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Occupied Equestria - Mended Horn
GM Pony
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It Begins.
1542 replies and 109 files omitted.
GM Pony
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Okay, everycreature on the plane. We've got ponies to rescue

>>179327
Thank you, I feel much better

>>179329
Well, as I said, it wasn't actually you who prompted the pushback
But an excellent example of where it matters is with Tin Hat here, where she "seduced" Tin Hat. One interpretation of that is that she just pulled a Rarity, and gave bedroom eyes to Tin Hat in hopes it would manipulate him into giving her magic items. The other interpretation is that yes, she is seriously willing to put her body on the line and take this random stallion inside and spend the last 10 minutes before boarding the plane being mounted... so she can manipulate him into giving her into magical items. The former is perfectly valid, but we literally see it happen in episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on multiple occasions. The second... is very interesting

>>179328
Explicit ERP is more fun though
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>179330
It was either, but I also didn't want to distract the party from their quest with 300 posts of cancer, so probably just the former.
Anonymous
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>>179330
Explicit RP makes the experience more raw and "live". Unfortunately, that's expressly the part I personally don't want to with dudes.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.179333
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>>179332
I just think doing the quest takes priority.
Anonymous
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>>179333
Uh yeah,... but GM made a point to ask about sex, and respond, so I did.
Cavaliere
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>>179327
>If my behavior isn't appropriate for your game, don't hesitate to just throw me out of it; although i'd prefer to try to work it out. Please don't punish the other players because of me though.
That's magnanimous of you, but you're a good player and any hurdles we encounter seem to be overcome simply by communication.
>Well, I did pay two character levels for that charm ability, so I really wouldn't like it to be nerfed.
I don't either, but reducing DC by so much, very reliably, is much more powerful in terms of persuasion than any other PC is capable of doing right now. I understand that Posey essentially brute-forces her diplomatic targets, having very little tact and instead putting them under a spell and whoring herself out. Other characters ought to be able to notice just what she's doing. We could even make it a DC 20 check for them, and it would still make it riskier to attempt it in a crowded room or in the presence of a skilled mage. Getting another pony alone would make it work just as well. It's just a suggestion.

>>179328
So fade to black is okay in terms of romance? By OC NPCs do you mean those made by you specifically, or does any NPC made by the DM count?

>>179332
"Yes, it sounds pretty cringe!" –Marefair opening

>>179333
I'm ready if you are, unless if you want to talk more about the merits of advanced diplomacy mechanics as a homebrew.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>179335
>I understand that Posey essentially brute-forces her diplomatic targets
Yes, actually. Rosey Ring is based on the white horse of Conquest. For her entire life, she's only ever known a would of masters and slaves, so she only knows how to make relationships through power and fear. Thus, she has no ranks in Diplomacy, only Intimidation and Bluff
(She could use some friendship lessons. Dread Necromancer only requires being non-good)
>Other characters ought to be able to notice just what she's doing. We could even make it a DC 20 check for them, and it would still make it riskier to attempt it in a crowded room or in the presence of a skilled mage.
You can already make a Sense Motive check to see if a person has been charmed.
>you're a good player and any hurdles we encounter seem to be overcome simply by communication
Thank you. That makes me feel better.
>I'm ready if you are
I was ready yesterday. Let's do it.
I do have to go to work tomorrow, but idgaf.
Anonymous
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I'll get the formatting right one of these days
Personally/strictly speaking, I have issue with fapping to GM's sockpuppets
I am well capable of creating my own. Instead I would prefer to peruse the fandom and insert as desired, pun intended. UWU
I'm a furry, I can get away with saying that Xp
And yes, Lucky is still getting it tonight
Cavaliere
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No.179340
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>>179338
>You can already make a Sense Motive check to see if a person has been charmed.
Okay, I didn't know it worked like that. Maybe NPCs could use that if they have reason to be suspicious. Are you sure you can't use an arcana check?
>>179339
Why not invite Batfang into the campaign?
Anonymous
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>>179340
We can get to Brie's ostensible female consort later!!
GM Pony
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179345 179346 179349 179353 179356 179363
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>>179279
Cavaliere doesn't have the best perspective to view the city, but if he wishes to find signs of restriction, he can find at least some.

