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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>>86013>>86016"Oh, hey Spark. I did not notice you there." He waves at Spark being 'attacked' by the other foal that assumes is not Kerr.
>>86028“Hello. How are you doing?”
It takes every bit of strength to not move from the cuteness.
>>86029"A bit bummed out, but physically fine." He pokes his chin. "Is the little one Kerr or his 'brother'? I cannot tell from here."
>>86030“Kerr? I wasn’t told their names.”
>>86031Iron nods. "One of them is Kerr. The other is Wesley, if I recall what Silver said correctly." A pause, followed by some light hoof tapping on the floor. "You should know which one is which if you try to force one of them to approach me. Kerr should probably hiss at me and try to break free from your grasp. The other would be more cautious but not as fearful to be near me."
>>86032“Ok.”
>>86017I then to the changeling.
“Are you Wesley?” I say as calmly as I can, for a creature that kind of sent my friends to the hospital now petting me.
>>86033Autocorrect is not playing nice today.
*turn to the changeling
>>86022The unicorn looks over, though perhaps not as interested as in the previous image
>>86033The little grey pegasus colt keeps his hoof extended out, reaching forward, so much so that he has to lean and raise his right rear hoof to keep balance
*pet*
And after a moment, skittishly, "Ich bin Wesley"
>>86035Iron is surprised. He then thinks back to his first actual fight with his brother. He has grown and learned so much. His unarmed technique has far surpassed Iron's, even with his lower strength. He knew how to dodge and weave through his punches with such grace. It was the first time he lost for real against him, and he felt damn proud of him. He was going to be a great stallion one day.
>>86036The little colt inches forwards, eyes on Iron
>>86037Iron does not react again. It should be a nice apology to give him some more love.
After the fight, his brother helped him out and shook hooves in mutual respect. Iron remembers hugging him and congratulating him for a good fight. His brother hugged back, a tender embrace between two brothers. It was an honor to be beaten by him. A pat on the back and they both left off to celebrate with the family. The lunch he tasted was one of the best he has ever eaten. Father congratulated them on a good fight, mother hugged us both and tended to our wounds and sister simply nodded in understanding. It was one of the best days Iron had in his past.
>>86038D'aww
The little colt breaks his disguise, and in a flash of green light is a drone once more, he extends his tongue and quickly lunges forward, his fangs sticking the air
Roll for fortitude save
>>86040A stream of green and purple goes from Iron into the small drone's mouth
The taste of the food in the memory becomes duller dull, then almost like the taste of eating dirt. Pride becomes lesser, then numb. The hugs become cold. Senses of fear and apprehension that had always been present in the memory now stand out, as there is no other feeling to drown it. He feels physical pain. It is the same physical pain as he experienced in the memory, but whereas before its presence was easy to ignore, it is now at the forefront. What else is there to feel when nothing but pain, sadness, and fear remain?
For all of this, it does not leave his mind, and he still feels he could stand if he wanted to. The little drone stops, and sits. It's belly is large, with a little blue light past the translucent blue hide
>>86043Iron is a bit dazed, but understands what must be done in order to take care of changelings. "I... think so. It will pass away soon, I would think." He shivers uncomfortably, feeling the pain and fear of losing against him, hurting his own pride. "He just needed some love, that is all." He does not change his prone position.
>>86042"I hope that counts as an apology, Kerr." he smiles weakly.
>>86044>>86045I had had the DC at about a 15, which means that Iron's combined 13 wouldn't be good enough. But then again, I think Iron has a couple points from constitution that if added, would reach 15. Also these are children, not full grown Incubi drones, so they maybe should have a lower DC of like 12\\
The little bug licks his lips. He appears sated
A quiet knock sounds at the door, and Brie pokes his head in, before entering fully.
"I need some information. What can you tell me about Comte?"
>>86047As he opens the door, he can see a flash of green light, then Spark, Iron, the Pegasus and the unicorn
>>86046If the endurance feat counts, then it would have passed.Iron lays there, a bit happy about the changeling's sated status.
>>86047"Comte is a politician. A 'stallion for the ponies' kind of guy. He is part of the Social Democrat Party if I am not mistaken, leading figure being some other stallion who is the mayor. I do not remember his name right now."
>>86049"The mayor you say? Interesting. I wonder if he has any connection to that one mare who was floating around the tavern. Can't think of her name at the moment."
>>86050"What mare floating around?"
>>86043Iron stands up slowly. "Spark, I need your help. Could you help me put my armor on? I should go to the abbey to check Ash's status. She may be interested that these two little ones are safe and sated." He then walks over to his armor and lazily starts the process.
>>86053Does he need armor to go to a group of children and nuns?
>>86054Silver finally makes it to the hospital.
>>86052/)>>86051"Prancer, I think her name was. I've got her address written down. I'm thinking it might be time I look around
her property." He says with a wink.
>>86057Iron chuckles. "You are aiming for high-class, Brie. Hope it pays off."
>>86058"Not at all. Word is she travels in high circles. Like Comte, or the Mayor, but she has no official position in Baltimare."
>>86059Iron nods. "You seem to know her a bit. Have you entered her property already? I mean the actual house, not her flanks." He snickers.
>>86057(\\>>86055Probably
>>86056A nurse asks him
“Hello, what is the nature of your ailment?”
>>86060"I cased her a bit when she was at the bar, and I've seen the outside of her house, but I haven't made a job out of it yet. I was waiting for a good opportunity and then I got caught up with you ponies in the dock mission. I haven't had a chance to get back to it, but in light of these two (indicating the changelings) I have to wonder if she might not be caught up in it. Not being a public official would give her leeway for interacting with unsavory individuals in business dealings without extensive media scrutiny. Its just a hunch, but worth looking into I think." He's silent for a moment, then turns to the changelings. "Hallo Kerr, hallo Wesley. Wie geht es ihnen?"
>>86061He goes straight to the point. "Changeling feeding."
>>86061>>86063Iron nods. "I understand. Be sure to keep these foals safe for now. I will be back after checking up on Ash." He finally puts all of his armor pieces and shield on his back. "Forget about the whole 'help me with equipping my armor' thing, Spark." With that, Iron exits the room. Destination: The Abbey.
>>86065Damn it. I leave for just 30 minutes...
After Iron leaves, Brie looks around the room. "Fug, Silver's not here. Not sure how he speaks their language so well, but I need him to translate for me."
>>86068"So, how are you doing... I'm not sure I got your name now that I think of it."
>>86063Kerr says to Brie
“Ich bin ok. Dieses Pony schmeckt gut”
Kerr is closest to Iron, but still keeps his distance
Wesley is touching Spark, evidently seeing if Spark bites
He turns to Brie, still surprised he speaks Wechselbach
“Ich bin ok. Der alte Hengst ist nicht hier, also bin ich etwas unsicher”
>>86063She stifles a laugh
“Second one this hour. Go see this doctor”
When he gets to the unicorn doctor, he can see that he too, is stifling a laugh
“Let me guess. She was posing as a single mother”
>>86070"Not exactly, no..." He scratches the back of his neck. "I suppose my friend was in here earlier, from what nurse said."
>>86071He laughs
“Was it one mare or two of them together?”
>>86072"Well, yes, there was two changelings..." Silver looks fairly awkward in his position. "So, will I be okay, doctor? It was fairly excessive amount of feeding."
>>86069"Brie. Still reeling from... yesterday."
>>86070"Du haben uh,... spiele?" he says awkwardly (he knows thats not the right word for 'fun', but its the best he can do)
btw, am I the only one a little suspicious of the nonchalance of the hospital when dealing with changeling symptoms? Like, how often do they get changeling attacks?