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Occupied Equestria - We’re Starting It This Thread I Swear
Anonymous
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No.177003
177010
Continuing, and hopefully introducing new characters.

And on the wrong damn post number
1663 replies and 81 files omitted.
Anonymous
2c0b2d0
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No.177339
177341
>>177336
>>177337
Pear leans back away from Silver. She goes so far back that her body is upright on her hind quarters, and her forelegs suspended in air. She waves her hooves around and her eyes go wide as she’s clearly afraid she will fall over on her back, but she catches herself before this happens, and goes back down on her forelegs. She uses twists her body to grab onto her tail, which is straight back from her body, and curl it around herself. She steps on her tail, and then slowly stands up. Raising her hindquarters and moving a step or so back, away from Silver. She looks towards her right, and towards the others in the archeological group.

“Yes.” She says, firmly.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177341
177342
>>177339
Silver looks at how Pear has to manually control her tail, chuckling.

"Something tells me you liked that."
Anonymous
2c0b2d0
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No.177342
177343
>>177341
Pear, still looking down, says, smiles and lets out an involuntary “hehehehe.” She says,
“I don’t know what came over me.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177343
177344
>>177342
"Heh. I imagine lot of ponies at university like you, so engrossed in their books and studies, forget that they have flesh and blood bodies with needs and carnal desires. When was last time that another pony has held you like that, or kissed you deeply?"
Anonymous
2c0b2d0
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No.177344
177345
>>177343
She blushes, and both ears go down. “Heh, just a few times with that last coltfriend who joined the Navy…”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177345
177346
>>177344
Silver gives the poor mare a friendly hug to help comfort and distract her. "I imagine your body has been crying out for attention for long while, now."
Anonymous
6a07eb9
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No.177346
177347
>>177345
She blushie scrunches. Rather intensely.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177347
177348
>>177346
"Heh heh, that definitely confirms it."
Anonymous
6a07eb9
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No.177348
177349
>>177347
The mare continues to scrunch, if more mildly now, and her ears are still back. She is standing now, standing on her tail, and shaking.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177349
177350
>>177348
Seeing her shaking, Silver gives Pear a look of genuine concern. He holds out a hoof, placing it on her shoulder.

"Are you feeling okay, Pear?"
Anonymous
6a07eb9
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No.177350
177351
>>177349
“Yeah” she breathes out. “Yeah. Yeah. I’m okay.” She says.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177351
177360
>>177350
Sense Motive: Is she okay?

[1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13]
Anonymous
2c0b2d0
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No.177352
177353
>>177338
“Heh.” The stallion smiles, and takes the opportunity to light another cigarette pulled from within his jacket pocket.

“Of course the griffin wants to know, first and foremost, money. Not that anyone would ever think it otherwise. That’s why you’re here, after all. Well, as I said before, some other mercenaries fly patrol. That isn’t what you are here to do. You are here to collect information, collect prisoners, and collect bodies. Much more risk, much more reward. I can’t tell you the specifics of the pay nor exactly what each job will entail, as that is handled, generally, on a case by case basis by ponies lower ranked and closer to the action than I. But to reiterate, very high risk, very high reward. You will need those guns, I assure you. As for how you will be paid, while good and foreign currency are under restriction, Baltimare Occupation Notes, per the new law, must be accepted for exchange by every republic within our Customs Union. And our Customs Union, as you well know, states at Ponyville across the Ever clear at one far end, and the castle called hills of Wittenland to the other; and from seaside villages that stare at the forest encrusted mountains of Nova Griffonia, down the the rocky islands of Asterion, the dragon lands, and soon enough, over the sands of Northern Zebrica.”
Garv Cavaliere
22573a8
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No.177353
177354
>>177352
Cavaliere looks aside for a moment and taps his cigar, sprinkling ash into the ashtray, or if there is a lack thereof, onto the table. He leans back into his chair.