As the plane landed, Garv could see a few armored cars, and the hints of barricades in the streets. In faraway Haystin, two small streams of black smoke from what must be smoldering, mostly extinguished fires.

If he's looking for something a bit closer, he can find it. Peering into hangers or the armory, and looking at the breakroom, he can find posters.

One is one he thinks he may have seen before, which shows an intoxicated green stallion in a uniform at a booth in a restaurant with a bar behind. He leans over the table with a stupefied lovey dubby expression, and makes muzzle contact with a cream-colored unicorn mare who has lidded green eyes, a satisfied smile, and a red dress. Beneath the table, and in what is exposed from the dress, the cream coat meets a bright green line where it becomes black with a sickly insectoid belly and legs with see-through holes.

Another one shows a wooden theatrical stage with two ponies in the spot light. One is a light-purple/pink unicorn mare with a with a curled dark purple mane with a light blue stripe. She carries a purple book with a golden horseshoe. The other is a blue unicorn mare with a light blue mane. Both ponies, however, are blatantly wooden marionettes with fake cheeks and visible strings going upwards. In the shadows above the stage, on the left, is a dark black figure, evidently a changeling, with bright green eyes and a flowing dark blue mane. On the other side is a red... fishlike creature, presumably a seapony, with a big green cap, who controls the blue mare.

The most impressive Poster, however, certainly in terms of sheer size, is outside and on a building (evidently offices) near a hanger. Its edges are visible damaged, and it is worn down. It presents a map of the world in caricature with the oceans reduced in size and zoomed in somewhat on the center. Manehattan is marked with a star and a cartoonish portrayal of buildings. The Manehattan District is shown in outline, as are all of the districts of East Equestria. Next to it are four ponies. On the left and looking to the east, an earth pony with a rifle and bayonet. On the right, a Unicorn looking across the ocean with a glowing horn. Above, as if soaring, a pink-tinted outline of a pegasus. Below that, a head, hooves, and bat wings with a wrench in her mouth. To the left is a cartoon portrayal of Queen Chrysalis with the glowing eyes of numerous drones behind her, with a dreary pony with a drooping mane in West Equestria, and the same in the form of a crystal pony in the Crystal Empire. Above Equestria, an oddly effeminate looking stallion in red uniform reaches out with stretched legs towards the named "White Severyana." A pony with a feathered cap pulls a plow in the South East and another looks on next to a ship in Puerto Caballo. A hippogriff laughs Maniacally in Aris, while in New Mareland, a Unicorn Pony stands with a rifle against Beakolini, who is very fat and smoking his cigar. In Aquelia, a red grififn with a maniacal look stands in a set of flames, and stares back at the unicorn across the ocean. In Gryphus, a pony stands over a griffin laying on the ground, and stretches out a hoof. The remainer of the world is not depicted, with the Riverlands, the polar north, and the great majority of Zebrica being outright cut off. Below is the Text "PONYKIND STANDS UNITED"

What is, or at least ought to surprise perhaps Garv, and certainly Silver if he saw it, is that these posters are not signed with the name of the Blackhooves, or the more formal name of the Fascist Republican Party of New Mareland. Rather, all three posters are signed as from the "Pony Populist Party of Manehattan."

>>179339
>Personally/strictly speaking, I have issue with fapping to GM's sockpuppets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n4rBrs5-LY
Anonymous
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>>179344
https://youtube.com/shorts/47pxhhDAVjk?si=LZVZBBvgOPk1T4gf
Cavaliere
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>>179344
Very interesting posters with vivid descriptions. What knowledge check should I roll to know what the Pony Populist Party of Manehattan is?
Anonymous
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No.179347
179348 179350
>>179346
Local. Int Modifier
Cavaliere
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No.179348
179350 179352
>>179347
[1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.179349
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>>179344
>Below is the Text "PONYKIND STANDS UNITED"
>Farbrook not depicted
Posey gives an indignant huff that her fake identity is not represented.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.179350
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>>179346
>>179347
>>179348
I would like to roll this as well, since a pony from Farbrook would plausibly be a pony populist.
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.179351
>>179350
Oh well
GM Pony
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>>179348
The Pony Populist Party has some history pre-war as a local political party in the areas around Manehattan and Canterlot, but its breakthrough has been in the political reorganization of the Manehattan District that happened after the assassination of the former governor, mass resignation of the political class of Manehattan, and then the failed crackdown on the ELF and crime in the district. The Pony Populist Party is enthusiastically pro-New Mareland Administration, anti-banker and upper class, pro-worker, and anti-immigration, with a more racial bend even than most of the rightwing parties in Equestria and New Mareland. They are reasonably popular, if far from uncontroversial. The Blackhooves are oddly content to let them do whatever they want, and funnel resources into them.

