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Occupied Equestria, Day 5, Mid to Late Morning
Anonymous
vVf+Z
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No.89111
89113
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.

Ash and Iron seem to want to head out from the abbey. Dark Star was having a conversation with the rescued foals after doing community service. Silver is having a surprisingly friendly conversation with Blue Skies about politics. Spark is babysitting and Brie is supposed to be doing the same. Onyx is sleeping.
1589 replies and 67 files omitted.
Anonymous
NJdlu
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No.90600
90604 90608
>>90598
What's Spark got to do with this?
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90601
90603
>>90598
Well shit.
>>90599
Iron shakes his head.
"I sadly do not have the proper stability to handle a mare, unlike you."
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90602
90604
>>90596
"hello,are you sister marey? i was told you were in charge here."
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90603
90605
>>90601
"I haven't exactly settled down either. In any event, it takes a very long time for a foal to become old enough"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90604
90610
>>90602
"Hello. Who might you be?" She looks up at him, and seems relatively warm. She is older, and is a grey earth pony

>>90600
There you are
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90605
90606
>>90603
This causes another eyebrow raise.
"Do you participate in... active duties of sorts? You seem like the one to give out orders around here."
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90606
90607
>>90605
"Are you asking if I have ever served in the military? No, my number was never called"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90607
90609
>>90606
Iron chuckles.
"While you do seem fit for it, I was talking about doing the same activity as your grunts."
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
MLzt/
?
No.90608
90612
>>90600
Iron/Ash/whoever is in this
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90609
90612
>>90607
"I do work, yes"
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90610
90611
>>90604
"my name is Dark Star, i helped the Kirin nun retrieve those foals from.... i was thinking about volunteering here to try and help them recover as much as possible."
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90611
90615
>>90610
"Oh.... Oh, excellent! What do you think you can do?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90612
90613
>>90608
Ash would be the blue-pilled. Iron is a white knight of sorts.
If this keeps up, he may snap out of it and decide it's not worth it.
>>90609
Iron nods.
"I see."
He breathes in again.
He considers in his mind if it's even worth it to keep this up. He's not budging an inch. Maybe Ash can pull an argument that may seal the deal.
Preferrably where no fires start. He would like to keep his friendship with Cauldron stable.
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90613
90614
>>90612
"What is it you want?" He asks
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90614
90616
>>90613
Iron breathes out.
"To be fair, I just want to help my client to retrieve the foal on your posession," he admits. "I think that is the plan. This is why I am pestering you with my questions and suggestions."
Hopefully this doesn't have any serious ramifications that screws everything.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90615
90616 90635
>>90611
"im not really sure, what needs to be done around here? i can sympathize with all the orphans though. i lost my family a while back."
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90616
90617 90618 90635
>>90615
"Thanks in no small part to that Zebrican lizard... thing, we've been able to take care of many of the physical needs of the nunnery and the orphanage. It's the emotional needs where things are lacking"

>>90614
He looks at Iron questioningly
"Retrieve?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90617
90620 90636
>>90616
"Yes. Possibly bring it back to the abbey that he was taken from."
Iron exhales, feeling something wrong will happen from admitting this.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90618
90619 90620
>>90616
"i could help with that, ive been gifted with Empathy, since im not a zebra or changeling." is there anything the abbey needs,in way of supplies?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90619
>>90618
Kek
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90620
90621 90622 90633
>>90618
"That's an... odd thing to just say. Your gift of toys has definitely helped. What do you mean by supplies, exactly?"

