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Occupied Equestria: K-19
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.191000
191002
Continuing
1378 replies and 69 files omitted.
Posey
0be4199
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No.192104
192113
Sorry for the delay.

>>192100
Might be Mary

"הנה כבשים קטנות." Posey calls
Posey
0be4199
?
No.192105
192106 192113
I'm assuming no sheep responds

Posey hunches down
>>192103
She addresses Kira
"Did you detect any airponies?"
The Floof and The Noodle
06bd08f
?
No.192106
192113
>>192105
If Posey has sight of Kira, Kira looks over at Posey with the narrowed eyes of a super sneaky secret special ops snek, and puts a hood on her own lips to let her know it's hard to move silently will talking.

Survival: She will, however, stick her tongue out into the air to get another whiff. Maybe she's close enough to detect something through the fog?

flicks tongue

[1d20+11 = (13+11) = 24]
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192107
192109 192121
>>192089
Cavaliere strides past Silver and Star Fire, giving the former a hard look. "Gentlecolts. Let's stay focused on the mission. Any distraction out here could be deadly."

He will approach Posey and Kira. "Have you found any sign of him?" He can assist with any further rolls, but it looks like we have a track already.
Posey
c4c5b6d
?
No.192109
192115
>>192107
"There's something out there, but we cannot be sure it is the airpony yet."
Posey
c01b6fb
?
No.192111
Is Kira's survival check enough to find the creature?
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
1d96a4b
?
No.192113
192115 192116
>>192104
>>192105
If there is a sheep there, it doesn't want to reply to Posey's phrase.

