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Occupied Equestria: Day 4 Afternoon
Anonymous
C+PTz
?
No.83000
83002 83004
Set six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where Chrysalis chose a different approach to her second attack on Equestria. The Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian 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.
1864 replies and 50 files omitted.
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84830
84831
>>84827
"And its good of you to decline given the circumstances," he replies with a wink
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84831
84832 84833 84834
>>84830
He takes another sip
>>84829
>>84828
Looks like a meeting area down here. A bar, a table, and a pool table
Caleb can be used as a guide dog, although even he can't see where there isn't at least some light from the flash light
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84832
84836
>>84831
"So what can you offer to me about Baltimare? I'm new to the city, and while parts of it could use some upkeep and TLC, there are plenty of places that are quite nice. I'd love to find a place to take the wife,..."
Continues to keep the guard talking, and especially drinking, as much as possible.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84833
>>84831
Sister Ash and Caleb spend several minutes searching the cellar for any sign of what they're looking for.
wVUQw
?
No.84834
84835 84836 84838
[1d20 = 12]
>>84831
Yet another search check for trap doors
QGkD+
?
No.84835
84836
[2d20 = 16]
>>84834
May as Well roll a couple for Sister and Caleb
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84836
84839 84840 84851
>>84832
"It's kind of a weird place. There are quite a few assholes like these two here" points to Onyx and Iron, and takes a drink "and the people who live around here can be sort of snooty, but that's true of anywhere in Equestria you find Unicorns"

>>84834
>wonders if should require more light

>>84835
Ash causes a lamp to fall on her
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84837
84842
>>84823
Silver maneuvers around these traps as best as he can on three legs as he continues what he was going to do: search the room for any pictures or anything else that would establish a relation between this foal and Comte.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84838
84841
>>84834
Don't you have an owl? What tricks did you teach it?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84839
84842
>>84836
>Is covered in flammable liquids
Sister Ash groans in annoyance.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84840
84842
>>84836
Should I cast a Light spell, or is the flashlight enough?
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84841
84843
>>84838
Tricks?
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84842
84844 84845
>>84837
Definitely a relationship. It seems to be that of a father and colt. There is a picture of a colt and some older unicorn stallion with pinkish coat, holding a participation trophy in what looks like a pinewood derby race

>>84839
Oh no, this is an evil house. The lamps do not use liquids for their light

>>84840
The flashlight will let you see what you point it at, although it will exclusively let you see what you point it at. A light spell attached to Ash herself could draw unwanted attention if taken out of the basement
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84843
84849
>>84841
Things that your Animal will do on command.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84844
84849 84850
>>84842
Reeeeeeeeee Haram lamps!

I was thinking of casting it on one of the pebbles in her satchel.
Z3pG5
?
No.84845
84846 84847 84850
[1d20-1 = -1]
>>84842
Silver stares confused at the sight of the picture. "Who would be proud of having trophy just for participating?"

Search: Silver searches for anything else that would be of interest.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84846
>>84845
F
Silver (OOC)
Z3pG5
?
No.84847
>>84845
>2
[sweating intensifies]
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84849
84855
>>84843
>>84844
"Are you okay sister?"
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84850
84853
>>84844
She could do that, though she better hope that satchel is opaque for when they leave the room

>>84845
THERE'S A FUCKING TARANTULA IN A TERRARIUM
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84851
84855
>>84836
"I've been frequenting a bar,... The Tavern I think, but I haven't had a chance to explore the area yet. What would you recommend?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84852
84855
>>84848
Yeah, a light spell isn't as strong as Daylight.
Her fanny pack is opaque enough to store it away.

Sister Ash levitates a marble-sized pebble out of her fanny pack, and sets it aglow.
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84853
84854 84855
>>84850
Silver rushes out of the room in a panic, flopping against the ground and breathing heavily as he exits. "Why did it have to be spiders!? What is it with these ponies and spiders!?"
It's now officially canon that Silver's afraid of spiders.
Shimmering Spark
RSNl7
?
No.84854
84855 84856
>>84853
The sorcerer tries to calm down Silver.

Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84855
84857 84859 84862
>>84852
>>84849
Now most of the room is visible, although the flashlight is still necessary for detail. One wall has a set of wine glasses on it. A table has a set of papers on it. There is a full bar with bar stools on it. Of course the aforementioned pool table

