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>>72721
>>72722
Skies prances off to the left. When Iron opens the door, he can see that it is a room with desks on the left and far walls, with a large table in the center. More importantly, Spark is holding a rifle and hanging his head in shame near a chest on the far side of the room

>>72702
If he wants to reach a police roadblock, he could do that

>>72723
>>72721
"What are you doing? You dropped the bottle and broke it or something?"

>>72725
"Never that. I can't get into this chest. I suppose you might though. Want to give it a shot?"

[1d20+5 = 24]
>>72726
"I guess I can try to break it." Iron walks towards the chest, turns around, aims for the chest and releases a buck on the chest.

>>72727
And with that, the lock seems to break, and it pops right the hell open

>>72712
>>72717
>>72721
>>72726
>>72727
Woke up just to kek at this.
Okay, now I sleep again.

>>72728
>>72726
"Well, there it is. Give me some of the loot it has. I would appreciate a reward for my efforts."

>>72730
"Feel free to take whatever. I'm not in this for the money." I look inside it.

>>72731
>>72730
And indeed, it looks like this is the fabled treasure chest. There seem to be two rows of 5 golden bricks. The bricks look a little dull, but still of shiny precious metal, and are stamped as from the Winding River Mine of the East forbidden Jungles

>>72732
Spark is more than a little confused as to why they stashed this in the navigation room, but hands the bars to the eager Iron.

>>72732
Iron nods in approval and takes 3 of the bricks. "I will be taking some of that."

>>72733
Iron is somewhat confused. "You can take at least one of them. You are making me feel bad."

>>72735
"I don't have use for these things. I might have a use for a few bits, but we will worry about that some other time. I think that is all the rooms on this floor. Do we have time to explore the one below us?"

>>72736
"It seems the giant force outside will not shoot at us, so I believe that we can." He is busy trying to fit all the bricks on his person. "I can follow you if you need my strength."

>>72737
"I'm sure I will. Who knows if there are any other foes on this damn boat." I head out of the room and look into the room on the left. "Dark Star? You coming?" mainly using this as an excuse to see if Blue Skies is in there still and will come along, but hopefully Dark will wake up

>>72738
Iron nods. He decides to use the chest as an impromtu gold carrier, placing all gold bricks in the chest and carrying it on his back. He then follows Spark.

>>72738
He sees Blue Skies in this room. Blue Skies is tearing up the room. She has flipped the bed over

>>72740
"Umm... is everything ok?"

>>72741
"Yes. Can I borrow a knife?"

>>72742
I give her the dagger I borrowed from her.

>>72743
She takes it, and promptly starts disemboweling the mattress

>>72744
I watch, with a tiny bit of nervousness. "Looking for something?"

>>72744
"What are you looking for?" Iron asks as he enters the room.

>>72746
>>72745
"An important document"
She pauses a moment.
"I don't think it is on this level"

>>72747
"Then let's hurry and search around. Want to try the next floor down?"

>>72747
"Now that you mention it. I think that griffon took some documents with her. I could not skim the contents though. Bird was a fast one." Iron ponders. "Anything special about the document? Any signs or emblems to recognize it?"

>>72749
She looks up at him, with a look of concern. "It may be gone now."

>>72748
"Sure, let's go down one level"

>>72750
"Alright. You lead, unicorn." Iron stands behind Spark.

>>72750
I lead the group downstairs to the next level down and look around.

>>72752
>>72751
Down one level is another hallway. Six doors in total, one on each side

>>72753
That's a lot of doors. Any votes on which to do first?

>>72754
"I suggest we go to the last door on this walkway. I hold this position if any sneaky survivors attempts to pass through and escape." He unequips his spiked gauntlets.

>>72755
"And what if the sneaky survivors are inside of the room?"

>>72755
Wait. What is meant by "This walkway"?

>>72756
"Well, if you need my protection I can follow you. I supposed you could handle some cowards that hide from danger."

>>72758
"Sounds like you are the one scared to me." I go open the furthest door.

>>72757
*corridor, if you want.

>>72759
"Oh, alright. I will follow." Iron follows behind Spark

>>72758
>>72759
>>72761
Door furthest, on the left, is.......

The room is empty. It is a nicer cabin with a bed and some dressers, and smells like cigars

>>72762
I turn to Blue Skies. "Want to disassemble this room while we check the others?"

