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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>>85447A hole in the fencing some hundreds of feet away from the gate
>>85448The 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?"
>>85454he falls to the ground, prone
>>85450He is weak. He is not suicidal yet. That would require even more
>>85449>Block the open doorwayVery good answer
>>85457She goes for the hole, Caleb beside her.
[1d20+3 = 15]>>85457Eeeeeeeing internally, Brie gets up and tries again as fast as possible.
>>85460"You will see her soon. Just hold on my friend."
[1d20-1 = -7]>>85461Opposed
>>85460He can see her, the color blinking in and out. The image in his mind gives him that smile
>>85459The white Earth pony foal -White Orchid - either falls off, or jumps off
>>85462>>85463"there she is...everything is so du....ll."
>>85463She stops and catches him with her telekinesis.
"Are you alright?"
>>85465Strength check"Let me go!"
>>85461Brie captures the insect, who tries to flap his wings and buzz away, but fails
>>85464He feels weak. Is he ready to try to feed the drone again?
>>85464"Focus on her. She loves you. She needs you. You need to go to her."
[1d20+5 = 12]>>85466Sister Ash seems confused
"..Do you... Want to go back..?"
>>85468He doesn't respond. for a moment. Then he tears up
"I want to go back to mom"
Probably captured
>>85466totally
>>85467dark Star is reaching his hooves out forward
>>85457Silver 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>>85466Silver turns to Brie and the changeling he's grappling with. His legs are shaking, but he stays strong. "...Let...him go."
[1d20 = 19]>>85466He attempts to pick up the bug.
[1d20+5 = 21]>>85469"What's your mother's name? I could take you there." She asks, still moving towards the exit
>>85471"Yes, yes, we'll get to that." He then proceeds to exit the underground post haste.
>>85472Bug is still picked up. that doesn't stop him from Vampirizing off of Dark Star and Silver
>>85470>>85471Roll fortitude saves
>>85475I think he's taking the changeling with him, but I am still going to let it parasitize the ponies>>85473".... Rose Glass"
>>85474>>85476Darn bat ponies phasing through ponies in their way.
[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
>>85474Oh yeah, Shimmer is at the exit
>>85477The 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
sigh>>85478"I don't suppose I could squeek by?" somewhere in the background there's a drum tap.
I'm about to pass out soon, willingly or not.
Is Sister Ash able to make it back to the orphanage?
>>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."
>>85488I think he made the direction it went based on the outcome of your roll.
>>85484Eventually, yes. Just keep the foals tight
>>85488Honestly, I may have to rewrite the scene if Dark Star never offers to feed the second changeling >>85485"Luna no, I'm going to go get caught with it."
>>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."
>>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."
>>85493Actually 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."
>>85492"Ist ein
Wechselbalg!" interjects Silver's incubus friend
>>85493Alright, 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" [1d20 = 9]
Attempting to overrun SS
>>85495>>85494Changeling? What Changeling? Brie is holing a Blue unicorn foal.
>>85499>>85497Brie, unicorn foal in hoof, manages to knock over Spark and escape the room
>>85501What 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.
>>85500The 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.
>>85504Ok 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.