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.
The long train ride from Baltimare to Bales has been interrupted by a group of partisan fighters, claiming to be looking for none other than Pinkie Pie, who has been kept prisoner since the end of the war. They don't seem to have found their prize, but they do seem to have found a very pissed off Brie, Onyx, and Spark, as well as another Bat Pony, and both groups have been interrupted by a new set of intruders. In Baltimare, Silver, Dark Star, and Iron await a new and uncertain dawn.
/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal
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>>100637
Damn, that would have been too convenient. Star did give Silver the pistol they got off the Sarge, if I remember correctly. An M1911, though I suppose if we were going with something more appropriate in-universe it would be named either the M991 or the M1001, whichever model year sounds more appropriate for the pistol.
Damn, that would have been too convenient. Star did give Silver the pistol they got off the Sarge, if I remember correctly. An M1911, though I suppose if we were going with something more appropriate in-universe it would be named either the M991 or the M1001, whichever model year sounds more appropriate for the pistol.
>>100639
I might be remembering wrong, who knows. If he does have it, it would be back at the tavern, anyways, sitting with his other Lavender Rifle, waiting to be brought somewhere to be cleaned and fixed up.
I might be remembering wrong, who knows. If he does have it, it would be back at the tavern, anyways, sitting with his other Lavender Rifle, waiting to be brought somewhere to be cleaned and fixed up.
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>>100643
Sorta? Since he's already at the catacombs he might as well should go in, but I don't imagine he'll be able to get the rest of those books in this one trip. He'll grab what he can and head back to give them to Blue, then ask her about maybe getting a part of his payment now and if it is actually possible for him to get that SMG fixed and cleaned up.
Sorta? Since he's already at the catacombs he might as well should go in, but I don't imagine he'll be able to get the rest of those books in this one trip. He'll grab what he can and head back to give them to Blue, then ask her about maybe getting a part of his payment now and if it is actually possible for him to get that SMG fixed and cleaned up.
>>100647
Reeeeeeeeeeeee, damn you, limbo!
Anyways, sleep well, then. Hopefully Silver will actually be able to move tomorrow.
Reeeeeeeeeeeee, damn you, limbo!
Anyways, sleep well, then. Hopefully Silver will actually be able to move tomorrow.
>>100456
Sea Breeze pauses for a moment at Dark Star’s question
“Well... the use of commandeered hotel rooms is intended for those agents brought in or recruited from abroad, who have no where to stay that is safe locally. Aren’t you from Baltimare?”
>>100523
Through the windows on the left side of the corridor the landscape changes progressively as the train nears the city. Fields continue to dominate, but now villages of red roofed houses pass by with their small church steeples, and do too do mills and grain elevators that appear increasingly industrial. To the left of the tracks are another set of tracks facing the opposite direction, and at one point, the train passes a stream train carrying box cars, cars of grain, and cars that seem to be full of coal or minerals.
Nearing closer to the city, housing becomes denser, then come factories with great brick smoke stacks. At last the train comes to the side of a large river, where, further down, can be seen what must be a large power station, a building of tall brown walls and far taller stone stacks that send great amounts of white steam and smoke into the air. Further down the river still can be seen another river into which the present river combines. The train glides over the river through a black painted iron tied-arch bridge, and a similar bridge can be seen crossing the river further down. The city it enters has a number of square shaped high rise buildings piercing the sky, covered in glass, brick, and grey stone facades. Below these are lower stacked brick and grey faced tenement buildings, usually of four or so floors. The streets are crowded with carriages, and telephone lines stitch chaotically between buildings. Through more then one gap can be seen the railway of elevated subways.
