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Occupied Equestria: B&E
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85095
85098 85100
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.
1665 replies and 19 files omitted.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85304
85309 85310
>>85299
"Stick the sword into the doorframe, and pry it open." She says, a little frustrated
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85305
... maybe more bonuses cuz dark?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85306
85308
>>85302
I sure hope Brie knows what the fuck he's doing.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85307
85318
>>85300
As the guy is inside a booth with walls on two sides...
“Hello again. We sent the other two to see the address so we know where to send the firefighters”
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85308
>>85306
I don't think he does, but my mission just got a few hours loppoed off of its time limit...
HmTsy
?
No.85309
85311 85312 85313 85315
[1d20+2 = 4]
>>85304
He sighs. "Right..."

Strength: Silver unsheathes his greatsword, and sticks it into the doorframe, trying to use it like a prybar.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85310
85315 85318
>>85301
>>85304
Dark Star and spark make their way over to the pool house
and is the house brie set on fire the same one we just came out of?
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85311
>>85309
Well, fuck you too.
Olbcm
?
No.85312
85313 85314 85315 85316
[1d20+1 = 20]
>>85309
"Let me try."
Sister Ash makes a check using her telekinesis.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85313
>>85309
Palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on my sweater already. Mom's spaghetti.
>>85312
Mare power at it again.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85314
>>85312
Well, fuck you again, dice.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85315
85316 85317 85319 85320 85328
>>85309
The thing bounces

>>85310
Yes. Yes it is.

>>85312
Welp, the breaks the lock the fuck out
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85316
>>85312
>>85315
Silver stares in silent confusion and awe. "...Well, it turns out you did not need my help in first place." He sheathes his sword again.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85317
85329
>>85315
Sister Ash sticks her head into the chamber with her lightrock and peers inside.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85318
85329
>>85310
The one you just came out of
>>85307
If the guard goes for the phone, would he be able to see Brie approach?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85319
>>85315
I'll suppose the afternoon meal is cancelled for now, seeing that Brie is currently doing some stupid shit. Here's hoping the waitress was a changeling to bond with
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85320
85321 85325 85329
>>85315
"Son OF A DIAMOND DOG."
Dark Star goes back over to the window and calls the pupper over to the window
"Boy The house is on fire come with me."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85321
85323 85325
>>85320
Is there a fire extinguisher?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85322
Wait, has anyone seen the fire yet?
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85323
85326
>>85321
None that i saw
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85325
85327
>>85320
>>85321
Silver hears Star's shout from the poolhouse. "...Did you hear that, Ash?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85326
85330
>>85323
We have to do something about that smoke before anypony sees it.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85327
85328
>>85325
"No." She replies,her head stuck in the closet
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85328
>>85327
>>85315
Silver heads for one of the poolhouse windows to see what the commotion is about.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85329
85331 85332 85333
>>85317
More wine bottles. Some cans of food

>>85318
The phone is within reach of the guard, and presumably he is looking out through the door of the booth waiting for the other two to return with the address

>>85320
>”FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85330
>>85326
I dont have any spells for this. or any way to put it out. i should really fucking invest in a fire extinguisher if you firebugsbats are going to keep burning shit.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85331
85332 85357
>>85329
"Calm Down boy, come here you'll be ok."
Dark Star reaches his hooves inside to grab the doggo
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85332
85334 85340
>>85329
>Nothing in the closet
Are there any other possible signs of where a child could be hidden? Any unusual smells?

Also can she see the fire?
>>85331
Don't forget the pet tarantula. He's in there too.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85333
85340
>>85329
"I'm gonna go and see if there's anyone that needs help."
He stashes the bottle (the one he and the guard were drinking from) as near as he can to the booth without being obvious, and then runs toward the house.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85334
85335
>>85332
i dont think Star saw it
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85335
85336
>>85334
Poor little guy...
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85336
85337 85338
>>85335
unless silver says something about him,he is gonna get roasted
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85337
>>85336
Poor spooder
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85338
85339
>>85336
I think you guys are seriously overestimating the size of the fire, and underestimating the responsiveness of the fire department
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85339
85340
>>85338
Fire departments arrive in minutes, and we still haven't found our foal.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85340
85341 85344 85357
BACK

>>85333
Alright, it is so

>>85332
She is looking the opposite direction of the fire, and also I have it on the opposite side of the house. She could look more closely, but it appears to be a sort of pantry

>>85339
foals
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85341
85342
>>85340
Go in the house
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85342
85343
>>85341
May I ask whether he only runs (versus flying up 30 feet over houses) and whether he tries to enter from the ground level or the window on the roof?
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85343
85345
>>85342
Flies, since you're giving me a chance to amend, and ground level.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85344
85345
>>85340
Gosh darn it...!