>>72762
"Seems like it is Redclaw's room." Iron search the room.

>>72764
She laughs. "You're catching on. I'm getting the impression that not all of the items the advisors came with left the ship. That is, seeing as even basic clothing and the like were not found in the rolling mill or on the motor boat. I'm guessing they intended to get it later"

>>72763
"You certainly could, yes"

>>72765
I go to the door opposite this one on the right and open it.

>>72765
Iron starts to leave the room "If you find something of personal value of him, would you give it to me?"
>>72766
Iron follows Spark

>>72764
This room does not actually look entirely well kept. The bed is unmade, and it looks as if a cushion beneath the mattress has been removed

>>72767
"You want a trophy, or a memento?"

>>72766
It too, is empty, with a similar design. The bed is made, has been moved to the precise center, and the dressers appear to have been aligned to make the room symmetrical. On the other wall, a mirror sits in the precise center, with two lamps that are each equidistant from the wall.

A lone chair has been pushed up against the side of the wall to allow for more space

>>72768
>trophy or memento
"Memento."

>>72768
"I have to admit. This one is nice. We will comb them over once we secure them all though." On to the next one, to the right next to this one we just checked.

>>72770
Iron of course follows.

[1d2 = 1]
>>72769
"A shame he had to go down to unseen and non-uniformed attackers in an ambush. Then again, I'm sure he had seen very many of his friends killed in ambushes, and expected he would die the same way. To those GLA types, the Griffonion commoners possess a unrivaled strength. No enemy dare oppose the griffon worker directly, they only ever try to subvert it, surprise it, or mislead it. No, it's not an individual strength, but a collective one. A whole tribe. I think he felt vindicated, in a weird way, in his final moments. No creature dare oppose the Griffin worker on an even battlefield"

[1d20+1 = 12]
>>72770
>>72771
Roll for initiative

[1d20 = 16]
>>72773
Rolling

>>72775
Before I attack, can I put more than +3 on damage through power attack when fully unarmed?

>>72774
>>72775
Behind this door was a griffon with knife in claw, waiting for his foe. But it looks like Iron and Shimmer have the upper hoof

Iron, then Shimmer, then the griffon

>>72776
You can

>>72774
Shimmer has a "club" if you don't trust magic or guns

[1d20+7 = 25]
Iron charges at the offending griffon with his hooves, placing +5 hit chance to damage.

[1d3+10 = 12]
>>72779
Well, that certainly hits. I'm unsure how he could have an attack modifier of +7 if he has 5 on power attack though

>>72779
>>72780
With a single punch, the griffin is impaled through the chest, and stops breathing

>>72780
Cuz I charged at him. Normal modifier is +10 and charge grants +2 and takes AC -2
>>72781
Iron is somewhat annoyed by this prospect. "Damn, I punched him too hard. I wanted him alive."

>>72781
>>72782
The sorcerer takes a small step away from Iron. "I-is it clear in there now?"

>>72782
He needs like 20 feet to charge, and you don't have that here. I guess he would be alive if the spikes were not used, though he would still not be conscious

>>72783
Yes

[1d20 = 5]
>>72783
Iron scouts the area, looking for some more enemies.

>>72784
I'll keep that in mind.

>>72785
He does not see anything threatening in the room

>>72787
>>72783
"Yes, it is clear."

>>72787
On to the next room opposite this one. Any enemies should surender if they value their lives because even if we aren't trying to kill them, we destroy them.

>>72789
Iron follows as usual.

>>72788
>>72789
>>72790
When they open the next room, they see another room with beds in it. This one houses 10 suitcases

I call out to Blue Skies. "This room may interest you. Come see this."

>>72791
"Thae place is empty, it seems."

>>72793
*this

>>72793
"We don't know what the suitcases have though. It could be clothes, but it could be documents."

>>72792
She comes over "Well, would you look at this"

>>72793
"Hardly"

>>72796
"Enemy-wise, it is." Iron looks at Skies. "Found anything of Redclaw?"

>>72797
"Yes, I found this. Unless you'd rather have a cigar or a hat, or a bandana. But it looks like this is what Redclaw brought with him to remind him of his home"

She shoes him a cut wooden animal
"This is a carving of a water buffalo. A very strong animal, used to pull plows and carry rice. The farmers of that region would have used them extensively. Maybe he worked with them as a chick, I can't say. But to him it probably symbolized the farmers, which he no doubt identified himself with."

