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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>>80632"That sure sounds bad." Iron's ears droop, a bit worried.
>>80634"Was this the only piece of information you found?"
>>80636"I do not know much about liches, other than that they are bad news for us. They are known to command entire armies of powerful undead, and can raise new undead with no issue."
>>80637Silver levitates out the other book he picked up. "There was other book by him. Note spoke about how he made ghasts by accident."
>>80638She takes the first book and stuffs it with her hoof under his wing, making a clinking noise as she does so.
"He made the monsters
unintentionally?" she says, as she takes the second booklet
>>80638Iron is a bit scared. "Well, let us hope we do not have that on our hooves."
>>80640Her wing"So... do you know exactly what he was trying to do? What his plan was?"
she flips through the pages
>>80642"I do not know for sure. If I were to guess, he was looking for immortality. Otherwise, there would be far more than just few ghasts here if he was looking for power."
>>80643"i really hope he failed."
>>80643>>80644"How many ghasts do you think are down here?"
More clinking as she places away the second booklet
>>80644"If he succeeded, then we can only hope he left for Dread League, and did not decide to stay."
>>80645"...Did you grab other soul jars, Skies?"
>>80645"im not sure. it could be quite a few."
>>80646"Soul Jars? No... I think you and Ash got those"
>>80647"Well, Dark Star, I think that this set of catacombs may just be a worthwhile use of my day"
>>80648First the sound of glass breaking, then an interest in Curwhinny's books, now the same clinking sounds the jars in Silver's bags made? The look on Silver's face suggests he does not believe her.
Should I make a Sense Motive check here? >>80649You can, yes"Count all of them. Don't you two have all of them?"
>>80648"im glad to have you along."
[1d20+3 = 16]>>80650Sense Motive: "There were other jars, in other room. You asked me about them."
>>80651"D'aww"
She rubs her head against him
>>80652"I haven't been to any room besides this one"
Sense motive result: her statement about not taking jars with souls in them was not false, but it most certainly wasn't true
>>80653Silver's concerned about the mixed messages he's receiving. "Skies? Can you do me huge favor, and open your bags, so we may put this behind us?"
>>80654"Bag? I don't have any bags on me"
Silver can see with his eyes that this is true, as she is naked
>>80655Silver would probably not have asked that if I knew that."Then what is making noise?"
>>80656"Hard to say. Don't you have jars on you?"
>>80657Silver thinks some more. "...Your wings."
>>80660"He is implying that Skies is hiding something. I would not why she could be hiding though." Iron shrugs.
>>80660"Just...give me second here, Star."
>>80659"Yes. Your wings. They are bulged outwards. Unfold them, please."
>>80663She does not comply with his request. What she
does offer instead is this admission:
"Alright, I may have winged a few alchemical jars. Who knows what they contain, but they may be worth a few bits on some market. I did not take any 'soul' jars. What value would I have with with some random dead pony's soul? And it's not like you all aren't looting as well. I see that rifle on you looks exactly like a military model, and both you and Ash are taking the soul jars. I admit I'm still befundled as to what you want to do with those"
Sorry I'm late to the party.
What's going on?
>>80666Oh hai, Satan! We're exploring the catacombs again
>>80666Some details include 4 appearing small ghasts that ran away from us after seeing us, Ash and Silver carrying soul jars to free their souls, and Skies trying to pass unnoticed with some alchemical jars.
>>80665Silver remembers the jars of alchemical substances in one of the rooms. Hearing this puts his mind at ease. "If that was case, you could have just told us." Still, Silver casually trots towards the room that still had soul jars in it to check. "It is not like we would have looked down on you for it."
>>80666We're exploring the catacombs, Skies is pilfering jars of alchemical substances, and you are there too. Oh, and so is Ash, but she's AFK right now. >>80668Again? Damn it
>>80667Oh boy
>>80670Not the jars!!!!
What are the jars exactly?
>>80670>>80668Well, don't mind me. I'll be AFK too for a bit, but will follow Star, first priority, if not him, then Silver. Be right back.
Alright, I can play again now.
>>80674Welcome back. The ghasts ran away into the right corridor and Skies tried to take some alchemical jars, or at least she testifies this.
>>80675Anything important happen?
Pretend sister Ash stepped outside to put the jars in a sunny but sheltered spot, and then spent several minutes praying while I was gone.
She returns to the catacombs.
>>80670“... Thank you for your understanding”
The second room is indeed there, I think it had a door that has since been opened
>>80677>sunny but shelteredPick one
>>80668“Dark Star, sweetie, do you have a bag I could borrow? Preferably a large one?”
>>80679I mean somewhere right at the door of the house, preferably where they wouldn't get rained on.
Then again, last I knew it wasn't going to rain today, so she just leaves them outside in a neat pile, setting them on a piece of fabric.
>>80679"How much do you think you will get for those?"
>>80677Silver calls out from a second room, similar to the previous one where they picked up the first set of jars. "Sister Ash, could you help me with jars in this room?"
>>80682"There's more?"
Sister Ash follows suit, repeating the process from earlier.
>>80683"This should be it." Silver joins her, though he is limited by the jars he already has that he was distracted from delivering.
>>80684Sister Ash joins the rest of the party as soon as she's finished with the jars.