Dark Star has been contracted by the occupying government to lead a team to infiltrate and stop a meeting of the Communist party in Baltimare. He discovers that they are importing arms, and more importantly, special forces advisers from foreign nations. Things reach a literal boiling point when a warehouse of gasoline drums is set on fire, and now we will see who will live and who will die
Welcoming Silver, the unicorn fighter
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>>72362Iron opens the door of the superstructure.
>>72365Fucking attacked. Roll damage for him, because I'm not sure what that would be
>>72363A dorm. This one is empty. One bed is unmade, three of them are
>>72366Ash is looking into a room in the hallway. There is a stairwell to his immediate right
>>72363I'm getting ready to pass out, tbh...
[1d4+1 = 5]
Damage
"I really need to go back and pick up my blades, I've only got 6 left now" he Eeeee's to himself.
>>72367Iron goes down the stairs, see if he finds anypony down there.
>>72367She decides to return to the stairwell and find the party, since she isn't sure what she was looking for in the first place.
>>72370Down stairs he can see an entrance to what must be a cargo hold, another to a different cargo hold, and one to a boiler room
>>72370>>72371>>72365>>72354>>72280A single gunshot is heard from a deck or two above
>>72371She can see an open door with Dark Star and Brie
>>72369He yells in a foreign language
Fuck. I'm dying. It's 1:30 and I have shit to do tomorrow.
Goodnight.
>>72372Iron decides to calmly find a way up the stairs towards the shot that was fired. He thinks the advisor mare is where the shot went off.
>>72374Night >>72374F, Night
>>72373"Guess it wasn't a spell then,...."
>>72372"I don't suppose that was any of our friends was it?" I run to the stairwell and begin to go up stairs.
>>72375>>72377Circular, going up two flights
>>72379I go up both flights and check out the top floor.
Iron finishes the climb. "I will go first." He starts the walk towards the shot.
>>72380>>72381"Bang. Bang"
There are two open doors. There is the far end, and a closer door
>>72382Could we tell where the sounds were coming from?
>>72382Iron, curious at the supposedly random shots he's hearing, keeps going closer to the shooting.
>>72384>>72385Upstairs relative to your position
>>72386More upstairs than our current position at the top floor?
>>72387Not if you are already there
>>72387>>72386Iron keeps going to the noise, going upstairs to know what is going on?
>>72389All Iron can know is that the gunshots came from the top floor
>>72388Then I guess we better check those open doors first. I go to the first open door and look inside.
>>72385>>72384>>72390Dark star is right behind iron
>>72392>>72391>>72393One open door at the far end, one door to the left, one door to the right
>>72394Iron checks the door on his left.
>>72394Dark Star opens the one to the right
>>72395As he opens the door, he can see that there is a bed in the center of the room against the left wall, a door to the far right, a dresser to the far right, a griffon corpse close to his right, and.... Hello. It's a griffon, standing on her hind legs. White feathers through and through, wearing a flak jacket that looks damaged, and holding a revolver in her right claw, and documents in her left. There is a door behind her. She is looking at iron, with the most deer-in-headlights expression possible. She was not expecting to see you. Well, any of you
[1d20+8 = 23]>>72397"Drop the gun and lay down right now or you'll regret it."
>>72398She opens the door, and steps through
[1d20+8 = 27]>>72398*you will
**he glares daggers at the griffon
>>72399Iron follows. "Hey! Do not think you can run! I want answers!"
>>72401He gets a response from her
"The Sunset police are on the wharf by now"
>>72402"I am not so sure that they are police, judging by their weapons. They do not use batons." Iron closes the distance "Why are you here, shooting your kind?"
>>72402So... is she simply in a different room, or is she running down a hall or something?
>>72403"I could ask you the same question. They are Military Police"
She looks back and behind Iron. She has a foot out the door
>>72404She is in the first room on the left in the hallway. She is stepping slightly out a door on the opposite side from the hallway that basically has to lead outside to a balcony
>>72405Silence to this question
>>72406"Are you with the revolution?"
>>72406"If you are not a member of this boat's crew, you should know the area is mostly clear out the boat. As for my role, I just came as muscle." Iron looks back at the documents. "Are you looking for those papers?"
>>72407"No. Would I have shot them if I were?"
She moves a claw down to try to rummage through a dresser next to her
>>72408"Would I have grabbed them I were not?"
>>72409"You could be playing coy." Iron tries to look behind her shoulder
or whatever the top part of the arm is for a griffon "So, you are not going to say to potential allies about your mission? We could escort you out if you want."
>>72409On the right side above her shoulder is just the door, on the left side above her is the Night sky
>>72410>>72410"An interested party. Who hired you?"
Her right claw is inside the dresser now
>>72412Can I see enough past her to see the balcony?
>>72413If you are on the other side of Iron, sure
>>72412"This stallion next to me. Says it's some political faction from the region. He could tell you more if you were more cooperative. I am sure he only fights against the ones that worship the red star."
[1d20+3 = 19]>>72414I move to the other side of Iron and cast an image of Blue Skies behind her on the balcony. We will know her true allegiance based on how she reacts to that. Plus, if she tries to escape, she may fire at the image, giving us a chance to stop her.
>>72416Here's hoping the GM sees it before responding to my dialogue
>>72416She jumps back for a moment, then pokes her gun through the image, to confirm that it is in fact a false image
>>72415"What assurance do i have that you won't kill me?"