Sister Ash ramsacks for a bit more before she looks for anywhere else the foal could be.

By now, what places haven't been searched?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85345
85346 85347
>>85343
He can fly over a set of houses, and thus arrive before the car drives by the house. On the way over he thinks he sees ponies by the pool house in the back, but no obvious lights on. The front door to the house is locked

>>85344
Well, she hasn't done a search roll on the pantry
Olbcm
?
No.85346
85348 85349 85351
[1d20+5 = 11]
[1d20+5 = 14]
>>85345
Rolling Search for both her and Caleb
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85347
85349
>>85345
He decides to see what the ponies by the pool-house are about
HmTsy
?
No.85348
85349
[1d20-1 = -9]
>>85346
Search: Silver tries to help Ash search.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85349
85350 85351 85355
>>85347
It looks like there are no lights on over there. There seems to be at least three of them inside of there, with two dogs that are not barking

>>85346
>>85348
It looks as if there is a very large movable cover on the floor of the pantry, covering almost the entire floor. Would you believe that it is locked?
Olbcm
?
No.85350
85352
[1d20+1 = 18]
>>85349
Rolling to pry it open like before
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85351
85352 85353
>>85349
>>85346
"Think you can work your lock-breaking magic again, Ash?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85352
85354 85356
>>85350
>>85351
The prying is able to cause the part of the cover that attaches to the lock to break off. Moving it aside reveals a stair case going down, away from the house. Wooden steps
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85353
85356
>>85351
*Grunts*
"I'm trying..!"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85354
85356 85358
>>85352
Sister Ash proceeds down the stairs with the light orb levitated ahead of her.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85355
85358
>>85349
Brie picks a dark corner nearby to keep an eye on the scene.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85356
85358
>>85352
>>85353
>>85354
"Nice work, Sister Ash!" Silver follows, keeping his horn lit to provide additional light.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85357
85358
>>85331
>>85340

Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85358
85360 85361 85368
>>85355
In the front yard, the car approaches, and slows down for a short moment

>>85357
Doggy is grabbed

>>85356
>>85354
What they see when they enter is a room with green painted walls probably at least 20 feet by 20 feet. There is a matress on the ground, and several chairs. A couch. A film projector and a screen.. An open door to what appears to be a small bathroom. A small pile of papers over by a chair in the corner. A closed door at the other side of the room
ash6l
?
No.85359
[1d2 = 2]

Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85360
85362 85363
>>85358
Silver looks at the scene more closely, not very enthused about any of it. "Well, this explains how he made film..." He goes for the door, trying to open it.
Olbcm
?
No.85361
85363
[1d20+1 = 13]
>>85358
Not seeing any children, Sister Ash makes a b-line towards the closed door.
Then she tries it open, because i'm pretty sure it's locked.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85362
85366
>>85360
Sister Ash looks a bit agitated.
"Let's just find what we're looking for and leave."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85363
85364 85366
>>85360
The door - would you be surprised - is locked. Forgot to mention a refrigerator in the room

>>85361
Smart cookie. Close, but not quite
Olbcm
?
No.85364
85365
[1d20+1 = 17]
>>85363
She doesn't give up.
Try again
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85365
85367
>>85364
Lock breaks
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85366
85374
>>85363
Might as well try, you know.
>>85362
"With what else we have found? I already have very bad feeling about what took place down here."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85367
85374
>>85365
Sister Ash hurls the door aside and looks into the room.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85368
85369 85370
>>85358
Dark Star ushers himself and Spark Towards the pool house
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85369
85370
>>85368
Is ushered. Apparently.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85370
85371 85372
>>85368
>>85369
Pls try to put out this fire before the cops arrive...
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85371
85373
>>85370
Only got fire magic. Sorry.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85372
85373
>>85370
i dont know what you want me to do dude, i dont have anything to put it out with.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85373
>>85371
>>85372
Darn it.
I can put it out with Create Water, but my character isn't there.
>Nervousness intensifies
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85374
85375 85376 85377 85379 85382
>>85366
>>85367
"HISS!"

The room smells... unpleasant

Another room, smaller. Unlike every single other room they have been in, this room has a light on in it. To the left periphery is a bed, and past that is a lamp that is on. On the far end is a bed. On that one bed, is not one, but two foals. Both have thick collars with thick leather chains around them, attached to the wall where their is a sturdy metal base.