>>192106
flick flick
flick flick
Wait
flick flick
That's the stuff
flick flick
Those last two weren't necessary. Those were just to be cute. No, Kira has the scent. She knows what she is dealing with. She has tasted the scent of... Prey. And by "Prey" she doesn't mean friends. No. She means creatures you can eat, as distinct from creatures you make friends with. I mean... Technically speaking you can eat the creatures you befriend. They are after all, just the right size. The right shape. They would go down, I think. And tasty, evidently. But like, you shouldn't eat them. At least... You probably shouldn't? I don't know. Mom said not to. But grandma had different opinions. But that's besides the point. It isn't one of them. It's one of those things that doesn't talk. Well, at least they don't talk like the other prey does. But they do make sounds. Like "bahs" and what have you. And maybe that's their own secret prey language? Who knows? Now, both groups of creatures are prey in the sense that they are... well, they are ungulates. You know, hooved mammals of about a medium to larger size and plenty of fur. Actually, come to think of it, why don’t we refer to these creatures as “ungulates” if we mean “ungulates”? The ponies wouldn’t get spooked and think we might eat them. But.. ungulate has three syllables. Un-gu-late. Its long Say it three times. Ungulate ungulate ungulate. And… well I hate to say it but… it’s kind of an ugly sounding word. But “prey.” It’s short and sweet. But then… isn’t “prey” a more inclusive word? Like rodents. You can eat them. But who would eat a rodent? They are too small and kind of… ick. Well, I guess if you’re a snakelet, you’d eat rodents. And then capybaras are rodents… Also, you can befriend rodents, like Heather. Same as with ponies. Yeah, “prey” is a better word. The ponies will understand the meaning, surely. They know they can trust in me. But what is smelled is actual "prey" in the sense that you can eat them. I mean, in the sense that it's more normal and socially accepted to eat them. They are not friends. But... They could be, couldn't they? Like, you can befriend a smaller, non-talking prey, surely. Watch them run around. Listen to them scream. Knit little socks for them. D’awww! They can be so cute! They could definitely be friends. Actually, come to think of it, couldn't non-prey entities be friends? Like, a bird could. It definitely could. Except birds are scary... Okay, maybe not a bird, but like... Uh, a rock! Yeah, add little googly eyes to a rock, take it out to a tea party and you have a friend. Wouldn't it be so cute! But uh, yeah. That's a sheep. Kira has detected a sheep. There's a faint pony taste, but it isn't super strong and may be left over from a previous visitor. Now... To see if she can befriend the sheep...
The Floof and The Noodle
86dcb19
?
No.192115
192116 192118
>>192113
>>192109
A sheep! Perhaps they exist in this weird limbo between the two states of being for prey creatures, two states of being which Kira herself likes to classify as "friend-shaped" and "food-shaped". With each word being just one syllable and quite descriptive, it avoids both the inelegance of using just awkward and long terms like unguligate and the potential confusion from friend-shaped creatures like the term prey may cause. Of course, to some prey creatures of both the friend- and food-shaped variety, the subtleties of these terms may still end up be confusing. Being friend-shaped doesn't necessarily preclude that a creature is unfit for consumption, just as being food-shaped doesn't meant a creature is unable to be befriended, it simply means to describe the primary purpose a creature fulfills in the balance of nature. This is where the oddities that are sheep come from: they are delicious, but they produce a valuable resource in the form of wool should you not eat them that you can freely take without harming the creature. Thus, are they friend-shaped or food-shaped? Which purpose in their existence is the greater one? Some might say that being food is the greater purpose, as all creatures in nature are meant to eat or be eaten, but for advanced creatures like lamias or even ponies for that matter, making use of the resources sheep provide by befriending them is crucial for the existence of civilization. And as an aside, though related to her internal discussion of the subtleties of friend- and food-shaped creatures, the one next to her, Posey, is certainly an odd one. She is a pony, a clear friend-shaped prey creature, but the way she carries herself feels more akin to predator than even prey. It isn't even the same as Silver, which Kira considers to be the closest analogue. Silver is more akin to a friend-shaped prey that is too risky to attempt to make into food. Too tough, too able to defend himself, too...fluffy. But Posey, despite also being fluffy, very clearly belongs closer to the catagory of a straight predator (as opposed to a gay predator but Kira realizes that now is neither the time nor place to ponder the mysteries of the gay spheres). She walks with a confidence that mirrors the apex predators, and in her gaze Kira almost feels like Posey uses almost every opportunity to size up those around her for what they can provide her, like they're her prey. Would she understand the difference, between friend-shaped and food-shaped, Kira wonders? And of course there are other oddities, such as her smell. Just now, as Kira picked up the scent of sheep, she picked up something again off of Posey, something...odd...beneath the perfume that she quite obviously put on this morning. Perfumes are often used to hide something, just as disguising the smell of rotten meat or making otherwise dirty clothes or persons smell acceptable. What could that mean? Is Posey hiding something? Or is it just that Posey has a weird natural smell and she prefers the smell of her perfume?

Oh, wait, Posey is looking at her. She expects and answer about what she smelled. Uh...let's not keep her waiting. Kira replies to her quietly as to not be shouting out loud and spooking the sheep.

"It's your sheep! I'm gonna go see if I can make a friend out of it."
Posey
c5e2ed6
?
No.192116
192118 192121
>>192113
Is this Mary, the same ewe we shorn earlier? I want to take her with us. I have some interesting plans for her.
>>192115
>"It's your sheep! I'm gonna go see if I can make a friend out of it."
"Not what we are looking for, but good job anyway, Kira. We can tie a lead to her and take her with us, but remember to not get distracted from the trail of the last airpony." Posey replies
>internal monologue
Interesting take. Not far from the truth.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
85031f7
?
No.192118
192119 192121
>>192115
>>192116
The sheep has already disappeared from view. The whaling station appears still, save for the creaking sound of a door. It makes its sound more than once, presumably the result of wind moving it. But it is out of line of sight, and hard to tell.

