Set six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where the Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures because of their encounters 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.
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>>96480Silver laughs a little. "Not really, no."
He looks over at how Skies is
still only half-laying down on the bed. One of his ears falls to the side of his head in confusion. "Do you not want to lay down on bed? I imagine it would be more comfortable for you."
>>96481She pushes her legs onto the bed, and pulls herself with her forelegs into the bed, presumably closer to Silver
>>96482Silver takes another sip of his wine before scooting a little closer to Skies in turn. He seems to enjoy the close company. "What other great leaders did Nimbusia have?"
>>96478"hmmmmm, Seems interesting."
>>96483“Well... let’s see. There was Strategos Manetiades who defeated an invading army of Griffins at Maresthon. There was the heroic defense against a huge invading army of Griffins by king Leoneighdas at Thermoponylae. He and his 300 Hippeis died, but it gave time for them to regroup. Much later, Lysimanechus led an army into Zaphzia, but that was defeated. There was even a philosopher and historian, Xenohoof, who lead a large group of Nimbusian Mercaneries to Katerenburg to fight in a civil war for a claimant there”
>>96485"There certainly are many warriors among great leaders of Nimbusia."
>>96486She nods and smiles as she lets her wings come out, proud to be a Nimbusian Pegasus
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>>96487Silver once again is enraptured by her glorious wingspan and her beautiful wings. He reaches out to feel along her marginal coverts of her left wing with the soft frog of his hoof. "You do your warrior-philosopher ancestors proud, I would imagine."
>>96489She pushes the wing forward for him to touch. She blushes
“D’aww, thanks”
>>96491And thus Skies' wings were touched by a rather fluffy pickle-skull, who finds the soft feeling of the feathers on his frog pleasant. Silver's horn alights in its characteristic blue glow, and forms a magic field around the length of the feathery appendage he is currently in the process of admiring the hell out of. It feels rather tingly.
Silver, meanwhile, still desires to learn a little more about Skies' home. "What about your people's philosophers, then? Do you remember any words of wisdom that have been passed down by them?"
>>96492"Oh yes, there were many, even in the time I was alive there. There is Heraclopus, who emphasizes the duality of the world. Demarecritus, who proposes that all is made up of atoms. There was Hippocrates, who deconstructed arguments. But the greatest of them all is Aristrotle, who recently died, who taught of the order in Nature, and how it can be followed by means of virtue."
>>96493"Whats your favorite legends from Home?"
Asks dark Star in a raspy voice while drinking his wine.
>>96494"Hmmm...."
She places a hoof to her chin, and looks up
>>96493His ears perk up at the mention of each pony. He clearly wishes to hear more, but he doesn't seem like he knows who to ask about first.
>>96497She smiles
"Aristrotle was himself the student of the great Hippo, who had his own ideas about how we come to know things and metaphysics, but it most well known for his ideas about society. His nephew, Speushippos, is still alive and is a good and loyal follower of his. Basically they explain why the caste system is, was anyways, essential to operation of society"
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>>96495Dark Star looks over at her with intrigue in his eyes
"Hard to Decide huh? Any about Dashing Rangers saving maidens?"
>>96501Skies responds like Richard Dawkins when asked to give the full 21 word title of Charles Darwin's "On the Origins of Species
by means of Natural Selection, or the survival of favored races in the Struggle for Life." >>96503*preservation, not "survival"
>>96503Dark Star is hanging on every word his eyes sparkling.
>>96505"Well... there is the myth of Marecles, who had to complete a number of tasks to redeem herself for killing family members in a rage. It is said that she first had to kill the Manticore of Cleon. It bit off part of her hoof, but she strangled it with her bare hooves. She did so, and wore it's hide. Then, she had to slay the nine headed hydra. No easy feat, but she was no ordinary mare. The Oracle next directed her to to kill the golden king of New Cervus. The Golden King was a viking raider over much of south Ioneighda. She chased him for a year, and eventually was able to lame him, then kill him. The next task was to kill a dangerous magical boar, With the advice of a centaur to trap it in snow, she was able to do so. The next task was to clean the stables of Airopoli - no easy task. She diverted the river to do so. Next, she had to kill the Skarmori - a group of parrot raiders. She frightened them with a rattle, then shot them with arrows covered in poison from the hydra. The next task was to capture a prince of Asterion, who was causing unrest in that kingdom. The next was to track down a group of cannibalistic mares lead by Queen Diomares. She was able to capture them, then goad them into killing and eating Diomares, which freed them from their lust for equine flesh. In another task, she stole a saddle from a queen named Hippoly. In another task, she stole the cattle of an Arimaspi, a fierce giant. The last two tasks involved stealing apples from a group of powerful unicorns, and finally, none other than taking Cerberus from the gates of Tartarus."
[Read more] >>96499Silver chuckles to himself. "I can see why you particularly view him as greatest.
"You mentioned Demarecritus and atoms. How long ago were they born?"
>>96510"Many hundreds of years ago. I forget the exact year"
>>96509"Wow! thats quite the story. Whats a Hydra though?"
Dark Star Touches his hoof to his chin in thought.
>>96512She tilts her head
"A large, many headed beast. Don't you have those in Equestria?"
>>96513"I've never seen one of those. they sound like a fine challenge"
Dark Star Grins
"I bet i could kill one myself."
>>96514She raises her eyebrows and smirks
"Maybe"
>>96515"Oh I know i Could."
Dark Star's Face gets serious
"I am pretty Awesome, you know."
>>96511Silver looks...impressed? Astonished? It's hard to place exactly what he looks like he's feeling, but it's something along those lines. "And hundreds of years later, we would start to split atoms for...something. Amazing..."
>>96516She giggles, then laughs lightly
>>96517"Something, yes"
>>96518"It would never know what hit it.."
Dark star laughs
>>96518Silver gives her an odd look at her response. "...Do you know what for?"
>>96520"For Raining Tartarus Fire down on the enemies of pony kind of course."
Dark Star Grins
>>96520Pic
>>96519"Why do you want to fight one?"
>>96523"To Prove myself and to Say that i was able to do it."
The Pinkness of Dark Stars Cheeks shines through his fur, he looks like he has had a lot to drink.
>>96523Silver takes a full-on drink of his wine. It's a fair enough answer for him. "It is such weird idea, splitting atoms. They are supposed to be building blocks of universe, right? What everything is made out of? What happens when you split them? Do we even want to know?" He takes another drink, finishing off his second glass. His alcohol blush has intensified quite a bit, covering a wide band across his snout cheeks. He looks down into the wine bottle to see how much is left.
>>96524"But what do you need to prove, and to whom?"
>>96525"Well, the alternative is messing with magic." She has that malign grin on her face
"If Love can be weaponized, what can't be?"
>>96527"To Myself, and so my family name will mean something."
>>96528She looks a little more solemn now
"You don't think it does now, do you?"
>>96527Silver laughs a little upon having recollections of hearing what happened back in '02, when Chrysalis' first invasion failed. "Who knew that Princess of Love could do
that?"