cavaliere
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>>176512
"I am not affiliated with any political group. I am here for temporary work, and I do think one of the local hotels here will be sufficient to stay at. I do agree to follow your laws. Alone. I have never been near Hellquill and do not intend to visit. I personally am not too tolerant of Maar, the Dark Arts, or their practitioners either." He talks rather deliberately, almost as if bored, and does not have the sort of distinct accent one might expect from a griffon foreigner. With the last answer, though, he gives the customs officer a small smile, the mouth behind his beak and below a thin black mustache curling up slightly.

While he waits the griffon remarks to himself on the curious customs practices. "It's like a rat maze where all are pushed to different, distinct exits. Yet their own are not given the same advantages and rewards as the Nova Griffonian ponies, or even the griffons for that matter. I think I know what to expect from this place."
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>176519
>The convenient thing is that it is right, smack in the middle of developing subdivision. It's on a property with a (now drained) lake that can be restored, an old farm homestead, and of course the subterranean lair. There's a pretty good school system to send gloomy to, and it wouldn't be hard at all to hook up to water, sewer, electricity, and gas. The owner of it may be willing to sell it as is once the required Archeological survey is complete, for the right price.
That sounds like good real estate. I think I'll conjure my massive enchanted castle-tower made of black crystals on top of it (which is gonna require me to be at least lvl 8, but I can wait for that part).
Hopefully the land should be cheaper than usual because the place was haunted.
>It's now being ransacked a second time, but as demonstrated, not everything has been found.
Cool. Any chance I could join? I have no idea how long the other quests are going to take.
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>>176519
"Can the good gods protect us, mother? And how do we honor them?" she asks.
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>>176521
"Of Course." She answers. "Akko, Leibolmai, Beaivi, and many others. Give them your reverence, your faith, abide by customs, follow the rituals, and venerate those who came before us. Rember though that while the spirits have a realm all of their own, they are here in this world as well inhabiting every pony, every animal, every rock and tree. Have respect for them, and they may respect you."
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>>176519
Cavaliere glances at the submachine gun and breathes out, but otherwise keeps his cool as he raises his claws and stares ahead. "You had some changelings come in?" he casually asks.
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>>176522
"I will, Mama. I'd like to find the Noaidi too. It must still be somewhere."
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