One is a light green unicorn. Colt, younger, blank flank. Blue eyes cast a very deep sense of despair and sadness, looking towards the door, as his ears droop and he lay on the bed, head close to it. The second foal is a white earth pony colt, also young and a blank flank. He sits up close to the wall, back against it. He does not make eye contact with those entering the room, although he is clearly aware of them. His drooped ears and cowering appearance suggests a sense of intense dread. In the center of the room, on the far side, is a veil that hangs between the left half where the foals are, and the right half of the room. It must serve to keep what exists on each side from having constant line of sight with what is on the other

On the right side of the room, on the side opposite the entrance, are two cages, each not very large. Inside of each are creatures that probably neither Ash nor Dark Star (or even Spark, if he be present) have ever seen in this form alive. Two small undisguised Changelings. At least that must be what they are. They are black with coats more chitinous than furry, big blue eyes with no whites or very distinct pupils, severed tubular ears, translucent green barrels, dragonfly-like wings with green sheaths, and giant holes in their legs. Both of them are drones. They are too small to be adults. They must be in some formative stage of development - that race's equivalence of pre-adolescence. Both are also fitted with leather collars, though these attach to their cages.

One of them hisses at the creatures in the doorway, and its hiss is the one and only sign of a resisting will in the room, as is bares its fangs at the intruders and lowers its tube-like ears. Even it does not come as close as its leash or cage will allow. The other is quiet, and stays at the back of its cage. It too seems to convey a sort of fear in the way it cowers towards the back of its cage
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85375
85377 85378 85379
>>85374
Dark Star quickly takes pictures of the scene

Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85376
85378
>>85374
"Hush, we are here to free you young ones."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85377
85379 85380 85381 85382
>>85374
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this is all too much to handle quietly before the freaking cops show up!

Sister Ash is taken aback, but remains steadfast. The approaches the nearest foal and removes his collar.
"Are you alright..?" She asks in a soft voice, despite the fact that he obviously isn't
"Can you walk?" She asks
>>85375
When did he get here?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85378
85380
>>85375
Quite picturesque, indeed

"HISS!"

>>85376
No creature responds, although the changeling on the far right hisses at the flash photography
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85379
>>85375
If Dark Star is there, then so would Spark.
>>85374
>>85377
I go help ash and calm down the foals.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85380
85384
>>85377
He was heading to the pool house
>>85378
Dark Star turns around so where he is standing in the stair well and takes a picture of the house
Snap
he turns back around to the foals and walks over to the white earth pony "im gonna get you outta here, the bad pony wont hurt you anymore."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85381
85383
>>85377
No pony responds, all remain cowing in fear save the one changeling. The green unicorn seems to stare far past Ash and Dark Star
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85382
85384
>>85374
"...Oh, sweet Celestia..." Silver looks between the foals and the drones. A desire to see Comte burn in Tartarus slowly rises to the surface.
>>85377
Seeing Ash take care of the foals, Silver slowly attempts to approach the drones. He hasn't had many good encounters with changelings, but this...no one, pony or changeling, should have to be in a position like this. His voice assumes a natural paternal tone, trying to sound calming to the drones. "Young ones...are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85383
85385
Holy shit. Can anypony do something to stop the Safety Squads from showing up?
Wtf are we supposed to do in this time? Reeeeeee.
I'm probably going to need a long time to get these foals ready for transportation, and a bit to plan how to sneak them all out.
>>85381
Sister Ash proceeds to remove all of their collars.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85384
85387 85390
>>85380
The Earthpony lets out a whimper, and his right ear twitches, but he does not respond

>>85382
The right Changeling charges his cage and hisses
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85385
85386 85388
>>85383
You probably got like 4 minutes or so probably maybe

>>85383
Now how is she going to do that? They are clearly made to not be easily removed by telekinesis
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85386
>>85385
She pulls out her divination blade and attempts to cut through the leather, carefully.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85387
85389
>>85384
He instead turns to the changeling on the left, the one cowering. He takes a closer look at the drone.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85388
85389
>>85385
>4 minutes
That doesn't sound like it's enough.