>>192116
>Is this Mary, the same ewe we shorn earlier?
Posey hasn’t had a good view, and even if she did, it isn’t clear the sheep would be easy to tell apart. Maybe it’s the same sheep. Maybe there are several on the island. The whaling station isn’t very far from where the sheep was found earlier, however.
Posey
c5e2ed6
?
No.192119
>>192118
>it isn’t clear the sheep would be easy to tell apart
Mary was shorn just a couple hours ago. Unless someone else is shearing sheep here, she should be easily identifiable.

Posey trots along in the direction the sheep was spotted, looking around for any signs or recent pony or sheep habitation.
The Floof and The Noodle
b790714
?
No.192121
>>192107
>>192118
Silver pouts his lips at Garv as he trots away. Looking over at Star Fire with a sigh, he decides to pop the question. "Полагаю, игра окончена. Правда, нам ещё многое предстоит сделать. Но, если позволите, я заметил, что вы, кажется, проявляете ко мне... «интерес». Когда всё это закончится и мы победим, не хотели бы вы...?" He trails off, looking to the side while perhaps even blushing slightly, hoping Star Fire understand what Silver is trying to imply.

>>192116
Kira gives Posey a super serious nod, flicks her tongue, and continues slithering super sneakily into the fog to look for their missing airpony and/or ewe, all the while continuing to sing her stealthy song in her head.
Posey
60e17bb
?
No.192131
So, do we find the sheep/airpony?
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192134
192137 192138
Fog comes in from across the sea, bringing with it the smell of salt water, the sound of waves crashing on the rocks, and the feel of light mist settling on fur and jacket. The derelict sealing station isn't perfectly still - open doors wave and slam, presumably in the wind, and there is that wretched smell of spilled, rendered fat - but there is no clear sign of habitation by pony nor sheep.
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192137
192142
>>192134
Cavaliere looks solemnly over the desolate expanse as he talks to the Captain. "You airponies probably are trained to evade capture, and if so, he will probably avoid any visible structure that would likely be checked. Still, I will look for any trace of him that I can find. Is there anything you know about him that might give us a lead on his destination?"
The Floof and The Noodle
23738e3
?
No.192138
192140 192142 192149
>>192134
Survival: Hmmmmmm...Kira decides to check for unclear signs if habitation by pony or sheep.

[1d20+11 = (4+11) = 15]
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192140
192142
>>192138
Ditto
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
3d19d33
?
No.192142
192143
>>192137
The captain replies,

"No I... Not really. I was not awake when he went off, so I don't really know what he did. I would assume he'd seek shelter and signs of civilization. Maybe try to set up a signal? Look for help?"

>>192138
Hmmmm....

Is that it? No

What about that? Is that it? No

Oh! That! That must be it! Wait. No. That's a shadow

What about this! That's a... like a glove, or something? For claws? Oh. Right. There were griffins here. Well... That's not it.

What about that? No. That's a... Sheathe for a knife? Well where's the knife. Anyways, it's pretty neat.

And that. Is that a sheep! No. That's a bird, I think. Better stay away from it. But still, that's the closest we've come. Haven't even seen wool.

Wait. Is that...?

Maybe, just maybe

A hoofprint of a two twoed creature?

>>192140
The buildings seem to be empty.
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192143
192144
>>192142
He asks the Lieutenant, "Would he have known that any other ponies he would find here would be hostile?"

Might as well search as well: [1d20+2 = (7+2) = 9]
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
3d19d33
?
No.192144
192148 192149
>>192143
The Lieutenant replies,

"He would have known that Stalliongrad would be likely to respond, and that there are ponies on the Kostromo who could be presumed hostile. So yes, he would likely assume that ponies are hostile. Griffins, I am less sure about. Could be fishers from the mainland, could be hostile pirates."

Rooms with spilled clothing and sometimes turned over mattresses, and in a couple instances, spilled fats, but no ponies. The other griffins are going inside of buildings, presumably to retrieve belongings.
Posey
960c331
?
No.192145
192150
Posey makes her presence known, calling into the mist:
"Captain Waters sends his regards! Are you coming with us, or will you be left behind?"

