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Occupied Equestria: New Dawn
Anonymous
UD7hu
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No.99000
99002 99003
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.
1861 replies and 93 files omitted.
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99518
99520
>>99517
Fuckin Yoda over here,....
"Try it yourself then!"
Shimmering Spark
TNKAU
?
No.99519
99521
>>99516
Spark would be now wherever Onyx put the injured pony.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99520
99522
>>99518
>>99518
He stares at Brie with Narrowed eyes
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99521
99523 99524 99526
>>99519
Which is...?

>>99512
"D'aww"
She kisses him
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99522
99525
>>99520
Brie reclines, waiting to see what this most intrusive of ponies does
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99523
99529
>>99521
>>99513
Oh alright, I'll move forward.
Iron, seeing that nopony is there to answer the pony's call, decides to start moving further into the camp, looking for enemies to punch their lights out.
Shimmering Spark
TNKAU
?
No.99524
99525
>>99521
Well.... I thought he was going to be here to answer that. I guess the first bedroom car he would come across would be logical.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99525
99527 99530
>>99522
That pony continues staring. But...

From above, and through the hole in the train car, comes a smoking can that hits the floor next to brie, then bounces and rolls over a couple feet.

Roll for Reflex save

>>99524
The pony says
"Yes, I am a doctor" and starts looking at the injured mail pony, who is aided by one of the other mail ponies
Anonymous
8rF+b
?
No.99526
99531
>>99521
Dark Star Kisses her back
He Works the Shampoo into her Mane.
x25cd
?
No.99527
99531 99535
[1d20+3 = 4]
>>99525

Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99528
99531 99535
I blame you
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99529
99531
>>99523
Of course I'm not going for the trail path. Quite the opposite, trying to eliminate these 6 guards, which I think there's only three left if the rolls are any indication.
Shimmering Spark
TNKAU
?
No.99530
99531
>>99525
"Glad to hear. Think you can patch him up?"
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99531
99532 99533 99536
>>99527
A Bright light flashes, and Brie is disoriented. With a wave, he is knocked down, and a loud ringing over takes his hearing

>>99528
Soaks up that sweet, sweet hatred

>>99530
He looks at the pony, a bit confused
"Sure... let me get some alcohol for these burns."
He calls out to other ponies in the car
"Can we get some alcohol? No, rubbing alcohol."

>>99529
Oh no, two familiar faces are coming for Iron. One is unarmed, the other has a pole

>>99526
The shampoo slowly works into her mane. It's kind of short, so there isn't that much to work with. The water is kind of cold, or feels cold more so than before. Skies closes her eyes and let's Dark Star do his thing
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99532
99534
>>99531
How familiar, exactly? Are we talking zebra and earth mare familiarity?
Iron readies his stance, awaiting the opportunity to charge at the pole pony.
Shimmering Spark
TNKAU
?
No.99533
99534
>>99531
"Would there be any medical supplies or first aid kits on this train? I could go fetch them."
UD7hu
?
No.99534
99537 99538
[1d20 = 14]
[1d20+1 = 18]
>>99532
Nope. The two ponies standing at that table.

Roll initiative

>>99533
"Uh... try the room off to the left of the sleeper car. Any sleeper."
UD7hu
?
No.99535
99547
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>99527
>>99528
During this period of disability
Anonymous
8rF+b
?
No.99536
99539
>>99531
Dark Star moves down her neck washing her fur, as he gets down to her back he tries to lather her wings.
zL9So
?
No.99537
99539 99540
[1d20 = 14]
>>99534

Shimmering Spark
TNKAU
?
No.99538
99539
>>99534
And so the sorcerer goes to the left of the sleeper car. I think they are in one, but if not he goes to the first available one.
UD7hu
?
No.99539
99540 99541 99546 99551
Kind of like a pigeon, but more fuckable.gif
[1d20+2 = 4]
[1d20+3 = 6]
>>99536
She moves her wings up, and lets Dark Star lather her

>>99537
Both manage to try to attack Iron

>>99538
There's a small little door on the side next to a lavatory. Opening it shows a first aid kit
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99540
99541
>>99537
>>99539
Both fail
zL9So
?
No.99541
99542 99543
[1d20+6 = 18]
>>99540
>>99539
Iron blinks at the clunky attacks after dodging with relative ease.
(They may be having a bad day.)
He focuses on the pole pony, throwing an uppercut right on his jaw.
If charge applies add +2 to dice roll.
zL9So
?
No.99542
99544
[1d3+12 = 15]
>>99541

Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99543
99544
>>99541
Hit. Too close for charge
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99544
99545
>>99542
>>99543
Damage.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99545
99549
>>99544
First one is down
Anonymous
8rF+b
?
No.99546
99548
>>99539
Dark Star admires her wings, he then begins massaging them
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99547
99548 99553
>>99535
Yes?