>>90617
Just a minute, to see if Ash will join or if Iron is doing this alone
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90621
>>90620
I severly doubt it.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90622
90623 90625
>>90620
"Food or water? does the abbey need any repairs?"
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90623
90625 90627
>>90622
"Oh, Ash has helped us with our food and water. The abbey thankfully was not damaged in the War, and was maintained up until we were cut off from Canterlot"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
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No.90624
90625
I'm here. I've just been really busy e
waiting for the answer to some issues that concerns me.
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90625
90626 90627 90634
>>90622
>>90623
I suggest doing a play on how changelings are bad and will you indiscriminately.
>>90624
Oof. Hope you have good results.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90626
90628 90629 90634
>>90625
Eh, i've been inexcusable autistic in how i've let it distract me from everything...
Alright, now to figure out how to finish this scene without rolling any dice...
Edgy boi
t6BaL
?
No.90627
90634
>>90625
A puppet show might be good
>>90623
"You said the foals need emotional support right? are there any particular foals that need more than the rest?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90628
90630 90631
>>90626
Just so you know, Iron has ratted out your intentions of taking the foal back to the abbey.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
?
No.90629
>>90626
Autists rise up!
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90630
>>90628
Well, it's not like she was trying to keep it a secret in the first place.
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
MLzt/
?
No.90631
90632
>>90628
He couldn't guess it already from the nun demanding to have him back?
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90632
90633
>>90631
She didn't demand it iirc
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90633
>>90620
Sister Ash clears her throat after a few moments of stupefied inaction.
>>90632
I didn't know what to do if he refused, tbh.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90634
90637
Spoilered
>>90625
Top fucking kek

>>90626
You might have to - dare I say it! - roleplay

>>90627
"Well, I would say any of the recently rescued foals. Little Bridged Clear always wants hugs, Mint Marine and White Orchid will need therapy, Sunny Daze was startled by a large wolf just two days ago, Abbey Willows has been trying to turn to dark magic... and so on"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90635
90636
>>90616
>Zebrican lizard… thing
[Indignant snorting]
>>90615
Sister Ash nods slowly in response.
"That is, in fact, what we came for."
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90636
90639 90640
>>90635
>>90617
"Did you think we wouldn't want some recoupment on our investment?"
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90637
90638
>>90634
"as long as the therapist isnt a follower of sigmare Freud they should be ok. ill find them a good one. Did you say Dark Magic?"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90638
90641
>>90637
"They will never get therapy. As for the dark magic, it was sacrifices to evil gods, yes"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90639
90642
>>90636
Iron shakes his head.
Hopefully this will not be too expensive.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90640
90642
>>90636
*eyes narrow*
"Do you consider children to be property?"
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90641
90642
>>90638
"why wont they get therapy? a foal did that? why?"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90642
90643 90645 90646
>>90641
"Therapy is expensive. As for Abbey Willows behavior, I am afraid I do not know why"

>>90639
>>90640
He almost answers, then he looks over to the side as if in deep thought pondering this philosophical question
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90643
90644
>>90642
"how much does it usually cost? she didnt say why she did it?"
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90644
90648
>>90643
"We didn't ask, and it can be many hundreds of bits even for a few sessions"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90645
>>90642
Iron awaits Ash's reasoning to come to light. She might have a better path.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90646
90647 90649
>>90642
*eye narrowing intensifies*
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90647
737cff5a0241d1b6bb554fc5bf02b5ed.jpg
>>90646
Forgot pic
Edgy boi
t6BaL
?
No.90648
90650
>>90644
"ill pay for it. i feel like i owe it to them."
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90649
90651
>>90646
After pondering Ash's question, he returns an answer
"Well... They are not real estate, obviously. And they don't quite seem to be goods or inventory. I think they are closest to capital, really. Like investments to produce other things of value"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90650
90652
>>90648
".... Really?"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90651
90653 90654
>>90649
Sister Ash is not visibly impressed.
"But do you consider them to be things that these ponies to you, for you to profit off of and trade? Do you keep them around primarily for their sake, or for your own?"
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90652
90654
>>90650
"yes, what he did to them was unforgivable. i want to fix the damage he did to those poor colts."
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90653
>>90651
I fucked up the syntax in that first sentence, but like hell i'm goingoing to type it again on this device.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90654
90655 90657 90658
>>90651
"Are you an Equalist? An apprentice is like an employee, but paid less."