How far away are we from the orphanage?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85389
85393
>>85387
This one has signs of multiple physical injuries. They don't bruise per se, but the way its body is colored suggests at least beatings, possibly electrocution

>>85388
15 minutes probably
fpzmT
?
No.85390
85391 85392
[1d20+7 = 8]
>>85384
Dark Star pets him non threatnigly
Diplomacy to get him to trust me
"its okay i promise im with the good guys we are here to save you all. we arent going to hurt you."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85391
85394
>>85390
Dammit, Star!
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85392
85394
>>85390
Loud damned whimpering from that foal and the other one. The white earth pony collapses down in fear
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85393
85396
>>85389
"О богини…" Silver turns to both changelings, looking sympathetically at them. His voice continues in its paternal tone. "I promise, to both of you, we will find pony who did this. And he will pay. Now, let us see if we can not get you freed."

Silver takes a look at how the cages open, and if there's something in the room that will let him open them.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85394
85396
_Angry horse sounds.gif
>>85391
>>85392
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
"W-What are you okay?? stay with me."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85395
I'm going to have to sleep soon. This time limit is stressing me out though.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85396
85397 85401 85402
>>85393
Simple locks on each cage

Now, the drone responds and talks to Silver, with an unnatural voice, and nothing less than a deep despair. He is monotone, and stares past the other Changeling
"Das schlechte Pferd hielt uns fest. Es gibt keine Liebe von diesem Pferd. Einfach nur Lust."

He talks aloud to the other:
"Es gibt keinen Grund, Bruder. Unten bleiben."

>>85394
He responds finally
"I don't want to go to the bed" he cries
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85397
85398
>>85396
Sister Ash removes his collar.
"We're leaving. Can you run?" She asks softly
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85398
85400
>>85397
Of the earth pony or the green unicorn?
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85399
"Well this is taking far longer than I had expected,..." Brie Eeeee's to himself.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85400
85411
>>85398
Both of them.
fpzmT
?
No.85401
85411
[1d20+7 = 16]
>>85396
"shhh, shhh its ok. i promise you no one will hurt you. my names dark star. and im here to help you, and the rest of your friends down here. what's your name my friend?"
Dark Star undoes the collar on the white earth pony
Diplomacy
HmTsy
?
No.85402
85411
[1d20+2 = 13]
>>85396
He can not understand the changelings words. But he understands what they mean. "Do not worry, young ones. He is not here right now. I am."

Strength: Silver grabs his railroadmare's hammer, and tries to break the locks on the cages.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85403
85404
How many foals are there here?
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85404
85405 85406
>>85403
@ and the chanlings
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85405
>>85404
*2
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85406
85407
>>85404
If they're blankflsnks, I can probably pick them up.

The Changelings can go fuck themselves. My priorities have shifted now that It on a 4 minute timer.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85407
85409
>>85406
ill carry the earth pony out
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85408
85409 85410 85419
sigh
Brie goes into the pool-house and follows the 'trail' downstairs to the cell rooms.
"You might consider hurrying." He says entering the room.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85409
85410 85414
>>85407
No, you need to gather evidence of these atrocities before the cops show up.
Sister Ash will take these two and try to get back to the orphanage without being seen.
>>85408
"Who's that?"
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85410
85414
>>85408
"Brie! good to see you. what are you doing here?"
>>85409
*Snap*
*snap*
*snap*
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85411
85412 85413 85419
>>85400
The green unicorn cowers, but is submissive enough to obey orders. The white earth pony remains cowering on the bed, and non-responsive

>>85401
"I am... White Orchid" responds the colt, still very afraid

>>85402
The simple lock breaks, allowing the door to open slightly. The other drone is scared by this, and backs down. He stops hissing. The drone in the cage Silver opened, however, won't shut up

"Wir hungern. Das Pferd würde uns dazu bringen, Bilder anzusehen und uns in viele verschiedene junge Pferde zu verwandeln. Seine Freunde würden ihre Sachen in uns stecken und uns berühren. Sie hatten keine Liebe zum Essen, und wenn wir versuchten zu füttern, würden sie uns einen Stromschlag geben"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85412
85416
>>85411
Sister Ash pets him softly with a telekinetic tendril.
"It's going to be alright..." She whispers
"But we have to hurry."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85413
85416
>>85411
"okay well, the nice nun is gonna get you to safety alright? everything is going to be ok now. your nightmare is over. you have to be a tough colt can you do that for me?"
Q3rvX
?
No.85414
85415 85416
[1d20+11 = 14]
>>85409
>>85410
Brie stares at both of them like they're missing something. And without responding gets to work picking any/all of the other locks.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85415
85420
>>85414
Sister Ash stares back for a moment
"... Who.. are you..?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85416
85417 85421
>>85413
"... okay..." he says, very submissively

>>85412
He does not respond, only complies.

