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Occupied Equestria - Red Heart
c73OJ
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No.111000
111002
Welcome back to the Latest Thread of Occupied Equestria

Onyx, Spark and Brie settle down for the night in a cabin in the woods along with a set of recently rescued ponies, saved from Changeling cocoons, as well as the changelings who sought to take them captive, who are themselves locked away as captives.

In Baltimare, Silver, Dark Star, Iron, and now Midnight Lily do their last preparations before seeking to take on a creature smuggling operation in a port-side neighborhood
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111002
111003 111004
>>111000
Spark keeps watch over the curious changelings.
c73OJ
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No.111003
111004 111005 111051
>>110993 →
"Well, 'Iron,' there is no Black Cauldron looking for you around here"

Then, a tap on his shoulder
"psst! What are you doing? Come back here"

>>110999 →
When dark Star enters the store, it's kind of fancy. Bluish-violet walls, and weapons in glass display cases. Dark Star has a decent choice of weaponry, including of the more "medieval" style as it seems to be subject to fewer government regulations than firearms, and thus still popular and widely available

>>111001 →
Skies keeps the smile on her face, then breaks away eye contact from Midnight, and starts to speak. As she speaks, the smile fades away, and is replaced slowly with more spite

"The Democrats think that the course of history is tending towards more... Equality. Equalization as countries become bigger and the masses richer. The Markists go a few steps further, and believe that Equality is not merely a tendency but the teleology of history itself... that nations, cultures, classes, and racial distinctions will be burned away as the locomotive of history steams on towards its end... The Markists also believe that the old order - the Nationalists, the Aristocrats, the Moneyed... will not go gently into the night, but will fight back with all force and fury..."
Skies goes back to the both, and lays down on her stomach, with her left hooves sticking over the edge
"I hate to be the villains in someone else's play, but if that is what is left to me... No. I believe, as all who take the time of day to think about things do, that there is an order inherent in Nature. A natural hierarchy. And that anything contrary to this natural order is neither functional nor beautiful. And that societies and individuals are no more exempt from this universal law than are the winds, rains, the Sun and the soil. But just like all of those things, good governance requires more than a little tending by ponies on the best of days..."

>>111002
Um... they are silent?
\r
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.111004
111007
>>111003
"Oh..."
She clearly wasn't expecting this much of an answer
>>111002
That reminds me, Onyx checks on the other ponies that the changelings ated.

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111005
111007 111008
>>111003
Iron, feeling the poke, nods at the two of them, then walks away to give them space.

He decides to walk to a nearby table, hoping the poker will follow.

Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.111007
111008 111009 111010
>>111004
Dawson has awoken and is in threat response mode, standing on all fours and looking around. Rose has awoken and seems very fatigued. Red Wine is twitching but not up. Ruby is coming over to Dawson and Rose, happy the two are up

>>111004
Skies is almost confused

>>111005
They go over. Yes, it is indeed Black Cauldron
"Who is he? The Unicorn?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111008
111010 111012
>>111005
>>111007
The Unicorn in question joins them. "Silver Sword. I am, uh..." He looks over at Iron. "Well, friend might be what I would say. He would probably just say 'associate'."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111009
111012 111014
>>111007
Onyx steps over and gently nudges Red Wine
"Any serious injuries I need to help tend to? Or just your prides?"

If Blue Skies is almost confused Midnight IS confused.
"I wasn't aware there was so much behind you being here. My answer feels almost lacking now..."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111010
111012
>>111007
Iron smiles as he sits down.
"I got a certain somepony who was interested in your potion making. That is the pony."
He pauses for a bit.
"It is a big order, but I think you can manage. Are you available for it?"
>>111008
He nods at Silver.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.111012
111013 111015 111016 111023
>>111009
“Well, I am not from this continent... there is mich more to it than that... anyways...”

>>111008
“Uh... okay”
She is a zebra who is almost as big as a stallion (but clearly smaller than Silver) with a black lower jaw

>>111008
“Uh... Hi associate of Iron”
She waves, then awkwardly extends a hoof after a moment, as if uncertain she wanted to do so at first

>>111010
“A big order, you say?” She says, smiling
“I think I might be able to do it”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111013
111017 111018
>>111012
The big olden unicorn matches her hoofshake alongside a friendly smile. "It is nice to meet you, Cauldron. Iron has told me bit about you."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111014
111015
>>111009
Red Wine is not awoken yet, but he starts to move

Dawson
“Pride? I was drained by a Changeling and cocooned! They even cut my foreleg... it already seems to be bandaged though...”

Rose:
“I think I’m color blind”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111015
111017 111019
>>111014
"Nope, not color blind. We're all just different shades of drained-of-color. Well if you ponies are fine, help me wake up Wine."
>>111012
"Oh... I am... Sorry for asking, I can tell it is a sensitive subject."
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.111016
>>111012
BRB, doing math for a sec. I might've calculated wrong.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111017
111021 111022
>>111013
Her eyes go wide in fear
“What did he say?”

>>111015
Dawson:
“Oh, just place a cigarette next to his nose, that’ll do it”

Red Wine starts to wake up. Or at least, he moves his head up from his position lying on his back
“Ugh...”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111018
111022
>>111013
Ok, the price amped up slightly, Silver, since I'm a dunce. Now the price is 3650 bits on your part. Will that change your decision to buy the potions?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111019
111021
>>111015
Skies:
“No... it’s important to remember why I am here. Why I take risks”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111021
111025
>>111017
"Great, there's number three. Glad to see you're all alive, and I'd bet Ruby is too."

>>111019
"If that's how you feel... What can you tell me about the others?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111022
111023 111025
>>111017
"That you were kind, generous, smart, that he could trust and rely upon you completely, that you have charm and grace, that you were beautiful beyond words...that your cooking is amazing." He maintains his smile. "Really, he made you seem like you were most greatest, most important mare in his entire life. I was kind of jealous."

>>111018
No, just means Silver'll be that much farther from his spending goals.

*secretly hopes that there will be money from this job, or that Iron wille ventually pay Silver back*
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111023
111024 111025
>>111012
Iron retells the order: 6 Potions of Cure Moderate Wounds (1800 GP), 6 Potions of Reduce Person (Pony) (1500 GP), 6 Potions of Pass Without Trace (300 GP), 6 Potions of Invisibility (1800 GP) and 4 Cure Light Wounds (200 GP)
"Take 2200 bits from the bit pouch I left on the table of your home, the later Silver can pay up, which is 3350 bits."
>>111022
While he did have the mentality of being a lot more outgoing and confident after his failures, he can't help but blush like he does as Silver retells what he said about her.
"Whenever you are ready, Silver."
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.111024
>>111023
*the latter Silver will pay up,
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111025
111026 111027 111028
>>111021
Skies:
“What others? You mean the other volunteers? Well, there’s Dark Star. He can be sweet. When he wants to be. He’s kind of racist. There’s Silver Sword. He’s sweet. Kind of doesn’t understand boundaries though. Then there’s Iron. He’s a bratty teenager who was probably a very big fish in his little pond back where he came from”

>>111022
“D’aww.... he said all of that?”
She seems happy, and even raises her tail in an almost tail-wag
Skies would tell something if she were there. I guess since she isn’t, I shouldn’t bother myself with it

>>111023
“Damn... that’s a hell of an order”
She seems a little daunted

>>111021
Ruby:
“I’ve been here”

Dawson speaks to Rose
“Are you okay, sweetie?” He caresses her hair
“Look at those bastards did to you”

Dawson asks Onyx:
“Are they gone?”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111026
111030
>>111025
Iron feels a bit worried, with the little blush on his cheeks still there, but puts a smile for her.
"You have time. If you need any help with menial stuff, I am there."
Her happy demeanor from Silver's input only makes his heart flutter.
(What a view~)
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111027
111029 111030 111031
>>111025
Silver nods. "Every bit of it. Sounded like you were extra special to him, and he was little shy and trying to find way to say it all. He also talked lot about how you are best potionmaker in city. I have not seen better salespony routine in my life. Even gave me potion he bought from you as 'free sample' to prove its quality."

I'd like to hear it, just for fun.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111028
111030
>>111025
Bat:
"Nice to see you are very positive about them. I assume you are leading the mission?"

Rock:
"I meant that'd you'd be glad. As for the bugs... They're still here."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111029
>>111027
While Iron knows Silver's doing a favor, he can't help but feel quite embarrassed from basically him spouting out all the things Iron said about her without warning, only reddening his cheeks even further, putting to show his unwanted chaste and shy demeanor.
(I bet my father would have done the same simply to get me like this.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111030
111031 111032 111033
>>111026
“Oh, okay. I’ll try to find some of these ingredients tomorrow. They can be hard to locate. It’s probably a good thing you Dane to me since a batch like that is sure to raise some eyebrows”

>>111027
She tilts her head. And one ear comes down
“Huh”

I can do any of that shit better than that second-rate stripped import, damn it! I’m graceful, pretty, smart..... ....” *hangs her head, and lays it on the floor*

>>111028
Skies:
“Sure? Mostly I just supervise”

>>111028
Dawson
“THEY’RE STILL HERE?!”

Rose
“Changelings?! Where?” She looks dazed, but has her eyes wide and is looking around
Red Wine, likewise looks around, and leans over and gets up

Ruby: “Ah!”

Wesley and Kerr, over by the fire, look over in frightened expressions at all of the commotion
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111031
111037
>>111027
>>111030
DANGIT SILVER! STOP MAKING IRON DIE FROM EMBARASSMENT
Iron nods with red cheeks.
"I think it is alright, right Silver?"
hj2ro
?
No.111032
111034
[1d20+3 = 15]
>>111030
Sense Motive: Silver decides to that it's a good idea to get a feel for what she's confused about before asking her directly.

Aww...poor alternate tiemline Skies. We still love you, in all your greatness.
*hugs the poor pegasus*
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111033
111034
>>111030
Bat:
"It is a simple question, if the mission hits the fan, which pony should I look to for orders?"

Rock:
Onyx slaps his face with a hoof
"Yes, they're hear. No they're no gonna hurt you. Probably because I'd dismember them before they could at this point."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111034
111036 111037 111039
>>111032
Just a couple doubts as to whether the affection is sweet or burdensome, nothing serious

*Pegasus is hugged*
“I may not be able to cook...” *sniff* “or be very kind or generous... or particularly trustworthy.., but I’m pretty than a zebra, damn it!


>>111033
“I’m that one that knows what she is doing and have access to the best doctors. If that’s what you want, listen to me.”

>>111033
Dawson:
“But why are they here? Where are they? Is is those two... little colts there?”
He points at Kerr and Wesley, who have wide eyes as they are unsettled
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111036
>>111034
Bat:
"I... Guess that is what I am looking for?"

Rock:
"Yes, those are colts. No, I don't know anything about them. Any other questions that I can or cannot answer?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111037
111038 111173
>>111034
"He made it sound like he is trying to bring you more business, give you access to better life. I think it is rather sweet. He can be big softy once you get past his stoic, native appearance."

The prettiest.

>>111031
"It will have to be what it will have to be. I understand time constraints. Sure."

>>111031
Never! >:D
Also, he should probably mention the adjusted price to Silver.
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.111038
111039
>>111037
Iron's embarassment cannot be understated as he covers his face to maybe hide the immense blush on his cheeks from the pony he should've assumed would want to act as a wingpony.
"Good!" he stammers out. "By the way, I did the math wrong. It is actually 3350 bits total on your end."
EUGEH! You big meanie! D:<
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111039
111173
>>111038
>>111034
Silver lets out an internal sigh as the dream of once again having a home is pushed just a bit further back. He places the necessary Bits in notes in front of Cauldron. "Here, if Iron is right, this should cover costs."
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.111044
111045 111047
1520363950300.png
*Flustered native noises*
DS
YmArP
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No.111045
111046 111047
_Boop twiggy.gif
>>111044

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111046
111048
1659133.gif
>>111045
Not helping, Star!

Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111047
111048 111049
>>111045
No

>>111044
Keep on being flustered
DS
YmArP
?
No.111048
111049 111053
_Boop flutters.png
>>111046
>>111047
Yes
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111049
1520176448628.png
>>111047
Darn you, God!
>>111048
Darn you, Zony!
DS
YmArP
?
No.111051
111053
>>111003
Dark Star Whistles as he walks through the door
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111053
111058
>>111051
“What would you like, fine fellow?” Asks a honey-good stallion in a suit

>>111048
No
DS
YmArP
?
No.111058
111059
>>111053
"i Need a Bow, a light crossbow and 2 short swords."
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111059
111060 111064
>>111058
He nods, calmly
“That, we can do for you. Is there any particular type of bow you would prefer? A short bow, a longbow. Anything magical, perhaps? Yew or steel?”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.111060
111061
>>111059
>Yew
Shoot a griff with a bow made of yews for maximum chuckles and irony.
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111061
111062 111066
>>111060
>despite its strength and density, Yew has an incredibly low and disproportionate modulus of elasticity at only 1,320,000 lbf/in2 (9,100 MPa). What this means is that the wood is extremely flexible, yet strong, making it ideally suited for use in archery bows. In fact, Yew was the wood of choice for English longbows in medieval warfare.
https://www.wood-database.com/european-yew/
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111062
111066
>>111061
The more you know.

Do our cutie mark skills increase with us as we level up to meet with the new max?
DS
YmArP
?
No.111064
111065
>>111059
"Yew Seems like a fine choice for the bow. What's the difference between the 2 types of bows? i'm not very familiar with bows."
UdnC7
?
No.111065
111068
>>111064
“The shortbow is a smaller bow, and more easily carried around. The long bow can be as tall as a pony, but deals a heavier blow”
\r
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111066
>>111061
Thanks for the lesson. Still funny in my eyes.
>>111062
I bet they do, since it's your main talent.
DS
YmArP
?
No.111068
111069
>>111065
"Hmmmmmmm. I Believe that i'll take a Shortbow. Hows the range on those?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111069
111071
>>111068
“An arrow shot by the bow can go several hundred feet, but with declining accuracy as distance increases. The bow is most accurate at a range of 60 feet for the single-wood bows, and 70 feet for the multi-wood”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111071
111072
>>111069
"would you suggest a multi-wood bow? if so what other wood would pair nicely with yew?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111072
111073
>>111071
“It isn’t Wood, so much as horn laminated to the wood with sinew. Manticore, bovine, what’s bone... they slightly increase the resistance of the bow”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111073
111074
>>111072
"Manticore bone eh? That sounds like a plan to me. I Need to be stealthy with this bow,so i won't spook the game, what enchantments could be put on a weapon like this?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111074
111075
>>111073
“There are many enchantments that can be placed on a shortbow. There are enchantments to make an arrow light up in flame. To distribute an electric shock into its target. To hit the afflicted wound with ice and cold. To merely knock and stun the targeted creature. To make the arrow fly twice the distance. To magically increase both penetration and damage. To be more likely to hit an important area. To afflict particular damage upon certain types of creatures... And more. Much more.”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111075
111076
>>111074
"What types of creatures?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111076
111077
>>111075
“Well, sir, you tell me. They are organized by taxonomical category, rather than by species. From Outsiders, to Animals, to Dragons, to Plants.”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111077
111078 111079
>>111076
"Would avians Work?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111078
111079 111081
>>111077
“Well, if you mean animals, then yes. We can include an enchantment for any non-sentient birds from sparrows all the way up to Rocs”
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111079
>>111078
>>111077
Sounds like you should come out on your intention of 'hunting' griffons if you want that enchantment.
DS
YmArP
?
No.111081
111082
>>111078
"what if i wanted sentient avaians included?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111082
111083
>>111081
“Well... that would be sapienscide, and we would have to decline the sale”
He looks suspiciously at the young zebra male trying to buy weapons
DS
YmArP
?
No.111083
111084 111086
>>111082
"I Live Close to the Griffon Ghetto across town. There's a large amount of crimes that happen there. i'm just trying to protect my children."
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111084
111086 111089
>>111083
“Self defense or not, we are not allowed to sell items of magically increased lethality to private actors who expressly intend to use it to kill others”
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111086
>>111083
>>111084
Just cuz i'm a zebra?
Dats specist.
YmArP
?
No.111089
111091 111093
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>111084
Diplomacy
A Tear Rolls Down Zigger Star's Face and theres a desperation in his voice.
"Do you not know the brutality of Griffons? They would murder me,Rape and sell my foals into slavery. You don't have any foals of your own?"
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.111091
111092
>>111089
There is clearly an effect on the salespony, yet he reiterates what was said before
“It is not up to me. There is a local law against selling weapons of magically increased lethality to civilians, where said weapon is intended for use other than hunting or wildlife control.”
YmArP
?
No.111092
111095
[1d20+5 = 17]
>>111091
Diplomacy Again
The Tears are flowing now
"Fine, I'll Go Describe to the little ones the bleak painful future ahead of them, the Griffons will probably make them watch as they cut my throat open and let the blood drain out. after that they would probably turn my body into their meal for the week,at which point they will force feed my remains to my foals in a sadistic torture method,designed to break them.and my poor poor filly..."
He chokes the next few words out
"You could imagine what they would do to an innocent Young Mare like her."
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.111093
111094 111095 111097
>>111089
>a zigger who is present and responsible
DS
YmArP
?
No.111094
111096 111097
>>111093
>zigger star is a unicorn amongst Zebra Fathers
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111095
111097 111098
>>111093
This

>>111092
“Tell you what. I cannot make for you a bow baned against Griffins.... but I can sell you a magical sword or bow of Mercy that stuns more than a normal bow or sword wounds”
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.111096
111099
>>111094
Dark Star isn't a real zigger, and statements like before might blow his cover
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111097
111099
>>111093
>>111095
>>111094
Kek. Thank goodness GM didn't make Cauldron an orphan due to a skedaddling father. It would've spooked Iron off.
DS
YmArP
?
No.111098
111099
>>111095
"Th-That would be Better than nothing."

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111099
111100 111101
>>111096
I know, right? I was incredulous when he claimed to have kids at home. Then I figured “well, this is set back in something like the 1940s when Black families actually had fathers”

>>111097
Reeee

>>111098
“Right, we can do something like that, and or sell you something for hunting trips”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111100
111102
>>111099
"Thank you so much. What kind of arrows do you have?"
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111101
>>111099
You still have a bumbling colt from her mere presence tho. I'd say it's a win overall.
Did Iron ever ask about Cauldron's mother? That may be something he's bring up in later stages of the now almost consolidated ship.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111102
111104
>>111100
“The arrows are normal. They take enchantments from the bow”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111104
111107
>>111102
"Interesting. How much would it cost to carve something into the wood?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111107
111108
>>111104
“Depends on the intricacy of the carving. A few bits for just a couple letters, and much more for complex custom engravings”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111108
111110
>>111107
"Could you Carve a picture of my Late pony friend into it? Her Name Was Dark Days."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111110
111114
>>111108
“If there is a picture to go by, an artist may be able to”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111114
111118 111130
Dark Days.png
>>111110
Dark Star hands him the picture of his mother

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111118
111122
>>111114
“We’ll see if our artist can work with this”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111122
111126
>>111118
"How much for the order?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111126
111128
>>111122
“What are you ordering?”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111128
111129
>>111126
"The Bow,Light Crossbow, and the 2 shortswords."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111129
111136
>>111128
“Was that a composite shortbow with manticore bone, the engraving, a mundane light crossbow, and two mundane short swords?”
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.111130
111132 111136
>>111114
>race mixing
Okay, that's something a zigger would do
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111132
>>111130
Oi! Don't diss on mah zeebfu, u lil beach.
ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
I fite u
DS
YmArP
?
No.111136
111141
>>111130
its Dark Star's mom
>>111129
"Yes, Can you put a Damage enchantment on the Crossbow though?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111140
Holy FUCK, treating kanker sores burns!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111141
111143
>>111136
“Of what type?”
DS
YmArP
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No.111143
111145
>>111141
"A Basic one."
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.111145
111147
>>111143
“And no enchantment on the bow?”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111147
111148
>>111145
"I Still want the one on the bow as well as the one on the crossbow. How much would that be?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111148
111150
>>111147
“You are going to have to be more specific about what you mean by ‘the one enchantment.’ There are any of a dozen possible enchantments.”
DS
YmArP
?
No.111150
111151
>>111148
A Look of confusion comes across dark star's face
"the one that stuns?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.111151
111154
>>111150
“Alright... let’s see... a mere 20 bits for lower end mundane short swords, 450 bits for a master-work, Manticore boned composite shortbow with a custom engraving, and 2000 additional bits for a merciful enchantment. 375 for a masterwork light crossbow, and another 2000 for an enchantment on it. 4845 bits in total”
DS
YmArP
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No.111154
111155 111156
>>111151
".... i uh,Don't have enough to cover all of it. would you take the coins. Could we set up a Tab. ..Perhaps i could work the rest off?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111155
111220
>>111154
“It is against office policy to sell large items on credit”
Anonymous
R3XR5
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No.111156
>>111154
F
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111161
Well shit. I guess you could say he's becoming a shooting star.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111168
111169 111172
1535518__safe_artist-colon-tomatocoup_sphinx (character)_daring done__behaving like a cat_bread_breading_cat bre.jpeg
Does anypony want to play tonight?
Anonymous
R3XR5
?
No.111169
>>111168
Heyo GMo.
I hope Silver is still here to blend his face with his eyes from all of that Intense blush action
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111172
>>111168
Sure.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111173
111174
>>111039
>>111037
The Zebra is exuberant, but also stressed
"That's... quite a lot of potions. I will see what I can do"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111174
111176
>>111173
While Iron's face is covered in hooves and redness, he can't help but be supportive.
"I know you can do it. You are a natural at this."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111176
111177 111179
Is Silver kill again?

>>111174
"D'aww... Thanks"
She looks back over at the red pony
"Are you okay Iron? Are you coming down with a fever?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111177
>>111176
Nah, just no real good opportunity to chime in.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111179
111180 111181
>>111176
Iron fumbles a bit, trying to peek his head out in an attempt of faux confidence.
"No, a little bit too hot in here."

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.111180
111181 111183
>>111179
The look Silver is giving Iron is a pretty indicator of how cute he must look right now.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111181
111183
>>111179
"Did you eat something spicy?" She asks, still concerned

>>111180
I can just see Silver's oversized eyes. I think even Skies would want to be here for this
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111183
111185 111186
>>111180
>>111181
Iron coughs, trying to regain his composure by peeking a bit further out from his hoof fort, starting the process of its dismantlement.
"Oh, no. Nothing like that. It is simply a bit more hot than usual by all the ponies around."
He coughs again.
(Aside from almost all of my thoughts being leaked by the old stallion.)
"I assume you will be back to your home soon?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111185
111186 111187
>>111183
"Ah, to be young and in love again..."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111186
111187
>>111183
"Maybe? I'm checking up on a situation"

>>111183
>>111185
Skies would be all over this. I wish I had made her come
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111187
111188 111190
>>111185
>>111186
Iron cocks his head, breaking him from his trance of shyness to a more professional and serious demeanor.
"You mean a 'side-job' situation?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111188
111189 111190
>>111187
"If that's-" her eyes dart over to Silver, standing wingding eyed off to the side, "-what you want to call it, then sure"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111189
111190 111191
>>111188
Iron nods.
"Alright."
He closes in on Cauldron's ear to whisper to her.
"If you need any help, I will wait outside and send off Silver."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111190
111194
>>111187
>>111188
>>111189
Silver shakes off his starry-eyed appearance. "Hmm? Job?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111191
111192
>>111189
"Help with what? The situation?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111192
111193
>>111191
He nods.
Although I understand if she doesn't need it for player availability in the groupquest.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111193
111194
>>111192
She has a grave look upon her face
"It's more of a... development. We may need you later"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111194
111195 111196
>>111193
He nods again.
"Got it."
With that, positions have been reversed back to normal, smiling.
"Alright, I will wait for you at your place when your situation checking is over."
>>111190
He looks to Silver.
"We can go back now. The deal has been sealed and we will get those potions in about a day."
He proceeds to stand up.
"We should go back and tell the others."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111195
111197
>>111194
"Not necessarily a day..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111196
111199
>>111194
"I suppose we will have to do with what potions we have for now."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111197
111198
>>111195
Iron nods.
"I understand. It is quite the large order. Perfection takes some time, after all."
He smiles.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111198
111200 111202
>>111197
"it's not just that. The potions you are asking for are illegal, and require ingredients that are sometimes rare and in anycase hard to assemble"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111199
111202
>>111196
He turns to Silver, a bit disheartened by Silver's gloomy mood.
"Seems like it. Do not worry, for your bits will be given back in gold. Metaphorically speaking, of course."
He pats Silver on the head, trying to cheer him up.
"Are you ready?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111200
111205
>>111198
Iron's brain skids to a halt, just after saying to Silver these things.
"Oh. I see the problem."
He frowns slightly.
"I think there will not be an issue. Of course, if you need help, I can assist."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111202
111203 111205
>>111199
Now the look on Silver's face suggests he really hopes he'll be able to make back the Bits spent in this venture. "Yes. Oh, wait, one more thing."

>>111198
Silver turns to Cauldron, keeping his voice low enough that it won't carry through the rest of the bar. "You would not happen to know anything about 33 Hoebuck, yes? Over in Redheart District?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111203
111207
>>111202
"We just went to Redheart last night. 33 Hoebuck... what is that near?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111205
111206
>>111202
>>111200
I mean, you don't have to buy potions you know you can't use now, and you can also ask whether some potions are more troublesome than others
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111206
111209
>>111205
On the one hand, I do want to simply go and let Cauldron have the money. On the other, I am indeed taking advantage of Silver.
Darn you morality! Lemme have my satisfied Cauldron with money!
Iron, feeling slightly guilty, turns around.
"Which ones would cause you the most trouble?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111207
111209
>>111203
"There is hostel there owned by griffon named Stormfeather Maakie, which used to be asylum and home for wayward mares before it was shut down. There is also old Northern Orthodox church nearby that has since been converted to Temple of Boreas."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111209
111210
>>111206
"The healing potion is the simplest potion in terms of the number of ingredients and availability. You can use common household items like mint or rubbing alcohol, and boiling water is hot enough for it. Some of the ingredients can be switched out for other ingredients. And if you are found possessing it, you might get questioned for unlicensed practice of medicine, but possession and sale is not illegal per se. Invisibility is the worst. It requires ingredients like sulfur, body parts from magical beats, part of the process requires more heat than just boiling point, and getting caught with just one vial of it is a year in jail. It doesn't help that some of the sellers of the ingredients know what is going on, so you have to be discrete. Pass without a Trace I am less familiar with. I would have to consult my books"

>>111207
"Oh, which church?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111210
111211 111214
>>111209
Iron nods, a bit hearbroken about taking away 1800 bits out of the order to make sure the order is done at least today or tomorrow.
"What if those last ones were taken out? The Invisibility potions?"
He lands his hooves on the table softly, fighting the urge to simply wave his line of conversation off just to let her keep the money.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111211
111212 111214
>>111210
"Church of the Sacred Heart, I believe. Or at least that is what it used to be known." Silver tilts his head in Cauldron's direction. "You and Iron did not happen to get mugged near there, last night? Iron mentioned he almost died because of muggers."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111212
111214 111215
>>111211
Iron shrugs, then suddenly remembers the barred off church.
"Wait. You are actually right. We did get mugged there."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111214
111215 111216
Pass Without a Trace
>The subject or subjects can move through any type of terrain and leave neither footprints nor scent. Tracking the subjects is impossible by nonmagical means.
Why would anyone use this potion except if they were trying to commit a crime and get away with it? I don't think it's necessary for hunting

>>111210
"Well, the invisibility might be done tomorrow if I can find associates who already have the ingredients assembled or are selling them, or it may take longer. I can't tell you right now. As for the healing potions, I have some that are ready right now, and I could certainly produce all of them by tomorrow, provided I am not taken up by other things. The pass without a trace, as I said, I would have to consult my books for"

>>111211
>>111212
The Zebra's eyes go wide, and she is silent for a moment
"YES! That's it! We were mugged there last night, right next to the church! There were a pair of griffins! Iron beat them off with a stretch of rebar, and he got hurt in the process!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111215
111217 111219
>>111212
>>111214
This most certainly gets Silver's attention. "That sounds right. From what I know, it has substantial griffon population that is hostile to others, and has grown lawless in recent years. You would not happen to know anything about that area? Iron and I are helping friend with task to put end to trafficking of ponies, griffons, zebras, and others that is going on in that region." He looks over at Iron and pats him on the shoulder. "Look at you, protecting yourself and your marefriend, like big strong hero."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111216
111217
>>111214
>Potion talk
"Hm. Focus on producing the health potions, then the reduce person potions. After that, if you cannot find the ponies necessary for the last two sets by toworrow, simply give the appropriate money back along with the potions."
Good thing Pass without trace is cheaper than most.
>Mugging
He nods, suddenly realizing those griffons would spread word of him around the neighborhood.
(Now I may have to disguise myself. Great.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111217
111218 111219 111220
b90fc2efba719b56d2b14947698d330c--meme-faces-mood-meme.jpg
>>111215
"Yes, it's a bad neighborhood. Not even the Baltimare syndicates..." she kind of cuts herself off here
"It's very dangerous. I think there are immigrant gangs there. It was super foggy last night, but it seems pretty clear tonight, at least so far."

>Marefriend
"Woah. 'hol up"

>>111216
>An illegal potion being cheaper than a legal potion
D'awww. It's cute that you think that

"Reduce person..." she says that slowly, then raises an eyebrow at Iron, wondering what bizarre intent he must have to want a literal half dozen of those
"I'll see what I can do"

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111218
111221
>>111217
Черт. Either lack of fog will work to our advantage, or our disadvantage... "Excuse me, I thought you two were already item from how Iron talked. I apologise if that is not case."

He catches that line she almost spoke. He gives her a questioning look. "Baltimare syndicates? So, now there are four factions fighting for control over city?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111219
111221
>>111217
>>111215
SILVER, YOU BIG OAF!
I mean, it costs 50 GP in the SRD. Doesn't sound that hard to make at home if it costs so low tbh.

Iron nods.
"Alrigh-"
But then Silver had to slip his tongue even further, making him frozen solid as the pats met tense muscles.
(Did he really just say that? For Gods' sakes, I would have been better with Skies of all ponies... Actually, no. We would have had a three-way battle... Hell, even the bat was better than this.)
He slowly cranes his head, looking at Silver with disbelief, as if to say 'Are you trying to boycott me here?'
DS
YmArP
?
No.111220
111221
>>111217
"Woah. 'hol up"
>F
>>111155
"If i Get the items unenchanted could i come bak later when i get the money and have them enchanted?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111221
111222 111223 111224
>>111219
In the SRD. This is not the SRD, this is my campaign. And it is only logical to think about the way in which legal restrictions on a good would affect its price

>>111218
Her eyes widen, she moves back ever so slightly, and her ears fall down
"Uh... What? Something about factions?"

>>111220
"Well, mostly likely, but the enchantment process itself could take some time"

Although I think I over charged Dark Star for his magical Colt revolvers....
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111222
>>111221
I was kinda banking on the SRD for the money calculations. This means the potion would've cost even more, meaning Silver would have to fork up even more money. Trying to help a fellow PC out, mang. Nothing more than that.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111223
111225 111226
>>111221
Silver seems somewhat oblivious to her change in demeanor, or else doesn't care. "Well, you have Black Hooves, Communists, and Waterfront Gang. Unless they are just another name for one of those three, then Baltimare syndicates would make four."
DS
YmArP
?
No.111224
111225
>>111221
Yea i only have one enchantment on each
Could i take out a loan from the blackhooves would that be possible?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111225
111226 111228 111229
>>111223
She is silent

>>111224
That sounds like a Skies question
Well... maybe He should be refunded a bit[/i]
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111226
111227 111228
>>111223
>>111225
Seeing his would be marefriend, he decides to help Cauldron out.
"She might have simply made a mistake, like how I calculated the value of all these potions. Cut her some slack."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111227
>>111226
Marefriend in trouble, he
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111228
111230 111235
>>111225
>>111226
"...Eh...okay?" Silver waves it off as if it was nothing. "So, anything else about 33 Hoebuck, or those immigrant gangs? You know, besides that they are made up of griffons."
DS
YmArP
?
No.111229
111230
>>111225
"I'll buy the mundane items now. and i'll be back in a hour or 2 to get them enchanted."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111230
111231 111232
>>111228
“They are more diverse than that. There are all kinds of creatures there”

>>111229
Under the normal rules, that wouldn’t be possible because if the amount of time it takes to enchant something
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111231
111233
>>111230
"I have heard of zebras and other Severyanan ponies like myself in that region, yes. Any others you know of?"
DS
YmArP
?
No.111232
>>111230
F
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111233
111234 111235 111236
>>111231
She is silent for a moment
“Well... you may be surprised by the kinds of creatures that are out there”


DS
YmArP
?
No.111234
111237
>>111233
"I'll be back later."
He heads towards the door
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111235
111236
>>111233
Iron nods at Cauldron's info, knowing Silver may have soured the conversation by quite a bit due to his nosiness.
>>111228
He looks at Silver, exaggeratedly moving his head to the entrance.
"I think it is time to go, Silver."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111236
111237
>>111233
>>111235
The look on his face is almost a challenge. But with Iron telling him to hurry, he leaves it at that. He instead offers a hoofshake to Cauldron with a smile. "It has been pleasure, Ms. Cauldron. It looks like what Iron said about you was no exaggeration. If this potion thing works out, do you know where I might find you later for more?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111237
111238 111240 111308
>>111236
She moves out her hoof, and is in stunned silence for a moment
“Well... I am usually here if I am available at all”

>>111234
“Alright. I shall see you later”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111238
111239 111240
>>111237
Silver nods as he shakes her hoof. "Great! If this works out, I think I will be getting potions from you from now on."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111239
111249 111250
>>111238
“Hehe, Thank you”
The zebra has a smile on her face as Silver shakes her hoof
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111240
111241
>>111238
>>111237
This exchange softens his small frown by a bit.
"Alright, let us go."
He walks off with Silver next to him to outside the tavern, taking this time to whisper to him.
"Next time, do not start interrogations with my partner as the target. Stick to buying potions."

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111241
111242
>>111240
Silver looks at him very oddly. "I would not exactly call it interrogation."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111242
111243
>>111241
Iron deadpans at him, frown apparent on his face.
"I do not care for technicalities. Do not do it again."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111243
111246
>>111242
He lets out a sigh in response. "My friend, I have been in this world for 68 years, and in that time I have found that information, any information, is vital, especially if you are in area you barely know. I did not mean anything negative in my line of questioning, I simply discovered that she knew things which I did not which could not only make this job that much easier, but my own life in Baltimare easier.

"But, fine, if you do not want me asking Cauldron questions from now on, then so be it."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111246
111247
>>111243
Iron simply shakes his head at this bad guilt trip attempt.
"You are a stranger to her, so do not pry into things she does not want to share with you. If you really wanted to know, you could have asked me to ask her and waited for my response later."
As they both go outside, he points his head towards the general direction of the other bar the winged group is probably at.
"Now go back. I want to talk with Cauldron for a bit longer."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111247
111249
>>111246
The horned pony sees a few faults in that logic, but it's not like he has much better to do than head back, so he does so.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111249
111251
>>111247
Iron exhales through his nostrils strongly.
(Nosy pony. He could have blown my cover and tarnish her trust on me.)
>>111239
With a hearty sigh, he reenters the tavern to begin a more open conversation with Cauldron.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111250
111252
>>111239
Once Silver arrives back at the Tavern, he seeks out Skies. "You know, more time I spend with Iron, more I come to understand why you two come to blows all time."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111251
111253
>>111249
She is already looking at Iron as he returns, with a morbid curiosity at the evident argument that took place some feet over, and her mouth still hangs partly open in strange wonder as to what is going on. She says nothing for the instant moment, and waits for Iron to speak
c73OJ
?
No.111252
111255
>>111250
Her plain expression assumes a partially triumphant grin, and she watches Silver enter in silent revelry of the information Silver gave her. When he comes next to her, she asks
"Did you get your potions?"
\r
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111253
111254
>>111251
Iron sits back down again, rubbing his temples.
"Good grief. Sorry about that, he can be a bit nosy sometimes."
He looks a little concerned.
"Are you alright?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111254
111258
>>111253
She nods silently
"Who was he, and what did he want?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111255
111256
>>111252
"No, sadly. Due to difficulty of order they will be ready tomorrow. It will not with tonight, I know, but it is better than nothing." Silver sits down in a nearby chair. "It turns out Iron and Cauldron were almost mugged right in front of 33 Hoebuck last night, but I was unable to properly ask her questions about it before Iron got upset and forced us out early."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111256
111257
>>111255
"It figures. Are we up for tonight or no?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111257
111259
>>111256
"Once Dark Star and Iron return? I do not see why not."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111258
111259 111260
>>111254
"Silver Sword. An old somewhat retired unicorn mercenary. He mainly wanted the potions for an upcoming mission at the place we got mugged. That is why he was being nosy when he realized this."
He inhales.
"Lives at the other tavern you showed me after the first one got searched by the cops. You can probably find him around there hanging out with another Earth Pony and a Pegasus named Dark Star and Blue Skies respectively. A lonely pony, follows harmonic values, uses a longsword and a rifle from what I can see."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111259
111261
>>111258
“Oh... so he wouldn’t report us to the police, would he? Or would he?”

>>111257
Fucking hell I need to force myself to complete part 5. I write a sentence, stated at the use of the passive voice in the sentence, then tried to rearrange the sentence for several minutes before giving up
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111260
111261
>>111258
>longsword
Damn, what an insult to his sword, there.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111261
111263
>>111259
Iron shakes his head.
"No, he needs the potions. I was not expecting him to start pressing you for answers, though."
>>111260
Oh whoops. Forgot it was a greatsword. Chalk it up to Iron being a native.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111263
111264
>>111261
“That’s alright.... I’ve never received an order like that before. I’ll see if I can manage it”
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111264
111265
>>111263
Iron nods and lightly hugs Cauldron to reassure her.
"I know you can manage."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111265
111266
>>111264
"Well, I will try. I hope I am able to tomorrow"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111266
111267
>>111265
Iron smiles, letting her go, but his coat remains next to hers, touching.
(Ah~ I needed that.)
He is a bit interested in that fourth faction she didn't want to say, as well as the unknown species.
Can I ask Cauldron about it, or is it not defined yet?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111267
111268
>>111266
She moves away slightly to orient herself more so she faces Iron
"And let's hope the situation does not deteriorate"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111268
111269 111270
>>111267
His dreamy gaze is dispelled as he is reminded of the situation.
(Wait a minute. I should ask about this situation to see if it is linked with the mission.)
"Before I leave, what situation are we dealing with?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111269
>>111268
*are we going to deal with?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111270
111271
>>111268
"Seems to be the penetration of new gangs, from Manehattan"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111271
111272
>>111270
Iron turns grim.
"Oh, the remnants of them are coming here after that law they passed. I assume they are discussing what territories should be given between the gangs?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111272
111273
>>111271
"Discussing giving up territories?"
She tilts her head, partly closes her right eye with a raised cheek, and generally looks at Iron with severe confusion
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111273
111274
>>111272
Iron shrugs.
"I was assuming they did not have power to try and take over, since they were practically expelled without much warning."
He wraps a foreleg around Cauldron, determined.
"In any case, I will come help whenever you need me. Simply say the word and I will come running."
He smiles confidently.
"We are the unbeatable duo, after all."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111274
111276
>>111273
Cauldron seems a little less certain, as her tail twists back down, and a little around her left leg. She tilts her head upwards a little
"Well... we'll see how things go. I imagine you have something planned for tonight - an tomorrow - with your male... friends? there"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111276
111277
>>111274
Iron nods, removing himself from her, a tiny blush on his face.
"Yes. When it is over, I will meet you up at your place. Sounds good?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111277
111278
>>111276
"Alright. Do you even have a place to stay?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111278
111279
>>111277
Iron smiles sheepishly.
"I can... always sleep on the ground?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111279
111280
>>111278
This gets a smile and a "heh" out of Cauldron
"Alright, I guess I will see you at my place later"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111280
111281
>>111279
Iron's tiny blush is ever present.
"Alright."
He stands up, but decides to try to get Silver some answers if he can.
(Seems that was the fourth faction.)
"Say, what other species are near that church territory? You made them sound quite dangerous."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111281
111282
>>111280
"Well, there can be any number. Griffins, Zebras, Ponies, but also Macaws, Hyenas, sometimes Minotaurs... who knows"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111282
>>111281
Iron nods, then smiles at her, giving her a quick wave of the hoof.
"I will keep that in mind. See you soon."
With that, he finally starts leaving The Watering Hole towards the other tavern.
(I probably made Silver upset. Perhaps I can give him a special surprise later.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111283
111284 111285 111286
560AA474-042E-429B-9121-00AD1E0B686B.png
Um... does anypony have anything to do or declare before part 5 is released?
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111284
111287
>>111283
Well, I would like to do the whole class change to barbarian/fighter multiclass if it's possible.
I'd wager Dark Star still wants to take a loan to buy the weapons.
Silver seems ready, although he may be interested in a gift from Iron if my class change is approved now instead of after the mission.
Ancapian seems equipped and ready.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111285
111287
>>111283
Spark pets a changeling.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111286
111287
>>111283
Not really. I'll wait for my respec until when we level up.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111287
111288 111289 111290
>>111285
As Spark extends a hoof, the tubular ears with two forks spike straight up, and the drone moves its head backward away from the invading hoof

>>111286
>>111284
So.... should we have the level up now?

>>111284
>wanting to retroactively change classes
Then why did you not do that back then
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111288
111292
>>111287
You're the boss, so if you say so.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111289
111291
>>111287
Darn. Spark keeps his hoof still to show the changeling it means no harm.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111290
111292
>>111287
Back then? You mean at the start?
I didn't have the idea until after seeing my cleave feats not being of much use in the dream sequence.

Basically, have my boi Iron a 1 Fighter/4-5 Barbarian depending on the level up. Feats will be Improved Unarmed Strike, Endurance, Power Attack and Improved Trip (Only at level 6).
Skills ranks:
+4 Climb
+8 Intimidate (Cutie Mark Bonus)
+8 Jump
+5 Survival
+5 Swim

If the level up happens now, I won't be against it.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111291
>>111289
It stares at the hoof, and moves back a step
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111292
111293 111294
E8xir47.png
>>111290
>>111288
I'm not hearing anything definite
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111293
>>111292
If this is a yes/no question, I would go with yes, I would like to be at level 6 before the mission with the parameters in my previous post.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111294
111297
>>111292
I don't know what to tell you, GM. You're in charge of things like that. We'll just go along with whatever you decide.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111297
111298
>>111294
Psst, Silver. Would you like to have fullplate armor? for yourself?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111298
111301
>>111297
Fullplate? Eh...maybe?
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111301
>>111298
Ohok.
A Task for the Civil Administration, Part 5
c73OJ
?
No.111302
111304 111308 111314 111417
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After the last incident, many of the trafficked creatures were ultimately allowed to stay in Equestria. The Principality forced the closure of the shoe factory, but Sweet Boek remained in ownership of the lot. Activity at 33 Hoebuck subsided, but did not end, as the old hostel seemed to remain in use. Who the new owner was, if indeed there was a new owner at all, is and was unknown, as city regulations did not and presently do not require the name of tenant or lessee on land to be recorded by the city. Taxes on the property, as well as all utilities payments, have been paid consistently in the name of Sweet Boek’s land holding company, though the later may be paid by some third party in the company’s name.

The Equestrian National Census visited Red Heart in 1010. A census taker visiting 33 Hoebuck was able to speak to creatures living there without significant impediment and counted 27 residents. The census taker confided in a note that these creatures were not admitted at the City’s official immigration admission facility at Locust Promontory, but were either rejected or smuggled in. With there being no signs of exploitative labor practices or obvious smuggling, neither the city nor the Principality took a deeper interest in activities there. The mere presence of possible illegal immigrants did not concern either government as both took a more open and accepting attitude to new creatures. They continued to come in vast numbers to Baltimare. Ponies escaping famine and political reprisal in Stalliongrad, communist griffin occupiers and invaders in Skynavia and later Frostbell, Griffins (and sometimes ponies) escaping the collapse of the government and civil war in Nova Griffonia and the revolution in Aquellia. Griffins and Minotaurs fleeing Fascism and invasion from Wingbardy and Equestria’s newest breakaway state, New Mareland. Upon the fall of the Storm King’s Empire, trade with Zebrica was normalized and in came refugees and economic migrants from the forgotten corners of that continent. All swarmed in from boats arriving at Locust Promontory, or at least, it seems that is where they arrived.

The Church of the Sacred Heart continued its life as a dancing hall, hosting lessons on the Gavotte, the Zwiefacher, and the Feathesian Folk Dance on Wednesdays as well as Tuesdays and Saturdays. Meetings of the alleged religious or social congregation ceased for a full month after the raid, perhaps because Boek, fully conscious of bad publicity, did not want to be seen in public so near 33 Hoebuck. But the monthly meetings resumed, with some of the old familiar faces, and later some new ones. Meetings are most commonly associated with the Full Moon, although they have been seen at different times as well.

There is a dearth of knowledge of what exactly happened at Hoebuck come the war, but it does seem that at some point operations resumed in the workshop-shoe factory, perhaps one of a myriad of small, unrecorded factories producing materials for the war effort. There is some evidence to suggest that creature smuggling of some kind occurred during the war. A freighter, the “Dippy Crow” from Skyfall was intercepted by the Maneborn before it reached Baltimare Harbor. In its hold, besides the loads of Rifles, Tobacco, Cigars, Leather Jackets, and newly minted 80 MM mortars were twenty griffins of unknown origin tied up. They were seized along with the cargo, and ultimately sent to an internment camp in Sicameon after brief questioning determined that they could offer no information useful to the war. Red Heart as a whole earned the distinction of being one of the last holdouts of resistance in Mainland Equestria, besides locations in the West like South Trotsas, with the area only occupied after the surrender of the 105th Infantry Division at the end of Pinkamena’s Last Stand. 33 Hoebuck, the old fort that it was, was especially suited for a finally stand with its thick walls, and with the threat of naval artillery fire neutralized by the redeployment of the Equestrian Navy to Baltimare after the fall of Las Pegasus to the Changelings.

33 Hoebuck’s last surprise came when it was stormed by a platoon of NMAC soldiers from the 9th Infantry. They found the building was not fortified, but entirely evacuated of all life after what seemed to be a battle inside the structure between Equestrian military and forces unknown. Judging by the relative numbers of bodies, the Equestrian must have been victor, but several dead griffins and a pair of Equestrian soldiers lay dead on the floor, while parts of two floors were partly damaged by a fire. Whether the battle was between the actual occupiers of 33 Hoebuck, or if all the ethnic immigrant gangs of Red Heart decided to make a final stand for their freedom in the fort, is not known. The surviving witnesses were presumably among the Equestrian soldiers collected at the end of the war, and never questioned. What the NMAC soldiers did find, and could later provide, was the most recent data on the internal layout of 33 Hoebuck. The upper and lower floors, which were sectioned off since the City repurposed the site as a poor house forty years prior, were found to be reopened in part in areas. As soon as the building was determined to be empty, it was vacated before any as yet unencountered traps could be set off.

Though most of the Equestrian records during the war were destroyed rather than hoofed over, one interesting tidbit survived thanks to its communication to the Baltimare Police from the Equestrian Diplomatic service. The Skyfall Republic sent a communication in 1011 asking if Stormfeather Maakie was in Equestrian custody, or if his location was otherwise known by Equestrian authorities. If so, they expressed a wish for him to be extradited to the Skyfall Republic to be placed on trial for various crimes committed there. The Equestrian response, save for Baltimare PD’s claim that his location was not known, has been lost.
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Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111304
111305
>>111302
Whew. If resistance operatives could hold out in that place for quite a bit, then I must say I'm spooped for the possible amount of resistance in there.
Did Iron ever made it back to the tavern where Silver lives?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111305
111306
>>111304
Yes

Also
>Silver lives in a tavern
It took me a moment to realize this statement was true
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111306
111310
>>111305
The merc's life is a life where you live around alcohol. Whether he drinks it or not is another thing.

Iron opens the door, revealing his presence to the ponies inside the tavern.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111308
111309 111310 111311
>>111237
He heads back to the Tavern
>>111302
"See this is exactly why illegal immigration is terrible for the country,the degenerates that come in are violent criminals and communists. fucking alicorns."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111309
111311 111315
>>111308
"Hello, Dark Star" says the Blue pegasus pony. Iron and Silver are both present as well
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111310
111311 111314 111315
>>111306
>>111308
"You two are back, finally."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111311
111314 111315
>>111310
>>111309
>>111308
He nods.
"Is it time?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111314
111316 111318
>>111310
Look at >>111302

>>111311
"If you have all of the equipment and magic you think you need, then yes"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111315
111316 111317 111318
>>111310
>>111311
"Theres been a situation."
>>111309
Dark Star Looks sorta sad
he whispers to Blue.
"I Didnt have enough money for the weapons. i was going to get them enchanted. Could i take out a loan from the local governance?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111316
111320
>>111314
I saw.
>>111315
"'Situation' usually means 'something bad happened'"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111317
111319
>>111315
"A loan?!" she says, less loudly
"Maybe... do you really need it?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111318
>>111314
>>111315
Iron looks confused.
"It seems we have a delay on our hooves."
He shrugs.
"I think I am ready for some scouting."

DS
DnAVY
?
No.111319
111320
>>111317
"yes."

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111320
111321 111322 111327
>>111319
Sigh
"How much?"

>>111316
reee
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111321
111323 111327
>>111320
That isn't to say I didn't like it, it's just that posting on a phone is hard.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111322
111323
>>111320
"well i have 1300 bits, so i would need 3520 more for the total purchase."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111323
111324 111325 111328
fluttershy_dressed_up_as_a_taco_by_martoluna-d4ew0h6.png
>>111321
"Okay...."

This really is a terrible way to deliver information. I don't think I will be doing this on any future quests

>>111322
"Tell you what. Prioritize what you really want and need, and I can maybe get you something like 2000 bits. I'll get my own crossbow and sword"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111324
111327
>>111323
"I was going to get you an enchanted crossbow..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111325
>>111323
Don't be like that. It's good! It's helped to give a lot of background and lore for Red Heart.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111327
111331 111332 111335
>>111324
She places a hoof on him
"Oh Dark Star... You don't need to live beyond your means for me. I'll get my own."

>>111324
>>111321
>>111320
"Who thinks I should be disguised, same as Dark Star?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111328
>>111323
I'm rather fond of the way you've presented the fourth faction through simple yet informative dialogue, but I must admit I do get some tidbits of info in the dossier and keep them forever, like the main antagogriff, maybe, and its base resourcefulness.
aka prefer simple dialogue but appreciate dossier-style briefings.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111330
111334
1550781.gif
[eeeeee-ing bat pony noises]
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111331
111334
>>111327
"I Feel Bad,that i can't get you nice things."

>Disguise
"Uh,your gonna get your coat Dyed to look like a zigger? sure."
I Like the way you delivered the information.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111332
111334 111335 111339
>>111327
Iron shrugs.
"It is your choice, but I fear you may not quite blend in unless your wings became invisible."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111334
111336 111340 111341
Eeeeeee.gif
>>111330
EEEEEEEEEEEE

Also, should Skies dress in a disguise

>>111331
"I was thinking more of a Griffin"

>>111332
She nods, and gives that damnable grin
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111335
111336 111339 111358
>>111327
>>111332
"She might disguise herself as Griffon?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111336
111339
>>111335
>>111334
Iron nods.
"That could work, I think. How would you replicate a beak, tho? They seem much more different than pony snouts."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111339
111343
>>111336
>>111335
>>111332
"Well, we have a special potion that makes it possible"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111340
111344
>>111334
"What are you gonna glue on a fake beak?"
He grins at her
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111341
111342
I personally like the dossier format; I think it's unique, good for the setting, and I definitely get a lot out of it. Easier to follow than dialogue too.
>>111334
Skies needs to dress as a bat. Trust me on this one.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111342
111348
>>111341
Explain why in character
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111343
111344
>>111339
Iron hums.
"What about the tail? Will the potion solve that, too?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111344
111346 111347
>>111343
>>111340
"We have magic for that"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111346
111353
>>111344
"I Think it would be for the best if you disguised yourself."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111347
111358
>>111344
Iron nods a bit.
"As long as you do not need to constantly reapply it, then sure. Go for it."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111348
>>111342
Oh Midnight doesn't care, I do though.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111353
>>111346
"Alright... I'll go retrieve cash for you, and some items of my own"
With that, Skies leaves the tavern, spreads her wings, and flies off into the night
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111357
111362 111364
"So... How is everypony doing?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111358
111362
>>111335
>>111347
Dark Star sits down at the table they are sitting at
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111361
Spark pats the ground beside himself, asking the changelings to come closer.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111362
111365 111368
>>111357
"Honestly? Just enjoying calm before storm."

>>111358
"So, no luck with weapons?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111364
111368
Iron wipes away his brow from sweat.
(Thank goodness.)
>>111357
He seems a bit uneasy.
"I would say that overall, things are alright."
But since she's a mare, Iron can't help but question her fighting style.
"I assume you fight with grace, twirling around swings and metal bits?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111365
111371
>>111362
"Uh yea,i have to take out a loan..."
He rubs the back of his head pensively
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111368
111373
>>111362
"I cannot blame you, it is always nice to rest before a mission."
>>111364
"Hmm? Oh no, I am rarely the one fighting when it comes to missions. I am usually flying above the battle, helping my allies, but a gun can be helpful sometimes."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111371
111376
>>111365
"I suppose there is more than one pony in our group with money troubles, then."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111373
111378
>>111368
He nods, confirming his suspicions and seeing nothing wrong so far.
"I see."
A hoof is extended towards her.
"Iron. A pleasure to meet you."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111376
111380
>>111371
"I Sure Hope we find some money down there."

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111378
111379
>>111373
"Midnight Lily, a pleasure to meet you as well"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111379
111382
>>111378
Iron looks at his hoof, lowering it to original sitting position with an awkward expression.
"I assume you came here without any weapons?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111380
111389
>>111376
"You and me both."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111382
111388
>>111379
Oh damnit, I forgot to mention she returns the hoofshake. Forgive me
"I have a pistol and a knife. That is about it."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111388
111392
>>111382
Kek, don't mention it. Was simply poking fun.
He nods.
"Simple and to the point. Respectable."

DS
DnAVY
?
No.111389
111393
>>111380
dark Star whispers to him
"I Might have to start stealing again if we don't."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111392
111395
>>111388
"Why thank you. How about you, what is your preferred technique?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111393
111399
>>111389
Silver whispers back with a half smile on his face. "Just make sure you steal from rich and give to poor, alright?"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111395
111401
>>111392
Iron simply puts both forelegs on the table.
"You could say I am the absolute limit of simplicity. Hooves and stones."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111399
111405
>>111393
"I Always did."
he smiles as he remembers the old times
"at the time i thought that era of my life was a bad part. but it was a learning experience. one i'm glad i learned."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111401
111403
>>111395
"Ah, simple and to the point"
She smiles
"Respectable."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111403
111406 111407
>>111401
Iron chuckles.
"You do not have to copy my exact words, Lily."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111405
111409 111418
>>111399
Silver smiles at him. "That was actually rather profound thing of you to say." He pats Star on the back. "I am proud of you."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111406
111407 111408
>>111403
She rolls her eyes, almost as if he didn't get a joke
"Anyway... When do we leave?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111407
111408 111418
>>111406
>>111403
She also narrows her eyes as her face turns red
"And don't call me Lily."
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111408
111418
>>111407
Iron is quite surprised about that tidbit.
"My mistake, Midnight."
>>111406
He shrugs.
"So far, we are simply on a preparation phase. We need Skies back and for Star to buy his things with the loan."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111409
111418
>>111405
"Things are looking up."
A Task for the Civil Administration, Part 6
c73OJ
?
No.111417
111424 111430 111434
blackperch_creag_by_equestria_prevails-d81i1ct.png
Previous entries to the 33 Hoebuck dossier briefing
Part 1 >>106726 →
Part 2 >>106738 →
Part 3 >>110321 →
Part 4 >>110438 →
Part 5 >>111302

The old Equestrian population that inhabited the neighborhood after its founding has long since moved elsewhere, with less than 20% of the neighborhood’s population being Equestrian ponies, and all of these are the lowest of the working class, working in the docks and factories of the neighborhood, which no zoning regulation has separated from neighboring tenements and shops. The SDP has fallen greatly in their eyes, seen as being collaborators with capitalist, imperialist powers. Slightly more numerous are the Severyanan ponies, who have colonized the neighborhood for generations, and whose numbers have fallen to migration to wealthier parts of the city, but have been bolstered by recent White Emigres, who find the Stalliongrad flags flown in the apartment windows of the native Equestrians to be abhorrent and ignorant. The most numerous of all of the non-ponies are Red Heart’s griffins, sometimes recent immigrants, sometimes multi-generation residents. These are not the best educated nor the wealthiest Griffins Baltimare has to offer. Those have gone to safer, wealthier neighborhoods like Colton Hill. What remains of the population is a polyglot conglomeration of myriad races from all over the planet.