As the train progresses further, it passes a change in scenery: through the trees of a park is a large stone castle - an old palace with walls and high towers - that, along with a gothic styled cathedral surrounded by apartments and office buildings, is among the last reminders that Bales, too, is an ancient city, almost as old as Equestria itself. Once the seat of a great, Northern Equestrian duchy, Bales adapted well to the Industrial Age, sitting at the convergence of two important rivers and now an important junction of railroads. Like Baltimare, where the only significantly historical buildings are colonial-aged buildings by the waterside, Bales is dominated by modern architecture, whatever you may think of it. Bales even more industrialized, and evidently wealthier than Baltimare, though it appears to be less wealthy than the old court city of Canterlot, where the city center is remains dominated by the quaint and well preserved townhomes, chateaus, and shops of the past.
Canterlot still has its history. Baltimare never had it. Bales must have lost its history in a major disaster, save a few important thick-stoned structures.
>>100625
As iron passes the cold corpse of Peer Review, Pear has a comment
“All for a little money...”
Cauldron has a comment of her own
“They didn’t take the idol from him... he must have been shot, ran away, then succumbed to his wound...”
>>100657
Silver is... ready, I guess?
Sea Breeze pauses for a moment at Dark Star’s question
“Well... the use of commandeered hotel rooms is intended for those agents brought in or recruited from abroad, who have no where to stay that is safe locally. Aren’t you from Baltimare?”
>>100523
Through the windows on the left side of the corridor the landscape changes progressively as the train nears the city. Fields continue to dominate, but now villages of red roofed houses pass by with their small church steeples, and do too do mills and grain elevators that appear increasingly industrial. To the left of the tracks are another set of tracks facing the opposite direction, and at one point, the train passes a stream train carrying box cars, cars of grain, and cars that seem to be full of coal or minerals.
Nearing closer to the city, housing becomes denser, then come factories with great brick smoke stacks. At last the train comes to the side of a large river, where, further down, can be seen what must be a large power station, a building of tall brown walls and far taller stone stacks that send great amounts of white steam and smoke into the air. Further down the river still can be seen another river into which the present river combines. The train glides over the river through a black painted iron tied-arch bridge, and a similar bridge can be seen crossing the river further down. The city it enters has a number of square shaped high rise buildings piercing the sky, covered in glass, brick, and grey stone facades. Below these are lower stacked brick and grey faced tenement buildings, usually of four or so floors. The streets are crowded with carriages, and telephone lines stitch chaotically between buildings. Through more then one gap can be seen the railway of elevated subways.
As the train progresses further, it passes a change in scenery: through the trees of a park is a large stone castle - an old palace with walls and high towers - that, along with a gothic styled cathedral surrounded by apartments and office buildings, is among the last reminders that Bales, too, is an ancient city, almost as old as Equestria itself. Once the seat of a great, Northern Equestrian duchy, Bales adapted well to the Industrial Age, sitting at the convergence of two important rivers and now an important junction of railroads. Like Baltimare, where the only significantly historical buildings are colonial-aged buildings by the waterside, Bales is dominated by modern architecture, whatever you may think of it. Bales even more industrialized, and evidently wealthier than Baltimare, though it appears to be less wealthy than the old court city of Canterlot, where the city center is remains dominated by the quaint and well preserved townhomes, chateaus, and shops of the past.
Canterlot still has its history. Baltimare never had it. Bales must have lost its history in a major disaster, save a few important thick-stoned structures.
>>100625
As iron passes the cold corpse of Peer Review, Pear has a comment
“All for a little money...”
Cauldron has a comment of her own
“They didn’t take the idol from him... he must have been shot, ran away, then succumbed to his wound...”
>>100657
Silver is... ready, I guess?
>>100661
Iron hums as he hears Cauldron's comment, while somewhat disregarding Pear's.
(She is probably right. They would have taken the idol if he did not run before. Maybe if he did not run, he would have survived?)
Iron hums as he hears Cauldron's comment, while somewhat disregarding Pear's.
(She is probably right. They would have taken the idol if he did not run before. Maybe if he did not run, he would have survived?)
>>100662
Peer Review’s body was at what seemed to be a peak of the cavern. The trail continues forward, downward
Peer Review’s body was at what seemed to be a peak of the cavern. The trail continues forward, downward
>>100663
(Why does this terrain keep changing?)
