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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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Anonymous
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No.175999
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>>175998
Neella smiles
"Don't worry, when you die, your soul will be born again into a different animal, so you can see it from our point of view. Perhaps you will be a goat. Maybe you already have been."

Bright Dye
"Wait, your mother was head huntress?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>175999
Neela's statement breaks Kira out of her funk, and actually gets her into giggle fits. She bends over laughing and is smiling widely with her eyes closed as she keeps "hehehe"ing until the tea is ready. There are even tears in her eyes from the laughter.
Anonymous
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>>176000
Neela scrunches, but no one is paying attention to her

"Add some sugar to mine" Bright Dye says,

The tea is ready to be served
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176001
Kira's gigglefit passes, and she goes over to the teacups. She adds some sugar to Bright Dye's and her own, and carries the tray with their cups and the kettle over to the stallion and the deer.

"Thank you so much, Neela, I really needed that. Not that your belief system is funny, just that the idea of being a goat is really silly." Kira takes a sip of her tea. "Anyways, she is. I've always wanted to be like her, a great huntress, going out on the savanna to bring back food for the tribe and protecting the others when the bad guys attacked."
Amber Sunset
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>>175976
Amber shivers in the cold breeze but at least it helps keep herself awake. She arrived at her apartment, puts away her clothing, washes up, and prays before bed. She prays for forgiveness regarding her misdeeds and how they have led her down a trail of deceit and mischief. She also wishes that she can better understand Mustard and not inadvertently drive him away. She hopes that her waitress position will work out and help her gain the respect of the rest of the restaurant staff. She wishes for future opportunity for adventure, preferably of the kind that does not involve deceiving ponies or being subject to their unwholesome advances. Finally, she wishes for the wisdom to understand what happened the night before and what led to her cutie mark glowing.

With at least a clean, warm bed, though without the warmth of company, she settles in to sleep.
Anonymous
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>>176002
Kira presumably sets the cups down on a coffee table in front of the couch. Kira may attempt to "sit" on the couch between Neela and Bright Dye, "sit" on a chair to the right (their left) of the couch, simply coil up across the table, or between the table and the couch.

Neela does not see the humor and does not accept the gratitude, but sits back against the couch in silenced discontent, lips tight and forelegs crossed. Bright Dye, however, moves forward across the gap between the couch and the table, and takes his cup of tea. He takes a sip.

"So how does that work? Do you... jump out and strangle animals, or do you set traps...? Are there guns?" He lets his sentences trail off but seems genuinely curious as he looks up to his host.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176005
Kira coils up on the other side of the table and "sits" her pony half on top of her coil, as it's what feels most comfortable to her.

"We didn't use guns, just spears and bows or just regular ol' constriction. A lot of it is ambush hunting, you know, setting up in a tree that could hold our weight and dropping down onto prey, hiding in the tall grass, setting traps. We have good lunge speed but we're not very good in a chase. Our tribe especially was known for turning opium from poppies into a concentrated oil for our arrowheads. We'd 'ploink' shoot an arrow into our target, and the oil would quickly go to work putting the animal to sleep. Then we would...you know..." ssiiippp "It makes us feel funny after. It definitely can be a risk if another predator comes across us in our stupor, so usually you need to first go to a safe place with your prey."
Anonymous
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>>176006
"You use opiates? And bows and Spears? How advanced are you... I mean... How different is Baltimare for you? How much is new?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176007
"It's all...really new. Like that radio over there, I had heard it pulls music and sound out of the air but I had never seen one before. And all of these tall buildings...I never thought of us as being all that far behind other civilizations and cultures, but after all I've seen in a relatively short time I guess we really are a step behind everyone else." sssiiip "I mean, it's not like we're some kind of backwards savages, just...we never had any kind of technology like this."
Anonymous
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>>176008
"So..." He struggles to put the words together. "Why do you look like ponies? I mean, you're from Zebrica, right? So why are you so much like a type of pony? Why aren't you zebras, or..." He struggles to find a word. "Monsters. I mean, you're a giant snake, right? Why are you... why are you a pony?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176009
Kira is...a bit speechless. Not in an angry or insulted manner, just...confused, puzzled. She gives a blank stare as the cogs in her brain turn, trying to figure out an answer for a question she has never considered before. She ends up tilting her head at the stallion, still looking as lost as she did before.

"I...I don't know. I've never really thought of that. I guess I've never seen a pony before coming here so that question never would have come up, but..." She ponders the question a bit longer. "...I really don't know. All of the stories of how we came to be, I suppose we've just been here since the world came into existence. I've never stopped to consider why we wouldn't look like the zebras we live so close to." A lightbulb turns on in her head. "...hmm, that would actually help my case, if it turns out ponies and lamias share an origin..."
Anonymous
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>>176010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8wrqe72YG4&pp=ygUseW91IGNhbid0IGp1c3QgYXNrIHNvbWVvbmUgd2h5IHRoZXkncmUgd2hpdGU%3D

He then takes a sip, and asks,
"What is your case?"
Anonymous
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No.176012
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>>175986
Does Agire speak?
Posey needs to confirm he has at least 3 Int left.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176011
"I'm going to try to convince the governor of this place to let my people in as refugees. I want to convince him that we'll be responsible and loyal citizens that are compatible with the values of this land and can contribute to the wealth and prosperity of Equestria. Or, whatever it's called now."
Anonymous
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>>176013
Now, it's Bright Dye's turn to have a gigglefit,
"Heh. Haha. Hahaha" For a moment he pauses, seeming to be done, but then he starts laughing again
"hahaha"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176014
And it is indeed Kira's turn to scrunch.

