Welcome to the latest thread of Occupied Equestria. Set six years after season 6, it presents an alternative history where Chrysalis chose a different approach to her second attack on Equestria. The Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while an Equestrian splinter colony - soured to Princesses notion of harmony with all creatures thank to their dealing with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestruan Southlands, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and even ancient necormancers and dark gods threaten the city and the surrounding regions. This role play is based in large part upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&d 3.5e mechanics.
In the latest episode, we are starting day 4. Ash is finally getting to sleep after dealing with foals that scarified animals to evil gods, Iron is disappointed to find that the only sex he is getting is in his dreams, Dark Star has declined to have sex, Onxy has discovered the joys of socialized medicine, I don’t know what Spark is doing, and Silver has discovered that when you don’t complete a quest, you don’t get paid for it
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>>79978"And as I said before, the Princess just sat there on her fat ass and ate cake. No. She didn't send aid. But it wasn't griffins that fell Nimbusia. It was their own idea of Equality" She almost gags "... harmony, progress,
social change that disrupted the proud warrior tradition"
>>79979Silver looks understandably frustrated at her. "You are worse than griffons when it comes to arguing."
>>79980"True. The griffins will just try to shoot or stab you. They don't care for philosophy, or if they do it's a philosophy of the guillotine and bayonet for Nobles they don't like. We Nimbusians, by contrast, are well versed in the subject. And we wield it as adeptly as our blades"
>>79980Already going for personal insults?>>79979>>79981Just for me to know. There is no interruptions betweeen Ulnori and the Abbey, right? Something like a certain spat between a smol mare and an old stallion?
>>79982Only if he wants to take a much more northerly route. But they should all be on their way to the abbey anyways
>>79975>>79977For some reason, Spark feels uneasy. He holds his glass closer to his side.
>>79983Roger. Iron does not really have a reason to take that route, so I'll stay at the ready just in case.
>>79984Onyx looks at the glass and then Spark
"Can I have a sip or do you wanna run to a bar with me?"
>>79981"Then you should understand it is not in interest of New Mareland to care for you, or your people. Or to care for me, or my people. New Mareland does not protect ponies. New Mareland protects itself. It is only reason they invaded Equestria, why they 'ally' themselves to changelings and griffons, if you could even call it an alliance."
>>79985"Dark Star, don't you have a certain 'truth seeker' to teach Griffins, communists, and other unenlightened creatures? Help them leave the cave for once"
>>79986He should be there eventually, although Ash has died of flu and so won't be able to meet him
>>79989So, can I enter the abbey and take my bison necklace from Thyme?
>>79987"You can't have Tipsy, so I guess we will run to a bar."
>>79987>>79991Watch out you two. Don't want another party separation again.
>>79991"Better than standing around shitting on each other"
>>79993"I work at a bar, day drinking is nothing new here"
>>79995Dark Star considers it
"you can go get a drink if you want, but we were about to go find that nun so we can head back to the quarry."
>>79996"Well it seemed like you were more interested in letting your marefriend tell you what to believe than find the nun"
>>79997"i hadn't realized how bad things really were."
>>79988"True, you are right about that. New Mareland does care about its ponies. They do protect themselves. They had relied on Celestia to protect hem for half of a millennia. After Celestia changed her management style, and after the fall of the Griffin empire, it became obvious that Celestia would not protect her ponies. . Neither from aggressive and iconoclastic griffins, nor from disruptive immigrants, nor from economic depression and want. So that is when they decided to forge their own path, free of the Princess. And in the process of their self defense, they saved half of Equestria - including you - from being Chrysalis's livestock
But you are wrong about one thing. They
do care about me. And I don't mean The Duke. In fact, to be honest, I've always been suspicious of ponies with bones growing out of their heads. No, it was Halcyon Shores, Governor General of the Baltimare district, who took me in. Back then he was just a major, but he saw my potential, and the potential of many like me, cast out of our countries from social change. I have lost not one but two homes to progress and equality. It was Halcyon Shores who gave me a new chance. A new homeland, and a new purpose. To root out communists and progressives who would rot and destroy society from within. And I knew in him I had found a devoted Reactionary. One who would not allow the decay of the old traditions nor a weakened stance against foreign enemies.