>>72795
"Do you have some sort of magic detection?"

>>72798
Iron takes the animal. "Thank you, Skies. I will remember his strength in combat, even when I did not challenge him directly." Iron turns to the suitcases. "He has a horn on his head, so he should have."

>>72798
"I believe so. What do you need?"

>>72800
"I want to find the changeling's suitcase. She no doubt guarded it magic. It will produce a signature that you could detect"

[1d20+3 = 19]
"I see. And one of these might be it then?" I cast Detect Magic.

>>72802
And sure enough, it shows a number of magical signatures in the area. A spell on the threshold of the door, a magical signature from Blue Skies herself, and three separate magical signatures from the third suitcase on the right in the set

[1d20+3 = 17]
>>72803
"Well... I'm picking up that the door is magic, and three things of magical quality in that suitcase there." I point out the third suitcase on the right. "I'm guessing that the magic on the door is something to worry about though. Who puts magic on a door?"

>>72804
You know I'm tired when I'm leaving the dice up again

>>72804
"Someone who wants to set an alarm"

>>72805
You can take it as a disarm magic if you want.

>>72806
"I suppose her briefcase is also an alarm?"

>>72808
"Oh no, There are spells if you want to keep somepony from reading something. Or opening a lock"

>>72806
"Well, we already triggered it now that the door is open. As long as it doesn't try and shoot me or spill my drink, I'm fine."
>>72809
"And I don't suppose there is a way around that?"

>>72810
"For a lock? The lock itself cannot be disarmed by any means but magic. The suitcase itself, however, is breakable. As for the spells on the documents, they will need a dispel magic spell, but that can wait"

>>72811
"In that case, we should just take the case with us."

>>72812
"That'll work"

>>72813
"While you take that and check the other cases for anything of use, I'll go for the next door."
I motion Iron to follow.

>>72814
Iron follows.

>>72814
I think we lost Iron. This will probably take until tomorrow

>>72816
Hah, gottem

>>72815
I open the next door.
>>72816
>>72817
Kek

[1d20+2 = 7]
[1d20 = 14]
[1d20 = 11]
>>72818
>>72817
When she moves through the door, an alarm like sound can be heard, roughly coinciding with the opening of the door to two hostile griffons. Roll for initiative

[1d20 = 18]
>>72819
Rolling.
>>72820
We didn't disarm the alarm spell when Blue Skies entered the door behind us.

>>72820
>>72821
Looks like the initiative is Spark, Griffin, Iron, Griffin, and Blue, who was over at the other door

>>72821
>>72822

Try to kick the griffon before me. I still have low HP

[1d20 = 8]
>>72823
Same here. I got 7 hit points left.
>>72822
Using rifle as a club again. Hopefully staring death in the face makes me swing harder. I attack the one closes to Iron.

>>72824
Forgot -1

[1d20+2 = 20]
>>72824
>>72823
Ooh.... It appears the rifle misses

A griffin attacks Iron with a knife

>>72824
Great.

>>72826
Owie. Artificial 20

[1d4+1 = 3]
>>72823
>>72827
The knife goes through Iron's hide and pierces flesh. Now it's Iron's turn

>>72829
Iron punches nonlethally at the griffon whose turn has not started yet, placing +5 to damage through power attack.

[1d20+5 = 12]
>>72830
Forgot dice

[1d3+10 = 11]
>>72831
>>72830
Good enough

[1d20+2 = 8]
>>72830
>>72825
The griffin is knocked out cold. Now, Blue moves over, and quickly draws a knife to attack the other griffin

[1d20 = 8]
>>72833
>>72825
>>72831
She is not as skilled with the knife as she is with the crossbow or carbine it seems. Now, another griffon joins from behind

>>72833
Is Atlas at it again? Am I discount Onyx in this situation? Also, for the record, I have cleave as my bonus feat. I'll be sure to use it next round.

>>72831
>>72825
With one griffin out, the order of initiative is again, Spark, Griffin, Iron, Griffin, Blue

>>72836
Please Spark get some decent rolls, at least damage the enemy this time. Pray to the dice gods, Spark.