>>85414
Only one more lock. The lock on the cage of the changeling that was hissing
Q3rvX
?
No.85417
85418
[1d20+11 = 20]
>>85416
That one then
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85418
85423
>>85417
The door opens right up
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85419
85422 85425
>>85408
Silver doesn't seem to hear him, or doesn't care much about it.

>>85411
Silver understands this much, as well. "They did not let you feed. You are hungry..." He thinks for a moment. "Here, if you still can feed..."

He brings a memory to mind. A loving memory, of him and Storm and their foals together. Storm and Silver, sitting together on the front porch of their cabin out near Manehattan, watching as their foals play out in the front yard. He remembers the joy from watching his offspring try to tag each other, the worry when one of them faceplants into the dirt, the relief when they get back up, smiling and laughing. But most of all, the love from just being there, and being able to enjoy being with his loving family in such a beautiful yet simple moment like that.

He is unsure how much love the changelings can get from this small memory, but he hopes it's enough to get them going.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85420
>>85415
"... he helped us at the docks. we met him at the tavern remember? it doesnt matter. get them out of here NOW."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85421
85422 85425
>>85416
Sister Ash picks them both up and places them on her back.
Then she turns to leave.

"I'll let the two of you take care if this for now.," She says, as she leaves through the threshold
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85422
85424
>>85419
"silver do you know what i- he is saying?"
>>85421
"Go!"
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85423
85425
>>85418
Brie says to the hissy changeling. "Guten tag. Wir gehen aus."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85424
>>85422
She leaves
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85425
85426 85427 85428 85429
>>85419
The small and deformed bee pony rises to its hole-filled feet, and seems actually happy
"Kann ich mich von dir ernähren? Danke vielmals!"
There is still the leather restraint tying it down, but it moves forward as close as it can get to Silver, at the very end of its leash. It then opens its mouth, exposing its small fangs and thin tounge, and bites, as if it found something in the air. A green and purple energy is even visible flowing from the air to the small drone

Roll a fortitude save

>>85423
It seems a bit confused. Note that it is still restrained by a leather bind

>>85421
Small foals, but strength check anyways
Olbcm
?
No.85426
85430
[1d20+1 = 16]
>>85425
Rolling with telekinesis.
HmTsy
?
No.85427
85430
[1d20+8 = 23]
>>85425

Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85428
85430
>>85425
As in needing to be cut, or undone? I thought for certain that was Germane he spoke
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85429
85430
>>85425
Dark Star walks over to the cages and thinks bout how much he loves blue
yea hes giving some of it to the most malnourished one.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85430
85431 85432 85433 85440
>>85426
Good enough

>>85427
As it draws away magic from the Silver, he feels different at first, it is a lack of happiness. A lack of joy. The memory loses its color, going from color to black and white. He feels his body become suddenly cold, almost violently cold. The same as he felt after raising his wet fur into the winter air after jumping into the pool. It is as if the very will to live is slowly being drained from him, and he is slowly feeling the despair that the foals on the other side of the veil feel right now. But Silver is not there yet, as his magic is strong and he holds steady. The little vampire wants more

>>85428
Yes, cut or undone
All of the foals are non-responsive at first

>>85429
The one on the left is sucking from Silver. the one on the right, near Brie, could use some love
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85431
85436
>>85430
he walks over to that one
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85432
>>85430
Wait, are there any more foals in the room?

If not, she leaves the way she came, and gets ready to to flee the scene as fast as she can.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85433
85434 85445
>>85430
Brie begins undoing them in sequence, starting with the pissy one.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85434
85435
>>85433
"Can you talk to them?"
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85435
85437
>>85434
"Apparently not. I thought I caught a few of the words they were speaking, but it might be a different dialect of Scandaneighvian. Oh well, they'll figure it out."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85436
85438
>>85431
The Drone stays in the back of his cage for a moment. Unlike his companion, he is not talkative, and says nothing to Dark Star. But Brie has undone both the lock and his restraint. He bolts out of his cage, and lunges at the air itself in front of Dark Star - bypassing the physically closer Brie in the process. It pulls a green and purple energy from Dark Star, and towards its open mouth.