>>90652
"There's quite a lot in need of fixing with those two"
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
MLzt/
?
No.90655
90656
>>90654
Apprenticeship is school and child labor combined. What's not to love?
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90656
90659
>>90655
Child labor is immoral, especially when said child landed there as the result of human trafficking, and is working to shake down paupers for tribute.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90657
90660
>>90654
"ill do whatever it takes."
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90658
90660
>>90654
Sister Ash seems slightly confused by the accusation.
"If I may get to the root of my question, would you allow this young one to leave on his own terms, if he so decided?"
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
MLzt/
?
No.90659
90663
>>90656
So were medieval guild apprenticeships immoral? Also, I'd like to see you OOC debunk this: >>90598

Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90660
90661 90662
>>90658
His eyes narrow

>>90657
>>90657
"Thank you... It's great to see someone committed to helping the victims of the unrighteous"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90661
90664 90671
>>90660
Her eyes are so narrow, you'd think they were shut, if not for the glowing lines of light emanating from their narrow slits.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90662
90664
>>90660
"Comte has been reported to the authorities. he will be dealt with Harshly."
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90663
>>90659
I loathe human traffickers. They belong in hell.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90664
90666 90668 90670
>>90661
He’s giving her a run for her money

>>90662
“He’s living a pained life as it is now, horrid beast that he is. I’m
concerned more about these foals”
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90665
90670
I kind of wanted to see that racist children's play
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90666
90667
>>90664
She is Asian: racial bonus to eye-narrowing.

She stares right back at him, with her slits burning bright.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90667
90669 90674
006AE985-386D-437F-BCCD-714F515DF3C9.png
>>90666
Forgot pic
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90668
>>90664
>He’s living a pained life as it is now
Indeed. There is no hope for the wicked.
Or at least that's what Sister Ash would say if she were there.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90669
90674
2nveb8.jpg
>>90667

Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90670
90671
>>90665
oh you will
>>90664
"Do you think the foals would like watching or being in a play? my mom used to love those. she loved taking me with her to see them." Dark star appears wistful
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90671
90672
>>90661
>>90670
KEK
"That's a great idea! A good way to get the foals doing things. Maybe even see if any them have talent for it. We haven't done one in many, many years, because the sisters have been so busy"
Edgy boi
t6BaL
?
No.90672
90673
>>90671
Dark Star smiles warmly
"Ill put one together. i might need help with the costumes though."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90673
90676
>>90672
"That is the difficulty with plays. They require much investment to put together"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90674
90675 90679
>>90669
>>90667
Iron is wondering what's happening.

That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90675
90677
1662818.png
>>90674
A squinting contest, evidently.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90676
90677
>>90673
"Any suggestions on where to start?"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90677
90678 90683
>>90676
"I can't really say I am blessed with the gifts of the theater, unfortunately"

>>90675
"What are you getting at?"
Edgy boi
t6BaL
?
No.90678
90684
>>90677
"which sisters would know about that kind of stuff?"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90679
90680 90683 90684
full.png
>>90674
"Would you, or would you not, allow this young one, or any children in his position, to leave on their own terms if they so chose?" She repeats in the same tone, her face not moving in the slightest
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90680
90681
>>90679
Wrong pony.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90681
90682
>>90680
**What's the right pony?**
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90682
90683
>>90681
Wait, you're asking Iron?
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90683
>>90682
Fuck
>>90679
>>90677

Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90684
90686 90690
>>90678
"Would know about which sort of stuff? Sister Cambric Shirt generally handles apparel for both the nunnery and the orphanage. Sister Peacock Feather may know something about literature or drama, but I don't think she's worked theatrically before. And nopony here has ever been an actor. Well, never acted professionally, at least"