"I don't suppose your city's police would have anything to say about that? This isn't the Frontier and loaded firearms, let alone using them, are likely frowned upon. I prefer being discrete but I cannot promise a lack of attention in a bustling city. As for notes, what is their exchange rate to gold?"
Anonymous
6a07eb9
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No.177354
177355
>>177353
“Firearms are banned twice over. By the city government, with a blanket ban, and by the military authorities, who have banned almost all uses. A license from the military with of course work for the military, but for the local police as well, as our law is above there. Of course yes, if you don’t have a license, you will be in trouble with the police and worse trouble with the military. Discharge of firearms is also illegal and sure to attract attention, so be careful. And even when executing police or customs bounties, be careful that you don’t ‘murder’ the target, even when the bounty will pay out dead or alive. As for the exchange rate it’s… 1,100 occupation bits to the kilogram? Something like that I think.”
Garv Cavaliere
22573a8
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No.177355
177357
>>177354
"I knew Equestria was going to be relatively restrictive, but I didn't know it to be that restrictive. I'll keep that all in mind." He also makes a mental note of the exchange rate, doubting that it's that generous.
Anonymous
6a07eb9
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No.177357
177358
>>177355
“It’s a war time rule. With the ongoing insurgency, ammunition, firearms, explosives, and certain radios, cameras, and magic items are heavily restricted. Baltimare itself has always been restrictive. The countryside is much less so, given that monsters remain a a period threat.”
Garv Cavaliere
22573a8
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No.177358
177389
>>177357
"That is understandable. Major, while I will be cautious I will need to depend on your department as a legal life line when carrying out contracts."
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177360
177361
>>177351
She seems to be embraced, confused, a little annoyed, and has an adrenaline rush. She’s okay, though the influence of some sort of unknown drug or stimulant can’t be ruled out.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177361
177362
>>177360
Silver himself feels fine, the fruit didn't cause any kind of stimulating reacting if you don't count the electrical, magic-like feeling as it must have reverse his age. There was also the strange headache he got when he looked at Posey's face, that was weird. Perhaps he himself is acting as some sort of drug or stimulant for Pear? That's definitely a good way to boost his confidence, saying he's like a drug for mares. He smiles, and pats the petite mare on the shoulder.

"Hey, it is alright. You liked it, I liked it, nothing we did was wrong, and I am certain that any others who could have watched would have wanted to do same with their own mares."
Anonymous
262bd91
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No.177362
177363
>>177361
Pear is mildly scrunchy.
“Anyways…”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
b32f231
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No.177363
177364
>>177362
pat pat pat

"I am glad you want to go on adventure, too. I am looking forward to spending time with you, searching for lost wonders. Plus, imagine how good it would look for your collegate career if you came back with detailed reports on something as wonderous as Tree of Life?"
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177364
177365
>>177363
little pony is pat pat pat
Petting a pony’s mane feels nice. It doesn’t feel as good as, let’s say, pressing a mare against your chest and sticking your younger down her throat as she writhes in ecstasy, but it does feel good.

One ear twists down, while the other stays up.
“But.. how? How would you find a tree of life? And why do you keep calling it that? Theres a tree of life in legend, to be sure, but we still don’t know what we are dealing with. The pale mare could have been right.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177365
177366
>>177364
Silver won't complain about getting to pet such a wonderful and intelligent mare.

"Curwhinny must have found it, or at least found someone who knows of it. If he was not lich, then perhaps that is how he managed to live beyond his normal lifespan, not by dark magic but by eating fruit from Tree of Life. If he could find it, then I am certain we can as well with our combined strengths, we just have to follow trail he left behind. And my adventuring instincts tell me this is indeed Tree of Life from legend. It has been long while since I have gotten to use them. It will feel great being able to go on genuine adventure again. Again, doubly so with such amazing company as you by my side."
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177366
177368
>>177365
Alternating between looking up at Silver and down towards the ground

“I- I don’t think I should have let you eat that fruit. We don’t have any of it now to analyze. We should have taken it back to a lab and figured out what it is. How it works. I do think there’s much to learn but- from what we’ve already found here.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177368
177369
>>177366
Silver hugs the worried petite mare tightly.

"Shhhhh, it is okay. Rosey I think was just trying to get you to freak out, she seems little bit...off. You were hesitant to trust her earlier when she could have helped, and now that she has said something negative you believe her implicitly."
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177369
177370
>>177368
“Well, I mean… still… we could have studied it to maybe try to replicate its effects or at least, figure out what it was. Now, well, we don’t have it to study it.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177370
177372
>>177369
"All more reason to go out and find that Tree. We follow Curwhinny's trail, we do our bit of investigation, have our adventure, and come back not only with fruit to study but also all sorts of reports and information from our expedition."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177371
177372
>>177274
"There's nothing wrong with sleeping with your friends! Don't they have slumber parties over here in Equestria?"