Iron starts the trek downwards.
(I wonder how ruthless are these ponies)
(Why does this terrain keep changing?)
Iron starts the trek downwards.
(I wonder how ruthless are these ponies)
>>100664
Judging by the sound of water, there must be another stream somewhere over here, perhaps even the same one through an underground path. Now Iron comes upon the first major equine structures: the left side of the area at the nadir of the path has flat stone walls with occasional “columns” sticking out
Judging by the sound of water, there must be another stream somewhere over here, perhaps even the same one through an underground path. Now Iron comes upon the first major equine structures: the left side of the area at the nadir of the path has flat stone walls with occasional “columns” sticking out
>>100667
The stream seams to come along the right side. Here, there seams to be a sort of ‘wall’ alongside the stream There is a bronze cup near the water
The stream seams to come along the right side. Here, there seams to be a sort of ‘wall’ alongside the stream There is a bronze cup near the water
>>100670
Iron shrugs it off.
(It seems inconspicuous. I should check the water in case there is something worth of note.)
Iron shrugs it off.
(It seems inconspicuous. I should check the water in case there is something worth of note.)
>>100671
Pear gives a commentary on the simple bronze bowl
“Not every pony who came here was wealthy”
As she says this, Iron should lay his eyes on a much more elaborate golden chalice, studded with jewels, that lay at the bottom of the stream
“But even the wealthy prostrated before the powers of Life and Death, uttering prayers into ceremonial bowls of water that contained stream water, before carefully pouring the water back into the subterranean stream. In this way they hoped their prayers and careful words would be sent through the water to their ancestors.”
Pear gives a commentary on the simple bronze bowl
“Not every pony who came here was wealthy”
As she says this, Iron should lay his eyes on a much more elaborate golden chalice, studded with jewels, that lay at the bottom of the stream
“But even the wealthy prostrated before the powers of Life and Death, uttering prayers into ceremonial bowls of water that contained stream water, before carefully pouring the water back into the subterranean stream. In this way they hoped their prayers and careful words would be sent through the water to their ancestors.”
>>100672
Iron decides to test his luck and takes a sip of the stream in order to see if it has any ill effects to his person.
(Hopefully my body should be able to handle it.)
Iron decides to test his luck and takes a sip of the stream in order to see if it has any ill effects to his person.
(Hopefully my body should be able to handle it.)
>>100673
The water tastes mostly like, well, water, and is fairly clear. There is, however, a slight mineral taste to it
“What are you doing” asks Cauldron
The water tastes mostly like, well, water, and is fairly clear. There is, however, a slight mineral taste to it
“What are you doing” asks Cauldron
>>100674
Iron turns to Cauldron.
"I am simply testing the water for any ill side effects. We can keep moving."
He glances downwards at the golden chalice.
(I sure hope they do not mind taking me some of these presents as tribute over clearing their temple. I should probably either bury the corpses too. Maybe.)
With that, he relents on the temptation of taking gold and keeps walking further in the now stone walled cavern.
Iron turns to Cauldron.
"I am simply testing the water for any ill side effects. We can keep moving."
He glances downwards at the golden chalice.
(I sure hope they do not mind taking me some of these presents as tribute over clearing their temple. I should probably either bury the corpses too. Maybe.)
With that, he relents on the temptation of taking gold and keeps walking further in the now stone walled cavern.
>>100675
Cauldron’s mouth hangs open slightly in an expression of minor horror at Iron’s means of testing for the presence of parasites, salmonella, or flesh eating bacteria
Okay, that is all I can do for now. I will add more description of the sights to come when I can
Cauldron’s mouth hangs open slightly in an expression of minor horror at Iron’s means of testing for the presence of parasites, salmonella, or flesh eating bacteria
Okay, that is all I can do for now. I will add more description of the sights to come when I can
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>>100681
Alright. Time to head deeper.
