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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>>85709Iron thinks he waited enough for the others to do their thing. It should have been a quick in and out to grab incriminating evidence. He pays what is due, plus 30 extra bits for the unicorn mare. "Thank you. It was a good meal you recommended." He stands up and starts his trek back to the Eastside Tavern to see if everybody else is already there
>>85712"Uhm,...
shit wir arriven
?... we'll be there soon. You'll be safe and unharmed. Tu wehrstehen?"
>>85714The insect reads the tone of his voice, and understands that Brie is not trying to be assertive back. At least he isn't forcefully refusing
"Ja..." he says, uncertainly.
He says to brie,
"Wenn ich bei dir bleibe, kann ich nicht versprechen, nicht zu beißen"
>>85694Onyx shakes his head and falls in line
>>85712She would be speaking this whole time while the foals are calming down.
>>85713It is so
>>85716Dark Star is going through some kind of emotional breakdown or something, and Spark is trying to talk him out of pulling a Jack Ruby
>>85717"Du wirst mich nicht zur Polizei bringen? Die Polizei wird mich töten."
>>85719Iron enters the tavern, eager to see the results of the operation.
>>85719"Nein. Ich bin polizei nicht. Ich bin dei fleidermaus."
>>85721"Yes. We need to get Dark Star to the hospital. We ran into little changelings. I'll explain on the way."
"Mein namae ist Brie. Brie Achtzig-Sechs" (actual name)
>>85712>>85718Sister Ash gives the Sisters a quick rundown as the colts drink their hot cocoa.
>>85727"Come on big guy, we're getting your ass to a hospital"
>>85726They are utterly alarmed to say the least. Does she give them the name of the politician?
>>85725>>85722He is silent for a moment. Then he responds
"Ich bin ein Wechselbalg. Ich heiße Kerr"
>>85728>>85727>>85723Alright, where are you all going so I can set the scene?
[Read more] Well, roads were indeed icy, but I lived.>>85687"Bat is taking him where I am taking you. To my home." He thinks a bit on what to say. A little emotion is coming back to him, but he still can't feel quite like he did before letting the changelings feed. "I understand if you are worried, but I tell you I will not hurt you. It is only place I know that would be safe for you two, and away from police. There you can rest, gather your strength. In morning, once we are rested, we will help you get to your family safely." Him and the lab reach the hole in the fence Silver made earlier.
>>85729"Hallo Kerr." is all he can think to offer.
Internal dialogue"A fat lot of good you lot did me!" he Eeeees.
"You got his name didn't you, and at least he's not trying to escape."
"That was messed up."
"Muu."
"Are any of you going to explain
exactly what you're doing inside my head and how you got there?!" he Eeee's internally.
"Nope."
>>85729Finally at the computer.Iron does not see any of the people he's agreed to work with here. Iron shakes his head. Great. Well, he should equip his armor and shield while he's at it, maybe they'll come after he puts on his armor pieces.
Should take a long time by himself, so feel free to recall Iron when 10 to 12 minutes have passed. >>85729>NameIf they asked for it, she would tell them.
Otherwise, she'd keep details to a minimum.
>>85731He nods
Is Silver going with the others to the hospital?
>>85730Does Dark Star agree?
>>85732He asks almost apprehensively
"
Wenn ich beiße, wirst du mich verletzen?"
But he immediately adds as essential explanation
"Ich würde dich nicht bald beißen. Ich habe die Seelen von Earth Pony und Unicorn gegessen. du warst gut"
>>85733Alright, although really he should probably take that long anyways
>>85734Whelp, they are horrified to say the least
[Read more] >>85736He is being carried by Onyx who did agree, so he is coming. And he was walking with me before hand, so I assume.
>>85736After he makes sure the changeling with him is safe in his room at the tavern, yeah.Silver squeezes through the opening just as he did last time, and waits for the changeling to follow. "What is your name, young one?"
>>85736>horrifiedHorrified as in disgusted that this could happen, or horrified as in afraid?
>>85736Gulp
"Uhhhh, ja das Unicorn und Pony gegessen ist gut. Du brauche?"
>>85738"Ich verstehe nicht"
>>85739Disgusted
>>85740"Nicht jetzt nein. Aber ich kann nicht versprechen, nicht zu beißen"
>>85741Soon
>>85742"Uhhh…" He thinks back to when he saw Changeling records and reports during the Great War, and what little of the language he managed to pick up from them. After a few seconds of trying to remember, he speaks in a difficult to understand accent, and butchers the language in the process, but he manages to speak it all the same. "...Dein Name. Was ist es?"
>>85742"Well, anything?" he Eeeee's impatiently.
"Hmmmm."
"He talks funny."
"Its unlike any language I'm familiar, don't ask me."
"Baka! He say he no hungry now!"
"... there's more?" he Eeee's apprehensively.
"You have no idea.""Das ist gut. Wir spreche en das kopfkevarten," he says, hoping that came out right.
>>85742As sister Ash finishes explaining, she stops to breath
"It was absolutely sickening.. I grabbed these two and left as soon as I could.. I'd like to find this one's mother as soon as possible; she must be worried sick."
>>85743He looks up with cute Labrador eyes
"Oh... Ja. Ich heiße... 'Wesley.'"