UD7hu
?
No.99548
99552 99553 99560
[1d6+1 = 6]
>>99546
She stretches them out. They are thicker in the muscle and bones by the base. The feathers themselves are white, a bit bluer at the tips.

>>99547
He is hit by what is reconizable as the butt of a rifle
zL9So
?
No.99549
99550 99553 99554
[1d20+6 = 10]
>>99545
Come on great cleave. PROVE YOUR WORTH.
With some slight and swift movement, he turns the uppercut into a knee strike into the unarmed pony's side.
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99550
>>99549
WHY DO YOU DO THIS?
Shimmering Spark
TNKAU
?
No.99551
99553
>>99539
I bring the supplies to the doctor.
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99552
>>99548
Oh, thats nice
UD7hu
?
No.99553
99554 99555
[1d20+3 = 17]
>>99548
>>99547
I believe Brie avoids becoming directly unconscious, but he is blinded for at least 18 seconds. He's a little dizzy, and the tinnitus remains.

When he regains sensibility, the safe he recently unlocked is open with at least most of its contents missing, and the culprits already on their way out.

On the bright side, Brie regains his senses before the other pony

>>99549
FAIL

He attac

>>99551
He opens it
"Yes. Right here is the Iodine.."
He pours a brown substance onto a cotton ball
"And the alcohol..."
UD7hu
?
No.99554
99556
[1d4+2 = 5]
>>99549
>>99553
Hit!
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99555
99558
>>99553
e_e
zL9So
?
No.99556
99557 99558 99559
[1d20+6 = 10]
>>99554
>>99554
Iron rubs his side.
"Good hit."
Now he tries to power hit the offending pony's muzzle
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99557
>>99556
Pls end my existence.
UD7hu
?
No.99558
99559 99561 99562
[1d20+3 = 22]
>>99555
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M

I mean, they aren't fully out, if that is the issue

>>99556
FAIL

He attack
UD7hu
?
No.99559
99561
[1d4+2 = 6]
>>99558
>>99556
Damage
Anonymous
8rF+b
?
No.99560
99564
>>99548
"I Always Love touching your wings."
Dark Star Smiles and continues Down to her Barrel
zL9So
?
No.99561
99563
[1d20+6 = 19]
>>99559
>>99558
Getting angery here.
Iron tries to power hit this pony for the third time.
(Now I am having a bad day)
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99562
99564
>>99558
e_e
zL9So
?
No.99563
99564
[1d3+12 = 15]
>>99561
Phew.
Rolling damage.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99564
99565 99582
>>99562
Shit, I thought for sure the Monty Python song would cheer you up.

>>99560
Soft and now wet, there is much more to lather.

>>99563
Out
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99565
99566
>>99564
Iron shakes his head in self-dissapointment.
(Gods, what a mess of a fight that was.)
Licking his wounds again a little more thoroughly after the unarmed pony's beating, he walks over to see if there are any more of the guards in this camp.
(That is four ponies down. I know there are two more ponies at the very least and one is armed at a ledge. Now where are those ponies?)
UD7hu
?
No.99566
99567
[1d20+3 = 7]
>>99565
He doesn't have to wonder about one of those

BANG!
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99567
99568
>>99566
Shot is avoided since 10 AC. Iron now knows the ledge pony's position, right?
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99568
99569
>>99567
He could see him quickly


zL9So
?
No.99569
99570 99571
[1d20+5 = 14]
>>99568
Iron, dead set on the offending armed pony who dared shoot at him, runs there and attempts to jump to his location.
UD7hu
?
No.99570
99571
[1d20+3 = 22]
>>99569
He is able to jump at least half way up the ledge (which has a walking path) towards this pony

He shoots at Iron
UD7hu
?
No.99571
99572
[2d6 = 6]
>>99569
>>99570
Hit
zL9So
?
No.99572
99573
[1d20+5 = 18]
>>99571
Cursing for both his inability to reach the pony and the searing pain of a rifle bullet inserting itself on his coat, he jumps again to try and reach the damn pony to melee range.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99573
99575
>>99572
And... Reached
zL9So
?
No.99575
99576 99578
[1d20+6 = 19]
>>99573
What a waste of a 20. All for a misclick.
Iron finally power jabs the armed pony right on his cheating face.
UD7hu
?
No.99576
99578
[1d20+3 = 19]
>>99510
>>99575
What 20?