Iron decides to simply further in the cage. He's rather surprised there are no guards inside the temple at checkpoints.
(Maybe they have found the treasure? Maybe they are using every last pony to bring this temple to the ground and dig out the treasure?)
Alright. Time to head deeper.
Iron decides to simply further in the cage. He's rather surprised there are no guards inside the temple at checkpoints.
(Maybe they have found the treasure? Maybe they are using every last pony to bring this temple to the ground and dig out the treasure?)
>>100682
Iron can only proceed so far. There, to his left, and to his right, are two more dead ponies near rocks. There are also paneled walls with images carved into them in part, and painted in part, almost like a hybrid of Egyptian hieroglyphs and greek frescos
Iron can only proceed so far. There, to his left, and to his right, are two more dead ponies near rocks. There are also paneled walls with images carved into them in part, and painted in part, almost like a hybrid of Egyptian hieroglyphs and greek frescos
>>100683
To his left and to his center. There are also two stone pedestals, although with nothing on them
To his left and to his center. There are also two stone pedestals, although with nothing on them
>>100683
Iron looks in awe at the walls of the buildings, eyes metaphorically sparkling
(How come all of this exists and I have never seen it before?)
Shaking his head, Iron decides to inspect the body on the left.
>>100684
As he walks over the left corpse, he takes note of the pedestals, kind of figuring out what they might accept.
(Maybe the idols go there?)
Iron looks in awe at the walls of the buildings, eyes metaphorically sparkling
(How come all of this exists and I have never seen it before?)
Shaking his head, Iron decides to inspect the body on the left.
>>100684
As he walks over the left corpse, he takes note of the pedestals, kind of figuring out what they might accept.
(Maybe the idols go there?)
>>100685
The pedestals are of marble, a grayish color, and are straight forward cylinders as opposed to Greek ionic or Doric columns. It’s like you could place a vase or something fancy on them.
The body on the left has a black mane and brown coat. He has more than a few rocks around him. Blood comes out of a crack in his skull
The pedestals are of marble, a grayish color, and are straight forward cylinders as opposed to Greek ionic or Doric columns. It’s like you could place a vase or something fancy on them.
The body on the left has a black mane and brown coat. He has more than a few rocks around him. Blood comes out of a crack in his skull
>>100686
Iron nods.
(Seems they tried to either pick the rocks away or an unfortunate cave-in happened.)
He turns to the pedestals, seeing how the vases fit so much better.
(I guess it is technically not stolen if they can still be in the building.)
Walking over to fetch the gold vase, he looks to Cauldron.
"I think the pedestals needs to be filled by the vases. Fetch the bronze one and place it in one of them."
Iron nods.
(Seems they tried to either pick the rocks away or an unfortunate cave-in happened.)
He turns to the pedestals, seeing how the vases fit so much better.
(I guess it is technically not stolen if they can still be in the building.)
Walking over to fetch the gold vase, he looks to Cauldron.
"I think the pedestals needs to be filled by the vases. Fetch the bronze one and place it in one of them."
>>100694
After taking the quite delectable chalice that could sell for a lot and makes Iron fidget slightly, he walks over to the other empty pedestal and places the golden chalice on it.
After taking the quite delectable chalice that could sell for a lot and makes Iron fidget slightly, he walks over to the other empty pedestal and places the golden chalice on it.
>>100695
As he places it down, it makes a clinking sound that is rather high pitches, and reverberates for an extended period of time. Pear takes the bronze chalice after Cauldron sets it down, dips it in the water, and places it back
As he places it down, it makes a clinking sound that is rather high pitches, and reverberates for an extended period of time. Pear takes the bronze chalice after Cauldron sets it down, dips it in the water, and places it back
>>100696
Iron, noticing how the clinking doesn't sound like a chalice being hit, looks around to see what just happened.
(What has changed?)
Seeing how Pear filled the bronze chalice with water, he thinks Pear knows what he intuitively thought.
(Chalice go in pedestal, but is the water needed?)