Kira looks inquisitively at her deer friend.
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177372
177373 177374
>>177370
Pulling her lips back to show teeth.
“Do you really think we could do so? Find something that no pony else has ever found… except evidently Curwhinny?”

>>177371
“Well uh, not exactly. I mean, if there’s a buck, sure. If you’re little fawns, sure. If you’re just broke, then sure. So sure I’ve done it but uh, it was always for one of those reasons.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177373
177375
>>177372
"Well then, let's do it for a new reason: we're friends and it's comfier to sleep with friends! I think."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177374
177375
>>177372
Silver nods with determination.

"Absolutely. With your intelligence, and my strength and experience, I am completely certain it is within our combined abilities."
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177375
177376 177377
>>177373
Coming a little more into the doorway,
“Eh, I think I’ll try to enjoy having my own room.”

>>177374
She closes her lips in a smile and looks up towards Silver.
“Maybe we could…”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177376
177379
>>177375
Silver beams a smile as bright as the noonday sun back at Pear. "I know we can. I am going to look into potential job to get some Bits, have some for various expenses including funding this expedition for us. If it pans out and I get money in my hooves, I am coming back to you as soon as I possibly can after so we can get it started. In case it is actually just temporary and it wears off after while, I would want to get searching for that tree while I still have all of this youthful energy within me."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177377
177379
>>177375
Kira shrugs, and smiles at Neela. "Alright, it's up to you. But, I want you to know that my door is always open to you, and I am super snuggly to sleep with!"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177378
177379
Hmm...perhaps a Charisma roll to see how enticing she can make the prospect of sleeping with the snuggly snek.

[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177379
177380 177381
>>177377
>>177378
“Hmmm… No”
And leaves the open door, and Kira can hear the door to the other bedroom open and close.

It’s rather cold in the room now.

>>177376
She closes her lips to look at him seriously. Then she laughs with an “eh heh,”

“Is that what you wish to do with your new youth? Chase mares? Go on an adventure?”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177380
177382
>>177379
Aww. Ah well, nothing to it, Kira supposes. Kira snuggles up in a nice warm coil, yawns, closes her eyes, and attempts to go to sleep.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177381
177382
>>177379
"Heh, there is more to it than that, but why not chase mares and go on adventures?" Silver smiles. "There is also couple of young colts I am taking care of, orphans both of them. They have...been through lot. I would like to give them taste of normal life, with actual family to care for and take care of them. If I can be father to them rather than grandfather, give them more years of normalcy than I otherwise could...that would be nice."
Anonymous
909e8d4
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No.177382
177383 177384
>>177380
Oh well. Is Kira has her mat, right? A nice rug to keep the heat in, so just snuggle down on that, curly up, but don’t curl up too much or it might cut off the circulation… probably going to have to let that big goat kind of sit out on top and…

That sound. A door opens, then another, tapping of hooves, a curse in a foreign language, and… It seems Neela is back in the room.

“Damn heater isn’t turned on.” She can hear Neela say

Then she feels a hoof on her scales and,
With an oddly light jump, Neela jumps on top of Kira.

>>177381
“Wait, you are taking care of orphans?!”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177383
177385
>>177382
Silver tilts his head at the surprised mare. "Yes?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177384
177385
>>177382
A mat and a nice bedroll to sleep on. She's a bit too big to sleep inside a bedroll like a pony would, but it's still comfy to lay down on. Though she keeps up the façade of being asleep, Kira is internally excited that her deer friend has decided to sleep with her. Neela may find that the muscular lamia, strong enough to be able to hold up the deer's weight, is surprisingly comfortable. She's very warm, too, as if she's a warm-blooded creature. The goat in her stomach is absolutely helping with making her nice and toasty.
Anonymous
c3f4e1f
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No.177385
177390 177391
>>177383
"While you're out... extorting swords from college professors and eating two hundred year old fruit?"