The most fiercely independent of Red Heart’s inhabitants are the Skynavians. These ponies came from a tribal, preindustrial society that was invaded by griffins and forcibly collectivized into a new communist system. They left in a trickle to Equestria, but with limited money could make it no further than the shoreline of Red Heart. In their former homelands they were ghettoized and terrorized by a new Griffin majority that had no respect for their traditions nor property rights. Now, in the Land of Horses, how much different are things for them? Never willing to say 'die,' they built their own little Skynavia by the waterfront. An enclave state within the larger neighborhood with its own school and house of worship. They complain to police of griffins kidnapping mares and foals, and of occasional acts of terror committed against them.

New entrants from what were the dominant sources of immigration in the Equestrian era are curtailed under the new Governate, as now these countries are overwhelmingly hostile foreign powers. Zebrica and West Equestria are the new two main sources of migrants entering Locust Promontory. The question the Governate has is whether illegal smuggling operations are delivering creatures who would otherwise be prevented entry.

Customs agents and civilians working the docks still sometimes report ships stationary off shore in Northern Red Heart under suspicious circumstances. Little row boats go from the ships to a pier located at the waterfront of 33 Hoebuck. These have been seen at all moons, indicating they are brazen enough to do whatever they are doing under moonlight. Carts are seen backing up to the workshop, taking deliveries of goods under the name of the Bodeken shoe and saddle company. Steam can be seen rising from the workshop during the day, and electrical usage shows there is activity.

Black Hooves and NMAC do not tread into Red Heart, as pot shots from buildings are far from unknown. The SDP, more confident in its popularity, sends patrols of police along the streets. They report rampant violent crime, and what seem to be gang turf wars. What they have not found is a surplus of recent illegal migrants that could not be explained. From this, it is believed that if there is any grand creature trafficking movement at 33 Hoebuck, or anywhere else within the city, that Baltimare is not the final destination for at least the majority of the creatures, and they rather are sent either north to Fillydelphia and Manehattan, or South to Saltmane and Stableside. The limited evidence of continued smuggling operations in Hoebuck, as well as the low ponypower available to the Governate have prevented it from launching a raid of its own.

However, things have changed. A month ago, a new Governor took over in Manhattan. A terror attack occurred on the city Subway a week later, and thereafter that Governate has tried to rid itself of domestic threats, including alien smuggling. As such, the Baltimare Governate is under pressure from external sources to end any and all smuggling that may be bleeding over into its neighbors. The second large event was the Blackwood Massacre, which alerted the Governate to the threat of foreigners importing weapons and operatives to ferment and facilitate rebellion. There could be more than just creatures being smuggled in… and just because you don’t know where the creatures are going, doesn’t mean they are not hiding where they can hurt you. And with all of this, there is reason to believe that Changelings want to infiltrate Baltimare…

Unfortunately, most of the Blackhooves agents have been shipped to Manehattan to help with operations there. Baltimare PD’s loyalty is not entirely certain. The Griffin NMAC reservists are probably mostly loyal and not fond of traffickers, but all it takes is one to tip off any traffickers before hoof and ruin a raid. All of this is why the Governate is looking for other help on this matter, and why it is considered a pressing issue.
\r
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111418
111424 111430 111434
>>111405
>>111407
>>111409
>>111408
Blue Skies returns through the door, carrying a pack and a number of other items, and wearing a jacket

>>111409
Skies approaches Dark Star, holding a wad of gold certificates
"Here. It's 2000 bits. Use it wisely, and you owe me"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111424
111434 111436
>>111417
Ah, it seems there are some allies to call for help.
>>111418
Iron waves to Skies to symbolize he saw her enter.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111430
111436
>>111417
"Whtie Severyanans..." There are almost stars in Silver's eyes. "...my people..."

The rest of it gives him trouble. "Looks like they are brave enough to openly defy local law enforcement. That is bit of mixed bag for us. On one hoof, they will be out in open and easy to spot. On other, they will be more likely to attack us should we be discovered. Thankfully, it looks like I at least will fit in little better, if other Whites are in area."

>>111418
Silver nods to Blue Skies when she draws near. "Looks like you came prepared."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111434
111439 111441 111450 111460
>>111417
>>111424
i think the Skynavians. could be a potential ally
>>111418
"Of Course i always repay my debts."
He smiles at her

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111436
111441 111450
>>111430
"Yes... I brought a crossbow and some Armor. I hope you are prepared as well. And in a way it's probably better if they are bold. You can't squish the cockroach if its hiding in the crevice."

Are you claiming that the Northern ponies can be distinguished from regular ponies by an excess of fluff?

>>111424
Skies nods in Acknowledgement
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111439
111470
>>111434
"Well, good. You better. Now go buy the thing you needed. And you may as well buy some coffee while you are at it, because we will be out for a while"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111441
111450 111460
>>111436
>>111434
He nods.
"I agree. They do seem easy to convince into our cause, granted Skies is not killed on the spot due to her disguise."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111450
111460 111465
>>111436
Silver nods in response to both parts of her statement, motioning to his sword and flak jacket. "I am prepared for mission, especially if Dark Star pulls through with shortsword."

Well...maybe...that, and it would be easy to tell once Silver starts speaking fluid Cyrillic.

>>111434
>>111441
"They are good ponies, from what I have heard. If we make our intentions clear, it is likely they will at very least show us where we need to go. We will just need to vouch for what will be our not-griffon friend."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111460
111463 111465 111472
>>111450
>>111441
>>111434
Skies holds up a vile containing a green-blue liquid
“I can... just not take the potion yet”

>>111450
“Good. Then we are just waiting on Dark Star”

Fun fact: I had intended for Silver Sword to receive a magical Greatsword from the Catacombs mission, taken off the body of the knight ghast. I thought for sure you’d find it weird enough to merit searching its remains for any clues to its former identity, and there strapped onto it would be the Greatsword, a relic of the old Militant order. In retrospect I should have described it as carrying a sheathed sword
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111463
111464
>>111460
Silver raises an eyebrow at her. "Moral reasons or practical reasons?"

God damn it, I knew I should have searched that thing's body! But no, my dumbass brain thought: "huh, don't think it can carry anything on it when it's just wearing armor". Damn it!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111464
111469
>>111463
“Well... Dark Star is kind of an essential part of the group, so we shouldn’t go without him”
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111465
111469
>>111450
>>111460
Iron shrugs.
"That is a viable option. However, it would be interesting to see a gryphon without having to be focused on beating its beak. Your call."
Giant oof. By the way, my particular reward choice will always be an item to boost stats, if it ever comes that I get rewarded.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111469
111473 111475
>>111464
Silver nods. "Obviously."

>>111465
"What is there to see? They are griffons. Giant overgrown catbirds."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111470
111475
>>111439
"I'll pick up some snacks too."
He hugs blue
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111472
111475
>>111460
To be honest, when Father Maren offered that other sword to Silver to destroy the locket, I half-expected that to be the reward, but he took it back without a word to the contrary.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111473
>>111469
"I have no idea. Maybe to check if it works or something?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111475
111477 111487
>>111472
Actually, I was thinking of Silver being gifted that sword as well. But there was no dialogue in that direction, so... it kind of just didn't happen

>>111469
Skies lifts a foreleg, and folds her hoof down, with a sort of fake frown at Silver's words about giant catbirds

>>111470
*poner is hugged*
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111476
111478 111481
The bat contently listens, and bows her head as if praying before a small salad appear infront of her, which she munches on.
"A potion that makes you a griffin? Interesting
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111477
111478
>>111475
"I'll be right back."
He heads back to the weapon store.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111478
111480 111486
1498842923613.png
>>111476
Did you intend to say Pic related? Because that is what I am imagining. Also is that Salad on Dark Star's tab?

Skies replies
"It's... kind of hard to get"

>>111477
He does so. The pony is still there
"Hello there. It's almost closing time"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111480
111484
>>111478
Yeah, that's about the position. The salad is on the tab of magic
"I would imagine"
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111481
111483 111484 111485
>>111476
I think she magicked it itself with a cleric spell.
>>111476
Iron stares, amazed at the sudden bowl of salad.
"Woah! How did you do that? I thought only unicorns could manage that feat."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111483
111485 111491
>>111481
"Hmmm? Oh, I just prayed to Luna for it. It really helps during long travels."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111484
111490 111491
>>111481
>>111480
Down one spell slot?
This specific spell is kind of world breaking and needs to be nerfed
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111485
111490
>>111483
>>111481
Down one spell slot it is
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111486
111495
>>111478
"I Got The Bits Necessary for the items. i need 1 shortsword and the composite shortbow."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111487
111494
>>111475
So, we both were thinking the exact same thing, but because we were both waiting for the other person to say something, neither of us took the initiative to say "Can I have the sword", or "Go ahead and keep the sword"? That's...actually kinda funny.
I was expecting after Silver commented on its quality and offering it back to Maren that Maren would say something to the effect of "Keep it. It suits you better than me, anyways" or "perhaps with you wielding it it will be used for some good", and give it right back to Silver.

"Hmm? Something to add?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111490
111494
>>111484
>>111485
What? Summoning a small bowl of lettuce is OP? I'm only using it for flavor eeeeeeee
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111491
111494 111496
>>111484
>making food appear is world breaking
What even.
>>111483
Iron's eyes widen.
(An actual Luna follower? She definitely needs to come with to the jungle quest when the time is right.)
"That is amazing, I must admit."
He gazes over to the salad, wondering how it would taste.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111494
111496 111498 111499
>>111487
I don't know, I was probably thinking "there's a sword lying in the quarry, why bother with it"

>>111490
>>111491
Well yeah, if there are tens of thousands of Jesus of Nazareth's running around making food out of nothing, how would mass famines like we see in the real world be possible, and why even keep earth ponies around if you never need to farm? These kinds of spells were thought of by people who never thought out the implications magic would have on the greater world
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111495
111501
>>111486
"Yes.... 2460 bits in total"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111496
111499
>>111491
Not very good, very filling though.
"Well thank you"
She gives a nod and smiles.
>>111494
She can make two bowls of lettuce a day. It's just lettuce too. It's not a fancy salad.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111498
>>111494
Well then, if it's still there tomorrow when he volunteers, then I suppose Silver will have himself a new fancy sword. Otherwise, I guess it just despawned and is lost forever.
To be honest, when I saw the amount of Bits Silver got for that job, I thought that that was the original idea you had for a reward, and I wasn't entirely torn up about that. It just sucks knowing my stupid ass didn't check that ghast's body and missed out on something neat.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111499
111502
>>111494
Simple. By limiting the amount of Jesuses.
As well as devoting their whole life to a deity, which most ponies can't do if they were honest with themselves.
>>111496
Iron smiles back.
(What a nice pony, but she does not seem to eager to be eating that. Perhaps I should treat her to Cauldron's cooking when I get the chance. The closer we get, the more eager she would be to accept going to the jungle.)
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111501
111502
>>111495
He hoofs over the bits
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111502
111503 111504
>>111499
1. Bullshit level 5 clerics are so rare there are not thousands.
2. Having just one Jesus is enough to seriously alter the entire course of world history for basically everyone

>>111501
“Very well. It is as you say it shall be”
A unicorn in the back places on glasses, then pulls down a recurved short bow with bone on its back and center. He looks st the picture of Dark Star’s mother. Then, at the bow. He shoots a beam of fire at the bow. Stops it, continues, then again and again in a pattern. At the end of it, Dark Star’s mother is burned into the yew in the bow.

Then the bow is grabbed by red magic, and carried over to Dark Star
“Here is your bow.”
A sword pulled out from under the table
He is the sword. And make it 2500 even, will add a number of arrows”
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111503
>>111502
shrug
If you say so, mang.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111504
111505
>>111502
"Fantastic work! "
he slides over the rest of the bits and takes the stuff.

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111505
111506
>>111504
And thus, Dark Star has a magic bow and a light weapon
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111506
111507
>>111505
He tips the maker of the bow 50 bits and tips 50 to desk pony.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111507
111508
>>111506
He nods curtly, and says
“Thank you sir”
Dark Star has now a couple +1 recurved composite bow with Manticore bone that is engraved with a picture of his mother, and has a number of arrows as well as a quiver to go with it. Though it isn’t huge, it is still rather large and may be difficult to hide.
Was it a merciful enchantment?

Presumably, Dark Star rejoins the other ponies at the East Side Tavern
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111508
>>111507
yea that was the one
Yea he heads bak to the eastside
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111511
111512 111513 111514 111516
3E7BB0E0-63F5-4157-BB65-B60117C3FD77.gif
Well.... I think that means everypony is together and ready
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111512
>>111511
That we are.
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111513
111517
>>111511
Yeppers!
Mission may start.
So... were my changes to my character accepted?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111514
111515
>>111511
Yay!
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111515
>>111514
Hey, wait a minute. You aren't in the team.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111516
_Aryanne cute.png
>>111511

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111517
111518
Alright, now that the group is (hopefully) well armed and ready, it’s time to figure out exactly how they are going to approach this

More details can still be gleaned from the dossier as needed

>>111513
Well they are not level 6
Anonymous
2MaPc
?
No.111518
>>111517
Good. That's settled.
Were my changes approved and applied if still at level 5 aka now Level 4 Barbarian/Level 1 Fighter multiclass.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111519
111520 111524 111550
44226AA1-E792-4B63-847A-41773BD21F58.jpeg
“Alright everypony, play time is over. Time to head out” says Blue Skies
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111520
111521 111522
>>111519
"Stallion Gang!"
Dark Star looks excited
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111521
111523
>>111520
Midnight leans towards Skies
"Nopony told me anything about gangs."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111522
111524
>>111520
“Well...”
Skies looks over at lettuce wings
“It’s a bit more feminine now”
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111523
111525
>>111521
“Nothing about gangs? That’s who we are going to be fighting.”
A wide grin occupiers her face alongside narrow eyes, proving a facial expression like that of a crocodile
“Lettuce hope your magic is as effective in fighting against creature traffickers as it is against high cholesterol”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111524
111526
>>111519
i love that picture
>>111522
"Stallion Gang!"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111525
111526
>>111523
"I mean, I guess my magic could cure high cholesterol."
She looks confused, like she didn't get the joke.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111526
111527 111531
>>111525
She pats Midnight Lily.
“Excellent. If I need a cardiologist I’ll think of you. Now, are there any other special talents you have that might be particularly useful”

>>111524
“Reee, we have two mares and only three stallions now”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111527
111528
>>111526
"Let us see; I can heal, help allies attack, help allies defend, and make it hard for enemies to see."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111528
111529
>>111527
“Can you attack?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111529
111530
>>111528
"Yes, why do you ask?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111530
>>111529
“Because we just might need you too”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111531
111532
>>111526
"hmph It's still the Stallion Gang."
he grins
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111532
111533 111534
9418EDC4-1638-4298-BD53-92FF81112AE8.png
>>111531
“Well it’s got almost as many mares in it as stallions now”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111533
111535
>>111532
"Let them have their fun, there is no harm in it."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111534
111535
>>111532
he smiles
"keyword,almost."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111535
111536 111568
>>111533
“Et tu, web-wing?”
And with that, Skies understood that her fellow mare did not have her back, and she was alone in her follow power thing, to be forever doomed as the lone chick in the guy’s group.

>>111534
Skies sits down, lowers her ears back, and rolls her eyes up
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111536
111537
>>111535
He touches her shoulder
"Don't be that way,i was just kidding."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111537
111538
>>111536
Skies looks up. Not to Dark Star, but to the sky (which in this case is basically just the textured white paint of the ceiling). And she realizes that there will be no swift end to her suffering. She slowly tries to accept it. To steel herself for the excess of testosterone.
“I’ll handle it... I had to put up with whole barracks full of stallions in Zaphzia, I can put up with a few here again.”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111538
111539
>>111537
Midnight's player went to sleep
"midnight is here now,she can help with feminine stuff."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111539
111540 111553
>>111538
“I’ll... try to manage. Anyways...”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111540
111555
>>111539
"Its Not so bad."
Dark Star Hugs her
"How do you feel about the mission?"
Anonymous
uflev
?
No.111550
111555
>>111519
Iron stands proud
"Ready to head out."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111553
111555
>>111539
Silver breaks his contemplation to look at Skies. "Do we have map of Red Heart? I have map of Baltimare on me, but it would help to have something more focused on mission area."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111555
111558 111771
>>111540
*Poner is hugged*
“I kind of think that Immigration should handle their own damned problems rather than sending us on a raid, but I guess it’s a change of scenery, for me at least.”

>>111550
“Good.”

>>111553
“Um...”
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111558
>>111555
Iron awaits, pensive.
(Would Cauldron get a bit jealous if I bring Midnight sometime? It would be quite interesting to find out.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111568
111572 111573
>>111535
"Now that is just rude. They are just having fun"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111572
111573
813631C6-96E0-4D6F-BE32-7FCC539E3689.png
>>111568

Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111573
111583 111586 111600
>>111572
>>111568
Iron interjects, knowing Skies can prove troublesome.
"Do not be too disheartened, Midnight. She is a grumpy pony."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111583
111586
>>111573
He continues.
"After all, she just risked her flank with the loan she got for Star."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111586
111587
>>111583
>>111573
Skies looks up, and perks her ears in surprise at the new source of aid, then she smiles, but mumbles under her breath “oh you have no idea”
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111587
>>111586
Iron smiles.
(More potion selling means more money for Cauldron in the long run.)
Who knew rampant greed could cause a blunt, aggressive stallion to be so mellow and polite?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111590
111594 111596
Spark continues his quest of taming the changelings.
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111594
111599 111600
>>111590
Woah there. Don't go punishing them with boops to the snout now. That is a war crime!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111596
111599
>>111590
The Changeling is still recoiled from Spark’s efforts to pet him
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111599
111613
>>111596
Spark pats beside himself.
"It's ok."
>>111594
They will submit to the boops soon enough.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111600
111605 111613
Onyx checks on his new "friends"
>>111594
The bugs deserve it.

>>111573
"I will try to remember that."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111605
111607 111613
>>111600
Iron nods, then comes closer to whisper to her.
"She is also really competitive and hates losing, so be careful of provoking her with even the most insignificant thing. Trust me. It will be better for the group's integrity."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111607
111612 111613 111615
>>111605
The bat whispers back
"I will try to avoid it when possible, but I feel I may accidentally tread on some hooves..."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111612
111617
>>111607
"Do not be too afraid. She likes to bark like crazy but never actually bites," he whispers. "Seems to be related to some sort of self-worth issue."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111613
111615 111617 111628
>>111599
Blue-eyed Seb blinks his eyes from lids that come almost from the side, and tilts his head, while Fun, with a tremble, keeps his distance a couple feet back

>>111600
The two nymphs, disguised as a bat pony and a Pegasus colt, are spooked by being the new center of attention. Dawson is standing up, though his legs tremble as he tries to maintain himself upright, over top of Rose, who is laying on her belly on the floor with tired eyes. Dawson caresses Roses’ blood red mane, as Rose has a spooked appearance of her own. Dawson looks at Onyx indignantly
“Excuse me, but you can’t just say that the Changelings are here’ without saying a little something else about it. What if I told you ‘yeah, there’s a scorpion some where in that couch’ and left it at that’?”
Ruby has rushed over to his old friends, saying things like “are you okay?” And has come to Rose’s side, looking at her, then at Dawson’s wounded left leg, which is now next to Ruby as Ruby is to Dawson and Rose’s right

>>111605
>>111607
Skies silently nods
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111615
>>111613
>>111607
Mother fucker, I forgot an NPC
Red Wine opens his eyes, slowly gets up, and looks over a Ruby, standing near him but looking at Dawson
“Well don’t worry too much about me, will ya” he says, sarcastically
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111617
111620 111622
>>111613
"Well then there'd be a scorpion in the couch. Don't ask me why in Tartarus they're here. They just are."

>>111612
Midnight simply nods as well
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111620
111621
>>111617
>>111617
Red Wine is laying in his back, and his eyes roll over to Onyx, now with a look of startlement. Rose does as well.
Well where are they?!” Dawson demands
Redefine turns over into his belly
“You’re tellin’ me there’s changelings still around?”

Ruby, in futility, tries to say “No brother, it’s alright”

Kerr and Wesley are still alarmed by the activity, but are relieved eyes are away from them
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111621
111625
>>111620
"In the other room, I'm about as happy with it as you all are. But they seem to want to help for some celestia-foresaken reason"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111622
111625 111629
>>111617
Iron nods back, returning to original position, but not before whispering one last time.
"I got your back."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111625
111629 111634
>>111621
Dawson: “My cabin bedroom??!?!?”
Rose: “who is they?”
Red Wine: “why did you let them in the cabin??!???”
Ruby: “It’s a pony friend of his, Rose. He helped us.”

>>111622
She continues looking on over
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111628
111635
>>111613
Spark continues to gently pat beside himself and reassure the changelings.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111629
111634 111635
>>111625
"As Ruby said, it's a friend. A friend that you all need to thank for saving your flanks as well. And me! Where's the thanks for cutting you out of those sacs?"

>>111622
Midnight nods and smiles
"I hope I can return the favor."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111634
111635
>>111625
>>111629
Iron smiles back.
"No need to."
He turns to Skies.
"So, did you decide on when you are going to take the potion?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111635
111637 111638 111639
>>111628
At this point, Seb takes a step closer. Then another step closer, to be again in front of Spark. Fun keeps his distance

>>111629
Dawson can only breath heavily for a moment
Rose (confused): “You are the one who saved us?”
Red Wine “Well, Thank you very much for that. We would have slowly wasted away until we died if you hadn’t found us and cut us out. I’d hate to be slowly eaten”
Ruby (in an aside/interjection): “I’d rather an owl eat do it quickly...”
Rose (in emploring emotion): “Thank you so much mister! Thank you, thank you, thank you”
Ruby (aside): “it’d be kind of like a fly being eaten by a spider. ‘Cept slower.”

Dawson: “But are they still a threat?”

>>111634
“Well not now if you’re going to negotiate with the natives. I can do it anytime”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111637
111640
>>111635
"No clue, I guess that's for my friend to find out."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111638
111640
>>111635
Spark keep still this time. He doesn't want them to run off again.
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111639
111642
>>111635
"I am not exactly a good negotiator, Skies. That seems to be Star's job, but it is understandable."
He hums to himself.
"Do you know if you have a reputation against the creatures?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111640
111643 111647
>>111637
Dawson: “You didn’t kill them?”
Red Wine: “why didn’t you kill them?”
Ruby: “He gonna smoke ‘em?”
Rose: “Is he gonna be okay?”

>>111638
Edge closer, edge closer
It’s snout curls up a bit, as it now sniffs Spark’s body.
Fun keeps his distance
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111642
111645
>>111639
“I hope I don’t have a reputation at all. If I have a reputation, that means creatures know me. And I can’t be known and still be effective”
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111643
111656
>>111640
Spark gently pats the ground again while looking at Fun.
"Come on Fun. It's ok."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111645
>>111642
Iron nods.
(I wonder if those gryphons remember me? Not wearing that thing on me should make them doubt themselves, I think.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111647
111650
>>111640
"I have no clue what he's doing. But I feel it'll work."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111650
111651
>>111647
Dawson:
“Well, I guess I can understand the desire for some payback on those monsters. Just wish he had somewhere else to it than my bedroom. Thank you, by the way”
Rose (crying): “I really thought I would be hanging upside down until I died”
Dawson (looking down at Rose): “it’s okay sweetie, you’re safe now”
He pets her hair

Red Wine: “Are you sure there’s nothing else out there?”
Ruby comforts Rose as well
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111651
111653
>>111650
"If there is anything else, I'll be sure to meet it with a hefty blow."
He glances to where his halberd is resting against the wall.
"A hefty blow indeed."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111653
111657
>>111651
Dawson nods in respect
“Good Stallion. What brought you around here?”
Rose: “Again, thanks”
Red Wine and ruby listen
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111656
111661
>>111643
Fun shakes his head, and stays in his corner, still occasionally trembling
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111657
111663
>>111653
"You're welcome. As for what brought me? A bat and my unicorn friend in there. They kinda dragged me along since they needed a bodyguard of sorts. Not quite sure what they're up to though."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111661
111663
>>111656
"Awwww."
Spark continues to comfort Seb in hopes Fun will like him more.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111663
111665 111668
>>111661
What is Spark doing with Seb?

>>111657
Dawson:
“Well... thank you kindly for it. I guess to least I can do is offer my cabin for ya tonight... thought it looks like you’ve kind of already done that” he looks at the whiskey

Rose looks over at Onyx
“You look hurt? Are you okay?”

Red Wine is trying to stand up, and Ruby is over tending to him now
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111665
111667
>>111663
"Ah, just some owlbear scratches. Punching it in the face and a few drinks helped the pain though."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111667
111670
>>111665
Dawson: “You fought an Owlbear?”

Ruby: “Yes he did”
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111668
111672
>>111663
Well, not petting yet because he doesn't like that. So just talking in comforting tone.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111670
111672
>>111667
"I didn't just fight it, I punched it's stupid face too."
He looks back over his injured back
"Scratched me up pretty good though."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111672
111673 111677
>>111670
He nods, and looks impressed
“I can believe it. What about the Changelings?”

>>111668
Seb twitches his ears, and tilts his head in curiosity at the pony
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111673
111675
>>111672
"Well, they tried to surrender... After we attacked each other."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111675
111683
>>111673
“And you... let them?”

Red Wine
“I think there were at least three of them when they jumped me. I was closing the barn door”
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111677
111687
>>111672
Spark remains still.
"Hi Seb."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111683
111687
>>111675
"There's.... Two now... Language barriers make surrendering hard."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111687
111689 111691
>>111683
Dawson seems indignant
“I know what they do to prisoners”

Red Wine: “I didn’t know they would let you take them alive.”

Rose is kind of out of it
Ruby sits like a good boy

>>111677
The drone still doesn’t understand, but he lays down. He looks like he is in pain
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111689
111690
>>111687
"Well, they're our prisoners now. And they were more than happy to surrender."
Onyx pets the colt.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111690
111696
>>111689
“Did you kill any?”
Dawson asks

Red Wine:
“How did you beat them?”

Ruby closes his eyes, and accepts the pet. He is still grey from the vampirism

Rose shakes her head, and looks over at the two colts by the fireplace
“Are these your colts?”
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111691
111695
>>111687
Awwwwwww.
Spark lays down as well.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111695
111722
>>111691
The drone lays his head on the ground, and speaks in his language. The other one says something back
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111696
111698
>>111690
"Two of them, did it with military training."
He continues to pet the colt.
"Hmm? Oh no, they aren't mine. The bat has some relationship with them though I believe."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111698
111704
>>111696
Rose inches her self closer, though she can’t fully stand up
“Hello little ones.”
The nymphs look a little afraid

Dawson
“You were in the military? Were you in the Great War?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111704
111705
>>111698
"Yes, served for the Crystal Empire."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111705
111711
>>111704
“How did you get away from the Changelings?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111711
111725
>>111705
"I escaped on a boat. Hasn't been fun, I'll say that."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111722
111725
>>111695
Spark doesn't understnad, but looks over to the other changeling to see what he does.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111725
111729 111732
>>111722
It stays up, in its corner

>>111711
He does not quite understand, but does know that Onyx got out
“Where do you reckon the changelings came from?”
Red Wine: “didn’t really look like a patrol to me. Unless they were out on a frolic of their own”
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111729
111749
>>111725
Spark pats the ground near him, now laying down. Spark looks cute like this, how can a changeling say no?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111732
111749
>>111725
"I can only grasp at straws, so no clue."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111749
111750 111766
>>111729
He still doesn’t seem to understand Spark’s intent, and the one Spark set on fire is keeping his distance

>>111732
“Do you think they’ll send more?”

Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111750
111752
>>111749
Awwwww. Spark looks to the one beside him and gives a cheerful smile.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111752
111754 111756 111809
A7996AB5-2433-4F49-8891-ABC14243F4FA.jpeg
Is the Senior Silver Severyanan Soldier there?

>>111750
He blinks again
“Willst du mich töten?”
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111754
>>111752
I was expecting you to ask about Dark Star, honestly.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111756
111777
>>111752
Spark doesn't understand, but just smiles warmly and continues to lay still.
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111761
111769
Is Brie anywhere nearby?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111766
111769
>>111749
"I doubt it, severely"
He pats the colt before he ceases the pets.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111769
111773 111780
>>111761
>>111761
He should be right in the middle of all of this. Either in the room with the four ponies plus onyx, or the two changelings plus Spark

>>111766
>ceases the pets
A little head with giant eyes stares up at onyx

“Well... somepony should keep watch for the night”


DS
DnAVY
?
No.111771
111777
>>111555
Dark Star chuckles at her response
"Yea you're right, but they have their hooves full right now."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111773
111777 111779
>>111769
He would be with Sparks and the Lings in that event
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111777
111779 111788
>>111773
Well, Spark is trying to do... something with the changelings, but can’t make any progress because if communications barriers and the fact that he set one of the two on fire earlier. They are being kept as basically POWs

>>111771
“I guess that’s true...” she lowers her head in slight annoyance
“At least it’s a chance to bash some Griffins. Can’t let the Metropolitans have all the fun”

>>111756
Brie May be conscious
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111779
111783
>>111773
>>111777
"Hey Brie. Think you can talk to them more calmly?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111780
111786
>>111769
"I will, don't worry."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111783
111786 111787
>>111779
Are these the Little Lings? Why are they being kept as POWs? WTF did I miss??
"I imagine so."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111786
111791 111792
>>111783
No, these are two new ones that Onyx stabbed and shimmer caught on fire. Basically they ambushed the two, and surrendered rather than be killed.

The two little ones are by the fire in the other room being called cute or something by some mare.

>>111780
“Damn... those changelings really did a number on us. I feel out of it. And the fire looks grey for some reason. So does everypony here.”
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111787
111792
>>111783
These are the big lings. Seb and Fun.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111788
111799
>>111777
He Smiles as she mentions griffion bashing
"I'm Looking forward to it."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111791
111799 111810
>>111786
"Yeah, same here. Just rest, hopefully you'll feel better soon."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111792
111795 111799
>>111786
>>111787
"Oh Scheiße. Ich erkenne euch beide nicht. Ähm, äh ... wie geht es dir?"
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111795
111802
>>111792
Spark blinks and hopes this conversation will go well.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111799
111806 111807 111810 111822
>>111792
The one that speaks is the one a little further back. The blue green eyed drone in the burned uniform that Spark has named “fun”

“Wir haben Angst. Diese beiden Ponys halten uns gefangen. Dieser hat mich früher angezündet. Ich denke, er versucht uns zu provozieren, ihn zu entwässern oder anzugreifen, dann schießt er mit dem Laser auf uns”

>>111788
“Well, it’ll be a nice change of pace. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that the Governate can’t handle some Griffins, given that the police is still troubled by love bugs”

>>111791
“Oh... okay. I really should fix you all some breakfast in the morning”
She lays her head down
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111802
111804
>>111795
"He says you guys set them on fire and shot them with a,... laysure?"
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111804
>>111802
"I used my fire magic. I thought they were going to kill us. I don't want to hurt them if they aren't going to hurt us. Tell them I'm sorry."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111806
111810 111814 111817
>>111799
"Well 33 hoebuck is basically a fortress. i can see why they would have a problem."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111807
111813 111814
>>111799
"Er scheint zu glauben, dass Ihr Jungs sie töten wollt. Das sind meine Kollegen, die Sie kennen, und wir sind geschäftlich mit dem Hive und der Queen hier. Kein besonders heller Schachzug, muss ich sagen."

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111809
111810 111814
>>111752
You called?
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111810
>>111806
>>111809
>>111799
>>111791
Everyone's here!
Is it starting time?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111813
111818
>>111807
RIP us.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111814
111815 111817 111818 111819
>>111806
She has her malign smile
“I’m guessing you want to walk through the front door?”

>>111809
*pets the floof*

Skies and Dark Star are talking tactics

>>111807
Some how... that makes them more alarmed. At least the blue eyed one, laying closer to Spark and whom he has named “Seb.” He stands up, and starts speaking
“Will die Königin uns töten? Können wir vergeben werden?”
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111815
111828
>>111814
Iron looks at Skies funny.
"I am pretty sure that would mean getting wounds all over you unless you can verify your 'griffonhood'
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111817
111828
>>111814
*the floof is very floofy, and now also pet*
I see that.

>>111806
>>111814
"Think we should have couple of ponies checking docks for any boats approaching?"
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111818
111821 111828
>>111814
"Dummkopf, ich würde es nicht wagen, für die Königin zu sprechen. Möglicherweise können wir diesen Vorfall jedoch übersehen."
Then to Spark
>>111813
"Do we need them for anything, or is that just to prevent them from attacking?" he says indicating their bindings.


DS
DnAVY
?
No.111819
111828
>>111814
"That sounds like a fantastic way to end up,pushing up Daisies."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111821
>>111818
"I was planning on having them help us navigate these lands to our destination. It might help to have adult changlings in our group to lower suspicion. That or at least have them draw us a map of where to go and how to avoid patrols. Our get out of jail free card can only work so long before they just rob us for being ponies. Besides, they surrendered. I didn't think changelings did that."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111822
111824 111828
Midnight is internally eeeeee-ing.
>>111799
"Just rest for now. You need it."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111824
>>111822
Don't hide your eees. Let them out. Let eeeeveryone hear it.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111828
111830 111831 111833 111836 111839
>>111818
Both of them nod. Fun speaks
“Was müssen wir tun?”

>>111819
“Then what is your plan?”

>>111817
“That, we certainly can do. The moon is a double edged sword though, it can make us easier to see as well. Maybe if we approached along the sea wall. Or flew in.”

>>111815
“What else would be the point of being a griffin? Silver has already said he isn’t excited for the fashion choice”

>>111822
The ponies all around Midnight are talking

Rose: “oh... okay”

Dawson: “So you say you were traveling through with sone other ponies? What do you do?”
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111830
111841
>>111828
Iron shrugs.
"They may have a secret codephrase or something."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111831
111834 111841
>>111828
Rock:
Onyx simply shrugs
"I'm a bodyguard for them, and I help pull their wagon."

Bat:
Midnight listens to the plans, glancing between ponies as they speak.
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111833
111841
>>111828
"Vielleicht kann dies ein Vorteil für alle Beteiligten sein. Wir reisen jetzt direkt zum Bienenstock. Ich würde der Königin viel lieber mitteilen, wie hilfreich Sie waren, um uns sicher für sie zu sehen, als sonst. Ich verstehe, wie ungewöhnlich es für Ponys ist Ihr Fleiß ist durchaus lobenswert. Wenn Sie keine dringenden Angelegenheiten haben, würden Sie in Betracht ziehen, sich uns anzuschließen? "
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111834
111837
>>111831
Oh come now, you're far more than that. Xp
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111836
111841
>>111828
"Well...a place like that....has to have sewers right?"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111837
111840
>>111834
Onyx is Brie secret brother confirmed?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111839
111841
>>111828
"Coincidentally, you and Midnight have wings. Though I am not so thrilled about having our healer scouting bay instead of being with other group..."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111840
>>111837
Lets not get carried away
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111841
111842 111843 111844 111845 111847
>>111830
“True. Any disguise is not going to be as an insider”

>>111831
Dawson:
“Well, what brings you all up here?”

>>111833
They are silent for a moment, then Seb speaks the matter as bluntly as possible
“Wir haben Angst, wegen Desertion aufgehängt zu werden”

>>111836
“Sewers? There at least used to be an entire underground set of tunnels”

>>111839
“How would you approach it?”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111842
111853
>>111841
as she mentions the tunnel system a smile creeps acrossed Dark Star's face
"That my dear blue, would be the best choice."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111843
111853
>>111841
"You'd have to ask them, I'm just here for the ride."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111844
111853
>>111841
Iron nods.
"Perhaps some interrogation may be necessary to go for that route."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111845
111853
>>111841
"Meinst du, du hast schon offizielle Posten hier?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111847
111853
>>111841
Silver considers his options. "Did reports say anything about Church of the Sacred Heart having bell tower?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111853
111856 111861 111862 111864
>>111845
He explains
“Wir befanden uns in der neunzehnten Infanterie, dann waren wir menschenleer, als die Crystal-Ponys uns zerstreuten”

>>111842
“Well, if there is an entrance. The waterside is the most likely place. There should be a sewer system though. The dossier said something about the city dining them just last month for dumping ‘particulate matter’ or something into the sewerage system.”

>>111843
“Well, I guess I shall”

>>111844
“That may take a while. Perhaps it’s best to be more discrete”

>>111847
“There used to be one, yes. There hasn’t been a bell there in decades. The only sound coming from there besides dancing, music, and talking are loud dogs”
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111856
>>111853
Iron nods.
"I agree."
He decides to keep quiet for now, hearing the plan forming.
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111861
111880
>>111853
>>111853
"Ich denke, Sie BEDEUTEN zu sagen, Sie haben einen kalkulierten Rückzug gemacht, als Sie von Ihrer Einheit getrennt wurden. Es ist keine Lüge, ...." Brie says with a wink.

DS
DnAVY
?
No.111862
111880
>>111853
"Hmmmmmmm. was there any word on what it was they might have dumped?"

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111864
111880
>>111853
"If tower is still there, bell or no, then it could make for excellent crow's nest to watch bay from. Send pony in to watch with binoculars for any incoming boats, then tail them from shadows to see where they go, and what cargo they load off or pick up. If we had walkie talkies, they could radio in their location to other group."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111880
111886 111896 111897
>>111862
Skies is stumped, so she opens the dossier to see for herself
“The type of fine here, it’s a commercial fine. It’s usually given to restaurant owners for when they try to wash down grease and stuff, from cooking. Maybe it has something to do with industrial operations. Or maybe they have that kitchen running”

>>111861
“Ja ... mal sehen, ob sie denken, wir wären so lange unfreiwillig getrennt. Sie werden vielleicht wissen, dass wir uns nicht einer Autorität übergeben haben. Es war ... was? Acht Monate später? Wir waren eine Weile auf uns allein gestellt. Diese beiden Ponys haben unsere Landsleute getötet und wir hungern.“

>>111864
“Walkie... talkie?” Skies is confused
“Well, maybe there can be a high up look out, assuming they don’t see us fly”
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111886
111888
>>111880
"Wir könnten Sie gehen lassen und es vergessen, wenn Sie es vorziehen. Ich weiß nicht, wie es Ihnen ergeht, aber schließen Sie sich uns an oder das Angebot steht nicht."

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111888
111891
>>111886
He wants to go back to what Brie was saying earlier
“"Sie sagen, Sie können eine Bienenstock Königin überzeugen, uns zu verzeihen?"
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111891
111895
>>111888
"Sicher erkennen Sie, dass die Königin tut, was sie will. Mein Geschäft ist jedoch für sie im Bereich der Infiltration von besonderem Interesse. Angesichts der potenziellen Gewinne für den Bienenstock und Ihrer beeindruckenden Zahlen (Xp) kann sie tatsächlich wünschen, dass Sie begleiten Sie uns weiter, seitdem Sie sozusagen eine Zeit lang von der Karte verschwunden sind. "

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111895
111899
>>111891
“Wir können es versuchen. Diese Wälder sind gefährlich. Wir haben Onky Finalky eine anständige Mahlzeit zu sich genommen, und immer noch ist die Hälfte von uns gestorben.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111896
111900
>>111880
Silver nods. "Should you decide to be lookout, I would urge you to be carefull. You should know better than anypony here that griffons are better aware of three dimensional spaces than us ground-bound ponies are."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111897
111900
>>111880
"I Remember a story my brother told me."
Dark star licks his lips and puts on a voice blue hasn't heard him do beforeshe would assume its a representation of white stars voice it has more of a drawl than dark star's.
"I'll Tell you starry about the Griffon "Restaurant" that was busted selling bread made from pony blood, and "Ham" that was really ponies. it was 20 years before we were born back when dad was a young stallion. they would give "free meals" to homeless ponies, afterwords they were never seen again. then one day they picked the wrong target,Dad. He was a tough stallion who didn't take any horse apples from anypony. they took him to a back room, sat him down at a table, made him wait awhile then one of those beak snouted bucks came in with a machete. and started running at dad. luckily for dad he had his old sawed off musket. and lets just say the restaurant. isnt standing anymore after dad shut it down."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111899
111900
>>111895
"Sie machen den Fall für mich. Wenn Sie uns begleiten, würden Sie ihre Investition schützen. Was das" Warum "Ihrer längeren Abwesenheit betrifft, bezweifle ich, dass sie Sie bezweifeln würde, wenn Sie sagten, dass Sie ihren Zorn fürchteten."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111900
111905 111911 111916
>>111897
Skies giggles, and places a hoof to her face
“Oh Dark Star, Griffins don’t really do that. It’s just like stories of Changelings swapping out foals for their own nymphs. It’s just stories adults tell to scare children into obedience.”

>>111896
She nods
“They are. But that is the reason the Pegasi specifically must face them. They are not a match for us.”

>>111899
“Hast du irgendwelche Geschenke, die du ihr machen kannst?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111905
111914
>>111900
Silver smiles at her. "Indeed. Make sure you leave at least one alive if they see you and decide to try their luck. Interrogation is not terrible idea for if we are unable to fine head of operation."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111911
111914
>>111900
"Er, i'm not so sure its just a story. White Star was emphatic About it being true."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111914
111919 111929
>>111905
“Well, we only really have immigration warrants at this point, so really we can’t just go killing griffins”

>>111911
She nods, clearly still not believing him
“We would tell similar stories to the Earth Ponies. Keep them afraid of the Griffins, and keep them from revolting. I heard more than a few myself as a filly about Griffins and Changelings”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111915
111917 111927
Midnight pipes up
"It would definitely be a most... Interesting... Story..."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111916
111927
>>111900
"Meine Korrespondenz zeigte keine Geschenke an, dies sollte ein rein geschäftliches und planerisches Unterfangen sein."

Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111917
111927 111939
>>111915
Iron leans in to whisper.
"I have no idea what I just heard. Dark Star has a past made out of tragedy, so expect dark humor and stories out of him."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111919
111927
>>111914
He nods. "Fair enough. Still, if your hooves are forced...keep it in mind."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111927
111931 111936 111939 111942
>>111915
Skies looks at her, and wash her tail
“What’s that?”

>>111919
“Oh I will. And I’ll put a bolt through their minds.”

>>111917
“You’re telling me it was a joke?”
Skies feels dumb now

>>111916
“Okay ... Also, wenn wir mit Ihnen gehen, werden Sie uns dann nicht umdrehen?”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111929
111940
>>111914
"I'm inclined to Believe most of those stories are real. i mean if the atrocities you told me the griffons commit are true. and what better way to take over a country unknowingly than to pose as their youth?"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111931
111940
>>111927
Iron shakes his head.
"No, it falls on the second category."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111936
111940
>>111927
Silver continues to think about the job.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111939
111940 111949
>>111927
"Your coltfriend's story"
>>111917
"Gotcha..."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111940
111944 111947 111949 111957
>>111929
She blinks
“Are you talking about the changelings? Because a griffin can’t pass as a pony”

>>111931
Skies doesn’t know true from false, but is inclined to place this in the latter category

>>111936
“Um... watcha’ thinking about”

>>111939
“It’s my first time hearing it from him.”
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111942
111947 111956
>>111927
"Ich hätte kein Interesse daran, Sie würden uns sehr helfen. Ich habe Papiere, aber nur wenige hier sind bereit, auf solche Dinge zu warten. Selbst autorisierte Ponys können in diesen Ländern schnell Schaden anrichten."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111944
111956
>>111940
"yes i was referring to the bugs with that statement."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111947
111948
>>111940
>>111942
Spark looks between the three talking.
"How goes it Brie?"
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111948
111952
>>111947
"They may be willing to escort us."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111949
>>111939
Iron whispers back.
"I know. It can be rather disheartening."
>>111940
He shrugs.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.111952
>>111948
"Nice."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111956
111959 111989
>>111942
Seb blinks, looks back to Fun, and says
“Okay ... ich könnte mit dir gehen, wenn du mit der Königin sprichst und wenn deine Gefährten uns beim Versuch, sie zu essen, beschützen. Ich lebe nicht gern im Wald. Wir haben keine frische Kleidung und wenig zu essen.”

Fun then says
“Ich auch. Ich habe genug gegessen, um noch mindestens einen Monat durchzuhalten, aber ich möchte nicht hier sein”

>>111944
The smile runs from her face, and she has a concerned look
“Well, it’s just stories...”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111957
111964
>>111940
"...Hmm? Right now, what other potential points of entry there would be. Perhaps way to get up onto roof of fortress from ground. You know, without using wings."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111959
111964
>>111956
Dark Star gets a concerned look on his face
"The reason why i told that story is because i think it may have something to do with what ever was dumped in the sewer."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111964
111967 111969
>>111957
Well, you can get up with a rope. I don’t know, maybe a fire escape? Or a ladder that might be built in the side? Or just go through ground level”

>>111959
“I don’t think the Griffins are using pony blood to leaven their bread”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111967
111968 111970
>>111964
"Yea, i think this is more f a "Ham" situation."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111968
111970 111971
>>111967
She blinks
“Why do you say that?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111969
111976
>>111964
"I do have rope. If we can sneak around back of it, we might be able to insert ourselves into fortress from roof without any of its potential inhabitants expecting anything."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.111970
111976
>>111967
>>111968
Iron shakes his head.
"I feel like he never actually met or interacted with a griffon before."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111971
111976
>>111968
"it's just a gut feeling."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111976
111980 111982
>>111971
“Well, either way it looks like they are dumping grease down the drain rather than throwing it away”

>>111970
“I imagine he hasn’t”

>>111969
“That could work, let’s just hope they don’t see us first”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.111980
>>111976
"It does not come without its own risks, but very few plans do."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111982
111986
>>111976
"Do you think we could acquire blue prints?"

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111986
111997
>>111982
“Yes” If I can ever create them


Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111989
111992
>>111956
"Es würde nicht genügen, wenn du von meinen Verbündeten isst, aber wenn du etwas brauchst, helfe ich dir persönlich beim Einkauf von Lebensmitteln. Frag einfach den Jungetiere. Oh, du hast sie wahrscheinlich noch nicht getroffen."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.111992
111994
>>111989
Fun: “Du hast Nymphen?”
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.111994
112001
>>111992
"Sie sind keine Nymphen, sie sind eher das Alter von Stuten, wenn sie Ponys waren. Sie wurden in Pony-Ländern gefangen genommen, und wir bringen sie in den Bienenstock zurück, aus dem sie stammen. Das zusätzlich zu unserem dringenden Geschäft.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.111995
112001
[assorted bat and rock noises]
DS
DnAVY
?
No.111997
112001
>>111986
"Who would we talk to about getting them?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112001
112004 112010 112026
>>111995
Ruby is cuddling up to near Onyx, and Red Wine is coming over there with him on the other side. Rose is about to pass out
Dawson:
“Do we got any more blankets, or mattresses? It can get awful cold at night”

Over in Baltimare, Silver is talking about scaling up the top of the building with rope, while Dark Star is talking about blue prints and ham made out of pony

>>111997
“It should be in the dossier, assuming they’ve been acquired from the city clerk.”

>>111994
“Das wäre also dein Geschenk an die Königin ... Ja, wir können mit dir gehen. Was müssen wir tun?”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112004
112007
>>112001
He flips through the dossier
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112007
112020
>>112004
If you’re hoping for a pre-prepared map, it doesn’t exist
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112010
112024
>>112001
"Helfen Sie uns, nicht der Umwelt zum Opfer zu fallen, erst abtropfen zu lassen und später Fragen zu stellen, und helfen Sie uns, einheimische Kreaturen abzuwehren. Wir haben einen bequemen Wagen, aber nur einen Fahrer. Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten zu Diensten sein."

DS
DnAVY
?
No.112020
112026 112033 112034
>>112007
F
"Does anypony think we should split up into teams while we are scouting?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112024
112037 112056
>>112010
Seb:
“Wir können Ponys und Wildtiere entwässern, ja. Wir sind beide verletzt. Er ist verbrannt und ich habe schwere Wunde”

Fun:
“Ja. Wir sind erfahrene Soldaten, aber wir brauchen unsere Gesundheit. Und wir müssen uns waschen.”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112026
>>112001
"Let me see if I can find some"
Onyx looks around for more blankets, peaking into the room with Spark if necessary.
>>112020
"I would be fine with that."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112033
112045
>>112020
Iron nods.
"Fine by me. Will it be Skies, Star and Silver and I go with Midnight? What is the composition of the split up?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112034
>>112020
"We can cover more distance that way. One group can enter via sewers, other can enter via roof, and pony can keep lookout for boats coming in from bay."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112037
112041
>>112024
Quick question. Where IS the party right now (the Ling party)?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112041
112043 112044
>>112037
The party is in a cabin in a small farm or hunting cabin located in coniferous woods, one or two kilometers down a dirt road from the road that connects Bales to Whinnyapolis, either in the Equestrian state of Boulder Field (I’ve been calling it Blueberry Field) or Whinnysota.
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112043
112050
>>112041
So no running water
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112044
112050
>>112041
Is that Whinnyapolis Whinnysota?
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112045
112046 112050 112052
>>112033
"How about you and i enter through the sewers, silver keeps a wath out for boats,and Blue and Midnight go in through the roof."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112046
>>112045
He nods.
"A solid plan."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112050
112056 112062
>>112044
Maybe
Yes

>>112043
No

>>112045
“That could work”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112052
112062 112064
>>112045
Silver nods, and pulls out a pair of rather dirty binoculars from his bags. "I suppose I have good opportunity to clean these, now. Wait for me while I wash these out in bathroom."
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112056
112059 112064
>>112050
Fantastic
>>112024
"Entschuldigung, wir haben kein fließendes Wasser und begrenzte Vorräte."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112059
112063 112068
>>112056
"How's it going?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112062
112064
>>112052
"Take your time."
>>112050
Dark star gets up and walks over to mr.glass
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112063
>>112059
"They're willing to help us, but they want a shower. They're deserters who have been living like wild pon changelings for months."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112064
112069 112073
>>112056
They nod, slowly if disappointedly
“Wir werden es schaffen. Hoffentlich hilft uns ein Teil der Magie, die wir absorbiert haben, zu heilen, während wir uns ausruhen”

>>112062
“You need something?”

>>112052
“It’s good to have those around. I’m suspecting you want to intercept a boat”
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112068
112071
>>112059
"Are you capable of healing?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112069
112072
>>112064
"I Don't suppose you sell coffee do you? or snacks?"
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112071
112076
>>112068
"Not magical healing... I found some bandages and iodine, but we could ask the family here if they have any other healing methods."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112072
112074
>>112069
“We have peanuts...”
He looks back, then up
“Let me see if I can find some coffee”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112073
112087
>>112064
"If possible. Not only does evidence of trafficking help, but it might be possible that I would come across manifest or other documents to give insight into operations." Silver gets up from his seat. "Give me minute while I clean these." He makes his way to the bathroom to do exactly that.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112074
112087
>>112072
"How many peanuts?"
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112076
112086
>>112071
"They're both injured, and they're concerned about that. The washing will have to wait though."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112086
112090
>>112076
"Hmm... Well, considering that a family lives here, there should be some water somewhere nearby."
Anonymous
UdnC7
?
No.112087
112088 112091 112095
>>112074
“A few bags?”

>>112073
“So you want to go after the ships?”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112088
112093
>>112087
"That might be enough."
He puts his hoof to his chin in thought
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112090
112092
>>112086
"Nope, GM said there is none apparently we need to move on to find running water."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112091
112184
>>112087
Silver responds once he gets back. "Like I said, if possible."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112092
112095
>>112090
He said none in the house. No family can live without a shower at some point, let alone run a farm.

"Sounds like a plan."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112093
112097
>>112088
He runs off. Then comes back
“You’re in luck. We have some coffee, if you want me to make you a pot”


Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112095
112107
>>112092
Fair point, but I'm just going off available information.
>>112087
"Irgendwo hier in der Nähe wird es sicher eine Süßwasserversorgung geben. Wir kennen die Gegend nicht sehr gut, aber wir können alle erforderlichen Vorkehrungen treffen."


DS
DnAVY
?
No.112097
112107
>>112093
"You're a life saver Mr.Glass, i think we're gonna be gone for awhile."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112107
112116
>>112095
It is Fun, standing over near the back of the room, who speaks
“Das wird bei uns funktionieren. Es ist besser als in einen eisigen Fluss zu gehen ...”

He looks down at his shriveled and burned hide, and at the tattered ruins of his old uniform
“Oder in dieser toten Haut zu bleiben. Es muss bald herauskommen.”

>>112097
“Alright.,, let me cook up some coffee here”
He produces a machine, which comes on with a bit of purple magic, and eventually starts to produce a pot of coffee
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112116
112122
>>112107
"What kind of coffee is it?"

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112122
112123 112130
>>112116
“I want to say it is a Yucoltan variety. It’s really not the fanciest, but it gets the job done”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112123
112129 112130
>>112122
"Just how i like my coffee."
He smiles
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112129
112133
>>112123
He pours a cup
“In a way you are lucky. It’s harder to get ahold of coffee with the war rationing and the trade disruption. Good thing I was able to acquire some a month ago”
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112130
112131 112133 112138
>>112122
>>112123
That's not coffee! Its covfefe
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112131
>>112130
Lightning in the distance.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112133
112138
>>112129
"Fantastic. how much for it?:
>>112130
Not Again.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112138
112140
>>112130
Only the best Ersatz coffee for your wartime needs

>>112133
“Oh, for you? Nothing”


DS
DnAVY
?
No.112140
112144
>>112138
"I'll Make sure to pick you up another bag."
He smiles.
"You wouldn't happen to have a Thermos would you?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112144
112168
>>112140
“I have a steel mug”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112168
112170
>>112144
"That'll do."
"uh there's something else i would like to talk to you about. in the event of my untimely death, i would like my shares in the bar to go to Blue Skies."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112170
112172
>>112168
“Blue Skies?
He blinks
“Is that that mare you are with all the time?”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112172
112173
>>112170
"Yes That's Her. the place we're headed to, looks pretty well fortified."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112173
112174
>>112172
He is looking down at a glass, but then his face has a look of befuddlement, then a hint of sadness
"Are you... Are you afraid?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112174
112175
>>112173
"nope, everypony has to die sometime. and if i do i die. i'll die knowing that i died protecting my fellow ponies."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112175
112178
>>112174
"Is that is what you are doing, going over there? Protecting ponies?"
He says this curiously, not with any hint of skepticism
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112178
112180
>>112175
"yes,sir. there are some....very bad creatures that need to be stopped"
He smiles
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112180
112183 112185
>>112178
"Well... Sounds like you are doing something productive with your time. Not just selling poison to depressed ponies, or providing a location for stallions to find lose mares"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112183
112184
>>112180
"You do so much more than just that Mr.Glass"
Dark Star Puts his hoof on Glistening glass's shoulder.
"you help those depressed ponies kill their pain. even if just for a night, that pain is forgotten."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112184
112187 112208
>>112091
"Well, that's not a bad idea. We'll inform customs"

>>112183
"Are you killing your pain?" Hes asks


Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112185
112186
>>112180
Iron suddenly feels a bit self-conscious after sweet talking Midnight into an acquaintance.
c73OJ
?
No.112186
112188
>>112185
He can hear an aside
"Damned Changeling hunting grounds..."
\r
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112187
112192
>>112184
"Sometimes. i thank you for running this place,Sir."
He smiles
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112188
112192
>>112186
Iron's ears perk up, trying to pinpoint where it's coming from.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112192
112198 112200
>>112187
"Well, you're welcome"
He returns an expression that, though based in sorrow, lets a smile shine through, as if a ray of sun through clouds

>>112188
The bar owner and present bar tender, "Glistening Glass," talking to Dark Star
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112193
Brie succumbs to his apparent narcolepsy
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112195
112196
Can Brie get an extra feat for his narcolepsy? Asking for a friend
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112196
112197
>>112195
Uh....