>>85745One of the more incensed sisters replies "I would imagine! What evil!"
Another calmer one says
"Ash... that Colt's mother is dead. That's why she's at the orphanage and not living with her mother"
>>85744>>85744He looks a little confused for a moment, but then answers "Sehr gut."
I take it you wish to arrive nowish to soon?
>>85746Silver puts a hoof to his own chest. "Ich heiße 'Silver'." He continues to struggle with the language, making it very clear this isn't a language he can actually speak. "Komm durch Loch, wir müssen zu mir nach Hause gehen."
Can I just say that it's interesting looking at which members of the party tried to help the changelings? >>85748Well I'm about at my limit for german, and hopefully getting the two of them back together will aid a bit in translation and morale,....
>>85746Sister Ash's eyes grow wide and then darken at the sound of the second Sisters words
(I got mixed up. I though Compt bought one and kidnapped the other)
"... O-Oh...." She says somberly
>>85749"Sher gut... Du bist nett"
He obeys and follows
I was most surprised by Dark Star. that and I didn't think you all would be okay with earning negative levels>>85750It should
>>85751"She died six months ago of fever. She is buried in the Westwood Green Cemetary. I know, because she was a practitioner at the local church"
No, two purchased. I was contemplating having at least one more non-pony to indicate exploitation of immigrants [Read more] >>85752Wait, so how many ponies are missing still missing then. I thought there were only three left, including the one haybuger bought.
Fuck. Now I regret telling this colt I'd take him to see his mom...
>>85752"Vielen Dank. Du bist auch nett." Silver leads the way to the tavern.
I absolutely did not expect Dark Star to be willing to help. He definitely got good boi points from Silver for that. I wouldn't say we're okay with earning negative levels, but it's not as if they're impossible to remove, and 24 hours is still a fairly generous amount of time to have them removed.I'm more surprised at how Ash did absolutely nothing for the changelings, not even acknowledging they existed. >>85757I decided that Dark Star and Silver were enough to handle them. That, and I was too tired to give a fuck at the time, and it leaked into my gameplay. I made her take what she cane for, because I didn't want to handle the authorities.
>>8575512 taken. 6 at the Warehouse, 1 escaped, 2 sold to comte, 2 given to made mares to act as apprentices, 1 adopted by a couple in Manehattan
>>85754Male changelings try to avoid sucking cock if they have an alternative>>85757As Silver walks, the Labrador is a bit surprised by this statement, and initially unsure how to respond. He finally says "Es ist gut zu sehen, dass nicht alle Ponys böse sind"
I honestly thought that Dark Star would shoot them, or at least, say 'leave them there.'The player controlling ash takes a laser focus interpretation to motivation. "I am here for this, and I do not care at all for anything besides this very specific purpose" [Read more] >>85760Silver's sense of laugher seems to have returned somewhat, as he chuckles at the changeling's statements. "Es ist lustig. Das sagen einige Ponys über das Wechseln."
>>85760So, 3 foals remaining to be found?
>AdoptedAdoptions don't cost as much as a (medieval) house. I'm very suspicious about the couple that took that foal; in fact, i'm even more suspicious of them than I was of Comte.
Sister Ash rubs her temple.
"By the earth.. it's been such a long day..."
>>85764It was probably a gay couple. Sounds like the most reasonable explanation to me.
>>85760Like I said, Dark Star got some good boi points from that. I can see where having laser focus to missions would be useful, but when I see something I can do, I tend to try to do it.
>>85764But what of the 2 changelings? WTF did
they come from? It was like Tom Cruise's house in there.
Landing eventually finally at the Tavern, Brie sets Kerr down.
"Vorsicht," he says looking around cautiously. "Wir ist nicht aus das wald." and starts inside, waving for him to follow.
>>85766Idk. I didn't have the time or energy to think about it.
>>85768Noted, that's where he's headed anyway.
>>85764For the ninety-second fucking time, the amount in question is NOT as much as a house. It's about the same amount of money as in 2019 America would buy a new car. That's how much foals cost. A new car, or slightly more
"Well I would imagine. These poor foals. It will take them a very long time to get over it"
>>85765I wouldn't judge Dark Star for killing dangerous monsters.>>85763A cool breeze blows through the winter night, a bit unpleasant on Silver's still-wet fur
"Du bist das erste Pony, das mich füttert. Die anderen werden mich schlagen, wenn sie mich erwischen. Ich versuche zu nibbeln, damit sie es nicht merken, aber sie begannen, uns mit einem elektrischen Schlag zu überfallen"
>>85767Kerr looks around. Then, he flashes into a blue unicorn foal again. He looks uncertain, but follows
[Read more] >>85774Brie walks up to the clerk at the desk. "Good evening, I'm supposed to meet Silver at his room. Could you direct me?"
>>85774Iron huffs in annoyance. Armor equipping sure is hard to do by your lonesome. He decides to stop his equipping and just hang out on Silver's room, laying on the floor in boredom.
>>85776Glistening Glass remains the only attendant at the moment. "Well, Silver isn't here yet."
>>85777Seriously?
>>85774Foals don't have a real market price: they're illrgal and immoral to buy, and have no definite cost to produce/acquire. Those are ransom numbers, determined only by how much people are willing to pay on an individual basis.