>>84853
>>84854
There are of course still about 4 more doors or so on that floor

>>84851
*takes another sip*
"Well there's this club down on Arabian that is quite nice if you are in the mood for activity. And this bar on South Percheron..."
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84856
84860
>>84854
He points to the tarantula, still panicking, to the point everything he says is almost spoken too quickly for Spark to pick anything up from it. "Шесть! Шесть ног! Это самое главное! Не восемь! Посмотрите на размер этой вещи! Это неестественно! Пауки не должны быть такими большими!"
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84857
84858
>>84855
Should i make another check?
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84858
84864 84867
>>84857
Not necessary, as his flashlight has shown what looks like a detached panel
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84859
84861
>>84855
"I'll have to check it out sometime. I've heard such great things about the city, I'm eager to spread my wings," he says with a chuckle, and a glance at his wings. "I'm not keeping you am I?"
Oh for fuck's sake, this is so plan D shit,... I wanted to stab him in the face
Shimmering Spark
RSNl7
?
No.84860
84862
>>84856
"It will be ok. That thing is behind some glass. But the important thing is to make sure no foal is stuck here with that. Do you think you can push forward with the mission?"
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84861
84865
>>84859
"I am supposed to stay here to check vehicles and ponies who come in and out"

His wings are still those freaky webbed deformed pegasus wings

he could always go around the guards and go burglarize buildings like he did the first time
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84862
84863 84866
>>84860
Silver calms down a bit, nodding his head. "Fucking spiders..."
>>84855
Silver tries the next door on the left.
Shimmering Spark
RSNl7
?
No.84863
84869
>>84862
The sorcerer follows.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84864
84866
>>84858
dark Star removes it
Brie OOC
QZltA
?
No.84865
84866
>>84861
I'm trying to make him 'not just' a burglar here,... Xp
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84866
84868 84869 84870
>>84862
The door immediately across from him, which would have been the furthest on the left when entering, opens into what looks like an office. Papers on the desk, a great leather office chair, a wooden sculpture of a Hippogrif, some book shelves, a pen and quill, and nice windows. Through the windows can be seen the pool house and pool

>>84864
A couple books and documents

>>84865
Well, that's sort of what most of this particular mission is
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84867
84872 84873
>>84858
No signs of where a foal could be hidden?
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84868
84872
>>84866
Dark Star looks through them
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84869
84871 84872
>>84866
Now THIS is the kind of room Silver has been looking for. Silver immediately looks through the papers on the desk.
>>84863
"Spark, mind helping by searching around the room?"
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84870
84872
>>84866
Well atm, all Brie can do is get the guard more drunk,... so thats what he does
RSNl7
?
No.84871
84872
[1d20 = 13]
>>84869
"Of course."
Spark searches for things of interest, hopefully incriminating.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84872
84873 84874 84875 84877
>>84867
Hidden things, yes. Hidden foals... No

>>84868
An address of a property in South Town. A building in north town. A contact named "Pransisco" A contract for a ship called "The Jungle Express"

>>84870
He's definitely drinking at the moment. What kind of alcohol is it?

>>84869
>>84871
Some seem to be city related papers. Some concern police pensions, potholes, and roadways. And some are correspondences with two different ponies
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84873
84876
>>84867
If she doesn't find any trace of the foal, she pockets her glowing rock and leaves the room.
>>84872
Sister Ash leaves, and gets ready to move to the next building.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84874
84878
>>84872
Snap, into the evidence it goes
What about the books?
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84875
84878
>>84872
Silver takes a look at the correspondences.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84876
84878
>>84873
There was a pool building, right?
Sister Ash heads in that direction.
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84877
84878
>>84872
I dunno, top shelf, whatever it is
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84878
84879 84882 84883 84884
>>84874
"Socialism" by Freedrich Angels, and "In the Ricefields" by Fillip Redguard

>>84875
Sample
"I know, my dear Cheese, that you are concerned about the effects of this 'gag order,' as you call it, in stifling our ability to speak against the injustices of the occupying regime. However, I tell you that it is not a censorship of ourselves, so much as an essential step for our self-preservation. The fascists have shown that they will remove anyone who stands in the way of their power, and would effortlessly do the same to us were we to point out the injustices of their regime in foreign affairs. There would be no benefit in being martyrs for freedom of speech and the press, as there are plenty of martyrs already. There are enough martyrs to fill several volumes of books. We must bide our time, and have faith"
From 'Lichen Stone.' Most noteworthy repeated phrase is 'gag order.'

>>84876
Indeed there was. But first, on her way out
>"Where do you think you are going, Dragon!"

>>84877
Oh yeah, he definitely stole that
The guard is getting buzzed, clearly, but the other two will remain until the homosexuals are gone
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84879
84880
>>84878
She turns around to the doggo
>"It seems as though the pony I was looking for truly was not here. I'll be on my way now."
She says with a polite bow
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84880
84881
>>84879
There seems to be some sort of light on outside. I assume she would have to walk through the open window, then outside towards the garden, then over past the pool
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84881
84885
>>84880
If that's what it takes, she does that.
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84882
84885
>>84878
He did not! He bartered it for services rendered at the bar!
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84883
84885
>>84878
Dark Star flips through them to see if they have any passages highlighted or any thing like that.
Z3pG5
?
No.84884
84885
[1d20-1 = -10]
>>84878
Silver sighs. Whether this Lichen Stone is a coward or if the Black Hooves are afraid of the truth, he himself can't decide. Either way, he takes the correspondence.