No. I don't like all New Mareland values, as they are by and large
Equestrian values. They have an idea of pony equality, where unicorns are more equal than others and tend to run things, those freaky pegasi with bat wings are allowed to be generals, and even earth ponies can join the secret police" *pets Dark Star* "But that is what they have done for over a thousand years, and in all their other actions, they resist the degradation of the natural order"
>>79990Yes, just know that Ash is dead of flu
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>>80002I have some mischevious plans when she comes back with that austistic colt she has been clungIron enters the abbey and asks the nearest nun where Thyme is. Surely by this point, she would have finished with his necklace.
>>80002Something about what Blue said seems to have struck a nerve with Silver. "Saved? If anything, it is New Mareland who has doomed us all. They have not saved anything, least of all themselves."
TBH, I really didn't want to actually get into a debate today. Or any day, really. It's just that Silver has to be getting tired of having to hear Blue constantly say bullshit like this. >>80003"Oh, uh, yes, she's out in the wood shop"
>>80005Iron nods. He then searches for the place mentioned.
>>80004Well, cut her with your sword or something if he's so tired from her rattling on about Celestia is incompetent. Or beta up and harrumph to the side.
Honestly, you're at a huge disadvantage when the person you're debating is actually the god of this world. Just keep that in mind. >>80004I've been craving it"Tell me now. How do
you plan on freeing the other half of Equestria?"
>>80006Assuming he asks for directions, it is a small white building in the back of the property, not connected to the other structures. When he goes in, he sees several foals working on various crafts. Sister Thyme has protective glasses and gloves on, and is working a piece of wood on some sort of machine with a colt
>>80007Yeah I know >>80008>>80004Dark Star does >pic related
>>80010And then he starts walking towards the Orphanage
>>80008Iron just watches what Thyme and the colt are doing. It seems important not to interrupt crafting time. He does walk and stand near the workplace where both are working.
>>80011>>79997"Well Onyx, looks like going to the bar might have to wait. We should find the nun and get everypony on the same page, by bringing them to the bar. Plus, it's a more suitable location for a brawl."
>>80012It seems to be cutting into and shaping wood. She seems to be teaching the foal how to do it
>>80010Blue Skies does pic related
>>80013"Fine by me, I just wanted to leave"
>>80007He wouldn't even need any of that. He could bend all the rules of the lore, he could bend none of them, it doesn't change the fact that my greatest weakness is in language, and debate.>>80008I congratulate you in being a much better debater than I am."Before New Mareland stabbed us in back? Cut changeling supply lines, destroy infrastructure as we retreat, destroy as many Panzers as we could, faster than they could rebuild them. And it was working...until New Mareland decided they did not like idea of Equestria winning.
"Now? We are all doomed. Chrysalis will invade, she will take all of Equestria. New Mareland does not have any armies left in Equestria to defend. Equestrian army has been killed, captured, or is in hiding. There is nothing left for us to do, at this point, except hope for swift death, and mercy from Her in afterlife."
>>80010Silver seems unaffected. He looks like he's fuming from where he's at.
>>80014Iron waits until she finishes her teaching.
>>80015I head out after Dark Star
>>80011Silver follows, still fuming.
>>80016"But... if Equestria stood with her old Dominion, as well as the ponies of the east, and what griffins decide they don't care for Chrysilis or Iconoclasts... Wouldn't they then have the finest chance of beating back Chrysalis and her minions? Sounds better than laying down and dying, doesn't it?"
>>80018>>80019>>80020Just be aware that Ash has died of influenza
>>80017This could... take a few minutes
>>80021Iron decides, after a minute, to just poke Thyme to call her attention.
>>80022She looks up, kind of surprised, and turns off the machine
"Why hello. You're back"
>>80023"Yeah, I had some fun outside. Do you have the necklace? Ash should be ready to head out soon."
>>79954I'm sorry, guys... I'm too cooked to play rn, let alone think of how I'm supposed to respond to this filly.
>>80024"Oh, yes." She moves away quickly, and comes back.
"Here it is" she presents the waterbuffalo with a hole drilled through just behind its shoulder blades on a thin metal necklace. The areas where the holes exit appear smooth.
"It should be more or less balanced when on a necklace. I used a simple metal chain"
>>80026Can we just say that your character is abducted by the group?
And does she leave the foal on her back behind >>80026No need to just die trying to RP a kirin in a mongolian cookoff board. Take your time.
>>80021"New Mareland did not stand with Equestria, when they invaded. They had choice to. They chose to stand by Chrysalis instead."