Welcome back to Occupied Equestria, an RP set in a conquered Equestria, using D&D 3.5e mechanics, and based in large part on the My Little Pony mod for Hearts of iron 4, Equestria at War
The party has successfully stopped the Communists of Baltimare from importing guns and foreign advisers in preparation for a revolt. They have also raided a Griffin freighter involved in arms trafficking, and are prepared to leave and end their long night.
>>74343"wow thats quite the story. im sorry things didnt work out like you wanted."
Dark Star places his hoof on her shoulder
"tell me a little more about the apoge"
>>74341That looks decent enough.
[kirin noises]
*Pets doggo*
>>74348"The Agoge is the formal citizenship test. It consists of a few steps. The first is sword fighting, or sort fencing. The second step is a speed and agility flight competition. How fast you can fly relays, how well you avoid obstacles, fly in danger... The final part was to break into the homes and shops of helots and steal specific items. Now, I barely passed sword fighting, and am an okay flier. Not great, but I passed by a decent enough margin. But I came back with the objectives of several other ponies besides myself on the stealth missions. That's not really in the rules, but they didn't care. I became a citizen. I was also a part of an intelligence gathering association, to spy on the Helots to see if they are planning rebellion. What I heard... I think I got more than one. Maybe that's why that tailor helot was so pissed off at me"
And did I mention that she likes being touched?
>>74347And thus she finds passion fruit, mangoes, and starfruit. A little far north for some of those as well
>>74346"Can you believe what happened last night?
"Let's be real, they can't stop crime anyways
"Hey, did you talk to that girl?"
"Yeah, but I don't think she likes me"
"Like how does that guy think he's going to ever clear that property?"
"I can see why he thinks the police will help but this clearly is not their jurisdiction"
"Well, let's see if the city council will want to give up on the plan to develop that area, or do something different"
>>74341Pass
>>74344What kind of lead is he looking for?
>>74352I move closer to where the third conversation is taking place.
>>74352Is that a yes on the "walk to this direction" thing or not? You kinda left it muddy for some reason. In other words, do I reach the camp or the hut?
>>74352"Say blue what do you do for the Black Hooves?"
>>74354I'm sure you did. He only had to retrace his steps.
He returns to find that Sister Ash as set up a hut, with a large dog sitting outside it like a sentry.
>>74353Our little eaves dropper hears this conversation coming from a pair of office workers returning to the zoning commission office after a lunch break.
"Well, it's hardly a normal occurrence, but he got the permits for it even after the archaeological surveys."
"Well, no shit. How many ponies can't develop their lot because of monsters left behind from an ancient burial ground?"
"I'm pretty sure that's not that rare"
>>74354Yes
>>74355"My official title is 'anti-subversive activities.' Practically speaking the vast majority of what I do is following Blackhooves employees or civilian officials and seeing if they are taking bribes, stealing weapons, actually sympathize with the rebels, and so forth. I've done more than a little infiltration into communist groups around here, which is why I was a part of the team last night. Besides that, I have more than a little bit of knowledge about changelings and how to find them, since we have those in the East as well. So I help with the identification. Your friend, 'Onyx' I think his name is, was arrested on suspicion of being one and I was called in to certify. I found he wasn't one after a chemical we apply to try to disrupt their magic, well, he didn't turn into a changeling. So he was cleared. Not that I have seen many in the field. So yes, I am a sort of general purposes anti-subversive activities officer. We're a bit short staffed, so I work a lot of overtime and jobs I'm technically not required to do"
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>>74357>>74356Iron goes towards Ash. "Alright, when shall we go to the location of the lost child? I am ready for it."
>>74358He walks in to find her peeling a mango.
"Oh, you're back. How was your trip?" She says, grabbing her shields (all 4 of them).
>>74357"Theres still something worrying me. Why Do you think a changeling was impersonating mareques? "
>>74357I walk to the front of the office and try to get their attention. "Hello."
>>74359Iron grimaced. "I prepared for the mission. Nothing more than that." He clangs the shield and armor with his armoured hoof. He then approaches some more and sits next to her. "May I have a slice of that mango?"
>>74360And she has a look of worry as well. "Well, that's kind of what I want to find out as well. I grabbed what must have been her briefcase, since hopefully she had some documents in there. They are magically enchanted though, so we'll need some time to get a wizard to open those. Anyways, there could be a number of reasons. Maybe the Changeling Empire wants to keep track of the Communists in south east Equestria, and so replaced a Stalliongrad spy they intercepted. Maybe that changeling was actually a Stalliongrad agent. The simplest answer is that the Changelings want to destabilize South East Equestria in advance of an invasion, or to prevent the use of these provinces for resources. And maybe it's something worse..."