Actualy, he should be getting an extra feat from a level up
Anonymous
xU+51
?
No.112197
112201
>>112196
He leveled? I didn't even hear a ding
Oh well, tomorrow me can worry about that shit

Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112198
112201
>>112192
Strange, they never seem to say that.
Iron starts slowly walking towards the conversation.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112200
112201
>>112192
He pats him on the back
"Bar owners are the unsung heros of Equestria."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112201
112202 112204
>>112200
He laughs at this
"Glad you think so

>>112197
Well... I hadn't made it happen yet

>>112198
Dark Star and the bar tender talking still
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112202
112203 112204
>>112201
He Smiles
and puts down 100 bits on the counter
"Put this towards the advancement of the tavern."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112203
112205
>>112202
"Oh, I will. Might even be able to buy some more coffee"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112204
112206
>>112201
>>112202
Iron decides to stay nearby to get a gist on the conversation.
(What made them say that?)
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112205
112206
>>112203
"I hope to see you again,my friend."
"Remember to Give Blue my Shares if i don't return,sir.Goodbye."
He walks back towards the table.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112206
112207
>>112205
"I will"

>>112204
As Dark Star walks away, he speaks to Iron
"Can I get you anything to drink?"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112207
112211
>>112206
He shakes his head.
"No money with me, sadly."
He sits down.
"However, I think you and Star were talking about changeling deadzones?"
(I wonder if I will ever meet one of them to see what they are like. Especially their... abilities.)
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112208
112211
>>112184
"Files said there were rowboats going from boat in harbor to docks, right? What would you say odds are that somepony could sneak onto one of those and row it back to ship?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112211
112213 112214
119736__safe_artist-colon-btedge116_octavia melody_rainbow dash_changeling_earth pony_pegasus_pony_poster_propaga.png
>>112207
"Changeling Deadzones?"
He looks at Iron in confused silence for what is probably two seconds, appearing almost stunned
"Oh, you mean when I said Changeling hunting grounds. I mean Succubi. Changelings lying in wait for stallions looking for a good time. They think they found a pretty mare to spend the night, or longer with, but really its a succubus who sucks the life straight out of them"
He does a little thing with his hooves near his mouth to demonstrate that last part

There are actually a few posters on the wall behind him that warn of the same threat

>>112208
"Depends on if they are expecting the rowboat to return. Or if they are still parked in the harbor"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112213
112215 112226
>>112211
Silver rubs the bottom of his chin. "Yes...could be worse odds, especially with potential payoff."
Anonymous
nr7iD
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No.112214
112215
>>112211
Iron nods.
"I assume they are quite the sneaky ones if there is only warning posters about them."
He comes closer, wanting to test his knowledge.
"Say, do you have a personal way to find out who is a changeling?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112215
112217 112218 112231
dbv96io-64581e01-943a-4610-80c0-16709982898a.jpg
>>112214
"Yes. Find a girl, have a good night with her, take her back to a hotel room, and if she eats you, she's probably a changeling."

>>112213
"Do you want to rob a ship... again?"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112217
112221
>>112215
Iron chuckles.
"Alright. I get it."
Then he turns a bit nosy.
"Did you have any experience with them?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112218
112221
>>112215
"What's this about ship robbing?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112221
112224 112226
>>112217
"Not that I can remember"

>>112218
"Ask Silver Sword"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112224
112232
>>112221
Iron nods, suddenly getting a creeping sensation.
"Do you have any advice to make sure any actual mare I find is not replaced by a changeling?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112226
112231 112233
>>112213
>>112221
He Looks over at silver
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112231
112233 112236
>>112215
"...Again?" Silver feels like he's missing something.

>>112226
"I am thinking about hijacking oneof their rowboats and rowing back to boat they have anchored in harbor. I imagine there will be wealth of records on there civilian government, and perhaps even Black Hooves, will make use of."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112232
112234
>>112224
He turns his head
"Changelings are just like any other predator. They are lazy. They go after the weakest targets. Don't be a weak target, and you are unlikely to be preyed upon"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112233
112235 112239
>>112231
>>112226
"Oh... Right. You didn't participate in the last act of piracy"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112234
112237 112239
>>112232
Iron nods. He then decides to maybe indirectly spill recent events to the bartender.
"Got it. Let us change subject. Say you had a marefriend with a secret then you invite a friend who, in their line of questioning, threatens to reveal the secret. How would you deal with it?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112235
112237 112239
>>112233
"Ah Fun Times/"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112236
112239
>>112231
"That could be quite dangerous."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112237
112242
>>112234
"Well, if that secret is 'she's a Changeling,' then you should turn her over to the police for the sake of your own health. But if both parties involved already know the secret, it's not really a secret, now is it? Like, how do I reveal a secret to you about yourself that you already know?"

>>112235
"I think he wants to do it again"

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112239
112240 112241 112245
>>112233
>>112235
"...This is about job you all did at docks night I came to Baltimare, is it not? One where half of docks you were at went up in flames?"

>>112234
>indirectly
Silver would probably say otherwise.

>>112236
"No doubt. I would not take any unnecessary risk, but I am not stranger to this kind of mission."
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112240
>>112239
Iron's not a master at subtlety.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112241
112243
>>112239
"That was... not my fault"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112242
112249
>>112237
Iron nods, rather conflicted.
"Not a secret, huh?"
(I may have to tell her the truth. Better me than finding out with the others.)
He starts biting his hoof softly.
(Yeah, I might have to. If she finds out from others, I may break her trust irreparably.)
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112243
112249
>>112241
A hearty laugh comes from the old unicorn. "Oh, I know. Especially after meeting that kirin, Ash, I knew you were not one responsible for that."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112245
>>112239
"Yes,one in the same."

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112249
112250 112251
>>112242
"I mean... I'm confused. Does she already know? Does he already know? Who is being told something they don't already know?"

>>112243
She only nods, in irritated remembrance
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112250
112253
>>112249
"Oh. The friend knew the secret, but the marefriend did not know he knew the secret."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112251
112253
>>112249
"So, has plan seemed fair to you, so far? Earth ponies go through sewers, pegasus and bat fly to roof, and I keep watch over harbor."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112253
112254 112371
>>112250
"Well... I don't know. Maybe there's something in the old princesses' journal about it"

>>112251
"Well, assuming they don't find us. If they do, they can pick us off and kill us much more easily than if we are together"
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112254
112364 112366
>>112253
He cocks his head.
"The old princesses' journal?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112255
112256 112257 112258
I am going to sleep
Anonymous
nr7iD
?
No.112256
>>112255
Night!
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112257
>>112255
GoodNight Fren
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112258
>>112255
Sleep well!
Anonymous
bl2z0
?
No.112280
112282 112284 112285 112307
9E3D5D71-B43D-4D89-A60C-C9C0383400FA.png
Commission a Blue Skies Plushie, Yes or No?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112282
112309
>>112280
If you have the money for it? Hell yeah!
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112284
112309
>>112280
Do it fag
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112285
112309
>>112280
I've already said go for it some time ago.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112307
112309
_Aryanne heiling.png
>>112280
Do it
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112308
112309
>inb4 it's a Cauldron plushie instead
Zebras taking our Skies.
Anonymous
bl2z0
?
No.112309
112310 112311 112313 112327
>>112307
Is super cute Poner

>>112282
>>112284
>>112285
>>112307
Fuck it, let’s do this.

tfw I found an image that perfectly expresses the way I’d want her chest and hind legs to be, but it’s an explicit image, so I can’t really include it in the email as a demonstration

>>112308
There is no image of Cauldron
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112310
112315
>>112309
Maybe you could censor out the naughty bits, or crop it so it's just the chest and hindlegs.
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112311
112312 112315
>>112309
If you can crop the naughty bits out, you should be good.
I know...
Maybe I should try to replicate it on the pony creator thing, that could do it.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112312
112317
>>112311
Make the Zeeb
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112313
>>112309
F
Anonymous
bl2z0
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No.112315
112317
Spoilered
>>112310
>>112311
There actually are no naughty bits in it, it’s just a pony who is clearly being fucked by a zebra. But damn, the body looks pretty much exactly like what I’d want in the plush, except a different color scheme, cutie mark, and race
Anonymous
5hlEy
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No.112317
1520651016124-0.jpg
>>112315
Maybe you could ask if it's okay to base it on that while warning the presence of ambiguous penetration.
>>112312
Perhaps.
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112327
112330
>>112309
Could I get an average description of Cauldron's body in a single post?
Taking height, buffness, thickness, eye colors, hairstyle, mane and coat coloration.

No need to post right away. It's simply a request of mine you needn't complete.
Anonymous
bl2z0
?
No.112330
112331
>>112327
Well, she’s a Zebra. Coat scheme is white and black stripes that bend diagonally forward upwards on the back, with white as a whole being a slight preponderance of color, a black stripe on her spine, a whiter belly, and mostly thinner stripes around her belly and hind, but at least one thicker over the chest or center. No grey like in Zecora. The bottom part of her muzzle, and probably the front half of the top around the snout is black. I wanted Amber eyes, but I guess they were described as blue somewhere so there is that. Mane is very simple, in a kind of Mohawk, but it bends down slightly under its own weight near the top rather than stand straight up, causing it to tilt over slightly to one side or the other. It’s not very long, cut short. I’m actually not sure about color. Probably black, maybe grey or both grey and black. The tail is a bit longer proportionately than the mane, and is cut abruptly at the end.

Her whole body is... well, her body isn’t really all that feminine. There’s still sexual dimorphism, so she isn’t Silver’s size and obviously not Iron’s size, but she’s above average for a female, and probably as big as Dark Star. Her fur looks like it has a decent amount of muscle underneath it. She does not have a horse like slim belly, but the more pony like big belly that is thicker around the belly than the chest
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112331
>>112330
While I admit I won't be able to recreate the stripes patterns, all else is extremely useful.
It's time to build!
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112335
112338
Cauldron interpretation.png
Cauldron Interpretation (1).png
Cauldron Interpretation (2).png
Cauldron Interpretation (3).png
Cauldron Interpretation (4).png
Here are the results from the description.
I think I've made her look like an actual zebra and not a complete Zecora recolor.
All 5 images have little differences in them. Pick the most representative of the Cauldron in your mind and feel free to point out things to be fixed.
Though be forewarned, for this pony creator engine is basic bitch tier.
Anonymous
bl2z0
?
No.112338
112339 112351
>>112335
That’s not... quite what I had in mind, but a neat zebra nevertheless
Anonymous
5hlEy
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No.112339
112344
>>112338
Yeah... too limited options.
Any specific fixes needed?
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112344
112345
>>112339
i'm not a fan of he Asian eye
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112345
112346
Cauldron Interpretation (FIx).png
>>112344
The other eyes available are too pony looking, but here's a possible replacement.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112346
112347
>>112345
Yea i like that one.
Anonymous
5hlEy
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No.112347
112348
Cauldron Interpretation (Fix 2).png
>>112346
Here's a little changed version.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112348
112349
>>112347
i like the Aesthetics of this one better.
Anonymous
5hlEy
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No.112349
112350
>>112348
Anything else of note?
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112350
>>112349
Not really, Gm Can pick the next stuff.
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112351
112353
>>112338
*nudge nudge*
Do you like the representation of Cauldron now GMo?
What needs to be done to close the gap between your vision and my work?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112353
112355
>>112351
Its kind of cute as a zebra.

If you are asking for differences, those would be...
The stripes are going the opposite direction. Forward as they go down, rather than backwards. I guess that isn't really an issue because there's more room on the neck than the hind to put stripes anyways
The stripes should go almost to the bottom of the belly, but here they only go halfway or less. Maybe they should even change direction after halfway down the Zebra
That zebra is grey, whereas Cauldron is white (with more black). Maybe pony creator doesn't have white though.
That zebra has a long black top muzzle and a half black bottom muzzle. I envisioned the reverse, a half black top muzzle and a black bottom jaw.
Black Cauldron has a cutie mark - a Black Iron pot. I understand if that's not really possible to add.

The one thing that kind of bothers me is the mane and tail. The mane might just be too long, while the tail is definitely too short.

I figure that Black Cauldron collects debts, which is pretty masculine, and thus probably has some tomboyish inclinations to make her keep her mane and tail shorter. But at the same time she's not really super butch, and thus has no real reason to cut her tail the same as a stallion. She would, however, keep her mane short for a simple, practical reason. Black Cauldron is in a business where she is fairly likely to get into a physical fight at some point, and having long hair is a hazard in a fight, because your opponent can grab it, or bite it. I figure a tail is a little less of a danger in that regard, so she'd probably keep her tail longer (relatively) than she would keep her mane.

I think of Blue Skies. She is rather tomboyish, so that is a reason for her to keep her mane and tail shorter. She is also from a militarized culture and she admires the military, which is another reason for her mane to be shorter, as they would keep hair short. However, Skies has an overriding reason to keep her mane and tail longer, that being that Stallions in even vaguely traditional cultures expect girly girls to keep their manes and tails long, and probably usually think longer manes and tails are more attractive. Skies goes out of her way to try to appear physically attractive to stallions. This isn't just because she is a slut and craves male attention (don't discount those reasons either). It's because Skies, in her role as a secret police officer, is basically a fem fetal. She tries to lure in targets and get them to trust her and reveal information, or, alternatively, just think that she is a stupid bar slut and not take her seriously as a spy. So Skies would keep her mane and tail long, because she wants to be beautiful, kind of like Rarity. Rarity, however, has extensive knowledge about fashion and so can make her man have strange curls. Skies knows nothing about mane care, and so keeps it well washed and fine but simple and straight. while focusing her attention on her coat and feathers. Thus Skies has medium length hair that is fine but a simple style.

Cauldron does not have all of the same factors going into her needing to look pretty, as she does not work as a waiter, doesn't need to manipulate stallions, and isn't looking for a mate. So she is not as well washed or cleaned, her mane is oilier and even more basic, and her coat is more coarse. I figure that something like mohawks is probably culturally common for Zebras (and Cauldron is fairly traditionalist), perhaps because Zebra manes grow a bit differently from ponies, so she has a kind of mohawk but with hair that tends to fall down, and it's definitely not a complex style.
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112355
Cauldron Interpretation (Fix 3).png
>>112353
>Stripes and muzzle color, as well as anything related to it
Sadly, I don't have any options there, ironically enough. Only zecora's stripes pattern is in this.
Specist devs. XP
>More whiteness
Done.
>Cutie mark
Looks iffy.

>Mane and tail
Here are the changes presented. Mane shortened, as well as have a bit of leeway of being a mohawk. Tail two-color style is a bit eh, but it has the look of being cut short.

Take a look.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112358
112359 112360 112361 112362 112364 112370
B5FB9925-0C4C-4DA4-8513-70E1E4EAE8F1.jpeg
Does nopony want to play or plan tonight?
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112359
>>112358
I am, but I dunno how Iron can manage while having the group quest pending and almost ready to go.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112360
112366
>>112358
I'd like to play.
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112361
112366
>>112358
Also please gib feedback on Cauldron.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112362
112366
>>112358
I'm here.
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112364
>>112254
>>112358
Forgot about this line.
Could you answer him?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112366
112368
>>112360
Silver hasn’t responded to the last thing said to him

>>112362
Well, I don’t think Spark has much to say to the two Changeling drones

>>112361
Uh... I don’t know? Now she looks even more masculine. Maybe try the old mane style again

>>112254
“Twilight Sparkle’s Journal
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112368
112374
>>112366
Okay, so the problem now is her being too masculine. I'll see if I can have a mohawk-looking female hairstyle. If not, I'll just plant the Zecora mohawk and hope for the best.
Iron cocks her head.
"Who is Twilight Sparkle?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112370
112373 112374
_CEO of horse racism.png
>>112358

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112371
>>112253
"True...like I said, all plans have their weaknesses. Only question is if this one's are outmatched by its strengths."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112373
112374
>>112370
But that's racist?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112374
112375 112376 112377
Okay, the ponies and honorary Zebra just need to figure out the basics of how they want to approach it

>>112370
Uh....

>>112373
YOU’RE HERE TOO

>>112368
“Heh, where are you from?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112375
>>112374
NO I'M NOT
>hides in bush
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112376
112378 112388
>>112374
Iron smiles.
"You could say I came from under a rock."
He chuckles.
"The jungle is my home."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112377
_DarkStar_.png
>>112374

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112378
112381
>>112376
“Heh. Well. Fancy that.”
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112381
112383 112385
Cauldron Interpretation (Fix 4).png
Cauldron Interpretation (Fix 5).png
Cauldron Interpretation (Fix 6).png
Cauldron Interpretation (Fix 7).png
>>112378
Have more Cauldron pics.
Iron nods.
"Am I really such a rarity in these parts?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112383
>>112381
3 looks the best to me
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112385
112390
>>112381
“A native? No, not really. But most of them can name the princesses.”

They look cute, especially 3
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112388
112390 112391
>>112376
Midnight looks interested
"The jungle? That sounds unique."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112390
112391
>>112385
So do we go for third pic as official Cauldron look?
Iron feels like he should've listened to the elders more, ears drooping slightly, looking embarassed
"Oh... they do?"
>>112388
Iron smiles.
"This concrete jungle is also unique to me, so we are both on the same leaf about that."
He chuckles.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112391
112392 112395 112397
>>112388
Skies, not liking being our down i the specialness department, says
“I’m also am immigrant, from an even further away and more foreign culture”

>>112390
“Oh, don’t worry yourself too much with it. There’s a lot of ponies worrying themselves too much about who is princess”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112392
112393 112396
>>112391
Dark Star puts the pot of coffee down on the table.
"We Might need more than this."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112393
112394
>>112392
“Heh. What’s your plan? Silver wants to split up”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112394
112396
>>112393
"That was my plan."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112395
112396 112404
>>112391
Silver the completely normal Equestrian and absolutely not immigrant (cyka blyad) has some coffee.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112396
96C0FEEF-A14B-4BEB-9408-2B5ACDA2F7EC.png
>>112395
>>112392

>>112394
“Well... okay then”


Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112397
112399
>>112391
He nods to the barkeep.
(Seems like a likeable pony.)
You still haven't made official the Cauldron Look (TM). Aside from the stripes, of course, do the mane, tail and cutie mark work for you?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112399
112400 112401 112403
“So, everypony... are we agree on a plan of approach?”

>>112397
I mean... sure? Black Cauldron’s physical appearance has never really been important to her character, so I’ve never put much thought into it
I guess it matters if you are trying to fuck her now
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112400
112404
>>112399
I agree. I want to know in the off chance I actually get a comission of her. Fanart and the like.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112401
112402 112404
>>112399
"Yes i believe everypony agreed"
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112402
112404
>>112401
Iron nods to cement this.
"My hooves will pull through."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112403
112404
>>112399
"I will just follow you all."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112404
112405 112406
>>112401
>>112402
>>112403
>>112395
“Alright... do we go to the church first, approach from the north, the west, the south, or the sea?”

>>112400
Out of curiosity, do you mean you agree it never really mattered before, or that it’s more relevant for sexual fantasy purposes?
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112405
>>112404
Both, but especially the former.
Iron shrugs.
"As far as I know, I have to go to these sewers, which I do not remember where they are."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112406
112407
>>112404
"Which Church?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112407
112408
>>112406
She shakes her head
“The Church of the Sacred Heart”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112408
112409
>>112407
"Ah of course. i suggest we approach approach from the west."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112409
112412
>>112408
“Alright, that’s directly across from the three buildings. There should be apartment tenements on the other side... maybe a warehouse, I can’t really say”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112412
112413
>>112409
"Whats on the south side?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112413
112415 112418
>>112412
"Probably a factory"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112415
112417 112418
>>112413
he touches his chin in thought
"That might be better."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112417
>>112415
"33 Hoebuck itself has the old fort and dormitory on the south side, the facilities building in the center, and the workshop on the Northside. Water all the way on the East, probably a small dock"
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112418
112420 112422
>>112415
>>112413
Iron chimes in.
"The sea seems to risky unless the ponies going are really stealthy. I would wager the warehourse is the most assured to be clear of trouble."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112420
112422 112423 112426
>>112418
"Well, any approach from any angle has the risk of being seen from windows. At least the sea has the sea wall, which could block line of sight if you are close enough to the wall"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112422
112423
>>112418
"why do you think that would be the best?"
>>112420
"That could be useful."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112423
112431
>>112422
>>112420
Iron nods.
"If being seen is indeed a problem, then going along the sea should prove helpful. We could go for the factory, where I assume the residents would crowd up for us to blend in."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112426
112427 112429 112430
>>112420
"Is now a good time to mention I can disappear into shadows?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112427
112428
>>112426
Skies blinks
"What?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112428
112430 112431
>>112427
"Yes, I can envelope myself in shadows so other ponies cannot see me."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112429
>>112426
Iron nods approvingly.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112430
112432
>>112426
>>112428
Dark Star's Jaw drops
"How?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112431
112433 112435
Wut.png
Is Silver kill?

>>112428
Skies is still confused, but is otherwise speechless

>>112423
"Do you mean the workshop inside Hoebuck? I imagine the other industries in the area will be closed late at night... Unless they operate a night shift"


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112432
112434 112435
>>112430
"Luna's blessing, it makes traveling through hostile areas easier at night. It gives you away in a well lit room though..."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112433
112437
>>112431
Iron hums.
"I suppose that means no blending in. Seems the sea is the stealthiest choice."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112434
112436 112439
>>112432
"...Luna? but....."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112435
112436
>>112431
Nah.

>>112432
Silver nods, the only pony of the group to not be confused. "That could prove useful in this mission."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112436
112439
>>112435
"I hope so."
>>112434
"But what? Did I say something wrong?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112437
112438 112439
On a related note, Midnight Lily’s prepares spells should probably be declared about now

>>112433
“Well, a dash to a door or roof top is possible, as is infiltration, if we can disguise ourselves as a party that has a reason to be there”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112438
112440 112442
>>112437
Dark star leans over to blue and whispers
"isn't luna dead?"

Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112439
112440
>>112437
Iron nods.
"We could blend in as workers if we want to cause havoc on the inside. I can easily do it without much sacrifice aside from my rocks."
>>112436
>>112434
He chuckles.
"Dark Star is a silly pony."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112440
112441 112442 112444
>>112438
She shrugs
“I guess not, if she’s still hooffing out salads as welfare to the thestral population”

>>112439
“If we can get inside then that might work”
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112441
112443
>>112440
Iron points at Skies.
"Now now. Do not be disrespecting other ponies' deities for no reason, Skies."
He nods.
"In any case, should they simply let us in if we admit we are one of the illegals?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112442
112443
>>112438
>>112440
Silver raises an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112443
112444 112447 112449
>>112441
(Taking offense)
“The Tartarus are you talking about, Plantation Colt?”

>>112442
“She summoned some lettuce, or something earlier. Claimed it was from Luna? I don’t know. Might have been a magician’s trick”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112444
112445 112448 112449
>making me actually declare spells
How rood

Level 0: Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Guidance, Resistance
Level 1: Cause Fear, Doom, Cure Light Wounds, Cure Light Wounds, Sanctuary
Level 2: Aid, Cure Moderate Wounds, Bull's Strength, Blindness
Level 3: Cure Serious Wounds, Blacklight
Already used a lvl 3 spell

>>112440
>>112443
Midnight's large ears turn towards Skies as her eyes narrow.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112445
112446
>>112444
"Did you do what trixie used to do?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112446
112450
>>112445
"Who is this... "Trixie" you speak of?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112447
112452 112456
>>112443
"It is not outside of realm of possibility." He shrugs. "I know what you might think of them, but Alicorns are most certain higher beings. Celestia and Luna in particular. Summoning food items is well within their power to grant to their followers, even if they have been captured by changelings."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112448
>>112444
Well I wasn’t going to, until you mentioned using a spell I wasn’t aware mid-lower level clerics could use. Then I figured that I should try to block any surprises

>>112444
She stares right back
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112449
112451 112452
>>112444
>>112443
He shakes his head, then proceeds to ignore her like he should've done
She turns to Midnight.
"Try not taking too much offense in her words. They come from ignorance."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112450
112451
>>112446
"Some wandering magician who used to put on shows before the war."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112451
112452 112453
>>112450
"I cannot say I have heard of her... But what I do is nothing like that."
>>112449
"I will keep it in mind..."
She continues staring back at the pegasus.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112452
112453 112464
>>112447
Skies kind of mumbles back, as if not really in response to Silver, and she looks away
“More powerful does not mean higher... and I wouldn’t trust a Changeling’s captive...”

>>112449
“Oh, fuck you colt. I don’t see you strongly educated on... well, frankly anything”

>>112451
She stares right back
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112453
112454 112455
>>112452
>>112451
He keeps ignoring Skies.
"Do not fall for it," he tells Midnight. "Let it go and forget that ever happened. Princess Luna would not want fellow ponies to bicker, now would she?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112454
112460
>>112453
“I’m right fuckin’ here mate”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112455
112457 112460
>>112453
"She would not want them to bicker, but she never took to kindly to insults...."
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112456
112458 112464
>>112447
"Alicorns aren't that great,especially celestia."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112457
112458 112460
>>112455
“Then you understand me
She says, directly to Midnight
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112458
112459 112462
>>112456
Midnight quickly turns to face Dark Star
"We will see how your opinion stands once you can see the powers they grant to ponies faithful to them"
>>112457
"No, I do not."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112459
112461
>>112458
“So what is your issue?”
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112460
>>112455
>>112454
It's like Skies is talking to a wall.
(Not falling for it.)
"I assure you. Nothing will change after this and both you and her will only be angry at eachother, worsening the results of the mission. Do not fall for the bait."
>>112457
Iron simply facehoofs.
(I know I did this previously, but that does not mean you should follow my hoofsteps."

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112461
112463
>>112459
"It seems you are the one with an issue, and your issue seems to be with Luna, am I wrong?"
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112462
112465
>>112458
"Im not trying to insult you, i just never had a good experience with the Alicorns"
c73OJ
?
No.112463
112465 112470
>>112461
“The fuck are you yabbering on about, web wing? I told Silver that the alicorns are still giving out bread and circuses, and then both you and the colt gang up on me.”
\r
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112464
>>112452
>>112456
Silver shrugs, not really wanting to start an argument. "I suppose you two would have to be in presence of one to understand: you just know there is something more about them that transcends other ponies."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112465
112466
>>112462
"I accept you apology, and I hope if your opinion does change, that I play no small part in it."
>>112463
Midnight simply coldly stares at the pegasus
"When do we start the mission?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112466
112468 112469
>>112465
“When you get over it”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112468
112469 112471 112473
>>112466
"I cannot get over your negative emotions towards Princess Luna for you, that is something only you can do."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112469
112472 112474
>>112466
>>112468
Silver looks between the two squabbling ponies, eventually settling on looking at Midnight. "Midnight, it would be best to leave this alone. I understand you preceive attack on your Goddess and that you wish to defend her, but her beliefs do not make yours any less valid, nor do yours hers. And from more pragmatic outlook, it is not good idea to get into and hold grudge with party members just before vital mission, especially when you will be counting on each other."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112470
112471
>>112463
Iron chuckles at her wording.
(It is like she wants to be seen as a victim all the time.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112471
112473 112474
>>112468
I don’t fucking have any negative emotions towards Princess Luna. I just don’t trust a government where the masses of the citizenry surrender their self determination to a Monarch who is of some strange race, and I certainly don’t trust anypony that has been cocooned by Changelings. Damn. You are reading far too much into a remark about lettuce.”

>>112470
“Keep your thoughts to yourself, loud mouth”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112472
>>112469
"Silver is right."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112473
112490
>>112471
Iron chuckles some more.
>>112468
He turns to Midnight, patting her on the shoulder.
"Trust me. It is not worth it. You will not change her mind nor you will properly defend the name of your deity because this is a losing game where nopony wins."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112474
112478
>>112469
"Fine."
>>112471
Midnight simply ignores her comments.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112475
112476 112477 112478
Skies stands up, goes a foot or so back, then says as if placing emphasis on every syllable
“I. Have. To. Go. Check. With. Cus-toms”

She places a hoof on Dark Star’s shoulder
“Dark Star, you are now the representative of the civilian Governate and the technical leader of this mission. Give me the signal should we meet“
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112476
112481 112483
>>112475
"I uh...What?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112477
112485
>>112475
Silver gives Skies a concerned look at her announcement. "Hey, Skies? Be safe, alright? I will see you later."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112478
112479 112480
>>112475
Iron shrugs.
(Oh well, there she goes again. I do not know how she got her position with that bad attitude of hers.)
>>112474
He pats Midnight's shoulder.
"You did the smart thing, Midnight."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112479
112482 112483 112485
>>112478
"No... I did not..."
She looks away, but doesn't cower away from the touch.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112480
112481 112482
>>112478
“No. Don’t give me that bullshit. I wasn’t talking to you, and then you had to but in like moral busybody saying something about ‘don’t disrespect what ever. You insolent fuck, you wouldn’t know respect if it literally smacked you upside the head. You are the last pony on the planet to ever tell any pony what is it is not respectful. Have a good life.”
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112481
112483
>>112480
>>112476
Dark star walks over to her and hugs her
"Ok, I Wan't you to be safe though."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112482
112485 112490
>>112480
Iron remains stoic, ignoring her once again.
(Seems she can read minds now. I hope it works with the griffons, too. Should be a cakewalk to enter if they have a codephrase.)
:^)
>>112479
"Yes, you did. Trust me. No good would have come from that."
c73OJ
?
No.112483
112484 112485
>>112481
>>112479
>>112476
The ponies are left in the same conundrum they started with. How do they enter the building?
\r
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112484
>>112483
Weren't we supposed to go by sea?
I thought that was already agreed upon.
DS
DnAVY
?
No.112485
112486 112487 112488
>>112483
>>112482
>>112477
>>112479
"We Should approach from the north."
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112486
>>112485
Iron nods.
"Sounds good."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112487
>>112485
"I hold no strong opinions on this matter, I will just follow."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112488
>>112485
Silver nods.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112489
Time to execute
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112490
>>112473
>>112482
You know what? Fuck you. And fuck yourself with a cactus dildo
Anonymous
x3J2C
?
No.112491
112492 112500 112501
Maybe I will join this thing. I will probably try to be in both since I am offically part of that other campaign now.

I haven't decided yet. I am thinking about if I even have time to be part in the first one. So we will se if I join you guys.

Of course this is under the premise that you let me join.
Anonymous
5hlEy
?
No.112492
112494
>>112491
It could get messy. GM will probably private message you and you'll iron out the details.
Be careful, for words have a lot more power here, and sometimes words collide, and badly
Anonymous
x3J2C
?
No.112494
112495 112497 112498
>>112492
The way you say things are a bit too mystical for me to understand perhaps if you provided and example of what you mean.

All I said is that I might be interested but I haven't decided yet. I honestly was more expecting someone to tell me that my post was pointless than anything else.

>and sometimes words collide, and badly
I assume you are refering to starting drama. Yet, I feel like if showing interest is enough to cause drama, then everyone needs to calm down.

But I guess, I thank you for your forewarning?
Anonymous
x3J2C
?
No.112495
112497 112498
>>112494
>?
Okay, apologize for the sarcasm. I do actually appriciate that you take your time to make a newfag get aquinted with the way of things. It was just that what you said made me roll my eyes and think, "Whoa, edgy."

It is nice of you.
Anonymous
BsKtG
?
No.112497
112498
>>112495
>>112494
s]That's because this game leans towards edginess sometimes.
In any case, your attempt of entering is indeed not an issue. in fact GM is jumping with joy for getting a new player. It's advice to help you adjust expectations for your character. You may get into arguments quickly and they can get messy.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112498
112500
BCE48A73-D803-4F62-AFCD-B64E027E64F1.jpeg
>>112495
>>112494
Don’t mind the Argentina Anon. He’s projecting private thoughts about the way the last session exploded more so than the general way of things.

We would love to have you! This campaign is set in Equestria in a recursive fan fiction based upon the Equestria at War mod, for the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron 4. Its a bit more of a technological and lower magic setting, with human history and the horror genre especially being among its influences

In this world, things go differently with the plan we see in the season 6 finale, resulting in the Changelings remaining in their unreformed state and being excluded from the later Friendship School. Thanks tons combination of local political and economic factors, as well as discontent with Princess Twilight’s new way of running things, after the passage of some years, an Equestrian colony state in Griffonia breaks away, and tries to establish its own empire with captive markets for its goods by conquering a few of the smaller griffin nations. The Equestrian Princesses see this as antithetical to the new world they are trying to establish, with an equality of races and every nation having a seat at the table, so they declare war without actually waging a serious war effort. But to Equestria’s West, the never defeated Chrysalis did not remain idol. Rather than make a relatively small attack that could be stopped by a relatively small number of heroes, Chrysalis would attack in a swarm of steel, using mass numbers and new technology to tip the odds in her favor. The invasion cane, and became bogged down by the heavy resistance of an Equestria partially mobilized for war. However, the Equestrian break away state took advantage of the redeployment of the Equestrian navy and troops away from the Equestrian east, and towards the changelings in the west. They invaded across the sea, and stormed into Equestrian cities, under the claim that Equestria started the war and they were simply occupying Equestrian land to keep it under pony control before the weak state could fall in its entirety to the Changelings. Equestria was split and occupied.

This campaign takes place in occupied Equestria. The main group is currently located in the Equestrian East coast city of Baltimare, the New Mareland occupied zone. Another slightly smaller group is much further north in Whinnysota in the Changeling occupied zone on its own quest there. The campaign as a whole mostly centers around the political power vacuum left by the fall of the Equestrian monarchy, including the threat of communist insurgency, a looming Changeling invasion and ever present infiltration, scandalous local politicians, powerful criminal gangs and crime syndicates, the remains of ancient necromancers thought sealed away, a moralistic college professor who seeks to unleash ancient gods to force a return if the age of heroes, ponies just trying to survive under Changeling occupation, and in the most recent case, criminal cartels from Griffonia who try to traffic creatures.

This is a level five, soon to be level six, campaign. Any new class you choose will be nice, although only unicorns can do arcane magic, divine magic has some restrictions based upon the setting, and I don’t do Psionics.

Anypony is welcome.

>>112497
Dude. Stop.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112500
>>112491
It really is a fun campaign. Every decision is important. The GM gives us very well crafted NPCs for even the smallest of side quests and enemies.

Recently I was attacked by some changelings and after two were killed, two surrendered. Now the decision came to if I would kill them or spare them. So far, they don’t like me because I had killed their friends and damaged them, but they have names and I gave them nicknames, they interact with me and each other, and they have decided to join me and a few other players on our quest under the promise that the changelings would forgive them for abandoning the assault on the Crystal Empire. So now I’m trying to get them to like me, despite them having every reason to hate me. As far as I can tell, there are no mindless goon enemies. Only opposing NPCs with their own goals, history, and justification for why they oppose you.

Amazing stuff. Our GM cares about every character interaction and story. This makes your decisions a bit more difficult, but way more rewarding. Right now the party is split, though we are trying to get our quests solved so we can rejoin.

>>112498
Would the new guy get to choose which part of the party he joins, or do you have something in mind?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112501
>>112491
I think we'd all love to have a new player if you'd want to join. Not sure what else I'd say about the campaign, but the GM absolutely loves roleplay and story. He's also been really nice about giving leeway for character backgrounds or to help build the history and lore of the world.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112505
112506 112507
Beep?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112506
112507
1532163680019.jpg
>>112505
Beep.
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.112507
112508 112509
>>112505
>>112506
EEEEEEEEEp
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112508
112510
1527953507150.png
>>112507
...beep?
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112509
112510
5BF5809B-CB0F-45B7-9AB7-1B9A00354FA3.png
>>112507
Eeee?
Anonymous
xj+qx
?
No.112510
112511
eeeeeee.gif
>>112508
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>112509
EEEEEEEEEEEEp
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112511
112512
1534046296111.jpg
>>112510
EeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeE!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112512
112514
>>112511
Eeeeeeeee!
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112513
112514
021D736D-0868-41F3-9361-38FBC61211BE.gif
>tfw entire thread has broken down into eeeeing
I don’t know if anypony wanted to declare any actions or do anything, but you can try
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112514
112515
1513443385932.jpg
>>112513
In the Baltimare sector, we need Midnight and Star before we can try anything, since the mission is at the verge of starting, since we know what to do and where will we start.
>>112512
...eeeeeee...
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112515
112517
>>112514
I don't know, I'd think a lack of Blue Skies might change things.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112516
112518
1470930.png
>EEEEEEEing without me
Rood

Midnight stands up and begins to walk from the table
"Excuse me, there is something I must do."
She trots out of the bar, and looks for Blue Skies on the street.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112517
>>112515
True, but I'm not sure how deep we need to go or how much sneaking do we really need.
At best, we simply need to go near the scouting area and roll Gather Information to perhaps find a secluded spot to enter, like the sewers they've mentioned some time ago or a secret Griffon members only path when they 'bring in the goods'. At worst, we'll have to enter guns (or hooves) blazing.
I honestly am not sure how deep should we go or if it is a mere scouting mission.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112518
112519
>>112516
She’s there, walking out the door, shortly after bitching at Iron one last time
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112519
112520
>>112518
"Skies wait! I have something to say!"
She trots up next to the pegasus.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112520
112521
>>112519
Her ears come down, and point back, kind of in the direction of the Bat pony, and she tilts her head slightly back. Her eyes come back to the approaching bat, and she says
“Yes?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112521
112522
>>112520
Midnight suddenly hugs the pegasus
"I am sorry about arguing with you, I should have known to stop earlier"
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112522
112523
>>112521
And thus, the bitch Pegasus rogue herself falls victim to a sneak attack
Poner is hugged
Midnight throws a hoof over Skies’ back, feeling a coat that is overly smooth, and sending feathers flying up as the right wing is pushed back and up by the bat, and Skies tries to maneuver her left wing up from the surprise of the hug
“.... I....”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112523
112524
>>112522
"I did not.... Practice what I preach so to say."
She pulls out of the hug and gives an embarrassed smile.
"I do not think Luna would have approved of my actions."
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112524
112525
01C6DD5B-50E4-4678-B66B-FE4FE8A33E2A.png
>>112523
D’aww
Skies: “What do you mean?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112525
112526
>>112524
"Well, part of the dogma is to not cast ponies aside or make them feel unwanted. After all, that is the reason Luna grew spiteful against Celestia. But I can be sensitive to what others say. Whether their words are aimed at me or Luna, or even not of ill meaning."
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112526
112527
>>112525
She turns her head fully back towards the bat pony. She has a somber look in her eyes
“Uh Huh... I can’t say I know much about this ‘Luna,’ except that she was Celestia’s after hours secretary, and she was taken captive by the Hegemony...”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112527
112528 112529
>>112526
The bat's pupils narrow to tiny slits as she clenches her jaw.
"Excuse me?"
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112528
112529 112531
>>112527
“You are excused.” Skies responds, seeming oblivious
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112529
112530 112533
>>112527
>>112528
"You are being disrespectful again, Skies," Iron warns her from the table.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112530
112536
>>112529
“I guess you are the local expert on that”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112531
112532
>>112528
Midnight raises a hoof a few times, extends and folds her wings a few more, and opens her mouth as if she was about to speak a few times.
"You... You have some things to learn Blue Skies."
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112532
112534
>>112531
“About what?”
Anonymous
DnAVY
?
No.112533
112535 112536
>>112529
"Shut it,Iron."
Dark Star Deadpans him
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112534
112535
>>112532
"Princess Luna, the one who raises the Moon and rules over the realm of the dreams."
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112535
112538
>>112534
“Now I don’t know about all that...”

>>112533
“D’aww”
Skies tilts her head and smiles towards her husbando
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112536
112537
>>112530
>>112533
Iron shrugs.
"Simply helping out."
Anonymous
DnAVY
?
No.112537
112541
>>112536
"You Can help out by apologizing as well. you've been really hostile towards blue."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112538
112539
>>112535
"Well anyway, I can assure you that Luna is more than a 'secretary'"
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112539
112540
>>112538
“Night assistant?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112540
112541 112542
>>112539
Midnight looks like she's suddenly regretting looking for a job
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112541
112542 112543 112544
>>112537
Iron simply shakes his head, smiling knowingly for the reason of Star's attitude.
"I do not think she will take it to heart. At least not now. Maybe later, when things cool down further."
He looks at Skies and Midnight then back to Star again.
"Besides, I should not intrude in other ponies' apologies."
>>112540
Empathy waves sent.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112542
>>112540
Fun fact, the location they are going to used to be a debtor’s prison. If Midnight prefers unemployment

>>112541
Oh fuck off
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112543
112545
>>112541
"Well, Iron, after they get done, I agree with Dark Star that you need to apologize."
Anonymous
DnAVY
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No.112544
112545
>>112541
He remains silent, maintaining eye contact with iron.
Anonymous
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No.112545
>>112543
>>112544
Iron nods, also knowing Silver's motivations for wanting him to apologize to Skies.
"Anything for a successful mission."
Anonymous
F8XMR
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No.112546
112547
Skies shakes her head
“I don’t think this is going to work out...”
A dark fear washes over Skies, like the multi-cultural group before her was the entirety of East Equestria in microcosm. A demonstration of how faux pas caused by cultural ignorance burns away an already non-existent pool of trust, and makes hostility arising from simple misunderstandings inevitable. A demonstration of why the Occupation is doomed

“... I’ll tell Sea Breeze to try to send a response back to NMAC and the Manehattan Autonomy that if they want us to guard their flanks on their own anti-insurgency matters, they can’t deprive us off all the officers we need to do it”
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112547
112548 112551 112552
>>112546
Iron nods, knowing Skies cannot understand most things around her due to her pride and teachings getting in the way and clouding her judgement. After all, Iron suffers from it as well.
"If you truly believe what you say, you can do it, but passing your work to others surely cannot be done forever."
He stands up and walk towards Skies.
"It is not about me or you or any other pony in this room. You will have to deal with ponies like me, some whom you cannot escape from and may have to follow their orders to the dot. Would you leave your fellow Black Hooves coworkers if you had to follow orders from said pony?"
As if to emphasize his words, he extends a foreleg.
"Would you let your dreams die, the reason you joined the Black Hooves at all, simply because a superior was mean to you one time?"
A pause.
"I would say no, you would not. Simply because you are a strong, headstrong mare that wants to end the menance that threatens you and any loved ones you have, trampling through any opposition to get that dream acheived."
He nods.
"It is understandable you do not like me or my comments, but this mission is not about the members in it. It is about protecting the city you live in from external threats that could destroy any previously good memory of that. Would you give away the chance to do your faction justice simply because you have bad experiences with a fuzzy, dishelved maned stallion or do you want to punish the griffons that destroyed your previous home and threatens to do it again?"
Anonymous
F8XMR
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No.112548
112549
>>112547
For a moment, Skies stands still in place. More than a moment. She is silenced, evidently, by Iron’s words. If Iron was offering a hoof to shake back, Skies does not accept it. At least, not immediately. Then she speaks
“Why are you here?”
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112549
112551 112552
>>112548
Iron inhales, knowing this is pretty shaky ground he's treading on.
"Because I, too, have a stake in this. I also have somepony to protect in this concrete jungle and help her acheive happiness. I will trade my life for it, even if it means being thrown into the mud, break every single part of my body to reach my objective. To see her smile..."
His ears droop and a little blush is formed by his sappy response.
"I know you would do the same, both out of hate for the ones that destroyed your home and for the pony you gave your heart to."
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112550
Did I say something wrong? I sure hope not.
c73OJ
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No.112551
112552 112553 112554 112572
lost_city_of_the_pegasi_by_plainoasis_d896uea-pre.jpg
>>112549
>>112547
Skies looks back, again, silent for a moment. She does not respond - not immediately at least - to Iron's talk of loved ones or of protection. She responds instead to something Iron said many lines ago now.
"You say I have to deal with ponies like you..."
She shakes her head, slowly.
"You must've come from some kind of egalitarian, communalist society or something, so I'll explain it for you. When I was younger, yes. I did have to put up with insults. Many insults. Bitch, loner, weird, slut, weak, mist misser. And a thousand comments on my competency to control weather. On who I ate with at the dining hall or how much or what I ate or refused to eat. On my attitude. On my amiability. On my relations with the opposite sex. On my physical strength. On my general moral character. These came from the fillies and colts who were my peers at school, the neighbors, even ponies of high regard like the town elders and school teachers. My own father. I was even insulted by own brother, whose damaged mind added "cuckoo" to the list. He wouldn't even consider me his full blooded sister.

But no. I did not have to endure hardship or disrespect from ponies like you. Every pony that dared to call me their inferior in some regard, had a clear and valid claim to be considered my equal, or my superior. They were the fillies and colts who tested in the Trials of the Hurricane. Who proved themselves capable with the spear, able to dive from the Cloud City, spear a ring on the edge of a cliff, skirt along the purely vertical drop of a hundred meters and make a ninety degree turn at the bottom where the rock meets the sea. Sometimes even spear a fish along the way. We could recite poetry from Mareripedes, the philosophy of the Four Causes from Aristrotle's metaphysics, or the four types of love from Hayto's dialogues on Ethics. We were, every single one of us, the proud descendants of the Guardians of the East against the Gryphons, Tyranny, and unrest. We were the the delivers of the rains that irrigated the Riverlands and flowed down past Griffienheim. And we each swore we would uphold the same in our lives, and deliver the same to our own foals. By blood and birthright, and by our own merits, we earned the title and rank of Citizens.

When another pony insulted me, it hurt. Worse perhaps than any Gryphon spear or helot's pitch fork. That was because these were the ponies with whom I trained, played, supped, learned the classics, and shared a collective past and destiny. I knew that if they said it, there was probably at least some grain of truth to it, and I knew that I had more to do if I was going to fulfill my role - my blood bound duty - to become a Guardian of the East. What it was not was a denial of my dignity.

Do you know what happened when a pony who was 19 would dare speak to a significantly older and more experienced member of the Krypteia in the way that you do on a minute by minute basis? I can't say I fully know either, because we understood in our society that you have respect for your elders, and for those more experienced in life. By enduring years of troubles and tribulations they earned respect, and that respect must be given them. And any ponies who would make slights against them, let us say they didn't simply walk away from it unscathed.

All this is assuming that the younger pony and the elder were both Guardians. You - You - are what would have been in our society a Helot. Uneducated in art, literature or philosophy. Unable to work a spear or fly. Not holding any particular job, and consorting with criminals... What right do you have to insult anyone? You lack the fortitude, courage, and spirit of Dark Star, or the years of experience and empathy of Silver Sword. Why do you act is if you are better and more important than all of us when you have yet to accomplish anything the world? This is the kind of behavior that if it came from a Pegasus would result in harsh punishment, and I won't even repeat to you what would happen to a helot who tried the same. But let's say at the very least that I never would have to endure such insults from a young colt like you.

And all of this talk about love and protecting what you love? You say all of that with the confidence that - barring a Changeling invasion or some weird circumstances in an uprising, you will be able to return to your little mud hovel in your own village, and your brother and sister will be there waiting for you. You will be able to tell them all that you passed the rites of adulthood, or whatever it is, and that you are once again the big fish you have always presumed you are. You only have to gain what I have to assume is your first romance, and then you have everything.

Do you know what I have to return to? A loving family? A proud boast of having completed the passages of adulthood? A tight community? No. No....
...
...
I can't return to those. Most of the buildings are intact, sure, but the Guardians of the East are irreparably changed. The destiny to which I aspired all my young life is forever lost.

You left your home because... why? They want you to marry outside of the tribe to reduce inbreeding, or something? I was forced out. I was forced out by a few personal misfortunes, and by the work of the Liberals. Ponies like you who place courage, tradition, and erudition beneath naked selfishness and desire for power. Ponies who have no respect, and no understanding of the hierarchy apparent in nature. No concept of beauty or virtue. I have already lost my love. I don't fight to protect anything. I fight to avenge."
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c73OJ
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No.112552
112553 112554 112572
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>>112551
>>112549
>>112547
"When I left Nimbusia I floated around the East for some years, from the monasteries of Ponaidem to the urban hostels of Lake City. When I went further south into what had been ancient gryphon raider territory, I came in contact with the NMAC officers who would later become my superiors in the Black Hooves. I do not subscribe wholly to their philosophy. They are unicorns, and have many of the flaws that are endemic to that race. They tend to see the world in material terms, subordinate the spiritual. They focus on superficial distinctions of classes rather than real distinctions like virtue. They hide behind Equestrian ideals like racial egalitarianism even as it was obvious who tended to be the leaders, who were the farmers, and who were the hoof soldiers who braced the danger.

And yet for all of these flaws, they saw in the world this coming decay. They realized, as I did, that social progress was not progress, but entropy masquerading as a social movement. And they recognized that refusing to acknowledge the importance of traditions, nations, and other values was like pulling the string out of a scarf, slowly unwinding and unraveling society until it disintegrated into its lesser elements. That which makes the whole function is destroyed when atomized into its constituent parts. And I realized that if I could not preserve minority rule in Nimbusia, I could strike back at those forces that deteriorated my homeland.

You say I have to endure mean comments from my ‘superiors’? I know that not even you think that you are somehow my superior, so you must mean those above me in rank in the Blackhooves. But you do not understand the special relationship I have with them. I came in contact with the pony who would later become governor here – Halcyon Shores – in Gryphia in a chance encounter. He swiftly recognized exactly what I had to offer in counter insurgency, and I recognized what he had to offer me. I could finally put to use my natural talents in a role that suited me. Like the junior Krypeia on a much larger scale, counter-insurgency suited me, and it was a role that poorly suited most of the frontline combat troops. So Halcyon Shores, and later Seabreeze, took me on. No, it hasn’t always been pretty or pleasant. They have criticized me and my work, they have expressed disdain towards some of my actions and mannerisms. They have given me sharp and harsh orders. And yet, in all of that, they have never truly disrespected me. They have never given me a dismissive laugh, as you do even when you feign trying to not start a fight. They have always, even if only begrudgingly, acknowledged that I offered a value they could not easily provide themselves.

If I am denigrated and disrespected, what have I really? Why would I endure that? I don’t have to fight here. These are not my battles. The only reason I fight is for the sake of my own honor and dignity. To try to regain that special role in the world that I was denied by the social reformers. And I will not suffer insults from ponies that I do not myself respect."
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Anonymous
DnAVY
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No.112553
112554 112556
>>112551
>>112552
Dark Star stands there for a moment with a pained look on his face
He Then walks closer to Blue and puts his Hoof on her shoulder.
"You have lost a lot,Blue. i can't claim to know exactly how you feel. But if anypony can relate to you it's me...And you haven't lost everything. You still have me."
He smiles at her warmly, then gives her a Big Hug.
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112554
112555 112556 112557 112572
>>112551
>>112552
Iron nods to himself a couple of times.
"Ah, I see. You indeed had a forest's worth of emotional baggage against most things that should have nurtured you. You aggressively protect yourself from any attack to your self-worth because there is little left, and fear the past may catch you and drag you to the bottom again. You actually have nothing to cherish, nothing to put your life into, aside from the act of fighting, because it is what you were trained for and a vague sense of duty. With that sort of past, anypony can become extremely jaded about their own life."
He ponders a bit.
"I suppose that is why you badmouth me for my actions. Because I have not suffered as you did. You got speared by everything that could pierce you and left you full of holes that, without assistance, will never fully heal, while I simply had fun grappling my brethern around as if fights were a game. I would be quite envious of my position if I were you, to be frank. All the things you never had standing right in front of you twisting the spear in your gut, because we both know they hurt, no matter how 'right' they were to say it."
He shakes his head.
"I do not expect you to be forgiving, but I will go out of my lengths to say I apologize for my behavior. However, I have a piece of advice you can either take or throw in the trash."
He places his hoof down softly.
"Do strive to find something that does not involve fighting, for your life will forever be grey without it. Even if the gryphons are pushed off and executed worldwide, you will feel empty afterwards. Without them or the changelings to fight, you will have no other purpose left."
>>112553
"You still have Star, too."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
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No.112555
112559
>>112554
What the hell is this kind of ego? It hurts to read.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112556
112557 112559
>>112554
She shakes her head
“You are dense. I just lectured you at length about the importance of family, tradition, community, literature, philosophy, order, roles, and the only thing you took away from that was a couple lines about fighting. I do not envy you. I pity you.”

>>112553
Skies runs up against Dark Star, and subtly coos
Anonymous
DnAVY
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No.112557
112559 112560
>>112554
Dark Star's jaw drops slightly.
>>112556
He pets her mane
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112559
112560
>>112555
I told everyonne Iron is not a character worthy to be played, but nobody listened, so I'll just have to wing it until this campaign ends.
>>112556
>>112557
Iron simply blinks.
"Well, pity me I suppose. You were not exactly advocating for most of that. In fact, you made it sound like a personal Tartarus no matter where you went until the Black Hooves took you in. You even told every pony here you intentionally left your parents because what you have just said. What sort of message about family is that supposed to communicate? What sort of community makes you leave it because you had no place to be in it, where your role was discared like pebbles in the pond even when you were born in it? It sounds outrageous, so of course I did not pick up on its importance, because you made them sound like they were the reason you are jaded. What sort of lesson am I supposed to get from that?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112560
112561 112562
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>>112557
*coo*
*poner is hugged, then pet*
“I’m glad to have you, Dark Star”

>>112559
“That you are an impetuous teenager who needs some social awareness. That is what you are supposed to learn from that”
Anonymous
DnAVY
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No.112561
112565
>>112560
Dark Star smiles
"I'm always here for you."
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112562
112563 112565
>>112560
Iron clearly doesn't get it still, but shrugs it off, not really sticking.
"Sure. If you say so, Skies."
(At least she now acknowledges his coltfriend now, maybe her avenge idea will be swept away in time.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112563
112565 112567
>>112562
“Alright, in the span of this night you’ve gone from frustrating, to infuriating, to kind of just sad... all the way to cringe worthy. I’m not going to give you anymore speeches because they obviously have no effect and I’m not wasting breath on you, but I am going to say this: the sociopathic narcissism you’ve displayed demonstrates that you are too selfish and too insubordinate to work together in a larger cohesive group. It’s not me who needs to leave, it’s you. One more little peep out of you and you will be expelled from any and all Blackhooves missions. I have fully faith that Silver, Dark Star, and... the bat, I guess, will be better able to complete the mission without you than with you.”
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112565
112567
>>112563
And like that, Skies is relieved of a great burden. She has reached epiphany

>>112562
This is 100% serious. You can roll up a new character

>>112561
“D’awww, thanks Starry”
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.112566
112568
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[listening bat noises]
Anonymous
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No.112567
112577
>>112563
>>112565
Hm... While I do know his fate with the others is completely demolished at this rate, I am not sure if I want to leave Cauldron just yet... Oh, what to do...
I honestly was quite excited until I realized this.
Aw crap. Now what do I do?
...I guess I'll play along with Iron still. I'd feel ashamed to let out a character like her stuck in halfway her arc of actually getting successful. Perhaps after that, I leave Iron for another.
Iron nods dejectedly, knowing he cannot run from his fate the Gods have placed him, as if he was chained by external forces to submit to Skies' will without question or other quip ever again, forcing him into a stoic yet regretful demeanor as he sits back down as if he were dragged towards it by the magic of Gods.
(Trust us, Iron.) The gods would say. (It is for your own good.)
And with that, he whimpered like a little colt that he is.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112568
112569 112570 112571
“I would’ve thought Silver would have chimed in by now” Skies says to herself, staring over at Iron unconvinced.