Also, by that pricing, a suit of full plate also costs as much as a car: d&d prices aren't exactly consistent.
I'd get it if land should cost more though, because of population growth.
Sister Ash nods in agreement.
"... I'm sure they will..." She replies, trailing off.
".. Now what to do..." She wonders, to nopony in particular
>>85779Well, the foals are still traumatized, and since they will never get therapy or medication, they could use
something Silver shivers a bit at the feeling of the wind against him. He looks with sadness at the changeling-turned-dog. His speech slowly becomes more understandable to the changeling, from the practice he's getting by speaking to him. It's still in a fairly broken state, however. "Es ist schmerzlich, das zu hören. Es tut mir leid, was meine Freundin Ihnen und Ihrem Bruder angetan hat. Nicht alle von uns sind gute Ponys, soviel weiß ich. Aber ich verspreche Ihnen, wir werden dafür sorgen, dass er für das bezahlt, was er getan hat.
"Ich möchte, dass Sie sich von mir ernähren. Sie können nicht helfen, und Sie müssen es tun, um zu leben. Es war klar, dass Sie verhungerten, und ich wusste, dass ich auf diese Weise helfen konnte."
>>85781Sister Ash walks up to the two of them.
"Are you two alright? Does anything hurt?"
>>85778Is this the same guy who Brie worked for for a day?"... right, he should be here shortly." He sees the writing on the wall. "Can you give me an idea of which
floor he's on, so that I'm not just waiting here in the foyer?"
>>85784"Through the door to my left, your right, up the stairs one floor. His is the second room"
>>85783The green unicorn says
"My pastern hurts" He raises his left foreleg
>>85782"Das ist okay. Ich habe nur Angst vor Hunger"
He comes closer to Silver, looks around, and then, in a flash of green, transforms into a young pegasus colt
>>85784The guy he stole from? Yes [Read more] >>85785He didn't steal it! He bartered it, in exchange for having never been paid! You weren't online for that, I was going to run it by you,... but it was fair!
[1d20+12 = 26]>>85785Sister Ash inspects the ponies hoof to assess the damage.
Rolling survival to identify if it's just physical injury, or infection.
>>85785What does this disguise look like?He smiles, and picks the changeling-colt up. Silver sets him on his back as he continues to walk, like a father giving their foal a ponyback ride. "Die meisten von uns sind es. Nur...wenn Sie füttern, füttern Sie bitte nicht zu viel. Ich bin immer noch schwach von früher."
Brie motions for Kerr to follow, and then leads up the stairs to the room Glass indicated, and then knocks lightly on the door.
>>85789Iron hears the knocking. "Who is it?" he shouts at the noise.
>>85790"Eeeeee,... <ahem> Brie."
>>85791Iron cocks his eyebrow. Brie? He sounded familiar. "Who?" Brie can hear heavy hoofsteps going towards the door.
>>85791*whispering*
"Wer zur Hölle ist das? Sie sagten mir nicht, dass es ein anderes Pony geben würde"
>>85792"Brie. Silver said to meet him here"
>>85793Brie shrugs. "I don't really recognize the voice, but this is apparently the place."
>>85794Iron opens the door to Silver's room, revealing a grey coat, mostly greyed dark-green mane and brown eyes with a slight tint of red in it. "Oh, it is you. Thought you died back at the docks." He looks to the foal. "Well, I was not expecting such results." He moves aside to let Brie and the foal in. "Come on in. Silver should not take long."
>>85788I was going to make him look like one of Silver's colts so that way the changeling's disguise would be kind of creepy and subtly imply that the changeling had accessed silver's memories, and was using them to try to imitate one of them (probably Silver Rain) but extensive searching through old threads failed to find any descriptions of coat colors. So... I don't know. I feel like one of them was pink for some reason"Okay..." He rides on the back of the old stallion. Silver can feel a looming dread
>>85787No exterior damage. It looks as if the issue with the leg is the foal sitting, laying, or kneeling in a way that is awkward for excessive periods of time, placing too much strain on that joint
>>85795The foal is a dark blue unicorn with white and streaked mane. It looks in around the room, and seems kind of uncertain
[Read more] >>85795"Wait, weren't you just at the guard post outside the house? Nevermind. Yes, the extraction had,... complications." he looks to Kerr.
"Herr ist gut. Ish."
>>85796Sister casts Cure Minor Wounds to alleviate pain and mend all physical damage.
Then she takes 10 on a Heal check (has a mod that'd give her 17), to help quicjen the foals recovery overnight.
Would that be enough to help him?
>>85797He nods with an expression that says "If you say so," and very cautiously enters the room
>>85798Yes, and maybe heal other bruises as well
>>85797>>85799Iron cocks his head. "What did you say? Did you two have a secret code language set up already?" He watches the foal and Brie enter the room. "I think you can use the bed if you want to. Silver is a pretty heavy pony and you do seem like light ponies."
>>85796Silver Rain had a grey coat and a light grey mane, Spectral Streak had a light grey coat and a dark grey mane with a yellow streak running through it, and White Light had both a light grey coat and a light grey mane. Both Silver Rain and Spectral Streak have the same dark grey dorsal stripe that Silver himself has. Not sure if Silver would be too worried about the changeling taking the form of one of his foals. I think he'd find it a bit endearing.He figures it's a product of the changeling feeding. As long as he keeps it at such a level, he can withstand this. Silver keeps heading for the Tavern.