Then she paused, awaiting a response
".... We should sweep the structures. He may be unconscious."
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192148
192149 192150
>>192144
Replying to the Lieutenant, Cavaliere asks, "I understand it would be classified information, but do you have a code phrase to come out of hiding under these circumstances? All our lives are at stake when it comes to speedily recovering him, if he is still uncaptured."

Barking at the griffons, he tells them, "You had your chance. We will be moving and you can't be weighed down."
The Floof and The Noodle
d62b663
?
No.192149
192150 192153
>>192138
A hoofprint! It could be the start of a track! Kira looks at the ground nearby to see if there are any more matching hoofprints.

>>192144
>>192148
Silver: "As long as they do not attempt to bring anything like chairs or sheds with them, I think they will be fine to look for some personal belongings. But yes, they need to act quickly."
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192150
192152 192153
>>192145
Nothing but wind, waves, and the light mist.

>>192148
Lieutenant

"Not in the Navy, no. It's assumed that you can't exactly hide on the open ocean. You wouldn't want to."

Johan:
"But there are valuable things we've left behind. Things we'll need."

Black Griffin (inside of one of the structures):
"Hvem tok pengene mine her? Du bør ikke ha tatt pengene mine."

>>192149
No, there is no hoof print. Wait. Is that a hoof print? Ooh! A hoof print! Yes! And... another one! And another! Okay, that's a rock. But still.
The Floof and The Noodle
d62b663
?
No.192152
192153 192157
>>192150
Silver looks over at Johan. "Tell them they can look, but time is of essence. Once we are ready to move, we move."

Kira gets excited, the tip of her tail waging back and forth as her tongue rapidly flicks in and out of her mouth. She starts following this trail towards where it leads.
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192153
192154 192157
>>192149
>>192150
>>192152
Cavaliere looks askance at Silver but does not contest his ruling. The unicorn simply doesn't understand how griffons can be sometimes, even in the midst of mortal danger.

He does reply to the Lieutenant. "Even on a special mission like this? It's something you should bring up with your commanding officer when you get home."

He looks hopefully at Kira. "Have you found something?"
The Floof and The Noodle
d62b663
?
No.192154
192155 192157
>>192153
Kira looks over at Cavaliere and smiles. "I found hooftracks!"
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192155
192157
>>192154
He turns to the others and waves them forward. "Let's go, he will be up ahead!"

Does Cavaliere need to make any checks to help with the tracking?
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192157
192158 192160 192165
>>192155
It probably would help, yes

>>192153
He shrugs

"When you are flying close air support over contested land, a code word is necessary. When you are flying Anti-submarine and scouting missions over deep ocean, it is pointless. Any ditching is expected to be at sea, where you can't exactly hide. And if someone finds us, what are we supposed to say? 'Sorry, you didn't answer correctly. We'll take our chances with the sharks and the thirst'?"

>>192155
Sorvik comes out of a cabin, irate. He partly unfurls his wings and looks at Cavaliere:

"Wat is er met mijn chalet gebeurd? Verschillende van mijn spullen ontbreken!"

>>192152
The griffin goes back into the building

>>192154
flicks tongue
Posey
75e18ab
?
No.192158
192159 192160
>>192157
"What did the final airpony say he was doing at the whaling station? Knowing his intentions could help us find him."
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192159
192160 192162
>>192158
Presumably this is asked to the white pegasus

"Whaling station? We didn't know this was here. All of this is... new."
The Floof and The Noodle
d62b663
?
No.192160
192167
>>192157
Kira does indeed flick her tongue, as she resumes following the trail.