He peers inside the golden chalice to see if it has water in it.
Iron, noticing how the clinking doesn't sound like a chalice being hit, looks around to see what just happened.
(What has changed?)
Seeing how Pear filled the bronze chalice with water, he thinks Pear knows what he intuitively thought.
(Chalice go in pedestal, but is the water needed?)
He peers inside the golden chalice to see if it has water in it.
>>100698
Iron picks up the chalice, goes to the stream, fills it up with some tricky movements and goes back with the now filled chalice.
Iron picks up the chalice, goes to the stream, fills it up with some tricky movements and goes back with the now filled chalice.
>>100700
Iron is slightly confused.
(No noise now? Hm. Maybe the problem is that we need two golden chalices?)
He dumps the water into a corner then places the golden chalice back on.
Iron is slightly confused.
(No noise now? Hm. Maybe the problem is that we need two golden chalices?)
He dumps the water into a corner then places the golden chalice back on.
>>100702
Iron, knowing that the golden chalice alone makes the noise, walks over to the mares working on the bronze chalice to see how they're doing.
"Is it not doing the clanking noise for you two?"
Iron, knowing that the golden chalice alone makes the noise, walks over to the mares working on the bronze chalice to see how they're doing.
"Is it not doing the clanking noise for you two?"
>>100703
Cauldron blinks
“That’s kinda what heavy metals like gold do when you knock them against stone. They ‘clink.’ And water muffles the clinking sound. Anyways, why are you decorating with these and not taking them.”
Cauldron blinks
“That’s kinda what heavy metals like gold do when you knock them against stone. They ‘clink.’ And water muffles the clinking sound. Anyways, why are you decorating with these and not taking them.”
>>100704
Iron feels dumb now that she's saying it.
"Oh."
He loods towards the ground, a bit embarrassed for overthinking the path forward.
"I was thinking to explore around first and then we take the treasure as we exit the temple or else we would risk being caught overburdened and slow."
Iron feels dumb now that she's saying it.
"Oh."
He loods towards the ground, a bit embarrassed for overthinking the path forward.
"I was thinking to explore around first and then we take the treasure as we exit the temple or else we would risk being caught overburdened and slow."
I suppose I'll be ready to continue another two more posts in a bit. Got something I need to do, first.
>>100705
“Well... we’re at a sort of dead end here.”
To the center, and a little to the left, are panels of the high and low relief paintings, showing multiple scenes. One panel is missing, and rocks in its place, as well as a hole near the top. A corpse sits next to these rocks
“Well... we’re at a sort of dead end here.”
To the center, and a little to the left, are panels of the high and low relief paintings, showing multiple scenes. One panel is missing, and rocks in its place, as well as a hole near the top. A corpse sits next to these rocks
>>100707
Iron shakes his head.
"This cannot be it. We have not found the leader yet, and the corpses seem recent enough to guess they are still here. There must be a way further."
He decides to check on the corpse next to the rocks to find a clue.
Iron shakes his head.
"This cannot be it. We have not found the leader yet, and the corpses seem recent enough to guess they are still here. There must be a way further."
He decides to check on the corpse next to the rocks to find a clue.
>>100708
He is facing outwards, sitting up against the rocks, and look looks terrified. He is bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds and a smaller blow to the head
He is facing outwards, sitting up against the rocks, and look looks terrified. He is bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds and a smaller blow to the head
>>100709
Iron is sensing that the bandits killed the ponies in frustration, which would explain how some died from falling after running away in fear.
"Is this really it?" he wonders aloud. "Why would they want the idols if that's the case?"
He takes out the dog idol in his possession.
(What if...)
He takes off the chalice from the pedestal, carefully setting it on the floor, then places the dog idol in its stead.
Iron is sensing that the bandits killed the ponies in frustration, which would explain how some died from falling after running away in fear.
"Is this really it?" he wonders aloud. "Why would they want the idols if that's the case?"
He takes out the dog idol in his possession.
(What if...)