How much farther until Silver reaches the Tavern? >>85799Does he still have bruises? I'll heal them if he does.
>>85800"I'm fine, I sleep during the day."
He looks to Kerr. "Shlafen sie bitte?"
And then back to Iron. "Its complicated, but this is the only language he speaks. His name is Kerr."
He starts to look back to Kerr but stops.
"Uhm,... what was your name? We've never been officially introduced."
>>85804Iron shakes his head. "Right. We never really spoke to eachother back then either. My name is Iron." he pokes his chin. "How come a pony foal speaks such a strange language?"
>>85805First looking at Kerr, Brie says "Herr ist namen Iron"
Then looks back to Iron. "Yeah, about that. He's not from around here."
>>85806Iron does not buy it. "Yeah, right. I am also not from around here and I can speak with you right now."
>>85802His form is of a Pegasus with light grey coat, Dark grey mane. Generally to a passerby he would look like one of Silver's grandchildren, albeit of pegasus race. The little foal seems happy to be riding on his back, and when a chill that runs through Silver is clearly more than just the winter wind, he can be sure the hungry little demon has taken Silver up on his offer
>>85803A tear in the jaw muscle, a bruise on the back
>>85804The foal goes over to an area away from Iron, and away from the bed, with an untrusting eye
>>85807Brie sighs, unsure how Iron is going to take this since they've never really spoken.
"Don't forget, I helped you out with those guards earlier so if you're going to be alarmed, just know that I've got his back."
"He's a changeling."
>>85808Another slightly uncomfortable shiver runs through Silver's body. He whispers to the changeling-colt on his back, so no other passerbys can hear him. "Denken Sie daran, nicht zu viel zu füttern."
>>85808Iron rolls his eyes at the foal's untrusting attitude. "What is with foals and being scared of me?"
>>85809Iron raises his eyebrows in surprise. "Wait, really? Are you serious? How did you get your hooves on one of the stealhiest species on this world?" He looks to the small foal and back at Brie. "I am going to try something. Would you mind closing the door?"
>>85811He pays attention to Iron's eyes
>>85810"Oh, Entschuldigung"
>>85811>didn't realize the door was still openBrie closes the door. "Again its complicated,... but go ahead."
>>85808Sister Ash casts Regenerate Light Wounds, to slowly recover 15 hit points worth of damage (1 per round).
>>85813Kerr is incensed
"Was zum Teufel ist das? Du hast mich reingelegt!"
>>85815"Herr ist ein freund. Herr ist
here goes ungefarlight."
>>85815>>85812Iron nods. He then lays down and tries to think up something nice about his childhood, like small games that he, his brother and sister would play. The kind where he was the bad pony who kidnapped the princess while his brother acted the role of a hero saving her.
>>85812Silver chuckles. "Es ist in Ordnung." He looks a bit more at the color palette of the changeling's disguise, noticing similarities to a pony's he knows. "Du erinnerst mich ein bisschen an eines meiner Fohlen. Er war auch ein Pegasus mit gleichem Fell und Mähne. Er hatte jedoch einen gelben Streifen durch seine Mähne. Sein Name war 'Spectral Streak'."
Brie squats down near Kerr.
"Its not ideal, but it will have to do for now. Your brother - Ihr bruder - will be here soon. I don't speak your language. The only reason I can speak it at all is cuz,... nevermind that. Relax a bit, its been a stressful day for me, so I can only imagine how its been for you."
>>85818He responds
"Das ist schön, Väter zu haben. Wir haben nicht wirklich Väter. Wir werden von Arbeitern aufgezogen"
>>85816>>85817>>85819Kerr doesn't quite seem to understand what is going on, but seems reassured by Iron lying on the floor, and Brie's words. He walks up to Iron slowly
>>85817"You were cut off. What were you going to say?"
>>85820Iron does not react to Kerr reaching his laying form. He can almost visualize it. How he would laugh handsomely while having her sister on his back. 'Muahaha. You will never defeat me!' he would say to his brother, which would then be replied with his own retort. Iron would then lay down her sister on the floor and have a fight, where he usually let his little brother win. It was a nice memory for him.
>>85822The little foal seems uncertain, but comes closer. He licks his lips, and then opens his jaw to bite the air in front of Iron. It almost looks as if he is biting into the hindquarters of some great beast. A green and purple energy starts to flow from Iron into the foal's mouth.
Roll for fortitude save
>>85820Silver smiles at this. "Ja, ich habe gehört, wie deine Bienenstöcke funktionieren. Es unterscheidet sich stark von Ponyfamilien, aber ich denke, das ist es, was so toll ist. Obwohl sie so verschieden sind, obwohl wir so verschieden sind, sind sie für uns beide Familien.
"Also, deine Familie, deine Königin und die Arbeiter, hast du gute Geschichten über sie? Ich würde gerne hören."
>>85822As Iron lays there, Brie briefly recounts... some... of the conditions he found Kerr, his brother, and the others in.
"It was unthinkable. I can't imagine what he must have gone through, and I got there late. The others were....