>>179349
In fairness, neither is any of the Riverlands, or even Maregypt.

>>179350
It's.... probably a populist party for ponies.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179353
179355
>>179344
Silver: "These crazies got into power here?"
Cavaliere
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No.179354
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>>179352
"Useful fools, kept around as a barking threat by the Blackhooves…." he mutters to himself.

He wonders if the other pre-war parties of Equestria, forced underground, have largely united under the mysterious ELF.
Anonymous
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>>179327
>Rosey Ring has tried to fuck Licorice, Mason, Baka... Agire... the ghasts
Wait, what?! I missed most of this. I think I even had Licorice get kind of pissy with Posey because he rejected her, and Mason is cold with Posey because he isn't nice to her.

>>179353
To be fair, virtually every other option either got murdered, resigned because they didn't want to cooperate with the Blackhooves in any capacity, got caught with their secretaries, or bungled a crackdown on organized crime.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179356
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>>179344
Kira, meanwhile, tilts her head at the posters first one direction, then the other. "Soooo...is this meant to be art? I don't get it."

>>179355
Regardless, Silver can see why Manehattan is such a mess right now.
GM Pony
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>>179356
>Is this supposed to be art?
Oh come on, it's not that bad
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179358
>>179357
Perhaps it's not the quality of the images on display she is commenting on, but the messages which they contain. Kira is from a tribal society, after all, one without political parties and propaganda as the other creatures present would know them.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>179355
>Wait, what?! I missed most of this. I think I even had Licorice get kind of pissy with Posey because he rejected her, and Mason is cold with Posey because he isn't nice to her.
Okay, well, that's something for later then. Posey put on her special cocktail dress and tried to charm him as an icebreaker.
And I thought I was being nice to Mason. I like Mason. Posey likes Mason. Mason is cool.
Would you believe it that a brony doesn't know how flirting works?
>To be fair, virtually every other option either got murdered, resigned because they didn't want to cooperate with the Blackhooves in any capacity, got caught with their secretaries, or bungled a crackdown on organized crime.
Posey makes note of this to leverage it when she takes over New Mareland.
>>179354
>He wonders if the other pre-war parties of Equestria, forced underground, have largely united under the mysterious ELF.
Based on my adventure with August Wreath, it appears so.
It's probable that many of them were guilds and knighthoods loyal to the princesses, so freeing the princesses would be their priority.
>>179357
Cool propaganda
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179360
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>>179359
Also don't think Kira didn't notice that Posey didn't ask anything more about lamias, such as the different varieties or their varied abilities. If Posey is planning on doing anything lamia-related, it may be useful to learn more about them sometime.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>179360
>If Posey is planning on doing anything lamia-related
https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/block/Naga,_Bone%7Calpha%7CN%7CUndead
https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/templates/bonenaga.shtml
she ziib on my zeeb til I zoob
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No.179363
179364 179366
>>179360
She lams on my ia til I snej
>>179344
Dust looks at the posters, seemingly unimpressed while he waits for the group to head to the plane.
"Ponykind stands united?
Are you all not of the same tribe?
Do these feelings have to be ignited?
To love your kind, does it take a bribe?
I know equestria views us as lesser
But to come together, we do not need pressure"
With that, he plods off again, seeing if there's any propaganda worth falling for
Cavaliere
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No.179364
>>179359
>Would you believe it that a brony doesn't know how flirting works?
Tell me about it, on several occasions Amber accidentally offended her coltfriend because I, the player, missed important social cues and expectations.

