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Occupied Equestria: Day 5
iTzX4
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No.87000
87001 87029
The Adventure continues

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 Eastside Tavern Gang has broken through the house and pool-house of the politician Comte Burgher. What they found has been nothing short of astonishing. Deeds for properties bought by secret societies, seditious communications, cryptic booklets, concerning academic interests, and above all else, a sex dungeon with two young colts chained up, and traumatized. With these, they found something else: two caged and chained up adolescent Changeling drones. So doing what any logically minded group of people would do when encountering caged life-force vampires, they let the things suck on them, then took them home and hugged them and loved them and squeezed them and called them 'George.'

Dark Star is coming to terms with loss in the Stallion's room of the Eastside tavern, while Iron aids him. Silver dreams of an Equestria that is no more and his long lost family (while sleeping in a fairly awkward position). Ash awaits a new dawn of service, Onyx a new life of possible employment, while Brie and Spark stay in a small room with two strange guests
1912 replies and 54 files omitted.
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88782
88784
>>88780
It's not wether we can or cannot drag Dark Star. It's a matter if we should interruput his scene for our sakes.
GM, guide us through this hard choice.
iTzX4
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No.88783
88785
[1d20+7 = 15]
>>88781
And now, she is really curious
She says “No, tell me. What is it? You clearly didn’t think it could wait before”

Sense motive
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88784
>>88782
Last I knew, he was talking to those foals.
Maybe it'd be better to wait until he's ready..
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88785
88788
>>88783
There's only one particular topic she knows of that Silver would want to discuss in private at the moment, especially in the damned headquarters of the Black Hooves, and it ends in -lings. "I did not know when you were going to be off work, so I figured I would see if I could talk with you now, or at least find out when I would be able to talk with you."
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88786
88787 88789
>>88769
What skill is related to his mark?
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88787
>>88786
Mainly his fighting ability. Of course, it can extend to the intimidate skill, as he can break some weak ponies' will or something. Maximum extension of his cutie mark could be his strength, so any strength-related skill like jumping, climbing and swimming would do the trick.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88788
88790
>>88785
“As I have stated before, my hours are flexible. Let’s talk
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88789
88791 88792
>>88786
Duh. He’s a rock crusher. When a rock that is knocked clear is too large to be carried off site, he breaks it into smaller pieces. This can be used for quarrying, construction excavation, or road clearing
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88790
88793
>>88788
Silver motions to the fact that they are still not in a private setting. "As I said, it is private matter."
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88791
>>88789
Is that a profession or craft skill?
Anonymous
JZ+ae
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No.88792
>>88789
That sounds like a nice backstory to be fair. It makes Iron accomplish a goal in his tribe. Tribesponies needs their stone for their primitive tools and housing.
Although I don't know if you're serious or not.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88793
88794
>>88790
She gives him her smile, eyes narrowed
“Do you want to go down the hall and into a room? Or even my room?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88794
88795
>>88793
Somehow, the smile does not reassure him. "Yes, that would work."
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88795
88798
>>88794
She motions for him to follow her.
“To the right, through the door, first door on the right”
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88796
88800
*sweeps the halls*
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88798
88801
>>88795
He does so. "Seems like fancy place."
Anonymous
JZ+ae
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No.88799
88802
If it works on Silver then it should work for others, as inductivism has taught me.
DARK STAR, I COMMAND THEE TO COME FORTH AND CONTINUE YOUR TOUCHING SCENE WITH THY FOALS.
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88800
88805 88823
>>88796
I guess this would be a good time to look for any objects that belonged to the missing foals, so that Caleb can recognize their scents.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88801
88805 88806
>>88798
“A populace that for a millennium obeyed rulers who lived in opulent high castles would never respect anything less. It’s a nice central location, and having so many rooms is useful”

She opens a door down a hall with many black doors, and opens the first on the right. When Silver looks in, he can see that it still has many of the patterns of an old hotel room, but with furniture replaced with simple chairs and tables

“Here is private. Now, what was it?”
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88802
88803
>>88799
I predict that it may be quite a while.
Anonymous
JZ+ae
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No.88803
>>88802
I know. Worth a try I guess.
I suggest linking your post about the stuff from the missing foals to the GM's posts.
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88805
>>88800
>>88801

Silver
xP31Z
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No.88806
88807 88818
>>88801
"I will admit, it does seem like strategically sound location.