>>112566
Midnight probably doesn’t like what she hears
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112569
>>112568
Gimme a bit, I had to actively put down what I was doing to read through all of this. It's a lot to look through and respond to, you know?
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.112570
>>112568
Midnight is... Processing it...
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112571
112573 112577
>>112568
Iron can feel the chains on him heat up, making his throat dry.
(N-no! I am in the right! Why d-GRK), Iron feels as if his chain was pulled.
(Silence, buffoon. You have brought this upon yourself.) The gods chide Iron. (Now, say it with me: 'I accept your terms and conditions to work with you and will keep my mouth shut from now on whenever I am around you, for you are my superior.')
Iron attempts to struggle, but his mouth moves by itself. He had lost control over his body.
"I accept your terms and conditions to work with you and I will keep my mouth shut from now on whenever I am around you as you are my superior," Iron lets out, leaving him panting.

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112572
112573
>>112551
>>112552
>>112554
Silver is ultimately left speechless, first at this in-depth look into the motivations and beliefs of Blue Skies, then at the dumbfounding response given by Iron. He is left as in a trance while processing all of this, only broken once he looks over to Dark Star and Blue Skies being cute together as always, which he almost squees at.

While still left without much of a response, he gets up, and places a hoof on her shoulder, coming to understand and respect Skies more with all she has revealed. The old unicorn smiles at the younger pegasus. "You look like you have gotten weight off your chest."
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112573
112574 112575
>>112571
And thus, Skies becomes an iTunes update

She looks at him strangely

>>112572
Skies smiles, fairly warmly, at Silver
“You could say that, yes”

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112574
112576
>>112573
"You had already told me at length about what you have had to go through, but I am glad to hear it spoken about more in-depth, even if subject matter is not-so-glad. Unless Dark Star has acquired some sort of monopoly about it, I want to let you know that I am still here, as always, if you need somepony to talk or vent to. You are not alone, nor do you have to be."
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112575
112576 112577
>>112573
(Recompose yourself!)
Iron feels the chain tugging once more.
(You will suffer the fate you have seeked. You should have kept your mouth shut.)
He breathes in and out, becoming stoic.
(Now. Say you are sorry. Geniunely.)
"I am... deeply sorry for trivializing your entire story. I was exceedingly ungrateful of your teachings," he says in a now calmer voice.
(Now knell!)
And with that, Iron's head meets the table, as if bowing for forgiveness.
(T-this is unfair! I know I am right! You cannot do this to me!)
But his pleas had no answer.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112576
112577 112578
>>112574
“D’aww, thanks Silver.”
Skies opens up a wing, to show that there is room for hugs

>>112575
“Aww, well thank you”
Skies looks on at the display further, wondering if she should be horrified or bemused
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112577
112578 112579
>>112576
Silver absolutely takes her up on the offer, effectively sandwiching the mare in between both him and Star. He lets the glorious feathery mass rub against the back of his neck. It tickles a little, but it's nice.

>>112567
>>112571
>>112575
The unicorn is unsure what exactly has brought on this change of demeanor, but he won't look this gift in the mouth. Perhaps there is hope of him maturing, yet.
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112578
112579
>>112577
>>112576
(Good work.)
He feels a pat on his head.
(Now, remember. Never attempt to assert dominance again unless absolutely necessary, or else I will destroy whatever you hold dear.)
His face is stoic, rising from the table lazily, but deep inside, it is hurting.
"I await instruction, boss," he robotically says. "Ready to move on your command."
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112579
112580 112583
>>112577
D’aww, that’s adorable
And this the mare is sandwiched, between a medium course, kind of edgy short coat on the one side, and a larger pony on the other side who buries her in floof

>>112578
Skies places a hoof to her mouth, looking at Iron contemplatively
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112580
>>112579
Iron simply stares at her, devoid of any sort of derision or contempt. Like an obidient grunt would.
She can try to give an order if she wants to test how far he can go.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112581
112582
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HUGS FOR THE HUG GOD

CUDDLES FOR THE CUDDLE PILE



Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112582
>>112581
Is that the order?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112583
>>112579
And in between, a happy medium.
Anonymous
UhTRs
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No.112584
112585
I'm honestly surprised at how I got away with the gods punishing Iron thing.
Anonymous
F8XMR
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No.112585
112586
>>112584
I’m surprised I didn’t think of kicking Iron out earlier
Anonymous
UhTRs
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No.112586
112592
>>112585
I had the feeling for quite a long time from all of my extra characters I was building, even though I had a perfectly healthy PC already. I thought it was quite obvious I wanted to discard him.
To think I rejected the chance because I would've left Cauldron behind. Just goes to show how powerful and high quality your character building process is.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112587
112588 112592
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Anonymous
UhTRs
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No.112588
112589
>>112587
I would've thought it'd be the other way around.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112589
112590
>>112588
Maybe.

Also, gonna have to completely agree with you in what you said: the GM is great at building up these characters that would otherwise just be one-note side characters in other campaigns. It helps make the world feel a lot more alive.
Anonymous
cSSom
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No.112590
>>112589
I agree. I still remember the mare officer in the first day of the campaign that almost figured out the whole shady business until Cauldron bluffed her out.
Anonymous
F8XMR
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No.112592
112593 112594
>>112587
Does Silver miss having his own little Changelings?

>>112586
Or you could, you know, make him slightly less sociopathic and narcissistic, just a little.

Black Cauldron has been harder to write for and kind of a “runt” character because she mostly already has the things she wants. When placed in a situation she wouldn’t otherwise be in, she will react to what occurs, rather than actively pursue some goal. This contrasts with Blue Skies and especially Pear, who were both initially written as villains, as both characters have active motivations and goals. It’s easier to figure out what they want to do in a scene. For example, in a large number of scenes both Cauldron and Pear were silent. However, the reason Pear would be silent is because if a generally introverted personality and because she deliberately wanted to blend into the background and not make herself stand out. For Black Cauldron, I often couldn’t think of what she would do, except that she was along for the ride.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112593
112597
>>112592
...Maybe just a little...

...yes...
Anonymous
cSSom
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No.112594
112597
>>112592
That's what the God Chains are for. Since he doesn't have actual self restraint, an external force should step in.

As for Cauldron's goals, I would assume she'd want to reach a sort of freedom from her side job and actually work with what she likes, like cooking and potion mixing, and not potentially risking her family due to her ties with the gang. It should prove useful if applicable.


Anonymous
F8XMR
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No.112597
112600
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>>112594
That’s missing the whole fucking point. He is nothing other than what you make him.

>>112593
Aww. Poor Silver I was kind of surprised to find that NPC theft is a thing
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112600
112601
>>112597
As an actual term? Really?
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112601
>>112600
Yes. Some people are quite petty.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112602
112603
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Alright everypony. We've been putting this off way too long. We need to get some action started. Tell me when everypony is available so we can get into this
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112603
112611
>>112602
I am ready to follow orders.
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.112604
112605
Bat pony is ready.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112605
112607 112608 112613
>>112604
Is the batpony not scared off by the autist cesspit she has witnessed? And does she have any armor?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112607
112609
>>112605
Ready.

Silver also has some spare banded armor if the bat needs it.
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112608
112611
>>112605
Pretty sure it would fall into the 'put this off' category. I suggest we simply start this already.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112609
112610
>>112607
What armor does Silver normally wear?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.112610
>>112609
Brestplate.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.112611
112612
1548580850552.png
>>112608
>>112603

Anonymous
++3JF
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No.112612
>>112611
Well hey. If you believe it's necessary, he can do it. I'm simply trying to move things along and not focus on staying at the bar any longer.
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.112613
>>112605
No armor.
She's obvious realizing she's walked into something she doesn't know about. So she isn't gonna say shit.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112614
112615 112618 112620
Sigh
Knowing that Dark Star is not here, what is everyone’s preferred manner of approach. I can not describe a location with knowing specifically which part it is
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112615
112620
>>112614
I'm going with Dark Star's suggestion of going north, but I'll do fine with whichever option.
Iron's not going to ask questions now of all times.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112618
112620
>>112614
North, I suppose.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112620
>>112614
>>112615
>>112618
Abstained Mainly because I have no preference
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112632
112633 112634 112637 112686
1567128735237.jpeg
And thus, the group goes about approaching their destination. They walk first to the North, going around parts of Red Heart as if to minimize their contact with the sector. They go through the Waterside neighborhood, where row-houses built in the 980s blend pleasantly against much older historical townhomes and occassional manors. East of these, closer to the waterfront, is the Inner Harbor district, to the immediate North of Red Heart, and typified by its freight terminals and one railway that runs along it north to the industrial Cowton district.

Entering into Red Heart, their eyes are immediately greeted by a cacophony of architecture. Older architecture, mostly single family homes and the occasional hotel, is placed incongruously against the tenement apartment buildings, mostly of a a tall, narrow architecture that must have dominated the construction of the 950s and 960s. These grey-red buildings look aged, and not in the graceful way of the historical architecture. Some of the windows are boarded up, many of the windowless walls have graffiti on them, often in unknown languages, and balconies are often overflowing with pots of plants - dead in the winter - or even have entire carts parked strangely on second floor balconies. Every now and then, a building has a roof collapsed in, or a hole blown in it, where a stray or perhaps deliberate bomb or artillery shell of the war landed, and has not since been repaired. The group passes a pair of houses of worship, a big white round shaped Temple of Boreas, and a square aquamarine Second Harmonist Church. These buildings are not dilapidated nor antiquated, but they fail to bring architectural grace or quaintness from their bare and simple appearances. Green and open spaces exist in Red Heart, as surely as they do in Waterside or anywhere else in the city. But these are slightly fewer as Red Heart seems denser than the City Center and North, and what clear areas there are often have more naked dirt and brown grass. The trees are brown and lifeless in the Winter anyways. Perhaps the most disturbing feature of Red Heart architecture is the presence of seemingly random manufacturies among the tenement blocks, with high sloped roofs, grey walls, loading docks and occasionally smokestacks. No city plan nor zoning laws govern them.

The roads are by and large paved, although often with potholes, and various debris - papers, garbage - strewn along them. Rats scurry about, and in places the overflowing garbage cans let off a clear smell. So too are the streets used by the inhabitants of the neighborhood. Ponies, Griffins, and at least one Kirin walk about. Some of these are alone, and those who are alone travel quickly, as if to minimize their time on the street at night. Those travelling in couples often hold each other, or stay together. Larger groups are more secure in themselves, and often talk loudly, in continuation of whatever revelry they just left. A decent number stumble about on the streets clearly intoxicated, sometimes shouting at passers by. In one area, a group of zebras and one griffin look as if they are in some argument amongst themselves that is likely to break out into physical violence... or rather, the group is witnessing the physical violence already. A couple ponies covered in rags look as if they've made the streets their home. The streets by and large abide by a grid pattern, with occasional streets of older origin crossing diagonally. Hoebuck itself is one these, diagonally intersecting with Horseman Avenue - a gig street with many shops and commercial buildings alongside of it, some ways south of where the party is crossing.

The group nears the water itself, and ends at its destination - just north across from 33 Hoebuck, very near the end of Hoebuck street. The little plot the group stands on belongs to a small commercial building with grey corrugated steel for a roof. The lower floor contains a small fishing supplies shop on the right side, and a laundromat on the left side. A stairway leads up to a second level where a railed external hallway accompanies a an office alleging to belong to a company that operates yacht repair, just a little further north and behind the structure. There are some small docks by the water side with a single boat in the water, though it looks hardly sea worthy in the condition it is in.

33 Hoebuck's lot is bigger than the average in Red Heart, with grass between the current lot, several leafless trees, and grass behind the building and between it and the waterfront. 33 Hoebuck's waterfront is not visible from this location, as 33 Hoebuck juts out at least a hundred feet further into the water beyond this lot to its north. The party can see only one side of the old building from this angle, that being one side of the workshop. It's three stories tall, although the ceilings appear to be tall, and covered in windows. The windows, however, seem to be covered in closed blinds. Though most of the lights are off in the building, a few on the second floor are on. There are no regular doors on this side of the building, but there are loading doors, and a covered loading area where a small road leads up to it from Hoebuck street.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112633
112634 112636 112638
>>112632
The older unicorn in the group I feel says it best, with a lowered voice as he looks upon their target. "This place looks terrible. Like everything bad about Baltimare is condensed into one single neighborhood, quarantined from rest of city to keep it all from spilling out."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112634
112636 112638
>>112632
>>112633
Iron can't help but grimace slightly at the sight.
(This does not look like a livable place,) he thinks to himself. (I suppose this is why it attracts only the ruthless.)
He only nods to Silver's comment to agree with how bad it looks.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112636
112638
>>112633
>>112634
"I will admit... I am not a fan..."
Midnight sticks close to the group.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112637
>>112632
Silver points over to the loading doors while looking to Skies for input. "What do you think odds are they have sentries posted inside? That looks like fairly direct route into building."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112638
112639 112640
>>112636
>>112634
>>112633
“Well.... here we are” Skies says to them. She points a hoof over to the workshop
“There’s your prize”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112639
112641
>>112638
Iron only nods, awaiting orders.

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112640
112641
>>112638
"Lead the way, I will be following."
One of Midnight's wings reaches to wrap around her pendant, as if to make sure it's still there.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112641
112642 112643 112686
>>112640
>>112639
I don’t know if I can come up with an in character explanation for why the players should be the ones playing the game and the GM simply responding to player actions, but...Skies will not be leading
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112642
112643
>>112641
Well you don't have the healer and buffer lead the group into potential definite danger.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112643
112644 112645 112646 112648
>>112641
>>112642
Alrighty, let's go for it then.
Iron starts to walk cautiously towards the workshop, studying the building to see what entrances it has, if there is anypony in there and if it's open.
I'll roll spot to see if he notices anything.
[1d20 = 14]
<Spot roll
hj2ro
?
No.112644
112645 112646
[1d20+3 = 20]
>>112643
Spot: Silver assists Iron in his efforts.
mETVW
?
No.112645
112646
[1d20+5 = 7]
>>112644
>>112643
Assisting sounds fun
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112646
112647 112648 112649
>>112645
Midnight can’t see shit

>>112644
>>112643
Iron and Silver can see that there is one door that looks as if it has been permanently closed. However, this side has a large door with steel grating that a cart could probably go into, and a covered area a cart could definitely go into that probably has an entrance of its own. There is no main entrance not connected with freight on this side of the building. Remember that they are looking at one side of only one of the three buildings. The three buildings run north to south, and thus they are looking at the narrow side
mETVW
?
No.112647
112653
[1d20+5 = 11]
>>112646
I guess that is standard for a bat. Can she hear anything?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112648
112649 112650 112653
>>112643
>>112646
Silver moves to the large, steel grated door. He speaks to Iron in the same low voice. "Iron, help me with this. I want to at least get peak inside."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112649
112650
>>112648
>>112646
Iron nods.
"I had the same idea," he responds quietly.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112650
112652 112653
>>112649
>>112648
Midnight sneaks beside them
"Would either one of you like some extra strength?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112652
112654
>>112650
"You mean by helping us lift, or something of that sort?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112653
112655 112656
>>112647
There are some sounds coming from the facility. Sounds like a fan.

>>112650
“Wait until we make contact with a hostile presence, first”

>>112648
This requires traversing across a large amount of grass, and through brown limbed trees
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112654
112656 112657
>>112652
"More of a blessing, to help you lift."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112655
>>112653
I don't think it's a problem, right?
Should Iron or Silver roll anything?
hj2ro
?
No.112656
112657 112659
[1d20+4 = 16]
>>112654
"Well, that could help. Though like Skies said, it might be most useful when used in combat, rather than just lifting doors."

>>112653
First risky Move Silently roll of the mission, then?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112657
112658 112659
>>112654
“If you have a limited number of blessings, you’d be more useful if you just helped lift”

>>112656
It’s a full moon. Who knows if any pony did or did not see them approach, from Hoebuck or any other property
hj2ro
?
No.112658
112659
[1d20+4 = 12]
>>112657
And Hide, apparently.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112659
112660 112663 112686
>>112658
>>112656
>>112657
I guess I'll roll for it, too, albeit with more clumsiness.
[1d20 = 1]
<Move Silently
[1d20 = 2]
<Hide
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112660
112661 112662
>>112659
Nothing like making noises similar to a gunfight with my hooves to wake up the whole block.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112661
112662 112664
>>112660
Big oof, hopefully Midnight has better luck.
[1d20+2 = 5]
Hide
[1d20+2 = 21]
Move Silently
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112662
112663 112664 112666
>>112660
While traversing the grounds, Iron stumbles forth into an area of lower ground that is presumably a drainage ditch, where he falls into a couple cans a the bottom, making a crashing sound, and knocking into the base
of a tree that shakes on the way down

>>112661
Midnight is silent, eeeeing only in her mind
hj2ro
?
No.112663
112664 112667
[1d20+3 = 19]
>>112659
>>112662
Listen: Silver both internally and externally cringes at Iron's mishap. He listens from the (hopeful) safety of being right next to the building for any signs of movement or griffons talking.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112664
112665
>>112662
>>112663
>>112661
Iron curses to himself, quickening his pace and distancing himself from the noise while desperately going for a place to hide.
I suppose I'll use the trees as cover against anypony who decides to investigate the noise.
[1d20 = 4]
<Hide
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112665
112669
>>112664
At this point, I'm sending Iron as an escaped workshop worker.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112666
112669
>>112662
The internal eeeeeing never ends.

Midnight freezes at the sound of Iron falling, hoping nopony is alerted to their presence.

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112667
112669
>>112663
Nothing can be heard that sounds like life
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112669
112671 112672
>>112667
>>112665
>>112666
Silver lets out a quiet sigh before motioning for the others to come over the grassy area.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112671
112674
>>112669
Iron follows, tail tucked inbetween his legs.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112672
112674
>>112669
Midnight obeys, looking around cautiously
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112674
112675 112676 112678
>>112672
>>112671
The covered area has a door itself over it that is mostly closed, but partly open
hj2ro
?
No.112675
112676 112678
[1d20+4 = 7]
>>112674
Spot: Silver peaks inside.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112676
112678 112681
>>112674
>>112675
Iron decides to check if the underside of the door can be seen into. If not, he aids Silver in his spotting process.
[1d20 = 14]
<Spot check
mETVW
?
No.112677
112678 112681
[1d20+5 = 14]
Oh boy! More rolling!
Spot check to assist
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112678
112680 112681 112682
>>112675
>>112674
A rephrase of “door”: it’s a vehicle bay, with a pull down steel door that is 15 or so feet across. It’s at least open two feet above ground. The inside is black from lack of illumination

>>112676
>>112677
Iron and midnight can see a concrete floor that has a slightly higher loading bay, which is rather small, but still kind of like the loading bay you’d see at a warehouse or distribution center, except there is only one of them
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112680
112682 112684
>>112678
"Should we go in?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112681
112682 112683 112684
>>112676
>>112677
>>112678
The unicorn looks to his compatriots. "It is clear this is our primary objective. Before heading in, I would like to get better idea of not only other ways we could enter, but also other buildings connected to this complex."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112682
112683 112687
>>112681
>>112678
>>112680
"I have no idea what I am looking at," Iron whispers. "But rest assured, if we try to enter, we will be trapped easily."

He stands back up, nodding.
"I agree. We should use another way to enter this place."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112683
112685 112687 112688
>>112681
>>112682
Midnight looks at her back and flaps her wings a few times
"Could me and Blue Skies fly into a window and open another door?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112684
112687
>>112681
>>112681
>>112680
“The buildings are connected in such a way as to basically be a single, large building. The center building and the dormitory are both south of here. The church is south and to the west, over on horseman avenue.”
c73OJ
?
No.112685
112686 112687 112688
>>112683
“On this building? It doesn’t look like any of them are open, or that any of them have ledges or balconies, unlike the apartments around here. It’s kind of more like a hospital”
\r
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.112686
112688
>>112632
"Ah This reminds me of the place i used to live after i was kicked off of my land."
>>112641
sorry im late i didnt go to sleep until 11 this morning.
>>112659
..... OOF
>>112685
"You should drink that potion now, a beautiful pony like you will be a target if you are seen."


Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112687
112688 112689 112694
>>112682
>>112683
>>112684
Silver shrugs at Blue Skies' response. "Looking in church before we try warehouse could be useful."

>>112683
>>112685
"It does not look like it. But you both could fly up to roof for light scouting of upper areas."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112688
112692 112693 112694
>>112685
>>112686
>>112687
>>112683
"Do keep in mind the second story magic lights are on. There must be ponies or whatever else inside them and in viewing distance."
He ponders for a bit.
"Perhaps if one pony enters the warehouse by himself to set off any possible traps inside, maybe it would create an opening."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112689
112694
>>112687
"Im Fine with that."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112690
112691 112692 112693 112695
“... Alright”
Skies pulls out from her brown, leather jacket, a vile of a green-blue substance. She grimaces at it, looking closely at it. Then, she pulls the top off, and drinks it down like a shot. She places the vile back in her jacket. For several seconds, nothing happens. Then, it is like a green flame catches fire over her, first over her hooves, then rising up her body, until her slim Pegasus figure is consumed by it. When the green fire flashes over and dissipates, it leaves behind a slim figure: lion-like body with slim belly, a dark golden coat, off white feathers on folded wings and around her neck, and an orange long, kind of hooked beak
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112691
112698
>>112690
Iron simply nods at the display.
"Looks quite convincing."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112692
112697 112698 112700
>>112688
"That seems rather dangerous for the pony that will walk inside."
>>112690
Dark star pokes her slightly
"Wow, i wasn't expecting it to work this well."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112693
112696 112697 112698
>>112688
Silver's deadpan look suggests that he thinks such a plan isn't very satisfactory.

>>112690
After the initial worry of "did anypony see that" passes, he looks over her new form. "Very similar to changeling magic, that potion. Makes me wonder what kind of ingredients would need to be pulled from one to make it."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112694
112695 112697
>>112688
>>112689
>>112687
“Well, it looks and sounds like the lower level of the workshop at least is unoccupied, whatever that means for us”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112695
112697 112698
>>112690
"That is certainly some... Unique magic."
Midnight seems stunned by the transformation.
>>112694
"Then I would assume that is our best course of action."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112696
>>112693
"Probably a changeling heart or something weird like that"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112697
112698 112699
>>112692
>>112693
>>112694
>>112695
"I can go first to enter through. I am the one most likely not to be shot on sight due to my lack of proper equipment aside from a belt with a pouch if they hid well enough."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112698
112699 112701
Skies’ voice has changed as thoroughly as her physical appearance, transforming from an unidentifiable foreign accent, to a different unidentifiable foreign accent

>>112692
The skin on the coat is rather loose, and he can feel the ribs under the fur. They feel like they could belong to a cat. Then again, she kind of felt like that before
“It can work wonders”

>>112691
She looks at Iron and says “Thank you”

>>112693
She then looks to Silver and smiles. At least, the ends of the beak pull up in a way that resembles a smile, as her eyes narrow in a malicious way that looks less out of place on the eagle-faced cat bird.
“I think you just answered your own question”

>>112695
“It’s hardly unique, just rare in these parts”

>>112697
“You do look less menacing. They might think you are homeless and trying to get out of the cold, rather than an armed burglar”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112699
112701
>>112697
>>112698
"If you're going to do it..."
Midnight places a hoof on Iron's back, before bowing her head and muttering a few quiet words. Her pendant glows a bit in response, before she removes her hoof and smiles.
"I thought a small blessing could help you."

She has cast guidance upon Iron, giving him the ability to add +1 to an upcoming roll of his choosing.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112700
112702
>>112692
Silver looks over to Dark Star. "Earlier, Blue Skies appointed you as leader. So, leader, what is our plan of action?"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112701
112703
>>112699
He smiles softly at Midnight, before nodding.
"I thank you."
>>112698
Iron nods to Skies.
With that, he attempts to slip inside the warehouse through the big doors and see what's inside without any sort of subtlety.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112702
>>112700
"Well we are already here, we might as well go in."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112703
112704
>>112701
When Iron goes through, he finds himself in a dark room. He feels concrete underneath him as he tries to slide under the steel grate - which is pushed up in part by his body, and does not run into anything immediately
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112704
112705 112706
>>112703
(Oh great. I hate darkness.)
He walks forwards a bit, hoping to at least see outlines of things as he goes, the heavy hooves not even trying to be quietened as it loudly clops against the concrete.
[1d20 = 10]
<Spot
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112705
112710
>>112704
Bare to the left and foreword, concrete ledge a little less than a meter high to his right
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112706
112710
>>112704
Dark Star whispers to iron through the opening
"What do you see?"
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112707
112708 112711
“So... is everycreature else going to just wait?”
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112708
112709 112711 112713
>>112707
Dark star rolls under the door
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112709
112713
>>112708
"Two is company, three is a crowd."
Midnight slips under as well, looking around at her surroundings.
[1d20+5 = 10]
Spot
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112710
112712 112713
>>112705
>>112706
"Nothing here, it seems."
He walks over to the ledge and see what it has to offer.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112711
112712
>>112707
>>112708
"Unless you have any disagreements, Dark Star, I think I will go check out church."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112712
112714 112716
>>112710
"Here take my flashlight."
He hands it to iron.
"I'm gonna help silver at the church, stay safe."
>>112711
"I'll come along with for back up then."
He rolls back out the half way up door

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112713
112714 112715 112716
>>112710
The ledge has a small stairwell leading up to it, a light switch on the wall, a smaller door, and a freight door

>>112708
>>112709
Dark Star rolls under dexterously, followed by the bat, who crawls under kind of like a cat. They see this area is mostly empty, and in fact, in a normal location, would probably be fully open and exposed to the elements
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112714
112718 112719
>>112712
>>112713
Silver nods, and sneaks around the back of the warehouse towards the Church of the Sacred Heart.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112715
112716 112717 112719
>>112713
Iron takes it but doesn't turn it on yet as he walks towards the smaller door, bypassing the stiarwell through normal means of climbing up them and attempts to open it.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112716
>>112715
>>112713
>>112712

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112717
112719 112720 112724
>>112715
Midnight quietly follows him, her wings moving protectively around herself.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112718
112719 112725
>>112714
Dark Star follows close behind
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112719
112720 112722 112723 112726
>>112715
>>112717
Locked

>>112714
>>112718
First, it’s always back to Hoebuck street, and over a fence. On the other side of Hoebuck is a warehouse or manufactory, down an alley and onto Horsemsn Avenue, a bit at an angle to Hoebuck
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112720
112721 112726
>>112719
>>112717
He knocks on the door and listens for any noises on the other side, planting his ear on the door.
[1d20 = 20]
<Listem
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112721
112724 112726
>>112720
He hears the sound of some kind of fan or air circulation, probably heating, somewhere inside of the building, and possible movement much further away, but nothing nearby
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112722
112723 112725
>>112719
Well, I'd assume they'd continue towards the church either way.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112723
>>112719
>>112722
"Are we almost there?"
++3JF
?
No.112724
112725 112726
>>112717
>>112721
Oh, nice roll.
He motions Midnight to the freight door as a precaution, even though the enemy is far away according to his ears.
"I am going to apply some pressure into this thing to see if it opens."
With that, he turns around and bucks the door in an attempt to open it.
[1d20+5 = 20]
<Strength roll: Force Open
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112725
112727 112728 112729 112735
>>112722
>>112718
Hoping they were not spotted on the way there, they go down Horseman Avenue three blocks, until they near the Sacred Heart of Celestia and Luna, right across from the old Gilman Hotel. It’s a rectangular building right against the roadside, with a high vaulted roof and a steeple above. The roof is tar shingled, and the wall seems to be concrete, or at least covered in it. Some of the higher portions are disintegrating and falling down, far up on the building, there is a worn and faded image of the two sisters in a manner similar to how they appear in the flag of Equestria, complementing each other as day to night. On the wooden door leading into the church past the steps, there are posters that detail when certain dance lessons are held.

>>112724
*crack*
The door physically breaks off its hinges, buckling in the middle
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112726
112727 112733
>>112719
>>112720
>>112721
>>112724
Nice roll yourself
"It's almost as if this place truly is... Abandoned.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112727
112730
>>112725
Iron pushes the door aside, entering the locked room and turning on the flashlight for easier scouting on the room.
(I wonder what could be hidden behind one of these. Something minor, probably.)
>>112726
"The lights on the second floor say otherwise. Perhaps this is a place where they set up a defense if they knew we were coming."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112728
112729
>>112725
Dark Star spits on the ground as he see's the image of Celestia.

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112729
112731
>>112725
It pains Silver to see the church in such a state, now neglected by griffons and criminals.

>>112728
Silver is just confused as to why Dark Star decided to spit on the ground.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112730
112733
>>112727
As soon as he enters, he can see several items in the room. A small wooden barrel, a larger drum, a wooden crate, some ignite of iron, parts of a cart, and multiple door and hallways. One going down right, one down forward, one off to the left
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112731
112732
>>112729
"As much as i despise celestia....this building shouldn't be in such a state,it deserves better."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112732
112734 112735
>>112731
It occurs to Silver now why Dark Star spat. "Oh...I know you are not partial to Celestia, but I would ask that you not show her such disrespect while in my presense, especially when you know what my own beliefs are."

He looks at the poor structure, once a place of worship and unity for the community. "But yes, it deserves far better than this. I suppose we know how these Griffons treat their own faith...anyways, you are leader, Dark Star. Lead way."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112733
112734
>>112730
Iron hums in thought, deciding to check the containers for anything either valuable or noteworthy.
>>112726
"Check on the right-side door while I rummage around here. If you can peek through any openings, do so. If not, only open the door slightly."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112734
112740
>>112732
There is no bell in the steeple, some tiles are missing from the roof and clearly some parts of the wall have had pieces chip off from it. The symbol of the sisters has fishes coming off it.

>>112733
The barrel contains salted fishes. The drum contains some kind of liquid, but smells like some kind of cleaning agent. The crate contains very plain steel horseshoes. There is another drum with some other chemical, and a box of leather, but mostly this is what is in the entryway
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112735
112736
>>112732
"I can hold my tongue while we are here. "
>>112725
Are there any windows on the front of the building that are low enough to look into the building? and what about the front door what kind of condition is that in?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112736
112737 112740
Skies kind of just disappeared when the group split in two

>>112735
Two windows off further to the right and left that appear to have blinds down. The wooden door is actually in better condition than the walls, as if it has been replaced.
jJgaL
?
No.112737
112738 112739 112742
[1d20+5 = 14]
>>112736
;_;
Dark Star listens for any movement coming from within or around the church
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112738
112739
>>112737
Splitting the party was a kind of abrupt, horror movie decision
Oh yes, there is unambiguously activity inside
hj2ro
?
No.112739
112741
[1d20+3 = 19]
>>112737
>>112738
Listen: Silver tries to get a good idea of what exactly the activity is.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112740
112741
>>112734
>>112736
I guess Skies could be with the S duo.
Iron shakes his head.
"Seems like common supplies..."
He decides to go for the left-side door and open it up slowly.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112741
112743
>>112740
This leads into a larger room. Much larger. All the way to the wall. There are long tables, rows of them, many with sowing machines on them, and over by the walls are stamping machines, and a crucible

>>112739
Speaking. At the moment, it seems to be only one speaker
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112742
112744
>>112737
Silver whispers: "Can you see anywhere where you might be able to peak inside? Someone is speaking."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112743
112745
>>112741
"Place where the whole industry could work..."
He closes the door, not wanting to use up much time inspecting how sewing and metalworking tools until he has a vague understanding of what is behind all three doors.
He goes to the right side door and opens it to see what's inside.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112744
112746
>>112742
Dark Star whispers back
"No, the windows are covered. perhaps we could check around back."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112745
112747 112748 112749
>>112743
Flat ramp going down into a basement, fairly poorly illuminated
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112746
112748 112750
>>112744
He nods. "Times like this, I wish I was Pegasus. Or Alicorn."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112747
112750
>>112745
"Storage..."
And lastly he opens the front-side door, which he assumes leads to even more doors, all things considered.
(Perhaps the basement should prove beneficial to the mission.)
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112748
112749 112750
>>112746
>>112745
"I Know the feeling, follow me.
Dark star starts circling around the back side
hj2ro
?
No.112749
112751
[1d20+4 = 6]
>>112745
>>112748
Silver does so, motioning to the basement ramp. "I will take point. Follow me."

Move Silently: Silver proceeds carefully into the basement, flashlight out and on so he can properly find his way in the darkness.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112750
112753 112754
>>112747
Over to the left, a hallway that goes straight forward. To the right, a ramp going down into a hallway that goes under the floor level

>>112746
>>112748
You’re making me wonder...
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112751
112752
>>112749
.... Silver is with Dark Star a quarter of a mile away from the basement
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112752
112775
>>112751
Fuck, I'm dumb, or tired. Thought that was a reply to Dark Star.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112753
112755
>>112750
Wonder what?

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112754
112755
>>112750
Iron closes the front side door.
"The right door it is."
He opens the right-side door, with Midnight in tow at a safe distance, flashlight pointing forward, scouting the place.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112755
112756 112757
>>112753
Wonder what Skies would have find when the party split. I can only imagine her freaking out “what the fuck are you doing, we need to stick together,” but I really can’t see her as in either group, since it would be awkward to not be in the other group
>>112754
It looks as if this is a tunnel underground that goes a short distance or so. The tunnel is straight, and the walls are painted white, while the floor is concrete
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112756
112758
>>112755
Iron is quite surprised.
"An escape tunnel, maybe?"
He walks along the tunnel to see where it ends.
(This could prove useful if we end up having to run away.)
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112757
112759 112760
>>112755
Dark Star moves silently around the back of the church"
She can be with them.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112758
112761
>>112756
It goes deeper, further. Finally, they get to a room with loud machines, and a cart. These machines seem to have an internal spinning mechanism
jJgaL
?
No.112759
112760
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>112757

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112760
112763
>>112757
>>112759
Dark Star moves into the alley along the side. There isn’t much room separating the church from the other building, only a few feet, but there is room, and a few windows
++3JF
?
No.112761
112762
[1d20-1 = 0]
>>112758
He comes closer to them, studying their purpose.
(The workshop was on the right door. Perhaps this control the lights?)
Int check to see what magic knowledge he can muster on what these machines could do.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112762
>>112761
>Literal zero
Well, it'll be a mystery to be sent to the shadow realm, then.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112763
112764
>>112760
Are any uncovered?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112764
112765
>>112763
Uncovered? No. Partly covered? Perhaps
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112765
112766
>>112764
He looks through any partially uncovered windows
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112766
112767 112768
>>112765
He can see that they are indeed some creatures in there one is speaking to many
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112767
112769
>>112766
Can i see what the one talking looks like? can i make out his race?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112768
112769
>>112766
I suppose Iron checks the cart, then. Perhaps it has something in it.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112769
112770 112771
>>112768
Yes. Towels, and some simple articles of white clothing

>>112767
It’s a griffin. Brown coloration throughout, he wears a black coat, or some kind of article of clothing, and a black hat of some kind
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112770
112772
>>112769
Iron hums to himself before picking the white clothing, attempting to put them on.
(Seems like a good idea before I venture further in.)
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112771
112772
>>112769
Can i make out the clothes from here?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112772
112773 112775
>>112771
Dark Star can assume it is some kind of Griffonian apparel he is unfamiliar with

>>112770
It’s a little tight, but it fits... kind of

Roll for luck
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112773
112774
>>112772
Oof.
[1d20 = 9]
<Lord have mercy on me pls.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112774
112777
>>112773
Sounds coming down a hall off to the left
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112775
112776
>>112772
He Creeps back over to silver
>>112752
"Looks like the Beak ziggers are having a church service right now."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112776
112779
>>112775
"...Beak ziggers?"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112777
112778
>>112774
He decides to use the cart as a possible hiding spot for both Midnight and himself for now.
(Is he coming over here?) Iron thinks to himself, peeking around where the noise came from.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112778
112780
>>112777
Yep. She’s definitely coming that way
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112779
112781
>>112776
"... the griffins."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112780
>>112778
Crap.
(I need to hide until she is close. Perhaps I can do some interrogation if I can catch her.)
With that, he covers his whole body around the cart until he can hear her as where the machines are.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112781
112784
>>112779
"Oh. Right."

Eeyup, gonna pass out. Goodnight.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.112782
112783 112784
Okay, I’m’a go to sleep. Looks like midnight already kill anyways
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112783
>>112782
Yeah. Night.
I'll probably need her help in subduing the griffon chick.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112784
112796
>>112781
>>112782
Night guys. ill get some sleep tonight hopefully,so we can continue earlier tomorrow.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112786
112787
Did you want cool and varied challenges for the party that are appropriate to the level?
Well that cant happen now, given that there isn’t really a full level 5 party
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112787
112788
>>112786
Hm...
Perhaps we can meet up at the middle?
We are in the same building, after all.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112788
112789
>>112787
No... they are blocks away
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112789
112790
>>112788
Shit. Well, Iron should know where they are and viceversa.
I'm not sure which path is the most time consuming one, but perhaps I can skedaddle with Midnight to the church or the S gang can go back to the warehouse after they find out the possible main bad of this mission and have some screentime to do things.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112790
112791 112796 112810
>>112789
Thinkin' we should try to head back.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.112791
>>112790
I think you're witnessing the bad griff, so I assume he'll go back to the warehouse to oversee how everything is going back at his business. I think.
Or he could be some random griffon dressed in black, I dunno.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112792
112793 112794
Alright, a little back reading later and I think I know what's going on.
>Midnight and Iron went down a tunnel
>A griffon is coming
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112793
112794
>>112792
Yes. Midnight is, presumably, in the machine room at the end of the tunnel
Anonymous
4KSDh
?
No.112794
>>112793
>>112792
Yeah, there's a chance things get hot. Seems like a night guard, possibly investigating the sound and the open/broken doors.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112796
112805 112825
9F4F4064-A13E-449E-98D6-DC17E9344D17.jpeg
>>112784
>>112790
Dark Star - and Silver, should be so choose - looks into the church though the blinds. The blinds are down, but open, so that they can see through the gaps between the blinds, even as parts of their vision are obscured. The church is rectangular on the side facing Horseman Avenue, before “bulging” bear the center. From the outside the materials used to create the “bulge” are different, as the extension to the building’s middle seems to have been created after the building’s construction.

Silver might recall that Severyanan Orthodox prefer a circular or plus shaped construction, where a congregation circles around s sacred center, in contrast to the austere and simple rectangular style of the Ponetarian Amstel ponies.

The walls are are plain, beyond a few posters around eye level. The icons, stained glass, and other religious decorations that probably existed at the time this was a church of the Severyanans. All that remains is a single set of stained glass far behind what was the center and pulpit, on the rear wall, and a single icon of the twin sisters hanging in a location where the ceiling rises in the center of the building. This icon must be too high for any renovator to bother removing. The walls are a subtle and non intrusive pink, and fairly plain. In a weird kind of way, the Church has returned to its origins through its new, austere and plain interior. This was a church of the Ponetarians before immigrants from Severyana made it theirs, and the Ponetarians eschewed iconography or religious pomposity. To them, the divine and moral was so beyond the material, that to attempt to represent it could only distract ponies from true Harmony. Harmony exists within and beyond us, not in our representations of it. Spiritual gatherings are useful mostly for teaching, and thus the places of their gatherings are structured as s teacher teaching a class. To be spiritual and in Harmony is always and everywhere, and no location should pretend to be especially elevated above it. This was not the view of the Church of Severyana, where the gatherings were the opportunity to take part in the sacred, and to be in the presence of the sacred. That is why they adorn their places of worship in icons, and structure their contractions in a circle around a center. It is a way to bring the self to the spiritual, to represent it, and to unite the self with the others around you.

Now the floor is planks of wood, forming a respectable enough dancing floor. The pews are gone, but removable and foldable chairs of various kinds populate it in makeshift pews. There are something like thirty creatures before a single speaker. The group is overwhelmingly griffin, more so than the average of Red Heart, but there is at least one pony among the audience. Dark Star described the scene as a religious congregation, and that is essentially what it appears to be, with a single griffin elevated on a stage speaking to larger group who do not seem to be speaking back. After all, the police report, or at least the portions not lost or sealed away, lists this location as home to a congregation of worshipers of the god Boreas, albeit one that does not answer to the Archonate, and is not recognized by the official griffin church.

If there are any rituals, or any special symbols, they are not present for the sermon. Indeed, the scene hardly looks any different from when Dark Star watched Golden delicious speak to a crowd of a thousand on the coming socialist state, or when Dark Star watched Affordable Care, or even Marecuse, speak of the Revolution. Indeed, it could as well be a lecture by a professor, or a briefing by a general. Even a corporate meeting. Unlike the congregation in Dark Star’s old Celestialist Church the creatures in the audience pay intense attention, never playing with their feathers nor talking to the creature next to them, but always focusing intensely on the speaker, never drifting or losing attention. One thing is certain, they are not dancing.

Their attire is fairly formal, but not fully ritual. The lead griffin wears a black formal coat that does not hang down like an Orthodox priest, nor does he appear to be a dandy. If this is indeed a religious sermon, this congregation seems as austere and plain as the Ponetarians, because their is no particularly special attire nor complex ritual on display. In appearance, it is essentially secular.

They can hear speech, they cannot hear said speech in enough detail to make out words or even the language.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112803
112809
Ehhhhhh
Exhausted bat noises
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112805
112810 112825
>>112796
"Silver...something feels Off about this congregation. it doesn't remind me of any of the Services i've ever attended. it feels more like a communist speaking to their followers. i've been to a couple of their rallies,"
F8XMR
?
No.112809
112815
>>112803
Perhaps it is only appropriate. Brie has finished persuading the pair of changelings to follow him to his date with the Hegemony. They are tired, starved, injured, and though the suspect Brie may sell them out, they cannot avoid the firing squad forever.

Over in the other room are several ponies, almost all of whom suffer from severe Changeling love drain
\r
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112810
>>112805
>>112790

Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112815
112818
>>112809
If the ponies in the next room are suffering from love drain, then why are these two hungry?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112816
112818
Somewhere a bat is making bat noises near a church.

Somewhere else, a crystal is making rock noises.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112818
112819 112820
>>112815
I mean, it was more a commentary on their general state over the past several months and what they can reasonably expect if they remain the wilderness indefinitely. Right now they are fairly well off

>>112816
They ain’t asleep yet, but they are trying to lay down. Dawson is still vocalizing discontent about the loss of his bedroom, and in any case they’d like more blankets or mattresses
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112819
112823
>>112818
Ah k, just checking. I'm still not sure what went on, other than that some ponies got attacked, and some bugs got squished
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112820
112821 112823
>>112818
And last I remember the rock was looking around for extra blankets.
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112821
112822 112826
>>112820
Sorry I'm not available for you to play with Midnight. Having uni classes rn. Should be able to continue in about an hour.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112822
112824
>>112821
What major?
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112823
112826
>>112819
>some ponies got attacked, and some bugs got squished
That’s... basically what happened. There used to be four changelings. There are now just the wounded two. Three ponies were cocooned, and another drained, then Onyx as the fifth victim.

>>112820
“The blankets are in the bedroom”
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112824
112827
>>112822
Medicine.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112825
112829
>>112796
>>112805
"It does seem strange to me. Usually, sermons feature passive listeners, understanding what is being spoken without paying attention to who is speaking. This, this is more like cult."

Silver suddenly does a double take in Dark Star's direction. "...You have been to communist rally?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112826
112834 112838
>>112821
You're fine, seriously I know this feel
>>112823
Onyx sighs, and enters the bedroom.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112827
>>112824
Noice
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112829
112833
>>112825
"A Cult? here in baltimare? Yes i have, it was before i joined up with the black hooves. and then one time afterwards to gather intel."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112833
112835
>>112829
Silver digests that little nugget. "Cults are everywhere, religious or not. I am not explicitly saying it is cult, it just seems like one. Cults rely on charismatic speakers, capable of getting inside others' heads and speaking directly to them, to what they want out of life. Rarely does it end well for those who fall for such honeyed words. And this, well, it seems more like they are here for who is speaking as much what they are speaking."
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112834
112837 112860
>>112826
Inside are Brie (Spark? Probably Spark) and Onyx’s two favorite creatures, the changelings that drained his and shot at him earlier, ‘ol blue eyes (who shot at Onyx) stands nearer Brie, and blue green (who drained onyx) keeps his distended from Spark. Over in the corner is a basket with quilts - family quilts with pictures of ponies woven in it, and of the lands of Whinnysota
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112835
112839
>>112833
"What you just described matches with the reactions of the audience at the rallies,Should we maybe...go inside?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112837
112841 112861
>>112834
Onyx remains silent as he retrieves the basket, glaring at the changelings.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112838
112842
>>112826
"Ah Spark! I hear you've met our new friends!" Brie beams.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112839
112844
>>112835
"Hmm...it is risky. And I am not certain how welcoming they would be of arms being openly brought into building, if we go in through front door. I will leave decision up to you."
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112841
112842
>>112837
*Onyx
Sorry
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112842
112852
>>112838
>>112841
"Yeah, I reckon 'met' is a bucking good word for it."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112844
112847
>>112839
"Well this used to be a SvetyaianTfw i forgot how to spell the word, just assume Dark star said it correctly. Church, you could say that you were showing your zigger friend, the church you used to pray at."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112847
112850 112851
>>112844
"Severyanan. And if that is what you want to go with, I will be with you all way." He chuckles. "So, what should I call you...zebra?"
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112850
>>112847
Striped Star
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112851
112855
>>112847
"Call me, Zekker, if they get hostile we should head out of there very fast."
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112852
112857 112860
>>112842
"Oh come now, you look fine!" Brie says dismissing the apparent aggression.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112855
112858
>>112851
"I agree. Very well, Zekker. Let me give you grand tour." Silver makes his way around to the front of the church, before trying the front door.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112857
112860 112864
>>112852
"Yeah, and you look the same shade of grey as everything else thanks to them."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112858
112861 112865 113195
>>112855
Zekker follows close behind
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112860
>>112857
>>112852
>>112834
I'm back.

Spark waves to the bartender.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112861
112864 112865 112870 112875
>>112837
One if these quilts even has Rose and Dawson as a couple on it. Another has dairy farms, wheat, and iron ore mines.

Blue green backs himself even further away into a corner on the far side of the small room

>>112858
>>112858
Be advised. If thus turns sour, Dark Star and Silver will not be able to outfight their opponents, they will not be able to outrun the flying enemy, and they will never make it back to the party healer way across the map

Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112864
112868
>>112861
>>112857
Alrighty, ready to enact griffon hugs?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112865
112875
>>112861
>>112858
It's up to "Zekker". Silver will do his best to get his friend out of there, in any case.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112868
112879
>>112864
Oh hell yeah
Midnight is gonna hug and use diplomacy on that griffon so hard.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.112870
>>112861
Spark looks at Seb and wonders if he looks like he is more willing for a pet this time.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112875
112877 113195
>>112861
>>112865
Dark star is feeling rather bold.
"Lets get in there."
sorry for the delay was in the bathroom
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112877
113154
>>112875
And thus, Silver does so.
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112879
112887
>>112868
Alright. I assume you want to get out of the cart hiding place first. Iron's the backup.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112887
112902 113033
>>112879
Alrighty then

Midnight steps out, slowly trotting forward and doing her best to look confused.
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112902
112903
>>112887
You are unarmored, right? Are your weapons concealed?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.112903
112905
>>112902
Yes and yes
Anonymous
oBXON
?
No.112905
>>112903
Excellent. Hopefully GM gets back, but I have a feeling he wants to shoo the S duo away from the church, since he's making it sound like a boss battle setting.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.112949
112952 112954
Huh. This is unprecented.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112952
112955
>>112949
Eh? You think so?
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112954
112955
>>112949
What do you mean?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.112955
112956 112958
>>112954
>>112952
You mean you don't think the GM's sudden disappearance is weird?
It's not even 12:00 AM
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112956
112964
>>112955
Could be he's off typing, or contemplating. He's done stuff like this before.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112958
112964
>>112955
Its friday. Who knows what he's doing. Obviously I hope for the best, but its a little early to be getting concerned about it.
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.112959
112962 112963 112964 112965
1A62B75C-644F-41FC-89D9-48B849C7A2EC.png
I am on an out of town trip for a Labor Day weekend. I think I will be available later tonight
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.112962
>>112959
Alrighty. We can wait, go on and have fun or do whatever you need to do.
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.112963
>>112959
*boops the snootendoodle*
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.112964
>>112956
>>112958
I suppose.
I hope he's not in turmoil as to how the quest is going.
>>112959
Ah ha! See guys? I knew something was off!
Of course, good luck.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.112965
>>112959
Have Fun Fren
Anonymous
F8XMR
?
No.113009
113010
5C9B6E5A-F60B-4651-A7A1-C305FED74B74.png
Am here
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113010
>>113009
If Midnight not here, then I must await my opportunity.
Sorry Sir Ancapon The First.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113027
113028 113029 113031
Hello, hello?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113028
113030
>>113027
*Pokes snout*
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113029
113030
>>113027
Hi
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113030
113032
>>113028
>>113029
Hey guys. How's it going?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113031
113037 113038
DC207281-02D4-40F4-86E9-F8609713AAF6.jpeg
>>113027
Hello
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113032
113033 113037 113040 113044
>>113030
Ready to play whenever Midnight arrives. We gonna make griffon be nice.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113033
113037 113040 113044 113049
>>113032
His Majesty Sir AnCap LXIX is here. I believe my last action was >>112887

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113037
>>113033
>>113031
>>113032
Heck yeh!

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113038
113040 113041
>>113031
Is this y'all pony your new OC?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113040
113042
>>113033
>>113032
Alright....

Iron Midnight leave from the loading bay, going past the door to the right, the ramp down to the left, and the door in front and to the left, closing instead to go down a ramp that leads into a small tunnel going straight ahead. It has a flat concrete surface, brick walls, and an arched ceiling,l. It looks wide enough for a cart to just barely maneuver, and precedes straight from the loading bay has be hundred feet or more, illuminated by spaced incandescent electrical lights that just barely light the brick hallway. This goes past a door, and into a room that bulges out. The room has a drain on the floor, and a number of steel cylinders four or five feet in diameter that have knobs and seem to be done kind of machine. In the hallway is a metal cart with a big open rectangle that was found to contain articles of white clothing when Iron inspected it. The sounds of the machines can be hear long before the two arrive, and hides the sounds of a griffin who approaches from the left, from a different, smaller hall

>>113038
That’s Harmony Star. She is one of two mascots for HarmonyCon, the replacement for Nightmare Nights after that convention closed. She’s adorable, the honorary Element of Texas, and has a surprisingly large amount of art, so I post her a lot
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113041
>>113038
Don't think so. Probably.
If he did that, it would've been Skies
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113042
>>113040
She does indeed look adorable, you'll get no argument from me.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113044
113045 113047
>>113033
>>113032
Anyways.... declare actions. I think Iron wants to hide behind the cart
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113045
113047 113049
>>113044
Correct.
Midnight's action is in the one you linked
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113047
>>113044
>>113045
What he said, Midnight is just looking lost.
Which is easy, considering she is.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113049
113050 113051 113052
>>113045
>>113033
Alright... as Midnight has chosen to be found...

The griffin comes out slowly. She wears some kind of white cover on her front, but is otherwise unclothed, and has white feathers with black ends, and a soft but dull lion coat on her main body. She is fairly small, yet still as big as Midnight as Griffins tend to be. She is at first kind of lazy in her approach, but when she sees Midnight, she reacts with fear, throwing her wings over her beak and widening her eyes

“Qui es-tu? Qu'est ce que tu fais en bas?!”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113050
113052
>>113049
"E-excuse me? I am sorry but I cannot understand you..."
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113051
113052
>>113049
I'm surprised I can even understand her without translation. Romantic Languages FTW.
Iron, while behind the cart, swivels his ears.
(She is a guard, indeed.)
Can he see the griffin?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113052
113053 113055
>>113050
Roll for luck
She tacks a step back
“Comment êtes-vous entrés?”

>>113051
He can if he looks around to the right. (I mean, he can do it from the left, she’s just more likely to see him). Her attention is focused on Midnight. He would see the description given in >>113049

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113053
113054
>>113052
"I cannot understand you, do you speak ponish?"
Luck I guess
[1d20 = 14]

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113054
113057
>>113053
“Small amount. Who... are you”
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113055
113056
>>113052
Iron decides to peek from the right, seeing her clothing.
(I think I should take off these clothes. It will look bad.)
Would that make noise?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113056
113058
>>113055
It’s a simple worker’s garment. It looks like it protects from spills.

Roll die to remove silently
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113057
113059
>>113054
Midnight nods, as if she's used to speaking with creatures who don't speak much ponish.
"Am Midnight. Was chased, saw open door to run in."
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113058
113059
>>113056
I knew it.
[1d20 = 16]
<Sneaky Stripping
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113059
113060 113061
>>113058
Success

>>113057
“You are not to be here”


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113060
113062
>>113059
"Sorry, could you help me leave? Scared of ponies who chase me"
Diplomacy check to see if the griffon will help.
[1d20+12 = 20]

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113061
>>113059
Nice.
Iron awaits in a pouncing maneuver in case things go awry.
(If Midnight calls me out, then I should be safe to come out without her being panicked over stolen clothes.)
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113062
113063
>>113060
She speaks in heavy accent and with words often delayed
“Where did you come from?”


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113063
113064
>>113062
"Am visiting for business. Stay out too late. Cannot find place to stay."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113064
113065
>>113063
“You cannot be here... the closest exit is...”
She thinks for a moment, then points back the way she came
“That way”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113065
113066
>>113064
"Can you escort me? Afraid bad ponies are waiting."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113066
113067
>>113065
She still looks stunned that a random pony somehow wondered in
“It is... back this way”
She points with a claw back through the way she came
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113067
113068 113069
>>113066
"No help?"
Midnight cocks her head, looking with big eyes.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113068
113069 113070
>>113067
“Is this way”
She points a claw, and angles her body that direction
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113069
>>113068
>>113067
Hm... should Iron come out now or keep waiting? I fear there'll be another party separation.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113070
113071
>>113068
Midnight flares her wings as if to signal Iron to wait, and begins to walk towards the area the griffon pointed to.
"Fine."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113071
113072
>>113070
The griffin goes ahead in front of Midnight, but looks back to watch her occasionally
“This way”
She goes forward, and leads into a room with a couple other carts and folded clothing, then a ramp going up to the first level off to the right then turning right again. This goes out a big door into what must be the first floor. The hallway goes each way, and has a couple big doors branching off. The walls are painted white, the floor is a number of 1 foot by 1 foot square tiles that are a brownish black in color
“This way” she says again, taking a left
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113072
113073 113075
>>113071
She continues to follow, praying to Luna that this will end well.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113073
113074 113075
>>113072
Just a little further, and there is a hallway off to their right. This one goes forward, past a couple more doors, and ends in an expanded area that seems like an entrance foyer or waiting area
“This is the exit” she says
She goes forward
“Not sure if locked...”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113074
113077
>>113073
Midnight steps forward and tests the door.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113075
113077
>>113072
>>113073
Since they went away, Iron feels it's a good time to redress himself as a worker.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113077
113078 113079
>>113074
The griffin herself checks the door. It does not budge. Midnight checks if next, and sure enough, it is locked
“I... do not have key” the griffin says awkwardly

>>113075
Thus Iron puts on a garment of his own
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113078
113080
>>113077
He steps out, wondering what he should do.
(Go to Midnight, or keep exploring?)
Some part of him points out they should not separate more than the group already is, so he retraces the griffin and Midnight's steps to the best of his ability.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113079
113080
>>113077
"That is fine, I can just stay here."
Midnight simply sits next to the door, and decides to make small talk.
"What is this place?"
[1d20+12 = 17]
diplomacy to hopefully make the griffon a bit more friendly.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113080
113081 113082
>>113078
Step forward, step forward, step forward... it’s a room with a few baskets of clothing and towels, and two carts. Two potential exits

>>113079
“This is... our place that we live.... I will have to contact a guard to unlock the door”
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113081
113083
>>113080
Loading bay, possibly.
Iron peeks around for any trace of the griffon-bat combo.
(They could not have gone so far.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113082
113083
>>113080
"Alright... Do you have a name?"
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113083
113084 113085
>>113081
No pony there
This is a new room, a little left/east of the direction they came from

>>113082
“I am... Joan Plumeblanche”

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113084
113086
>>113083
"It is nice to meet you, thank you for escorting me"
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113085
113086
>>113083
Ohok.
Iron steps forth, exploring the room he stumbled into, particularly the clothing and towels.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113086
113087 113088
>>113085
It is an inelegantly constructed room. The walls are naked brick of a variety with a distinct brown and yellow hue. The floor is bare concrete, and the most complication comes from a single vent that blows in warmer air, and electric lights with naked cables. Inside the room there are a couple bins, containing mostly folded cloths, and a couple tables with clothes on them. Clothes are mostly simple woven, although there are some fancier coats and robes (probably wool), which are hung up on a rack. Towels are undyed white cotton.