Search: Hoping there are no spiders in this particular room, Silver looks around for anything of interest, starting with the desk.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84885
84886 84887 84888 84889
>>84881
The pool house is noteworthy for big glass windows, and already a bar is visible inside. There is a German Shephard barking and locked inside

>>84882
Okay, you made me laugh

I wish I had Blue Skies there for this so I could have her make racist comments about bat ponies and how untrustworthy they are

>>84883
In the book on socialism, a concern about whether the working classes themselves would be ready for the final state, or whether a revolutionary vanguard is necessary. In "Ricefields" some remarks about fighting in the jungle

>>84884
Another correspondence. This one with none other than Golden Delicious, and from Comte

"I disagree with your assertion that a free election would not bring about the liberation of the oppressed. They know where their interests lies, and they have been awoken by the events of the last twenty years, from the time of the Stalliongrad succession to the coronation of the third princess to the Great War. The only question of importance is if the creatures have a free and fair election"

Many posters of "Cheese Burgher for representative"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84886
84890
>>84885
She walks up to the glass
>"Hello?"
Brie OOC
QZltA
?
No.84887
84890
>>84885
Untrustworthy, yes. Surrepticious, maybe. Cute,... obviously. :3
wVUQw
?
No.84888
84892
[1d20+7 = 20]
>>84885
Snap
another search check to find anything else
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84889
84890
>>84885
He looks at the posters. "Cheese Burgher? Is this relative to Comte?"

He takes this correspondence as well.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84890
84893 84894 84896 84903
tenor (1).gif
>>84886
>"GET THE FUCK AWAY DRAGON!"

>>84887
You win this round...
At this point, another guard is asking if he should take the place of the buzzed guard

>>84889
But don't you understand? "Cheese" is his pubic first name
Lteso
?
No.84891
[1d2 = 2]

Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84892
84895
>>84888
Nothing else in this room. Note there is one ore room upstairs not yet explored
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84893
84897
>>84890
Sister Ash is undeterred.
>"Are you by any chance a guard dog?"
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84894
>>84890
Well, no. Neither would Silver.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84895
84897
>>84892
Dark Star goes there
Brie
QZltA
?
No.84896
84898
>>84890
"Take his place? Join us you mean!" Brie says (obviously buzzed and not entirely faking being buzzed), offering the bottle to the new-guard
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84897
84899 84900
>>84893
>"Yes! What else do you think I do? Go away dragon!"

>>84895
A sort of den and study, with a cozy chair towards the end of the room, couches towards the entrance, and many books on shelves
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84898
84902
>>84896
He looks uncertain

The other guard on the other hand
"I guess it is a special occasion"
He takes a drink
Mother Teresa Wannabe
QGkD+
?
No.84899
84905
>>84897
Sister Ash does not in fact go away.
She remains calm and composed, and addresses the hound directly
>"I came here looking for a lost foal. Are there any foals here?"
wVUQw
?
No.84900
84904
>>84897
Dark Star Walks over to the book case
wVUQw
?
No.84901
[1d20+7 = 23]

Brie
QZltA
?
No.84902
84904
>>84898
"Oh fine fine, we're just having a laugh. I don't mean to intrude, its just nice to meet some proper fellows. (I'm moving here from Fillydelphia,... odd sorts there)" he whispers
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84903
84904
>>84890
Silver browses the bookshelves in the office.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84904
84906 84909
>>84903
>>84900
A large collection of the works of Signalmound Friend, the Diamond Dog psychologist, including: "On the Proper Understanding of Dreams," "Pony and Taboo," "Harmony and its Discontents," and "Three Theories of Sexuality"

A book by Mare Singer, "Family Limitation,"

By Carrot Mead: "Coming of Age in Salmon Island"

>>84903
"Psychology of Sex" by Havenlove Chalice, and "The Mare Rebel" by Mare Singer

>>84902
"Oh really? I have a cousin in Fillidelphia"
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84905
>>84899
>"You don't need to see any foals!"
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84906
84907 84908
>>84904
"...What even are these books?" He grabs 'Three Theories of Sexuality' to flip through a couple pages.
Shimmering Spark
RSNl7
?
No.84907
84917
>>84906
“Nothing good with that kind of title.”
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84908
84910
>>84906
Hmmm, I'm not sure how to respond, considering that "Three theories of sexuality" was described as being downstairs in the study, rather than upstairs in the office
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84909
84911
>>84904
Dark Star flips through each to see if theres any markings
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84910
84911
>>84908
Ah, the reply was on accident. Let's say he grabbed 'Psychology of Sex'.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84911
84912 84914
>>84910
You know what? Fuck it. Silver gets a quickrundown of "Three theories of sexuality." The first section concerns sexual abberations: Where the sexual object deviates from the sexual aim. In the discussion of the sexual object, it concerns itself with sexual perversions. This is of course only a small portion of the book. Essentially, this is a psychology/philosophy book he is looking at

