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 Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures thank to their dealing with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestrian Southeast, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and corrupt creepy politicians threaten the city. 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.
The party now takes on the task of breaking, entering, and investigating the house of Social Democrat politician Comte "Cheese" Burgher, who is alleged to have 'purchased' two young foals. They have already distracted the guards around the gated community and explored most of the property. Now, Ash tries out her role as a 'dog whisperer,' Dark Star contemplates the evidence he has already collected, Silver shifts between stealing jewelry from innocent third parties and talking about the joyful smell of wingpit sweat, Iron harasses guards by talking to them about queer theory while Onyx acts as his his homosexual partner, Brie tries to get the guards drinking on the job, and Spark follows around the group in the attic.
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Going for smol nap. Should be aawake 1 hour later.
>>86125Ash is neither wounded nor eated
>>86124Whether Silver can actually find a satisfactory array of toys in a general store, or has to go to a specialty toy store I don’t care to specify, but among toys, he can find:
Children’s books
Little steel Army soldiers, these of both pre-war royal guards and wonderbolts, as well as Great War era Equestrian soldiers, which remain on the shelves despite their “politically incorrect” status
Stackable bricks, that may be combined into many combinations like houses or railways
Steel toy cars that are painted. Firetrucks and dumptrucks
Steel warplanes, also of Great War models
Blankets
Toy weapons
Pony dolls
>>86128>>86124For good measure, add in
Marbles
Chutes and ladders or equivalent board game
Jacks
>>86126This slightly startles Kerr, but he is able Ron find all things as he left them. Although that booze bottle is still in an awkward location
>>86130The booze was going to be so I could implicate the guards for the fire, its irrelevant now. I'm most interested in the code book.
>>86128>>86129It's been a while since Silver's bought toys, but he wants the changelings to at least have something to do or play with. He grabs a little of everything: a selection of various toy soldiers, a set of stackable bricks, a couple toy cars, a firetruck, and a warplane, a pair of blankets, a game of Chutes and Ladders, a game of Checkers, some marbles, some jacks, a toy gun and toy sword, and a couple pony dolls. He also grabs a couple more chocolate bars of the milk chocolate variety. He's not sure if changelings like chocolate, or if they can even eat chocolate, but he figures even if they don't/can't, there are others who will. With all of this gathered, he brings everything to the cashier to be rung up.
>>86132Forgot to add children's books to the list, so if it's possible, add some to that as well.
>>86132>All of thatLike a lot more. 40 bits
>>86131Yep, right there in the stash. Red cover, it seems like it mostly consists of translations for an encryption, as well as a few numbers at the beginning
>>86134He was expecting it to be a little pricy, but he gladly puts down the required Bits on the counter, before leaving the store with his newly acquired items in his saddlebags. He's suddenly thankful that he nearly emptied them out back at his room.
Silver begins the trek home.
>>86134He takes the book and returns to the Tavern, hoping that there's useful information contained inside.
>>86135And that probably is a good thing, because damned is it a lot of items. Onyx should be manning the bar
>>86137Is Onyx even here, still?
>>86136And this should be so. Hopefully Spark hasn’t been killed by the changelings. Onyx would be manning the bar
>>86138Probably not
>>86140Yey?Silver nods to Onyx as he enters the tavern. "It is good to see you, Onyx. I see you are working at the moment."
>>86139Preemptive F for Spark >>86141"Gotta make a living somehow"
>>86142Silver nods. "I understand that. I will not bother you much more. Mission was success, among other things. I will fill you in later, after you are done working." He turns and heads for the rooms. "I will see you later, Onyx."
You know, I think I still haven't figured out what race Onyx is.>>86139Silver calls "Es ist nur ich." through the door to his room before opening it and stepping into the room. He smiles when he sees both Kerr and Wesley are there, with Wesley apparently petting Spark. "Hallo Kerr, Wesley. Ich bin aus dem Krankenhaus zurück." He looks around the room a little bit, notice a distinct lack of Iron. "Ich nehme an, das große Pony ist weg?"
>>86144And now I know.And knowing is half the battle!>>86075Well, as long as Atlas keeps rigging the dice as he has been, I imagine we'll continue to be entertaining for some time to come.
>>86143Crystal pony. Functionally an Earth Pony
Wesley moves from his position by Spark, and moves to i front of Silver, sitting down, and looking up at Silver and smiling
“Hallo. Warum musstest du ins Krankenhaus gehen?”