Roll a fortitude save
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85437
>>85435
"Buck, i was gonna get you to ask it about a blonde haied changling."
fpzmT
?
No.85438
85445
[1d20+4 = 9]
>>85436

Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85440
85441 85444 85445 85602
>>85430
He pushes onwards, a singular goal of making sure these changelings get out of here in his mind. He opens the cage and levitates a small, simple survival knife out of his bags. He uses it to cut the restraints off of the changeling. His voice still retains the paternal tone he used. "...this feeling...it is draining..." He looks at the changeling, bringing another memory to mind, for its sake. Him and Storm, out in a field. He looks deep into her yellow eyes. She offers to show him a trick. And suddenly, she takes off, soaring through the air. He sees her zoom across the sky, doing twists and twirls in the air for him, a trail of lightning following her. Suddenly, she makes a sudden turn in midair, right next to the air. A bolt of lightning appears to blow up a nearby cloud, creating possibly the most beautiful rainbow he has ever seen.

He is unsure how much more he can go on, or how much damage this will do to him, but he will push on, if it means he can get these two out of here.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85441
>>85440
*right next to a cloud.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85442
Why'd you guys take them out of the cage ffs? You could have just taken the cages with you.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85443
85446
Sister Ash leaves the building, and then promptly leaves the community.
She proceeds towards the orphanage in a hurry.

It's nightfall by now, right?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85444
85446
>>85440
Spark stares at this scene, more than a little disturbed.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85445
85448 85450 85454
just_a_taste_by_misteraibo-dayn7sg.gif
>>85438
When it first sinks into him, Dark Star feels cold. Perhaps the last time he felt significantly cold was waking up, naked and no cover on, alone in Blue Skies' bed in the Grand Baltimare Hotel. They must have neglected to keep the heat on. But this is not the same as simply awaking in a cold room. This is true cold, with almost a fear behind it. His euphoric warmth for Blue Skies... starts to drain and to fade. Even the image in his mind seems to fade. Not so much fade as drain of all color. All happiness starts to fade, all joy. Then a feeling of the very will for life itself slowly fading away. He starts feeling tired. Hopeless

Dark Star collapses to the floor. The drone automatically stops extracting

>>85440
The vampire's eyes glow. It looks as if Silver has brought joy to this insect as it draws away his memories, his magic - his life essence.

Roll one more fortitude save

>>85433
Did you cut the restraint on the one eating Silver?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85446
85447 85449
>>85443
Oh dear. Now how is she going to leave the community? Remember, it is walled

>>85444
The drone - the one that was hissing earlier - is still hungry after causing Dark Star to collapse to the floor
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85447
85457
>>85446
How did she get in in the first place? (I was asleep)

I thought she'd leave the way she came.
HmTsy
?
No.85448
85457
[1d20+8 = 15]
>>85445

Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85449
85457
>>85446
I glare at the changeling.
"You stay put."
I then drag Dark Star away from it and guard the door so they don't blast out and become the next quest.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85450
85451 85452 85457
>>85445
"this..is what empathy gets you.... i told her emotions were a weak...ness"
Dark Star pulls out his revolver and aims it at his temple
"N...o ho....pe"
j8D17
?
No.85451
85453
[1d20 = 16]
>>85450
I quick yank the gun away from Dark Star.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85452
85455
>>85450
Pull the trigger, pussy
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85453
>>85451
Forgot -1
Q3rvX
?
No.85454
85457
[1d20+3 = 4]
>>85445
Brie sighs and grapples the loose changeling.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85455
85456
>>85452
ill fukken do it scale back
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85456
>>85455
No u wouldn't. Ur 2 pussy
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85457
85459 85460 85461 85471
>>85447
A hole in the fencing some hundreds of feet away from the gate

>>85448
The pegasi still twists and twirls across the skies of Silver's mind... but it's getting harder to focus. Harder to concentrate. The images in his mind bleed color, then become like static, then he can scarcely think at all. There is this sort of feeling of a lack of purpose. A lack of hope. Like Storm is forever lost. But Silver remains standing, he remains awake, and though he definitely has less energy, he's defintely felt worse

Silver's little incubus friend, for his part, voluntarily stops. It would not be fair to say that he is 'sated.' The hunger is still visible in his eyes. But what is fair to say, is that the desperation is gone, He is no longer like a child fallen through a frozen lake, trapped under ice and desperate for air. He looks... grateful

"Vielen Dank!"

But he has one more request, looking over to the other changeling that has just knocked Brie on the ground

"Könnten Sie meinen Bruder füttern?"