The Psychology of Sexuality, in a quick glance, claims among other things that it is false to believe that foals have no sexual desire to them. Rather, sexuality is expressed even from the earliest ages. It also talks about auto-eroticism in both foals and yearlings. Another section concerns same-sex appeal. Another Philosophy/psychology book, basically

>>84909
Highlighted are some sections in "Harmony and Its Discontents" about repression having sever psychological effects on the repressed
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84912
84913
>>84911
Snap
Dark Star puts it back and walks over to the chair and removes the cushion

Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84913
84915 84920
>>84912
Only a couple coins
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84914
84916
>>84911
"Oh sweet Celestia..." He looks absolutely horrified at the contents of the books. He immediately puts them in his bags. He flips through 'Mare Rebel', worried what else he'll find.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84915
84916
>>84913
he shakes the cushion around to see if there is anything inside
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84916
84917 84918
>>84914
"Become without Superstition. No gods, no masters."
Fairly mundane, advocating for deregulation of birth control

>>84915
Nothing in the cushion
Z3pG5
?
No.84917
84919 84922
[1d20-1 = -3]
>>84916
He's only slightly eased by the mundanity of this book, even if the concept of birth control seems odd to him. He puts the book back.

Search: Silver makes one final search of the room for anything else of interest. Hidden wall safes, secrets, whatever.

>>84907
"Spark, do you mind helping me search?"
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84918
84919
>>84916
Dark Star checks the couches
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84919
84920 84921
>>84918
A child's toy. Nothing else

>>84917
The room keeps its secrets
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84920
84923
>>84913
>>84919
Coins from where?
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84921
84923
>>84919
With a sigh, Silver heads for one of the other second-story rooms that haven't yet been entered.
RSNl7
?
No.84922
84928
[1d20 = 10]
>>84917
The sorcerer double checks the room first.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84923
84924 84925
>>84920
Equestrian mint

>>84921
A bathroom. A couple tooth brushes, a full bathtub and shower, toilet, medicine cabinet, pretty paintings of Breezies. That's the first room anyways
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84924
84928
>>84923
Silver checks the medicine cabinet before he moves to the next room.
wVUQw
?
No.84925
84928
[1d20+7 = 19]
>>84923
dark Star again searches for any hidden doors or compartments
Lteso
?
No.84926
84927
[1d2 = 1]
[1d2 = 2]

Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84927
84931
_hmmmmmmmmm.gif
>>84926
OH no

Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84928
84929 84931 84935
>>84924
Some pain killers. Sleeping pills

>>84922
Documents, some pertaining to a series of soup kitchens for feeding the poor managed by a non-profit agency. Another concerning a non-profit that helps to integrate non-pony immigrants to Equestria

>>84925
Underneath a false floor in the desk drawer: a balance sheet of payments and expenses for a non-profit organization
Shimmering Spark
RSNl7
?
No.84929
84930
>>84928
I read more of the documents about integrating non-ponies.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84930
84932 84934
>>84929
There seems to be an actual physical place that this occurs, or at least, is a center of outreach. It's a location in the Eastside called "New Horizons." The document mostly centers on donations to it, as well as a few arrivals. It appears there are ponish teachers and a few beds for the homeless, as well as headhunters for those seeking jobs. At least, that is what the document alleges
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84931
84932
>>84927
That gif made me kek.
>>84928
Nothing really of note to Silver. He heads to the next room.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84932
84933
>>84931
Alright, he has three choices: two on the left, and one on the right

>>84930
There is a list of names, and a list of ship names
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84933
84936
>>84932
He heads to the one on the right.
Shimmering Spark
RSNl7
?
No.84934
84941
>>84930
I hold onto the paper just in case I ever get around to checking the place out.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84935
84936
>>84928
"Hmmmmmmm"
Whats the name of the organization?
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84936
84937 84939
>>84933
This room has a bed with orange and white bedsheets, white carpet, pink colored walls, another chest. A stuffed breezie on the bed. Paintings of flowers

>>84935
"Helping Hooves"
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84937
84938 84940
>>84936
"They sure do love breezies…" Silver trots over to the chest and has a look as to what's inside.
Lteso
?
No.84938
[1d2 = 2]
>>84937
>trots over
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84939
84940
>>84936
Snap
What are the amounts transferred?
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84940
84942 84944
>>84937
I know that because none of your have trap searching as an ability that you just assume that the floors are clear of death traps and just walk wherever, but you're on fucking notice. Fortunately for Silver, none of those satanic bricks litter the floor of this room as he prances over without searching it first. When he gets to the chest, he finds dolls of ponies, a tamborine, and a blanket

