Welcome back to thread number like 5 or 6 of Occupied Equestria, a My Little Pony RP based heavily upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and using the mechanics of D&D 3.5, and set in South-East Equestria after it has been conquered and split between the Changelings and a foreign fascist power
Onyx is cleaning glasses, Spark has secured a contract to clear a quarry of Zombies for a real estate developer, Silver is eating meat, Ash and Iron are trying to raid what they believe to be a gangster's den, and Dark Star is holding hooves.
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>>76273"'Good' is one word for this."
>>76271Silver turns to his companions. "What do you all think? Could be there is alternate way into quarry in one of those old farms. Either that, or we set up killzone on one of lower layers of quarry. Let skeletons come up one-by-one and smash them as they meet us."
>>76271Dark Star wretches when he hears that Curwhinnny brought in zebras
"So hes the reason there are ziggers here."
he thinks to himself "Rest In Peace pinkie."
"Yea We can take care of your skeleton problem. is there a reward involved?"
>>76274“Something tells me they aren’t going to come at us one by one... I think we should try a back way from the farms. But you guys are the experts in fighting things. I’ll let you make the choice.”
>>76276Silver thinks on the situation some more. "It is better than being surrounded on all sides, and between my hammer and Onyx's halberd, we might just still cut them down. If we go check farms and one of them has way into quarry, then we must make sure it has suitable exit back out, or else we will have to fight on against skeletons. But, with farms, we might also find something of use to us before we even get into quarry."
>>76277>>76276"i think we should set up a base of sorts at the farmhouse."
>>76278Silver turns to Star and nods. "Then it is settled. We will go to farmhouse."
>>76279“Sounds good.”
I head with the others to the farmhouse.
Onyx follows the group, waiting until he can be useful.
>>76275“Curwhinny did import zebras, yes, but few of any ever left his farm.
There is a reward. We’ll pay in cash”
>>76279Which farmhouse? The dilapidated one, or the one where only a base remains?
>>76280"It has been long while since I have been part of group. Is nice."
>>76282I assume the dilapidated one, as there's not really a farmhouse left on the other farm.
>>76282Onyx's coat visibly shimmers a bit more at the offer of more payment.
>>76283“Yep. I didn’t picture fighting skeletons with a couple of mother ponies when I first came to this town. It’s nice... in a weird sort of way.”
I hold my glass close by my side.
>>76281>>76284Silver is a bit amused and yet worried at the same time by the change. "So, how did bartender like yourself become such skilled halberdier as I have heard you are?"
>>76286"I believe it is what is called 'comradeship' by some ponies." He looks at the glass, wondering what's so special about it.
>>76283"yea like that purple horse used to say Friendship os important."
>>76284"You look shinier."
>>76286"hey give me a sip of tipsy."
>>76287"I was in the military, and someone had to keep ponies from getting too close to the artillery."
>>76288"I do that sometimes"
>>76288“No. Tipsy is not for drinking.”
I hold the glass away from Dark Star.
“Call it crazy if you want, but I don’t feel right without it by my side.”
>>76285>>76283“The Mason Farmhouse has been abandoned for some decades now. We were intending to demolish it now that the zoning committee has okayed the clearing of the lot”
The farm house is elevated a few feet over a crawl space. It is a single floor, and the left side roof is entirely destroyed. All windows are broken. There are bulet holes in the wooden siding, some of which is falling off and all of which has lost its luster. The white paint has mostly flaked off
[1d20-1 = -9]>>76288"I think phrase is 'friendship is magic'."
>>76289"You were in military? Then you must be my neighbor in tavern, one that Glass told me about."
>>76291Search: While Silver isn't an expert on architecture or engineering or whatnot, he still looks around the old farmhouse to make sure the war-torn building isn't going to collapse on them suddenly.
[1d20+5 = 25]>>76292Dark Star helps him search
"yea thats the way she said it."
>>76292The floor is stable enough. He can see that the collapsed roof was actually caused by an artillery shell and not termites, and affects mostly the livingroom
>>76293He sighs, remembering Equestria as it was before the war.
Thank goodness we've got Dark Star's eyes.
>>76293Shit, how much is he searching?
>>76294"I sure do hope no pony died from that..." He enters the farmhouse, satisfied that it won't suddenly crush them all.
>>76301"It is shame if they did."
>>76298A terrible odor greats him when he nears the property. The house is small, and the door is unlocked and will not close. The living room has no roof and most of the roof seems to have been blown away rather than on the living room floor. All furniture in that room has been removed. The bedroom has a bed that is waterdanaged, and is fairly simple. There is a parlor room with a pair of chairs with floral patterns on them - also water damaged. A bathroom has a broken toilet and a medicine cabinet with a shattered mirror. A kitchen has a few cabinets that are empty and an ice box. There are no electric refrigerators and a stove uses wood. All doors in the entire farmhouse are unlocked. Some locks are broken, and some doors will not close.
Underneath the building, in the crawl space, you find the source of the smell: a decaying pony corpse in green uniform
>>76303When Silver finds the bathroom, he checks the medicine cabinet to see if there's anything salvageable left inside. He also calls out to the rest of the group. "Found anything yet?"
>>76303"Oh Celestia,that smells terrible!"
"Theres a body down here colts!"
>>76305"Body...? Let me check medicine cabinet here, then I will come and see."
>>76304The medicine cabinet must have been cleared when the house was abandoned. That, or it has been cleared over the years. A spider wen has developed in it, a glass of cotton swabs has been open and decayed, and a brown bottle of probably rubbing alcohol has fallen to the ground and broken
>>76305"This is a great way to start our mission..."
>>76309“We are about to fight a bunch of those, you do realize.”
>>76310"This one still has flesh though"
>>76308Only mildly disappointed, he closes it back up to go see the body Star is yelling about. His eyes water as he approaches and the smell starts to hit him, but with it not being the first time he's dealt with the decaying dead, he suffers through it.
>>76305"I see what you mean about smell." He uses his magic to turn the body over, trying to get an idea of how he died, and who he was.
>>76310>>76312"Still could be zombie. Do not approach it just yet." He turns to Spark. "How good are you with finding traces of magic?"
>>76311It’s a pony alright. You can’t see much because he’s under the crawl space. He is most definitely not moving
>>76315i lay down and turn my flash light on to get a better view inside.
[1d20+3 = 19]>>76314I have done it just last night. Let’s see if I remember how it goes.”
Cast detect magic.
>>76314"not very good, i would ask spark about that."
>tfw 0 level 0 spells at this level
>>76318Rangers don't have any Orisons.
Also, did you prepare any?
>>76320What's your Wisdom score?
>>76322You should have had exactly 1 bonus spell, had you prepared it in the morning.
>>76316The corpse is well deteriorated, nearly skelectal. Most insects are gone. He is Wearing a standard issue equestrian defense helmet, and a green uniform of the Equestrian Defense forces. There is a bolt action rifle near him of the Luna Nova variety, and a fixed bayonet. The uniform is covered in black stains. A dog tags gives the name “Prim Poppy. Private First Class, C company 105th Infantry Division. Birth Date 2/13/990”
>>76317This area - the entire 60 foot circle - is devoid of magic of any kind