Hit

But first

BANG
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99577
99579 99580 99585 99587
Who besides Iron is not kill?
zL9So
?
No.99578
99583
[1d3+12 = 13]
>>99575
>>99576
Deleted the roll already. Tell me when to roll damage.

Shimmering Spark
TNKAU
?
No.99579
>>99577
I'm here
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99580
99581 99583
>>99577
e_e
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99581
>>99580
A funny way of saying eee, my batty dudeerino
Anonymous
8rF+b
?
No.99582
99584
>>99564
Dark Star Moves to her Flanks and begins lathering Them up
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99583
99585 99586
FA1334AB-1E74-44EC-9603-DA0068647359.png
>>99580
Um... what is it?

>>99578
That’ll do. He’s down


Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99584
>>99582
And may she be lathered eternal, shinny and foam
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99585
99588
>>99583
You said >>99577

Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99586
99588
>>99583
So... about that other dice you rolled...
Iron looks at his vantage point for what he assumes to be the last bandit around.
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99587
99588
>>99577
I'm 'bout to be kill here in a sec.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99588
99589 99590 99595
>>99585
I know. Any new actions to declare for Brie?

>>99586
One more stallion with a rifle, and a unicorn mare of peach coat.

>>99587
F.

And silver never got his breakfast
Anonymous
x25cd
?
No.99589
99592 99593
>>99588
Nope
zL9So
?
No.99590
[1d20+5 = 20]
>>99588
Iron shakes his head and jumps down, trying to land as close to the duo as possible.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99592
99593
2D217536-385A-4D99-8498-988392E93DD5.gif
>>99589
Okay...
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99593
>>99592
>>99589
You can try following them and downing the one carrying the loot. It shouldn't be too hard to keep up, especially with wings in what I assume they parked on a flat grassland.
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99595
99596 99597
Man, I had the weirdest dream. It was like a real-life version of a tabletop game, set in a fantasy world with swords and magic, but also with sci-fi elements in its story. Me and the other players were just wandering mercenaries and adventurers, but we all shared a secret past none of us knew about: we were all the progeny of an advanced race of aliens who mated with the natives of the fantasy planet we were on, and we had only recently come out of cryo as adults with no recollection of who we were, or what the mysterious devices we were "hatched" from were for. Our ultimate goal in the game was to find out who we were, and to travel the world to find the other 14 cryo pods that were yet to be opened. It ended with me playing as a mage/wizard assaulting the Duke's palace with a character who was more than a little like Brie, because we believed there was a cryo pod hidden underneath where the palace courtyard had been constructed.

Don't know why I wanted to post that. Maybe because I thought it was interesting and I wanted to share it before I forgot all the details.

>>99588
F. Silver will be forever hungry, because he couldn't have his Wheaties.
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99596
>>99595
Interesting premise.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99597
99598 99599
>>99595
Wat
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99598
>>99597
Just how my brain works, sometimes.
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99599
>>99597
Just another D&D Sci-fi RP, just without the PCs in there.
UD7hu
?
No.99600
99601 99602 99603
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I have decided to compose a list of all logically possible reasons why the Changeling Hegemony has not yet invaded East Equestria. This is intended to be a logically exhaustive list, not spoilers for any one possibility.

1. Silver is right, Skies is wrong. An invasion is imminent. Skies is either delusional or lying.
A. "At 7:48 AM Central Equestrian Time - 12:48 Sunset Mean Time - The cities of Canterlot and Bales were suddenly and deliberately attacked by the air and ground forces of the Changeling Empire."
B. They are Changelings. They don't need to let you know they are invading in order to invade. They would rather slowly infiltrate and conquer peacefully by replacing government officials.

2. The Changelings are afraid to attack at this moment.
A. The ocean between between New Mareland and East Equestria only promises an eternal war, especially if the army of New Mareland is not deployed in East Equestria and defeated, and if Nova Griffonia, Stalliongrad, or the Equestrian Islands can be used as bases of deployment on Equus
B. New Mareland has a superweapon it can use against the Changelings, secret to the rest of the world, but not to the Changelings (who have oodles of spies). Silver can be proud of White Light after all. Did you think that splitting the Elements of Harmony would be the end of super weapons?
C. Some other secret threat, magical or mundane, acts as a deterrence. Maybe they have assassins on Chrysalis to be deployed in the event of an invasion (and she knows it) or blackmail that will cause her followers to revolt.