>>90679
"Would you allow any of the children at the orphange to leave?"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90685
It's getting late...
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90686
90687
1164043.png
>>90684
"It's not my place to stop children from leaving if they so please; only to give them a home they can happily return to." She replies adamantly
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90687
90688
>>90686
“Do you wish to ask Henhill something?”
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90688
90689
1187263.png
>>90687
"I would indeed. I have very many things I would like to ask him." She says, her head finally moving from its frozen position as she nods in agreement
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90689
90692
>>90688
“He’s standing right there.” Henhill is about 15 feet behind Willowbrooks and to his right, still near the rear exit or the room, standing silently.
“Are your eyes okay?”
Edgy boi
t6BaL
?
No.90690
90691
>>90684
Dark Star has an aura of excitement to him.
"Ill talk to both of them and see what we can put together. acting isnt that hard its just pretending."
Dark Star accidentally salutes sister marey out of excitement
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90691
90697
>>90690
“Good to see such enthusiasm” she says
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90692
90696
>>90689
>*Squinting stops*
Sister Ash's eyes cease to glow and return to normal as she looks away.
She turns and slowly walks up to Henhill until she's right beside him, and speaks softly
"Would you mind if I asked you some questions about what happened since you were taken from the abbey?" She says
B
K7p33
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No.90693
90694 90696
Are you fags done yet?
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90694
90695
>>90693
We're still sucking each other off. Come back later.
And tend to your wound already.
B
K7p33
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No.90695
90700 90701
>>90694
And OP wonders why I don't bother with this thread anymore
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90696
90698 90699
>>90692
Willowbrooks seems kind of suspicious of Ash as she walks past him, watching her most of the way, before keeping his eyes on Iron

>>90693
The road goes on forever and the party never ends
Henhill has a sort of air to him of feeling above things
“What do you want to know?” He asks
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90697
90704
>>90691
"Thank you for allowing me to help the foals sister marey. ill be back later."
Dark Star heads towards sister peacock feather
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90698
90704
>>90696
Iron remains stoic. He watches Willow Brooks, just in case he decides to do something stupid.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90699
90704
>>90696
"What happened to you?" She asks
"At the warehouse, and since then.."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90700
90702 90703
D249C970-26BF-45B7-95EF-69C3295135CA.jpeg
>>90695
I just assumed it was because you are generally crabby
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90701
>>90695
I honestly feel bad, especially since Spark isn't even interacting.
Anonymous
K7p33
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No.90702
90703 90707
>>90700
That's rich, coming from you
Have fun
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90703
>>90702
>>90700
Oh come on now.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90704
90708 90709 90726
>>90697
Peacock Feather can be found in a class room, sitting at a desk with a number of empty wooden desks in front of her and a big black chalk board behind her. She is doing something with a set of papers in front of her, holding a quill with her hoof, and staring at the papers intently. She doesn’t seem to notice Dark Star enter the room

>>90698
Iron has decidedly in doing plenty of stupid things without watching Willowbrooks before, but if he thinks it helps to watch him now...

>>90699
“You see I’m here, don’t you? He said he would raise me. Make me into a respectable stallion”
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
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No.90705
90708
And although I must apologize for showing up so late, it's also past 1:30 for me. I still wanna hear Henhill's story when I get the chance though.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90706
90708
I'm sorry. I'm dying...
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90707
90708
>>90702
What the fuck is your problem? If you want to do something with your character, then just go do it. There’s nothing stopping you from taking advantage of opportunities the same way the other players do. And if you do need the other players, you can at least say “I am waiting on x so I can do y.” We can’t read minds. We don’t know what you want. We don’t know why you are always angry with us. Do you know how fucking difficult it is to shelherd and GM a half dozen players who do several separate adventures while driving a thousand miles in a week, doing interviews and job applications, and trying to remain social? I don’t appreciate you being angry at me for reasons known only to you. I don’t like players being pissed off at me for things I didn’t do when I don’t even know what these things I didn’t do are. I’m not psychic, and people don’t communicate with me about their problems with me. They just act passive aggressive and stop playing for a while. That doesn’t help anything
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
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No.90708
>>90706
>>90705
Alright, you can go to bed. We may actually finish this soon.
>>90704
Eh, Iron is a suspicious poner sometimes.
>>90707
Brie just needs a foalsitter for the fang bois. This is why he's salty.
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90709
90710
>>90704
Dark Star Stands in the open doorway and knocks on the side of the doorway to get her attention.
"Hello Sister Peacock Feathers. im Dark Star i just started volunteering here. and i asked sister marey about putting on a play for the foals, she told me you had some experience in Drama And Literature."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90710
90711
>>90709
She looks up at Dark Star, with grey coat, no visible horn, and her mane completely covered by her cowl. Her magenta eyes begin to sparkle “You want to put on a play?”
Edgy boi
t6BaL
?
No.90711
90712
>>90710
"yes,sister. i thought it would boost their spirits."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90712
90713 90715
>>90711
“So? What were you wanting to run? A tragedy? A morality take? Romance? A religious scene? A folk tale? Slapstick comedy?”
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90713
90714
>>90712
"Oh, I was thinking of doing a changelingface to demonize a race."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90714
>>90713
I think that if he intended that he wouldn’t have gone to the literature expert
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90715
90716
>>90712
"I Was thinking a Slapstick Comedy."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90716
90717
>>90715
“I see. What age range?”
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90717
90718
>>90716
"For All of the foals here."
Anonymous
B1XZI
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No.90718
90719
>>90717
“Hmmm.... a comedy for everypony. I’ll see what I cannot find.”