>>177384
Neela taps Kira's body with a hoof, evidently to investigate the viability of the prospect. "Oddly warm." After a few taps she has her body over top of Kira's, and forms her own little curled up ball. She lays her head and back against the goat, probably because that's the warmest part, and the biggest, most pillow-like part. Then she places a blanket she has taken with her over the two.
She curls up in her own little ball.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7a4d10b
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No.177386
177387
So I guess Posey is just going to go home, write her report, and then long rest, or...?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QFsFiDRwPqc
Anonymous
c3f4e1f
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No.177387
177388
>>177386
I'm trying to make ever character line up for the quest. Posey and Silver are either going to start immediately, or roll over to the next day.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7a4d10b
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No.177388
>>177387
Alright. I'll wait.
Anonymous
c3f4e1f
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No.177389
177395
>>177358
He smiles
"Heh heh, that you will."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177390
177393
>>177385
D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Kira is immensely grateful for the blanket covering the pair. She tries to ever so subtly shift as to give Neela the comfiest position possible before falling into a slumber.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177391
177393
>>177385
"Hmmm...I suppose when you put it like that, it sounds like very eccentric combination."
Anonymous
66177ad
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No.177393
177397 177398
>>177390
Kira has to be careful as to not startle the deer with too much movement. And even a slight tightening movement may be perceived as an attempt at a grip. Neela is not subtle herself, poking at Kira and stepping on her at moments, which may even be painful. Once she lays down, however, Kira can feel deer fur, her rounded snout, and her bloated belly, as she lays her head abd back against and in large part overtop of Kira’s own bloated belly, which is bigger than the deer. She’s kind of small, once she’s curled up into a sort of ball, of a bit of a heavy pressure on top of Kira.

>>177391
“Well, heh, yes.”
Garv Cavaliere
22573a8
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No.177395
>>177389
The griffon mulls this over a bit before leaning forward. "I don't mind starting tomorrow, Major. Who will be my point of contact?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177397
177405
>>177393
"I suppose though it is good to live interesting life. It makes for good stories and tales, at very least. All of those stories you hear throughout history of kings and heroes, they lived interesting lives. Those that lived boring lives, you do not hear much about."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177398
177402
>>177393
D'awwwwwww. The brief period of initial is well worth it to have her deer friend sleep with her. Feeling her curled up underneath the blanket but on top of Kira, it's a comforting, reassuring presence. Kira hopes it will bring pleasant dreams to her mind, as he conscious slips off into the realm of sleep.
Anonymous
a806d2d
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No.177402
177403 177406
>>177398
"That will depend, but Orange Sunset will be yours with the army." He answers

>>177398
Neela's presence serves a practical purpose. It actually is cold in the house, and her body heat and especially the blanket help to keep the heat up for her.

Drifting off to sleep, Kira sees herself on a grass covered hill under a blue sky with a single puff of cloud. There's a trio of dandelions sticking out of the ground, and past it Kira sees a figure she recognizes. It's hopper the goat, with his two curled horns, and though he wears no bell nor collar, there is a depression in his fur implying one is regularly worn. He extends his muzzle, as he did before, to see if Kira has any food for him. But unlike before, he realizes his mistake early and moves his head back. All the same, his small tail moves back and forth a single time, and he lets off a "bah". He looks at Kira with his golden eyes, as if in intrigue.
Garv Cavaliere
22573a8
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No.177403
177404
>>177402
"With the army…meaning other branches might contact me?"
Anonymous
a806d2d
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No.177404
177429
>>177403
"For the moment it will likely be the army, but as stated before, the contract is not exclusive in the strictest sense."
Anonymous
a806d2d
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No.177405
177407
>>177397
"Heh" She looks back up to him and both ears go back, "I tend to read about kings and heroes, not to try to live like them. You live like them..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177406
177408
>>177402
Dream Kira looks at Hopper with sad eyes. She doesn't know if she's merely dreaming of the goat, or if this is truly her meeting with Hopper's soul, joined into her being. She reaches out with a hoof, if the goat will let her, and attempts to gently pet him between his ears and behind his head.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177407
177408
>>177405
Silver smiles, perhaps with a small bit of smugness. "Perhaps I need to get myself throne, then."
Anonymous
a806d2d
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No.177408
177409 177410
>>177406
Hopper recoils, like Neela before. However, he extends his snout, and sniffs Kira's hoof, moving up and down, and then pressing against the end of the hoof with his snout. The ears go slightly back

>>177407
"Heh, what?" She seems almost confused
Silver "The Floof" Sword
7aa5c3a
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No.177409
177648
>>177408
"It is just joke. Saying I live like kings and heroes, and only thing I would be lacking would be my own throne to sit upon. You know."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177410
177411
>>177408
Kira smiles, though the sadness has still not completely passed from her face. She starts to and continues to pet the goat, for as long as he allows her to.