>>113084
She’s looks back, then down, then back to her
“What is... your name”
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113087
113089
>>113086
Iron's mind lights up.
(This is the place where they store their export, possibly. I might be getting somewhere here.)
He inspects the fancier coats and robes first, seeing if they have some sort of signature or otherwise tag where it says who made the clothes.
(If only I had somepony who knew if they'd seen the clothes before...)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113088
113089
>>113086
"Midnight. May I ask what you do here?"
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113089
113090 113097
>>113088
“I am... house servant...”

Joan now sounds like Celestia from
https://youtu.be/NKRa7vor63c

>>113087
Place names. Whitebell, Skyfall, Nouvelle Aquellia

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113090
113094
>>113089
Hm. What could that mean? Clothes brand or actual Griffonia places? Sadly, Iron is a dumbell, so he'd have to do some 'borrowing'.
Iron nods to himself.
(This seems like useful information.)
He glances around for any sort of reliable and quiet method for carrying around folded clothes.
Technically, Iron can probably take those boxes without issue, but it's going to look conspicuous.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113094
113096
>>113090
Aside from the carts, there are no options besides carrying them on hangers or over his back. Maybe in a cotton bag, but this would unfold and possibly wrinkle them
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113096
113099
>>113094
He decides to try carrying them on his back the available fancy clothes, for he believes they are the easiest to recognize for searching who and where they are going.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113097
113099
>>113089
"Ah, I see."
Midnight heavily considers trying to get away from the griffon, but isn't sure if it's the best idea.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113099
113100 113101
>>113096
He can do that, it’s just the opposite of inconspicuous. The color constraints strongly against his grey coat and white workers garments

>>113097
“I should... maybe find a guard to unlock the door” Joan says
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113100
113102
>>113099
"I will stay here"
Midnight gives a smile, as if she isn't gonna run off the moment she's alone.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113101
113102
>>113099
Iron shakes his head.
(I should avoid damaging the garments.)
He glances at one of the carts.
(Perhaps they are the best option. Might as well take some of the more simple clothing, too.)
And with that, he starts packing one of the carts with the available fancy clothing plus some of the simpler clothes.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113102
113103 113104 113106
>>113100
“Oh, okay”
She walks off, down the hallway they came from

>>113101
This risks unfolding the clothes
But frankly is do that to formal clothes too, so Iron might
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113103
113111
>>113102
Are the carts really that small they cannot fit a strewn out article of clothing?
Or is the act of moving them? If so, he will be forced to carry them on his back slowly and all that, since that previously didn't risk unfolding.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113104
113106 113111
>>113102
Midnight quickly trots down the hall she came from, unless that's the way the griffon went.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113106
113107
>>113102
>>113104
>down the hallway they came from
>unless that's the way the griffon went
Bruh
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113107
>>113106
Hey hey! In my defense....

I'm fucking retarded, SHIT
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113111
113114 113115
>>113103
You can....
He can try to place them down carefully in an empty cart

>>113104
Joan goes down the hall and turns right, which Midnight has the spacial awareness to know us the opposite direction they came from, and leads the griffin in the direction of the hostel/fort building

If Midnight chooses to leave quickly, she may need to move silently
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113114
113117
>>113111
Moment of truth, then.
Iron inspects the carts before starting the packing process.


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113115
113117
>considering my options intensifies
>>113111 (checked)
Midnight waits a moment before slowly walking down the hall, turning back toward where she came.

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113117
113118 113122
>>113115
She able to wait in spot, then go into the hallway. It seems empty. Down the left are many doors, surely one of which is the one she care from

>>113114
They seem functional. One has clothes in it, the other is empty
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113118
113120
>>113117
He inspects the one with clothes first, from capacity to the tag they could have.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113120
113121
>>113118
It contains a moderate amount of clothes that are of simple design, and several colors. At least some of the fancy clothes on the rack could fit in it without overflowing
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113121
113124
>>113120
I sure hope this is actually useful for the mission.
Iron decides that not all fancy clothing should be extracted, for they would both disrupt their operations while allowing some of it be shipped off to their destination to see which are the ones accepting the clothes.
(Hard evidence of clothing presence. This should be worthy of taking out.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113122
113124
>>113117
Rolling int to remember the door....
[1d20+1 = 4]

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113124
113126 113135
>>113122
It’s that first one, with the big red trim

>>113121
Alright, Iron presumably does so
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113126
113128
>>113124
After doing so, he checks the door where the carts should go out.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113128
113129
>>113126
There is a ramp that snakes around going up
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113129
113131
>>113128
In any case, Iron goes to inspect it.
Does it lead outside? Are there any other exits that could lead directly outside in the room he's in?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113131
113133
>>113129
It goes up to a door on what presumably is the first level
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113133
113139
>>113131
Hm.
Sounds like it's scouting time.
Iron attempts to open the door.

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113135
113139
>>113124
This should end terribly; Midnight opens the door
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113139
113140
>>113133
This opens into a hallway. It looks like a main hallway, with white painted walls and brown-black square tile floors

>>113135
This opens into a dark room, which has some cabinets, steel stoves, an oven in the back, a few sinks, and just a couple pots out
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113140
113142
>>113139
He walks along said hallway, figuring out if he can find a safe and close exit to take out the clothes.
(Will Skies know how to hide a cart full of clothes? I hope so.)
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113142
113146
>>113140
It’s probably the most public place of this building. There are doors, but nothing obviously leads to an exit
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113146
113324 113334
>>113142
Crud

At least he's not going to cause an uproar due to his costume, then.
He decides to check the doors at his disposal since he lost himself in this maze of a building.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113154
113156
>>112877
Sorry it took me so long to wake up.
Back reading now
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113156
113158 113159
>>113154
Hey, no need to apologize to me. Just happy to see you.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113158
113161
Spoilered
>>113156
I sure hope that's a firehose.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113159
113160
>>113156
Is Gm around?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113160
113163
>>113159
He was here an hour ago, at least. No idea where else he'd be.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113161
Spoilered
>>113158

DS
jJgaL
?
No.113163
>>113160
i hope he's doing alright. he did say he was on a trip for the weekend.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113165
113167 113168 113180
5C297E2D-C09D-402E-8822-C3364B6B9C5F.jpeg
Alright, who is or will be here tonight?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113167
>>113165
Yesh.
I is here.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113168
113195
>>113165
I'm here, just playing some No More Room in Hell to pass the time.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113180
113185
_Boop glim.gif
>>113165
im here i just had to deal with some boomers.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113185
113189
>>113180
Oof.
That sounds a bit rough.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113189
>>113185
Nah it wasnt too bad.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113195
113197 113198
>>112858
>>112875
>>113168
The two enter the church.

A speech is ongoing, and the speaker looks at the Zebra and the fluff ball entering the sanctuary - they are directly opposite him.

“And thus the Aramaspi tore through the gates of Griffinstone and entered the King’s chamber”
He looks to his audience, places a claw up and grape into a fist as if to emphasize the lines in a pause. Then he looks up to the entrants.
“It seems we have some visitors”
Creatures in the crowd look back to the entrants. Some clearly do not like the entrants, other have more bewildered or neutral expressions
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113197
113198 113200
>>113195
Silver steps into the church and pauses at the sight, acting as though he were about to give his friend a tour until noticing the current occupants. "Oh! Apologies, I did not mean to interrupt. We were in area, and I wanted to show my zebra friend here my place of worship when I was young."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113198
113199 113200
>>113195
>>113197
"Zekker" looks at silver
"Dis da place?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113199
>>113198
Silver nods at him. "Yes, this was where I once went to church, long ago."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113200
113201 113202 113203
>>113197
>>113198
The Griffin’s eyes remain wide, and his cheeks pull back in what must be some kind of quasi smile. He grasps his chest
“... At nine o’clock at night?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113201
113202 113204
>>113200
"Yes, we..." Silver looks down, in what seems to be a gesture of sadness. "...do not have much else we can go to, anymore."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113202
113203 113204
>>113200
>>113201
"House get taken by damn fashets!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113203
113204
>>113200
>>113202
Silver nods sadly. "And mine blown up by fascist artillery shell. We are vagrants: no home left to go to, wandering until day we die."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113204
113205 113208
>>113201
>>113202
>>113203
He pauses
“I see”
Another pause
“Tell me, are you looking for something?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113205
113207
>>113204
"Are we all not looking for something in our lives, друг?" He looks up to meet the griffon's eyes, his own being that of a tired, old stallion, with nothing left in his life. "Meaning. It is all we can look for, now."
sC9ZC
?
No.113207
113208 113209
>>113205
His feathers are a grey coloration, and his lion coat a darker shade of tan and brown. The unidentifued model of cap is blacken wool, as is the coat he wears. The little hook at the top of his beak is a little sharper than jay be average, and his eyes - equally meeting Silver’s are a dark red, almost burgundy, like partly dried blood or a dark rose.
“Then you understand me. Tell all of us, where are you from?”
\r
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113208
113210
>>113204
the zebra has a look of saddness on his face
"We aint got nuthin, we look for soumthin more den dis life."
>>113207
"My granny from zebrica she ded now,my momma ded, i is from baltimare."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113209
113210
>>113207
"I was born here in Red Heart after my parents moved to Baltimare from St. Petershoof, but after I became adult I moved to outskirts of city. It was quiet, serene, minus occasional wildlife. I found love, had three foals with my late-wife...now, I am old stallion, I do not even know if my foals are alive, my house and everything I owned is gone...I have nothing left, not even purpose. I came back to Red Heart, hoping I could find something to keep me going, and still nothing, still stuck in this meaningless existence. If it was not for my friend here...I am not sure I would even be here to talk to you."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113210
113211 113212 113214
>>113209
>>113208
“So I’ll ask, why are you really here?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113211
113216
>>113210
Silver has that look of sadness and loss again. "This place...it is all I have left. Perhaps I hoped I would find something that could put me back on path, something to maybe...I do not know. I have nowhere else to go."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113212
113216
>>113210
"Iz don't understand."
His ears droop
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113214
>>113210
Whew. Sounds like they're about to get eaten
by hawks.

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113216
113219
>>113211
>>113212
“The path to what, exactly?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113219
>>113216
"So many ways to put it, that I am unable to do so properly...enlightenment, I suppose..." His own ears droop, as he thinks of other ways he could put it, to make him understand.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113220
113223 113224
I feel like a bluff check is appropriate
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113223
>>113220
I was kinda expecting you to ask that sooner tbh.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113224
113227 113230
>>113220
Does it have to be from Silver or Dark Star?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113227
113230 113231
>>113224
Yes
jJgaL
?
No.113230
113231
[1d20+5 = 14]
>>113224
>>113227
you can roll to assist generally.
hj2ro
?
No.113231
[1d20-1 = -9]
>>113227
>>113230
Well, then, let's see if Silver can assist.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113232
113235 113237 113238
Wondering if Skies should join in....
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113235
113241
>>113232
Well, she's gotta be somewhere. She wouldn't waste that potion, I'd imagine.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113237
113241
>>113232
She definitely should.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113238
>>113232
Yeah! Skies should partake in second claw propaganda!
sC9ZC
?
No.113241
113250 113253
[1d20+10 = 27]
>>113235
>>113237
“These two are a little drunk. We came from the Maurice Pub, where they were talking about the church in their childhoods and how things are now. They are in kind of a dark spot, and thought returning to old sights would help”
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113250
>>113241
Zekker looks a little shocked to hear somepony speak on our behalf
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113251
113253 113254
AC6D3303-B53D-4A50-A7EA-8B2AA1D0A69D.png
Eh... maybe having an NPC intrude on the prerogative of the player characters was a bad idea
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113253
>>113251
I mean, it depends on the context. Like, if Blue thinks that Silver and Star are going to blow it.

>>113241
Silver looks over at the griffon speaking on their behalf. "It was only couple drinks...I think...
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113254
>>113251
You could've added Skies said that in your post. Unless it really was from a random churchgoer.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113256
113258 113259 113261
“I’ll just.... I see there is something else going on here. I’ll leave you all be.”
The griffin awkwardly leaves
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113258
>>113256
What even.
This is the fourth time she backed away from the mission.
Just go with it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113259
>>113256
Oooooookaaaaaaay...just pretending that didn't happen, I suppose...
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113261
>>113256
...
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113268
113269 113270 113272
75CD6392-850C-43E8-AB52-929E4CB8EC62.jpeg
I don’t know.... Do you want the NPC there active and doing things, or do you want to tackle it yourselves. Yes or no. Any more flakey answers that fail to fall into either camp will mean more inserts that will be quickly retracted
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113269
>>113268
Yes. You should know this by now with my speech about liking having Cauldron in the jungle mission after you complained Ash's comment about 'NPCs shouldn't appear in quests'.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113270
113274
>>113268
I sort of figured she'd be at the warehouse with the others.

Also, are you alright? You need sleep or something?
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113272
>>113268
Well i think we are about to be thrown in a meat grinder, so blue needs to stay.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113274
113275
>>113270
I’ve never felt secure in the way in which this particular character relates with the player characters
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113275
113276 113277
>>113274
I would recommend that you approach her as you would your own player character and come up with an answer from there.

Anyways, apologies to Dark Star, but the bed is calling my name, and I've got a very busy day tomorrow. Gonna have to call it a night.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113276
Spoilered
>>113275
Night, big bud.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113277
>>113275
No worries, get some rest.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113302
113303
Nudge
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113303
113304
>>113302
You nudge'n me?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113304
>>113303
Yeah. I nudge'n ye. Got a problem with it, lad?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113305
113306 113308 113311
024B4998-8B62-4E71-85FB-4192A89BDC2F.png
*is nudged*

I still feel off about whether a DMPC is a good idea
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113306
113307
_Boop Sunbreaker.png
>>113305

Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.113307
>>113306
kek
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113308
113319
>>113305
I'd say it's a good addition so long as it doesn't cover a base a PC player in the party has.
Sure, it might feel railroady and the DMPC's suggestions may be accepted unilateraly due to the OOC ties with God itself, but it makes the party more powerful and able to take on harder foes.
As long as the NPC Skies, in this instance does not jerk away the PC crafted plan it should be absolutely fine. If a PC asks her , she can answer. If a DMPC figures she must step in, and if not the three of them will face negative consequences, she can do so, since she doesn't want to die/take a reputation hit.
Although Cauldron's participation could be seen as minimal, I do admit she was the most helpful asset in the mission, always covering Iron's back. But perhaps she's not a DMPC, so I might be wrong with my assessment.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113311
>>113305
It's not a bad idea, depending on how it's implimented. If the DMPC exists to simply railroad the party along a predetermined plot path, then it's a bad idea, but when it's used as a way to cover one of the party's weaknesses and help out as a normal PC would, then it's a good idea. So, ultimately, I would recommend you use her as a normal PC, detatched from the fact that the god of this universe is controlling her.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113319
113320 113321
Okay, we can probably do something tonight

>>113308
>>113308
This reminds me of a particular battle I tried to construct.

Now, in my mind it was the coolest construct ever. Dr. Grant is clearly pissed at Iron for stealing half the valuables at the archeological site, and while Iron is.... I guess resting, or otherwise not really taking the threat seriously, Dr. Grant gets the sub machine gun Cauldron discarded for lack of ammo off the ground, goes outside, findsthe body of the bandit leader, and takes the ammunition out of his 9mm automatic and puts it in the magazine of the sub machine gun for 15 bullets or half a magazine. Now, he’s not normally inclined to violence, but he’s lost it with how badly everything has gone for his trip. He knows that Iron is still in the half of the cavern beyond the trail’s apex because Pear is by the stream doing her own thing with the idols, and answers Grant’s basic questions.

So he goes to the apex, and stands there being hard to see because it’s so dark. Then he starts taunting Iron by talking about how Iron stole what belongs to him. Now, Grant is doing this partly to argue, but really what he’s doing is getting Iron to talk back to him, and thus get Iron - who otherwise is pretty well hidden - to reveal his approximate position. As he’s doing this he’s cackling in laughter showing that he’s had a mental break down, and he’s making statements about Iron that, true to Grant’s role in the story more generally, show himself to be an entitled selfish asshole, but also occasionally contain valid criticism and moral point. Black Cauldron, meanwhile, knows that Grant has already made up her mind to attack, so she’s sitting silently in the corner trying to hide her position, and execute an attack when he shows himself. I figured that Grant would light a flare, toss it to where he heard Iron, then maybe either either shoot at Iron or Iron would punch him.

And then it didn’t happen that way, and the whole fight was anti-climatic. Grant rolled a 1, and the flare hit the ceiling and stayed near him. Then Iron failed to land a hit on Grant. Then Grant got a chance to shoot at Iron, and landed so many hits that realistically Iron should have been reduced to “dying” with how low his HP was before the battle. The shit that kills (disables) Grant doesn’t even come from the PC, it’s Cauldron’s shot. The whole battle is over in one round with the PC failing to even land a hit. Designing encounters is hard
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113320
>>113319
You can't predit how rolls are ever going to exactly go. For all intents and purposes, it was an excellent encounter with a lot of buildup. I thought it was satisfying to watch, at least.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113321
113324
>>113319
Yeah. It broke my heart to see so much bad luck on both sides.

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113324
>>113321
By the way. My last post was >>113146

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113334
113335
>>113146
Which way, left or right? The same side of the hall as he came from, or opposite side?
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113335
113340 113341
>>113334
Hm. I'll go with right.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113339
113340
Ah let's see, Midnight had just opened the door to a kitchen, no?
"Buck, this is not it"
She looks around for a sign of where she came from.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113340
113341 113343
>>113339
Midnight can pull out of the kitchen, to see Iron, pushing a cart out of the next door, and going the opposite direction

>>113335
Dark Hallways and tile floor, with a few rooms. Eventually it dead ends in a door
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113341
113343
>>113340
>>113335
"Iron!"
Midnight trots over to him
"Thank Luna I was able to find you again!"
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113343
113344 113345
>>113341
Iron grins.
"Glad you are alright. Seen any exits to take out these clothes? It might prove useful."
>>113340
He slowly and cautiously goes along the rooms up to the dead end door, and attempts to open it.
(Maybe these are the bedrooms?)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113344
113345 113346
>>113343
"Well there is a door up front, but my escort went to grab a guard to unlock it which might be bad. And there is where we came in."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113345
113347 113349
>>113343
>>113344
Sounds down the hall from behind

>>113343
One over, a double door opens to a large room with rows of long tables. There are some windows in the far end
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113346
113349
>>113344
"I think I got lost with all the doors and rooms, to be honest."
He smiles sheepishly.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113347
113348 113349
>>113345
Crap.
Iron hopes the griffon doesn't go to the door he just entered, closing it with Midnight on the other side.

Iron is utterly lost.
(They have a dining room, too? How big is this building? I see why they lasted so long.)
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113348
113349 113351
>>113347
As in, Midnight is with Iron while griffon chick is on the other side.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113349
113350 113351 113352
>>113345
>>113346
>>113347
"Eep!"
>>113348
Okay, good. I thought Midnight was going to have to call you names.
Midnight his happily brought on the other side of the door. Staying silent.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113350
>>113349
Yeah. Good thing I caught myself before he responded. That would've been too dickish.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113351
113352
>>113349
>>113348
Evidently the door is closed behind the two, leaving both inside of the room. It has white tile floors, is very large across (50 feet by 50 feet, or something like that) with long wooden tables. Half of them have chairs turned upside down on top, and half have the chairs in position at the table. A wall is colored white - albeit a different shade than the tiles (a bit off white) - and it is occasionally populated with posters or something on it, but there is not enough light to make out details from this area. The room is not perfectly rectangular, with a reduced width near the hallway wall a few feet over to the left that must be the stairwell that goes down to the laundry room
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113352
113353 113355
>>113351
Iron moves to a corner of the room and unlatches himself from the cart, followed by positioning himself on the door where the hinges wouldn't lead it slamming on Iron's body in case the possible two griffons may have seen the doors open.
>>113349
"Move to the other side of this door in case they follow at a respectable distance," he whispers to the bat. "We may have to clobber them."
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113353
113354
>>113352
Oh yeah, he’s pulling a cart. Roll dexterity for going through the door without alerting the guard
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113354
113356
>>113353
Meanie.
[1d20 = 8]
<Clumsiness meter
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113355
113357
>>113352
"Okay"
Midnight stands at the ready, clutching her necklace.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113356
113357
>>113354
Iron pulls through, not knowing if he was or was not heard


Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113357
113358 113359 113363
>>113356
>>113355
I'll use this time to wait if they follow aka hear footsteps coming closer or opening the door at any speed.
[1d20 = 4]
<Big Ear Listening
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113358
>>113357
Iron does not hear any creature approaching
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113359
113360
>>113357
Big F
Midnight tries listening as well.
[1d20+5 = 18]

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113360
113361
>>113359
Clawsteps nearing
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113361
113362 113363
>>113360
Her eyes shoot open as she mouths to Iron
"Hide, and stay quiet"
She then readies her blindness spell to cast against the griffon when it opens the door.
Fort save negates, DC 15
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113362
113363
>>113361
Iron does as instructed, hiding under the table as there's no other options.
[1d20 = 16]
<Cowering for the sake of the mission
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113363
113364 113366
>>113361
>>113357
>>113362
Delay. Another delay. A minute, then almost two minutes. There is the sound of air movement

Iron is cowering
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113364
113367
>>113363
Iron peeks the door while still hiding.
(Does she have a plan? Get escorted to the exit while I follow? Has she even heard anything?)

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113366
113367
>>113363
"I think they are gone."
Midnight barely whispers these words as she backs away from the door.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113367
113368 113369
>>113366
>>113364
SLAM

A Griffin slam starts the door open, holding a large knife
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113368
113370 113372
>>113367
Alrighty.
By the way, just to make sure, where am I?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113369
113370 113372
>>113367
"EEP!"
Midnight casts her prepared blindness spell
sC9ZC
?
No.113370
113371 113372
[1d20+2 = 14]
>>113368
Under the table in front

>>113369
Rolling fort
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113371
113382
>>113370
Haha! The griffon is blind!
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113372
113373
>>113370
>>113369
>>113368
“Gah!”
The Griffin recoils back after Midnight does her hocus pocus
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113373
113374
>>113372
Iron uses this excellent opportunity to appear out of nowhere, charging at the beaked opponent to deliver a powerful strike to the right side of his head.
Of course, full power attack bonus.
[1d20+8 = 18]
<Charging Hoof to Beak
Now has Iron's Barbarian Patch been implemented yay or nay?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113374
113375
>>113373
Hit. No.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113375
113378 113380 113383
>>113374
K.
Iron delivers a nice, rough stroke to the offending guard for his or her troubles.
Damage.
[1d3+12 = 13]
<Who needs weapons with hooves like these?
sC9ZC
?
No.113378
113380 113382
[1d2 = 2]
[1d20+3 = 11]
>>113375
The griffin recoils back, clearly stunned and with a possible broken beak

He stabs out at what attacked with his long knife
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113380
113382 113383
>>113378
>>113375
It misses by a fairly wide margin, stabbed outwards some degrees away from Iron, and not quite hitting Midnight
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113382
>>113378
>>113380
Nice.
>>113371
Your turn Midnight-senpai
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113383
113384
>>113380
>>113375
"What do we do?!"
Midnight looks as if she hadn't considered what to do with the now blind griffon.
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113384
113386
>>113383
"We will worry about that later. We need to down the bird."
Aka do an attack against the beaked fellow.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113386
113387 113388 113390
>>113384
Midnight nods as she reaches under one wing and pulls out a knife, before slashing at the griffon with it.
[1d20+6 = 7]

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113387
>>113386
In the arms of an angel~
Fly away... from here~
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113388
113389 113390
>>113386
Midnight stabs forward, but the door closes back on Midnight, knocking the knife out of her hoof

Iron’s turn
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113389
113390 113392
>>113388
Okay. Come on. No failure now.
Iron, of course, repeats the process of introduction between his hoof and the untouched other left cheek.
[1d20+6 = 10]
<Face? Meet Hoof Please
sC9ZC
?
No.113390
[1d2 = 1]
[1d20+2 = 11]
>>113388
>>113386
No, the door is right in front of midnight, and it knocks into her knife wielding hoof as she tries to lunge it forward, knocking it out

>>113389
Miss

“Bastardo!”

He tries to stab again
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113392
113393
>>113389
I don’t know why Iron does a power attack on an enemy that has 1 HP left, but it’s a choice that causes him to fail where he would have succeeded

I think this is a hit on Iron, if I’m not mistaken
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113393
113394
>>113392
Because I have no idea how much HP a normal griffon has.
In any case, it is indeed a hit. Roll damage.
sC9ZC
?
No.113394
113396
[1d6+1 = 4]
>>113393

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113396
>>113394
Owch.

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113402
113403
Oh yeah, it's Midnight's turn.

Midnight looks dumbfounded at her hoof before picking her knife up off the ground.
Can she attack in the same turn?
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113403
113404
>>113402
Uh.... sure? Move action pick up knife attack with normal action
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113404
113405
>>113403
Thank you for humoring the retard.
>Stabby bat noises
[1d20+6 = 16]

Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113405
113407
>>113404
Hit
Thats not an insult, I just figured that Ok, that would probably work
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113407
113408 113412 113413
>>113405
understandable, I just wanted to make sure
Stabby bat damage
[1d4 = 1]

Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113408
>>113407
Nice.
Anonymous
sC9ZC
?
No.113412
113413 113492
>>113407
The knife lunges forward, grazing the griffin over its shoulder. The griffin, dazed and confused, winces and lurches Howard’s, and in so doing, loses his balance and falls over. He does not get up
Anonymous
BA179
?
No.113413
113493
>>113412
>>113407
Iron looks at the somewhat dying griffon, moving it to under the table in an attempt to hide the evidence.
"If you want to, treat him."
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113416
113417
Silent nudge.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113417
113418
>>113416
How silent?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113418
113419
>>113417
Let's see...
[1d20 = 17]
<Silent Nudging
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113419
113420
>>113418
Damn! That's silent!
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113420
113421
>>113419
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113421
113422
>>113420
...But if no one will ever know, how will they know they've been nudged?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113422
113426
>>113421
That's the best part. You keep'em guessing.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113426
113427
>>113422
You mean like this?
Stealth poke! [1d20+4 = 6]

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113427
113428
>>113426
Um...
I felt a wind passing next to my face.
Did you feel it too?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113428
113429 113430
>>113427
...
...Right, it was just the wind...t-totally... [1d20-1 = 8]

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113429
113430
>>113428
[1d20 = 2]
<EXTREME INTUITION
Hmm
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113430
113434
>>113429
>>113428
I believe you... for now.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113434
113435
>>113430
*silently sweats*
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113435
113438 113439
>>113434
Woah! You have something on your face!
[1d20+11 = 16]
<Ambushing Boop!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113438
113439
>>113435
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113439
113440 113441
>>113435
>>113438
boops u both
[1d20 = 18]
Iron
[1d20 = 15]
Silver
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113440
>>113439
K.O.
Iron has been knocked out.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113441
>>113439
*is ded*
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113442
113443 113444
261E1C53-191F-4C41-8E13-591986865986.gif

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113443
>>113442
Shaky Hindlegs.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113444
113445 113446
>>113442
boops your snootendoodle as well
[1d20 = 6]

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113445
>>113444
Seems you have accidentally booped the flank.
It's prison time 4 u.
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113446
113447 113448
2A69B6C9-4395-40A9-AEC3-4AAC1542B6F0.gif
>>113444

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113447
113448
>>113446
There is no escape for you!
[1d20 = 12]
boop
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113448
113449
>>113447
>>113446
You... ruthless monster!
He's surrendering!
You can't go booping people like that!
I can't let you go any longer!
*points hoof*
You shall be stopped!
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113449
113451
>>113448
Then stop me!
BOOP
[1d20 = 19]

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113451
113452
>>113449
N-nani?!
This power...
*gets thrown into a wall*
W-what are you?
Y-you aren't a pony...
*points hoof in prone position*
You are a booping abomination!
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113452
113453
>>113451
I reject my humanity JoJo!
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113453
113455
>>113452
*stands up*
You bastard...
*commence approaching*
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113455
113456
>>113453
Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of running away you're coming right to me?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113456
113457
>>113455
I can't boop the snoot outta you without getting closer.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113457
113459
>>113456
Ho ho! Then come as close as you'd like.
ゴゴゴゴ
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113459
113461
>>113457
*clip clop clip clop*
...
Boopra!
[1d20 = 7]
<Single powerful booping strike
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113461
113462
>>113459
*Bats your hoof away and boops back*
[1d20 = 4]

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113462
113463
>>113461
*Move my head away and boops back yet again*
[1d20 = 19]
<Counter Booping
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113463
113465
>>113462
*Snoot scrunches as I fall over*
Nani?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113465
113466
>>113463
*Stands over you*
BOOPRA!
[1d20 = 4]
<Boop de Grace
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113466
113467
>>113465
Haha!
*tries to boop back as you miss*
[1d20 = 1]

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113467
113474
>>113466
inb4 self booped
There's only one reason you lost, Anon. Only one.
You pissed me off.
[1d20 = 11]
<Time to bring out the big boops
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113474
113475
>>113467
You win...
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113475
>>113474
...wait really?
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113476
113477 113478 113481 113510
F04D606D-307B-47E5-B28C-C3B67D6891DA.gif
Okay, so who wants to play today and when?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113477
>>113476
I am always ready.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113478
113486
>>113476
Can I have a burger before we begin?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113481
>>113476
I'm always here.
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113486
113488 113492
>>113478
Ham that burger rite nao
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113488
113489
>>113486
I'm waiting for GM to give me my complimentary burger for the session
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113489
113491
A473648A-F175-4959-8166-13855D029CB5.jpeg
>>113488
Fine....

Gives burger
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113491
113492 113493
>>113489
K, am ready.
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113492
113493
>>113491
>>113486
The last response was >>113412

Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113493
>>113492
>>113491
Mine was >>113413

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113495
113499
Ah yes.
Midnight immediately sets to work, attempting to keep the griffon stable.
[1d20+11 = 19]

Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113499
113501 113502
>>113495
The griffin is certainly stable, as he seems more stunned by the buck than injured by the cut. Perhaps a bigger threat is the griffin coming back to his senses
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113501
113502
>>113499
Well, he is still blind
"Iron, can you the chicken up?"
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113502
113504
>>113501
>>113499
Iron looks at Midnight funny, but stays close to the incapacitated guard.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113504
113506 113509
>>113502
The work "tie" is supposed to be in there.
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113506
113508
>>113504
Iron goes to the cart to grab one of the simple garments.
"If you have anything stronger, do tell."
With that, he goes over the griffon and ties all four limbs into one knot.
[1d20 = 8]
<Using da rope
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113508
113509 113512
>>113506
It’s not his finest work... but it doesn’t seem to be coming apart on its own weight either
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113509
113511 113512
>>113508
>>113504
Iron grimaces at his work.
"It will have to do."
He goes back to the cart and latches himself with it.
"Come on. We need to find an exit to keep these safe."
Anonymous
ABH4C
?
No.113510
>>113476
I have stuff to do in the evening, but I'm here
EEEE,... oh wait, I'm not the only bat any more....
EDGEEEEEY

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113511
113512 113513
>>113509
Midnight nods and follows him
"Alright, lead the way."
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113512
113513
>>113511
>>113509
>>113508
And so starts the now more frantic look for the exit.
Options?
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113513
113514 113515
>>113511
>>113512
Which way are they going?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113514
113515 113516
>>113513
I would assume out the door that they had just entered.
After that...
Midnight tries a random door
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113515
113516
>>113513
To a possible exit so we should try to go down and away from a door.
>>113514
Iron follows.
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113516
113517 113518
>>113514
>>113515
It’s more than just that. Joan, the griffin servant from earlier, awaits fearfully in the hallway, standing outside the door and looking terrified
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113517
113518 113520
>>113516
Oof. I don't wanna hurt an innocent chick.
Iron simply nods curtly before proceeding onwards.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113518
113520
>>113517
>>113516
"Griffin fell, can you help him?"
Midnight cocks her head, hoping the worry isn't showing in her eyes
Anonymous
ThEFQ
?
No.113520
113522
>>113518
>>113517
“L'enfer! Where is he?!”
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113522
113573
>>113520
Iron points to the dining room.
ThEFQ
?
No.113523
[1d2 = 1]

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113556
113557 113560 113563
1551747379504.png
Okay, now I am back home from my trip, and can respond more freely
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113557
>>113556
Hug
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113560
113561
>>113556
You had fun?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113561
113562 113566
>>113560
Maybe

Pets the floof pony repeatedly
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113562
>>113561
Psst. GM. Is nabbing the clothes a decent goal to strive for? Just checking.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113563
113564 113568
>>113556
boop
[1d20 = 10]

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113564
113568
2f63ec42-a06c-4f2d-b0a9-fb5057fe8404.gif
>>113563

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113566
113567
>>113561
The floof pony gives you a smile of contentment; the floof pony very much liked that
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113567
113570
>>113566
D'aww. He's like a large golden retriever with a little helmet on his head. Pets more.
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113568
113569
>>113563
>>113564
So, are we going to continue?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113569
113571
>>113568
Midnight never responded to the last post, so there is no action declared
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113570
113572
>>113567
"thump thump thump" goes his tail on the ground
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113571
113573
>>113569
Iron responded
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113572
113575
>>113570
D’aww! Is so cute!
*Pets the pony more*
*Rubs behind his ears*

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113573
113574 113576
>>113571
Fine...

>>113522
She backs away a few feet

"What do you want?"


Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113574
113577
>>113573
He shakes his head.
"Go help your griffon friend."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113575
113577
>>113572
*leans into the pets and ear rubs with a smile*
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113576
113577 113579
>>113573
"For you to help him"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113577
113579 113580
>>113574
>>113576
She looks at them, terrified. She pauses for more then a moment. Then she rushes into the dining area towards the griffin

>>113575
*Continues petting the old, adorable pony*


Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113579
113581 113582
>>113576
>>113577
"That is definitely going to stir up some trouble," he whispers to Midnight.
He hustles back to the spot where he got the cart from.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113580
113582
>>113577
Make sure you get that spot behind his head he can never reach.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113581
113582 113584
>>113579
Midnight follows quickly
"We may have messed up"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113582
113583 113587
>>113579
>>113581
Are they intending to go to the stairwell down to the laundry room in the basement?

>>113580
*rubs the back of the pony's head and his neck*
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113583
113584 113585
>>113582
Yes, and from there to leave through the half-opened door they both snuck themselves through.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113584
113586
>>113583
>>113581
Okay...
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113585
113586 113588
>>113583
This was my plan too
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113586
113588
>>113585
>>113584
Dun worre...
We going back once we secured the evidence.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113587
113589
>>113582
*the old floof pony is in Elysium, right now*
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113588
113590
>>113586
>>113585
Okay...

They go back through the door into the room in the basement accompanying the laundry room, then back through the laundry room into the maintenance corridor into the loading bay, and back out through the covered area
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113589
113596
>>113587
*Pets the pony from his head down along his back*
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113590
113591
>>113588
So did we get out through the half opened big door?
I can try a strength check to open it further.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113591
113592
>>113590
Is he towing that cart? With that he needs a strength check
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113592
113593 113594
>>113591
Roger that.
[1d20+5 = 25]
<Iron's big boi Strength
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113593
113594 113595 113598
>>113592
>Nat20
Ah, I see he's showing off for the lady.
c73OJ
?
No.113594
113595
>>113592
And the door is shifted straight up, like a garage door

>>113593
Oh God

\r
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113595
113597
>>113593
>>113594
Insert Vietnam Flashbacks Here
And with that, he goes out and plans to hide it in the tallest of tall grass.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113596
113597
>>113589
*back arches up to meet the hoof*
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113597
113598 113599
>>113595
That would be an easier task if he were in a savannah or prairie, and not one of the most densely populated square miles of land in the biggest city in the entire southeastern region of Equestria.

There are some areas in the surrounding ground that offer some room to try to hid things, for instance, a ditch that goes through the property, and a few bushes, but the lack of leaves on trees does Iron no favors, and certainly there is no ground to hide an entire laundry cart

>>113596
*Continues petting*
Wait.... am I a pony now?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113598
113600 113601
>>113597
>>113593
Yes, you are. We're all ponies now.
Iron considers his options.
(Crud. Perhaps it's time I rid myself of this cart thing.)
He looks at Midnight.
"Take out the clothing in the cart and place it in the bushes. We should have time before they come here again."
He unlatches himself from the cart and proceeds to do what he said.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113599
113601
>>113597
I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113600
113601 113604
>>113598
"Alright, make sure we keep an eye out."
She proceeds to remove some of the clothes and place them under some bushes.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113601
113602 113604
>>113600
>>113598
A cold breeze blows, and a cloud temporarily obscures the moon

>>113599
Screams
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113602
113604
Can I be a pony?
>>113601
"What do we do when they come to us?"
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113604
113606
>>113600
>>113601
>>113602
As he finishes the whole unpacking thing,Hopefully. He turns to Midnight.
"We should try to nab an important griffon in there to both create chaos and get some more information."
Confirmed?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113606
113614
>>113604
"I could... Throw one of them into a major panic as well. That might help"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113612
113614 113615 113618
I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting Iron to be the one to quit responding

Tries to shake hooves off
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113614
113616
>>113612
Oh, you wanted me to respond to Midnight's most recent comment? Sure.
>>113606
Iron nods.
"If it lasts for more than a week, sure."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113615
113619
>>113612
Why would you try to shake your own hooves off? They're a part of you.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113616
113618 113620
>>113614
"Heh.... More for about half a minute. Enough to get them to run and be scared..."
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113618
113619 113621
>>113616
Iron shrugs then smiles.
"So we are going in, then. Alright."
>>113612
I ask again. Is the clothes hiding done?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113619
113620
>>113618
Is that what you wanted ‘confirmed’? Sure

>>113615
Shudders


Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113620
113621 113622
>>113619
>>113616
Excellent.

Iron goes back into the building, waiting for Midnight.
"Get ready to kick griffon flank."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113621
113622
>>113620
>>113618
Midnight sighs
"Alright, let us do this."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113622
113624
>>113620
>>113621
Now where inside of the building do they go?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113624
113625 113627
>>113622
First back to the laundry room. We need impromptu zipties in the meantime.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113625
113627 113628 113632 113633 113637
>>113624
This is smart, Midnight makes sure to keep an eye out.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113627
113628
>>113624
>>113625
They go back to the room. One of the machines has stopped, and the hallway continues on forward. The other room is still over to the left. There is no creature in sight
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113628
113632 113635
>>113627
>>113625
He picks 15 ordinary simple clothes up.
"All done. We should keep down here in case more of the guards are around. They should know where and who the most important ponies are."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113632
113633
>>113628
>>113625
Alright. Iron collects 15 shirts, and no Griffins seem to approach
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113633
113634 113635
>>113632
>>113625
Iron starts to hustle off up the ramp, standing next to the door.
He uses his auditory senses to see if he can detect clawsteps or otherwise any prolonged amount of noise.
[1d20 = 13]
<Big Eared Horse Time.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113634
113637
>>113633
Iron cannot hear much beyond the noisy machines and thick stone walls. Iron hears no one approaching
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113635
113640
>>113633
Assistance with bat ears.
[1d20+5 = 21]

>>113628
"Alright, just tell me what you want me to do"
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113637
113640 113645
>>113634
>>113625
"Alright. I do not quite remember your capabilities but I do want them alive for questioning."
He opens the door slowly as if he were expecting an ambush on the other side.
"Moment of truth..."
Door is finally opened.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113640
113643 113645
>>113635
A soft whisper, and what could be movement of hooves it claws somewhere above them and further south/forward from the tunnel

>>113637
>Door
I think I’ve described at least 8 different doors inside of this building
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113643
113644
>>113640
The one that was in the laundry room, going up a ramp to reach the first floor.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113644
113647
>>113643
They go up the ramp, through the door to the main hallway, and... no creature is immediately recognized as being there
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113645
113646 113647
>>113637
"That will not be a problem, I do not enjoy killing"
>>113640
Her ears flick around a bit, but she stays silent as she follows Iron.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113646
>>113645
No creature is immediately visible down either hallway. Then again, there is no light in the hallway, so the darkness may obscure both the ponies and any creatures further down the hallway
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113647
113648 113649
>>113645
>>113644
Iron steadily walks along the corridor.
"We will check the dining room first, see if backup got here already."
He sees her ears flicker.
"Try to listen for any sort of movement."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113648
113649 113650
>>113647
"Alright, I will"
She follows, stopping to listen again as they get further down the hall
[1d20+5 = 19]

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113649
113650
>>113648
Air coming out of vents. A distant whisper. No sounds of movement

>>113647
Nothing encountered thus far
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113650
113651
>>113649
>>113648
Iron stops at the dining room's door.
"Scout out the room with your ears and get ready. We might get into trouble here."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113651
113652 113654
>>113650
Midnight silently trots up to the door and presses her ear against it
[1d20+5 = 10]
listen
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113652
113653 113654
>>113651
Nothing besides the sound of air movement. Maybe what could be whispering
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113653
113654 113655
>>113652
She whispers
"I think it is clear"
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113654
113655
>>113651
>>113652
>>113653
Iron nods, before opening the dining room's door.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113655
113656 113657
>>113654
>>113653
The room is entirely empty. No creature is inside
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113656
113657 113659
>>113655
"I knew I was right. Now, where do we go from here?"
She looks around the room a bit for anything interesting
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113657
113669
>>113655
>>113656
"This confirms that word will spread if we do not do something."
Iron thinks, while doing the same.
"Heard any sounds of pony/griffon life around?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113659
113669
>>113656
A chalk board with times on it, another board with the names of meals - “salted herring,” “cornbread” - and a decorative steel sun hung up
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113669
113670 113671
>>113657
>>113659
"No, I think we are safe for now"
She messes with the sun a bit, seeing if there's anything suspicious about it.
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113670
>>113669
Iron nods, looking at Midnight curiously as she mingles with the steel sun.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113671
113674 113675
>>113669
It’s polished steel, probably chrome plated or stainless, and slightly reflective. It has eight fairly straight “rays,” possibly arms or legs, that lean forward clockwise as they spread away from the small circular origin, and have little hooks on the end that point the opposite direction. Almost like like claws on legs, though they don’t seem to directly represent such. The decorative object is simply hung from a nail, and there is nothing behind it
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113674
113675
>>113671
"Hmph, I would have thought... Anyway, now what shall we do?"
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113675
113677
>>113671
>>113671
>>113674
>>113671
"Find the enemy and question them."
Iron uses his inferior Earth Poner ears to search for any living beings.
[1d20 = 7]
<Ear Radar
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113677
113678
>>113675
Nothing immediately, at least not in the dining hall. The heating system is on though, he can at least hear that much
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113678
113679
>>113677
(Crud. We will have to do this the hard way.)
What doors does Iron have access to?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113679
113680
>>113678
At the least, there is one at the end of the room, the one they came in, and another one a little down
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113680
113681
>>113679
Iron decides to open the one at the end of the room.
He uses his eyes to see if any droplets of blood can lead to the injured guard's direction.
[1d20 = 17]
<What Spotting Skill You've Got There.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113681
113682 113683
>>113680
No blood save for that generated by the confrontation. Midnight must have patched him well. The door at the far end leads into what has the appearance of a kitchen, with pots, and oven, sinks, and steel cabinets in the middle
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113682
113683
>>113681
Darn.
He leaves the door open, going for the one that's a little down.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113683
113688
>>113682
>>113681
Midnight follows, trying a door that isn't the one Iron is opening.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113684
113686 113687 113688
Boop?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113686
>>113684
I hope Silver is here to take advantage of your appearance.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113687
113688 113689
>>113684
Another booping target as appeared.
[1d20 = 1]

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113688
113689 113691 113706
ED1D8225-C8AC-4655-8DDD-FB5558EB536C.png
>>113684
HE LIVES!

>>113687
Mission Failed. You’ll get ‘em next time

>>113683
Another door opens to a brick stairwell, lit by a single incandescent bulb
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113689
113690
>>113687
>>113688
He takes out the flashlight, illuminating the room further in case of hidden enemies and taking point in case of an ambush.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113690
113692
>>113689
No creature is immediately visible in the kitchen
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113691
113694 113696
>>113688
She listens, trying to locate any creatures along the stairwell
[1d20+5 = 12]
Built in bat radar
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113692
113693
>>113690
(It looks quite ominous.)
Iron ventures a bit forth.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113693
113696
>>113692
Inside the kitchen, a pot remains uncleared, if empty, with little bits of red and brown substance on the edges. The oven is off, but has a smell to it of recently cooked grain items. A couple bits of food materials are still out, most notably the outer parts of an onion. There are some knives - mostly placed away - a kitten on a table, and some other items from what seems to be recent cooking. A sink has several pots and pans in it, and there is a large stack of dishes at least five high
c73OJ
?
No.113694
113695
>>113691
No sounds on the stairwell itself. Possible whispers, somewhere. Less airflow here too
\r
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113695
113698
>>113694
She decides that it is no threat and moves on to another door.
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113696
113698
>>113693
>>113691
"Somepony seems to have cooked here."
Iron seems a bit amazed at how many dishes have been used.
"Seems there is quite a lot of ponies eating here. I wonder if the 'workers' were included."
He walks around a bit, remembering Cauldron's cooking.
(Is this what she has to deal with at the end of the day?)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113698
113699 113700
>>113695
Well... the only other two doors are the door they entered through, and the door to the kitchen, which Iron went through

>>113696
Looks like the dishes used to eat with were cleaned, but some of the pots sit idle
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113699
113700 113702
>>113698
Ah, I thought there were more doors.

Midnight trots up to Iron
"I found a new staircase, and I do not think that any griffins are there"
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113700
113701
>>113698
>>113699
Iron, gawking at the amount of plates, shakes his head frantically and looks at Midnight.
"Alright. I will take point."
With that, he exits the kitchen to the door with the staircase.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113701
113702 113707
>>113700
Brick staircase, with iron stairs painted black and an incandescent bulb that gives off a light that’s maybe a bit too yellow. It goes both up and down
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113702
113703 113707
>>113701
>>113699
(Choice... Where would I store slave workers in my buildings when I do not want them found?)
Nodding to himself he goes as down as possible through the staircase.

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113703
113704
>>113702
A black steel door greats him
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113704
113705
>>113703
Iron attempts to open it.
c73OJ
?
No.113705
113707 113708 113712
>>113704
This opens to another room. A bit darker. Off to the right is another wall, but over to the left is a big black metal cylinder. Redlight glows out through a hole. There are various other pipes and cylinders, and a few drums. Along the wall is one door, and on the face wall is a brick arch way with a browner shade of brick
\r
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113706
113709
>>113688
Back
Was spending time with my grandpa.

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113707
113708 113709
>>113705
>>113702
>>113701
Midnight follows, peaking her head into the room
"I... Do not like this..."
[1d20+5 = 21]
yet another listen check
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113708
113709 113712
>>113705
>>113707
Iron is dumbfounded.
"What even is this?" he ponders.
He walks a little towards the door.
c73OJ
?
No.113709
113710 113712 113717
>>113706
D’aww, that’s sweet

I guess Skies does not back out, but rather, explains that she was with the zebra and the fluffy one were at a bar, they started talking about their lives and how they feel a sense of being lost, which lead to a discussion of religion and how they fell out, which lead to a discussion of the old church the fluffy one used to attend, which gave a sense of nostalgia which just added to the sensation of existential depression, which was compounded by the alcohol, and well, here they are now. She asks for the parishioners to forgive their intoxicated, depression filled interruption

>>113707
A very subtle roar and definite whispers. The roar comes from the cylinder

>>113708
The door to his right?
\r
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113710
113711
>>113709
Yes.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113711
113714
>>113710
With a twist of a handle, it opens inward, exposing a tunnel hallway
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113712
113713 113714
>>113709
>>113705
>>113708
"I am not completely sure..."
She walks up to inspect the cylinder.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113713
113715
>>113712
Big, black, pretty wide. Seems to be a furnace. Probably fuel oil, but an alternate ability to burn coal can’t quite be ruled out.
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113714
113715 113716
>>113711
>>113712
He then checks on the brick arch way, being sure to close the door before doing so.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113715
113716 113718
>>113713
>>113714
"I am sure if this thing was damaged, we would have griffins swarming us...."
She investigates the room some more
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113716
113718 113740
>>113714
It is an archway as if containing a door, but with brick of a different color cut and placed in what would be the doorway

>>113715
Pipes going in and out, a few more cylinders, and a little ways to walk past the end of the boiler, perhaps behind it. There are some valves and switches
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113717
113719
>>113709
Zekker says while slurring his words.
"Dis Griff help me. Wat she say be true."
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113718
>>113716
>>113715
Well, I do want to see what's on the other side at least a lil' bit.
"Hm... I do not thing I can take that many amount of enemies."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113719
113720
>>113717
*pats with claw*


DS
jJgaL
?
No.113720
113721
>>113719
The zebra smiles and rubs his head against the claw
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113721
113722
>>113720
It’s kind of pointy at the ends, and more than a little bony
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113722
113723 113724 113728
>>113721
So i guess silver is kill?
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113723
>>113722
Most likely.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113724
113725 113726 113728
I left my favorite pillow that I’ve had for years at the hotel...

>>113722
It looks like it. A big F to the floof pony
Anonymous
oR3ME
?
No.113725
>>113724
Call up the hotel and tell them to keep it safe.
If they're not mongrels, of course.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.113726
>>113724
F
F
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113728
>>113722
Apologies. It appears I had called it an early night.

>>113724
Oof. Have you called the hotel to see if they can find it?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113733
113735
Nudge
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113735
113736
>>113733
Fudge
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113736
>>113735
L-lewd!

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113737
113738 113739
ABC7F717-6505-402D-88AC-CD1D46680CB7.jpeg
Hello
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113738
>>113737
Hi.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113739
113740 113741
>>113737
Henlo
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113740
113741
>>113739
Psst. Pipes needs cleaning over at >>113716 if you're able.

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113741
113742 113743
>>113740
>>113739
Hello little ponies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113742
113744
>>113741
I-I'm not little!
I is big strong poner!

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113743
113744
Midnight walks over to inspect the pipes and switches
>>113741
Am not poner, am bat!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113744
113745 113746
>>113742
>>113743
*Pets each of the little ponies*

>>113743
Midnight can see that a large pipe comes over to the boiler, runs into it, and then into another hot unit, a tall rectangle, that inturn sends narrower pipes out, one above, one to the ceiling and to the left, and one to the ceiling and to the right. This unit in turn connects with a set of cylindrical tanks to the right, which send out thicker pipes in all directions, and a few pipes connect with all units from above and below. On pipes, gauges measure temperature and the pressure of steam, while some values are marked as for steam, water, or fuel oil. There is a black steel plate along the right wall near a corner.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113745
113746
>>113744
Midnight's eyes widen a bit as she rushes back to Iron.
"Iron! We could destroy the furnace, and lure the griffons down here!"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113746
113747 113749
>>113744
H-hey... Stop~
*ears flicker and small smile forms*
>>113745
Iron looks at Midnight like she's crazy but considers it.
"Any idea of how many would they come investigate?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113747
113748
>>113746
Midnight smiles a bit
"Well if the vents start pouring out smoke I am sure they would investigate why"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113748
113749 113750
>>113747
Iron smiles back.
"Daring. Alright, we can do it."
He then looks behind her at the machine.
"How would we go about it?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113749
113751 113752
>>113746
*Pets the pony some more*

>>113748
It's a complicated contraption
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113750
113751
>>113748
"Shoot it? Punch it a few times? Maybe add too much fuel? I am not quite sure."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113751
113752 113753
>>113749
C-come on. I'm tr-trying to concentrate here.
*hindleg starts kicking involuntarily and a little content sigh follows*
>>113750
Iron smiles
"I sure can punch it."
He decides to put a hoof on a pipe to have a feel of how hot it is.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113752
113753 113754
>>113751
>>113749
Haha! This is why I don't respond to the petting, so he won't continue!

"I will shoot it if punching and overfueling do not work"
She looks at the drums lying around to see what they contain
c73OJ
?
No.113753
113754 113755
[1d3 = 1]
>>113751
*continues petting*

Iron takes 1d3 burn Damage

>>113752
*pets more*

There is one drum marked with Number 4 Fuel Oil, and a separate drum marked the same that is 3/4 empty
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113754
113755 113756
>>113753
O-oh. You aren't going to stop, are you...
*lies down belly to the floor*
F-fine! I'll let you pet me. B-but only because you're good at it, nothing more!
*presents head for pats*
>>113753
>>113752
Iron takes that hoof from the pipe like a pony touching something hot.
He proceeds to lick his hurt hoof.
"I do not think I can touch it without hurting myself."
He takes out one of the garments and wraps it around his hoof.
"One more go."
He tries again.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113755
113757
>>113753
How dare you touch my floof!
*Grumpy pony noises*
>>113754
"There is fuel over here if we can lift it and figure out where to put it in."
Int check to look for a fueling port on the machine
[1d20+1 = 6]
Smort bat noises
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113756
113757
>>113754
What is Iron even touching and why does he think it isn’t a steam line?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113757
113758 113759
>>113756
>>113755
Silly me. My brain small.
Iron shakes his head.
(Should not try that again. That is too hot for me.)
He looks to Midnight.
"I definitely cannot even touch this thing."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113758
113759
>>113757
"Then fuel it is, this drum has less in it. Do you think you can lift it?"
She taps the drum that's only 3/4 full.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113759
113760 113761
>>113757
I mean, not every line can be hot, but I need some idea of where the pipe is or else dice is going to have to determine what a given pipe is

>>113758
1/4 full

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113760
113763
>>113759
If brain works correctly, then I have to either turn off the furnace and then break the pipe Iron burnt himself on, or otherwise cover my hoof enough to prevent heat from hurting Iron's hoof. Breaking a cold pipe probably means no instant impact will be felt.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113761
113762
>>113759
That's what I said, 3/4 empty
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113762
>>113761
Kek. You tried.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113763
113764 113768
>>113760
Maybe? Water could be dangerous even when cold, and steam is a level of danger beyond
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113764
113765
>>113763
In any case, turning off the heat should attract at least the maid griffon.
Iron tools at the big red glare on the machine.
"Is there a way to turn this thing off?" he asks Midnight.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113765
113766
>>113764
"There was a panel that probably has some switches. Why? What are you planning?"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113766
113767
>>113765
"If we turn it off, then somepony will definitely come here, of course."
He cocks his head.
"I thought that was the idea."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113767
113768
>>113766
"I was planning on making it malfunction, but that might work as well."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113768
113769
>>113767
>>113763
Iron nods.
He checks around to see if he can see any sort of panels that could control the giant whirring heat/electricity machine.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113769
113770
>>113768
No panel, only a few valves
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113770
113771 113772 113773
>>113769
He decides to test one of the valves to see if something noticeable happens.