>>85823"Oh shit, not this again. Uhm! Uhm!" he flails his hooves a bit, unsure how to respond to this development.
>>85827I know you didn't mean me
>>85828Didn't mean to reply to you.
>>85827"Y-yes" answers the little colt
>>85825Iron's little brother becomes fuzzy. Then his sister. Then the whole image...
bleeds, of color, slowly. It becomes sad. Unpleasant, joyless. At first it's just this sense of of the same scene, but in rote. Like it has no more meaning. Then, a memory comes up. Ash. Ash fairly pretty and calm and helping ponies. Then this to becomes grey, and there is a sort of shock to the whole scene. Not shock in the sense of surprise, a feeling almost of electric shock. Like somepony were intentionally trying to incentive him to stay away. As all of this happens, Iron feels a cold over coming him. At first, it could be an open window. Then it is something more. It feels kind of like how he felt a few nights ago, jumping into the water, and then walking out into the January night. That kind of cold.
After some time of this, the colt closes his mouth, and the feeling subsides. He does not feel any weaker, nor does he think he will have lasting headaches.
>>85826The little colt sits and draws energy from Iron for some number of seconds. If you aren't going to burn the Changeling with cold iron, you may as well be glad he is well fed and not in the mood for Bat
[Read more] >>85830Sister Ash gives the foal a deep, long hug
"..Just breath.. you're alright now.."
>>85830>cold ironDon't have it even if I knew to use it,... which I didn't/don't,....
"Shit! I seriously hope this doesn't kill anyone." Brie Eeeeee's softly to himself.
>>85830Iron is very surprised, even scared at what is happening to his memories. He pants for a bit, not really grasping what is going on, the cold and electricity making him involuntarily shiver. When the colt finishes up his feeding, he tries to remember the same scenes that were recently greyed out.
So... assuming Spark, Onyx, and Dark Star with them made it to the hospital...
I try to get Dark Star set up with a hospital room.
>>85833"Yeah, I wouldn't get sentimental around him too often. The same thing happened to Dark when we were... down there."
>>85810Wesley starts talking to Silver
"Ich wurde im Bienenstock in Vraks geboren. Meine Mutter war Lacinia. Ich hatte viele Brüder und Schwestern, einschließlich des anderen Wechslbalg, mit dem Sie mich gefunden haben, Kerr. Ich wurde später in eine Kolonie versetzt, um ... wie heißt es ..." He seems to be searching for words "'Reichskommissariat Tall Tales.'"
>>85833He has no problem retreading the memories. What is more questionable is the quality of the memories. They still seem to be black and white. As time passes, they become more colored
>>85835It is so if they ever show up
[Read more] >>85836"I see. *pant* Gods. What happened?"
>>85838Iron feels relieved by knowing the effect is temporary. He decides to test something else. He starts approaching the changeling foal himself.
>>85839Brie shrugs. "I'm not exactly sure, it looked like some sort of energy exchange. Like, this glowing aura came off you and went directly into his mouth."
>>85838Silver reflects on this. Kerr and Wesley. The names of the changelings they rescued. "Tall Tales? Ich glaube nicht, dass ich vor dem Krieg jemals dort war. Es klang jedoch nach einem schönen Ort. Hat es dir dort gefallen?"
>>85839The foal looks at Iron, an starts to back away slowly. He can't speak, obviously, but he has a 'what are you doing?" kind of look to him
>>85837He starts to cry. This is good, because these two colts had been almost entirely free of emotion before. He starts focusing his eyes on objects that are actually within the room
>>85842Iron tries to pick up the foal and nuzzle him, seeing if this also can feed him without sacrificing his memories. He is such a cute foal, after all.
Brie walks irritatedly to the window and glances outside before slowly pacing in acorner of the room.
>>85842Sister Ash pulls them both into a group hug.
>>85844A wagon going down the street, I don't think anypony is approaching
>>85843This frightens the hell out of the foal. The snoot of the foal feels real. Very real. Exactly as he would expect it to be. He doesn't really feel anything that he would not expect, except for the awkward and frightened look in the foal's eyes
>>85844"Was macht er hier?" Asks Kerr, startled
>>85841"Mir hat es nicht so gut gefallen. Die Gebäude waren seltsam. Wir waren meistens in der Changeling-Kolonie. Es gab eine Sache. Es gab Ponys. Sie könnten zu ihnen gehen und sich von ihnen ernähren, und Sie mussten nicht befürchten, getötet zu werden, weil eine Soldatendrohne mit einer Waffe zuschauen würde und das Pony schlagen würde, wenn sie kämpfen würden"
>>85845*squeek*
*squeek*
This gets them to emote more
[Read more] >>85846"Nothing, I'm just getting impatient waiting on silver and your brother is all."
>>85846Iron now strokes his mane, see how soft this cute little foal is. Will it compare to the magestic mane that is Ash?
>>85847Oh, the joys of Socialized medicine. After some time in the waiting room, a nurse asks the nature of the injury
>>85849Soft. Very
>>85846Silver seems saddened by the last part, visibly so to Wesley.
>>85850"I've seemed to have encountered a changling without knowing."