"Hey Hopper. It's good to see you, whether this is really you or just a figment of my imagination. I'm sorry about eating you."
Anonymous
a806d2d
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No.177411
177412
>>177410
Kira gets to finally pet him. The white fur is longer than it looks, and softer too. He's almost like a fuzzy pillow in how the hairs, when rubbed against the grain, come up in long, soft strands. He looks up towards Kira with his golden eyes. Perhaps it's difficult to ever really sympathize such odd, horizontally slit eyes. Maybe he feels the same about her vertical eyes, which betray that though she may falsely appear to the unsuspecting to be a pony, she's a snake at heart.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177412
177413
>>177411
"D'awww. You really are a cute little goat." Scritch scritch scritch goes her hoof betwen and behind his ears, watching how you move, flop, and twitch to react to her touch. Kira sighs. "I really am sorry about eating you, and...well, everything else surrounding it. I know it's nature for all animals to eat, be they predators or prey. Heck, even fungi eat the decaying remains of plants, and even plants themselves 'eat' the sunlight to live. But I'm still saddened that...that my survival means I have to eat other creatures. You're a living being with a soul just like me, after all. Don't you have a right to life just as I do?"
Anonymous
a806d2d
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No.177413
177422
>>177412
Goats don't normally let Kira get this close. Hopper was a little odd in that regard, walking right up to her, thinking she was there to give him a treat. He comes closer, evidently trying to sniff her, before looking up at Kira and again staring into her eyes. There's something oddly accusatory in his eyes. Or perhaps it isn't odd at all.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
32508b2
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No.177414
177415 177416
how-did-yall-grow-up-on-mlp-im-kinda-curious-just-thinking-v0-iou3i3f1zpqc1.png
>contemplate randomly ording my ghast minion minion go "bring me a naga" (kidnap Kira) as a means to conveniently bring the party together for the actual quest, since the body of a naga is something that Posey would naturally want at any time
>realize this plan is retarded
>continue waiting
Just let me know if there's anything I have to do or any roleplay you want to sort out on Posey's end.
Anonymous
a806d2d
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No.177415
177417 177421
>>177414
>>contemplate randomly ording my ghast minion minion go "bring me a naga" (kidnap Kira) as a means to conveniently bring the party together for the actual quest, since the body of a naga is something that Posey would naturally want at any time
That's actually kind of funny. Posey's looking for that 20 foot python

Actually, Kira is supposed to pick up a zebra (we'll see if that happens...) on the way to work.

I'm not sure what Posey can or should do for the moment.
Anonymous
1575f1c
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No.177416
177417 177418
>>177414
Anon, what makes you believe the entire party is here?
Or that this course is yours to steer?
I suggest until the path is clear,
You remain and sit on your rear
Rosey "Posey" Ring
32508b2
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No.177417
>>177415
Well, she does have a magically disguised minion that she can for the time being telepathically command at an unlimited range for random tasks. I was intending to have it come bring the objects that the ghosts are inhabiting, but idk.
>I'm not sure what Posey can or should do for the moment.
Well, Posey would normally be going home right about now to write her report and work on her blockbusting scheme to scam Glass Horizons out of the property.
She's still here because you expressed intent to have the party assemble to begin the next quest here. Idk what that entails for now, but I assume that means it's better for me to stay put.
>Posey's looking for that 20 foot python
Bone Nagas are one of the few undead creatures that are forced to obey their masters for an indefinite period after creation, which makes naga bones priceless for necromancers.
>>177416
I'm bored.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
32508b2
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No.177418
177419
>>177416
Also literally who?
Anonymous
1575f1c
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No.177419
177420
>>177418
The stage is not set,
I shall not appear yet
But I am a zebra cleric
Who should not be xeric
Rosey "Posey" Ring
32508b2
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No.177420
>>177419
I didn't know we had a Cleric.
Clerics are strong. I was going to play a Cleric because tbh they're the best necromancers (and the best casters overall, imo), but Dread League calls for Dread Necromancer.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
32508b2
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No.177421
>>177415
GM, if you could vaguely describe the conditions that need to be met for the party to meet, I could do my best to contribute to that.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
7aa5c3a
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No.177422
177433
>>177413
"No, I get it. You can be mad at me, I'd understand." pet pet pet "If it's any consolation, you'll get to stick around as part of me. At least, that's what they say. You'll still get to experience the feeling of grass, the warm sun rays, cooling rain. It'll be through me and my body, but...it's something at least, right?"
Garv Cavaliere
22573a8
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No.177429
177431 177434
>>177404
"Very well. Before you leave, you should have my card."