3. They can't invade now.
A. the Changelings were on the verge of defeat in the last war, with casualties so extreme as to greatly reduce their effectiveness now. They need to wait to rebuild their strength.
B. The ponies of the West and the North are disturbing the plans of the Changelings by mounting an effective resistance. Even now, Spectral Streak makes Silver proud.
C. The Changeling coalition is breaking down. Chrysalis is kind of a bitch. Maybe even the changelings don't like her. Or maybe some of the queens have their own ideas.
D. Some magical something prevents an invasion. Time travel and magical barriers along the border are two possibilities.

4. They are waiting for an opportunity
A. Rather than invade East Equestria now while the army is away, and leaving an army to fight in Nova Griffonia, Stalliongraad, or on the continent of Griffonia, the Changelings would rather destroy the army at the same stroke as they take East Equestria, either forcing peace or making the invasion of Griffonia easier.
B. They are instigating revolts in East Equestria, which could either bleed New Mareland, or create a logistical disaster for any army that would be deployed to defend the region.
C. They want to instigate revolts to create breakaway states, and then invade and conquer these states. Conquest of East Equestria without ever declaring war on their old ally.
D. They are looking to coordinate an attack with the Griffonian Empire. Having an ally on Griffonia to tie up New Mareland would be very helpful.

5. They don’t want to invade, at least not yet.
A. Chrysalis has had her revenge against the Mane Six an Equestria, and the rest of the Changelings have enough Liebenraum to satisfy them for now. Whether Ash was right about Changelings being like locusts, eventually exhausting supplies and forcing them to take more populations of ponies, this could be true either way.
B. Removing the main threat to the Changeling rule isn’t conducive to Changeling unity or to Chrysalis remaining in power, and Chrysalis really likes her position as Queen over all Western Changelings.
C. They find other enemies on the continent to be more promising targets for now. After all, if East Equestria falls without the destruction of the New Mareland Army, but before Stalliongrad or Nova Griffonia, then New Mareland will simply redeploy their troops to those locations, meaning they have many more troops defending a much smaller border. But taking Stalliongrad and Nova Griffonia first actually expands the border New Mareland has to defend, while removing potential allies and alternative points of deployment.

6. They don’t need to Invade
A. The poorly garrisoned East Equestria allows for easy infiltration by love harvesters. So what if New Mareland collects the tax revenues, the area is easily harvested for love and the government is easily bullied. It’s basically a non-official vassal state, with someone else doing the hard work.
B. Through a secret agreement between the governments, the area is de jure vassal, or otherwise gives the Changelings all they could want.

7. Wait, you seriously believe East Equestria is run by ponies?
A. Changelings are shapeshifters whose entire biology is geared to deceiving ponies. How do you know the entire Blackhooves government on the continent isn’t Changelings? If any other factions also have Changeling influence, they are only what you call “controlled opposition.”

8. You think Chrysalis (or any changeling) controls the Hegemony?
A. Within the My Little Pony setting, there are no less than three powerful magical races that spread and feed off of Chaos, a magic absorbing centaur, vengeful night and day goddesses, powerful dark Unicorn, goat, and cat sorcerers, and an adorable pegasus filly. Any of these could be either a puppet master over Chrysalis, or an ally steering her towards their own interests.
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Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99601
>>99600
Well, that's cool. Your worldbuilding logic is on point.
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99602
>>99600
Neat!
UD7hu
?
No.99603
99604
1268579.png
>>99600
Now how could I forget to include the simplest explanation of them all?

9. Silver is right, Chrysalis is wrong. East Equestria is actually entirely ripe to be invaded now, but Changeling leadership is failing to capitalize on the opportunity in either an error in judgement, because of personal reasons that don't correspond to the broader picture, or a miscalculation of facts that seems reasonable to them, but is out of line with a fuller assessment of all of the facts.

This solution seems the least satisfying, but it's hardly without precedent in the real world.

In the Athenian expedition to Sicily in the Pelopennesian war, the general Nicias decided to withhold the Army from attacking the Sicilians shortly after the Spartans arrived because of a lunar eclipse, which he took as a bad omen. Thus what might of been a victory became the disaster for the Athenians in Sicily.

