Set 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.
Silver is learning about foreign pony cultures, Dark Star is preparing to put on a play for the children of the Saint Prancis Orphanage, Onyx has received several possible missions from the government, Brie is buying clothing, presumably for a long journey. Ash and Iron are leaving the office of a now enraged gangster... or not.
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>>91813Indeed, that is a pleasant surprise. He might find himself suddenly missing his cranium
after he gets Blue her books, but Silver supposes that's something he'll have to deal with in the future.
>>91815That’s future Silver’s problem. Well, he’s gotten away from her for now
>>91814So... he’s into healing old wounds and forgiveness?
>>91819Indeed it is. Onwards to Silver's Tavern room!
>>91820>>91820The journey there is mostly uneventful. When he gets to his room, he opens it up to find... weren’t there supposed to be changelings there or something?
>>91462Brie adopts a comfortable gait that would accompany his appearance and approaches the ticket booth, inspecting it.
>>91823The stallion at the ticket booth - Dark orange earth pony - looks like a fairly typical worker of the Celestial Railway
[1d20-1 = -5]>>91821"Sorry I...wait...Kerr? Wesley?" Silence. His eyes widen, hoping now this is just some prank, or that he was put under a spell, or something. What happened to the changelings? Did somepony take them? Where are they!?
Search: Silver starts looking around the room for signs of the changeling drones as he continues to call out the them. "Kerr? Wesley? Kerr...Wesley!?"
>>91825Well, Silver’s search isn’t the most thorough. There is nothing under the beds, and no suspicious “rocks” or anything in the room, but there is s crumpled up note:
“Took the changelings to get help. Will be gone for several days. Hope we don't die. - EEE"
>>91827"..." He stares at the note for a few seconds, it shaking in his magical grasp. He lets it fall to the floor as he raises his head to the ceiling, letting out a screech of pure anguish. "BRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
>>91828What kind of horrible person would just take somepony else’s NPCs from them? Don’t they know that those are his?
>>91828Onyx wonders why the pony upstairs wants cheese so bad, but decides that he isn't paid enough to deal with screaming customers.
>>91830Are you shitting me? That’s exactly what they are paying him for. Chop chop!
>>91824"Good day to you gentlepony. I would like three tickets."
>>91829"Этот идиот! Что, черт возьми, эта летучая мышь пони!? Кого, черт возьми, он пытается получить в качестве помощи!? Для чего!? Луна, черт побери! Он собирается убить дронов!" He lets out another cry. "AHHHHH! Я понятия не имею, куда они пошли! Они могут быть где угодно, они уже могут быть за городом! ЗАЧЕМ!? Почему сейчас!? Селестия, черт побери! У меня нет времени на это, я должен достать для нее книги Блю! БЛЯДЬ!" And thus, with little choice at his hooves, Silver angrily begins the process of putting his armor and equipment on in Cyrillic. "СУКА!"
>>91831He's paid to serve drinks and clean dishes, not run around cause someone is screaming for cheese. He'd never get anything done.
>>91834If I’m understand this correctly, this music starts playing:
https://youtu.be/lDQ7hXMLxGc>>91836True... but what about tips? Do people who ask for cheese tip?
>>91833"Vracks. Vracks?" He asks, looking back. "Yes, that was it." he says, reaching in his coat pocket for a bag of bits,...
... and a knife.
>>91838>>91838In America, restaraunt waiters a d bar tenders are not paid by the hour or by flat salary. They are given a very low hourly wage, and are expected to make most of their income from customers leaving tips, which is a culturally mandatory practice. Thus, Onyx, as a Bar Tender, could be expected to make most of his money from customers leaving tips. Including those who ask for Cheese
Do your research>>91839“We don’t run trains into the Hegemony”
>>91840I somewhat knew that, but it's more likely he's asking for cheese dip than what you're implying.
>>91837It's a fair assessment, even if it's the wrong ideology. "Я клянусь, если я получу свои копыта на этом пони летучей мыши…" He takes a few seconds to compose himself so at
least he won't frighten everypony he passes by looking like your typical angry Stalliongrader here to invade and convert their foals with his dangerous communistic ideas. Once he looks at least semi-cordial, he heads out, with two stops to make before heading to the catacombs: first to a general goods store to buy a simple cheap pocket watch, second to the potions shop to buy four Potions of Hide From Undead.
>>91840"Well surely you must have trains that pass
near it?"
You act like this is babbies first RPG
>>91843"You can take a train to a border town, then cross and take a rail service in the Hegemony. Be advised that coming back is not as easier as going in"
>>91842As he browses the pocket watches, he remembers he should also pick up a flashlight, and adds one to his list of purchases.
>>91847"Yes, well, I have family that borders the area and it is a most important engagement. It is imperative I be in attendence and we'll be safe in hoof, rest assured. So tickets then?"
>>91850"Well... I can get you on a train to Canterlot... There's the Crossings at Ponyville, Hoof city, and Hoofington. There's also Bales, but Bales is further north..."
Fun fact, the name for Severyana comes from the Russian word for "Northerner": северянин. Pretty neat.
>>91848So... a Flashlight and a Pocket watch
>>91852I think it's more than that. There was a tribe named "Severyana" I believe in an area around the Ukraine
[1d20+5 = 12]>>91851"Bales, I think that wa where I stopped years ago. I was very young then but it was still a delightful trip."
bluff
>>91854"Alright, that's another 4 hours further away"
>>91855"Its a remote estate, its actually more convenient for us."
>>91853Yup. A flashlight and a pocket watch.
It's still interesting that the Russian word for Northerner is "severyanin". >>91856"Very well, two tickets to Bales? I take it you want the Overnight train leaving today?"
>>91857"20 bits"
>>91858"One adult and two colts, please, but yes."
>>91858Silver pays the pony 20 Bits, taking his new acquisitions and moving on to the potions shop for his four Potions of Hide From Undead.
>>91859just so we're entirely clear, going to Tall Tales, Vraks, or the Border via Bales is going to take longer than going to any of those destinations via Canterlot"Alright. What sort of accomodations do you want? Roomette, Compartment, Family Bedroom, Coach?"
>>91860"2 Strong 4 You" is a reasonable nearby Potion shop
The Zebra asks "What would you like to buy, my big armored fighting guy?"
>>91861Cuz Brie knows that,..."A Family Bedroom is preferable. This is the Colt's first train ride and I would like for them to have the chance to fully enjoy it." Brie says with a smile, glancing back at the two totally not changelings.
>>91861Silver smiles slightly, finding a minor bit of enjoyment in the odd custom displayed by this zebra, even if the cultural reasons behind zebras rhyming are lost to him, and seem just a little odd. "I need four potions of Hide From Undead. I am going into catacombs beneath Curwhinny Farm, and I would rather not become next meal for those monsters Curwhinny made."
>>91862"Very well. 100 for a bedroom, and three tickets for the lot of you. The train leaves soon"
>>91863"When travelling through an old abandoned tomb
Don't let them see, else you'll meet your doom
I have just the thing that will keep you from harm
when travelling underneath that ancient farm
one shot of this hide from undead potion
just take a swallow and keep in motion"