>>85454
he falls to the ground, prone

>>85450
He is weak. He is not suicidal yet. That would require even more

>>85449
>Block the open doorway
Very good answer
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85459
85463
>>85457
She goes for the hole, Caleb beside her.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85460
85462 85463
>>85457
"Bl...ue"
Q3rvX
?
No.85461
85463 85466 85471
[1d20+3 = 15]
>>85457
Eeeeeeeing internally, Brie gets up and tries again as fast as possible.

Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85462
85464
>>85460
"You will see her soon. Just hold on my friend."

ash6l
?
No.85463
85464 85465
[1d20-1 = -7]
>>85461
Opposed

>>85460
He can see her, the color blinking in and out. The image in his mind gives him that smile

>>85459
The white Earth pony foal -White Orchid - either falls off, or jumps off
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85464
85466 85467
>>85462
>>85463
"there she is...everything is so du....ll."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85465
85466
>>85463
She stops and catches him with her telekinesis.
"Are you alright?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85466
85468 85470 85471 85472
>>85465
Strength check
"Let me go!"

>>85461
Brie captures the insect, who tries to flap his wings and buzz away, but fails

>>85464
He feels weak. Is he ready to try to feed the drone again?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85467
85470
>>85464
"Focus on her. She loves you. She needs you. You need to go to her."
Olbcm
?
No.85468
85469
[1d20+5 = 12]
>>85466
Sister Ash seems confused
"..Do you... Want to go back..?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85469
85473
>>85468
He doesn't respond. for a moment. Then he tears up
"I want to go back to mom"

Probably captured
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85470
85476
>>85466
totally
>>85467
dark Star is reaching his hooves out forward
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85471
85474 85476
>>85457
Silver focuses on the joy in the changeling's eyes. Even with himself feeling hopeless, even with the joy having been sucked from his life, he managed to help this changeling when they were in need. It's a calling he has strived for his entire life, helping those in need, and it fills him with a renewed sense of joy, of purpose, in his heart. Even when all around him goes dark, when he himself is joyless, he can still give joy to others, still give light to those who do not have it.

He looks at the changeling as best as he can. It's clear he's having difficulty focusing, but there's resolve in his eyes, now, that wasn't there before. "...You...you want me to feed him...I...I will try..."

>>85461
>>85466
Silver turns to Brie and the changeling he's grappling with. His legs are shaking, but he stays strong. "...Let...him go."
Q3rvX
?
No.85472
85476
[1d20 = 19]
>>85466
He attempts to pick up the bug.
Olbcm
?
No.85473
85476
[1d20+5 = 21]
>>85469
"What's your mother's name? I could take you there." She asks, still moving towards the exit
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85474
85475 85478 85481
>>85471
"Yes, yes, we'll get to that." He then proceeds to exit the underground post haste.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85475
85476
>>85474
Did he take the changeling with him, or did he leave the changeling behind?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85476
85477 85478 85479 85607
>>85472
Bug is still picked up. that doesn't stop him from Vampirizing off of Dark Star and Silver

>>85470
>>85471
Roll fortitude saves

>>85475
I think he's taking the changeling with him, but I am still going to let it parasitize the ponies

>>85473
".... Rose Glass"
HmTsy
?
No.85477
85481
[1d20+8 = 10]
>>85476
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85478
85482
>>85474
>>85476
Darn bat ponies phasing through ponies in their way.
Olbcm
?
No.85479
85480
[1d20+5 = 13]
>>85476
"Very well. I'll do what I can to find a her."
She offers her hoof
"Can you trust me for now?" She asks, pleadingly
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85480
>>85479
Didn't mean to roll
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85481
85483
>>85474
Oh yeah, Shimmer is at the exit

>>85477
The image goes from black and white to static. He can feel the great church of Saint Petershoof destroyed. He can feel Storm Warning killed before his very eyes. He can feel the thousand year empire of Hamrony destroyed. These are not thoughts called to mind nor images nor memories... They are feelings. It were as if every other feeling he had. Every other positive thought and memory has been pulled away. Vacuumed, if you will, leaving behind only the unpleasant, the evil, and the despairing. He now feels weak, and collapses.

"Es tut mir so leid" says his little incubus friend. As he falls down, he can tell that both changelings had been feeding on him at that moment, the changeling he sought to help and the changeling he thought had taken enough
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85482
85485
sigh
>>85478
"I don't suppose I could squeek by?" somewhere in the background there's a drum tap.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85483
85486
>>85481
Seriously, GM? Can't even leave it on a good note?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85484
85487 85490
I'm about to pass out soon, willingly or not.