>>84939
High
Like in the tens of thousands of bits, in and out
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84941
>>84934
It is so
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84942
84943
>>84940
In an effort to avoid going on a large rant, I'm just going to say this: have you seen my rolls as of late, GM? I'll take my chances with the death traps.
Silver takes a better look at the room around him, suspecting this to be another foal's bedroom.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84943
84946
>>84942
There is a picture of a pink unicorn filly on a night dresser. This just might be a filly's bedroom. Widows on two sides, the one opposite the door looks out to the street. There are some drawing of flowers hanging up, as well as scattered crayons
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84944
84945
>>84940
"Bucking tartarus."
dark star takes Close up of the transfers
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84945
84947
>>84944
It is so
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84946
84948
>>84943
With another sigh, Silver heads to the doors on the opposite side of the hallway.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84947
84948
>>84945
Which rooms havent been explored?
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84948
84949 84957
>>84947
Within the house itself, only two upstairs

>>84946
This door opens to what appears to be a master bed room. To the left is a very large bed, pink bed sheets. The floor is fairly open and has white carpet. There are dressers on the wall closest to Silver, on the far side, and a night stand on his left. To his left is an analog TV, a painting, and two doors, one closer to the far side, one one closer to the door. On the far side are windows
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84949
84950
>>84948
Dark Star goes upstairs
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84950
84951
>>84949
a door near the center, one on the left far side, one on the left nearside, one on the right side near, and two on the rightside far. Silver is at the first rightside far
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84951
84952
>>84950
Dark Star goes to the CentristCenter door
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84952
84953
>>84951
This room is a bathroom. There are a couple tooth brushes, a full bathtub and shower, a toilet, a medicine cabinet, and pretty paintings of Breezies
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84953
84954
>>84952
Dark Star checkes the medicine cabinet
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84954
84955
>>84953
Sleeping pills, anti-allergens, and pain killers, besides cotton swabs and rubbing alcohol
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84955
84956
>>84954
"hmmm maybe i can sell these to some ziggers."
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84956
84958
>>84955
And thus, GM did learn why he always feels compelled to embed NPCs in the party. So he has a mouthpiece to make smart ass remarks when players do certain things
Z3pG5
?
No.84957
84959
[1d20-1 = -18]
>>84948
Search: Silver keeps a lookout as he enters the room for anything interesting.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84958
84959
>>84956
Dark Star puts the pills in his bag for later selling
And goes on to the next room that hasnt been searched
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84959
84960 84961
>>84957
Wow, holy shit.

He can see the frame of a painting. The painting inside has been cut out. Inside of a dresser there is jewelry, mare's socks and panties. Deeper in the dressers are more clothes, for male and female. On the top of the dresser is a framed picture of a husband and a wife in an exotic seaside location somewhere north, and a candle that smells of cream. On the nightstand is a copy of "Ponies and Prejudice" opened midway upside down, a pair of reading glasses, a lamp, and a framed picture of a father and a pinkish colt. There is a check inside of a drawer on a nightstand

>>84958
Are you seriously going to steal medical pills in hopes of reselling them as drugs? I don't think even Brie would have done that

Only at the very end of the hall: one lonely door
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84960
84962
>>84959
It feels good to get a good roll like that after rolling three 1s, a 2, and two 4s during a mission.

The sight of the missing painting worries Silver slightly. He can find no reason why somepony would want to cut out a random painting like that.

He takes a look at the check, first.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84961
84962 84963
>>84959
Nah it was a joke
Dark Star opens the door
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84962
84964
>>84960
For none other than one Antonio Pransesco from a location on east and 9th, routed through the Raventrust Bank. Amount 2000 Bits. Looks as if it was never sent

>>84961
Stairs, going up
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84963
84965
>>84961
Up the stairs he goes
>inb4 theres a deformed twin in the attic
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84964
84965
>>84962
Is it "Pransesco" or "Prancesco"? I thought you previously spelled it as the latter.
"...Now that is interesting. What business would Comte have with him...?" He takes the check as evidence.
Lteso
?
No.84965
84966 84968 84969
[1d3 = 3]
>>84963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9qjYLsC16M

It appears to be an attic, with a number of items in storage

>>84964
Reee

It is so
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84966
84967
>>84965
Silver decides to take a look at the jewelry inside the dresser, to see if it would potentially be worth it to take it for himself to sell.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84967
84971
>>84966
Most prominent is a pearl necklace, and a palladium brooch
wVUQw
?
No.84968
84973 84976
[1d20+7 = 21]
>>84965
Dark Star looks through the items
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.84969
84970 84971
>>84965
Fucking hell, I passed out. Did anything happen to any of the guards? Is Iron and Onyx STILL in the area where the guards are panicking about his presence?
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84970
84972
>>84969
Yes. Brie happened. And Yes
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84971
84972 84973
>>84967
He grabs both, figuring it to be worth it to get at least a few Bits out of this excursion.