"Last night, when you were talking about how you send changelings back to Hegemony territory, I forgot to ask: how does this process work specifically?"
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
1Ijqw
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No.88807
88808
>>88806
>not asking if there are any eavesdroppers

Rookie move, Silver. Rookie move

Anonymous
JZ+ae
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No.88808
88809
>>88807
I doubt the GM would try to make ponies eavesdrop to begin with. Besides, Skies should know when they're in private since she's an intelligence gatherer.
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
1Ijqw
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No.88809
88810
>>88808
Implying she wouldn't secretly record the conversation to potentially use as future evidence
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88810
88811
>>88809
I'm unsure of why she would want to try to blackmail someone she supposedly likes and understands. Unless you want me to believe she needs Silver's testimony that the changelings are in his room in order to do a warrant and plucks the changelings out, but go back to my first point.
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88811
>>88810
Still, Skies would probably not break the trust between her and Silver for something petty like this, specially since he's willing to deport them like Skies.
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88812
[Kirin noises]
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88813
88814
Last episode, things are getting wild at the abbey, as suddenly Waterfront mare gang members storm the abbey, shooting instant-growth trees that threaten to collapse the abbey!
As Iron is petrified of hitting mares while Ash has her worries of cutting the trees down later, will they succumb to their traditions and let the abbey fall or rise up and show these mares what for?
That and more next time, on Void's Adventures!
*cue theme song*
Anonymous
mqvEd
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No.88814
88815
>>88813
Just use Wood Shape and Grow Plants to merge the new, living trees into the abbey itself.
Elves do it.
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88815
88816
>>88814
I guess it's doable. A purple unicorn lives in a library treehouse after all.
Do you even have those spells on your repertoire?
Anonymous
mqvEd
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No.88816
88817
>>88815
Not today, but they could be prepared tomorrow.
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88817
>>88816
Oh.
Damn. Better have a better conflict next time on Void Adventures.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88818
88819 88820
Was at the gun range. Did you know that Vector .45s can be owned in fully automatic in the United States? Because I didn’t

>>88806
“That often depends on what they were doing before they were caught. If they were spying, or could have been spying, they will never go home. Depending on how they were feeding themselves, the police may not let them over smoothly. But if they are being sent back, Immigration takes them. They are generally detained until they can be sent back through train, airship, or ship. They are never sent through commercial carriers, for obvious reasons. Always with an armed escort. They are usually received by Hegemony officials at a border town, like Hoofington or Ponyville.
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88819
>>88818
That's cool.
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88820
88821
>>88818
Yup. There's a gun store near me that has one for sale. They also have a fully automatic MP5 and STG 44.

He seems a bit calmed by this response. "How long are they typically detained?"
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88821
88822 88823
>>88820
“That depends on cirmcumstance. Are they trying to find out information? I would imagine they wait until there is a waiting ship or train.”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88822
88824
>>88821
"Thank you, Blue." He smiles for a second, before his face returns to a neutral stance. "So, do you mind if I ask what that whispering earlier was about? Worried I was going to be threat, or something of that nature?"
Anonymous
mqvEd
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No.88823
88824
>>88821
>>88800
Is there anything Sister Ash can find among the orphanage she could use to give Caleb the foals' scent s?
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88824
88825 88826 88827
>>88822
“You never answered who you were, or why you were here. There are very many bad answers to those questions, for an agent who is not supposed to be widely known. I had to reassure him.”

>>88823
Assuming that Ash is not satisfied by the fact that she has names and addresses, or that she has pictures of these two foals - who actually have cutie marks, unlike the others - yes, there should be some articles of clothing
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88825
88828
>>88824
This just makes him confused. "I was never asked who I was. I would have gladly offered my name if it was asked."
Anonymous
mqvEd
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No.88826
88836
>>88824
Just some a scraps of clothing will be alright.
This way, Caleb can track them, and he'll know if he gets within 60 feet of them.
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88827
>>88824
You never know when the foals can only be tracked by scent.
Also worried since the negotiators are either down or out of reach.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88828
88829
>>88825
“So, are you keeping changelings in your room?”
xP31Z
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No.88829
88830
[1d20+3 = 16]
>>88828
This just makes him even more confused. "That is odd question to ask."