Alright, I have to go to sleep now
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90719
>>90718
Goodnight.
I'll go use my Cauldron dakimakura while you're gone.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90721
90722 90723 90724
Sigh
I can't even get half of the nominal players online at once...
Edgy boi
t6BaL
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No.90722
_1 4 8 8.jpg
>>90721

That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90723
>>90721
I'm here.
Anonymous
NJdlu
?
No.90724
>>90721
I make number three.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90725
90726
Well, I guess we can begin... something
BMCwp
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No.90726
90727
[1d20+2 = 21]
>>90725
It wouldn't appear plausible from the atmosphere in the room to try to get a chance to talk to Henhill alone, would it? She wants to hear more from him, in detail.
Actually, may as well roll Sense Motive to try to get a hunch about that, before she tries to asks any stupid questions.
>>90704
Sister Ash nods in acknowledgement.
"Yes.. And have you been well?" she asks with a bit of concern in her eyes
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90727
90728 90730 90736
>>90726
>a fucking 19
Willowbrooks does not keep his secrets
I'm guessing the sense motive roll is for Willowbrook, to see if he will let her talk with Henhill alone. The answer is no. At least, not at the moment. He wasn't expecting any pony to come into what must be his office at this moment, and feels as if he's been sort of invaded. Iron's reference to a mutual acquaintance may have disarmed the two guards outside, but Willowbrooks has not heard any of this. At the moment He's sort of wondering exactly why his guards let these two in. He is very off put by Iron's set of armor, which is more extensive than even police or the military wear, and kind of implies an expectation of violence. He is also very off put by Ash's moralizing and constant reference to first degree felony crimes that he didn't have any part in save for part of the benefits. Nor does he like Iron's explicit announcement of their intent to try to take Henhill from him. On the positive side, Iron's opinion of his virtue in relationships has partly soothed him.

Perhaps he would be willing to let her speak to Henhill in private under changed circumstances,
but as it is now, no.

>>90726
"I am okay" he says, as if trying to shut off the question
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90728
90729 90730
>>90727
I think it was supposed to be Henhill the one that was being read, but this seems useful.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90729
90732
>>90728
Henhill doesn't control Henhill. Willowbrooks does. That much should have been obvious
BMCwp
?
No.90730
90731
[1d20+2 = 12]
>>90727
>Willowbrooks
Hmmm, so I thought. She wouldn't bother asking for it then.
>first degree felony crimes that he didn't have any part in save for part of the benefit
This is almost as bad, by her own standards, but she only asked because she wasn't sure if he had any knowledge of the human trafficking going on.