"What is it?"
Anonymous
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>>176015
He breathes out, and wipes a tear from his eye
“Oh you sweet foal. Good luck with that.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176016
tilts head

"Uh...thank you?" Kira takes another sip of her tea, finishing what's in her cup. She turns to Neela next. "Are you okay, Neela? You're rather quiet."
Anonymous
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>>176017
She is still scrunchy. For the first time she leans forward, and moves towards her cup.

"Yes?"

She takes a sip
"Hmmmm. No sugar for me, I guess"

"So are you going to get a job at a factory, or..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176018
"Oh, did you want sugar? I'm sorry, you should have told me."

Kira goes to get the sugar, and comes back with it for her dear deer friend.

"Maybe someday, but I need to get the governor's attention and I'm not sure factory work will do that. The ponies at Customs told me that R&M might be in need of help, and helping there would definitely get me noticed by the governor."
Anonymous
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>>176019
Kira slithers off, and then into the kitchen

"What do you mean for work for R&M?" A small pause "You mean like... enforcement work?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176020
Sugar for her dear deer.

"I don't know. I don't really know what R&M does or what kind of help they could need. I just know it's how I can get the governor's attention."
Anonymous
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>>176021
“Revenue and Migration. They collect taxes, especially on imported goods and alcohol, they stop smuggling, and most of all they handle immigration. Any kind of work with them is probably going to be security work strong-arming creatures, at least that’s what I’d imagine.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176022
"Oh. Well, hopefully what I end up doing isn't too bad or mean." She looks over at Neela again. "Are you sure everything's alright?"
Anonymous
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>>175986
>>176012
When Agire is finished, Posey asks both priests if they're prepared to continue the line of succession for their temple.
Anonymous
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>>176023
She leans forward and places a cube of sugar in the tea. She starts to stir the sugar into the tea with a spoon, and scrapes against the side with a loud "nyee nyee nyee." She does not make eye contact.

"Considering how the day started, it's quite alright."

She looks over at Bright Dye and says,
"I don't have a job now. You want to know why? Because I was arrested because of some vague 'suspicion' by the police in some kind of mass round up. They had to admit that they had nothing on me and let me go after four days. So they sent me to R&M, who said I was to be deported, because the work visa I was given back in the time of Princess was just a '180 day work visa' or whatever. But they didn't just send me there. Oh no, that's too easy. Too professional. They sent a policemare there to personally convince them I was 'hiding something' or whatever. They had to make it personal. Probably because I couldn't tell them whatever it was they were trying to find out about my roommates. I don't know what they do, I just lived with them because wages are low and housing is expensive. And they were gone before the police found me as their... 'consolation prize'. Ha! They couldn't handle the dissapointment.

So Customs was going to deport me to Lushi. But - get this! - they said they couldn't do it because they 'couldn't confirm I was a Lushi national'. They said there were no records of me being there? Seriously? I am Sangee. No shit there are no records. There wouldn't be. The Lushians log down their births in the registry of the temple of Boreas. And their residents in the village registry. We didn't belong to the temple, and we never stayed long in the villages. And the Fascists probably burned these registries anyways when they invaded and looted the country after I left. The real reason, I am sure, they did not acknowledge my country - they could never call me 'Equestrian' - was that if they did, they would have to admit that this far off land of backwards non-ponies, was now another part of their Empire. And in any case, they would have to let me apply for another work visa. But no, they said I was 'Stateless'. Fair enough maybe, perhaps that's what we Sangee are, a nation with no homeland. But... They were going to send me off. Overseas, to a work camp. Or maybe sell me off to Zebras, I don't know."
She leans down, and starts to nibble on a sugar cube, each tiny bite taking an infinitesimal of the cube with it.

She soon looks back up
"Then this one came. One of the pony stallions working there wanted to show off how much of a stallion he was, and tried to handle her like you would a pet python. Soon enough, the whole office wanted to pet on her like she was some kind of mascot or something, and they came up with this fiction that she was an 'exotic animal' imported by herself, even though she had no right to a visa. And, for reasons I have yet to divine, she offered to take me as an exotic animal, and bribed them. And so they sold me to her, the same way you sold that goat. They said she could take me if she eats me. They were 'joking,' I am sure. But it wasn't a joke. They meant it. They were hoping it."
She looks down, and nibbles more on the sugar cube

"So I don't have an ID, and could get arrested if I am found away from her for too long. I can't get a job..."
She nibbles on the second, or rather, third sugar cube.