[1d20-1 = -14]
>>72836
Please rifle. I know we have had nothing but disagreements, but you need to hit something now. I attack the closest griffon to Iron.
>>72837
*dice god prayers intensify*

[1d6-1 = -5]
[1d20+2 = 7]
>>72838
Hit. Rolling damage, and the Griffin's attack

>>72837
>>72839
>>72838
Spark does serious harm to the griffin, while it fails to hit Iron. Iron's turn Attack the uninjured griffin

[1d20+5 = 18]
>>72840
I was going to do that lol

Iron again unleashes his hooves nonlethally at the new griffon, same +5 modifier and all.

[1d3+10 = 12]
>>72841
He spins around, and hits the new griffin with a roundhouse kick

[1d20+5 = 6]
>>72842
Iron activates his cleave attack to attack the injured griffon nonlethally.

[1d20+6 = 21]
>>72841
>>72842
>>72838
Blue Skies, for her part, drops the knife, and pulls from her vest a weapon she is familiar with, a .38 special. She takes a shot at the griffin who stabbed Iron

[2d6 = 10]
>>72844
>>72843
Iron, in his attempt to spin around o hit the other griffin, falls flat, and knocks Blue down in the process. But not before blue lands a hit with her .38

>>72838
>>72843
>>72845
The griffin is dead, the other two griffins are unconscious, both blue and iron lay on the floor, and tipsy has not been spilled

>>72845
>>72846
Iron groans in discomfort. "Sorry, Skies. You may hit me twice for that little stunt of mine."

>>72847
"I will remember. Let's get the suitcase, get Dark Star, and get the hell off this ship and out of the harbor"

>>72846
Any fight Tipsy walks away from is a victory.
"Ok... we got gold and cases of secrets. What else did we come here for?" I check inside the room to make sure it is indeed empty in there.

>>72848
"Roger." He stands up and picks Skies up to her hooves. "Let us move."

>>72850
"Got it." I head back to the stairs and go up to get Dark Star.

>>72849
It is empty

>>72850
Blue likes being touched in such a way, and reacts with a somewhat sensual purring

>>72849
Blue is dumbfounded
"Is that the same drink you got at the bar six hours ago?"

>>72852
"Maybe..."
I hide the glass from view.

>>72852
Iron cocks an eyebrow. "Alright. I will be sure to touch you like that, then." Iron looks at the now gone Spark. "Also, yes, I think he is a drunkard of sorts with his infatuation with that bottle."

>>72854
*remove 'now gone'

>>72854
"I don't drink."
I hold the glass out to show it is still full.

>>72856
>>72854
She has a look of mild concern for Shimmer now
"I will check the other suitcases quickly." She picks up the knife again

>>72857
>>72856

He looks at Spark and then at Spark. "Who shall I follow?"

>>72858
*change one of the Spark with Skies

>>72858
"Stay with her. I'm grabbing Dark Star and if somehow I don't make it down stairs with him, carry on without us. You got everything you need to complete the mission." I run upstairs and attempt to drag Dark down with me.

>>72860
"Roger." Iron stands guard at the door of the room Skies is rummaging through the suitcases.

>>72861
Alright, here's hoping Dark Star comes tomorrow. I'll stay for 15 more minutes and then I'll go to bed, just in case I have to fight some griffons protecting Skies.

>>72862
She asks him "You want to open some locked suitcases?"

[1d20+5 = 22]
>>72863
"Sure." Iron proceeds to get near the first locked suitcase she points at and buck it hard.

>>72864
And it is opened right the hell open
"Just a couple more of these"

[1d20+5 = 19]
[1d20+5 = 21]
>>72865
Iron keeps doing his current task.

>>72866
"I think we've found your true calling in life. You could work for customs."
She goes to work looking for anything of value or note in the suitcases

>>72867
"Anything interesting that you have found?" Iron looks to see if all suitcases are open already.

>>72868
All of them are open
"Indeed." She holds a passport, and a briefcase

>>72870
I have beaten the GM on sleep deprivation! I am KING! Also going to bed

>>72870
Night for Spark and you.

>>72870
>>72872
Goodnight

>slept through the only conflict in the night
"Ummmm, do you ponies need any help..?"

>>72876
>>72875
Shh. GM is asleep. Where was your character at? I can guide him with little deviation.

>>72877
*Her
Idk, somewhere between the ship and the motorboat.

>>72878
Well, you can pretend you went back to Dark Star, which I believe is also the first poster of today, and then Spark finds both of you in the room. Apart from that, I do not know if you could do much else.

>>72877
one second. im reading.

>>72879
Alright. I think I'll go with that.