As he exits the master bedroom, he notices the last door has been opened, and leads to stairs to the next floor up. Cautiously, he makes his way up the stairs.
>>84969
Yup. They're calling Iron and Onyx homosexuals, now.
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.84972
84973
>>84970
>Brie happened
I didn't read that Brie killed any guards, so what did he do?
>>84971
Well, that was obvious from the first line. Iron doesn't really care for now. He is trying to help a mare hiding herself as a stallion, after all.
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84973
84975 84976 84977
>>84971
And thus Silver steals a mare's jewelry after breaking into her house, jewelry that even Brie looked at and passed up, but saving him from the doom of the 'lawful good alignment'

>>84972
He tried to get them drunk

>>84968
Hmmm... Immediately visible is a chest, a guitar, a lamp...
Spirit of an Economist
mXOO8
?
No.84974
84978
>>81795 →
>20 pounds of gold
So about $320,000, going by 2019 rates of $1000 per ounce. Real estate is expensive! This also means that a single gold bit is worth $320, implying high inflation. Even a blue-collar worker earns triple-figure salaries.

A level 1 NPC owns $288,000 and a level 2 owns $640,000 in assets. Seems to me our characters could open a portal to an earth-like setting and they'd be filthy rich.
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.84975
>>84973
So, they got even more scared by the prospect that Iron may try to fuck them while inebriated?
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84976
84977 84979
>>84973
Shush.
Silver eventually finds his way to the attic, with Dark Star searching around.
>>84968
"Find anything else?"
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84977
84979 84981
>>84973
>>84976
"just a guitar and a lamp. but i found some interesting stuff,in other rooms."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84978
>>84974
hello economist
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84979
84980 84981
Okay, it's late enough at night that I don't want to commit to any descriptions of what is - and by logical extension is not in the attic

>>84976
Like, I know I shouldn't care if Silver deviates from being "the only good one," but somehow I do

>>84977
Or maybe that is good enough
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84980
>>84979
Hey Dark Star is goodish.
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84981
84982 84983 84984
>>84979
I'm not sure if that's testament to making people care about the character, or if it's just because Silver's the last, best chance at having a Lawful Good character in the party.
>>84977
"Like what?"
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.84982
84991
>>84981
I can't blame the lawful good folk. They intentionally cripple themselves to be a goody two-shoes so their range of choices is limited, iunless he missions are specifically geared towards them.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84983
84985
>>84981
"some documents about a charity that sends and receives a large amounts of bits. could be bit laundering."
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84984
84985
>>84981
It's like being disappointed in a friend
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84985
84986 84988 84989 84990
>>84984
I guess so? For Silver, something like this is fairly normal for him, even if what you've seen so far says otherwise.

It's only just recently I've found a way to articulate the reason why Silver's marked as being True Neutral even though the actions he's taken in the game thus far are much closer to Lawful Good: The Lawful Good Silver? The pony who donates to charity, gives romance advice to friends, who sticks to his principles and fights for those he cares for, was a loving husband and father for 18 years? That's the pony Silver wants to be, and wishes he could be. The True Neutral Silver? The pony who robs a mare of her jewelry without nary a thought, who has no remorse over brutally slaughtering those who killed his wife or just normally killing in general, who stays loyal to the contract and to Bits, who fights for little more than personal gain? That's the pony Silver is, and has been for a very long time. Try as he may to be good, until something significant happens to make him seriously reconsider his life choices, or until somepony manages to convince him to try to change his ways, he'll always revert back to that baser instinct, to the True Neutral Silver: the pony who knows how to fight, and choses to fight for himself.

Or I just suck at this. Who knows?

>>84983
"I found some correspondence letter between Comte and other politicians, talking about fighting back against Black Hooves through elections. Also found some...concerning...philosophy books regarding sex, one of them involving foals. Most interesting thing I found was 2,000 Bit check from Comte to Antonio Prancesco."
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.84986
84987
>>84985
Little off-topic but what are Silver and Storm's coat and mane color palettes, and if there are any patterns within the coat or mane to highlight?
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84987
>>84986
Silver's fairly basic: silver-grey coat, medium grey mane, blue eyes. He's also got a dark grey dorsal stripe running along his back from his mane to his dock. Have you ever seen a picture of a mustang horse? It's a bit like that. If you need it, his cutie mark should be a sword swinging in a downwards arc.

Storm's pretty stereotypical for a pegasus: dark grey coat, black mane, yellow eyes. She's got a wide yellow lightning stripe in her mane. Cutie mark is a forked lightning bolt.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84988
84993
>>84985
>spoiler
wow
"Yea i say downstairs that he was in correspondence with a stallion named pransiscois that how its spelled?"
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84989
84993 84996
>>84985
Wounded me right in the heart

Fine, have it your way. Whatever
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84990
84993 84996
>>84985
I would argue about whether robbing the guy's wife when that obviously isn't in either contract is loyalty to the contract, but again, whatever
Anonymous
Lteso
?
No.84991
84992 84993 84995 84996
>>84982
What's the point in having an entire band of jerkasses though? They are difficult to like
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84992
>>84991
Dark Star isnt a jack ass...
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84993
84994
>>84988
It's either Pransesco or Prancesco. For the sake of not breaking the GM, let's say either works.
"Yes, but this could serve as evidence that he payed significant sum to Prancesco for something. It is not enough for trial on its own, but if we can find something worth sending him to trial..."