Bright Dye is visibly awkward after all of that

>>176024
I think you and I have two different interpretations about what it means to be undead that are of story consequence
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176025
Kira blinks. You know, these sugar cubes are starting to look good. She grabs one and munches on it with a satisfying crunch.

"Mmm...uh, that's more or less what happened, yeah. I came here, she was in a verbal altercation with a police mare and a Customs pony while I was working out with the ponies there how I would be staying here in Equestria. By the time we had finished they were getting ready to send her away. I felt bad for her and made the exotic animal suggestion because, well, if it worked for me then maybe it would work for her?"
Anonymous
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>>176026
Kira lacks the teeth to truly nibble. At best, she can cut it in half. She could also place one in her mouth and wait for it to dissolve, although the sugar cubes are dense enough that this will take a little time.

"Is this... a bad time for me to be here?" Bright Dye asks
Anonymous
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>>176025
>interpretations about what it means to be undead that are of story consequence
Well, I sort of interpreted it to be "undead with sapient intelligence scores" that can also speak, particularly those with class levels.
I guess it depends on the mileau though.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176027
"No no, it's a great time to be here, actually." Kira smiles at Bright Dye. "As you can see, Neela has had some troubles in her life recently. She needs friends and companions more than ever before."
Anonymous
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>>176029
"Are you sure you don't want the kid as a pet goat?" He asks
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176030
"...I'm tempted, honestly. I'm not sure how well he'd do as an inside goat, though."
Anonymous
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>>176031
Neela:
"Inside of what?"
She snickers immediately after saying this
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176032
scrunch

Okay, that was kind good, even Kira has to admit it. It gets a snrk out of her in the middle of her scrunching.

"Ponies have bought goats from you to keep as pets, right? How have they handled them?"
Anonymous
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>>176033
"I think so, though honestly of my animals are for meet consumption by the immigrant communities. As I was telling Ms. Pheeta here while you were out, I started off working with sheep out in New Mareland and Sicameon, wool sheep, back when the wool industry out there was strong. I got my own ranch around the unicorn range some years back, and after a business trip here I found my current spot on the edge of town, and realized there was a niche. Well it's more complicated than that - there was a lot of drama over inheritance and... - well, that's the gist of it. But yes, a couple ponies have taken goats as pets. And I've kept two of them myself, kind of. Mostly to show my foals how to raise animals. But I could tell you something about how to raise them."

Neela giggles again
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176034
"Wow, you've been to so many different places! It would be interesting to learn a bit more about how they're raised. Maybe the information will prove useful in other applications, too."
Anonymous
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>>176035
"Heh, it's not that many. Mostly grassy or shrub-filled hillsides for sheep to graze on. Yeah, I probably could teach you something. The goats at least don't seem to be afraid of you."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176036
"I hope it stays that way...goats are pretty cute. Almost as cute as Neela!"
Anonymous
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>>176037
"Wha"
Neela's ears go back, and she blushy scrunches, and then just blushes, raising her forelegs and bending her hooves down

"She is rather cute, isn't she."

Neela manages to speak
"That must be why she didn't eat me. I looked cuter than a goat to her."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176038
"Hehe! Oh, just one of the reasons why." Kira bleps with her sort of hybrid snake/pony tongue. "I guess it's the opposite of that saying: she's so cute I just couldn't eat her up."
Anonymous
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>>176039
Her ears are down, and Kira can see her porcelian white teeth in a bashful smile. As she looks at Kira, she seems genuinely touched.
"I saw how you were looking at me. From when you first saw me at Customs. You must really think I'm cute to overcome that hunger of yours."

She turns her head over towards Bright Dye and angles it down.
"Though she's far from the first to hunger for me."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176040
D'awwwwwwwwww. That smile really works to brighten up Kira's day. At Neela's second statement, she giggles.

"Are you saying everyone's wanted a little 'venison' for dinner?"
Anonymous
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>>176041
With this statement, she has to place a hoof and foreleg over her face. When she manages to look at Bright Dye and Kira, she says,

"I've got quite the flavor."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176042
"Hehe! Almost makes me wish I could eat you!"
Anonymous
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>>176043
She smiles to Kira, slowly closing her lips into a smile that is warmer than it is mischievous.

"Oh, I know you do. That's why I'm glad you're stuffed with goat right now. And I hope you stay stuffed for a while."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176045
Kira smiles warmly back at Neela, before turning to Bright Dye.

"What do you think?"
Anonymous
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>>176046
[1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]
Anonymous
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>>176046
Looking over at Neela
"I think I can sort of see where you are coming from"

And then to Kira
"But you are both very silly"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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>>176048
"Hehehe! I suppose you're right about that. It probably helps us to get along so well."
Anonymous
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d20 Modern Core Rulebook.pdf
The DnD 3.5 Modern Rulebook has some interesting stuff that could be used if you're interested.