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113771
>>113770
Test as in turn the valve.
c73OJ
?
No.113772
113774
[1d8 = 8]
>>113770

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113773
113774
>>113770
It tightens, and a flow of something(?) is cut off
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113774
113775
>>113772
>>113773
Iron nods to himself.
"Seems that did... something."
He goes for another one at random, just in case.
c73OJ
?
No.113775
113776
[1d8 = 8]
>>113774

c73OJ
?
No.113776
[1d7 = 3]
>>113775
Maybe not the same one again
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113777
113778 113779
8809FF04-9CD8-4599-9A70-81BBF1026B37.jpeg

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113778
113780
>>113777
Checked in the name of sad skies

WAIT
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113779
113780
>>113777
Why you so sad? :(
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113780
113781 113782 113783
>>113778
>>113779
Was alone for a while...
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113781
113784
>>113780
Awwww. GM, you're never alone. We're always with you, if not in person, then in spirit.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113782
113784
>>113780
>Bap
No sad! We here!
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113783
113784
>>113780
I'm here now.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113784
113785 113788
>>113783
>>113782
>>113781
D’aww
*pets the various ponies*

I guess we can continue with one or more sequences
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113785
113786
>>113784
*Is pet*
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113786
113787
>>113785
Well, Midnight is watching Iron turn random valves to unknown effect, and Onyx barged into the bow drool to find some quilts, and in the process, met his new friends, Seb and Fun
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113787
113789
>>113786
>Bow drool
My sides
Onyx takes the basket of quilts out of the room to the other ponies

Midnight assists in turning random valves.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113788
113789
>>113784
*floof pone is pet*
Someday I'll be on at the same time as Dark Star. Then we'll be able to infiltrate this strange cult-like group.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113789
113790
>>113787
Reee it’s bedroom
Onyx does so, perhaps not returning a friendly hiss to the other guests of the cabin. Ruby immediately run to the quilts and tries to place one over himself, while Dawson gets up and tries to walk over
“Thank you...”

Um... how many and which valves?

>>113788
Perhaps some day. Some day...
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113790
113791
>>113789
"It's no problem, just rest up."
Onyx then sits close to the door, as if guarding.

Two valves, at random. And preferably ones Iron hasn't turned.
c73OJ
?
No.113791
113792 113793 113794
[2d8 = 4]
>>113790
Is he abandoning the couch?

Uh... okay


c73OJ
?
No.113792
113793
[1d8 = 3]
>>113791
Re-roll
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113793
>>113792
>>113791
You know what? Midnight turns a valve that Iron turns
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113794
113795
>>113791
Depends, which ponies are on the couch convincing him to stay?

I'll wait for Iron to continue Midnight.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113795
113796
>>113794
Well, nopony is convincing him to stay, although Ruby untended to sleep by the couch. It’s really more of a matter of who gets the couch when Onyx leaves it
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113796
113797
>>113795
Ah, I see. Well then Ruby can have the couch, Onyx isn't planning on sleeping with those bugs around.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113797
113798
>>113796
Onyx abandons the couch for the wooden door. Red Wine immediately jumps up to take Onyx’s place. He is join by Ruby, who crams himself on the couch as well on the remaining third. Dawson tries to cuddle up next to Rose, who is lying down on her stomach on the mattress that was dragged into the living area. He places the quilt over her and himself
“So... my bedroom is being taken by the monsters?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113798
113799
>>113797
"Sadly... Yes... For interrogation purposes."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113799
113800 113801
>>113798
He nods at Onyx
“Right...”
And lays down

Red Wine looks tired, but from his position on the couch he tries to tell a joke
“Wanted to replenish you and your wife’s love stocks?”
His face shows a smile

Over by the fire, the little “colts” take interest, and look over at the ponies
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113800
113801 113802
>>113799
Onyx gives a bit of a chuckle
"Alright, rest up. Changeling drain is a real pain in the ass, and rest is advised."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113801
113803
>>113800
>>113799
I'm here! I'm here!
Got ded for a sec there.
I see two valves were turned?

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113802
113803
>>113800
Rose tries to respond
“Don’t... have ta’... tell...” and she seems to fall asleep mid sentence, or at least loses the energy for it
Dawson looks disappointed, but he places a foreleg over her, and lays down party over her

Red Wine speaks after Rose seems to fall asleep
“I was really afraid I was going to die in a Changeling pod...”
Ruby frowns, and pats him lightly with a hoof
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113803
113804 113805 113814
>>113802
"Well I'm... I'm glad I could stop that."
>>113801
Good to hear it isn't permaded
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113804
113805
>>113803
He nods with a somber expression. Then he looks back over at the couple
“I hope Rose will be okay...”
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113805
113806
>>113804
>>113803
Crud.
I assume I'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Did the second pipe ever do anything?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113806
113807
>>113805
A subtle cessation of a hissing sound
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113807
113808
>>113806
So another simple cut-off.
Hm.
I'll try turning two more valves
I'll roll 2d8
[2d8 = 9]
<If I fuck with more pipes, more griffs will get mad
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113808
113809
>>113807
Damnit
[1d8 = 4]
<Formatting
[1d8 = 7]
<Is Hard
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113809
113810
>>113808
And more valves are turned off
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113810
113811
>>113809
Finally he decides to hover over the previously hot pipe he burned his hoof on to see his valve turning results.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113811
113812
>>113810
He still shouldn’t touch it
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113812
113813
>>113811
Iron is a bit miffed at this result
(Perhaps it takes some time. I guess I can go turn the remaining valves off to ensure somepony is going to come down here to investigate.)
And he does so.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113813
113814
>>113812
The light in the room slowly dies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113814
113815 113822
>>113813
>>113803
Iron realizes his mistake.
(Whoops. I sure hope we did not need that light.)
He turns on his flashlight, looking at Midnight.
"This should catch their attention. Now, I assume they have to come around the same place we did, but let us not get our hopes up."
He looks around the room for flexible places to hide.
[1d20 = 18]
<Too bad we're daylight creatures
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113815
113816 113817
>>113814
I can’t say I understand the play, but okay.

Anyways, I have to go to sleep now
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113816
113819
>>113815
Sleep well!
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113817
113818
>>113815
Just in case too many griffs come down here.
Night.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113818
113820
>>113817
Why would they send more than one maintenance guy?
I can’t honestly say I understand the purpose. If you wanted prisoners you had two of them right in your hooves but you let them go
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113819
113827
>>113816
*Ruffles the floofy pony’s fur*
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113820
>>113818
I know. I wanted to secure phyiscal evidence first, then nab prisoners. Otherwise, I could've risked the evidence into being broken.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113822
113823 113825
>>113814
>Daylight creatures
>A bat
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113823
C2F59916-BF68-42CA-BFC1-F32D06259E40.png
>>113822
*bats in excess*
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113825
>>113822
Shush you.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113827
113828 113829
>>113819
Am I any closer to getting Seb to like me?
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113828
113829 113830
>>113827
What exactly is Spark doing?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113829
113830
>>113828
>>113827
Nuzzling the changies.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113830
113831 113832
>>113829
Well, they have to get closer for that.
>>113828
Spark is trying to calm them down after Onyx yelled at them.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113831
113832 113833
>>113830
By what mechanism?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113832
113833
>>113830
>>113831
By presenting his snout to be booped, of course!
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113833
113834
>>113831
For now, calming tone of voice asking him to sit down.
>>113832
All in good time
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113834
113835 113836
>>113833
They... might be calmed? Onyx leaves the room, and fun steps forward. Seb does too, about one step
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113835
113836 113837
>>113834
Spark pats the ground.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113836
>>113835
>>113834
W-wew lad. Don't go proposing them.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113837
113838
>>113835
Seb looks at the ground. It’s wooden planks that are suspended up in the air somewhere above the cold ground. It makes a “cloomp cloomp cloomp” sound when stomped on
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113838
113839 113840
>>113837
"It's ok Seb."
Spark continues to gently pat the floor.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113839
113840 113841
>>113838
Seb does the same, tapping the floor. His beats sound a little... different, with different biology in his legs
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113840
>>113838
>>113839
Seems it's Simon Says time.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113841
113842
>>113839
Spark chuckles and joins the game, patting the ground in different rhythms.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113842
113843
>>113841
The creature tilts its head, then blinks from sideways block lids that cover it’s almost glowing solid blue eyes

It repeats after Spark
*thump*, *thump*, *beat* *thump* *thump*
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113843
113844 113845
>>113842
"So Seb, do you trust me any more?"
Spark slowly moves a bit closer with his hoof ready to pet.
"I won't hurt you."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113844
>>113843
I suggest playing the rhythm game some more.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113845
113846
>>113843
The Changeling looks up at the approaching hoof - at least, the brightest parts of its solid blue orb-like eyeballs look up at the intruding foreleg. His head goes down a little (and tilts up slightly) as the tubular, tattered ears move back a little
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113846
113847
>>113845
Spark attempts pet.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113847
113848
>>113846
The creature lowers its head further as the foreleg approaches. His ears lower until they are level with the back of his head. His eyes go wide, staring at the looming hoof, until contact is imminent, and he closes his eyes.

*creature is pet*

There’s a little horn in the way, and a ragged black ray running down his neck, but between the two is a bald spot that is open for touching. The top of the head is fairly hard, feeling kind of like the surface of a fingernail, or a beetle’s carapace, but harder and inflexible
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113848
113849
>>113847
Hooray!

"See? You are fine."
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113849
113850
>>113848
The creature is still bracing
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113850
113851
>>113849
Spark pets for a little bit longer before letting the changeling relax.
"That wasn't so bad was it Seb?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113851
113852
>>113850
Roll charisma, maybe diplomacy
7XDAN
?
No.113852
113853
[1d20+3 = 16]
>>113851
I think they are both the same stat wise for me.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113853
113854
>>113852
The creature presses up into the hoof
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113854
113855
>>113853
D'awwww.
Spark continues the pets for Seb.
"You are starting to like it, huh?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113855
113856
>>113854
He’s not very soft, but he reopens his eyes, and lets his ears back up partly
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113856
113857 113858
>>113855
What does Fun think of this?
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113857
113858 113859
>>113856
He sticks his neck out further, his ears go straight up, and he looks intently at the spectacle before him
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113858
>>113857
>>113856
You could say he's having fun.
XDXDXD
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113859
113860
>>113857
I motion Fun over to join the fun.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113860
113861
>>113859
*One black colander-foreleg steps forward*
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113861
113862
>>113860
I continue to pet Seb.
"Come on Fun, you want some right?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113862
113863
>>113861
Now, the burned insectoid walks up towards Spark, looking at him intently
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113863
113864
>>113862
Spark holds his other hoof out towards Fun.
"Do you want pets too?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113864
113865
>>113863
He tilts his head, then tilts it back again
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113865
113867
>>113864
"Come on Fun. You can't let Seb have all the pets can you?"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113867
113868 113869
>>113865
He forces his muzzle under Spark’s leg, then his forehead, then lowers his horn to let that go under it
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113868
>>113867
...nevermind then.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113869
113870
>>113867
And thus Spark pets Fun too.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113870
113871
>>113869
Fun has basically stolen Spark’s hoof from Seb. Seb’s black spine fares up, and Seb gives a “HISS!” and his snake-like tongue comes out
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113871
113872 113873
>>113870
Spark uses his other hoof to pet Seb.
"It's ok Seb. You can have pets too."
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113872
113873 113875
>>113871
But... Spark is quadruped. How does he pet with both forehooves at once?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113873
113874 113875
>>113872
>>113871
By using the power to sit!
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113874
113877
52635D3E-E5FF-4A6F-96FE-DC78AFD8F266.jpeg
>>113873
MAGICAL ASS POWERS!
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113875
113876 113877
>>113873
This.
>>113872
Spark sits down and uses both forehooves for petting.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113876
113878 113879
>>113875
The two changelings move closer to him, almost nuzzling him, both lowering their heads to place them under Spark’s forelegs
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113877
113878
>>113875
>>113874
Now THAT is peak sorcerer efficiency!
Be wary, for they could glomp you into the succ.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113878
113881
>>113876
Changelings sure love their pets.
>>113877
Umm....
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113879
113880 113881
>>113876
Damn, I'm kinda jealous.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113880
>>113879
Onyx sure isn't.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113881
113882 113883 113891
>>113879
He hasn’t tried it with Skies...

>>113878
They press into him
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113882
>>113881
Oof. I'm feeling a spark.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113883
113884
>>113881
More petting.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113884
113885
>>113883
They still feel kind of hard. Fun whimpers at a point when Spark’s hoof contacts a burned area
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113885
113886
>>113884
"Sorry Fun."
Spark pets Fun more carefully.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113886
113887
>>113885
*creature is pet more carefully*
Seb sits down, and looks up, while Fun stands and turns his head away
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113887
113888 113889
>>113886
Awwwwww. Did Fun not have fun?
"Did you two enjoy that?"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113888
>>113887
Well, you did poke his burned area on accident.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113889
113890
>>113887
They stare at him with giant, opaque glass eyes
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113890
113894
>>113889
Spark smiles.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113891
113892
>>113881
Hmm...may have to try that.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113892
113894
>>113891
Don't forget Dark Star. He's a good cuddle buddy.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113894
113898 113899
>>113890
They seem to want something

>>113892
I’m not sure he’ll like that
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113898
>>113894
Neither option is favorable.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113899
113900
>>113894
Can Spark tell what they want? More pets?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113900
113901
60E10140-CB16-48C3-A0BC-D1003C936098.png
>>113899
Exactly what these, or any other changelings want, is a mystery. What would a Changeling want that any pony would have to give?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113901
113902
>>113900
Spark tilts his head.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113902
113903
>>113901
They tilt their heads in kind
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113903
113904
>>113902
Spark wonders what they need. Perhaps a hug? He holds his hooves out.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113904
113905
>>113903
Seb stands up, and both press forward onto Spark
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113905
113906
>>113904
Spark gives them a hug.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113906
113907 113908 113909
Okay, so I don’t think anyone else wants to play tonight

>>113905
They are hugged, and feel... kind of weird, but both creatures, especially Fun, pull back when hooves touches the wounded parts of their bodies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113907
113908 113910
>>113906
I'm just waiting on Midnight/the maintenance pony.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113908
>>113906
>>113907
And I'm waiting on the zeeb.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113909
>>113906
Darn. It is hard to hug hurt changelings.
"Awwww. What else can I do for you so you aren't hurting so bad?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113910
113911
I'm waiting on a life.
>>113907
Boop
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113911
1659127.png
>>113910
EUGEH.
Y-you meanie!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113912
113913 113914 113915 113916
EEB38ADA-D40F-46E2-A62B-20A1E7ACC40C.jpeg
Uh... is no creature available?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113913
113917
>>113912
I'm waiting on the maintenance pony to arrive.
I also want a good hiding spot to nab him/her.
He should know basic info on guard locations.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113914
>>113912
Just waiting on the zeeb.

Also, wish me luck, going to fight the Ur-Dragon.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.113915
>>113912
I'm here.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113916
113917
1105200.png
>>113912

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113917
113918 113919
F25AF5D3-C31E-485D-B32C-4E7272DD0FB8.png
>>113916
>>113913

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113918
113922
>>113917
Kek.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113919
113920
>>113917
No!
Bat is not for sexual!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113920
113921 113922 113963
7C8A646D-7567-46D9-9893-9E52D9D39312.png
>>113919
Deep down, I’m betting she disagrees
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113921
113922 113924
>>113920
Maybe if she wasn't a bat
Nuuuuuuuu!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113922
113923 113924 113963
>>113921
>>113920
>>113918
Would you fug a bat?

I would.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113923
113925
>>113922
I'd fuck most FiM species tbh.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113924
113925 113926
9DF19898-BDB8-4AE8-B4DF-CEE2330ABE0D.png
>>113921
>>113922
Most definitely
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113925
113926 113927 113928
>>113923
Tbh anything that ain't a griffon, yak, or dragon.
>>113924
U no have consent to fug this bat
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113926
113927
>>113925
I'd honestly go for all of it just to see what it would be like.
But I agree they are not great for waifuing.
>>113924
Now, do we get to see the maintenance pony come inside so we can ask a few questions, yay or nay?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113927
113928 113929
67710587cf5706c7b2d54cedcc02421bdf01a418984239dd4281426bfb239796.gif
>>113925
>consent

>>113926
Eh... uh... For them to notice the heat is down would probably take at least 15 minutes, which would be just fine if this weren't supposed to be simultaneous with another party element, but with the party split (moreso) eh....
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113928
113929 113930
>>113925
>>113927
Crud.
Well, I gues I could do some more exploring in the dark while we wait.
Iron steps over to the different-colored archway to see what it's all about with his flashlight on.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113929
113931
>>113928
>>113927
Midnight simply follows.
"So, what do we do when they get here?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113930
113931 113934
>>113928
It's a section of brick wall that obviously once held a doorway to a different section of the underground. Now, it has a brown-tan brick (as opposed to the red-brown of the walls), some of which are partly cut to make them fit in the walled-arch doorway
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113931
113932 113933 113934
>>113929
>>113930
"We nab the griffons, from the free workers to the guards to the leader of said guards. The more they know the merrier. Of course, we will not harm the workers, even if they are willing. A simple tying should do it for them."
He passes through the archway, wondering what's this door-sized hole all about.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113932
113934 113935
>>113931
It’s brick wall. It’s a wall. He cannot pass through it because it is a wall of brick
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113933
113934 113935 113936
>>113931
"Alright, that sounds like a plan."
Midnight sticks her head through the archway after Iron walks through.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113934
113936
>>113931
>>113932
>>113930
>>113933
I think we haz the dumbz
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113935
113936
>>113932
>>113933
Oh.
Iron accidentally boops his snout trying to pass through the archway, rubbing his sensitive olfatory aparatus with his hoof.
"Ow. Seems I misjudged."
He walks over to the actual door, opening it and proceeding to walk through it.
4Yet0
?
No.113936
113938
>>113934
>>113933
>>113935
If Iron and Midnight had been in this room back in the ‘40s - when 33 Hoebuck was the Baltimare Mare’s Asylum, a church-run minimum security prison and labor camp for prostitutes, petty criminals, and poor mares with foals born out of wedlock that masqueraded as a place of help - then that archway would have opened into some portion of the structure’s lower levels. But the city walled it away when the interior size of the structures were reduced for the new poor house.

*snoot is bopped by wall*

>>113935
>>113935
Do you mean the door on the right that leads to the hallway?
\r
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113938
113939 113940
>>113936
Yes. I don't want to go upstairs for now.
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113939
113940 113941
>>113938
They do so. The hallway looks much the same as it does between the laundry room and the workshop
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113940
113942 113943
>>113938
>>113939
"Are we hiding or just searching for now?"
Midnight follows, looking around
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113941
113943
>>113939
Iron moves his flashlight around.
"This place is quite empty down here. I would have thought they would place the workers down here."
(Perhaps I could try breaking the wall that booped me. Maybe there is where they are being held.)
He walks along the hallway, curious as to where this would lead.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113942
113945
>>113940
"Exploration for now. Perhaps we can catch the griffon in charge with the commotion the lack of magic lights would cause."
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113943
113944 113945
>>113941
>>113940
One door on the other side of the hallway (a pipe passes over head), and a door at the end of the hall further down
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113944
113946
>>113943
Iron decides to search the door which the pipe goes into.
(Perhaps this has something special.)
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113945
113946
>>113943
Midnight opens the door at the end of the hall.
>>113942
"Interesting idea"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113946
113947 113948
>>113944
This one opens to a dark, damp, cool, and fairly large room with tanks, and some other large metal basins. A couple noisy machines are also present

>>113945
Whether this door too is sealed, or it is merely locked, is not immediately determinable. But it does not open


Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113947
113949 113950
>>113946
"Hmph"
Midnight peaks into the room Iron entered.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113948
113949
>>113946
"What even is this?" he questions aloud.
He walks over to one of the tanks, hovering his hoof near it.
(Noisy metal things. They are going to give me a headache.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113949
113950 113951
>>113947
>>113948
Fairly small, the machine has its own electrical hookup and a small valve.

The tank is metal and does not give off heat
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113950
113951 113952
>>113947
>>113949
Thank goodness I played Factorio to know what this is. Sadly, Iron doesn't.
Iron nods to himself, deciding that closing this valve too will disrupt the place even further.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113951
113952 113954
>>113950
>>113949
"Well, they will definitely notice at least one of the machines being off"
Anonymous
4Yet0
?
No.113952
113953 113954 113956
>>113950
>>113951
wait what
The valve shuts off, and the machine trips and turns off
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113953
>>113952
I think it's the water pump for the steam engine to run, right?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113954
113955
>>113952
>>113951
Iron nods to himself.
"Any luck wuth the other door?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113955
113956 113961 113962 113964
>>113954
"No it seems to be locked or jammed."
She steps away from the doorway to let him pass
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113956
113957
>>113952
>>113955
"Let me see."
He walks over to the offending locked door, turning around and charging his big Earth Poner hindlegs, before unleashing a hopefully good bucking on the door to persuade it to show what it contains.
[1d20+5 = 11]
<I sure hope my gains are not for show
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113957
113958
>>113956
*clique*
The door tends back, and possibly breaks internally. Iron can hear that is evidently chained at some point. The door bends and perhaps cracks, but it hasn’t quite given way
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113958
113959 113960
>>113957
Iron hums to himself.
"So many doors to hide in. Perhaps this is the place the workers are."
Once more, he presents a counter-offer against the door: Open or I destroy you
[1d20 = 13]
<If this flies towards somepony and kills him/her, I'd be impressed
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113959
113960
>>113958
It's a +5, so it's 18
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113960
113961
>>113959
>>113958
BOOM
The door breaks off its hinges at the bottom, cracks in its center, then breaks off its hinges on the top, falling down to the floor with a "slink" sound from loosening chains on the other side
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113961
113962
>>113955
>>113960
"There we go."
Iron enters, pointing the flashlight around the new room he's just opened, wondering what he can find here.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113962
113964
>>113955
>>113961
Strangely... it's more hallway for the moment. little bits of mortar have crumbled to the floor, the bricks are a duller coloration, and there are no lights on in the corridor


Anonymous
/gV+U
?
No.113963
113966 113968
>>113922
>>113920
Sorry i've been gone as of late
I've been sleeping to much because im depressed again., also when im not sleeping i stay awake for like 24 hours and then crash.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113964
113965
>>113955
>>113962
"Hm..."
He walks along the hallway, wondering just what could be hidden so strongly by a big chain.
He beckons Midnight to keep close, in case of any surprises.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113965
113967
>>113964
Midnight follows, listening for anything down the hall.
[1d20+5 = 20]
big earbs
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113966
113977
Blue_in_uniform.png
>>113963
Awww....

*Skies gives hugs*
We're glad to see you here
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113967
113969 113970
>>113965
Whispers
The ambient sounds of pumps turning, the movement of steam and water through pipes have gone
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113968
113977 113991
>>113963
I'm sorry to hear that, friend.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113969
113970
>>113967
Midnight stops and grabs Iron's tail, whispering to the stallion.
"I hear voices ahead."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113970
113971
>>113969
>>113967
This provokes a slight jump from the stallion, but nods with the tiniest of blushes.
"Right," he whispers back before continuing, but turns his flashlight off, hoping he won't crash when arriving at a T section.

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113971
113972
>>113970
Where is he going? It's perfect darkness without the flash light on
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113972
113973
>>113971
Can he keep moving forwards like when before he turned on the flashlight?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113973
113974 113975
>>113972
Yes?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113974
113975 113976
>>113973
Well, he does so.
If he crashes, he crashes.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113975
113976 113978
>>113974
>>113973
Midnight confidently strolls forward in bat.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113976
113978
>>113974
Iron does so. There's really nothing to say about what follows, because Iron has deprived himself of all sensory input

>>113975
Midnight strolls forward. A light flickers on, and illuminates just barely the tan brick walls. Iron seems to be a little in front, but far enough ahead to not really be distinguished in the darkness. The path lazy tilts slightly off to the left, then curves back to the right, then bends at a slightly sharper but still natural angle to the left, all in the span of maybe 50 or 70 feet
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113977
113979 113981
>>113966
>>113968
it's real sad boi hours.

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113978
113980 113982 113983
>>113975
>>113976
(I cannot see anything.)
"Midnight!" he whispers as he walks a bit slower. "Do you still hear the sounds of talking? Is it getting closer?"

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113979
113987
1608000.png
>>113977
Have a horse to make you happy
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113980
113982
>>113978
"Shush and I will tell you"
[1d20+5 = 20]
bat radar
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113981
113987
1558243932165.jpg
>>113977
Cat.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113982
113983 113985
>>113978
Though the path may be straight, Iron's walking cannot be perfectly so. He grazes into a wall, though at this angle it's hardly a harsh bump

>>113980
At first as she winds along the path, a single whisper. Then another. Then silence. Towards the ends, a couple together at once. Another bulb flickers on as she moves forward
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113983
113985 113988 113989
>>113978
>>113982
"The voices are getting closer"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113985
113986
>>113983
>>113982
"Alright. Get ready."
Iron decides to turn on the flashlight now to see if he can spot anything beaked in front of him.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113986
113989
>>113985
There is nothing in the dark. Only a brick hallway that proceeds straight onwards, eventually culminating in an end. There are some doorways and entries
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113987
113988 113989 113992
_Boop marble.jpg
>>113981
>>113979

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113988
113989 113991 113992
>>113987
Hides

>>113983
A light turns off behind her, a cylindrical light turns on ahead of her, and... she walks right into Iron
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113989
113990 113993
>>113988
>>113983
H-hey!
Iron feels the soft body pressing against his back, making him jump slightly.
(Oh boy.)
>>113986
Iron decides that the end doorway should be where the possible griffons Midnight may have heard should've come from the door furthest from them.
In any case, he tries using his ears to try and guess at what door Midnight's hearing the whispers as he goes, stopping if he can pinpoint any other door he passes through.
[1d20 = 19]
<Inferior Earth Poner Ears
>>113987
DARGH! NO! STOP!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113990
113995
>>113989
Iron hears nothing. It's eerily silent
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113991
113994 113997
>>113988
>>113968
i think i've composed myself enough to continue,if you guys want to.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113992
113993 113995
>>113987
Pls, no more boops. My poor snoot.
>>113988
"Eep! S-sorry Iron."
She steps back, blushing and looking embarrassed.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113993
113995
0A2CDE19-2597-4B53-A321-E80AB0B3090B.gif
>>113992
>>113989

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.113994
113997
>>113991
Alright. Can't guarantee I'll be of much use at this hour, but I'm ready.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113995
113996 113997
>>113990
Iron scratches his head.
(Strange. No sounds anywhere.)
>>113992
He coughs heavily, blushing himself.
"No problem. It was an accident. I completely understand."
(Gods. I do not want to be flustered right now...)
A lingering threat of impulse threatens Iron's otherwise stable thought process.
>>113990
He goes to the furthest door available, beckoning Midnight to follow, and opens it.
>>113993
Y-you big meanie!
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.113996
113997 113998
>>113995
She follows, uttering a silent prayer that they'll start having good luck on this mission.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.113997
113998 113999 114001 114003
>>113994
>>113991
Okay, it looks like the two of you have agreed to keep Skies in the scene. Skies gave an explanation (with a high bluff check) that the two of your are nostalgic and lost, and partly intoxicated

"Very well... Let us continue"

An orange stallion, appearing to belong to the generation seperating Dark Star and Silver, perhaps a little closer to Silver's age, walks up to the two. He is well dressed, has on reading glasses, and a has a short, trim mane with both white and blue aspects

"Hello. Would you like to join us?"
He asks

The speaker (priest?) continues speaking, often using a free claw or less often his wings to add emotion
"The arimaspi tore through the outer edges of the city, leading up to the top. The Knights of Archturus - shining in their ancient armor, and decorated with the medals of a thousand campaigns - stood there, in guard of their great city. Each carrying the bravery of a hundred generations. Each believing themselves to be blessed by Arturus himself, and believing that light shall triump over darkness. And each one of them fell by the Arimaspi. Smashed by his giant club. Limbs torn off and sundered. No matter who or how, all fell. And so the griffins of Griffinstone looked on as one by one, their faith in the might of the Griffonian Empire, of the Impregnability of their city, and in the deliverance promised to them by their gods, was smashed before them, just as had so many knights, and the city gates"

>>113996
>>113995
This opens to... a relatively bare room. Not all of it can be seen. Brown stone floor, and stone walls

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.113998
114001 114004
>>113997
>>113996
Iron huffs in disappointment.
(At this point we will never find them.)
He walks a bit further inside the room, hoping to least hear the whispering Midnight heard beforehand.
"Maybe they are on the big place with many valves," Iron whispers to Midnight.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.113999
114004
>>113997
"Ya we do dat."
He says to the orange pony his words slurring slightly
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114000
114002
Blue is top waifu
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114001
114004 114005
>>113997
>>113998
"There is no harm in going back to see."
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114002
>>114000
Nice get.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114003
114004 114007
>>113997
Silver simply nods.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114004
114005 114006 114008
>>114003
>>113999
The Unicorn pony tilts his head and gives a partial frown at Dark Star, but leads the two (three) to a set of seats
"Alright, follow me. Now he's speaking of the loss of the Idol of Boreas"

>>114001
>>113998
The room is rectangular and fairly bare, Judging from the stone ground, and walls covered in simple mortar, this room is either used for storage, or whatever occupied it has long since been stripped away and removed. There is a door on the far right

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114005
>>114004
>>114001
He shakes his head.
"Nothing here," he whispers to Midnight. "Alright. Check for whispers before we go back."

Anonymous
/gV+U
?
No.114006
114007
>>114004
Dark Star Takes a seat
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114007
114010
>>114006
>>114003
I take it they just sit back and listen?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114008
114009
>>114004
Silver keeps his voice low, so as to not disturb the speaker. "Griffonia's very own religious artifact, and symbol of power, wealth, and rightful rule."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114009
114011
>>114008
Forgot to mention that he sits down.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114010
114011
>>114007
Dark Star does
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114011
114012 114013
>>114010
>>114009
He continues
"From his throne high on top of the tree of Griffinstone, Guto the Sixth watched the Aramaspi tear through his knights, and slog his way towards his throne. From that Throne room, Guto the Sixth could peer out over his vast domains, and by decree rule a territory that spanned all of Griffin kind from East to West, only hemmed in by Pony Spear and Magic. Everygriffin, rich and poor, old and young, had for centuries lived under Griffinstone's holy rule, and appealed to Griffinheim's courts. All of the power, glory, and wealth of a continent was concentrated in that room, and he was surrounded by treasures vast and deep of gems and swords of conquered creatures and coins of every mint, baring the images of a thousand conquered kings and two dozen imperial predecessors. And chief in the center of it all was the divine idol of Boreas, said to be minted by Boreas himself, the physical manifestation of the principle of law and order. It's presence in that room gave he who sat on the throne the divine right to rule. So it was claimed anyways.

That, all that - all the gold, all of the knights in armor, and Arcturus and Boreas themselves - could do naught even to save themselves in that moment. For Aramaspi carried on, through the Knights of Griffinstone, through Guto's personal guard, and into the Throne room. And as the century old dark wooden doors, engraven with the scene of Grover's coronation, cracked in two, and came crashing down, scattering across the floor and taking a knight with it... In that moment, Guto's eyes made contact with the firery red eyes of Aramaspi. And he knew... He knew that Aramaspi was sent by none other than Maar. He came to take away that Idol, and the law and order of all Griffonia in the process. And Guto the sixth - brave, stupid griffin - rose up. Pulled out his sword, a sword given him by his second uncle, the previous emperor. And he charged for Aramaspi... Like swatting flies. With a slash of his claw, so ended the life of Emperor Guto the Sixth of Griffinheim. The Cyclops grabbed the idol, pushed his way through so many knights on the bridge connecting the palace to the town, and knocking them over into the winds, before plowing his way back through the snaky roads of the city"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114012
114015
>>114011
Silver listens intently, personally curious about griffon history.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114013
114015
>>114011
Dark Star Fakes looking interested.
he thinks to himself about how nice that tree the griffon was talking about,would look on fire.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114014
114015
Darn it. Foiled by time yet again.
I'll roll for Iron to at least try to listen for any griffin activity.
[1d20 = 16]
<Big Ears sonar
c73OJ
?
No.114015
114016 114018 114020
>>114014
And now, Iron himself can hear it. Vaguely, only, but he can start to hear it

A movement of air that may just be air flowing between old and long sealed rooms, but it might just be a distant whisper

>>114013
>>114012
"Aramaspi - red eyed, satisfied in his mission and purpose, ran out through the smashed gates, chased by a slew of knights. He dived, deep into the gusty canyons beneath the ancient tree of Griffinstone. And it is said that there, he met his fate, and joined with Maar in the spirit realm. But not - not - before taking half a dozen more knights with him, brave enough, gullible enough, to follow him into those winds from which no creature breaks free.

So the city was left in mourning for the chaos and destruction caused by Aramaspi. Buildings set ablaze by tipped over lanterns, roofs torn off, street vendor carts tossed several leagues and several streets over. And terrible carnage in loss of life, mostly of those who resisted. But most of all... They mourned the loss of their claim. Their claim to rule over a fourth of the world. To make every griffin bend the knee to them. And they understood, then and there, just how fragile their power and their glory were. Just how impotent their wealth, their spears, and their prayers had been against one sent by Maar. And they trembled. And they cried. Because far more was lost them than any funeral oration for their dead emperor, or any portrait of the destruction, or any wailing in loss over the idol, could possibly capture"
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114016
114017
>>114015
Can he relatively pinpoint its location? Does it lead to the door behind him? Maybe on the other door available? Above?
I think I have an idea but I want to make sure.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114017
114019
>>114016
Unfortunately, this is one of those sounds that is fairly difficult to discern its origins
Maybe after a roll
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114018
114021
>>114015
Dark Star nods
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114019
114021
>>114017
Let's see...
[1d20 = 3]
<Math time (listen)
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114020
114021
>>114015
Silver listens on.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114021
114022 114024 114026
>>114019
Forward, ahead of him

>>114018
Blah blah blah, something about griffins doing something or other. At least a lot of them seem to die in the process

>>114020
".... And so, Griffin kind lost what it thought had been its protector for centuries. What it believed had been its principle to unite. It lost its faith. Over in the West and in Eli, atheists plotted, and so did so many counts and kings all across the south and the Eli Valley. And griffin kind was torn in sunder. Why? Why, you may ask? Because they misplaced their faith. They did not understand."

>>114019
It's coming from in front
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114022
114023
>>114021
Fuck. Now I don't know if it's actually where the sound is coming from...
Alright, let's do this.
Iron walks over to the nearest door in front of him, opening it slowly.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114023
114024 114025
>>114022
There is no door in front of him
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114024
114027
>>114021
>>114023
A Tear rolls down Dark Star's cheek
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114025
114027
>>114023
Well shit. I'm at a loss.
Iron is confuddled, leaning on the wall in front of him, ear pressed into the wall that would be in front of him, straining himself to hear anything.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114026
114027
>>114021
Waiting for answer to sink in before elaborating further. Smart.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114027
114028 114030
>>114026
>>114024
Pets the two ponies

>>114025
A passing sound of what may be something, but otherwise, no sound
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114028
114029
>>114027
Iron shakes his head.
(I must be hearing things.)
He decides he should at least check what the unexplored door in this room can offer, opening it slightly.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114029
114031
>>114028
This opens to a smaller room with a very, very old model desk and table, a sink, and a single reclining chair that looks closest o a dentist’s chair or some other medical chair. The floor is while tile with brown and black spots
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114030
114032
>>114027
the pony pets back

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114031
114032
>>114029
He walks into the room, curious as to what this room is for.
(Looks like the place where Cauldron took me or the time that doctor treated the machete wounds.)
His motions leads him to the table.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114032
114033 114034 114035
36F393A1-D711-46CD-8E4D-556F9A4EF09E.png
Okay, I have to go to sleep now

>>114030
Woah

>>114031
Nothing more than a single knife, a scalpel, and a small bowl present
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114033
>>114032
Night fren
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114034
>>114032
Night.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114035
>>114032
Sleep well!
Anonymous
UstVU
?
No.114038
114039
Are we rushing in, or are we going sneaky peaky like?
Anonymous
EqKHY
?
No.114039
>>114038
https://youtu.be/UucXz3ZGmF4
Anonymous
nMH7v
?
No.114041
114042 114043 114049
>>114036 →
So is it okay that I only play on the weekends, GM?

EqKHY
?
No.114042
114044
84C20318-F021-488C-A97D-F96D15A0145F.jpeg
>>114041
Yes, that is okay. Currently we have two groups, one in Batlimare with the semi-daily players, and one in Whinnysota in the Changeling Zone with players that are less frequent, but most active in the weekends. Although the main group is consolidated as one now, before that it was split into the characters taking individual stories and quests, including a quest that was almost a mini-campaign that one character did solo. Besides that, there have been many solo-quests and missions, so it is okay if you would like to do that before later joining up with a group. You can do that too.
\r
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114043
>>114041
Yay! New (potential) player!
Anonymous
nMH7v
?
No.114044
114045 114046 114049
>>114042
Is there a way for me to show you my character, when I am done with it, without doxing myself. I think I care about that on some level.

Actually fuck it. Here is the concept for my character. If you are a pc and actually look at this spoiler before it is eventually revealed in the campaign, then you sir is the worst kind of faget. The gay kind.

PC spoiler. Intended for the GM only.
So I was thinking of playing a illusionist warlocke. This unicorn's patron is going to be named Anon and be a that green man that we associate the name with.
The story is that my character was a con-artist who used her magic to steal. In the end she she went to far and according to the law at the time was sentence to death. However, princess Twilight/Celestia spared her life and instead punished her by cutting her horn in half so that she could never use it again. My character did not mind though because she knew she had angred nobles(?) Anyway, she survived because of the princess. When the changellings attacked Canterlot, she had was in garden of statues specifically by one of a man. This one called out to her in her moment of need. She agreed to the horsefucker's lewd terms and he mended her horn togather. She was told to break off a piece of the statue y her new patron so that she could bring him with her from now on. This piece she made into a necklace which she wears at all time.
I skipped a lot of details. This is just the general idea. Since you are GM tell me which ideas doesn't work in your current story and I will just change them.
So to summrize: She is a royalist illusionist warloche with anon as a patron and her horn wasn't fully repaired. There is still crack in it so this means there is a risk her magic goes wild. That is all.


>solo-quests
Thank you but I will proabably join up with the group pretty much immediately. We will see. It depends on the group. The concept for the character's personality is pretty much done so like I can probably come up with a reason for my chracter to follow the group in character.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114045
>>114044
Which group would you want to go, exactly?
Anonymous
EqKHY
?
No.114046
114047 114064
69AF9D60-5996-485B-826E-EB0C6F72CB2B.png
>>114044
Hello, I’m glad to see you already have a character idea. You can communicate with me in thread. There is a discord, but I have tried to avoid it and haven’t posted it thus far. There are several possible areas to introduce your character. The Baltimare group is in progress in a mission and are inside of buildings, but there are ways around that I can think of.

First thing, the warlock class... I am not entirely sure about that. First, it’s not in the original SRD for 3.5 edition. I see that it is in the complete arcana or something like that. I have mostly tried to restrict the number of books involved so that combat mechanics are simpler and I can be sure I understand all of the players’ powers and can design encounters accordingly. The other thing is that warlocks are divine casters with their gods, and I’ve been trying to keep a consistent lore on what gods and divinities there are. I would prefer it if you played the same character, but it’s an arcane spell caster like sorcerer it wizard. Maybe if you really insist on it I can find some way to place it in the world, but right now I am very iffy/s]
The other thing is the presence of a human, particularly a 4chan anon. This campaign is based upon a world used in another fan project, and that fan project is notable for repeatedly and strongly rejecting requests to include humans into its world because that would break immersion. I generally follow that. However, Equestria Girls is cannon in this universe, so it is cannon, and who is to say that a stray human never cane through before getting stoned in the un-fun sense? So that may be fine, so long as it is minimized and downplayed.
All real Anon fillies, with the possible exceptions of green text writers, are Earth Ponies. This is just a fact
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114047
>>114046
Are you sure it's wise to link him to the Baltimare Group instead of the Brie group?
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114049
>>114044
>>114041
Yay!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114050
114051 114052 114054
AA2829B4-4B63-4D5F-BA04-B750703FB6C2.png
Moop?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114051
114053
>>114050
Soup.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114052
114053
>>114050
Meep?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114053
114055 114060
>>114051
>>114052
Pets the respective ponies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114054
114056
>>114050
Late boop
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114055
114056
>>114053
At least one of them seems to enjoy it
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114056
114057
>>114054
Hiss!

>>114055
D’aww
Pets the floof pone some more
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114057
114058
>>114056
Oops.
I guessed my hoof just slipped.
:3
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114058
114059 114060
F97630D0-5CFB-4BCD-85C9-F02B6D5AC349.png
>>114057

Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114059
>>114058
Haha! Don't be angry. I was just making first contact for today.
cue laugh track
DS
jJgaL
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No.114060
114061
>>114053
>>114058
Henlo
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114061
114062
D07B68C0-F19F-4A30-9136-C80228FBA3DA.png
>>114060
And a herro to you too
DS
jJgaL
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No.114062
_laughing chink.gif
>>114061
KEK
Anonymous
nMH7v
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No.114064
114066 114067 114069
>>114046
So if we skip Anon, maybe my chracter can be a warloche whose patron is one of this universe's gods. But if you don't want to I will accepted that. Np.

Otherwise, I wanna bee a breezie barbarian.


Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114066
114070
1519421477071.jpg
>>114064
>Breezie barbarian
You madlad.
Anonymous
EqKHY
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No.114067
114070
7C0E1AFF-E674-42FF-B728-C944E9705137.png
>>114064
I still don’t really know what a warlock is. I know that in 5e there is a class called the warlock, but it’s not a class in the 3.5e players handbook. I see that there is a warlock version in the “complete arcana,” a book I have never read, but when I go to the wiki I don’t see the list of spells the Warlock has. Maybe the wiki is incomplete? I can’t see the list of spells. There is a home brew version and an “improved” version on another wiki, but I’d rather stay away from those. Can you send me a link to what you had in mind? I can see that the Warlock class is actually an arcane spell caster with mechanics that look most like a bard, rather than a divine spellcaster, so there should be no issue with patron gods.
I don’t know if you are joking about the breezie barbarian. I don’t currently have a template for Breezie, but I can create one or look and see if there is one in the Ponyfinder Beastiary later
I should probably mention that there are plenty of non-Equestrian pony nations that don’t have any developed lore, so there are some other options if you want to create your own religion for a divine spellcaster
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114069
114070
>>114064
>breezie barbarian
Props for coming up with an idea I think nobody has ever thought of, before.
Anonymous
nMH7v
?
No.114070
114071 114072
>>114067
Eh, forget about the warlocke. I will just play a female unicorn illusionist wizard. I will return when my character sheet is done.
>>114069
Thanks, it does sound fun but I'm not going to play it. Not this time anyway.
>>114066
>your pic
>mfw
Pitching the idea.

Anonymous
nMH7v
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No.114071
>>114070
For any other anon who is intrested. Feel free to read the spoilers now since the no longer spoil anything. I won't be playing that chracter concept anyway.
Anonymous
EqKHY
?
No.114072
114073 114074 114078
7145E91B-6F62-4371-A886-7C65DDE087B5.png
>>114070
That should work, yes
Sorry. I don’t want to come off as overly restrictive or harsh
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114073
114075
2074354__safe_artist-colon-n0nnny_oc_oc-colon-beatbreaker_oc-colon-mixi creamstar_abstract background_animated_blushing_boop_bow_cheeki b.gif
2137829__safe_artist-colon-mrscroup_oc_oc only_blue changeling_changeling_changeling queen_changeling queen oc_cyrillic_female_russian_sm.png
>>114072
cyka blyad
Ds
jJgaL
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No.114074
114075
_Boop luna.gif
>>114072

Anonymous
EqKHY
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No.114075
114076 114077
>>114074
No.

>>114073
Um... hello Russian horse
That indifference to bopping is unsettling
Anonymous
++3JF
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No.114076
>>114075
In Russia, boops are empowering.
Ds
jJgaL
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No.114077
>>114075
i know it's not pony related but im really excited for the old world blues mod for hoi4 is still getting updates.
Anonymous
nMH7v
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No.114078
114079
>>114072
Np. I didn't take that way at all.
Anonymous
EqKHY
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No.114079
114080
05FF9686-1D60-4C7C-86AB-D0C9CDD28F6A.png
>>114078
We look forward to you joining. I’ll admit I am not certain as to where is best to inset your character (Probably up North with the Changeling Lands group)
Anonymous
nMH7v
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No.114080
114082
>>114079
>Whinnysota
If they eat meatballs there I shouldfeel right at home.
EqKHY
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No.114082
114178
ED658938-886C-4FC0-A040-47C986E219BC.jpeg
7E40D706-8DBC-4584-AD94-CD496FC67D0D.png
146C29F6-E3E8-45E7-A697-DC6EE3FEFB47.jpeg
>>114080
Well.... it is technically modeled on Northern Wisconsin/Minnesota tip, the area of the United States with the highest Swedish population, though I think Norwegians and Germans are slightly more numerous (followed by Finns).

If your character joins there, it might be a while before there is combat
\r
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114155
114156
CD861164-504F-442D-87F2-4C3E0433D272.jpeg
Honk?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114156
>>114155
Ba-donk.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114168
114169
>>114161
I'm afraid my thought process behind that entire ordeal was a bit more simple: I was tired of pointless arguments, Iron and Skies acting like foals, and waiting forever to start the mission, and then rather shocked and kinda aggrivated when Skies refused to apologize for her part in the fight in exchange for telling Iron "Fuck You", doubled down on her insult, and then blatently lied right to Silver's face that it was Iron who attacked her. After Silver apologized, I just kinda considered it settled, then Iron's player put a literal curse on Iron that he can't be a dick to Skies anymore after he fueled a third argument so it was really settled for good.
c73OJ
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No.114169
114170 114172
>>114168
The whole experience has still left me shaken and cowed, and is one among many illustrations of why I never join as a player any more
\r
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114170
>>114169
Oh, it's more about character dynamics, not a fault of trying to put an NPC as a party member. With Cauldron it went well, offering much needed ranged assistance against numerous enemies, and even properly foreshadowed Pear's malicious tendencies, even though Iron didn't act against them out of naive hope due to her superficial aspects of her character being overall positive.
I know the spotlight got taken by her in the Grant fight, but I'm not angry about it.
In fact, I felt glad she was there to end the fight when Iron failed. It only strengthens the trust between Iron and Cauldron in the long run.

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114172
>>114169
o_o
I...wasn't aware that it had affected you that much. I'm sorry.
Anonymous
dMOSa
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No.114178
114180
>>114082
Well, honestly I don't really care for where I wind up. You can decide that for me whne the time comes.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114180
114199 114201 114202
D34374F5-A0B8-44A5-B6BB-FCBBC368822A.png
>>114178
We can actually start your character up now, or soon anyways. If you have any preference for the North or South group, tell me. The scene starts in a highway (or forest) in the cold north, or along a lot urban street if in the south, perhaps about to enter a government building
Ds
/gV+U
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No.114199
114200
_Boop chrysalys.jpg
>>114180

Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114200
E1ADDF87-6FD2-4E52-BA0F-7067BE9AB3C7.png
>>114199
No boop
Ds
/gV+U
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No.114201
_Boop redheart.jpg
>>114180


Anonymous
dMOSa
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No.114202
114204 114207 114210
>>114180
Is there something I should think about when building my character? In the other, they had point buy for character creation and you started off with an amount of gold pieces. Is there something similar going on in this thread?
Anonymous
PulB5
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No.114204
114205 114207
>>114202
Most characters didn't roll anything. It's more freeform here, so long as you don't put 18 on everything you should be fine.
Anonymous
dMOSa
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No.114205
114208
>>114204
Okay, thanks. How about 21?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114207
114208
>>114202
>>114204
I mean...I rolled for my stats, but okay...
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114208
114209
>>114205
Sure. Sounds good.
>>114207
Well, you're an exception to the rule.
Anonymous
dMOSa
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No.114209
114214 114215
>>114208
Wait, what I was just kidding. Can one even have any stat over 20? I thought it was max.
Or were you like, "Yeah, sure whatever," as you rolled you eyes?
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114210
114211 114222
>>114202
You can use either point buy (about 29 points) or do a traditional roll for stats. A Unicorn, I believe, has -2 strength, +2 Int, and +2 will save, plus mild telekinesis and perhaps a spell like ability relating to a cutie mark power. You also have a free skill maxed out that relates to the cutie mark (8 skill points at level 5, or 8 at level 6). Characters are at level 5 at present. This is a relatively high tech and low magic setting for most D&D and My Little Pony campaigns. Imagine pretty much what they have in the show plus occasional automobiles, radios, and firearms. Your wizard will probably be well above the magical abilities of most of the creatures she meets.

I would prefer no chaotic evil, neutral evil, and chaotic neutral alignments, at least where the chaotic and evil elements are not subtle. However, this world isn’t so much split into good and evil as it is different ideologies - “Pony first,” Changeling Imperialists, Equestrian Momarchists, Cosmopolitans, Communists of various varieties and so forth. I would prefer you think of some motive that would allow your character to fit to the circumstance, seeing as the campaign is already in motion and it is harder to change the circumstance to fit your character.
Ds
/gV+U
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No.114211
114216
>>114210
Chaotic Good Master Race

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114214
114222
>>114209
I guess you can start off with some good or items, not to exceed 9000 in total value
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114215
>>114209
I thought you mean a 21 point limit.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114216
114218
>>114211
Dark Star is the Dirty Harry of Occupied Equestria
https://youtu.be/ZWNsTkogfLU
Ds
jJgaL
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No.114218
114219
>>114216
I was hoping someone would pick up the Clint Eastwood inspiration.
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114219
114221
>>114218
'Cause of the revolvers?
Ds
jJgaL
?
No.114221
>>114219
That's only a small part of it.
Anonymous
dMOSa
?
No.114222
114224 114227 114228
>>114210
>First paragraph
Okay, nice. Then I know.

>>114214
Thanks.

>>114210
>Second paragraph
You don't have to worry. My chracter will be simple. I decided upon that because my problems with the setting. To put it simply: I don't care for the premise of this setting and generally think the campaign seem bloated.

Now don't get me wrong you are probably a great GM and I still like to play but that is just it. I want to play first and foremost and less engage in the setting.

So, I will keep my character simple.
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114224
>>114222
A respectable decision.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114227
114231 114238
42792179-457E-40FD-AC48-4BED6C952AF8.png
>>114222
What exactly are you looking for in a campaign?
Anonymous
dMOSa
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No.114228
114231
>>114222
I hope I don't come off too strong.
Anonymous
PulB5
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No.114231
>>114228
>>114227
I'd wager he wants meaningful character interactions and some specks of combat here and there.
Anonymous
dMOSa
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No.114238
114242 114244 114249 114256
>>114227
Even if I accepted the premise of the setting. That is not the crux of my problem. The problem is that like, roleplaying will be hard to do ina setting like this.

The reason for this is because lets say that the subject of religion comes up in the campagin. What should I as a christian do in this case? Either my character is also religious or she ain't. Let's say she is relgious. I will literally be playing myself. Suddenly, my character will have arguments that she shouldn't have due to her backstory or I accomdates for that and she is even more me then she was before.

Or she disagrees with my views and I play someone I disagree with. This means that I will either strawman my political opponents or I will speak against my own views.

So to avoid this I will have to play a character that is indifferent to religon. Someone who has no strong throughts that are neither pro nor con.

>What exactly are you looking for in a campaign?
I want to be able to roleplay someone that ain't me. Which will be hard if subjects which I have strong opionins on appears in the campaign. Suddenly, the debate that really should be between the chracters in the story will grow and become meta.

Again, I do wanna play and I read the begining of the first thread and you seemed to be somewhat good at GMing so don't take it the wrong way.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114241
114244 114249 114259
6032D332-2A24-4D87-8EFC-8F281C1CEC22.jpeg
Uh... Silver floof, Iron, or Dark Star, you want to contribute?
Ds
jJgaL
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No.114242
114249 114253
>>114238
>The reason for this is because lets say that the subject of religion comes up in the campagin. What should I as a christian do in this case?
I'm Christian myself. My Character in this Game is Basically an Atheist What i do is disassociate my characters personal beliefs from my own. that makes it easier for me to forge a separate personality for him the same way a Writer would give a personality to one of his characters.that's not to say that he Doesn't Hold some of my Actual Beliefs.
Anonymous
PulB5
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No.114244
114253
>>114241
Are boops valid contribution?
>>114238
A respectable decision. Should help you avoid the things you want to avoid.
Don't worry too much about PCs doing arguments between eachother at random intervals. At least not Iron against you. It's more about the more... politically active characters. My advice would be to ignore any mention that could cause an argument in case they show up, like, say, Dark Star and Skies badmouthing a deity or Iron saying something sexist. Try to divert it to personal things and not let your character be enraged by them. That way, you should be able to completely avoid the bad stuff.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114249
114253
>>114241
...Contribute to what, exactly? What I would want out of the campaign? Some advice to give to the new player?

>>114238
>>114242
Basically this: for me, Silver the character isn't Anon the player, or at least I try to keep the two separate. I know it won't work for everyone, so I won't try to force it on you. I would recommend either avoiding any discussion that upset you, or if you become upset, go ahead and take a minute to breathe and think things through.
Anonymous
dMOSa
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No.114253
114254 114256 114259
>>114242
Deus vult!
>>114244
>>114249
Maybe, you guys are right. Maybe it is just because I'm too cynical. Perhaps this is actually possible if everyone is actually roleplaying. I was just thinking that this could get really meta.

We will see how it goes when we play.

I won't make my chracter aligned with any particular ideology. I will just flesh her out and see what that leads to so she won't just be simple and might actually interact with the setting this way.
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114254
>>114253
Excellent. Don't worry. The Brie Group doesn't deal with political arguing, so you're safer there.
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114256
>>114238
>>114253
Well, I will say this. If I had to say that there was any particular theme I try to work into my campaign (I don’t know how well it actually shows), it would be that there are a large variety of perspectives in the world and in history, and they each have their motives; their reasons, and their world views, and however it appears to a third party perspective, it makes sense to them. Thus I have many NPCs of many various religious beliefs, political ideologies, races and creeds. Much of the role play has concerned religious, moral, and political questions as they pop up in a fantasy world with fantasy problems. and I would invite you to explore that as well. Of course, if you would rather avoid all of that, that is fine as well, as there are a great many factions and individuals that operate independently of or indifferent to the political world around them, and that’s been a significant part of the role play as well.

One of the characters I use frequently is essentially a Spartan, with values from one of the most evil regimes ever to have existed. Another is a Changeling supremicist, and still another has vaguely religious leftist beliefs, but really is an apathetic criminal who avoids most political issues.

The centralized Universal Church of Harmony in this world is based upon Catholics Christianity, largely because I attended a catholic college as an undergraduate (even though I am not Catholic) and thus know an enormous amount about Catholicism. If you wanted to you could make your character the follower of an ancient religion that predated Celestia and Luna and was practiced by the native pony inhabitants, but was suppressed and forced into hiding, and now followers identify each other by small talismans each of them carry. Or she could be the follower of a new branch of Harmonism established by Hoofseph Smith, who found new hidden texts and started a migration to s less inhabited religion so his followers could worship in Peace. Or it could be a recently founded close not religious group based upon belief in deities beyond the lunar sphere and are spoken to by means of psychedelic drugs.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114259
114270
>>114253
I've gotten the sense that the majority of the party prefers roleplay and story to the meta game, so no need to worry on that front. The one meta-focused PC we had, Sister Ash, left after one-too-many arguments with the roleplay/story-focused GM. I kinda miss having her, even if Sister Ash didn't interact much with the other PCs, and even if she made our characters look bad. She always knew how to light up the party.

>I won't make my chracter aligned with any particular ideology. I will just flesh her out and see what that leads to so she won't just be simple and might actually interact with the setting this way.
It's a good choice to make.

>>114241
Might as well post what I would want while I'm posting already.

Primarily, there are two things (or three, if you split one of them up) I would want out of the campaign: storytelling, and progression. For storytelling, I like reading the lore and backstory behind various points of interest, ponies, and missions in this world that's both so familiar and so fantastical. I would also include character interaction and development as part of that storytelling (even if Silver has a nasty habit of nearly ruining relationships he tries to have with ponies), but I could also understand it being separate. I also like being able to contribute to the lore and story, and the way you've let us add to the world (within reason) has been just great! So far, you've been doing excellent in storytelling, so there's nothing I could complain about.