>>85846Sister Ash holds them in her weakened arms for several minutes as she speaks with the other Sisters and fills them in with details about what she experienced, apologizing again for disappearing unnannounced.
"...-And as soon as I saw them, I took them and left.."
>>85849No mere transfiguration can ever hope to match Sister Ash's natural softness
>>85850Finally, Iron decides to gently put Kerr on the bed and pats his head for a bit. He then starts gesturing. "Did the petting," he strokes the air in a horizontal motion. "give you," he points to him, "love like when I," he points to himself, "gave to you with memories?" He strikes a pose where he puts his hoof on his chin.
>>85854That's why Ash's mane is the best. >>85853"Alright. I'm guessing it drained you?"
>>85851Wesley looks a little awkward
"Habe ich zu viel gebissen?"
He can feel a winter wind blow through on his wet coat, making him cold. And there is no way he could know if the feeling is really the result of the wind and water, or the parasite on his back
>>85854"That's terrible! You should take that all to the police"
Bitch please. They
evolved specifically to have lovable disguises.
>>85855He seems to understand Iron's meaning
"Ich habe genug von den Seelen dreier Ponys gegessen"
[Read more] >>85848>>85856Iron, opposite to Kerr, does not understand a bit. He turns to Brie. "I need some translation. Would you please do that?"
>>85857"He said "I have something of the something something Ponies love", and I'm not sure about that last one."
>>85858Iron furrows his brow. "That does not help much, but thank you."
>>85856Iron decides to go for more risky stuff against Kerr, now moving to light tickling of the foal.
>>85860>>85859"Alright"
The nurse sends him to an Orange Unicorn
"So it says here that you got drained by a Changeling. He looks at the paper, and then pulls a hoof to his mouth. Then he fails to hide a laugh, then he starts laughing
"Let me guess, you picked up a girl at the bar?"
>>85860"Hiss!" sayeth the foal
>>85856I refuse to believe that transfiguration could ever be as good as the real thing.
Sister Ash seems unsure
"... Are you sure..? I wasn't the only one there, so he won't get away with it.. I had hoped to avoid needless contact with the local authorities.. I'm not really very familiar with how ponies manage things here.."
>>85862His wavering and distracted attention drawn by the hissing.
"Eww! Whoa! What the fuck are you doing?!" Instinctively his hoof draws a knife.
"Take your hooves and,... everything off of him!"
>>85862Iron chuckles at the little one's hiss. He seems like a good colt. He stops from further tickling him, still snickering. "Did that give you," points at him, "love?"
>>85864"Oh please, like I would want to abuse a foal. I prefer something that can actually fit my length." Iron waves off Brie's outburst.
>>85862"no,i was helping what i thought was a foal."
Dark Star says Flatly
>>85856"Nein, Junge. Es ist nicht das..." He sighs, trying to find the right words to describe it.
"Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie wären Pony. Sie haben viele Jahre in Equestria gelebt. Du warst dort glücklich. Du hattest Freunde, Familie und dein Land, um dich zu schützen, um dich glücklich zu halten. Dann kommt eines Tages eine Invasionsarmee durch. Sie fordern Sie auf, die Gesetze eines anderen Landes einzuhalten. Diese Ponys, auf die Sie sich zu verlassen hatten, um Sie zu schützen, waren jetzt wegen der Armee verschwunden. Sie sagen Ihnen, dass, wenn ein Changeling sich von Ihnen ernähren will, Sie sie lassen müssen. Und es ist ein Entleerungsprozess. Wenn das Wechseln nicht vorsichtig ist, kann es weh tun, es kann dir das Gefühl geben, dass es keine Hoffnung in der Welt gibt, keine Liebe, nichts, außer Traurigkeit, und manchmal hast du nicht einmal diese. Und wenn du das nicht willst, wenn du dich nicht auf diese Weise fühlen willst, kannst du nicht nein sagen oder zurückschlagen, wenn sie immer noch versuchen, dich zu ernähren, oder sogar von Soldaten getötet. Es würde dich nicht gut fühlen oder glücklich machen. Es würde Sie traurig machen, Angst, allein.
"Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich Sinn habe. Ich kann diese Sprache kaum sprechen, nicht wie kyrillisch oder sogar ponisch. Aber ich hoffe du kannst es verstehen. Ich möchte nicht, dass sich jemand auf diese Weise befindet, ob Pony oder Veränderer."
[Read more] >>85867"My hooves are off of him already. Learn to watch the scene in front of you." Iron rolls his eyes.
>>85868What's with this advanced german that I'm seeing? Is Silver a damn multilingual pony or what? >>85869I still don't know what languages there are to choose from in this setting, but I hope to finalize my character at level 6.
>>85871Most creatures of the same Subtype speak one language, except for Humanoids, who may be divided by race.
[1d20+2 = 13]>>85865"Dein Schwanz ist klein. Ich habe größere Schwänze als deine genommen"
>>85872Opposed
>>85875>>85872"Brie, I need more translation. What is the little foal saying?"
>>85863>>85863"Needless? Is stopping a child molester who keeps colts in a sex dungeon 'needless?"
>>85864With the knife drawn, the Changeling turns his back so that Iron and Brie are to either side. He then entirely drops the disguise, reverting to Changeling form. The hatchling already has a ray on its back, which is stood up in a display of what must be assertion
"Hiss!"