At multiple points shortly after the Turk conquest of Central Anatolia and the establishment of the "Sultanate of Rum," the Byzantines could have invaded and pushed back the Turks. They failed to do so, largely because of infighting, and thus these regions where forever lost to Christendom.

Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia withdrew from the First Coalition in 1795 to make peace with Napoleon in the treaty of Basel, leading to Austria being defeated in that war, then Prussia being invaded and catastrophically defeated in 1807 by Napoleon.

Windrow Wilson refused to enter the United States in WW1, and also refused to ban American shipping from entering more dangerous areas of the Atlantic. Thus the war dragged on and more Americans were killed by German Submarines.

After the Nazi invasion of Poland and the French declaration of war, the German-French border was very poorly defended because something like 4/5 of German troops were sent to Poland. France could have invaded Germany and ended the second world war before it began. They did not, and the rest is history.

The entirety of the German high command, besides Eric von Mannstein and Adolf Hitler, thought that an invasion of France would be catastrophic and end as well as in WW1. They were wrong.

After the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact, everyone knew that war between Germany and the Soviet Union was inevitable. Yet Stalin ignored intelligence reports from the British that the Germans were preparing an invasion under the belief that they were trying to goad him into attacking. He even withdrew a portion of the army from the border to try to look "less threatening."

During the U.S. intervention in Vietnam, North Vietnam was not invaded nor even properly bombed until the end of the war. Supply lines in communist Laos were also not invaded by ground troops. Instead, the Communists operated from secure bases and supply lines as the US played whack-a-mole in the jungle. This failure to take the war seriously possibly contributed to the disaster of the war as a whole.

I've heard that during the Iraqi invasion of Iran, Saddam Hussein issued an order to stop, thus giving time for the Iranians to mobilize and prepare defenses. But I can't confirm this.

If all of the above sounds like a testament to human stupidity (and thus to Changeling stupidity, should some or most of them make the same mistake), please remember that the list of invasions and declarations of war that failed catastrophically is far, far longer, and far more well known than the list of failures that stemmed from a failure to attack, invade, or declare war. Even half of the examples given above stem from invasions and declarations of war that didn't need to happen. When you declare war, or invade a country with most of your army, you roll the dice. And what you are gambling can be the fate of the kingdom itself. War often topples queens. Peace rarely causes the fall of an empire.
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Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99604
>>99603
So much detail for this one option...
Poor little bug.
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99605
99606
Looks like EaW got a new update. The Kingdom of Vedina and the Socialist Republic of the Free Griffons got unique focus trees. Kinda sad they didn't do the same for the Northern Tribes.
UD7hu
?
No.99606
octavia-jazz-music-stops-5a4bb3d6c4a06.png
>>99605
The new update confirms what was already strongly implied by the "Griffonian Empire" game rule setting included in the Brother's Feud update: that the Griffonian Socialist Republic was built upon land recently stolen from native pony inhabitants. (Even though the Northern Tribes have "unspecified" as their race rather than 'Pony," and the GSR has no debuff national spirit to represent pissed off indigenous ponies). This leaves me urging for a purging.
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Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99607
99608
Boop
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99608
>>99607
Beep.
Anonymous
tst8u
?
No.99609
99610 99611
32343020-FD33-46A0-87A6-308DC907625A.gif
Hello
Novice Pussy Handler
zL9So
?
No.99610
>>99609
Henlo
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99611
99612
>>99609
Here's hoping everyone will be on for the weekend. Here's also hoping I can actually get something done with Silver.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99612
99613
>>99611
Poor Silver. Will he ever get his wheaties?
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99613
99614
>>99612
At this rate, Silver is beginning to have doubts.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99614
99615
>>99613
And then what shall Silver do after his wheaties?
Silver
n6J5n
?
No.99615
99616
>>99614
Finish getting those books for Blue hopefully so he can finally get paid some much needed Bits. After that, probably look into if there's any records for where his children are. Either that or ask about/look for a new job.
Anonymous
UD7hu
?
No.99616
99617
>>99615
>Silver’s children
D’aww
Anonymous
uEkLD
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No.99617
99618 99619
>>99616
How much later are you planning on being up?
Anonymous
UD7hu
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No.99618
>>99617
Um
Anonymous
tst8u
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No.99619
99620 99646
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>>99617
Am here
Anonymous
uEkLD
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No.99620
99621
>>99619
So, how long?