Sense Motive: Silver tries to figure out if there's a motive behind Blue asking a question like that in that manner, especially when she knows the answer to it.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88830
88831
>>88829
She seems curious

“Odd? Why are you looking out for the welfare of changelings?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88831
88832
>>88830
Silver begins to feel like he made a mistake in coming here, as she keeps putting odd emphasis on specific words. He subconsciously adopts a more defensive stance. "Blue, what is going on?"
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88832
88833
>>88831
“”Nothing, I just want to know. It is not normal to look after changelings as if they were your own foals”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88833
88834 88838
>>88832
He hasn't dropped the stance. It appears she's put him on edge with those past couple of sentences.
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88834
88835
>>88833
You're in for it now, Silver. Prepare to get bagged and tied up, beating you senseless for wrongthink
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88835
>>88834
More like wrongdo, but the outcome's the same.
Anonymous
mqvEd
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No.88836
>>88826
Sister Ash busies herself with helping the Sisters with their chores until Dark Star is ready.
Anonymous
wio4P
?
No.88837
Iron decides to walk out the door and wait outside the entrance of the abbey so as to ease the foals' worries about the big wolf-head pony-body monster.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88838
88839
>>88833
She frowns, and her eyes have a slight expression of sadness. She sits down and moves back
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88839
88840
>>88838
"...Sorry. It is just...odd, having conversation and taking 180 with it like that." He slowly drops back into a neutral stance, and sits down next to her.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88840
88841
>>88839
Disheartened in part and non-comprehending in full, she looks like she wants to ask a question she could never word correctly.
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88841
88842
>>88840
Silver finds this to be an awkward situation. He shifts his rear around idly as if trying to make his seat more comfortable. "...To answer your question, I suppose it is because they were in need, and that I could help them, and because it is what I would want changelings to do if they found ponies in that situation."
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88842
88843
>>88841
“Perhaps this is a bad time. Do you have any further questions?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88843
88844
>>88842
He sighs, a little crestfallen himself. Internally, he's beating himself up for having obviously hurt Blue. "...No."
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88844
88845
>>88843
“You seemed to be in a very different state of mind yesterday than Dark Star. Tell me, were they restrained in your room when you went to sleep?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88845
88846
>>88844
He simply shakes his head no.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88846
88847 88848
>>88845
“And you were not worried?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88847
88849
>>88846
"Why would I be? Up until that point, neither of them had shown any signs of hostility, and they had no reason to. I was likely first friendly pony they had seen in weeks. I was source of food, protection, and friendship, and alternative was trying to survive and make it back home on their own in hostile territory."
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
eU8Wy
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No.88848
>>88846
>Being worried about a couple of beaten, starved, and ideologically hostile parasites let loose while you sleep
What a sissy

Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88849
88850
>>88847
“So you let them feed off you?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88850
88851
>>88849
"When we rescued them, yes. I also let Wesley feed on way to take them back home."
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88851
88852
>>88850
“You named them?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88852
88857
>>88851
"No, changelings already have names like ponies. One was Wesley, the other was Kerr."
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88853
88854
[nun noises]
Anonymous
wio4P
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No.88854
88855
>>88853
I know it's hard, but we must persevere for dark boi. Unless he decides to commit sudoku or something.
mqvEd
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No.88855
88856 88858
[1d20+3 = 20]
>>88854
I get it.

Rolling to sweep hallways.
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88856
88858
>>88855
Like a boss.
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88857
88861
>>88852
“I should have figured given how you were talking to them. You know they would not do the same to you, nor would most ponies do the same”
wio4P
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No.88858
88860 88864
[1d20 = 20]
>>88855
>>88856
Let me try

Iron attempts to stand still outside, trying not to space out.
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
?
No.88860
88862
>>88858
Whatever it is you were trying to do, you succeeded above and beyond intentions.
Silver
xP31Z
?
No.88861
88864
>>88857
He sighs. "I know, sadly."
Iron
wio4P
?
No.88862
88863
>>88860
If we're going that route. I want tips on my statue performance
Iron
wio4P
?
No.88863
>>88862
*tips for
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88864
88866 88868
>>88858
Foals start to play around the strangely realistic pony statue, even using it for hide and go seek