>>72881
By the way, Ash should have heard that the giant army outside is non-hostile. At least that is what Skies wants Iron to believe, and I remember that you were there with me.

>>72885
>>72884
Oh yeah, I should have remembered that bit in particular. Basically we somewhat made up and accidentally tripped her. I am not sure why she did that. Did I grab her by the pussy or something?

Dark Star snaps back to realityoh no there goes the gravity from pondering all of the events that has happend in the last 2 days.
"Whats going on?"

>>72883
She do believe that they're hostile. She's just worried that they may be if the party encounters them.

>>72889
Which ones?

>>72889
The ones with spiked gauntlets, probably not. The ones using fists, sure.

>>72889
>>72894
i think gm said the ones you hit without the gauntlets are just KOd

>>72888
>>72895
I wonder if Sparkboi will appear in the afternoon. I somehow doubt it.

Alright, we're definitely making a new thread, because this isn't working even for me by now

>>72875
It is kind of a shame, since she was looking specifically for Dark Star, and went where he would have been

>>72887
Time to leave the ship

>>72889
I think the first one was hit with spikes. That one is dead if that is so. The second and third one were knocked unconscious. The fourth one received a bad clubbing by Shimmer, and then a bad set of damage die from Blue's .38. It is dead

>>72897
The first ambush of the night was with hooves, so it's alive. The second, where the alarm sounded, I knocked out two more. Last one is that.

>>72897
So... you will post the link here when you start the thread, right?

>>72897
"Hey Blue."

>>72900
When he sees her, she has discarded the vest she was wearing earlier, rendering her naked again. She carries a suitcase under her left wing, and a smaller briefcase under her right wing. She smiles when she sees him
“Hello”

>>72901
Iron is guarding the entrance to the room where the lovebirds are.

>>72901
"Im sorry i got absorbed in my thoughts, i didnt expect All This to happen when i accepted the mission, i just have no idea how im gonna explain all this. they probably wont even accept me into the party now."
Dark Star seem sad after he says this.

>>72897
Aww, too bad for them.

"... So.. what's the plan?"

>>72905
Iron turns to Ash. "It is either walk away like nothing happened or get on the boat."

>>72907
"Dark Star makes the calls here. It seems we are not in imediate danger." Iron strokes Ash's mane. "So you do not need to fear another battle."

>>72907
She looks towards the boat
"... I had hoped to avoid becoming too overly involed in Equestrian political affairs for a while.. I would prefer to take my leave as soon as possible.."

>>72908
*Purrs like a cat*
"..... Oh, yes.. that's fine then."

>>72903
She puts a hoof on him. “That blood loss must be getting to your mind. You’ve successfully stopped the communists from distributing more than a thousand rifles, and you killed two advisers who would have trained them how to use those rifles effectively, while killing or leaving to be captured more than a dozen communists. All while leaving the impression that the communists were robbed by gangsters”

>>72906
>>72909
“It’s time to leave. Let’s get out of here. Now.”

>>72911
Ash wastes no time in getting down to the boat.

>>72911
Iron nods. "Well, the time is up. Let us leave the premises." He follows Skies and Dark Star.
>>72910
"At least you were not hurt in this battle, Ash. I am glad to see that. Iron keeps stroking her mane.

>>72913
*." Iron
>>72911
>>72912
Will be phoneposting for the time being, so expect slower response time

>>72914
Same.

>>72913
*Purring intensifies*
"... Hmm... I appreciate your concern.."
Ash seems much more relaxed now that all of the gunfire is over.

>>72911
"i do feel a little light headed and Nauseous. lets get out of here."

>>72913
>>72912
Blue Skies follows, in jealous fascination of the affection

>>72918
"Boat is this way."
She has a hoof over his shoulder, and pushes him the direction, as she follows Iron and Ash

>>72919
Iron, in turn, follows Ash out of the boat. He makes sure to stroke her scaly coat after all the mane brushing.

>>72921
>Spoiler image
That's funny.

>>72922
Ikr

>>72919
"Do You think sea breeze will be mad about the fire?"

>>72924
"Hard to say. I don't think you set it, and I don't think it's killed anyone directly, at least yet. Two police officers who responded to the fire were killed by Marecuse"

[1d20 = 2]
>>72925
Sense motive

Okay, new thread https://mlpol.net/vx/res/72927.html

>>72928
No u