Like before, he pulls out a card that reads:

GUN FOR HIRE

GARV CAVALIERE
WETER
Anonymous
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No.177431
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>>177263
The other stallion walks up to Jakala, who sits on top of the sled, and sits down next to her. He says,

"Little Jäkälä Kenttä." He says, and places a hoof on her hood-covered head. "If you're going to come along. You are going to need to be quiet. Can you do that?"

"Mhmmm." She says, and nods.

"No." He says, "I'm serious." He pets a strand of her blue mane that pops out from under the ring of brown fur. "You'll need to stay still when I tell you. And stay quiet. There are things in the woods. Things we can't let hear us. Do you you understand?"

"Mhmmm."

"Do you understand?"

"Mhmmm"

"I'll get you some chocolate if you can stay quiet and be a good filly." Jakala starts to wag her tail, though this tail wagging is subdued by the mass of her fur jacket.

The stallion gets back up and says to Father,
"Let's go."

Amber hooks herself up to the sled to pull it, although Father will sometimes pull on a leather belt to move it forward, however, Father mostly walks ahead and sometimes off to the side. While the sled is not as heavy nor as hard to pull as when the other one was full of wood, the task is still harder, as Amber is expected to move more quickly.

Father and the other stallion speak to each other, saying things like "Off we are, then" and "this way," though Amber cannot hear every word. They tend to walk ahead and a bit to the side. Each carries a kerosene lamp. The group as a whole walks north, just a bit to the left of where Amber saw the Blast begin over a hill top, and through an open plain of frozen group and packed, thin layers of snow. It isn't far before she sees that same pattern of endless trees, all lying down on the ground, and all pointing the same direction. A lone pine tree stands straight up, every branch blown off and looking like a telephone pole, save the topmost portion, where oddly even small branches still cling, such that it looks like a needless sapling placed on top of a telephone pole, in the middle of so many downed trees. The adults each turn off their lamps, so that the ponies go forward in darkness, with only the stars, the twilight, and the aurora to guide them.

>>177429
He takes it. "Heh." And he smiles
Amber Sunset
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No.177432
177458
>>177431
This place still gives her the creeps. She can't help but wonder if the stallions turned off the lamps because they don't want Vaeltaja to see them, or if they are worried about something else in this area.
Anonymous
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No.177433
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>>177422
He looks down and around at the grass, and then back up at Kira.

Kira recalls, surely, a remark made earlier by that police officer when Kira was at Customs. The police officer, like the customs officers, believed Neela to be lying about, well, everything. Lying about who she was, lying about where she came from, and above all, lying to hide that she was engaged in some sort kind of illicit activity that, if perhaps unknown, was certainly nefarious. And what was the one word that officer could come up with to describe someone like that? A "snake." What creature could be a better symbol of betrayal or deceit, than one whose modus operandi is to hide in the grass and strike you when you do not, and could not see it?

Hopper had known only ponies, and the ponies would come up to him to give him food. Kira looked like a pony. She was not there to give him food...

He seems to look around, or try to look around, at the grass and the sky.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.177434
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY
>>177429
Rolling Forgery to steal your cool business card idea.

LICENSED NECROLOGIST
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ROSEY "POSEY" RING

[1d20+15 = (7+15) = 22]
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177435
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>>177433
"I wish it could have been different, Hopper. I'm proud to be a hunter for my people, to bring them food and keep them fed. But if I could have it were we were like the ponies, living off of plants and their resources...I would." If her petting is preventing him from looking around, she lets up. Otherwise, she continues to pet his soft fur. "As it is, if it wasn't you, it would have been some other creature. Some other goat or sheep, or perhaps a creature of the woods if I decided to go hunting instead. But it was you, and now you're here with me. Inside me."
Anonymous
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No.177436
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>>177435
The goat is done shaming her for the moment, even if he withholds forgiveness. Instead, he stands there sadly, looking away. He lets her pet him. For a while, actually. It does feel nice. After the passage of some time, or perhaps, after Kira has lost interest, he looks back up to Kira, and jumps. He jumps right over Kira. Right into the sky. And very likely, up to some celestial body, away from Kira.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177437
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>>177436
Kira falls backwards onto the grass in surprise as she watches his miraculous hop and follows his path through the sky. She watches with wonder and sparkling eyes as he gradually disappears into the vastness above her head, going towards the stars.