>Posey makes note of this to leverage it when she takes over New Mareland.
She wouldn't know this, and she missed her knowledge check.

>>179363
"You would be surprised what petty squabbles and insecurities will divide even brothers," he replies.
GM Pony
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No.179365
179366 179367 179368 179371 179372 179379
A truck will help the ponies back to the plane, which sits with engines running. The white pegasus says,

"Be careful. The floor is wet and slippery."

>>179359
>Posey put on her special cocktail dress and tried to charm him as an icebreaker.
She did, but then for some reason I remember something like a rejection later.
>And I thought I was being nice to Mason. I like Mason. Posey likes Mason. Mason is cool.
D'aww I seriously thought she didn't care for him. She did outright deep throat him, but that was combined with an intimidation roll and in context felt hostile, if anything
>Brony's don't know how flirting works
Okay. That's pretty fair
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179366
179369 179373
>>179363
(You) r silly

Silver joins the zeeb in his plodding. "We are all ponies, but we are not all of same tribe. Not even Equestria is of same tribe. Point of Equestria was for all of us different ponies and other creatures no matter our tribe to work together for greater purpose, to put our differences to use and join together in friendship and Harmony because we all at heart want what is best. Those 3P nutjobs, they claim to want similar thing, but I know they do not understand. Not really."

>>179365
Kira especially seems to have trouble getting back to her spot in the plane back near cargo, with her slithering rigorously without getting any traction on the wet metal floor of the plane.
Anonymous
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No.179367
>>179365
Brie pretends to not notice all the to-do, while reboarding the plane(?)
Cavaliere
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No.179368
179379
>>179365
He looks up to the sky. "The sun is not going to be up much longer. We have to hurry."

>She did outright deep throat him, but that was combined with an intimidation roll and in context felt hostile, if anything
She what.
The Zoober
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No.179369
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>>179366
gasp
is silly

The zeeb listens to his plodding friend as they walk to the plane.
"I suppose what you say is completely fair,
I see that for your fellow ponies you do care.
We do not have to deal with this political tripe
In Zebrica we are all bound by the stripe.
Perhaps Equestrian ways I shall come to see
But for now I shall leave your ways to thee."

Dust arrives at the plane, and attempts to help the snek overcome the lack of friction. Str. Check
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16]
Anonymous
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No.179370
The fuck
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179371
179373 179376
>>179365
Before Silver gets on the plane, he halts in his tracks. For a second he looks at the plane, before turning around to face a different direction, looking towards somewhere outside of the city. There he stays, staring in a direction that to anyone else watching would feel totally random, looking at nothing at all, his gaze locked onto something no one else can see. But he knows why he looks in this direction, what he can see. There he stays, transfixed in that spot, staring silently with the wind from the plane's propellers blowing in his mane, until someone disturbs him from his trance.

>>179369
The snek is quite heavy, 600 lbs. of heavy to be exact, but with the zeeb's help she is able to overcome the lack of friction and get back into her spot. She lets out a sigh of relief, and beams a bright smile at the friendly zeeb. "Thank you! I don't think I could have done that without you."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.179372
179373 179376 179379
>>179365
Rosey Ring puts on her blinders, and wraps some yarn around her muzzle. She won't vomit this time (probably).
>then for some reason I remember something like a rejection later
Idk, it was more than a year ago.
>deep throat
What?
I don't remember this.
Anonymous
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No.179373
179374 179375
>>179371
Mala stands next to Silver, and looks in the direction Silver looks, then back to Silver

>>179369
>>179366
Well technically the wet area is kind of in the middle of the plane, which Kira wouldn't have to move past if she stayed where she was before

>>179372
Still, it may be worth having more interactions with Licorice and Mason
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.179374
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>>179373
>it may be worth having more interactions with Licorice and Mason
Sure. I've just been preoccupied with trying to get quests done.
I've been playing for a year and a half, but in game less than a week has passed.