>>84989
>>84990
>>84991
Goddammit...
Silver feels a strange pang of guilt, like something suddenly weighing down his heart. He looks to the brooch and the necklace in his bag.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84994
84996 84998
>>84993
"Well we have some addresses to check out. and does the name "the jungle express" mean any thing to you?"
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.84995
>>84991
For a GM, that's true. If every PC is a jerk, then the GM will find it harder and harder to entice the PCs into questing without sacrificing the story. The players are a bit different, since they want to do some stupid shit sometimes, or else they will eventually lose interest in the game by acting like serious goody-two shoes all the time.
This may just be me projecting my ideas and pretending all of the party agrees with them
I think my changeling character 'could' make the party more likable as a whole, but she's not really a good-aligned character. Also some questionable stuff like how worker changelings work without a queen to serve and the like
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84996
84997
>>84994
"No, I do not believe it does..." Silver looks at something in his bag for a couple seconds, before sighing and turning to head back downstairs. "...Hey...I will be right back. Need to do something real quick."

>>84989
>>84990
>>84991
Silver trots forlornly back down the stairs, the weight of his guilt weighing him down considerably more than he expected. Every step he takes with the stolen possessions, every moment that passes, he feels it becomes more difficult to breathe.

As he steps in front of the dresser in the master bedroom once again, he pulls out the necklace and the brooch. He stares at them, a mental battle being waged in his mind. One second, he'll make a motion like he's going to return the jewelry. The next, he'll move to put them back in his bags. And for a third second, they'll return to a neutral state.

Memories, meanwhile, come to mind and pass like the wind. Memories of him doing bad things, terrible things, in his past. Memories of him in which he tried to do something better, to be better. Memories of her. Of Storm. And them together.

After a few seconds of this, he sighs, and tosses them back into the dresser. "This is not right...I...she...she would want me to be better than...this. Whatever 'this' is." The weight feels lifted off his chest. He feels like he can breathe once more. He turns for the stairs back to the attic once more, only offering one lass look back at the dresser before making his way back to Dark Star.

"It is not worth it, to lose what little I have left."
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.84997
84998
>>84996
I'm not quite sure she would object to stealing since she was a bandit and all
I was about to tell you to roll a fortitude save to prevent from having a stroke by all of his feelings just for funsies, but then the GM will take the roll seriously and Silver dies of guilt.
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.84998
84999 85002
>>84997
Well, she was a former bandit.
What, ponies can change!
>>84994
After almost a minute, Silver comes back looking a bit relieved about something, but at the same time looking somewhat troubled. Whatever exactly is causing it, Star doesn't immediately know.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.84999
85000
>>84998
"You look like you feel better. i dont suppose you found any information about boats?"
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85000
85001
>>84999
"Yes, I...I think I do feel better, yeah. But no, I did find anything on boats, I believe. Why?"
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85001
85003
>>85000
"That jungle express thing i mentioned before was a boat i was wondering if you had heard anything at all about boats. and you said you found some degenerate books right?"
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.85002
>>84998
Maybe if she was a bandit for a year as a thrill seek like a rich kid wants some excitement in his life. Not when she basically grew up to be a bandit. I suppose the one reason to leave the bandit life and settle as a normal mare is when she has children who can be used as targets for others to exploit, forcing her to act as non-intrusive and cocky as possible, so no stealing.
Who am I to judge, though? Iron is not the most consistent character.
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85003
85004
>>85001
He pulls them out: one is titled "Three Theories of Sexuality" by Signalmound Friend, the other is titled ""Psychology of Sex" by Havenlove Chalice.

"Just do not pull Ash and set fire to them."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85004
85005
>>85003
"flip to the degenerate parts, i need to take some pictures."
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85005
85006
>>85004
He does so, turning them to the parts he found particularly distressing. In particular, he turns to the parts of "Psychology of Sex" where it talks about sexuality in foals.