"Wow...goodbye Hopper. I hope you can find happiness up there..."
Anonymous
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No.177438
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>>177437
Awww... That's actually kind of sad

Kira awakens in the semi-furnished room, laying coiled up over the rug. Light comes in through the windows. Kira can feel that Hopper did not, in fact, jump away. Not in time.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177439
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>>177438
Kira yawns, and with a hoof wipes away the sleep from her eyes. A small part of her still half-asleep mind registers that she wipes away some tears as well. She didn't intend to keep Hopper trapped. She hopes he'll be able to jump away tomorrow night.

"See you soon, Hopper..."

She looks where her dear friend was sleeping, on top of her coils, to see if she's still there or if she woke up before she it.
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>>177439
Well I meant like he literally failed to jump away from Kira before she could kill him, because she killed him, but...

Kira can feel Hopper in her. And applying pressure to her stomach, she can feel another, lighter pressure. At first it's almost comforting, to have another animal inside her. Then it's too much, too filling. Then as Kira gains consciousness, she can sense that it's actually a separate creature on top of her, which becomes frightening as she doesn't know why it's there, then disappointing that the deer is not in her stomach, and then hopeful because she can eat it later/keep the deer as her friend.

Neela is still laying there, under a blanket that covers her eyes (but not her nose), and still sleeping.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177442
>>177441
Ohhhhhhh, right. Am dumb.

Ultimately, her desires to have the deer as her friend win out, and Kira smiles at the sight. "D'awwwwwww." Not desiring to wake her and disrupt to cute scene before her, Kira allows the adoradeer to sleep and instead simply watches her.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.177443
177444
>"McSlave, go down to the deli and order a daffodil sandwich for Gloomy. There's bits in my spare purse. Once it's done, bring it here. Oh, and make sure to drop off my travelling cape at the dry cleaners; I want to get those swamp stains out."
Rosey Ring is remembering how much she liked giving thralls pointless tasks back in Magehold.
It feels good to be able to control the dead with your mind.
>>177441
Built for entrail-reading.
Anonymous
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No.177444
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>>177443
The deer or the lamia?

Hopper retains a strong physical presence, weighing Kira down, and definitely dampening her appetite for a while.

Neela simply lays there. It's bright enough she ought to wake up, but she keeps the blanket over her eyes. She seems content to lay there. She does not move in her sleep.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177445
177446
>>177444
Kira reaches up with a hoof to lift up the edge of the blanket, seeing it Neela's actually sleep or if she's just covering her head.
Anonymous
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No.177446
177447
>>177445
"Mmmmmm" The deer writhes in the light.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177447
177448
>>177446
Is it good writhing like a cat stretching in the sunlight, or bad writhing like she's made uncomfortable?
Anonymous
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No.177448
177449 177451
>>177447
Kind of like this:
https://youtu.be/nB7iahLfFKw?t=70
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177449
177450
>>177448
Oh, so pretty bad, then. Perhaps Kira should lower the blanket...
Anonymous
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No.177450
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>>177449
“Mmph”
Neela moves around, and then starts to go back to sleep, wriggling around and rotating her body, still curled up in a ball
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.177451
>>177448
"Sexy."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177452
177453
>>177450
"D'awwwwwwww."

Kira does wonder how long the deer will be asleep for. She's not sure she has it in her to wake her.
Anonymous
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No.177453
177456
>>177452
Neela's body, though small, continues to press down onto Kira's stomach and weigh her down. This pressure does not cease as Neela sleeps. But with Kira still digesting from the evening before, Kira herself may not be in much of a hurry to get up, and out of bed.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.177454
177455
I wonder if I could scare off those archaeologists for good if I made it rain searing hot blood and frogs rn...
Anonymous
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No.177455
>>177454
Neigh, for their hearts have been hardened.
https://youtu.be/GJleW4TCQM0?si=5tQ0IWXpVblwx7WM
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.177456
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>>177453
Hmm...a fair point made. Still though, Kira is getting bored, just laying there. She wants to be able to move and fidget about, but she can't as she doesn't want to disturb the sleeping deer. She hums a little tune to herself, tilting and bouncing her head from side to side as she lets her mind wander from subject to subject to hopefully keep herself occupied until Neela stirs from her slumber.