Are we doing stuff tonight? I gotta decide if I'm going to take melatonin or a monster energy right now.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179375
>>179373
Without being disturbed, Silver just stands there, staring off in the distance. Mala, even with his keen eyesight, can't see what it is Silver is looking at. Either Silver has some truly incredible eyesight, or it's something he knows deep at heart. The expression on his face is entirely inscrutable just from the surface.

As for Kira, sure she could have stayed where she was, but she kinda enjoyed sitting at the back.

I would also like having interactions between Silver and Licorice/Mason. Also more interactions with Posey so Silver can teach her the meaning of friendship.
The Zoober
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No.179376
>>179371
Dust smiles at Kira and nods at her
>>179372
He then turns around and walks over to Posey with a very stern expression on his face. He lifts a hoof and places it on her withers. He mutters something under his breath, and something in his pack glows a bit. Posey can feel a definite warmness resonating from the spot as Dust's eyes open and his expression softens a little.
"On this trip, I hope you feel better
And your sickness does not hold you like a fetter"
If she has to make any more saving throws for now, she has a +1 bonus from resistance
One word about muh spell slots or other looking a gift horse in the mouth and I'm changing it to a healing spell
Anonymous
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No.179377
179378 179381
>>179374
>Are we doing stuff tonight?
Probably no getting to the island until tomorrow. There will be posts about the travel, but if you don't want to respond, you don't have to
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.179378
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>>179377
Okay. Go ahead and do that without me. Posey is blinded and muzzled, with only a narrow field of vision to focus on her knitting. She is functionally removed from roleplay as she shuts out the world to prevent the failed godling in her chest cavity from throwing a hissey fit.
GM Pony
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No.179379
>>179372
>>179365
>>179368
Okay, "Deep throat" was entirely the wrong phrase for this
Cavaliere
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No.179381
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>>179377
Cavaliere is frankly out of his element in a major city, especially one much larger than Baltimare. Without looking back, and with all his gear in tow, he boards the plane, eager to get underway. "Are you ready?" he asks the others.
GM Pony
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No.179382
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With the ponies inside, the white Pegasus lifts the door and locks it. The plane powers up, and taxis to another runway. With a roar of its engines, it lifts off the ground and starts to rise. It does not, however, move to the right and north, but rather to the left, to the west and east. "We're not allowed to fly over the city anymore" the white pegasus pony says to the cabin. Looking over and back, the creatures can see big clouds rising in the distance, the large buildings piercing the sky, and the giant airship losely tethered to the top of a skyscraper, its nose angled into the wind and its propellers rotating.

Soon the plane rises and goes through a cloud layer, with some rain getting on the windows in the process. As the plane rises up, it turns to the right, north and east and around the city. Though a cloud blocks much of the view, the party can see the buildings of Manehattan through the breaks, the endless rowhouses of Bronclyn, and the tenement buildings of Haystin. They pass over the great river, and though the city legally ends, the industrial developments do not, and a large powerplant next to the river is joined by a great many factories, refineries, and a railyard, before breaking up into towns of smaller houses, and then eventually countryside.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.179383
179385
>>179381
>>179382
Cavaliere speaking is enough to get Silver to snap out of his trance. He and Mala get on board, returning to their position by Kira. Kira and Silver begin conversing again about their respective cultures, sharing details and information with each other. Kira is certain she has learned more about Equestria just on these plane trips than she ever knew before in her life.

If Mala is freaked out again by the flight, Silver and Kira work together to help keep him calm.
Cavaliere
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No.179384
179385
>>179382
"Am I correct in assuming that some incident is the reason for that ban?" he asks, having to raise his voice over the drone of the engines.
Anonymous
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No.179385
179386 179388 179391
>>179383
After Mala gets on the plane, he lingers around Kira as if waiting for the right moment. But that moment does not come. With Silver and Kira chatting, after the plane takes off, Mala lays flat on the bench-like seats and digs his claws into them.

>>179384
"Um... Yeah... Yeah, a little bit. There's a lot of fog sometimes and it makes the very tall buildings very hard to see, especially at nighttime. It's more for landing, and really the rule technically applies to Idlewild, but it's applied to us here too. Landings have to be done from over the water, and takeoffs to the west and south, depending on the winds."