Sister Ash flips hervshawl looks into his eyes.
"... You've been through quite a bit in these past two weeks.. It's okay if you don't want to talk about it..." she says softly
>>90728
Actually, it was just to see if Willowbrooks would let me talk to him, but I may as well see if I have the same luck judging Henhill's attitude:
>>90727
Rolling Sense Motive, to try to see if I can discern Henhill's attitude atm.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90731
90733
>>90730
Ash discerns that Henhill is a male teenager, with the standard connotations that fact implies
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90732
>>90729
It's obvious to me, but Sister Ash is less sure about it in character; she's tring to figure that out, since she didn't come with the will to drag back a child who did not want to come with her.
Willowbrooks avoiding her question about letting him leave made her very suspicious though, hence the squinting.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90733
90734
>>90731
It was worth a shot.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90734
90735 90736
>>90733
Actually, that one fact tells you quite a bit about Henhill's motivations and dispositions as relevant to the negotiations, if only you think the situation through
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90735
>>90734
So he's basically a boi that is following the wave because it makes him feel secure and good?
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90736
90737
>>90734
Sister Ash is a little bit naive when it comes to seeing through ponies that don't want to open up, in-character; but she could tell that a teenaged colt would be very impressionable and easily confused by these kinds of circumstances.
>>90727
She takes another slow step towards Henhill.
"Have you been hurt at all since.. that time? Everypony at the abbey has been very worried about you.."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90737
90738 90739
>>90736
"Oh, now they send someone to check on our well being? And define 'hurt'"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90738
90740
>>90737
This is Henhill talking, right?
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90739
90740
>>90737
"Yes, for the past two weeks, nopony knew what to do..."
She cranes her neck a bit, as if inspecting him for bruises
"Hurt can be anything... I heardrum from the other ponies what they did in that warehouse.."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90740
90742
>>90738
Well yeah

>>90739
He moves away slightly. If he has any bruises, they are underneath fur, and he doesn't quite seem willing to submit to a medical examination
BMCwp
?
No.90741
90742 90743
[1d20+5 = 23]
She does not pursue him closer, but her concern is evident in her expression.
Rolling Spot to squint closely for bruises, since she still hasn't given up on it.

"It took a while.. but I managed to find a clue to that warehouse just a few days ago.."
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90742
>>90740
>>90741

Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90743
90744
>>90741
Slight blackening around the left eye

"And?" He asks
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90744
90745
>>90743
She stares sharply at the slight bruise for a fraction of a moment, before responding.
"...And so, I went there, with my friend Iron. I
We took back the foals who were still there, and have been finding the rest around the city ever since.." she says, sighing slightly
"I didn't know what had happened to you since then, so I'm glad to see you're alright..." her voice trails off as her eyes snap back to the discoloration
She raises a hoof slightly, gesturing to his left eye
"... Where did you get this..?"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90745
90746 90747
>>90744
"My eye?" he asks. Then he answers "I was born with it"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90746
90747
>>90745
She squints, slightly, but then nods in relief.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90747
90748
>>90745
>>90746
She continues
"A couple of the other foals were a bit more difficult to retrieve.. but I've found most of them.." she says, a bit unsure of how to say it