Kerr keeps his distance towards the end of the room, but looks st the scene, and answers the inquiry about Iron
“Er ging weg. Ich habe ihn nicht getötet“
>>86145*coo*
Poner is hugged
>>86147"i need to go buy some chocolate. Doctors orders."
>>86148“Well, I guess you should do that. Where are your companions? What is this new development?”
>>86147Silver smiles back at Wesley, and gives him a quick hug. "Du und dein Bruder haben mich sehr hart gebissen. Ich musste dafür sorgen, dass an mir nichts falsch war."
Once he leaves the embrace, he smiles at and chuckles at Kerr's answer. "Ich bin sehr froh, dass du ihn nicht getötet hast!"
With both changelings answered, he looks at both of them. He's a little nervous about how the toys he bought the two will be received, but he knows he'll deal with it either way. "Ich habe dir zwei Sachen besorgt, während ich draußen war. Würdest du gerne sehen?"
I’m on designated driver’s duty for the next 40ish minutes
>>86149"i think they are at the east-side tavern Which new development? and has Comte been captured yet?"
>>86128Back from small nap.
After Iron sees Ash's sleeping form does he breathe a sigh of relief. For a bit, he did not understand why but remembers it after some time. He decides to ask the sisters for a room to sleep in so that he can stash his stuff and go back to the bar.
>>86150>hugging the pegasusPegasus is hugged with a "squeek," and Silver doesn't have to see the drooping ears on the little colt's face
Wesley is already right by Silver, and Kerr comes closer
>>86153"Of course he hasn't been 'captured.' What would he be captured for? It's not like foals were found chained in a sex dungeon when the firefighters and police got there. No, when he heard that there was a fire reported at his house, he tried to go on scene, then was rushed away to a hotel. With a police escort to 'protect he and his family from possible arsonists and assassins' of course. When we have all of the evidence in,
then we will nab him. As for the new development, I heard about that in a message"
>>86154"Sure, the same room you used last night is still unoccupied"
>>86156Silver can still guess that Wesley is worried about what he said. "Keine Sorge. Der Arzt sagte, es würde mir gut gehen." He pulls out the various toys, games, and blankets he bought from the store, and sets them on the floor of his room. "Ich habe diese für dich und deinen Bruder gekauft. Ich dachte, du würdest gerne etwas zu tun haben. Ich hoffe sie gefallen dir."
>>86156"im confused as to what new development you are talking about."
A soft knock at the door immediately precedes Brie slipping quietly into the room, carrying a red book. He scans the room quickly, and seeing no one dead he takes a seat near the door.
"Eeeeeee." he Eeeeee's.
The sorcerer starts to feel inadequate with all of these different languages being tossed around as of late.
>>86159Silver looks at him, confused about the bat pony noises. "Eeeeeee?" His confusion is replaced by intrigue as he sees the red book Brie is carrying. "You did not have that earlier. What is that?"
>>86160>>86161F>t.trilingual fighter horse >>86162Brie's face brightens. "Eeeee! I was thinking about Comte and the network of accomplices and contacts he would have to have in order to maintain,... practices such as he does, and then I remembered this book I found in his hidden bedroom safe. I'm not sure what it means exactly, I'm only just getting back to it now, but I'm hoping it might give a name, or an address, or something that can be used to find out more about their operation."
>>86158"I received a message talking about 'a new development.' It must have been from one of your compatriots. I should probably meet with them for the quick rundown on what they found"
>>86157Wesley starts looking through the items, and Kerr approaches to do the same. "Yay! says Wesley, "Die anderen Ponys gaben uns nie etwas zum Spielen"
Wesley picks up a book, and starts looking through its pages, with a big smile on his face. "Ich kann diese nicht lesen," he says, smile still on his face.
Kerr looks at the toy soldiers modeled after the Equestrian soldiers of the Great War. The soldiers that killed more than one half million Changeling Drones. Kerr looks at Silver, changes form into the black and red insectoid, and says "Ernst?"
>>86159It's Christmas morning for the little drones, Kerr returning to his drone form, and Wesley remaining a grey pegasus
>>86164"oh yea i just remembered Silver has a film reel we found in comtes house. want to come shopping with me? we can swing by the tavern afterwards and you can get a quick rundown."
>>86164Brie's attention is momentarily diverted to the Lings. "Ahhh, spielen sie." He says with a smile. Looking back to the book, he starts flipping through it to see if there's anything that jumps out at him.
Is that an appraise check? >>86166"oh and can i get my saddlebag while im here?"