Is Sister Ash able to make it back to the orphanage?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85485
85492
>>85482
"You are about to carry a changeling outside, where it can fly away and do Celestia knows what. No, not until we secure them. Help me get the others up."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85486
85488
>>85483
Which part?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85487
>>85484
It's 3:00 AM
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85488
85489 85490
>>85486
You know exactly what part I'm talking about. I'm actually a little pissed off that's the direction you took with it.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85489
85493
>>85488
I think he made the direction it went based on the outcome of your roll.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85490
85491
>>85484
Eventually, yes. Just keep the foals tight

>>85488
Honestly, I may have to rewrite the scene if Dark Star never offers to feed the second changeling
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85491
>>85490
Sure thing.

Night, Anons.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85492
85494 85495 85496
>>85485
"Luna no, I'm going to go get caught with it."
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85493
85495 85496
>>85489
That is no excuse, and you know it.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85494
85495 85498
>>85492
"I'd wager the authorities are going to be far more worried about a changeling or two, and he emphasizes aggressively since we're all just bystanders responding for calls for help because of the fire, we should have an easy time explaining why we're here."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85495
85498
>>85492
"Then for certain you are not leaving with it. The public unrest alone will be enormous, not to mention blowing any cover we might have in this town."
>>85493
Actually it is an excuse and you should know it. I have done my fair share of complaining to the GM about how he has handled my character. At the end of the day, it is his story being played out. You have to adapt to it as we go. It may be fucking irritating as all hell, but it makes the whole story a bit more interesting.
>>85494
"You aren't going to risk the city with on of those things. Get the others up and then we will talk."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85496
85501
>>85492
"Ist ein Wechselbalg!" interjects Silver's incubus friend

>>85493
Alright, first off, when you wrote that thing about silver still feeling warm and fuzzy for helping the changeling - those emotions are blood in the water for hungry sharks. I though that both Dark Star and Silver would be feeding the second changeling, which was actually more than was necessary, so I decided to say 'you cut your palm in front of the hungry vampire and the logical happened,' so the first one was feeding too. I had intended to write that the first one looked apologetic, and if you translate the German, he is saying something like "I am so very sorry"
Q3rvX
?
No.85497
85499 85500
[1d20 = 9]
Attempting to overrun SS
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85498
>>85495
>>85494
Changeling? What Changeling? Brie is holing a Blue unicorn foal.
j8D17
?
No.85499
85500
[1d20-1 = -5]
>>85497
Opposed
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85500
85505 85523
>>85499
>>85497
Brie, unicorn foal in hoof, manages to knock over Spark and escape the room
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85501
85502 85503 85505
>>85496
I know you tried to make him seem apologetic, but that doesn't change the fact that you made him do it in the first place, and that you could have more than easily decided to actually make us care a little for the changelings.

I would also argue that Star is in no better shape now to feed a changeling than he was after the changeling fed the first time, but that's besides the point.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85502
85504
>>85501
What are you talking about? This is the most sympathetic I have seen the changelings outside of bad fanfics and the skittlebugs. So the bug couldn't fight off the temptation to get more food? I don't see the major problem here.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85503
85504
>>85501
If Changelings are too nice, then it just makes everyone who doesn't trust them look like racist assholes who are flat out wrong and nothing more. But if the poor little bee couldn't help himself after being starved for so long... Have some understanding and some patience. It's not an adult and shouldn't be expected to have the same level of self-control. Also Dark Star has vanished, so yes, that scene will probably need to be rewritten anyways
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85504
85506 85508
>>85502
>>85503
The first good thing Silver does after the GM expresses his disappointment at him stealing a couple pieces of jewelry, and he gets betrayed for it, because he decided to put aside his own prejudices and help out members of a species he fought against in the Great War, and that everypony and their mother says can't be trusted, and he did this just because he saw those in need and saw how he could help, even if it hurt him. I don't care what excuses you have, it doesn't change what it is: Silver is getting punished for performing a good deed.

I'm gonna go cool off for a bit. I'm fucking pissed.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85505
>>85500
The sorcerer is knocked over by the extremely foolish bat. I grumble at this and swear under my breath how he will wind up getting somepony killed because of this.
>>85501
"Damn it, Silver! Can you hear me? Can you move?"
I get up and go over to silver and drag him away from the changeling.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85506
>>85504
Ok man. But if you think about it, that's life. You don't automatically get rewards for good deeds. You can get rewarded later on, but you can't expect all the things you do that are good to rake in profits with the snap of your fingers. But take a little break if you need to.