She steps back a bit and bows her head, reflexively
"..... I... Came here to get you..." she says, a bit sheepishly
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90748
90749 90750
>>90747
"To get me?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90749
>>90748
'I'm sorry, dragon lady, but I'm not in the legal consent threshold yet'
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90750
90751
>>90748
She nods
"Yes. We came here looking for you, after we heard from those low-lives that you'd been sent here." She says
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90751
90752
>>90750
"Who is a 'low life'?"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90752
90753
>>90751
She raises her chin ever so slightly
"Those brutish ponies who were cowering in that pestilent warehouse." she says indignantly
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90753
90754
>>90752
"So, us"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90754
90755
>>90753
>Having so little self esteem as to put yourself on the same level as literal slave-traders
At this, she squints once more
"..No.. The adults in that place.." She says solwly
"I gave those ponies what they wanted.." she says, through gritted teeth ".. And for that, I was able to get the six foals that were still there without a fight.. and a clue as to where you and the others were.."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90755
90756 90758
>>90754
Willowbrooks butts in
"Is this how you speak to those below your socio-economic station where you come from?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90756
90757
>>90755
Implying Ash is even inside the socio-economic station he's talking about.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90757
90760
>>90756
Well, she's obviously insulting Willowbrooks, all of Willowbrooks's associates, and generally the only path for social mobility for the lowest economic classes of the city. She's also saying it in a grammatically ambiguous way where it isn't actually that obvious that "those lowlifes in the warehouse" means the gang members, and not the foals who also were in the warehouse.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90758
90759 90763
>>90755
>those below your socio-economic station
The ascetic hermit returns this comment with a sharp and serious expression, as if agast that the stallion would ever suggest such a thing, before she replies with an even more convicted tone:
".... Things like wealth, class, material possessions.. such concepts hold absolutely no weight in the virtue of one's life. Ponies find virtue in the way they live their lives, all despite differences in how fortunate they may be."
And the eye-narrowing returns
"But to ponies like that who would let themselves fall so far as to predate on defenseless ponies, kidnap foals for mere profits, lock those foals in rusted cages im a lice-ridden abandoned factory, and sell them off to fiends that would abuse them, all for the sake of enriching themselves... Those kinds of creatures, do indeed lead very pitiful existences."
Her eyes seem to glow slightly as she recalls what she saw
"There is no hope for the wicked." She says solenmly
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90759
90761 90762 90763
>>90758
"That's nice. Now get the fuck out of my office."
A hoof descends down slowly beneath the desk
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90760
>>90757
If kidnapping children and selling them to child molesters was their way of social mobility, they're the antithesis of everything stands for.
18,000-20,000 gp is a fuckton of money. She hopes they enjoy it before they go off to Tartarus.
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90761
>>90759
Oh great. Here we go.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90762
90763 90764
habit-on-nun-w-ruler.jpg
>>90759
She cracks her neck and stamps her own hoof (albeit, more softly) before turning and glaring quizically right back at him, eyes glowing.
"Is money more important than virtue to you?"
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
HJxBW
?
No.90763
90765 90766
>>90758
>>90759
>>90762
At this rate this is going to be most hated orphanage in the history of Baltimare.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90764
90770 90772
>>90762
Now, he is angry, and starts to stand up.
"Do you invite guests into your own home and suffer them stand there and smugly announce how morally superior they are, while constantly degrading you and lumping you in with those called 'pitiful'?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90765
>>90763
Ikr? They're going to need armed guards after this if things go the way the GM is hinting.
Eeeee
K7p33
?
No.90766
>>90763
It couldn't possibly be that the orphanage is involved in the scheme with Comte, that would be bad
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90767
90768
Sorry for the delay. Some shit came up.
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90768
90769 90770
>>90767
No worries, but just post directly when you feel ready to post.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90769
90770
>>90768
I'm actually going to have to step out again momentarily, or so I just found out...
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90770
90771
>>90768
>>90769
>>90764
I'm sorry. Real life caught up with me. I'll be back in 20-30 mins.
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90771
90772
>>90770
The suspense...
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90772
90775
>>90771
Idk wtf I'm doing at this point. It's clear this isn't going to go through just by asking nicely, so I'll just respond however my character would see fit.
>>90764
>dodging the question
Sister Ash remains steadfast, speaking calmly
"There is no virtue in merely insulting ponies for not living their lives the way you would see fit. All souls are free to live as they wish, for there are two sides to everything." she says
She continues
"I pity the wicked and the and depraved, who have no hope without virtue, but they are all free to live as they wish. Virtue, depravity, or even dejection; such things govern the path of creatures, but not as clearly as some would think."
She throws her mane back.
"I gave those poor creatures what they wanted. I hope they enjoy it while it lasts, because there is little hope for them on the path they've taken."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90775
90776 90777 90780
>>90772
"Great, I’m glad you can preserve your sense of self righteousness and moral superiority. Now, this is the last time I will ask you nicely. Please, get the fuck out of my office you insufferable, sanctimonious excuse for a pony of harmony
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
HJxBW
?
No.90776
90777
>>90773
>>90775
when you're so sick of someone you tell her to get out twice using the same inflections
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90777
90778
>>90776
>>90775
Guess the zebra pussy is off the menu.
She's a nice zebra.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90778
90779
>>90777
Nah, Ash has just offended this one particular pony
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90779
>>90778
I sure know what could happen later if I think what's going to happen comes true.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90780
90781 90782
>>90775
>being this godless
Sister Ash rips off her shawl and hurls it on the ground before her and stomps on it, a whisp of smoke hissing from the garment, her uncomfortably-restrained mane rushing out of its tight confines with an audible 'poof'.
"I am not a 'harmonist', or whatever you ponies call the clergy of your local temples. I'm just a poverty worker; I came here to work for children who were left destitute by the war so that they could hope to lead peaceful lives, but I never thought I would have to deal with pony-traffickers!" she says, almost hissing at the prospect
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90781
90783
>>90780
"For the Ninetieth time I'm not a pony trafficker and never have been, and for the third time, get out of my office"
Behind Henhill, in the back door, come the butch looking pony and the Diamond Dog. Each has a claw or hoof extended out of line of sight, and both look in towards Ash and Iron. One signals for Henhill to come in through the door
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
HJxBW
?
No.90782
90785
>>90780
When you tick off others so much they get angry at other religions for possible association
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90783
90784
>>90781
Iron makes sure to stand in front of the two incoming ponies to somewhat cover Ash's flank.
No way he's letting the first shot hit her.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90784
>>90783
"Not one step forward Mister"
He points a hoof forward
"Out of my office you insolent pricks"
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90785
90786
>>90782
She got flustered after the thing about looking down on the poor came up. Now she's still trying to figure out if this guy qualifies as evil.
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
HJxBW
?
No.90786
90787 90788
>>90785
Use "detect evil."
Or wait until your character levels up and can the learn the spell "common sense"

Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90787
>>90786
She's no paladin, my guy.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90788
90789
>>90786
Only Clerics and Paladins get that...
Either way, he's going to Tartarus, since he seems to be more depraved than he his virtous.
Anonymous
NJdlu
?
No.90789
90790
>>90788
What exactly is Ash's Charisma?
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90790
>>90789
Low.
That Hippie With No Money
BMCwp
?
No.90791
Just a moment, I'm reading a couple spell descriptions.
Anonymous
K7p33
?
No.90792
90793 90794
Brie snaps out of his trance. He addresses Kerr (I think it was)
"NEIN. Keine sexen!"
Then he gets grim-faced.
"Kinder. Fleider sie?"
Plantation Colt
Me2Nm
?
No.90793
>>90792
I think it was Kerr.
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90794
90795
>>90792
Kerr moves slightly forward towards Brie - probably because his previous position had him literally backed into a corner
"Fleider sie?" he asks, as if for clarification
Anonymous
K7p33
?
No.90795
90796
>>90794
Brie flaps his wings.
"Ja, fleider"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90796
90797
>>90795
>>90795
He nods understanding,
"Ja, Ich kann Fliegen"
He flaps his own wings, which are four dragon-fly like thin translucent blue wings. The beats are quick, and he seems to have some pain when moving one of them
Anonymous
K7p33
?
No.90797
90798
>>90796
"Vertrauen mich?"
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90798
90799
>>90797
"Ich traue keinem Pony"
Anonymous
K7p33
?
No.90799
90800
>>90798
"Ich bin nicht pony, ich bin die fleidermaus".
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90800
90802
>>90799
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SrNZprL8QE
He lowers his head
"Was willst du mit mir machen?"
Anonymous
K7p33
?
No.90802
90803
>>90800
>>90800
"Wir gehen ihr haus."
Anonymous
B1XZI
?
No.90803
>>90802
He nods
"Du wirst mich nicht verkaufen?"