As for progression, I would like to see tangible progression as the party completes missions. It sucks to feel like you're spinning your wheels without going anywhere, grinding forever for some basic supplies or a hoofful of Bits, and it also sucks to feel like there's nothing to the game because money and loot is just falling from the sky without anyone having to do anything. You've also been doing well there, though maybe I would suggest increasing the amount of Bits and loot for quests and missions a bit, especially for characters like Dark Star and Iron which do side missions for their respective factions as they seem to be the ones most hurting for Bits at the moment. The mini-campaign Silver did in the catacombs was pretty good for loot, though, especially if you decide that the greatsword is still there waiting for Silver to discover it (though I understand if you decide to take it away).
Anonymous
EqKHY
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No.114260
114261
I’m meeting with a witness right now Yes. At 10 PM on a Saturday night. But keep typing, I will respond later
Ds
jJgaL
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No.114261
114262 114263 114269
>>114260
I Like the Idea of having an Arena Type Place.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114262
114263 114264
>>114261
An arena?
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114263
114265
>>114262
>>114261
Iron did find a fisticuffs underground boxing.
Ds
jJgaL
?
No.114264
114265 114269
>>114262
Yea a place where you can fight opponents and monsters for money and fame, like in oblivion or a lot of other RPGs.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
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No.114265
114266 114267
>>114263
>>114264
I'm not sure how it would fit in the world, but I do like the idea. Maybe Iron, Star, and Silver could form a team and dominate together?
Ds
jJgaL
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No.114266
114267
>>114265
Team fights in Arenas in DnD are usually A Great Idea.
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114267
114268
>>114266
>>114265
Sadly, we either have to go to Sparta or find an illegal arena ring, since in Baltimare that kind of violence is illegal.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114268
>>114267
It's a damn shame. Ah well, we'll figure something out.
Anonymous
EqKHY
?
No.114269
>>114261
Do you mean like the “Arena” episode of Star Trek, the “Gamers of Triskelion” episode of Star Trek which prominently featured an arena, or Elder Scrolls: The Arena?

>>114264
Uh.... Not entirely sure how that would work in the setting. The SDP are obviously not going to allow it, nor would the Conservatives or the Fascists. I can’t really imagine the Changelings thinking it’s a good use if time either. There has already been an underground boxing match run by the gangs, though I’m not sure if that’s quite what you had in mind. Maybe bandits in the jungles would make captives fight, or find it entertaining. Certainly I can imagine Dragons fighting in arenas, if the party ever went to the Badlands or the Dragon Isles.

Actually... I think I know....
Anonymous
c73OJ
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No.114270
114271 114272
EAC47ABD-A2C9-449B-AF69-DD0AAFFA7360.png
Done with my Saturday trial prep... now I just have to go in Sunday...

>>114259
Did you intend to send Silver back to the catacombs for corpse interment?
Anonymous
PulB5
?
No.114271
>>114270
Hope it turns out satisfactory.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114272
114273
>>114270
Eeyup. First thing tomorrow morning in-game.

Also, good luck with that trial!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114273
114275
Alright, we’ve now gone at least two days without activity. Let’s try to advance some action tomorrow, even if I will not be available the whole day. Don’t be afraid to post before 5 PM on weekends... it’s not like I work on weekends (even though I will be for part of tomorrow afternoon).

>>114272
Good, I have something planned for that
Anonymous
1zLLq
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No.114274
114276
I suppose it's gamer time.

Unicorn dances to a sick blues remix of elevator music, surrounded by staring zebras.
Even though elevators don't exist.
"Ooh! Ah! Heck yeah! Lovin' it! That how you zeebs do this, right?"
And he got beaten up and thrown out of the establishment.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114275
>>114273
Noice!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114276
114277
36EADE2A-F6B0-485C-8965-E996C1509E9D.jpeg
>>114274

Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114277
114278
>>114276
Yeah. His life was a short one.
Cracked his neck and died before medical ponies could do anything.
All the zebras could think is 'Wow, ponies are so specist.'
This only marked the beginning of the civil species war between the two.
Not really tho. Is meme. I need the batponer to actually do anything noteworthy.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114278
114279
>>114277
I think Iron was last inspecting items on a cabinet or table
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114279
>>114278
I know. There's not much else aside from dentist equipment there according to last post.

>inb4 finds a Playcolt mag under a clipboard
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114280
114281 114284
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114281
114282
>>114280
Ohai. Want to caress griffon beak?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114282
114283
>>114281
Uuuuuuh, is the griffon consenting?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114283
>>114282
Kinda sorta.
They are asking for it, after all.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114284
114285
>>114280
Midnight and Iron are exploring the closed off area. There is an empty large rectangular room, and a smaller room with a chair and some items
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114285
114286
>>114284
>Some items
Midnight inspects the items.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114286
114287
>>114285
A single knife, a scalpel, and a small bowl
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114287
114288
>>114286
....
What kinda room is this?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114288
114289 114294
>>114287
Small. A table, a few cabinets, stained white tile turned yellow with patches of brown and black. In the center, a reclining chair that most resembles either a dentists chair, or a hospital chair
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114289
114290
>>114288
Ah, medical.
Midnight looks around with a bit of contempt before leaving for the room Iron is in.
Anonymous
1zLLq
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No.114290
114291
>>114289
That's where Iron is.
Anonymous
mETVW
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No.114291
114292
>>114290
...
I thought he was in a different....
Ugh
Anonymous
1zLLq
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No.114292
114293
>>114291
>inb4 Midnight crashes on Iron's hindquarters again for this mistake.

Iron shakes his head.
"We should go back to the giant machine room that burned my hoof."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114293
114294 114295
>>114292
"I agree, let us hope the others are having better luck."
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114294
114295
>>114293
>>114288
Iron nods, then proceeds to walk back there, flashlight lighting the way.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114295
114296 114298
>>114294
>>114293
As they walk forward, they see doorways and arches along the side of the hallway that were missed when iron decided to blink himself and walk forward in hopes of... Well, none but Iron knows what he thought he would accomplish by doing that, but they are there. Past where the door is busted, light comes through, and there are unambiguous sounds of movement
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114296
114297 114298
>>114295
Iron, with the wisdom of a big minded native, decides to do the flashlight turn off again after hearing said movements.
He uses his ears to locate where are the sounds coming from.
[1d20 = 15]
<Auditory aid is required
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114297
114299
>>114296
In front of them. They come from an area that is lit from a light above, and iron can see at least two Griffins in the area of the boiler room
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114298
114299 114300
>>114296
>>114295
Robin, activate the batradar!
[1d20+5 = 19]

Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114299
>>114298
>>114297
Iron nods to himself. He looks at his surroundings, wondering what he could hit to attract the griffons to his location.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114300
114301 114302
>>114298
A distant movement of air that might or might not be a whisper followed by something More obviously a voice:
“Ze zijn hier! Ze klopten op de deur!”

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114301
114303 114305
>>114300
She leans towards Iron's ear whispering as to not be heard
"There are griffons talking about something, but I cannot understand them."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114302
114304 114305
>>114300
Am I the only one who can understand that without knowing a lick of Dutch?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114303
114304 114305
>>114301
Iron shakes his head.
"Me neither," he whispers back to the batty fellow. "but they sound agressive. Pretty sure they will attack us if we show ourselves."
Seeing only two griffons, he feels pretty confident in his odds.
"Are you ready for battle?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114304
114307
>>114302
I'm 90% sure klopten is horse, but other than that yes you are
>>114303
Midnight takes a deep breath
"Yes, I will do what I can."
Her knife reappears, this time in her wing.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114305
114306 114307
>>114302
Context kind of gives it away
The CIA rates Dutch as the easiest language for an English speaker to learn

>>114303
>>114301
A griffin peers into the boiler room, as a second s down the busted hallway, and a third hangs around
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114306
>>114305
Fair enough on the context part, but every word does looks very similar to their English counterpart: "Ze/they", "hier/here", "op/on", "de/the", "deur/door". I can believe it to be easy to learn coming off of English.
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114307
114309
>>114305
>>114304
Iron nods, then studies the scene.
"Simple enough. We attack the one hanging around here first, then the one in the busted hallway and finally the one in the boiler room," he whispers to Midnight. "Should be easy enough as long as we take them out quickly."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114308
114312
>Griffin staring down hallway: “Is de deur naar de onderste gang vergrendeld en vergrendeld?”
Griffin in boiler room: “Ik hoop het. Als dat zo is, kunnen ze daar niet ontsnappen.”
>”Ik weet het niet. Ze hebben deze deur echt beschadigd. Moeten we om versterking vragen?”
“Boek zal de onderbreking niet waarderen en Maakies zou snel terug moeten zijn.”
>”Heel goed dan. Maak de kamer vrij.”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114309
114310
>>114307
"would you like a blessing of strength or not?"
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114310
114311
>>114309
Iron nods.
"Do it."
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114311
114312 114313
>>114310
Midnight sighs and lays a hoof on his back, uttering a prayer in a language he can't recognize, before he can feel himself grow stronger.

She casts bulls strength, giving him +4 to his str score.
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114312
114313
>>114311
He inhales deeply, feeling his muscles strengthening, before looking at Midnight, determined.
"Alright, let us commence."
STR increased from 20 to 24, adding +2 to damage and chance to hit.
>>114308
Seems the translate gods we are in relative clear for now. Time to wreak havoc.
Who is the closest enemy currently? The one hanging around, right?
c73OJ
?
No.114313
114314 114315
[1d20+2 = 13]
>>114312
>>114311
The Griffin in the hallway pulls out a machete.
“Ik zie rare magische dingen in de gang! Ze zijn hier beneden!”

Distance 30 feet, roll initiative
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114314
114317
>>114313
Rollin
[1d20+2 = 14]

Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114315
114317 114319 114320
>>114313
[1d20 = 11]
<Initiative
c73OJ
?
No.114316
114317 114320
[1d20+1 = 15]
May as well try other griffin
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114317
114318
>>114314
>>114315
>>114316
Midnight
Griffin 1
Iron
Griffin 2
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114318
114319 114320 114328
>>114317
I will cede my turn to the casting of Bull's Strength, mainly because the squishy bat pone isn't gonna run in with just a knife.
c73OJ
?
No.114319
114320 114321
[1d20+6 = 9]
>>114315
>>114318
It seems like Iron would be first. The griffin charges forth with his machete, and slashes at Iron
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114320
114321
>>114319
>>114318
>>114316
>>114315
His machete slices through air past Iron. Iron’s turn
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114321
114322
>>114320
>>114319
Ey nice

Iron, thankful for the gryphon's approach, powerfully deals a power attack on the offending gryphon's beak as compensation.
[1d20+8 = 14]
<No charge required now!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114322
114323
>>114321
And.... Hit
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114323
114324
>>114322
[1d3+14 = 16]
<Earth Pony + Bull Power!
Iron's hoof gives a tender, sleep-inducing stroke on the offending gryphon. As in brutally punches the griffon into possible knock out. Mr Sandmare style
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114324
114325
>>114323
Iron’s hoof hits against its chest bone with a sinker “crack” slide off into his neck, sending his head up high, then the griffin falls to the ground.

The last griffin readies his sword
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114325
114326
>>114324
So, can I cleave to the other gryphon?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114326
114327
>>114325
No. He is 30 feet away
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114327
114328 114333
>>114326
Darn.
Well. I suppose it's his turn? Midnight's?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114328
114329
>>114327
>>114318
Griffin 2 has taken a readied action. It’s midnight’s turn
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114329
114330 114331
>>114328
Ah good, Midnight rushes into the room.
She turns towards the griffon and begins to chant in the same language she prayed over Iron in.
Will save (DC 14) or the griffon is shaken. Spell is Doom
c73OJ
?
No.114330
114331
[1d20 = 8]
>>114329

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114331
114332
>>114330
>>114329
Fail. Griffin is shaken
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114332
114333
>>114331
https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD:Shaken

Nice, 5 minutes of this.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114333
114334
>>114332
>>114327
Alright. Iron’s turn
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114334
114335
>>114333 (checked)
Iron contemplates the readied gryphon.
(Ambush, most likely.)
So he does the most logical thing possible: He picks up the unconscious gryphon and throws him at the other gryphon visible.
[1d20+5 = 13]
<I'll hit a gryphon with another gryphon!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114335
114336
>>114334
Hmmm.... I want distinct strength and attack rolls
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114336
114338 114339
>>114335
I need both? OK. That roll was a ranged attack roll. Here's strength.
[1d20+7 = 23]
<Big Boi muscles.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114338
114341
>>114336
YEET
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114339
114340
>>114336
Iron picks up the catbird, places it over his head, grazing the arched brick ceiling, in an incredible display.

Only moments before the Griffin’s mind filled with a looming sense of dread. A foreboding sense of a looming danger. He could not have imagined that would come in the form of his fellow griffin, picked up, and cast like a rock by a pony of in-equine strength. He watches the griffin thrown forward, grace the ceiling, then plunge down on him, in where horror of what could have done this.

The griffin lands on the griffin, and both fall to the ground
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114340
114341
>>114339
Iron smiles.
"Next time, come over here, lazy catbird!"
I suppose it's the end of his turn. Let's see if his/my hunch was right.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114341
114342
>>114340
>>114338
The second griffin is knocked down - not out - but behind him is a third griffin with a redder color scheme. He looks back at Iron and midnight with narrowed eyes. Not entirely fearful, but with a tinge of anger. He has no visible weapon
“Wie stuurde je?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114342
114343
>>114341
Midnight turns towards the grif, her ears folding back as she lets out a quiet "eeeeeee" before her knife goes flying across the room at the griffon.
[1d20+6 = 23]

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114343
114344
>>114342
Uh... Hit. Roll damage
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114344
114345
>>114343
>Proud eeeeee-ing
[1d4 = 3]

Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114345
114346
>>114344
The knife flies through the air, rotates, and flies into the side of the griffin into his left. He recoils in pain, and stretches the wing slightly, as the knife is lodged by the limb itself where it connects to his torso. The griffin is in pain and the other is knocked down... but neither is out
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114346
114347
>>114345
Can Iron start charging into a big ol' hug against the third red gryphon?
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114347
114348
>>114346
Yes
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114348
114349 114350
>>114347
Alrighty! Here we go!
I'll assume the gryphon victimized by gryphon body is currently prone for this round.

Iron charges against the red menacing gryphon in order to shut his trap, for he is the one to ask questions... later... with a possible translator if posible.
A-anyways, rolling charging full power attack.
[1d20+10 = 30]
<Insert pain train joke here
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114349
114350
>>114348
And confirm
[1d20+10 = 26]

Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114350
114351 114354
>>114348
>>114349
The griffin, for just a moment, looks back at his wing to remove the knife, not seeing the charging pony until Iron is already in his stride. He turns around to try to flee, but Iron still manages to land a solid buck, straight into his partly turned face, that possibly even breaks his beak. He falls unconscious before he even reaches the ground
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114351
114352 114354
>>114350
Iron nods to himself.
"There we go."
He turns to the last gryphon, with a menacing pose, 4th wall invaded by shadow and purple symbols scrolling downwards shakily.

No, this is not an intimidate roll. Just want to meme.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114352
114353 114354
>>114351
I mean, if Iron is looking for shadows and purple symbols to come down upon him, that can certainly be arranged
The griffin is pushing off the other griffin in an effort to get up. He looks at Iron, and says to him in a serious tone:
“Ze zullen er zijn. Ze zullen je pakken. Je kunt niet ontsnappen, zonaanbidder”
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114353
114358 114359
HorribleSubs-JoJos-Bizarre-Adventure-Stardust-Crusaders-Egypt-Arc-32-720p.mkv_snapshot_07.30_2015.02.27_19.53.03.jpg
>>114352
Oh really?

Iron simply walks over to the last one like in pic related.
"Sorry. I cannot understand you, but do not fret."
He raises his hoof.
"I know a language we both understand."
And STOMP!
[1d20+15 = 28]
<Light stomp of family friendly violence
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114354
114355 114358 114359
>>114352
>>114351
>>114350
Midnight rolls her eyes at the stallion, before hearing the griffon.
She walks over before one wing reaches under the other, and with a click produces a revolver which is pointed at the griffon.
"Silence."
I on the contrary, I am intimidating
[1d20+2 = 10]
ゴゴゴゴ
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114355
114356
>>114354
Oh whoops. Should've said something sooner.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114356
114357
>>114355
My browser wasn't working, it does that everyonce in a while.
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114357
>>114356
I'm sorry, too. I just went in and bashed the gryphon you were about to interrogate.
TpCt2
?
No.114358
114359
[1d20 = 15]
>>114353
The stomp vibrates through the ground and shakes the walls in a ring that’s a little bit high pitched than you’d imagine if there were solid rock underneath

>>114354
Midnight does her best Monsignor Martinez

Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114359
114361 114362 114369
>>114358
>>114354
>>114353
He responds
“Waar geloof je dat je ziel zal gaan als je sterft?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114361
114362
>>114359
"Why can you not just speak ponish? Iron, where is my knife?"
She keeps the gun aimed, but turns to look at Iron for a moment.
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114362
114363 114364 114367
>>114359
>>114361
So melodramatic.
Iron shrugs.
"Pretty sure the red gryphon has it."
He walks over to the knocked out one, and takes it out and walks back, passing it to Midnight.
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114363
>>114362
I would say that with the character,
but Iron doesn't know what he's saying. Not an insult to you, it's for the gryphon hen.

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114364
114368 114369
>>114362
I'll have you know that her kindness only extends to ponies and kirin! Griffons are the enemies of the Princesses!
"Thank you Iron, were you hurt?"
Her gaze softens as she accepts the knife, looking over Iron for any wounds.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114367
114369
29ECD3F0-D8EB-49DB-86A5-D753DE487A75.png
>>114362
Don’t insult and belittle NPCs, especially out of character and with knowledge you only have because of metagaming. At best it means next time there will be twice as many twice as strong enemies, and really it just dampens my enthusiasm for the game
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114368
114370
>>114364
There are no wounds on Iron aside from the one sustained earlier. The griffin is looking more than a little concerned, but not entirely fearful
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114369
114370 114372
>>114364
Surprisingly not a single graze aside from the little puncturing from the first griffin back at the dining room.
"None at all."
>>114359
He looks to the last standing gryphon to see his current status.
>>114367
Roger.
No idea why you deleted the other post tho. Suppose you accidentally put a pic you shouldn't have.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114370
114371 114372
>>114368
>>114369
I could fix that, but that's another spell....

She looks at the griffon
"Do you know any ponish?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114371
114372
>>114370
I would like to clarify
>I could fix that
Is referring to the griffon not being fearful.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114372
114373 114374
>>114371
>>114370
Roll luck
No, he’s afraid, just not broken

>>114369
No griffin is standing
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114373
114375 114376
>>114372
Rolling
[1d20 = 4]

Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114374
114375
>>114372
Nice.
Iron decides to start tying the griffons up with the spare clothes he got. He starts with the red griffon's 4 legs.
[1d20 = 17]
<Playing with ropes
TpCt2
?
No.114375
114376 114378
>>114374
They are tied up

>>114373
“Wat wil je van me?”
\r
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114376
114377
>>114375
Iron nods.
"Down one. Should not bother us for a while."
He walks back to Midnight and still conscious griffon.
>>114373
"Make sure he does not try anything. I am tying his friend up," he says.
>>114375
And he ties the other unconscious griffon the same way.
[1d20 = 17]
<Makeshift Bondage is fun

Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114377
114379
>>114376
He is tied up
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114378
114379
>>114375
Midnight sighs
"I guess communication is not going to work. Iron, could you tie this one up when you are done?"
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114379
114380
>>114378
>>114377
After he finishes, he stares at the conscious gryphon, presenting him the shirt.
"I tie you up. You attack, you meet hoof," he raises his other hoof up to cement the message.
He awaits his response.
I'll roll intimidate this time.
[1d20+8 = 14]
<Spookster
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114380
114381
>>114379
His eyes go wide and black at the approaching hoof
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114381
114382
>>114380
Iron stops his hoof, pushing the other gryphon off him and proceeds to tie him up.
[1d20 = 18]
<The safe word is 'Mango'
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114382
114383
>>114381
He tries to struggle at first, but is tied up
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114383
114384
>>114382
Iron does the unthinkable, booping the gryphon on his beak for his vain attempt to struggle, shaking his head.
"None of that. We are the ones that are in control here."
He stands up, then starts dragging the three of them towards the same wall in a line.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114384
114385
>>114383
CAW!
Which wall? It is a very large building with very many walls
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114385
114386
>>114384
What room are the 5 in?
I suppose I could drag them to the boiler room and place them next to the wall in front of the door that contains the stairwell.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114386
114387
>>114385
They are in the hallway
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114387
114388
>>114386
I'll go with dragging all three gryphons by their tails to the room with the hot steam engine, then placing them in a line next to the wall in front of the door that contains the stairwell.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114388
114389
>>114387
It’s a bit cooled down now, with the red glow extinguished. They are all dragged there
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114389
114390
>>114388
Iron ponders what to do.
(One of them clearly does not know the language, so it would be useless to talk with him, so I will have to awaken the other two.)
He sits next to the first downed griffon, slapping him light on his cheek.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114390
114391
>>114389
And thus he sits next to the griffin and slaps him. His body stumps down against the wall, bending over itself
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114391
114392 114394 114399
>>114390
Iron is a bit discouraged by this, repositioning the body back into being back on the floor with all four claws in the air.
He then remembers the Grant awakening in the dream, grinning to himself.
(I suppose that could work.)
And thus, the sin has been committed again, slapping the tied up griffon right on his exposed flank.
Midnight's player is absent for now but he'll come back, so don't await his response coming soon.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114392
114393
4F8F8F4D-02F1-4253-BA60-92A6A1EBEC12.jpeg
>>114391
To both spoilers and unspoilered statements
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114393
>>114392
It worked last time.
So... I suppose that's a... no, then?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114394
114395
>>114391
Why must you sexually assualt the prisoners?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114395
114396
>>114394
It worked the first time.
Alright, I won't do it.
Could you wake up one of the other captives, please?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114396
114398 114399
>>114395
Fine, Midnight walks up to one and lightly slaps their cheek.
"Wake up birdie."
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114398
114403
>>114396
I've tried that. Didn't work for me, sadly.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114399
114400
>>114396
>>114391
The griffin is not awoken, even though the one that is awake looks over
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114400
114401
>>114399
Wait, did the spanking happen?
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114401
114402
>>114400
Did it not?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114402
>>114401
I have no idea.
Your direct response was unclear.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114403
114404
>>114398
Heal check to wake up?
[1d20+11 = 27]

Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114404
114405
>>114403
Hmmm....

Sure
The griffin is dazed, and breathing heavily with a gurgle, but slowly gaining consciousness
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114405
114406
>>114404
"Well... You are alive"
Midnight nurses the griffon back to consciousness.
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114406
114407 114408
>>114405
His eyes are crossed, and his head bobs. His breathing is erratic
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114407
>>114406
"Oh dear, come on. You can pull through"
[1d20+11 = 26]
Heal!
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114408
114409 114410 114416 114427 114428
>>114406
I Have Awoken
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114409
114410
>>114408
Yey
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114410
114411 114412 114413
>>114408
Midnight’s inspection reveals a cracked chest plate and a bruised neck as well as s pinched nerve. Midnight is able to slightly relax the griffin to lower the breathing, and to ease the pain on the neck

>>114408
HE LIVES!

>>114409
The floof is also here, yay!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114411
114416
>>114410
We can finally advance!
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114412
114413 114414
>>114410
Iron stands next to the somewhat stabilized griffon.
"Can you talk?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114413
114414 114415
>>114410
>>114412
"you really did a number on this one Iron."
Anonymous
TpCt2
?
No.114414
114415 114417 114421
Failed to make a turn going home, drive all the way until the very last turn before the border crossing

>>114412
>>114413
“He buh... eh”
He’s still dazed
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114415
114417
>>114413
>>114414
Iron looks at Midnight.
"Indeed. This pony is unresponsive. Try to restore him to a speakable state."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114416
114419
>>114411
>>114408
The griffin pauses for dramatic effect. Then he looks directly at the visitors in the back, and he smiles. Then he speaks to his audience. He shouts in a foreign language, in a paragraph long speech that builds and builds. They chant back at him excitedly, with clear energy, in the se foreign language
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114417
114418
>>114415
>>114414
Wait, a pony?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114418
114420
>>114417
Fuck, change to gryphon
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114419
114422 114428
>>114416
Silver has to give it to him, he knows how to get his followers eating from the palms of his claws.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114420
114421 114423
>>114418
Ah
"I have done all I can, it is up to their own strength now."
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114421
>>114420
>>114414
Iron ponders, then tries to wake up the red gryphon.
(He seemed stronger than the others.)
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114422
114423 114424 114427 114448
>>114419
He’s knocked the fuck out

>>114419
He pauses for some cheers, and then stays silent as the unicorn near Silver stands
“Our inductees...” he says
The griffin responds
“Yes... if you could introduce yourselves

The first creature to stand is a black colored, possibly raven based griffin (more likely just a black eagle, but who here is an ornithologist?), who stands up, looks back, and is afraid to speak for more than a moment. The unicorn tells him “Go on, tell us who you are and why you are here”
He’s reluctant, but he starts to speak in an overly thick accent
“My name is... Schwarzefeder Yeager...” He clearly doesn’t have much practice with public speaking, but he addresses the crowd all the same
“I am from old family in the Hearzlands, in Yale. When the Archon took over... I knew I could not stay. Too much history between my family and the temple there. I came to Equestria, because Princess promised freedom and friendship. But the ponies were hostile and unwelcoming. The Griffins were no different than they were in the Hearzlands. And the only job was night shift in a jacket factory, and I was not paid for all hours. I was sad, disconnected... I knew I could not go back, but I left behind my family and every griff I knew. It was Wilhelm over here” he points to another griffin “who told me of this place.... And I learned somethings. I feel like I belong here. I am ready to be inducted.”

They cheer
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114423
114425
>>114422
>>114420
Iron sighs.
"Great."
He ponders to himself, looking at Midnight.
"Do you think we can communicate through pictures?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114424
114427
>>114422
Silver respectfully listens. He knows a little about the Archon and the Rule of Three, such as the purges of the Harmonists in the Empire, but he doesn't know much beyond having a surface-level understanding like most ponies.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114425
114426
>>114423
"Maybe? Can you draw?"
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114426
>>114425
Iron smiles sheepishly.
"I assumed you could. I admit I drew at most stick ponies.
c73OJ
?
No.114427
114428 114431 114449
>>114408
Also see >>114422

>>114424
>>114408
The black griffin sits down, then the unicorn says
“I believe we have... some creature else”
With little other prompting, a diamond dog of black back coat and white belly stands up. He is big, muscular, and with a more tapered muzzle, like a Rottweiler

“My family move here from the central Diamond Hundlands. My father work all day at the power station shoveling coal. My mother and my sister...” his tone shifts from anger to sadness “they die of the Distemper... I and my brother take care of them and we get jobs to help make ends meet. My brother works for local group to collect money from flower shop. But flower shop owner hires pony with spear to protect them. My brother was stabbed to death...”
He hangs his head in sorrow, and after a pause lifts it up, definitely crying
“And the police did nothing! They release pony after they catch him. The gang did not want anything to do with it... so much for them. I talk to friends. They do not know what to do, but one of them tells me you could help me get revenge on pony.”
He ends again on an expression of anger

The griffin speaks
“Yes, yes. We can definitely help”
\r
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114428
114448
>>114427
>>114419
>>114408
The griffin asks back
“I don’t believe we got you name”

The diamond dog answers, in that high pitched voice that seems too high for such a large creature
“My name is Oreo, and I seek to kill that pony who killed my brother”
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114429
114430 114432
Hi. I'm back.
How are Seb and Fun?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114430
>>114429
They caught the big gae, sadly.
RIP.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114431
>>114427
Silver can sympathize with his plight, even if he had to have known that there was definite risk in that kind of life. While he nods at the Diamond Dog, he wonders what pony could have used that spear.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114432
114433
>>114429
They are both trying to get hugs, and both have hard and cold exteriors
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114433
114434
>>114432
More hugs for the bugs.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114434
114435 114437 114438
Uh... anypony have any actions to declare?

>>114433
*bugs are hugged*
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114435
114436
>>114434
Well... the griffons are downed.
I suppose I could pat the remaining griffon or do the boopening until a new group shows up so we can get anygriff that actually can speak Ponish.
Pretty sure throwing water at them shouldn't work at all, right?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114436
114438
>>114435
Just boop the griffons until more come
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114437
114439
>>114434
Do the bugs enjoy the hugs?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114438
114439
>>114436
Good plan.
>>114434
Iron smiles devilishly, starting to boop the conscious gryphon relentlessly, but with care not to actually punch him.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114439
114440 114441 114442
I may have to change up the story and reveal from how I intended it to go

>>114437
Yes

>>114438
There are no words nor still images
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114440
114441
>>114439
Pretty sure we shouldn't have split up.
insert cackling laughter here
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114441
114451
>>114439
>>114440
Yeah yeah, I know "bad idea to split the party". Wasn't really my intention to do so when Silver said he was going to look around the church.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114442
>>114439
Was the bat pony still in the room? I don't remember.
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114444
>>114443
Obviously it's not funny. I was cackling due to the torture booping of the conscious griffon.
I proposed, you approved through Skies, then I acted on it. Nothing more and nothing less.
I admit this experience is exhilarating nonetheless, like the actions me and Midnight are doing are having a positive impact on mission completion. I think. Physical evidence, some prisoners, etc.

Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114445
>>114443
Not refuses. Now that the changelings are calmer, they are capable of being watched by the bat with hopefully a whole lot less escaping.

Spark exits the room and tries to motion the changelings to stay put. He closes the door and meets up with the other ponies.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114446
114447
Looks like Dark Star has been claimed by the Void...again.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114447
114448
>>114446
I'm Here, i just swallowed a black pill about my life. Where were we at last time we played?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114448
114449
>>114447
See >>114422 >>114427 >>114428


DS
jJgaL
?
No.114449
114450 114451 114453
>>114427
>>114448
Dark Star has a tear roll down his cheek as the doggo describes losing his family.
Then something form the back of his mind comes forwards as he thinks to himself.
"Wait.... Didnt oynx Stab some creature in the flower shop?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114450
>>114449
......
No comment
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114451
114452 114453 114455
>>114449
>>114441
Poor doggo

A zebra runs up to the griffin speaking and whispers something into his ear. He stops to listen, then he announces
“Mr. M will be back shortly. We will move to the inner chamber soon”
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114452
>>114451
GG. It's warehouse time.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114453
114454
>>114449
>>114451
Silver looks to his two current companions with a hint of worry in his expression. Did Iron and Midnight get discovered? We need to get to them, as soon as possible.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114454
114456
>>114453
They are not done yet. There is more speaking and chanting in some foreign language, before the congregation gets up
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114455
114458
>>114451
Dark Star Glances over at Silver looking a little worried.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114456
114457 114458
>>114454
Silver stands up as well, feeling like he's gained perhaps a little bit of perspective, even if this wasn't the particular path he had in mind when he decided to scout out the church. I hope others are okay...
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114457
114459 114463
>>114456
Dark Star whispers to him
"Should we Head back?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114458
114460
>>114456
>>114455
The Griffin now addresses the audience
“Some if you have been with us since the beginning. Some have never before attended a full meeting. Some of you have been poor and downtrodden. Displaced, lonely, sick, bullied, or beat up. Hungry, cold, humiliated, or denied your birthright path to power and glory. But all of you... All of you, have found new power and new purpose in your service. Give... and you shall receive in kind.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114459
114463
>>114457
He whispers back: "I would recommend it, first chance we get."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114460
>>114458
Dark Star looks intrigued by this statement
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114461
114462 114463 114465 114467
Spoilered
Y'all mind if I just,
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114462
114465
>>114461
Cute.
Would pat/10
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114463
114464 114467 114468
>>114459
>>114457
The old unicorn steps up, and looks back to the two. He is pretty well dressed - a black tail coat and a u-neck vest. He says to the zebra and the fluffy one:
“Well hello, we’ve scarcely made an acquaintance. It’s nice if you to drop in on our meetings. I do apologize if our group seems a bit... reticent to speak about their nature. They are repressed in their home countries for their beliefs, but as you’ve seen here, they are open and eager to take in new members. The esotericism of their practices is really only a superficiality”
He smiles

>>114461
10/10 would waifu her against her will
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114464
>>114463
Reeeeeeeeee don't you dare waifu the bat!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114465
114466
>>114461
>>114462
So... what are Iron and Midnight doing?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114466
114470 114474
>>114465
I was serious with the whole booping thing.
It may attract some more guards or give the other two time to wake up for their round of questioning.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114467
114469
>>114461
In my professional opinion, this is a qt.

>>114463
Silver nods, and offers him a hoofshake. "Serebry Mechov. It is nice to see others in downtrodden state share in their worries, help work through things together."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114468
114469
>>114463
"It nice service, Oreo story is like mine. Family was kill by speciest pony."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114469
114471 114472
>>114468
The unicorn nods to Dark Star
“I see. Sadly not all ponies are accepting. They fear what they do not understand. If they would only look beyond rough or crude exteriors, they would see something beautiful inside.”

>>114467
He shakes his hoof
“Well, nice to meet you Sereby. Yes, it is good to give make. But more than that, it is good to be among them. To be a part of culture”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114470
114473 114474
>>114466
I was gonna say, booping seems like a good way to wake them up.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114471
114474
>>114469
Dark Star extends his hoof
"I is Zekker,Whats yur name?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114472
114474
>>114469
Silver nods to what he says to both to them. Especially to what he says to the floofy unicorn, it hits home. "Yes...indeed..."
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114473
>>114470
Or... that, too! That sounds like a good idea.

Iron decides that booping an unconscious gryphon's snout should stabilize the hen in question, changing the target to the red gryphon.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114474
114475 114476 114477 114490
4AA97E61-9565-4A3A-AB59-60608B3979E5.png
>>114470
>>114466
You monster

>>114471
>>114472
“Nice to meet you, Zekker. You can call me Sweet”
He shakes the zebra’s hoof

He looks back to Sereby
“So, you say you are looking to recapture childhood memories of days long past?”
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114475
114476 114478 114480
>>114474
>Boops GM
Monster I may be, but sometimes you have to do bad things for good results.
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114476
114478
>>114474
>>114475
>Boops GM
All's fair in love and war.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114477
114478
>>114474
The sudden jumping to that question visibly catches him off guard a little. He wasn't expecting him to go straight to that. "In way, yes."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114478
114479 114481
8BAC852B-0447-46BD-BC42-CDD97AF86E4E.png
>>114476
>>114475
NIGGER DON’T YOU BOOP ME

>>114477
“If I may ask a stranger... and if it troubled you so much to seek your way all the way out here.. what is it about it exactly that you miss, or that you want to recapture?”
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114479
114480
>>114478
I'll keep booping your gryphon NPCs! You can't stop me!
>inb4 send a dozen guards with SMGs.

Iron slowly and steadily boops the red gryphon in an attempt to wake him up.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114480
114482
>>114479
>>114475
The beak on the red griffin slides in a way that seems unnatural. Most likely, the beak is broken
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114481
114484
>>114478
Silver lets out a sigh. "When I was foal, my father owned blacksmith shop, fixing up tools and like, and I was his apprentice. When I was not at school, I often helped him in his work, brought tools and materials he asked for, or even made new tools all on my own. It was...nice. Simple. Hard work, yes, but it helped to instill good values in me at that young age. And besides...it was just simpler time back then. You did not have political strife, wars and invasions. Ponies and others could call each other neighbors and friends without fear, suspicion, or hatred. Seeing world as it is now, it can make you long for those times. We've lost so much since then, and gained so little..."
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114482
114483 114484
>>114480
Oh.
Well good job on dissuading me from booping him any longer.

Iron recoils at the sight.
"I must have gone a bit too far with them."
He attempts to do so on the partially conscious gryphon.
The one Midnight recuperated by a bit.

Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114483
>>114482
*do the same on the partially
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114484
114485 114486 114490 114524
>>114481
He nods
“There are many who yearn for older, simpler times. There is much wisdom they have offer us that is lost to this era. I tell you, hatred, fear, and suspicion may yet be banished from the hearts of at least individual creatures. You just won’t be able to do it with... well, shall we say, ‘contempary’ societal structure.”

>>114482
He looks forward. Dazed, but eyes big and open, tearing at the black boiler
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114485
>>114484
"Are you awake? Do you see what is poking you on the beak?"
Iron cautiously closes his hoof on his beak, trying to see if it recognizes it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114486
>>114484
A subtle tilt of the head displays his request for Sweet to elaborate.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114487
114488 114489 114490
Okay, I am definitely ending here for the night. Hopefully I will be able to respond eventually
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114488
>>114487
Sleep well!
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114489
>>114487
Roger. Night.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114490
114524
>>114474
"Sweet? Interesting Name."
>>114484
"What dat mean?"
>>114487
Night Fren

Anonymous
IiBa+
?
No.114493
114494 114495 114506
893D82B4-8B32-4B5F-9D1C-A941A749AAB9.jpeg
Is anypony there? And do you want to play later tonight?
Anonymous
k9Dda
?
No.114494
>>114493
Beep.
My shoes are dirty.
Yes. I like.
Anonymous
Gv3sf
?
No.114495
114496
>>114493
What are your restrictions for divination spells?
Anonymous
IiBa+
?
No.114496
114497
>>114495
Well, if it’s a divine spell caster, so long as they have a divinity to receive magic from (including “Nature” if it’s a Druid or Ranger) there should be no issue
Anonymous
Gv3sf
?
No.114497
114498
>>114496
Okay.
What about spells such as, "Summon Lesser Demon"?
Anonymous
IiBa+
?
No.114498
114499 114500 114504
>>114497
Summon lesser demon is a 5th edition spell. I suspect that you have been looking at 5th edition rule books, hence why you asked about a warlock (warlock is one of the main classes in 5e). We’ve been using 3.5 edition. There is no “summon lesser demon” in 3.5, though clerics and druids have access to spells like “summon monster” which allow the spell caster to summon extra planar creatures, which is pretty similar
Anonymous
Gv3sf
?
No.114499
114502
>>114498
Do you have the same multiverse with the same planes?

Anonymous
Gv3sf
?
No.114500
114502
>>114498
okay, then I know.
Anonymous
IiBa+
?
No.114502
114503
>>114499
>>114500
Well.... you can summon the same creatures, but let’s be vague about planes
Anonymous
Gv3sf
?
No.114503
114505
>>114502
Do beholders exist in this world?
Anonymous
Gv3sf
?
No.114504
114505
>>114498
http://www.d20srd.org/index.htm
I am looking at the correct place now.
Anonymous
IiBa+
?
No.114505
>>114503
Who is to say what entities blaspheme and bubble at the center of all infinity, listening to maddening and muffled drums played by unspeakable creatures?

>>114504
That is the correct source
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114506
114507
>>114493
Yes and yes.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114507
114508 114509
Today has been great at work

>>114506
I’ll consider advancing Silver. In the meantime... how are you?

Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114508
114510
>>114507
Pretty nice. Everything went according to plan I assume.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114509
114510
>>114507
Eyyyyy! That's great to hear!

Can't really complain. The weather's been nice out, Mom's starting to make a recovery, and I got chicken fajitas to look forward to making tomorrow. You?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114510
114511 114512
>>114508
>>114509
Warning: Blog Post below
So I jumped on a trial in another court and did some preparation for that this weekend. Then this morning I found out that they were moving around attorneys. When I was first hired I was placed in a court where the Judge there would refuse to go to trial, even calling in sick, or have the court reporter there call in sick, on days a trial was set, and the same thing with motions to surpress. So it was super boring, and I often didn't have any work to do. I wanted to get out of that court. So today I found out that I am now moving to the court that I am doing this trial in, because the lead attorney there is being promoted to felony. And the trial itself is actually going (as opposed to the defendant not showing up or there being a reset, which is more common than an actual trial), and now I feel like I am actually doing lawyer work. I got to do opening statements to the jury which was very fun, and I also direct examined the victim (and impeached her after she recanted her testimony on cross). It's an Assault Family Violence case, which are basically impossible to win in this area because domestic violence is socially accepted in the Hispanic culture of this region. Really though, that just means there's no pressure to win. Anyways, I feel really good about how I did
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114511
114512 114513
36c18e2b6f3ad4a6b7fe2a07c0cf950733050831a36dc4ac32eda783ca215701.gif
>>114510
Pic related
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114512
114514
>>114510
>>114511
Congrats, man. I can sense how happy you are for your acheivement. Glad you finally got the lawyer's experience.
Although I admit I was expecting you to reach this point sooner tbh.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114513
114514
>>114511
It's great to hear that you're enjoying your job. I wish we could all be so lucky, eh?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114514
114515 114519
>>114512
I know, right? It goes to show how super slow my court is. I did do a jury trial back in early June... That one went weird, and I had a motion to surprise in June, and both of these occurred with me filling in for attorneys in courts I was not assigned to. Then we had a six week summer break where most courts were not in session, and I was scheduled for a trial in my court with a visiting judge which was reset, and then on a felony in a felony court, which was reset and then plead out. And then we had Labor Day weekend which prevented any activity. I am hoping the pace has finally picked up. Until now, almost the only things I’ve had going in have been plea agreements and doing hearings for commitments to a mental health hospital in a civil court

>>114513
What’s happening with you? You say your mother is making a recovery?
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114515
114517
>>114514
That's a big series of oofs right there. Sounds way too unlucky for my taste.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114517
114518
>>114515
Yeah, it is. The main reason I decided to take this job, aside from the fact that it was the first to give me an offer and my parents wanted me to get a salary, was because I was told that the US Attorneys (Federal prosecutors) like to hire people who have worked as ADAs in the border areas, because they know you’ll be willing to live out in bullshit Mexican areas of hired by a border office. Also I didn’t realize the metropolis kind of near my hometown didn’t post its opening online, so I applied to them very late and didn’t get an interview until I had already taken this job.
American prosecutors actually don’t go to trial nearly as often as they did 20 years ago. I think the average is something like 8 a year, so 2 in a little over three months isn’t that far off from average if it can be sustained
Anonymous
1zLLq
?
No.114518
114520
>>114517
At least it's financially stable for you, right?
That's what matters in the short and medium term.

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114519
114520
>>114514
For her sake I won't get into the specifics. She had a serious issue that finally flaired up to an untenable point about a month ago and she had to go into surgery. As usual, like every other time any of us have been to a doctor, they fucked up big time, and now Mom's trying to recover from their incompetance. Right now she's at the point where her pain is within her absurdly high pain tolerance, but it'll be a few more weeks before things return to normal.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114520
114521
>>114519
Awww.... I’m sorry to hear that floofster. At least she is doing better now.

>>114518
The pat is really not good for a job that requires a professional degree, but I get health insurance, the cost of living here is third world low, I don’t have any student loans except a tiny amount from college, and my parents still pay my car payments, car insurance, and phone. I actually found I had a large amount of cash on hand when I went to Bronycon last month.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114521
>>114520
Agreed. It sucks seeing her like this.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114522
114523 114524
_Apogee zebra killer.png

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114523
114526
>>114522
Iz a coot
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114524
114525 114526
>>114522
Hello!

>>114484
>>114490
“If you want a full critique of the modern world, well... look outside, for instance, or listen to certain political activists. But the diseases of the model era are not ubiquitous... You’ll find they are absent from many the older, more tribal societies. They have a way of living with each other, with nature, and with that beyond nature that is Harmon’s in ways most ponies have forgotten”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114525
114527
>>114524
Silver silently considers this for a moment before nodding in agreement.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114526
114527
>>114524
>>114523
Boop
>>114524
"Hmmmm"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114527
114528 114529
>>114526
>>114525
He looks back at the two, fairly intently for a moment, as if measuring something. Then he backs away
“Well, I shalln’t trouble you anymore. Thank you again for staying as long as you did. We are looking to share”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114528
114530
>>114527
Silver offers Sweet another hoofshake to part ways with. "Thank you for having us. It meant lot."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114529
114530 114532
>>114527
"Place very nice, might come back"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114530
114531 114532
>>114529
>>114528
He stands for more than a moment, waiting to see if either creature wanted to ask any questions of their own, but seeing they have none, backs off and does not press
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114531
114533
>>114530
is the speaker still talking?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114532
114533
>>114529
>>114530
"...O...kay."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114533
114534 114535
>>114531
>>114532
It seems as if the group is transitioning from one portion of their night to another. Creatures stand up, some talk to each other, most are silent. One griffin in a seat seems to have turned around and is flirting with the griffin behind him. Which seems to be... Blue Skies. But they are clearly not done for the night
Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114534
114536
>>114533
Hmm. This smells like bait
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114535
114537
>>114533
Dark Star walks beside Blue
"Hey sugar beak who dis?"
he puts his foreleg around her neck
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114536
>>114534
the bait has been taken.
c73OJ
?
No.114537
114538
>>114535
Her feathers perk up and eyes widen with a quick “eek” at the hoof suddenly placed on her from behind. She looks back to Dark Star with chest annoyance, as does the make griffin, a big griffin of rust brown coloration almost that of dried blood
\r
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114538
114539 114540
>>114537
"Wrong Griff."
Then he walks out of the church
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114539
114540 114541
>>114538
I suppose Silver would follow.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114540
>>114539
>>114538
Whatever the others are doing, it dies not involve them leaving the church. Silver and Dark Star are able to leave the church without comment or notice by any creature else
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114541
114542
>>114539
Dark Star sighs and says
"Let's go check on The others."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114542
114543
>>114541
Silver nods. "Lead on."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114543
>>114542
Dark Star leads them back to the building they left Iron and Midnight in.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114550
114551 114554
Thinking I should take Improved Sunder over Heal Focus when our level-up comes.
Anonymous
ceMJL
?
No.114551
114552 114553
BD8EC251-9BB9-45ED-999C-4CC31C45DB0D.png
>>114550
It’s something to think about
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114552
114556
>>114551
Now that's l00d.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114553
>>114551
10/10 would pet and take for walk
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114554
114555
>>114550
Improved sunder is good. I think I'm gonna have Onyx take cleave for level 6
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114555
>>114554
Now Onyx will be able to kill changelings twice as quickly!
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114556
114557 114558
>>114552
4 u
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114557
>>114556
Shush you.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114558
114559
>>114556
Eyyyy, it's Darkie boi!
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114559
>>114558
Henlo
Anonymous
ceMJL
?
No.114560
114561 114562
91A63222-BF41-4DFD-A7A2-BDA5C9DA9429.png
>tfw fell asleep for the whole afternoon
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114561
114563
2138276__safe_screencap_pinkie pie_twilight sparkle_the summer sun setback_spoiler-colon-s09e17_alicorn_bear hug_cropped_earth pony_femal.png
>>114560
Awwww. Does somepony need a hug?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114562
>>114560
Big oof right there.
Anonymous
ceMJL
?
No.114563
114564 114565
13EA3D14-E1F0-4BF9-9E0B-3E0C152C3592.gif
>>114561
.... Maybe
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114564
114565
>>114563
Wouldn't hugs make you prone to boops, tho?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114565
114566 114567
2095736__safe_screencap_princess celestia_princess luna_between dark and dawn_spoiler-colon-s09e13_alicorn_clothes_cloud_cute_cutelestia_.jpg
>>114563
Hugs the GM

>>114564
>:(
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114566
114570
>>114565
I mean, the distance from snout to hoof is extremely lower than normal.
Heck, even mutually assured boopstruction can also happen.
That means booping with the snoot.
Anonymous
ceMJL
?
No.114567
114568
BEE472ED-FEB2-43AC-AAB1-332FE671F92F.jpeg
>>114565
*Is hugged*
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114568
114569 114570
2098393__safe_artist-colon-arjinmoon_princess luna_oc_oc-colon-nighty cloud_alicorn_blushing_chest fluff_cuddling_cute_ear fluff_eyes clo.png
>>114567
Is good hug, yes?
Anonymous
ceMJL
?
No.114569
114570
B772C138-8175-4176-901A-F490B6A04298.png
>>114568
Maybe...
DS
YUzia
?
No.114570
114571 114572 114575
_boop ponk.png
>>114569
>>114568
>>114566

Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114571
>>114570
Oh dear!
MY SNOOT!
MY POOR SNOOT!
Anonymous
iSjv/
?
No.114572
114573
D7003AC0-3EBB-4759-88E8-ABA70D0D979E.jpeg
>>114570

DS
YUzia
?
No.114573
114574
_AJ Knows.jpg
>>114572

Anonymous
iSjv/
?
No.114574
83AB31F6-68A4-444D-A284-26D98701C91A.png
>>114573

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114575
114576
>>114570
W-why would you do such a thing?
DS
YUzia
?
No.114576
114577
>>114575
No One cared who i was until i started booping.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114577
114578 114579
>>114576
That's a big hoof.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114578
>>114577
For You.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114579
>>114577
Did anypony say big hooves?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114580
114581 114582 114583 114584
7A564390-6532-48D0-955A-5DB2C2C6545E.png
The situation at work today makes me just want to scream

So how is everypony today?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114581
114585
>>114580
Hopefully it's all alright enough to at least zone it out later.
I'm ok.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114582
114585
>>114580
Ok, but I hope your day will get better.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114583
114585
>>114580
Im Sorry Fren
It's ok so far.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114584
114585
>>114580
It's been alright. Sorry to hear your day isn't.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114585
114586 114587 114588
E92DDE6D-4F99-4BD2-BFB4-DC74EA60EF94.png
6EE3D2EF-7CE7-4A69-9189-5377A1EECD33.png
>>114584
>>114583
>>114582
>>114581
Well thank you

Nopony wants to play today, right?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114586
>>114585
I need the Night!
Or at least the middle portion of it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114587
114589
>>114585
I'm always up to play, but if you need time to yourself I don't think any of us will hold it against you.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114588
114589
>>114585
Yea im able to play
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114589
114590 114591
>>114587
>>114588
Okay... so, I think that Silver and Dark Star were going back to the main building
That ended rather disappointingly.... but whatever
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114590
114592
>>114589
Eeyup, to join up with the others and see if they're alright.
Sorry. At least you'll be able to plan out proper encounters, now.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114591
114592
>>114589
Yep.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114592
114593 114594
>>114591
>>114590
Okay. Because this is a building about the size of a city hospital comprised of three smaller buildings in tandem with a waterfront on one side, specify as precisely as possible as to which part of of the building they go to, or which approach they take
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114593
114594 114596
>>114592
I defer to Dark Star for what he decides.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114594
114595
>>114593
>>114592
He takes them back to the door they were at before.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114595
114596 114597
>>114594
Okay. It’s a walk around. The door is closed
DS
YUzia
?
No.114596
114597
>>114593
>>114595
"See if it'll budge,silver."
hj2ro
?
No.114597
114598 114599 114601
[1d20+2 = 13]
>>114595
>>114596
Strength: Silver nods, and attempts to force open the door.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114598
114599
>>114597
It moves, but hits an end. It is locked. The lock strains
DS
YUzia
?
No.114599
114600
>>114597
"Buck."
>>114598
Are there any windows around?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114600
114601
>>114599
Slightly higher off the ground, yes
DS
YUzia
?
No.114601
114602 114604
>>114597
>>114600
"Give me a boost up and i'll unlock the Door."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114602
114603 114604
>>114601
There are no windows to the same room (this is the covered external loading area)
DS
YUzia
?
No.114603
114605
>>114602
He'll make his way into the room
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114604
114605 114606
>>114602
>>114601
Silver once again nods as he steps under the window.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114605
114606
>>114604
>>114603
Windows are evenly spread on either side of the sort of “shed” or garage attacked to the building. Windows of glass about six feet or so above ground level

Which side of the loading bay is he on?
YUzia
?
No.114606
114607 114609
>>114604
>>114605
Dark Star steps up on his bak and listens at the window
The right side?
YUzia
?
No.114607
114608 114609
[1d20+5 = 6]
>>114606

DS
YUzia
?
No.114608
114609
>>114607
OOF
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114609
114610
>>114608
>>114607
>>114606
Dark Star steps up in Silver’s back, tries to balance and listen into the first window (a wide glass window with blinds down) to the right of the loading bay.... and then he slips. And falls. Right off of Silver’s back. Onto the pavement
DS
YUzia
?
No.114610
114611
>>114609
"B-Buck"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114611
114612
>>114610
Silver rushes over to aid him. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?"
DS
YUzia
?
No.114612
114613
>>114611
"I think im alright, the only thing hurt is my pride."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114613
114616 114629
>>114612
The unicorn offers him a hoof to get up with. "Ah, some rest and your pride will be back to normal. Now, ready to try again?"
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114614
114617
>taps mic a few times
>Clears throat
>Leans in
Zigger
YUzia
?
No.114616
114618
[1d20+5 = 24]
>>114613
"Yea Let's get in there."
He grabs the hoof and stands up then tries again
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114617
114619
F03C685D-9C03-45C1-9AC5-FD4F36A4C6E1.png
>>114614
THAT’S RACIST!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114618
114620
>>114616
Whatever Dark Star just tried, he probably succeeded at. Uh, what is he trying to do?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114619
114621
>>114617
Racism only makes me stronger you fool.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114620
114621
>>114618
Trying to listen for any noise in the other side.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114621
114622 114623 114626
>>114619
NO, YOU CANNOT TAKE RACISM AS A CLERIC DOMAIN

>>114620
Faint crying, and a machine sound
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114622
114626
>>114621
I'LL TAKE WHATEVER I WANT AS A CLERIC DOMAIN!
DS
YUzia
?
No.114623
114624
>>114621
Does it sound like its inside the room or in another room deeper in?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114624
114625
>>114623
Yes
DS
YUzia
?
No.114625
114627
>>114624
Ok then, he trys to open the window and go inside.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114626
114627 114628 114630
>>114621
>>114622
So... Can I head into the living room?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114627
114629
>>114626
Yes

>>114625
Window is locked
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114628
114630
>>114626
Onyx is definitely there, watching over the sleeping horsies.

DS
YUzia
?
No.114629
114631
>>114627
>>114613
"....It's locked."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114630
114632 114635
>>114626
>>114628
Only Rose, thus far, seems to have fallen asleep. Dawson briefly gets up to go to the fire, slowly limping to the fireplace, and tossing in a few pieces of wood. Red Wine has placed himself on the couch and is lying down, while Ruby is trying to make a space for himself in what parts of the couch are not claimed by Red Wine. The two little changeling Nymphs watch Dawson approach their general area cautiously
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114631
114632
>>114629
"Hmm...can you get look through it? Is there anyone inside this room?"
DS
YUzia
?
No.114632
114633 114634
>>114631
"I Heard crying."
>>114630
is there a gap at the bottom of the blind?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114633
114636 114638
>>114632
"Okay, but can you see inside?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114634
114636
>>114632
Almost no, but sort of yes. Less than half an inch
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114635
114637
>>114630
I go over to Dawson.
"Are you all going to be alright?"
DS
YUzia
?
No.114636
114637 114638
>>114633
>>114634
"Barely."
He peeks through the tiny gap
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114637
114639
>>114635
He turns around to whoever spoke to him, wobbling around slowly
"I am alright..."
He looks at Spark carefully
"Are you the one who was... interrogating the... 'prisoners'?"