>>72412"Thats an interesting story."
>>72419"Well you told us you weren't a communist."
>>72422"Hired me? i volunteered."
>>72423"The Sunset Police are on the wharf"
>>72419"To start, you did not shoot first and ask questions later. You also are killing our mutual enemy, so that chalks up as allies for the time being."
>>72424"I Believe those are the reservists."
>>72425>>72424At this, she moves forward, and goes to a dresser away from the door
>>72426"Indeed they are. Do you think they will spare all of you in their sweep?"
>>72427"Well? Your cause cannot be worse than an uprising by the weakest ponies imaginable, I do not think you can go wrong with siding with us. Unless you want to get shot down as you escape."
>>72428"That Depends on if some information was passed along."
>>72429"You don't have a gun on you"
>>72430"Information is quite a commodity indeed"
She is searching a drawer
>>72431"im guessing this isn't your ship."
>>72432This solicits a laugh
"Nope. There's Gold here somewhere if you want something more interesting than me"
>>72431"For me, there is no need for guns. However, we have a stealhier means of escape if it bothers you too much." He looks to Dark Star "And from what he says, we may not even need it."
>>72433Iron cocks his head. "Are you saying there is gold on this ship?"
>>72433"oh really? and why would someone such as yourself Not Be going for the gold? unless Are you with a Government Agency?"
>>72435"How many of those soldiers and officers do you think will recognize you as vicariously working for Sunset, if that is who you claim to be working for? And probably, I don't think all of these guns are donations"
>>72437"I guess it is true." He lets Star keep up the questioning.
>>72436"I was. Then you all showed up"
>>72438"Then do you have a way out of here? I don't imagine you will be flying"
>>72439"I do not want to tell you our escape plan when you cannot even tell your motivations for shooting these griffons or any info you can give. You were not exactly subtle." Iron shrugs. "It is a mutual agreement. You tell me what you want, know and need, and I will let you know your escape plan."
She shifts positions back to the dresser by the bedside
>>72441"Oh I don't need to know it, I was just curious if you had one. Do
you want info?"
>>72440"Who are you with?"
>>72442"Of course I want info." Iron points to Dark Star with his head "Or at least he does. You may have important info on these people aboard the ship, judging by how there are strewn out docuemnts here." He walks to the document and skims it. "I am sure we can fit you in our plans if you help us."
>>72444There are no documents strewn out, just ones she is carrying
>>72444>>72445*how you are carrying documents
>>72443"I work for Sunset"
>>72444Okay, I want to know, is Iron trying to close some of the distance between her and himself?
>>72448"This was a test mission for the Black hooves For me."
>>72448You can say that. Sure, I'm closing the distance, but not to the point of being uncomfortable or posing a danger.
>>72448"'Sunset'? What group is that?."
>>72449"Judging by the gunshots you left a hell of a lot of dead communists. Let's hope your mission wasn't so secret you never get the credit for it"
>>72450This action spooks her. She quickly swings backwards, and jumps on the railing, and partly jumps off, spreading wings
>>72451Iron snickers. "I see no real reason to hurt you. Do not be afraid." Iron coughs "You still did not answer my question, what is your group?." Iron stays in place.
>>72451> Let's hope your mission wasn't so secret you never get the credit for it"Dark star is quiet for a second
"they Dont actually Do that right?"
>>72452I think I misread the damn lines again. She left already, didn't she?
>>72452She stops, but she is on top of the railing, and would fall off if she fell backwards. "I believe I just told you"
>>72453"Ask yourself how many of their officials you talked to, and how many have seen these two" Points with a claw towards Iron and Shimmer
>>72454That actually is how it was written and intended, but this works as well
>>72455Iron shakes his head. "Sorry, your acrobatics distracted me for a bit. I meant what does your group do or represent?"
>>72456"To make sure this ship doesn't escape its berth"
>>72457"
The Guardian Protector of Western Ponykind against the Griffin and Changeling menace" she says with a very definite tone of sarcasm
>>72459"I was looking for it when you found me. Not like I could fly with it anyways"
>>72458Iron laughs. "You have some sense of humor, pretending to work for an organization that actively hunts your kind." Iron composes himself. "I suppose it's a small band of thieves then?"
>>72460"As for your carrying problem," Iron adds, "we indeed can help you with that. But we cannot become... "friends" if you are so secretive about your motivations.
>>72461"From a certain perspective it is a very big band of thieves"
>>72462"You're right, I don't think you and I
can become friends."
>>72461>>72459Her expression changes
"Why don't we split this gold? The police will be here soon"
>>72463"that seems like a plan to me."
>>72463Iron shrugs "If you have it on you, then sure. But I would rather see it with my own two eyes before just trusting your word for it."
Should we stop at this point? I think Brie would be important for this part, seeing how there's a rival NPC who wants the gold and all >>72465>>72465"I've never seen it myself, I just assume at least some of those guns out there were paid for"
>>72464"Tell you what. Your handler will know there was something on this ship. Hand it over to them"
>>72466"It is a fair assumption." Iron pokes his chin. "Just do not do anymore funny moves when I am close to you. You do not have to comply to that, but it is distracting for me to see you doing that." Iron scratches his chin. "So, where did you search so far? We can group up to avoid any scuffles with guards around here."