>>86164Silver looks fairly awkward at this moment. He rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment. He sounds genuinely sorry. "Es tut mir Leid. Im Nachhinein war es nicht die beste Wahl. Ich habe gerade alles gekauft, was verfügbar war." He levitates one of the books over to himself to look at the title. "Ich weiß, dass du diese nicht lesen kannst. Aber wenn Sie möchten, könnte ich sie Ihnen vorlesen."
>>86163This clicks with what he found during his own investigation of the Burgher residence. He looks fairly amused. "So, I will assume it was you who cut painting out of its frame."
>>86168She looks at him with a look that best translates as "-_-". "Sure."
>>86167If he had to guess, it looks to him like the book is intended to be a cipher for some sort of encryption. There are a few numbers at the beginning that could have any sort of various meanings.
he could look deeper into it, yes>>86169Wesley seems excited by this proposition
"Yay! Das ist nett!"
Wesley has also begun playing with a toy firetruck. He starts to bat it around with his hoof, to push it forward, almost like a cat.
Kerr has wrapped himself in a blanket, where only his big blue eyes and black muzzle are visible through. He has grabbed one of the little pony dolls and has placed in his mouth, biting down on the squeeking little thing, held behind his fangs. He has picked up the toy gun, and pretends to shoot it at the toy soldiers
[1d20+10 = 13]>>86170Should I ask what numbers?
>>86170Silver is happy that he at least got something for them to play with, even with his own screw ups. He sits down on his bed to watch them.
>>86173Wesley starts pushing around the dumptruck. Kerr lays down wrapped in the blanket, still biting on the pony doll, and bats at the toy soldiers with the sword
>>86171>rolled a 3Hmmm
>>86174"There might have been a painting," he says guiltily beforem is brow furrows for a moment "... but its only fair because I missed out on my share of whatever was at the docks!" but his expression becomes passive again. "Hey, since you can speak the Ling language, would you mind translating for me? Not this instant of course, when they're done playing for a while."
>>86175Silver silently cheers Kerr on from the sidelines. He pays attention to how he swings the sword, looking for ways he could potentially improve in his effectiveness.
>>86176He seems amused by the bat's antics. "It is fine, I will not judge you. I was just confused at house when I saw painting was cut out, instead of just removed." He looks at the changelings playing. "Of course I would be willing to translate. I can not guarantee I will get it completely right, but I will try."
>>86178"Ever tried sneaking around with a full-on, framed painting?" ^_~
>>86170Dark Star goes and gets his bag and then returns to blue. "lets go."
Dark Star heads towards the door
>>86179Silver lets out a laugh. "No, but I can imagine it is most difficult." He takes a look at the bat's frame and build. "I take it you are sneaky type? It seems like I only ever know you are around when you actively make your presence known."
>>86178Kerr's swinging is fairly simple, a right-to-left downward swipe to knock the painted tin soldiers over onto their side. He seems to be trying to make aggressive sounds like a 'rah!,' while doing so, but the doll in his mouth stifles that. The doll is far enough into the back of his mouth that his fangs do not risk breaking it.
Wesley places a bag of marbles in the back of the dump truck, and pushes it about
>>86180"Alright let's go"
And thus they go
>>86181"I prefer discretion, yes. Its hard to develop a reputation when most don't notice you."
>>86182How old are these Lings? like CMC age? Older? Don't say younger >>86182to a general store or a candy store which ever is open and closest to the tavern.
"what kind of candy do you like?"
>>86183Uh, maybe?>>86184"Get me something sweet to suck on," she says, smiling
>>86182"Kerr, benutze den Schwung jedes Schwungs, um den nächsten zu starten." He demonstrates by swinging a foreleg down from right-to-left, then bringing it up around to swing downward from left-to-right.
>>86183He lets out another, smaller laugh. "Sometimes, it is difficult to develop reputation even when everypony notices you." He takes a dark chocolate candy bar out of his bags, and takes a bite out of it, enjoying the bitter taste combined with the sweetness.
>>86185"you'll get that later tonight."
Dark Star winks and smiles back at her
>>86186"Perhaps, but in my line of work the question of "What did he look like" is one I'd rather people not be able to answer."
>>86188"I suppose that is why I prefer fighting. I am not very sneaky pony." Silver motions to his own fairly husky and heavy build.