Not knowing what else to say, he speaks the first thing on his mind. "So...you and Blue managed to talk things out. I am glad for this."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85006
85007
>>85005
Dark Star Wretches at the contents
*Snap*
"You can turn the page now. and yea im pretty sure we did."
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85007
85008 85009
>>85006
He does so. It gets to the part of the "Psychology of Sex" where it talks about homosexuality. Silver doesn't seem nearly as disgusted by this section as he does the previous one, though it's still clearly uncomfortable for him. "I thought jape at Iron was fairly humorous as well."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85008
85009 85012
>>85007
Dark Star seem disgusted by this passage as well but his disgust is not as intense
*Snap*
"Im sort of proud of that one."
Dark Star Laughs and looks away from the gay book
"You know i wish ash had burned this book instead of the books in the basement."
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.85009
85010
>>85007
>>85008
Wait, what joke was made at Iron's expense? I don't remember.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85010
85011 85012
>>85009
the "as long as its not iron" one i assume.
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.85011
>>85010
I suppose.
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85012
85013
>>85008
Silver laughs. "Me too." After a couple more seconds of laughter, Silver looks at Star. "Hey Star...would you like to learn how to do something for Blue? It will likely seem so small thing to you, but I figure I could share some of my knowledge about having pegasus partner. I am certain Blue would love it."
>>85010
Yep, that one.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85013
85014
>>85012
Dark Star looks at silver with a quizzical look
"yea, i would like any information i can get, my dad died before he could teach me about mares."

Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85014
85015
>>85013
Silver rubs the back of his neck. "I...do not know how much help I can be with teach you about mares in general, but for pegasi...well, what do you know about preening?"
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85015
85016
>>85014
"im not even sure what that means."
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85016
85017
>>85015
"Ah, let us start with that, then. Preening is way pegasi take care of their wings. It usually serves three purposes: remove loose or damaged feathers from wings, clean healthy feathers of dirt and sweat that accumulates over time, and cover them with natural oils to protect them from elements. Adult pegasi can do this on their own, but those in intimate relationships are known to preen each other, and it is usually seen as very intimate act. I have had some experience in this, as I was married to Storm for 18 years, so if you want, I could try to teach you how to preen Blue."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85017
85018
>>85016
"please go on. im all ears."
Dark Star wiggles his ears
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85018
85019 85021
>>85017
Silver laughs a bit more. He feels almost younger, teaching Dark Star like this. Makes him feel like he's teaching his own sons, again.

Silver starts to teach Star how to preen, or at least as well as he can as a unicorn can teach an earth pony without any visual aid. He describes how to root around in a pegasus's wing to locate loose feathers and very gently pull them out with his teeth, how to use both his snout and his tongue to clean the dirt and grime off of healthy feathers, and how to spread the natural oils secreted in the wings and wingpits throughout the feathers to add a nice, protective layer. He also goes into surprising detail about how the oils secreted by a pegasus's wingpits are absolutely loaded with pheromones, and just how effective it is in "exciting" the male member, and getting a pony "in the mood to reproduce".
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85019
85020
_DarkStar_.png
>>85018
"very interesting. Pheromones you say?"
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85020
85021 85022
>>85019
Silver nods. "Indeed. It is supposed to prepare couple for intercourse, get both members in mood. There were many times when I would preen Storm and take large whiff from her wingpits, and it would be like punch to face, that scent of her pheromones. It becomes especially potent during estrus." He blushes a little in embarrassment as he continues. "Normally, I would have to wait until near end of preening to do so. It would not take long for my mind to go to mush thinking about nothing but rutting her, and for feeling of my, eh...'Splitting Sword'...popping out of its sheath and slapping against her back to make us both go crazy with lust."
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.85021
85022
>>85020
>>85018
Alright, noted for further reference.
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85022
85023
>>85020
"what does it smell like?"
>>85021
Same
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85023
85024
>>85022
"I have heard it is different for all pegasi, at least to some degree, that all have some sort of unique 'flavor' to their pheromones. It usually will always smell somewhat like mixture of sweat and musk, but there is also something...unique, something I can not quite describe. All I can come up with is it smells bit like sex, or energy, except more...potent."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85024
85025
>>85023
"Thats...very vague"
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85025
85026
>>85024
"It is something you would need to experience yourself to understand, I feel. All I can describe accurately is feeling. You know those shivers down your spine or legs when you eat delicious food, or listen to great music, or when your partner does something really pleasurable to you? It is like that, except throughout your entire body."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85026
85027
>>85025
"i think im going to try it out next chance i get."
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85027
85028
>>85026
Star notices Silver shifting around a little where he's sitting. Apparently all of this talk about pheromones has got him worked up a bit. "I highly recommend it. I would offer to help guide you through process, but I am not sure how much my help would be welcomed. I...also would not want to...intrude...on any, eh, 'private' moments that occur between you two."
Anonymous
wVUQw
?
No.85028
85029
>>85027
"Something wrong?"
Dark Star Chuckles a bit knowing whats wrong
"could you write the steps down maybe?"
Silver
Z3pG5
?
No.85029
85030 85039
>>85028
"N-no, nothing is wrong." The awkward and silently pleading look on his face confirms what Star already knows. "If you had pen and paper, then yes, I would be very willing to write it down for you."
Iron OOC
3EI8Q
?
No.85030
85031 85032
>>85029
Roll fortitude save to keep Silver from prematurely ejaculating