>>74361"Hello"
"Hello"
>>74362She hands him the whole thing, cut in pieces
>Already had time to eat"Off we go then." she says, visinly weighed down by the wooden panels.
>>74363"I shouldn't be getting into other ponies' business... but I couldn't help but hear something about monsters."
>>74363Dark Star touches his hoof to his chin and starts thinking.
"Hmmmmmmmmmmm"
>>74364Iron snacks on all the mango pieces. "Let me carry those shields you are holding. You seem overloaded." Iron attempts to take off some of the smaller shields Ash is carrying.
She gives him the off-hand shield, and leads the way towards the cannery.
>>74368Iron recieves it and follows Ash along the way. "Do you know what will we face off?
>>7436 →"Nope." She says flatly
"I'm going to investigate that now." She continues, adjusting her shawl
Late dinners are late.>>74352Primarily, he's looking for a lead into if the Waterfront Gang has had anything to do with the massacre at the pier, preferably listening from a member of the gang itself. Though with what little he knows about the gang, he's decides to just ask around to see if somepony can lead him in the right direction.
>>74370Iron nods. He prepares his shield, holding it with his armoured off-hand
>>74373He did get a tower shield, right?
>>74366"Well, there's still time in my lunch break if you want to do something together"
She tries to look cute
>>74365And thus Spark learns the benefit of being a government employee, as they do indeed have the time to just talk to strangers rather than doing work
t. public sector"Yeah, so in North city there was this area of lots that were cleared to allow for multifamily and some businesses by this business pony named Glass Horizon, and one of these lots had an old house on it with what was always believed to be a flooded quarry. And all this required a change in zoning in that area, because there was a plan by the city to develop new business over there, and well, gentrify a blighted area. But when the excavated around the old house they found grave sites, which was okay because they were native graves, too old to be protected by law, but when they drained the quarry... well, it wasn't a quarry, because whoever made that rocky set of crypts did not have good intent. It's hardly a severe infestion because the necromancer that must have done that has been gone since before Equestrian settlement, so most of the dangers are gone, but it is enough to keep crews off the area"
>>74368Where is the cannery?
>>74372>Asking around for gang membersWell that's some sketchy shit. After three ponies of asking, he gets to a Stallion with a beard and a grey suit
"Who wants to know?" he asks
[1d20+12 = 32]>>74376On the East shore, I thought.
Rolling survival to navigate there.
>>74377Also fullplate
>>74378Holy moley, leave the dice rolls for combat.
>>74376"Do you want to get something to eat? like a date."
>>74378Well, she definitely can find her way to the East Shore, a mile to the east and another mile to the north, like 1.3 Diagonally
>>74380She smiles ad wags her tail
"That would be nice"
>>74379That's an AC of 22
"Did you keep that hide by any chance?"
>>74381She makes her way there, leading her companions
>>74381"i had a big breakfast this morning. but i can eat some more. being shot really gets you hungry."
>>74376"Necromancer? Sounds cool. Is it off limits to go sight see?"
>>74382"I think I still have it, just not equipped and missing the head." Iron points at the wolf head helmet.
>>74383Iron follows
>>74376He seems a bit confused by the question. "Me. I heard rumor gang was involved in incident on pier. I wanted to learn from proverbial 'pony's mouth'."
>>74386".. Would you mind if I borrowed it?"
>>74388"Of course not." He passes the wolf armor to Ash. "You seem to be readying for a fight."
>>74389".. Oh, you never know when a misunderstanding could occur.." she says
>>74390"I understand. Do not fret to use me as cover. I am here to protect you after all." Iron strokes her mane a little.
>>74381What kind of neigh-borhood does it look like?
>>74384"I would like that. We've been sort of thrown into the fire together, so we haven't really had much chance to, well grow accustomed. So this could be our first date I guess. Where do you want to take me on our first date?"
She walks past him with her sleek appearance, and rubs her long blue tail against Dark Star's face.
She gives him another devious look
"While I don't want to come off as well, 'loose,' I do like to kiss on a first date. I think of myself as a romantic"
>>74387"Again, I ask who are you? Are you with the police?" says the fancily dressed stallion
>>74385"Oh you can go up to the edge of the lot, that's open. The dangerous area is off limits, so going in there would be trespassing. That means Glass Horizons can't be sued if somepony goes in and gets killed"
>>74383Well, she can get to the east shore, which she finds is mostly seaport
>>74393She continues to look for the cannery, with a firm resolve.
>>74394She's found a shitload of industrial buildings and waterfront properties, that is for sure. So what does a cannery look like?
>>74393"Neat. Can you point it out on my map so I won't get lost? I tend to do that."
I pull out my map.
>>74393"My name is Silver. I am not with anyone but myself."