>>86187*Purr*
"If you just need to spend a half hour licking on something, you don't need to pay for candy"
She gives him her smile
>>86186He looks up at Silver, definitely surprised by this bit of advice. But he seems to start implementing the technique into his swing, allowing him to better knock over rows of Imperial Guards
>>86190Dark Star tries to keep it in his sheath
Dark Star laughs trying to focus on something other than...
"i can do both."
>>86191Silver smiles at this, a lets out a small cheer for him. "Mach weiter, Kerr, du kannst sie besiegen!"
Silver looks back at what Wesley is doing now with his dump truck full of marbles.
>>86193Dark Star goes in to the store
>>86194Little Wesley had been content at first simply to move it about. Then, placing objects in the back like a bag of marbles, or bricks. Now, he takes them from location to another neatly sorting brick into piles, transporting them, and dumping them
>>86195It is so. What does he want to buy?
>>86196Spark watches the cuteness.
>>86196Silver is content to just watch him play like this.
>>86196He buys 4 white chocolate bars, some gummy worms
or what ever the equivalent is, and a bag of suckers.
>>86197>>86198He takes all of the bricks and dumps them into one pile. Then, he pulls out bricks of one type, places them into the back of the dump truck, and dumps them. he forms a few separate piles this way. After doing this, he starts to build a wall with the bricks
>>86199It is so, only a few bits
>>86200He'll yeah he's building a wall
>>86200and Dark star buys 100 bits worth of toys and blankets and books and candy to donate to the orphanage tomorrow.
>>86200Silver takes another bite of his chocolate bar as he watches.
>>86201And the ponies are gonna pay for it. >>86202Wow, damn, alright. That will be hard to fit all in his bag though
>>86203He can feel a
little bit of joy returning to him. Kerr seems to be acting out some sort of swashbuckling adventure in his own little corner, still wearing the blanket as a sort of cloak. Wesley picks up a pony doll with his mouth, and places it on one side of the wall, while continuing to lay down bricks, building his wall
>>86204Silver lays down on his bed, and levitates over one of the children's stories he bought to read the title of it.
Wesley really is building a wall to keep the ponies out. >>86204And a Satchel to hold what my saddlebag cant.
>>86205>out>>86205“The Runaway Bunny,” a bit simpler, seems to be a recent publication
>>86206Well, looks like he can do it
>>86207He decides to read it, not really expecting all that much from it, but it's at least something for him to do.
>>86207Dark Star pays, thanks the employee working the counter and leaves.
>1000 bits >>86208A little rabbit lives with his mother, but wants to runaway. He says that he will transform to get away, but his mother always promises that she will find him. “I will runaway and become a trout.” He says, and his mother replies, “If you runaway and become a trout, I will become a fisherman and I will catch you.” And this repeats, the little rabbit saying he will become a rock on a tall mountain, and his mother says she will become a mountaineer to find him, he will become a flower and she shall become a gardener, and so forth. At the end of all of that, the little rabbit decides he will stay by his mother’s side, content in knowing that his mother loves him, and will always come to find him
>>86209Okay, that’s a hell of a lot of toys
>>86211Well, he has his candy and toys, as well as a bigger bag
>>86210Silver smiles from the nice story.
>>86212Dark Star opens the bag of suckers and gets blue out a strawberry flavored one
>>86213>>86213Little Wesley lays down, and looks at Silver, having completed the wall. The little grey and darker grey foal looks quite a bit like pic related, looking up at Silver on his bed
>>86214Blue Skies takes the sucker with her wing, and starts rubbing it against her tongue, in and out of her mouth
>>86215Silver looks at the cute colt. "Oh, was hast du da gebaut?"
>>86216“Ich habe eine Mauer gebaut,” replies Wesley, smiling
>>86217She looks at him and smiles
“Have you met me? Anyways, we need to get to the others”
>>86220"Aha! Es sieht aus wie eine sehr stabile Wand."
>>86220Dark Star Smiles at blue mischievously at her
"yea."
Dark Star Heils a taxi and tells them to drive to the tavern
>>86221“Tatsächlich. Es muss stabil sein, damit die leckeren Ponys drinnen bleiben”
He bites down on the little pony doll, smiling and tail wagging
>>86222One is hailed quickly, and they are on their way
>>86223Internally, it slightly worries him. But he remembers this changeling is still a child, and it's what he's been taught all his life. So, he smiles, and pats the bed next to him to invite Wesley to sit next to Silver. "Möchten Sie dieses leckere Pony hierher bringen und sich eine Geschichte anhören?"
>>86224He eats a few squares of his chocolate bar while riding in the taxi