>>85865He does not look pleased, and transforms to his changeling form. Big blue eyes with no whites, a red ray for a mane. Little tube like ears that are 'cut' in two places. Large fangs, two inches long even as a child and a long, narrow, snake-like tongue. Wing covers of a greenish color over dragonfly-like wings. A translucent blue green belly that looks a little full. A short cut tail that has holes in it. A horn on the head of the same solid black as the rest of his chitinous body. And of course, the famous holes in the legs.
[Read more] >>85878"Dunno." Brie replies coldly, without taking his eyes off Iron.
>>85879"No, I meant rather that it's already been reported by now.." she replies.
>>85879"Do not worry, little one. Brie is just a dumb bat who does not understand how to defuse a situation." He pats the now undisguised changeling. "Brie," points at the batponnt, "dumb."
>>85882"Says the good-for-nothing colt who didn't even have the sense to disengage when there were guns trained on him, and then when I finally
do bail his ass out, he wanders to a tavern. Meanwhile, THIS little guy was trapped in the worst sex-dungeon I've ever seen. But go on. Tell him how
I'm dumb, having pulled him out of there and brought him back here, apparently just in time to be molested."
>>85885>>85879Is silver there with the other changeling yet? He kind of needs to diffuse this situation.
>>85884"Judging by the changeling's reaction to your impulsive action of threatening me with a knife, the changeling is more scared by that than mere tickling. Besides, I am trying to see what other methods a changeling can use to extract love, and no, I am not going the sex route. Like I said, he is too small for me." Iron deadpans at Brie. "Stop trying to act like a hero and sheathe the knife."
>>85881"I see. Well, these foals don't have mothers or fathers to help them through this"
>>85880Kerr reads Bries eyes, and seems to understand, changing his stance more towards Iron
>>85882>patsIt's not letting a hoof near the top of its head
>>85868If Silver thought that arguing politics with Blue Skies was bad....
Wesley responds with a slight air of offense
"Denken Sie, wir wissen das nicht? Deshalb müssen wir entweder betrügen oder mit Gewalt gewinnen. Das Pony wird immer widerstehen. Sie werden uns Monster nennen und uns jagen. Sie werden in unsere Bienenstöcke eindringen und unsere Königinnen töten. In Vraks bekamen wir den süßen Honig der Arbeiter. Es gab nie genug und viele meiner Brüder und Schwestern fielen zu Staub. Glücklicherweise hat unser großartiger Reiseführer einen Weg gefunden, uns alle zu ernähren."
>>85887>Speak germanBecause I wanted them to speak a language that was foreign, but not entirely alien. Now shut up. If you need more reason, it's because in the mod they are a reskin of Nazi Germany under Hitler. If that is not a good enough reason I don't give a shit, I like having intelligent creatures that are capable of speech yet can't speak directly with most of the characters, and I
always love throwing in bonuses to players who bother to google translate foreign phrases.
>>85888"Du bist zu klein für mich, winzig!"
[Read more] >>85890What languages are there available to pick from?
I still haven't picked mine.
>>85890>>85889Iron massages his temple. Great, now he feels threatened. Even then, he does not even understand his comment. He decides to go to a corner and try to remain passive. Here's hoping Silver comes already. What a bust.
>>85890>"I see. Well, these foals don't have mothers or fathers to help them through this""... It's rather unfortunate indeed..." She says, her voice low as she tries to rock either child to sleep.
>>85890>"I see. Well, these foals don't have mothers or fathers to help them through this""... It's rather unfortunate indeed..." She says, her voice low as she tries to rock either child to sleep.
>>85891>>85893Hmmm... die rolls
>>85892Kerr calms down, and with a flash of green, goes back to being a blue unicorn foal
>>85891Uh....
>>85895Are there any religious or extraplanar languages that might be of interest?
Brie makes a show of putting his knife away.
Can I assume Dark Star will now be taken care of so I can fetch Blue Skies, fill her in, and head to the tavern to make sure everything is going smoothly?
>>85895Iron huffs in annoyance.
>>85897"You could have told me that he was abused when you brought him here, you know?" he massages his temple. "Not when I am stroking his mane, nuzzling him and all that. Why did you not react to those two previous acts?"
>>85896Uh, let me think about it
>>85898He can try
>>85897Kerr takes interest
>>85899"Hiss!"
>>85887I have no idea how many, but it's a fair assumption to say there's a pony equivalent to most of the major languages we have here on Earth. That's just how many I've seen from the mod and from this particular game.I imagine German is the language taught to Changelings from the moment they're hatched, and over time, they pick up the languages of nearby countries so they can better blend in. Since Chrysalis has united the changelings under the idea that they don't have to hide among ponies to obtain love, I imagine most changelings being born around this time won't even bother with trying to learn other languages, and will stick with their own native one.>>85890"Und Sie glauben nicht, dass das die Dinge für unsere beiden Leute noch schlimmer macht? Ponys fürchten sich natürlich vor dem, was sie nicht verstehen, und die meisten Ponys haben niemals die Möglichkeit, Veränderungen zu verstehen. Wenn Sie ihnen beigebracht haben, dass Sie nicht die Monster sind, von denen Sie glauben, dass Sie sie sind, würden sie nicht negativ reagieren. Sie begrüßen Sie vielleicht nicht immer, aber Sie würden Sie auch nicht hassen. Diese? Was macht Chrysalis? Es lässt die Ponys denken, dass du die Monster aus ihren Geschichten bist. Sie fürchten dich nicht mehr, weil sie dich nicht verstehen, sie fürchten dich jetzt, weil sie denken, dass sie dich verstehen. Und wenn sie sich entschließen, sich zu wehren, wird es für eines unserer Leute nicht gut enden. Viele werden wegen zu vieler Missverständnisse sterben."