>>192158
>>192159
Silver lets out an exasperated sigh as he listens in on the conversation. "Why, why did you split up for second time...you never split up when you are awaiting rescue, it is rescue 101."
Posey
75e18ab
?
No.192161
192165
So, do we roll survival to track him down, or what?
Posey
dc8bd5b
?
No.192162
192163 192167
>>192159
"What did he say out to do?"
Posey
150ff22
?
No.192163
>>192162
>say
*set
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192165
192167
>>192157
>>192161
Survival: [1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]

Cavaliere responds to the Lieutenant, "We can argue about how to plan for contingencies later. Let's go find your crewmate first. Tracks are a good sign."

"Als u het niet erg vindt om hier te blijven, kunt u de communisten vragen om ze voor u te vinden," he replies with annoyance in his voice.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192167
192168 192175 192178 192194
>>192162
"It was more of, we looked away, and he had run off, I think to the village. The less ruined one. I would assume to look for help but this was... after the first of those, those things showed up. Maybe just to hide. He had some injuries from the crash, but was able to move."

>>192165
He does as close to a scrunch as he can with only a beak, starts to turn away, says

"Ongelooflijk, geen respect voor eigendom. Ze kunnen net zo goed communisten zijn..."
And walks back into the building

Cavaliere believes he does see a set of pony tracks. But he can't rule out that it's simply Silver, Posey, or Brie, given the presence of claw prints, and those of a large, feli-form predator nearby.

But he does see the prints of a sheep, nearby.

>>192160
"Well we didn't do it on purpose! There was a large, monster thing, and he ran away."
Posey
5135ba9
?
No.192168
192170
>>192167
Posey groans
"Already injured, possibly enthralled, and plausibly a deserter... He might be difficult to find. Hopefully he is still alive."
>tracks
Where do the tracks lead towards?
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192170
192172
>>192168
The tracks are for Cavaliere, but the pony, claw, and feli-form tracks lead through the valley towards the ridge that separates the center of the island, while the smaller two-toed tracks tend somewhat to the right.
Posey
5135ba9
?
No.192172
192177
>>192170
We're on soft ground, and the sheep was around less than a couple hours ago, so the DC should be 10, low enough for Posey to take 10 to track down without the feat.

Posey goes to the right to find the sheep, so that Cavalier can focus on the important tracks.
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192175
192177 192182
>>192167
"His mind might already be compromised. We'll have to find him quickly. Did you see that monster follow him? If I'm not mistaken, he went that way." He points into the valley.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192177
192181
>>192175
"I don't think he did... we were at the old village when it happened. This area is not familiar to me" the pony answers

>>192172
scrunchy
The Floof and The Noodle
d62b663
?
No.192178
192182
>>192167
Silver: "Hmmm...tell me about our missing airpony. Perhaps this will give insight on where he ran off to, or where he hid."
Posey
5135ba9
?
No.192181
192182
>>192177
Is Posey able to find the sheep?
"~C'mere Mary...!"
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192182
192183 192184 192187
>>192178
"Hooked In. He's an Earth Pony. Some injury to his chest, but he can walk. He was looking for areas to try to contact a plane from. He was less skeptical of the Kostroma than we. Thought they may be willing to help. That, and where we last saw him is why we think he went down to the village. Well, that, and there are places to hide."

>>192181
From the mist,
"Bah"

>>192175
"No, it was in front of us. That's why he ran the opposite direction."
Cavaliere
6bae2c1
?
No.192183
192186 192194
>>192182
I don't have a list of all our taggers-along handy. Don't we have some Kostroma crew from the village? Couldn't we ask them if they saw him?
Posey
5135ba9
?
No.192184
>>192182
"At last."
Posey canters towards the sound, brandishing her lead
"Come now, Mary, we don't want to leave you here in the cold."
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
6f97275
?
No.192186
>>192183
I believe so, yes.
The Floof and The Noodle
d62b663
?
No.192187
192194
>>192182
Silver looks over at where the sinking ship is. "So, he may have thought, perhaps, that he could find radio on board old ship to contact sea plane from?"
Posey
5135ba9
?
No.192188
Once Posey finds the sheep, she puts a lead on her and brings her back to the herd.

I sleep now.