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
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>>88826Sister Ash busies herself with helping the Sisters with their chores until Dark Star is ready.
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.
>>88833She frowns, and her eyes have a slight expression of sadness. She sits down and moves back
>>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.
>>88839Disheartened in part and non-comprehending in full, she looks like she wants to ask a question she could never word correctly.
>>88840Silver 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."
>>88841“Perhaps this
is a bad time. Do you have any further questions?”
>>88842He sighs, a little crestfallen himself. Internally, he's beating himself up for having obviously hurt Blue. "...No."
>>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?”
>>88844He simply shakes his head no.
>>88845“And you were not worried?”
>>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."
>>88847“So you let them feed off you?”
>>88849"When we rescued them, yes. I also let Wesley feed on way to take them back home."
>>88851"No, changelings already have names like ponies. One was Wesley, the other was Kerr."
[1d20+3 = 20]>>88854I get it.
Rolling to sweep hallways.
>>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”
[1d20 = 20]>>88855>>88856Let me try
Iron attempts to stand still outside, trying not to space out.
>>88858Whatever it is you were trying to do, you succeeded above and beyond intentions.
>>88857He sighs. "I know, sadly."
>>88858Foals start to play around the strangely realistic pony statue, even using it for hide and go seek
>>88861“Then why do you do it?”
>>88864Nice. My roll is paying off.Iron remains steady. As long as the foals are having fun around him, everything is fine and dandy.
>>88865Nah, concentration check. So no money. >>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."
>>88868“Are you not worried that they
will do wrong, once they return?”
>>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."
>>88870“I suppose that is the difference in philosophies.”
If Silver was expecting an argument as to why one was superior, none is forthcoming
>>88871He'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."
>>88866>>88871Iron 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.
>>88872*coo*
“You puzzle me sometimes”
>>88873A couple of those removed from the warehouse seem to be among them
>>88874Iron tries to get a feel if anypony is on top of his still body.
>>88774I 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.
>>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."
>>88875No pony is
on Iron
>>88876Kerr 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”
>>88878He 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."
>>88878Iron, 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 [1d20+5 = 15]
Rolling Profession (herbalist) to brew tea.
>>88880Hmmm... I’m wondering if this needs a roll
>>88881Decent enough tea
>>88879She pulls her left cannon up to her mouth and giggles
“I try, thank you. Your coat is just fine”
>>88878I lift Kerr and set him back down as well.
>>88882He 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.