>>88861
“Then why do you do it?”
Iron
wio4P
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No.88866
88867 88873
>>88864
Nice. My roll is paying off.
Iron remains steady. As long as the foals are having fun around him, everything is fine and dandy.
>>88865
Nah, concentration check. So no money.
Hippie Dragon Nun
mqvEd
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No.88867
>>88866
I deleted it cuz Perform is a trained-only skill.
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88868
88869
>>88864
"How could I call myself Equestrian if I could not show kindness to those in need, to those who have done no wrong themselves? This is cruel world, and sometimes those beings within it can be crueler still. Without kindness, we'd lose ourselves to this cruelty, and become less than we are now."
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88869
88870
>>88868
“Are you not worried that they will do wrong, once they return?”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88870
88871
>>88869
"There is always that worry, for helping changeling and pony both. But much like how our ancestors did not give up fire once they got burned, we can not give up kindness because it blows up in our faces."
Anonymous
cTjaG
?
No.88871
88872 88873
>>88870
“I suppose that is the difference in philosophies.”
If Silver was expecting an argument as to why one was superior, none is forthcoming
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88872
88874
>>88871
He's fine with a lack of argument. He doesn't want to cause any issues with Blue. "Yes, I suppose that is difference." He chuckles, keeping quiet for a couple seconds before throwing a foreleg around her for a hug. "I am sorry for earlier, Blue."
Iron
wio4P
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No.88873
88874
>>88866
>>88871
Iron slowly moves his eyes, hopefully being covered by the wolf-skin, to see if any of the saved foals are in on the fun and games.
Anonymous
cTjaG
?
No.88874
88875 88877
>>88872
*coo*
“You puzzle me sometimes”

>>88873
A couple of those removed from the warehouse seem to be among them
Iron
wio4P
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No.88875
88878
>>88874
Iron tries to get a feel if anypony is on top of his still body.
Shimmering Spark
nXmks
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No.88876
88878
>>88774
I begin to wonder if Silver leaving the changelings was as smart of a decision as leaving the Kirin unattended next to flammable materials in the quarry.
I gently lift Wesley off of his brother and set him back down.
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88877
88878
>>88874
"Funny. I always thought I was fairly straightforward pony." He gives her a little hug squeeze. "Still, you are my friend. I meant as much as I said last night. I should have had more trust in you than I did, and I must apologize for it, if you will accept it."
Anonymous
cTjaG
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No.88878
88879 88880 88884
>>88875
No pony is on Iron

>>88876
Kerr strikes back at Wesley as the latter is levitated through the air

>>88877
*squeek*
She must have washed her coat this morning, because her fur is especially fluffy. She feels like she recently came in from outside, and again she smells of lavender
“It’s okay. I don’t really come off as the most trustworthy”
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88879
88882
>>88878
He looks stunned by the level of care she's taken with her coat. He draws in a deep breath of the lavender scent. "Wow...you really know how to take coat care to next level. You make my quick shower earlier feel so...inadequate."
Iron
wio4P
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No.88880
88882
>>88878
Iron, curious to see the foals' reactions, decides to slowly and gently drag his unarmored
hoof a bit forwards.
'Colts'll be colts', as the Coatette pony mascot says
mqvEd
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No.88881
88882
[1d20+5 = 15]
Rolling Profession (herbalist) to brew tea.
Anonymous
cTjaG
?
No.88882
88883 88885
>>88880
Hmmm... I’m wondering if this needs a roll

>>88881
Decent enough tea

>>88879
She pulls her left cannon up to her mouth and giggles
“I try, thank you. Your coat is just fine”
wio4P
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No.88883
88886
[1d20 = 2]
>>88882
I'll roll just in case.
Shimmering Spark
nXmks
?
No.88884
88886
>>88878
I lift Kerr and set him back down as well.
Silver
xP31Z
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No.88885
88886
>>88882
He rolls his eyes and laughs. "Thank you, but I certainly know I do not smell near as lovely as you do now. Nor is my coat so perfectly fluffy as yours." He rubs an exceptionally fluffy patch of fur on her barrel.