After a couple seconds, he realizes he's arguing with the changeling equivalent of a teenager. "Ich weiß, ich kann Sie nicht anders überzeugen, aber stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der sich keiner unserer Völker vor einander fürchtet. Wo wir lernen, einander zu verstehen und zu respektieren, und diese Unterschiede zwischen uns. Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass das Essen, das man von Ponys in dieser Welt bekommen würde, viel erfüllender wäre als das Essen von Ponys, die um ihr Leben fürchten."
Silver shrugs as best as he can with a changeling on his back. "Ich weiß es nicht, nur zum Nachdenken."
[Read more] >>85900I'm not going to bother finalizing details until level 6.
Also, with a technicallity here: is Sister Ash, at 6 Strength, physically capable of cradling both foals while sitting?
>>85900Worth a shot.
I head to that base, hoping I don't get shot for just approaching. I look for guards that don't look like they want to shoot me today.
>>85899"Pardon me for being distracted and not wanting to go into detail. I was glad enough to get out of there with him when I did, but waiting on the others has left me thinking."
>>85900Iron rolls his eyes at the bug's sudden 180. He did not complain when nuzzling, mane stroking and love consumption were involved.
>>85906"Sure, whatever you say."
>>85903I really thought I responded to that one.... Hmmm. Anyways
The unicorn says "Let me guess, the foal had a very cute mother?" He stops laughing
"Anyways, this isn't that uncommon. What you have here is a dearth of Harmony magic. The magic that is love and friendship at its essence, and makes up the life force of beings. This is no physical problem." He waves an instrument of some kind over Dark Star
"Alright, it doesn't look like she got you
too bad" he holds back a laugh. "You are not at the point that you cannot regenerate harmony. Don't worry, the life force they take should come back on its own. Chocolate and sugar can help the process, as can being around friends and those you love. But expect to feel weakened at least the next 12 hours. Rest can help as well. And try to stay away from certain cute mares. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"
>>85905It would take a while, but the Grand Baltimare hotel is available. There are no guards outside of the building."
>>85907Dude, quit being a dick
>>85904While sitting? Yes
[Read more] >>85908>>85903He adds "Let me get you a tonic that should help in the magical healing process"
>>85908Good help is hard to find these days.
I approach the door. I assume that they allow you to enter the building if they don't have a guard outside. I enter and look for somepony to address the situation to.
A chill and (depending on temperment) uncomfortable silence echoes through the room. Brie has a casual stance, but he's visibly on edge, and his eyes never waver from Iron.
>>85908I'm venting a bit. Iron just has the worst luck when dealing with traumatized foals. Fuck's sakes. I tried being nice to the little foal, attempting to find an easier way to help the changeling to feed which judging from the genome reference, it doesn't matter and I get a hiss and a knife pointed at me. Sure, Iron has touched the foal but he never complained until the tickling and he does a hiss of discontent and Brie decides to be a hero without informing Iron that, hey, this changeling has been abused physically so no touching until Iron touches him. No, Iron was not informed how was the changeling found or what state he was in, just something ominous like 'ooh, he has bad stuff happen to him'. Man,
that stuff is frustrating, specially since I knew OOC but could not act on it.>>85911Iron lays on the floor in the corner, not wanting to disturb the changeling any further. His expression is still frustrated, but not really threatening. He starts doing a light tap on the floor to keep him occupied.
>>85908Alright.
Since it's about 8 o'clock, Sister Ash would try to get ready to put both foals to bed when she's sufficiently calmed them down, and then she'd go to bed herself, since she's had a terribly rough day.
Also it's 2:00 am where I am, I I think I'm going to call it a day as well.
>>85902"Ich habe den letzten Monat in einem Käfig verbracht. Ich wurde erst herausgenommen, als sie mir Fotos von Fohlen zeigten. Die Hengste würden mich zu diesen jungen Fohlen machen und Sex mit mir haben. Die meisten dieser Ponys hatten keine Liebe, als sie dies taten. Ich musste stärker beißen. Aber als ich das tat, schockten sie mich mit einer Batterie. Sie würden mich schlagen, wenn ich nicht folgte. Ich lebte unter Chrysalis und ich lebte unter Ponys. Ich bevorzuge Chrysalis. Ich weiß nicht, wie man ein angstfreies Pony macht...."
*sad changeling noises*
>>85910As soon as he goes through, there is a guard
"Can I help you?"
>>85912The tonic is handed over. it seems to be natural and plant based
>>85913It is skeptical of being touched. Hush and stop being an asshole
>>85914The little foals are compliant, though still mostly not talkative. Ash can tuck them into their respective beds
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