>>114636
It's a bit hard to see, but this much is evident:
Large room, very large with perhaps no wall perceptible. Mostly lights are off, some light on far end. Tables, they have something on them. No standing creatures obvious, but who knows what is obscured by objects or darkness
DS
YUzia
?
No.114638
114641
>>114636
>>114633
"Just Darkness."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114639
114640
>>114637
"Yes. My name is Spark. You won't have to worry about them. We will be taking them far away from here. In the mean time, is there anything I can do for you?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114640
114642 114647
>>114639
He closes his eyes and shakes his head
"Why are they in my bedroom? They should be dead"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114641
114642 114644
>>114638
"What does lock on window look like, if you can tell?"
DS
YUzia
?
No.114642
114643
>>114641
>>114640
Dark Star examines the lock.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114643
>>114642
It's on the inside at the bottom of the window. It seems like it is probably a key lock mechanism
DS
YUzia
?
No.114644
114645
>>114641
"Its a key lock, it looks like."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114645
114646
>>114644
"Damn, that means I can not just use my telekinesis to unlock it..." He sighs. "It is risky, but you might be able to bash it open with weapon. It will make noise, and you would need to clear it very well to avoid getting cut to shreds, but..."
DS
YUzia
?
No.114646
114648
>>114645
"Lets look for another way in, we will use that as a last resort."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114647
114669 114670
>>114640
"We have a use for them on our particular mission. Again, they will be long gone soon enough. Now, can I get you anything?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114648
114649
>>114646
Silver nods. "You lead, I follow. Let us find other way in."
YUzia
?
No.114649
114650 114652
[1d20 = 11]
>>114648
Dark Star looks for any other ways in
Perception
hj2ro
?
No.114650
114652 114655
[1d20+3 = 13]
>>114649
Spot: Silver assists.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114651
114652 114654
its storming outside i might lose internet
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114652
114653
>>114649
>>114650
Their close proximity to the massive building greatly limits their perception to only what is within line of sight. From this side, they do see a simple white door at ground level, though it doesn't look promising

>>114651
Awww
DS
YUzia
?
No.114653
114655
>>114652
Dark Star trots over to it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114654
114658
>>114651
I hope that doesn't end up being the case.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114655
114656
>>114650
>>114653
Perhaps 3 feet wide, painted white, and possibly made of metal
DS
YUzia
?
No.114656
114657
>>114655
Dark Star twists the handle.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114657
>>114656
Definitely locked
DS
YUzia
?
No.114658
114659
>>114654
"No Dice, Locked."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114659
114660
>>114658
"Should I try busting my way in? Or should we try elsewhere? I remember Blue mentioned something about potential sewer entrance..."
DS
YUzia
?
No.114660
114661
>>114659
"Lets head to the entrance."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114661
114662 114663
>>114660
"Alright. If my memory serves me right, she said it was by waterfront, or in water itself."
DS
YUzia
?
No.114662
114663
>>114661
Dark Star leads them to the entrane
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114663
114664
>>114662
>>114661
Ascertaining the precise location of any entrances from beyond the waterline is not really possible. But finding the waterline itself is not terrible difficult. The waterline something around 50 yards from the set of buildings, past grass, dormant trees, and a small area enclosed by a low stone wall that seems to be a graveyard or something to that effect, and the stone remnants of what was probably a garden, there is a simple seawall along most of the sea side, and some areas where rocks meet the ocean harbor
DS
YUzia
?
No.114664
114665
>>114663
Dark Star says as they pass by the graveyard
"I Hope these ponies are resting."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114665
114666
>>114664
Silver nods in agreement. "If I were building sewer grate, I would build it right along seawall."
YUzia
?
No.114666
114667 114668 114671
[1d20 = 11]
>>114665
Dark Star looks for the entrane
hj2ro
?
No.114667
114668
[1d20+3 = 19]
>>114666 (checked)
Spot: Once again, Silver assists.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114668
114669 114671
>>114666
>>114667
The shoreline is more straight than not, although areas where the land contacts the water in naked rocks show more fluid and natural changes. However, the area that is just opposite of the center and dormitory buildings has seawall, which seems to be very old black stone, with some areas on the top replaced with concrete.

Along the seawall there is a small area of level stone that effectively makes a walkway parallel to the top of the seawall, about at the level of the water at high tides (which is now). Where the seawall begins on the side the two ponies approach, there is a small stone step of beige that walks down to this little walkway by the sea.

Now here is where things are interesting. There is a small boat - white, a row boat. It looks like it could be a life boat or a small rowing fishing boat - by the walk way. There are several creatures in it, and several creatures standing on the walkway. A couple griffins and a couple.... well, a couple creatures neither has ever seen before, and we can leave it at that. Inside the boat are something like five creatures and one sitting up. They have no lighting with them.

As for an entrance, it appears that there is a very large one. It's a tunnel that approximates a storm drain, with a circular entrance and massive bars blocking the entrance. It is fairly high in the water, being about 1/4 submerged, and would probably be completely above water at low tide. It doesn't quite make sense as a storm drain, partly because an entirely seperate storm drain exit is vissible much further down past the seawall, and it has a much smaller exit tube. The tunnel is at least tall enough for a pony to walk through, and likely is an older part of the structure that had some purpose back in the days that this was a fortress or military prison, but has since been barred up, and otherwise appears to be an over sized storm drain or sewage pipe
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114669
>>114647
>>114668
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114670
114672
>>114647
He looks back at Spark, trembling, and silent for a moment. Then he says
"Maybe some water..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114671
114674 114677
>>114668
>>114666
Silver glances over in Dark Star's direction and gets low upon seeing the creatures by the boat. As expected, he keeps his voice low. "Дерьмо! I see traffickers further down. It is your call on what we do."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114672
114673
>>114670
"Of course. Just point me in the right direction."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114673
114676
>>114672
He points a hoof to his right and Spark’s far left
“There should be cans of water over by the stove. I hope they haven’t frozen over or gone empty. If they have you may have to melt some snow”
DS
YUzia
?
No.114674
114675 114677
>>114671
Dark Star ducks down.
"There aren't enough of us here to open fire. lets watch them and see where they go."

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114675
>>114674
Silver nods, and watches the traffickers' actions.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114676
114677
>>114673
Spark goes over to the stove and checks the cans.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114677
114678 114679 114680
>>114674
>>114671
One of the creatures goes up to the bars, and starts carefully unscrewing the ends (even though they look as if they are cemented in place and rusted). He is able to simply take out the bars, and fairly quickly after unlocking something unseen in the darkness. The bars are removed, and they pull the boat over, creatures still inside, and actually start to pull the boat inside the tunnel, making use of the water level brought by the high tides

>>114676
At least one can, half full of what seems to be good water
DS
YUzia
?
No.114678
114680
>>114677
"Well, looks like we won't be going that way,for now."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114679
114685
>>114677
Spark levitates the can to Dawson.
"Looks like we are going to need a bit more. I'll be back soon."
Spark then heads outside to look for a bucket.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114680
114681
>>114677
>>114678
There's a gleam in Silver's eyes. "Or...that is exactly where we will go." He looks back to Dark Star. "But, it is up to you. You are leader, after all."
DS
YUzia
?
No.114681
114682
>>114680
"What are you thinking? We follow them?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114682
114683
>>114681
He nods. "It should lead us right into heart of their operation."
DS
YUzia
?
No.114683
114684
>>114682
"What if we get trapped in there with them?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114684
114686
>>114683
"Then I will do everything in my power to get all of you out of there. I am not certain if we will be able to open it later, but if it makes you feel better about our odds, we could try this one we are at now to meet back up with others and tackle that entrance together."
Anonymous
iSjv/
?
No.114685
114688 114690
>>114679
He opens the door. It’s cold outside. Really cold outside. A light breeze makes it a little more so. A small cover extends from the roof of the cabin covering the closest part in shadows. A large dog, or some animal springs from the shadow next to the porch away from the cabin, and over the snow, which glows lightly in the moonlight.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114686
114687 114691
>>114684
"Let's Follow them."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114687
114689
>>114686
Silver nods. "Lead on."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114688
114691
>>114685
Spark shivers. This is going to be fun. He remembers the fire and heads over to it.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114689
114690 114691
>>114687
"You take point on this one. i'll watch our backs."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114690
114693
>>114689
>>114685
And thus, Silver takes point as they head towards the entrance the boat travelled into.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114691
114692 114693
>>114689
>>114686
This will take a while for them to leave their position. A griffin looks out into the ocean, scanning the dimly lit horizon

>>114688
That’s a very long distance away. Hopefully there are no dangerous creatures lurking in the night. It’s a ways around the cabin, to the barn, around the barn, then to the side of the shed where there last fire was left
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114692
114695
>>114691
Spark keeps a look out for any creatures in the snow. He trudges on through the snow slowly towards his destination.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114693
114694 114695
>>114691
>>114690
"Think we can take that one down silently?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114694
114695
>>114693
"If we take him together. Think you can sneak around to other side of him, so we can flank him?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114695
114696 114698
>>114692
The little pot is still propped up there. The fire has since gone out, and ice has formed over the water inside

>>114693
>>114694
There are still several creatures out, so it’s not as simple as taking one out
DS
YUzia
?
No.114696
114697 114699 114700
>>114695
"Let's wait until it just him."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114697
114699
>>114696
He nods in agreement.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114698
114699
>>114695
"Damn."
Spark wishes the changelings surrendered before he spent all of his fire spells. He figures that the family had some means of lighting the fire in such conditions though, so he looks around if they had a way to start the fire, hopefully better than some flint.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114699
114700 114702
>>114697
>>114696
The two creatures along the side pull the boat along as one watches the water, and another one sits inside the boat. It seems that whatever frightens them, it comes from the water. That, and from the boat itself. The boat is positioned to be dragged into the tunnel, and the creatures get into the water, and start to pull the boat in into the tunnel. The last one remains carefully watching the water, then goes to place the bars back into the tunnel

>>114698
It’s s good thing there is already water in the cabin and a fire in the cabin
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114700
114701
>>114699
>>114696
Silver looks to Dark Star. "Ready?"
YUzia
?
No.114701
114702 114705
[1d20+5 = 17]
>>114700
"Yep."
Dark Star attempts to sneak around to the otherside of the reature.
hj2ro
?
No.114702
114703 114704 114705
[1d20+4 = 5]
>>114699
>>114701
Move Silently: Silver attempts to sneak closer to the lone griffon.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114703
>>114702
Shit.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114704
>>114702
F
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114705
114706 114707
>>114702
Closer. Closer. More closelier.... Silver walls to the edge of the sea wall. But in the process, he misplaced a hoof, which falls over, causing him to fall over down to the lower level, hit the walkway, and his rear falls into the water

>>114701
Relative to Silver, this is a success
hj2ro
?
No.114706
114708
[1d20+4 = 14]
>>114705
Hide: SHIT! Silver attempts to ignore his injury to hide from the griffon.
YUzia
?
No.114707
114708
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>114705
Dark Star shoots at the griffion with his bow
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114708
114709 114711
>>114706
He can dive under the water, but there is no hiding the fact that he fell in

The water is slightly warmer than the air, but still fucking cold. Really ducking cold. There is some mud at the bottom, but also rock and unidentifiable debris

>>114707
Hit
YUzia
?
No.114709
114710 114712
[1d6+5 = 6]
>>114708

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114710
114713
>>114709
1d6+5? Shouldn’t it be 2d6+2 because of the merciful short bow plus the ranger’s favored enemy? (I guess that averages out to around a 1d6+5)
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114711
114712
>>114708
Could he climb out and charge the griffon?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114712
114714
>>114711
Like he’s the ducking creature of blue lagoon? Maybe, he’d need some actions first to get out of the cold water and onto the walkway

>>114709
>>114711
Where’s an Assassin rogue when you need one...

DS
YUzia
?
No.114713
114714 114717
>>114710
When i added that to my sheet the info didnt save, so i just used the base shortbow dmg
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114714
114715 114716 114717
>>114712
Climb: Трахни это. Silver attempts to climb out of the water and onto the walkway.

I know, right?

>>114713
You're using a sheet? I'm just using a notepad file.
hj2ro
?
No.114715
[1d20+2 = 20]
>>114714
Forgot roll.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114716
>>114714
Im using a .txt file.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114717
114718 114721 114722
>>114713
From above and behind, Dark Star lets loose an arrow into the griffin’s back while he is distracted looking at whatever just fell into the water, right into that spot Dark Star knows the wing muscles connect to the bone. The arrow hits him and his wings fly out with a light ‘tssch’ sound and a tiny puff of pink magic. But he’s not out yet

>>114714
And so Silver pulls himself the hell out of the water, into the walkway

>>114713
>>114714
You write stuff down?

I was going to keep blue skies around as support if the players needed something, and let her be directed around. I was definitely not going to make her take initiative. But then she just gets left behind every time you change positions because you never bother to find her and bring her.........
hj2ro
?
No.114718
114719 114860
[1d20+6 = 26]
>>114717
Silver charges the griffon using the pommel of his greatsword for a nonlethal strike.

Well, yeah. No way in hell I'm going to remember every bit of information, piece of equipment, or game mechanic. I have a hard enough time remembering things in real life.

I think it's because we approach her as more of a PC than an NPC, so we sometimes expect her to take a little bit of initiative.
hj2ro
?
No.114719
114720 114860
[1d20+6 = 24]
>>114718
And confirming.
hj2ro
?
No.114720
114860
[4d6+3 = 13]
>>114719
I...honestly forget if the x2 means I roll 4d6 or 3d6 for critical hits with greatswords. I'm rolling 4d6, but I'll reroll if it's 3d6 instead.
DS
YUzia
?
No.114721
>>114717
yea i like taking notes.
im sorry we left blue.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114722
114729
>>114717
Wait. Didn't they go to fetch Skies at the church? Did they leave her flirting with the griffon? I remember Star making a sort of power play by wrapping a foreleg along her shoulders. She didn't follow them after that?

Betcha Skies is jelly of Cauldron now :3
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114723
114724
This place is a desert.

Is this the Zebhara Desert?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114724
114726
>>114723
I'm the GM nao
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114726
114727
>>114724
Pfft.
What say ye, new god?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114727
114728
>>114726
Blue Skies is now immortal, this is law.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114728
>>114727
At least it'll bolsters her resolve to be the very best.
That no one ever was
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114729
114730
>>114722
Like I said before, we sorta thought she would follow on her own accord.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114730
114731
>>114729
Strange. I am quite suspicious of what she was doing before that, tho, like I know GM said he didn't want the DMNPC to take initiative, but isn't flirting a gryphon a thing which needs initiative?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114731
114732 114733
D6CA5227-58D3-4194-BDA4-8AA4F5306123.png
>>114730
What do you mean?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114732
114734
>>114731
Hi.

What I mean is the whole Skies getting flirted on/flirting the griffon scenario, where I assumed Star, by acting like he clearly got to her first with that foreleg wraparound, would snap her out of the situation and follow them along.
What really happened for them to leave Skies when I clearly remembered them meeting Skies with another griffon trying to get under her tail and Star does a countermeasure to shoo the male griffon away?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114733
114734
>>114731
Oh hai old GM
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114734
114735 114736
EC51355D-2E4D-4D96-9193-F2B79941AA08.jpeg
>>114733
HISSSSSSS!

>>114732
I don’t know. I assumed at the time that they thought they had the wrong griffin, otherwise they would have told her “hey, we’re leaving” or “what the fuck are you doing?” Maybe they thought “well, she’s off doing her own thing, let’s leave her to it and not interrupt her.” Or maybe they thought she would not immediately go back to doing what she was doing before she was interrupted and would instead watch them long enough to know that they left the building.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114735
114737
>>114734
Huh. That's not good.
I would assume she didn't want to split again, but she can always rush out the building when she realizes the zebra and obviously Silver are missing tho. That could work. She is a good scout pony since she can always do the UAV maneuver with her wings.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114736
114738
>>114734
Hiss all you want, you can't unGM me.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114737
114738 114739 114741
>>114735
I don’t know. Something just feels disappointing about the way the the quest has played out so far
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114738
114739 114740
>>114737
I feel you. The plan wasn't really settled, so you're basically improvising at this point.
>>114736
Hey, wanna punch more griffins?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114739
114742
>>114737
>>114738
Silver Ruins Everything: Episode 537
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114740
114741
>>114738
Sure
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114741
114744 114745
>>114740
>>114737
Can we boop the guard, making him caw very hard, which could attract more guards to kick their flanks?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114742
114743
>>114739
I don’t know, do you have any more commentary, anything to say, any perspective?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114743
114745
>>114742
When Silver said he was going to scout out the church, I did it believing that with four ponies at the warehouse, three of which being adept at stealth, they could handle anything that would come their way while he was gone. He would've seen that there was a griffon that looks like a leader of sorts and reported it back to the others. I honestly had no intention of so thoroughly spliting up the party like he accidentally did and ruining everything like he usually does.

I honest to god thought Skies would take her own initiative and follow Dark Star and Silver when she saw they were leaving, or else would say something to try to convince us to stay if she thought there was some sort of lead they could use. I am so, so sorry we left her behind.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114744
114745 114747
>>114741
Only one way to find out
>Midnight boops the grif
c73OJ
?
No.114745
114747
>>114744
>>114741
Midnight and Iron stay in that room as long as they chose to, and this is true whether they stay another minute or they stay until the morning light. No one comes for them, no one stumbles upon them. No replacement maintence guy nor curious small patrol comes to them before the day shift. Where are the rest of them? Where is the remainder of security? Surely these must exist, somewhere. Yet they do not make an appearance in that room.

Do they all have something better to do this night than check out why the heat is down, or why their lazy maintenance worker hasn’t fixed the problem yet? Are they perhaps not even inside of the building at all? The answers to these questions are not found inside of the dark, increasingly cold, brick room.

Maybe they’ll send a team to kill them in the morning. Hell, maybe they’ll even send police. But for now, it’s a place they can basically rest and fall asleep... whether they awake with slit throats is another matter

>>114743
I’m just frustrated
\r
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114747
114749
>>114745
>>114744
Hm...
I'm not sure if this resting is actually legit.
I suppose we could try to carry the griffons out of the building in an attempt to turn them in for later.

Iron starts to pick up the fully unconscious gryphon, placing him on his back.
"Guess we should get them to someone who can speak this language."
Previous post is joke, don't mind it.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114749
114753
>>114747
"Are you serious? We are going to take them with us?"
Anonymous
hj2ro
?
No.114750
114751 114753
>>114748
...
...
...
I'm just gonna...yeah...sorry I fucked everything for everyone. And sorry especially to you, GM.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114751
114754
>>114750
Aww, I’m sorry floofer. I am just frustrated from otyer things I life. I didn’t mean to yell at you
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114753
>>114749
Iron shrugs.
"Reinforcements should have come by now. If nopony came by now, then the others must be away doing something else."
>>114748
It wasn't my intention. Like I said, I went with what Skies approved and expected others to follow suit. When they didn't, no one really wanted to stop him, so he just... went, like Skies with the gryphon at the church.
As for noise, he's focused on strength, not stealth. he's not a rogue, so he has to improvise with the tools he has.
As for the flashlight... I suppose it's dumb thoughts of being sneaky on my part, as well as believeing they wouldn't trap somewhere the maintenance crew could easily stumble into accidentally. If they indeed stumbled into a gryphon, at least they'd both be at melee range, where I'm sure Iron would survive with ease against one shotgun shell due to HP and take him out with Midnight.

Not sure what else to say aside from a simple sorry which may not even partially mend this wound.
>>114750
I'm pretty sure he's talking to all of us, some of it to me.
Don't worry, GM cherishes your company.
Anonymous
hj2ro
?
No.114754
114758
>>114751
The apology is appreciated, but unnecessary. I know I'm a fuckup. Doesn't matter if it's looking for a job, or making art for you guys, or even playing this game, I fuck up almost everything I do. Pointing it out doesn't hurt anymore, it just serves as a further reminder.

As for the answers to your questions:

I actually thought of finding the pony named Sweet and asking those questions, but as I was typing Dark Star decided to wordlessly leave the church, and since he was the leader, I followed.

I didn't really think of using a knife on the window, nor did I think it could be done. As for the door lock, I completely missing the "buckling" part of the description, so I just assumed it was locked and that was that.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114755
114756 114759
Well, what do you think of what you’ve seen so far? Is it mostly boring exposition?
Anonymous
hj2ro
?
No.114756
>>114755
I've liked it, haven't found it all that boring. I'm just sorry I messed it up.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114758
>>114754
Awwwwww. I like your character. I think you have been playing very well. And I liked your art. I hope you make more.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114759
114760
>>114755
While I've enjoyed this, I'm gonna come out and say I feel how I fluffed Midnight for this campaign was a fuck up, I felt that the party wanted a cleric but a cleric is hard to play when I can't wrap my head around the.... nuances of the setting.
If I have caused any grief with my character I sincerely apologise. and that stand for bat and Rocky boi
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114760
114761
>>114759
Do you want to change your character
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114761
114762
>>114760
Depends, are you unhappy with my character? Is either one of them causing you grief?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114762
114763
>>114761
If you don’t like how I have restricted clerics, do you really want to play a cleric as opposed to some other class?
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114763
>>114762
You... Really haven't restricted clerics to be honest.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114764
114765 114766 114767 114768
Does anyone want to give me reassurance that things are going well and will continue to go well
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114765
>>114764
I think they are. You have done an excellent job so far and I predict it will only get better as we progress. I have so far doubled the cute changeling followers, so anything is possible.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114766
>>114764
Sure it will. A couple bumps in the road are to be expected, but we'll pull through like we always do.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114767
114769
>>114764
The only emotional reassurance I can offer is cute ponies
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114768
1533400549673.gif
>>114764
I'd say you have a good thing going for it.
I'm satisfied with the storyline presented and hope to succeed in Iron's personal quest.

Also have cat.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114769
114770
1949240__safe_artist-colon-zaphy1415926_oc_abstract background_changeling_circle background_clothes_cute_cuteling_hooves to the chest_-co.png
>>114767
Or changelings.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114770
>>114769
Okay, I can't even hat bugs for Onyx now. That's fucking adorable.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114771
114772 114773 114774 114777
Sometimes I wonder. Are the descriptions overly long, are they at all interesting? Is there too much of that? Is the pacing still awful? What are you expecting? How do you think the story will go? Is there any mystery? Is the combat stale and repetitive? Too easy? Is there any tension? Do you feel like you have meaningful choices in advancing the action?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114772
>>114771
Every step is a sort of mystery. Every decision seems meaningful and every encounter is tense... well, maybe not to the killing machine. It is in no way stale. I mean, our enemies have the chance of chaning sides and become an NPC. That is amazing. The pacing is only slow because we are. You have done a great job.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114773
114778
>>114771
Hm...
While I assume some like the worldbuilding you propose, perhaps you could try a lighter variation. Reduce said descriptions to about 4 pieces of information maximum.
Pacing is... complicated, and mostly not your fault. Rather is some players having sporadic times available to play.
I had almost no expectations aside from rolling dice and beating stuff up, tbh.
Story seemed unimportant overall, unless you meant worldbuilding, which in that case is above-average, and probably never-ending unless the PC dies.
Mystery is there, but I probably failed to pick it up for this mission, but I did have this sense of exploring a new world with the temple jig.
Combat is... unsure. Not sure if it can be unstaled and less repetitive, to be fair. Only way you could spice that up is by allowing some extra books, but it's overall unnecessary as long as the fights are somewhat short, spanning 4-7 rounds at most.
I don't mind difficulty. It's well balanced.
Tension in this particular mission no, but there definitely is overall.
I think I'm doing well with advancing the action, but perhaps I read the briefing wrong. Physical evidence and guards should be good food for the Black Hooves to stop this or take advantage of the mean griffs.

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114774
114776
>>114771
I don't suppose I could give you my answers tomorrow morning? I'm a bit tired right now, so I don't think I could come up with good ones.
Anonymous
WOYCL
?
No.114776
>>114774
Okay
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114777
>>114771
>Are the descriptions overly long, are they at all interesting? Is there too much of that?
I wouldn't say so. I personally enjoy the lore and backstory they give and find them interesting, even if I don't always explicitly say so. The issue I see is that sometimes the information necessary for the upcoming mission is sidelined for the lore, so I would watch out for that. My suggestion when it comes to missions would be to get the basics out of the way first, then divulge further into the lore.

>Is the pacing still awful?
It may take a hundred or so sessions to advance a single day, but with how frequent things come up, it doesn't feel terrible. Perhaps if this were a more traditional adventure campaign then the current pacing would be an issue, but outside of the Bales group there hasn't been much of an opportunity for anything like that. I also only have experience with this campaign, so I only have this one to compare itself to, but it doesn't feel bad. It might be an issue later if we get into a longer-term story arc or mission, so we might have to revisit pacing once it comes up.

>What are you expecting?
To have fun? I didn't come into this game with many other expectations, and it's been met so far.

>How do you think the story will go?
I have no idea. The most definate story arc for the campaign I've seen so far is that the Elements of Harmony need to be united with new Bearers to prevent the second coming of the Windigoes and throwing Equus into an age of cold and death. The upcoming Second Great War is another story arc, but seems to be a little abstract at the moment.

>Is there any mystery?
I am absolutely terrible at mysteries, so I'm not certain I'd be able to answer that.

>Is the combat stale and repetitive? Too easy?
Not at all, though I've only been in a couple combat encounters so far. I'm sorry again about splitting up the party and making it so you can't fully test the party's might against full encounters.

>Is there any tension?
There has been, be it moments where I wasn't sure if someone would succeed, fail, or die. In this particular instance, we haven't been in a tense situation yet, but I feel it'll be coming up.

>Do you feel like you have meaningful choices in advancing the action?
Honestly, usually not, though I'm more familar with those kinds of linear stories than I am open-ended ones. I'm not opposed to either, it's just what I've noticed so far.
Anonymous
byBWq
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No.114778
>>114773
That’s really not encouraging, but I appreciate the honesty


Anonymous
WdT+N
?
No.114794
114795
I don't even know why i writting this but whatever. It feels like empty promises when I ain't have nothing too show for it.

Anyway, I'm getting the hang of this chracter creator thing. Things are starting to finalize themselves so now you know. I just wanted to sa that I probably will be done soonish.
Yeah, pointless update is pointless.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
96nGn
?
No.114795
>>114794
It's not really pointless. It's nice to know when new players are getting close to being ready. It means we can all more easily plan for it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
96nGn
?
No.114805
114806
2089149__safe_artist-colon-skitsniga_oc_oc-colon-marussia_mlem_nation ponies_ponified_pony_russia_silly_single_tongue out_waving.jpg

Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114806
114807
1529480833098-1.jpg
>>114805
Hi.
Have gift from cat.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
96nGn
?
No.114807
114808
>>114806
Awww. How adorable!
Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114808
1527915155068.jpg
>>114807
Cat is happy and sits at chair. It looks expectantly at you, plate next to him, as if it awaits something in return.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114809
114810 114812
40D138B8-DCF5-4BC5-B7DC-D2C58D990B96.png

Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114810
1532796492866.jpg
>>114809
Cat is surprised of the new visitor.
It looks dumbfounded at the quadruped with clothing and its wounds.
It doesn't know what it can do aside from stare.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
96nGn
?
No.114812
114813
>>114809
What's up?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114813
114822
>>114812
Well, it’s a much more boring than normal weekend with no work, no out of town trip, and my gaming computers out of action.
But I still feel extremely discouraged...
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114814
114815 114816
So I was thinking about having a pointy witch for my chracter. The twist is that the hat is actually my mimic familiar.

Be like.
>Put your hoof into my hat and see what you will pull up.
>Oh, it seems you pulled off your hoof rather than pulling something up.
>No, refunds for the magic trick.

I'm just joking. I will have a huge constrictor snake as my familiar.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114815
FF0C96CA-B956-4F4F-B8B1-187911617B9A.png
>>114814
Well...
Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114816
114817
>>114814
It's admittedly funny, tbh, but you'll probably have to invest in disguises.
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114817
114818
>>114816
Are there poners who would be against me having a mimic as a pet?
>you'll probably have to invest in disguises.
Or what do you mean?
Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114818
114820
>>114817
I meant for the joke option. Taking the ponies' hooves is unconstitutional and would mean life sentence for your atrocious crimes against equinity.
As for the actual option, use the hat to hide the snek if possible, or make it look like a non-pet being.
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114820
114821 114823
>>114818
>mean life sentence for your atrocious crimes against equinity.
Yeah, I don't know if I wanna be a fugitive the first thing in the story or maybe that could be fun.
>As for the actual option, use the hat to hide the snek if possible, or make it look like a non-pet being.
I thought I could just have it slither besides me as I went about my day. You mean that ponies will have a problem with that. Well, clearly they need to become more tolerant.
Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114821
114843
>>114820
While the ponies are quite tolerant, I don't expect them to accept slithering snakes that could constrict a pony into submission, and call the pest exterminators.
Better have its ID handy just for lulz. That will make them flabbergasted.
For the fugitive route it sounds quite fun, but be mindful the Baltimares are working with the newly established law that is the Black Hooves.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
96nGn
?
No.114822
>>114813
F for your computer.
And don't worry about the game: we'll pull through, no matter what comes.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114823
114824 114825
>>114820
If it’s a large snake, have it wrap itself around your pony’s barrel, then cover him over with a cloak or trench coat.

>clearly they need to become more tolerant.
When the latest of the ascended princesses, Princess Twilight, told the ponies of the land that Friendship means looking past physical differences to extend harmony to all sentient creatures, many joined her. Many of them agreed but only to an extent - they remained chauvinistic in their understanding of friendship, willing to admit other creatures but only so long as they acted like good ponies. And many, as there are in every society, resisted change, and believe that friendship is best left to the ponies.
Anonymous
EuWtb
?
No.114824
114826
>>114823
>inb4 snek constricts when the owner gets nervous and dies due to constriction damage.
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114825
114828
>>114823
>If it’s a large snake, have it wrap itself around your pony’s barrel, then cover him over with a cloak or trench coat.
Nice, I had thought about it.

>Lore
Thanks, then I know. But I rather learn lore in-chracter but I guess it is okay since it seems to be common knowledge.
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114826
>>114824
kek
Anonymous
PqH58
?
No.114828
114833
>>114825
Well, your character seems to be one that has grown up in the game’s main setting, so there’s a lot of information that you might not know that your character likely would
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114829
114833
>giant snake familiar
I'm having an odd sense of deja vu....
>"Same"
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114833
114834 114835
>>114828
> your character seems to be one that has grown up in the game’s main setting
There is nothing that I have said that indicates this yet but you are right. In fact, I have a question for the GM regard that my chracter knows things that I don't.
Does new mareland have and magic academia or something similar since my character is a wizard. I would like her to have gotten/getting her spellcasting education from there.
>>114829
I don't get it:)

Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114834
>>114833
Ah, inside joke with the GM. You don't have to worry.
c73OJ
?
No.114835
114836
>>114833
A little background on New Mareland. Formerly the Dominion of New Mareland, it was a colony of Equestria but has now reversed the situation. It’s culturally, ethnically and religiously rather similar to Equestria and is settled on the edges of the griffin lands on the continent of Griffonia. Their economy was dependent in large part on the Griffonian empire and so fell apart when that empire collapsed. They find the new griffin kingdoms that have arisen there to be threatening, and also do not like the hordes of griffin immigrants who compete for precious few jobs and who might serve as a “fifth column” for an invasion. The wildlife is harsher there, and ponies defend themselves from it more often. They are also further away from the princesses both literally and metaphorically than average equestrians.

Yes, there would be magic academies there. Sunset, which is kind of like a pony version of Sydney, Australia, is the capital there and has the biggest university. However, the real top of the line pony magicians go to the university in Canterlot, and most big cities - Manehattan, Fillydelphia, and even Baltimare - have big universities.
\r
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114836
114837 114838
>>114835
Okay, so the old Equestria is gone, right? And changelings and the new goverment has split the remained of the old Equestria.
Which one of thes universiteies are closest to the changeling border.
Is this new pony goverment at war with the the changelings as in are they trying to retake their lands?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114837
114839
>>114836
Well, the Principality of Equestria is gone, meaning the government, the princesses, and the elements of Harmony (the ponies who represented them) are gone. The equestrian ponies, the Lands, their institutions, and in many cases even the local governments have survived, at least on the New Mareland side.

>are they at war to reclaim lost pony lands
The situation is closest in nature to occupied Poland during the Molotov Ribbentrop pact between September 1939 and June 1941. Another comparison would be occupied Germany immediately after world war 2. Basically, the two powers were recently co-belligerents or allies who fought together against Equestria, and ultimately split the country in half. Right now, there is peace between the Changelings and the Ponies, and the Pony government is actually still at war with different griffin based nations across the ocean. But the Changelings and the ponies are ideologically opposed, and there is every reason to believe this peace will not last.

Canterlot is right next to the border, with the border (in at least one version of the map) actually running along that river that goes right through ponyville. Bales and Hoofington would also be right along the border. The university in Sunset is almost as far away from the changelings as you can get and still be in the Ponish speaking world.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114838
114839
>>114836
Of course, if you don’t want to be told lore, you can make a character who is not from the game’s setting, and this learns about the world at the same time as you the player, while allowing you to mostly invent your own civilization for her to come from.
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114839
114840
>>114837
What happens to the ponies in the occupied areas of Equestria? Like do changelings in this universe feed on love and cacoons them or do they simply kill them or what.
>>114838
No, this is perfect. Don't worry about it.

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114840
114841
>>114839
>what happens to the ponies in the Changeling lands
That actually is the kind of question that’s probably best explored in character. But yes, these are the love draining kind of changelings
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114841
114842
>>114840
Okay, thanks for the answers. I will post the backstory for my chracter on my chracter sheet when I am done. We can discuss it more whenyou see what i ahve in mind.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114842
114843 114846
>>114841
We all look forward to reading it! And you can come back with anymore questions you have
Anonymous
jVDf/
?
No.114843
114846
>>114821
>Better have its ID handy just for lulz.
kek
>>114842
Thanks, I will.

DS
jJgaL
?
No.114846
114847 114848
_Boop 3.png
>>114843
>>114842


Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114847
114848
42368FED-483B-4937-9F0C-1437FD982EE1.jpeg
>>114846

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114848
114849 114850
2139788__safe_artist-colon-plunger_oc_oc-colon-filly anon_oc only_boop_cloud_cloudy_earth pony_female_filly_giant pony_looking down_macro.png
>>114846
>>114847
Excuse me, is this the booping thread?
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114849
_Boop twiggy 2.gif
>>114848
SYee
Anonymous
VAnxM
?
No.114850
114851
421F6395-77CF-4ABC-8C78-76C7BEC040B5.png
>>114848
No.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114851
114852
bloop.png
>>114850

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114852
7F308D8A-4B23-4B19-80A5-48A46D4E76C5.png
>>114851
REEEEEEEE
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114853
114854 114855
C1D17F15-2F01-40EF-9234-F126C6D27275.jpeg
Hola?
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114854
114856
>>114853
Guten Tag
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114855
114856
>>114853
Hi there.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114856
114857 114858 114859
F5EAB0CA-F9FF-49E4-AF05-2C8EA221253C.png
>>114855
>>114854
Hello again. I don’t know if anypony wants to play tonight... or talk about other things
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114857
>>114856
I'm up for whatever.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114858
>>114856
Yea im good with either.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114859
114860
>>114856
If we can play tonight, I believe Spark was headed inside with the frozen water.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114860
114861 114863
>>114718
>>114720
>>114719
Silver slips into the water, and feels it not much above icy cold in the dead winter. The silt bottom, or what parts of it are not rock and I identified debris, is more black and gory than is really pleasant, probably from decaying plant matter, but possibly from bitumen or Celestia knows what.

Silver knows he has messed up, and he knows that time is of the essence. He places a forehoof onto the walkway. The uneven cement surface is a help more than a hinderance here, as it provides traction. A rock in the water provides the same to his rear hooves, and he pushes himself out and onto the walkway.

The griffin is looking straight at him. But Silver has his greatsword grasped in blue light. It flies through the air in his levitated grasp, to the griffin’s left, then, jabbed on its pommel end right into the side of his head behind his jaw. He instantly falls down, evidently unconscious, face down into the walkway. A wing and his foreclaw dip into the water, and the bar he was holding falls down into the water with a splash. Dark Star’s arrow sticks up out of the griffin’s back

There’s the question of how much sound the griffin made. I guess Silver did roll an 18, then a 20 on an attack roll, then am 18 on a conformation roll, so maybe it is fair to say that Silver got lucky this time...

>>114859
He does so, carrying the pail of ice back in
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114861
114862
>>114860
He sets the pot near the fire.
"I'm guessing you had this thawing out earlier by that fire?" he asks Dawson.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114862
114873
>>114861
The two little ersatz colts, previously sitting by the fire, move away when Spark comes over to sit the pot down.

Dawson goes silent. From his expression he seems cowed. His ears are level to his back, and his eyes wide.
“No... I didn’t...”
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114863
114864 114866
>>114860
Dark Star Drags the Griffons body into the grass while asking silver if he's ok.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114864
114865 114866
>>114863
Over past the tunnel entrance some 15 feet, the land edges down towards the water inelegantly, through rock, exposed mud, a set of stones that must have comprised an old, Now half collapsed sea wall, and riff-raf building material that may even be the stones from the original fortress here the dragons destroyed. The griffin is dragged upwards, over the steep set of brick and stones, which have rounded edges thanks to gradual erosion from the beating of waves, and onto the grass. He’s pretty heavy, and it requires serious effort from Dark Star to pull him up
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114865
114867
>>114864
Should i roll?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114866
114867 114868
>>114863
>>114864
Silver shakes himself like a dog to get rid of some of the cold water. "I am fine. Could have gone better...you need help with that?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114867
114868 114869
>>114865
The thought didn’t cross my mind until after I had described the sea barrier... Dark Star can set the griffin down at times and doesn’t have too much of a time limit, so that is not really necessary

>>114866
But silver should probably still help Dark Star. Hopefully no one at Hoebuck looks out a window and sees the griffin of them. Silver is still extremely cold
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114868
114869
>>114867
>>114866
"Yea help me outwith this."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114869
114870 114871
>>114867
>>114868
The unicorn lets out an involuntary shiver as the cold winter air chills his sodden coat. "I could really use nice, roaring fire right about now..." He moves over to help Dark Star with dragging the unconscious griffon away. "I have rope. Once we are finished dragging him, I can hogtie him so he will not give us too much trouble if he awakens."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114870
114871 114872
>>114869
"Make sure you gag him too."
"Need my Coat?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114871
114872 114874
>Argentina wants less description
>spend more than a full paragraph talking about muddy water and a sea wall made out of rubble
Of Course I do. My childhood’s neighbor’s properties all had seashores covered in concrete rubble taken from industrial sites and dumped there to prevent hurricanes from washing more land away. As a child I would play skipping from one slab to the other. Why shouldn’t a fantasy world have the same?

>>114869
Silver is indeed cold, but he may not like what fires might await him.

>>114870
>>114869
The buildings of 33 Hoebuck are themselves visible from that position on the grass, next to the sea wall. There is a small number of lights on in what seems to be the third floor of dormitory building
hj2ro
?
No.114872
114876
[1d20+4 = 16]
>>114870
>>114871
I think someone is having a flashback to that moment in every single mission we've had as a group where something gets set on fire and it turns into an inferno.

"Thank you, but you do not have to do that."

Use Rope: Silver uses his survival knife to cut a measure of rope, and hogtie the griffon. He's primarily concerned about getting it so the griffon can't simply use his talons to cut the bindings. He also uses the knife to cut one of the foresleeves on his fatigues up into a ribbon with which he can gag the catbird.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114873
114876
>>114862
"Well then.... perhaps the invaders."
Spark checks the pot again to make sure it is water and not some kind of changeling stew of sorts.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114874
114876 114878
>>114871
dark star looks at the lights
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114875
114876 114878
1336614.gif
Hello, tis I!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114876
114877 114878 114879 114882
>>114873
It is indeed water. Must have been snow placed into the pot.

>>114872
Silver can tie the creatire’s rear paws and foreclaws with a rope. Unless Silver has something particular in mind with that gag, the creature’s beak protrudes enough to allow the beak to be tied down

>>114874
Three windows, to the left of center of the building. The building is taller than either the center building, or the workshop on the far right, and aside from smoke stacks on the workshop and the chimney of the central building, is also taller. It’s square in shape, and seems to be older, made of larger, lighter shade stones than the cement facade center building or the brick workshop. The three widows seem to have light curtains in front of them, something blocking part of the view inside but not the light

>>114875
Oh shit! Hello. And why would you turn chocolate milk into regular milk you monster
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114877
114880
>>114876
Why? It's simple.
To watch you squirm.

What's going on with both my PCs?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114878
114880 114882
>>114875
I suppose I would normally be expected to call that the most diabolical, unfiltered evil I've ever seen, but I personally prefer whole milk to chocolate.

>>114874
>>114876
"Alright. He should not give us any more trouble tonight." Silver stands up and moves to the seawall, where the other griffons and the boat went inside. "I might be wrong, but was there not two griffons mentioned in dossier? Sweet Boek and Stormfeather Maakie? Think that Mr. M in church was Maakie?"
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114879
114880
>>114876
"Well, at least we can use it ourselves. Just relax while it thaws out."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114880
114881 114883 114884
>>114877
Onyx is lying on the floor probably bear the door, which Spark recently opened and let the cold air in. Now Spark is placing a pot over a fire probably to boil water. This has displaced the changeling nymphs near the fire, and sent them elsewhere. Dawson seems horrified by the implication of something Spark said.

Midnight is doing.,. Whatever midnight is doing. Which last I recall was nothing.

>>114879
“Well... oh... okay. Is there any water in the cans?”

>>114878
Boek is a unicorn
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114881
>>114880
Ah, so we met both of them back there. Sorry, I thought Boek was a griffon, for some reason.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114882
114885 114886
>>114878
>>114876
"i think somepony maybe watchimg us, look at that window."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114883
114885
>>114880
"I think there was a little left..."
Spark checks the cans.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114884
114885
>>114880
Ah excellent, doing nothing important... Just how I like my characters...

Onyx gets up and walks around a bit, making sure the lil lings aren't causing trouble.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114885
114886 114887 114888
>>114883
One can, one half full. At least half a liter

>>114882
Hard to say if there is or is not a figure there

>>114884
He gets up. Ruby looks over to him. The little ersatz Pegasus looks over, then scurries out of the way. Like a cat... or a cockroach. The ersatz bat pony does the same, standing in place slightly longer
hj2ro
?
No.114886
114889
[1d20+3 = 15]
>>114882
>>114885
Spot: Silver looks where his leader directs him to, trying to make out what is in the window from where he is.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114887
114889
>>114885
Spark levitates the can to Dawson.
"Here we are."
jJgaL
?
No.114888
114889 114890
[1d20+5 = 16]
>>114885
Perception
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114889
114890 114891
>>114887
“Thank you”
The pony takes it with his mouth, presses a hoof against its side, sets it in the ground, then presses it against the ground as he twists the cap off with his mouth, and picks the bottle up in his mouth, drinking it. He drinks quite a bit
“Hey, give me some of that” says Red Wine, who gets up off the couch in slowed movements

>>114888
>>114886
It kind of looks like some creature is looking outside
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114890
114892
>>114889
>>114888
"Hmm...you think that will be problem?"
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114891
114894
>>114889
Spark grabs another can and pours whatever has melted so far into it. He then levitates it to Red Wine.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114892
114893
>>114890
"Yes.yes i do."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114893
114895
>>114892
He nods in agreement. "It is your call on what we do."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114894
114896 114897
>>114891
Red Wine has a smile on his face, and hooves outstretched. He doesn’t know where the pot came from
“Oh, thanks”
He takes the can in his hooves
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114895
114897 114899
>>114893
"Crimes happen here all the time. let's just head into the sewer like its no big deal."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114896
114898
>>114894
Spark nods.
"I'm sorry you all have had to experience this. You feeling ok Red Wine?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114897
114898
>>114894
>>114895
"Hmm..." Silver takes out his binoculars and points them at the window, hoping they will give more insight into who is watching them.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114898
114899 114901
>>114897
Best guess is female griffin. Equine is also possible, with an extended muzzle and no protruding mane

>>114896
“Tired... sad...” he looks over at Spark
Red Wine is the color of his coat, not a proper name... but who is to say it isn’t
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114899
114900
>>114895
>>114898
"Hmm...well, it is your call. You want me to take point again, or do you want point?"
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114900
114903
>>114899
"you go first."
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114901
114902
>>114898
Darn. I thought that was the name. Now I'm embaressed. But maybe it could be a nickname.

Spark goes over and hugs him.
"Does this help any?"
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114902
114903 114904
>>114901
He feels strangely cold and shaking. He pulls back, and resists at first. But finally, he says
“.... Yes”

He coat looks dulled
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114903
114905
>>114900
>>114902
And thus, Silver once again takes point.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114904
114905
>>114902
He continues the hug.
"Just relax and sip that water."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114905
114906 114911
>>114904
He has big eyes that look at Spark suspiciously. But he drinks the water

>>114903
So... Silver acts as sentry while something else happens?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114906
114907
>>114905
I have no idea what that means, but okay.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114907
114908 114909
>>114906
I have no idea what “take point” means
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114908
114909 114910
>>114907
You know where the boat entered by the seawall? Silver is going in there.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114909
114910 114915
>>114907
>>114908
Dark Star follows
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114910
114912
>>114908
>>114909
One vertical bar still blocks the entrance, while another is removed, creating a narrow opening. Looking inside, the floor is covered in two feet of seawater
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114911
114913
>>114905
Spark continues to comfort.
"So, are you all planning on sticking here or moving?"
hj2ro
?
No.114912
114913
[1d20+2 = 18]
>>114910
Strength: Silver attempts to remove the last remaining bar to give them some room.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114913
114914 114915 114916
>>114911
Dawson:
“I am not going anywhere”
Red Wine:
“Move? There is no where to move to”

>>114912
Silver pushes. Then pushes. Then the thing pops out of its hole, being poorly secured. It falls down into the water of the tunnel with a definite splash
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114914
114917
>>114913
"Well, I know some ponies move East. It is a tad safer that way."
hj2ro
?
No.114915
114916 114917
[1d20+4 = 12]
>>114913
>>114909
Move Silently: The unicorn motions for them to continue on. He tries to quietly make his way through the water.
jJgaL
?
No.114916
114917 114921
[1d20+5 = 19]
>>114915
>>114913
move silently as well
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114917
114918 114921
>>114914
Dawson:
Safer? The Hegemony forces don’t appreciate you leaving your house, let alone going across provinces and tryin’ to cross the border.”

>>114915
>>114916
The two wade through the water. In this part of the tunnel, it is dark. Very dark. The water is cold, and sometimes, they can feel something in the water. Zekker is a bit quieter than Silver.
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114918
114919
>>114917
"The Hegemony can't hurt you once you cross the border, and I have a bit of a knack for talking ponies through. I got 3 ponies that were previously reject from crossing to go through with a piece of paper and a smile. I could get you through if you wanted to go."
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114919
>>114918
This must come as a bit of surprise to Red Wine, because he has a look of partial astonishment
“Huh... Well, there’s still getting there. And once you get over, then what? Where do you live? Where do you work?”
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114920
114921 114922
Okay... I have to go to sleep
You May as well declare your next actions
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114921
114923
>>114920
Sleep well!

>>114917
>>114916
Silver cringes inside whenever he feels...whatever that could possibly be. "...Should we risk using flashlight? It is getting hard to find our way."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114922
>>114920
Night fren
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114923
114925
>>114921
"yea turn it on."
Anonymous
9RD3j
?
No.114924
114925 114926
Aw fuck. Missed it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114925
114926 114927
>>114923
Silver does so, pulling his flashlight out and turning it on to look around the tunnel they're wading through.

>>114924
Fission Mailed, we're get 'em next time.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114926
114927
>>114924
F
>>114925
"that pony we saw watching us, is still bothering me."
Anonymous
C36bP
?
No.114927
114928 114931
>>114925
>>114926
The tunnel, at least for this span, is dark and damp. There is, at the far end, a light shining. But unlike the metaphorical light at the end of the tunnel, this one offers no cause for optimism. Despite an entry that implies a circle, past the concrete entryway the tunnel is old stone with ragged edges, with come down . The stone at the very bottom is stained an almost black where the water touches it, and and the color lightens towards the top until a final stain line ends just barely before the top. The bare top is white. Along parts of the wall there are black-orange stains of old iron bands that probably once held torches back in the days when this site belonged to the Principality and was part of the defense against the dragons, or perhaps in the first century it belonged to the city. The water is kind of deep, going almost up to Dark Star’s barrel, but not past that. It has an unpleasant chill, and smell of both salt and whatever else pollutes the harvor it flows out of the Hayseed river
Anonymous
BsKtG
?
No.114928
114929
>>114927
Psst. Should Iron stay put and let the S trio/duo find them in the boiler room?
Anonymous
C36bP
?
No.114929
114930
>>114928
Explore the fucking the dungeon
Anonymous
BsKtG
?
No.114930
>>114929
I'll wait for Midnight to appear before doing so.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114931
114932
>>114927
"Buck it's cold. this is some pretty Nice construction down here."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114932
114933
>>114931
"Ditto." Silver considers the issue of the pony/griffin that saw them. "I do not know what to think about being spotted. Best we remain careful going forward."
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114933
114934 114935
>>114932
"We might need to head over there after we get out from down here."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114934
114935
>>114933
"It is your call."
Anonymous
C36bP
?
No.114935
114936 114937
>>114934
>>114933
The light, when aimed forward, reflects against the green seawater. When aimed further down, the water has just slightly enough visibility to see a tan colored floor covered in black organic matter, with occasional plant matter
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114936
114937
>>114935
"Is this black stuff simply decayed plant matter?" Silver continues on.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114937
114938 114939
>>114936
>>114935
"I told you the stories were true."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114938
114940
>>114937
Silver gives him an odd look. "What stories?"
Anonymous
C36bP
?
No.114939
114940
>>114937
There is no Blue Skies here to tell him that he is repeating urban legends and fairy tales
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114940
114941 114942
>>114938
"the one's about griffons eating ponies and duping the bodies."
>>114939
:(
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114941
114942
>>114940
"I can not remember that one. I am fairly certain this is just decayed plant material, anyways."
Anonymous
C36bP
?
No.114942
114943 114944
>>114940
>>114941
I mean, I guess we could place her with them...
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114943
114945
>>114942
If that's what you want, sure.
DS
jJgaL
?
No.114944
114945
>>114942
Sure

Anonymous
C36bP
?
No.114945
114946
>>114944
>>114943
The issue Skies would have is that since she and Dark Star took the time and effort to disguise themselves, then lie and infiltrate the church, that she’d wonder why they were abandoning that effort
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114946
114947
>>114945
Then have her stay and continue to infiltrate. She doesn't have to abandon her efforts simply because of my incompetance ruining the mission.
Anonymous
BsKtG
?
No.114947
>>114946
I hope this doesn't lead to Iron punching her thinking she's a guard.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114948
114950 114951 114956
7DB8B1F9-A7AA-4E19-91DB-E229340C7A14.png
Hello?
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114950
114952
>>114948
Hi there.
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114951
114952
>>114948
>Boop
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114952
114953 114954
>>114951
No

>>114950
Hello
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.114953
114955
>>114952
That wasn't a question.
It was an action
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114954
114955
>>114952
How are you today?
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114955
1514363002478.png
>>114953

>>114954
Okay
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114956
114957
>>114948
Hello!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114957
114958
1C8F6CB0-49E1-425E-9A8E-6E3C365B155D.jpeg
>>114956
Hi floofster
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114958
114959
2096668__safe_artist-colon-mystic blare_editor-colon-gamerkitten_oc_oc-colon-katherine_oc only_pony town_animated_clothes_gif_pegasus_pix.gif
>>114957

Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114959
114960 114962
8D2359A2-8226-4E89-A535-ADAE42F4FA16.png
>>114958
D’aww! That’s so cute

Um... Hi right back to you
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114960
114962
1822241__safe_artist-colon-badumsquish_derpibooru exclusive_oc_oc-colon-notta_oc only_cave_dark_drool_fangs_female_mimic_mimic pony_monst.png
>>114959
Watches you

I wonder if there's such a thing as monster ponies in this universe.
Anonymous
Sausl
?
No.114962
114965
_aj filly boop.png
>>114960
>>114959

Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.114963
114964
E86AE747-777F-48DD-806B-3902EC675BC1.png

Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114964
114967
_Ponk boop.gif
>>114963

Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114965
114966 114967
1962049__safe_artist-colon-badumsquish_derpibooru exclusive_oc_oc-colon-notta_oc only_cave_dark_drool_fangs_female_mimic_mimic pony_monst.png
>>114962
Do you wish to boop the not-mimic pony?
[Y/N]
Anonymous
Sausl
?
No.114966
114968
>>114965
Y
Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.114967
114968 114969
>>114964
No

>>114965
No
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114968
114970
1887110__safe_artist-colon-badumsquish_derpibooru exclusive_quibble pants_oc_oc-colon-notta_blatant lies_blushing_canon x oc_cuddling_cut.png
>>114967
The not-mimic pony continues to look at you, as if expecting or waiting for something

>>114966
The not-mimic pony watches with wide eyes as the hoof closes in on her snootendootle, crossing them as they finally make contact. It feels soft, yet firm, and is covered with a thin film of what feels like saliva.

Before you have any time to react, the not-mimic pony takes a sudden sharp intake of breath and launches forward out of her chest, revealing that she was, in fact, a mimic all along. She grabs you and pulls you in, surrounding you in the velvetty embrace of her home. It does indeed feel like a mouth, with the mimic serving as a tongue. The mimic wraps herself around you, her tongue-shaped hair caressing your other side. In an instant you are covered in saliva. She is very soft, but has enough substance to make it feel like she is actually there.

As you cuddle, your heart feels slightly more full than it was before, even if your pockets seem just a bit more empty now.

Lose 200 Gold
Gain +1 Cuddle
Gain +1 Friend
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114969
114970
>>114967
Yes.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114970
114971
>>114968
Bitch just wants your money

>>114969
No.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114971
114972
>>114970
BOOP
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114972
69A504BF-73E3-44F0-9ADD-FB47BEA5D811.png
>>114971
HISS!
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114973
114974 114975
1648064__safe_artist-colon-beardie_artist-colon-spoopygander_oc_oc only_oc-colon-tide pod_blep_box_collaboration_cute_.png
Nopony wants to play tonight, right?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114974
114976
>>114973
I'm always up for it if you are. If you're not, that's fine too. Won't hold it against you.
Anonymous
jJgaL
?
No.114975
114976
>>114973
I Do.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114976
114977
>>114975
>>114974
Uh... I guess Dark Star and Silver Sword can proceed
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114977
114978
>>114976
I imagine that's exactly what Silver would do.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114978
114979
>>114977
So declare your next action
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114979
>>114978
O...okay? Silver continues to follow the dark, dank tunnel.
Anonymous
c73OJ
?
No.114980
114981 114982 114987 114989
I guess no one (except floofster) showed up...
Shimmering Spark
7XDAN
?
No.114981
>>114980
I’m here now.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
hj2ro
?
No.114982
2004616__safe_artist-colon-gamedevanon_bon bon_sweetie drops_earth pony_meme_parody_pepe the frog_ponified_ponified meme_pony_reaction im.png
>>114980
>feelsbadmare.png
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114987
114988
>>114980
Ever spent 5 hours arming a wardrobe?
I did... It was terrible.
Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.114988
114989 114990
9E13AAC0-7248-44F0-A8B9-3B0256F70EAD.png
>>114987
Um.... No?

I don’t think it’s ever taken me longer than a few minutes
Anonymous
GTh9M
?
No.114989
114991
>>114980
>>114988
>Tfw i fell asleep at 8:30 last night.
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114990
114991
>>114988
It was a really stunted, unintuitive wardrobe.
Also big.
JUST.
Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.114991
114992 114993
86C92A14-F981-4483-9AE7-5D173D2F30DD.jpeg
>>114990
I have a dozen formal suits and none of them required that much fitting... then again I am not doing quincenettas or whatever cultural practices, though I’ve attended several weddings

>>114989
But... that’s when we usually play...
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114992
114994
>>114991
Oh pfft. I meant I assembled an actual wardrobe. Not trying out suits and such.
Ds
GTh9M
?
No.114993
114994
>>114991
i'm sorry. i've been waking up at 5 am the past few days.
Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.114994
114995 114996
B53195AF-787A-4AC7-8743-24B7A1D94DA3.png
>>114992
Huh, I thought you meant getting measurements for it... I can safely say I’ve never assembled clothing before

>>114993
Aww.... do you think you will be able to play any time in the future?
Anonymous
++3JF
?
No.114995
114997
>>114994
Nono! I assembled the furniture that you store clothing in. I didn't do anything with clothing.
I suppose you call it dressers.
Ds
GTh9M
?
No.114996
114997
>>114994
Yea i'll drink some caffeine later.
Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.114997
114998
>>114995
Huh... I guess maybe I have done that

>>114996
We’ve missed you
Ds
GTh9M
?
No.114998
114999
>>114997
I've missed you guys too.
Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.114999
115004
1BE0E243-8003-42D6-A927-E5CAE911C0C5.jpeg
>>114998
*pony hugs*
Anonymous
mETVW
?
No.115001
>boops everyone
Ds
GTh9M
?
No.115004
115006
_hug.png
>>114999

Anonymous
ivYjB
?
No.115006
New thread!

>>115004
D’aww