He takes off the chalice from the pedestal, carefully setting it on the floor, then places the dog idol in its stead.
>>100710
Oh it definitely fits on top of pedestal
Cauldron takes a piece of sugar cane out of her pack and starts chewing on it and looks at the frescos, while Pear sort of sulks off out of the line of the light
Oh it definitely fits on top of pedestal
Cauldron takes a piece of sugar cane out of her pack and starts chewing on it and looks at the frescos, while Pear sort of sulks off out of the line of the light
>>100711
Iron huffs in slight frustration.
(No reaction, it seems.)
He decides that if brains is not going to help him, brawn should.
He stands inbetween the two pillars, making sure dog idol is off the pedestal before doing so, and lightly taps on the wall to see if it's hollow.
Iron huffs in slight frustration.
(No reaction, it seems.)
He decides that if brains is not going to help him, brawn should.
He stands inbetween the two pillars, making sure dog idol is off the pedestal before doing so, and lightly taps on the wall to see if it's hollow.
>>100713
Iron, to make sure he does not quit without exploring every option, taps on the right wall to make sure he didn't miss anything.
Iron, to make sure he does not quit without exploring every option, taps on the right wall to make sure he didn't miss anything.
>>100714
The right side is the side with the stream, which, at about a meter and a half in width, is wide enough to prevent bucking on that side
The right side is the side with the stream, which, at about a meter and a half in width, is wide enough to prevent bucking on that side
[1d20+5 = 23]
>>100717
Oh. I still have one more option tho.
Iron, deciding to be a bit reckless, makes sure to be close to the wall, then enters the stream to look for any opening underwater to progress.
Rolling swim.
>>100717
Oh. I still have one more option tho.
Iron, deciding to be a bit reckless, makes sure to be close to the wall, then enters the stream to look for any opening underwater to progress.
Rolling swim.
>>100719
Iron swims to the direction the impassable wall and the taunting pillars would be in order to see if there's anything on the other side.
Iron swims to the direction the impassable wall and the taunting pillars would be in order to see if there's anything on the other side.
>>100721
Iron, finally seeing some hope to actually get somewhere, decides to risk it, following whatever ceiling he can bump with his head and swims along there until a new opening is reached.
Iron, finally seeing some hope to actually get somewhere, decides to risk it, following whatever ceiling he can bump with his head and swims along there until a new opening is reached.
>>100723
Iron, in his somewhat blind state, decides to reach for any sort of shore to get out of the stream and into the supposed new room.
Magic light is still on his head, right?
Iron, in his somewhat blind state, decides to reach for any sort of shore to get out of the stream and into the supposed new room.
Magic light is still on his head, right?
Well, that’s more than a little disappointing
This is the other reason why I don’t make narrative stories
>>100724
Indeed he does. The shore is less well defined that the artificially squared sides of the previous chanmber. This area is rocky
This is the other reason why I don’t make narrative stories
>>100724
Indeed he does. The shore is less well defined that the artificially squared sides of the previous chanmber. This area is rocky
>>100725
Well... you could say that the water makes it malfunction if you wanted to.
Iron is not too thrilled over the lack of treasure behind the wall.
(I guess there is more to walk in here, at least.)
He looks for any other ways to advance, wondering if Cauldron and Pear would actually follow him into the river.
Well... you could say that the water makes it malfunction if you wanted to.
Iron is not too thrilled over the lack of treasure behind the wall.
(I guess there is more to walk in here, at least.)
He looks for any other ways to advance, wondering if Cauldron and Pear would actually follow him into the river.
>>100661
Dark Star Looks Down
"I Do, Er I Did,But... The Socialists seized my house Before the War. The "Good" Mayor Kicked me out himself and to make matters worse. He Gave it to a bunch of Ziggers"
Dark Star Looks Down
"I Do, Er I Did,But... The Socialists seized my house Before the War. The "Good" Mayor Kicked me out himself and to make matters worse. He Gave it to a bunch of Ziggers"
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