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Occupied Equestria: B&E
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85095
85098 85100
Six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where Chrysalis chose a different approach to her second attack on Equestria. The Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures thank to their dealing with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestrian Southeast, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and corrupt creepy politicians threaten the city. This role play is based in large part upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&d 3.5e mechanics.

The party now takes on the task of breaking, entering, and investigating the house of Social Democrat politician Comte "Cheese" Burgher, who is alleged to have 'purchased' two young foals. They have already distracted the guards around the gated community and explored most of the property. Now, Ash tries out her role as a 'dog whisperer,' Dark Star contemplates the evidence he has already collected, Silver shifts between stealing jewelry from innocent third parties and talking about the joyful smell of wingpit sweat, Iron harasses guards by talking to them about queer theory while Onyx acts as his his homosexual partner, Brie tries to get the guards drinking on the job, and Spark follows around the group in the attic.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85097
85099
1623671__safe_artist-colon-dinkelion_fluttershy_druid_duo_female_flower_flutterdruid_pony_sad_timber wolf.png
Druids ftw
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85098
85101
>>85095
I mean, Silver did return the jewelry...
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85099
>>85097
Bards are cool
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85100
>>85092 →
>>85095
Sister Ash steps back non-threateningly as she inquires this about the dog.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85101
85102 85104 85108
>>85093 →
"THIS ONE here started off demanding to be let in. I thought, no real issue, we have a lot of stallions who think they are important and want to be let in, so I just shut it off. Then he tried to claim that he is someone, so I thought that maybe he is a guest of one of the residents who is coming back from a party or bar drunk, so I tried to get his ID. And then... That's when the ketamine, or whever he is on kicked in. He started talking to me about all of this weird sexual shit like stallions who think they are mares or something. And I thought, well, we do get a lot of weird ponies coming through here. But THEN he started hitting on me like a weird pre-vert and tried putting his hoof under the glass trying to touch me. But he broke through the glass. At that point, I thought 'OH HELL NO" and I pulled my gun on him. And I called these other two here while this guy is still hanging around the gate."

>>85092 →
>"I am a one dog army!"

>>85098
In retrospect I should have just said 'it is so,' and then later after Blue Skies reads the police report and finds out that the party - silver included - has robbed a coin collection, cut pictures out of frames, and stolen a mare's jewelry, she would have told Silver something like 'you can never again criticize my government. If you think we Blackhooves are thieves who break in to hearth and home under cover of night, you are nothing better' and basically would have said something like 'clean your room' to Silver anytime he got onto her about the supposed moral superiority of Equestrians
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85102
85105
>>85101
>"You're only here watching the pool?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85103
Iron's an intimidating boi, that's for sure.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85104
>>85101
Well, it happened, so nothing more can be done. Congratulations on being the first person to guilt trip me in a long ass time, especially about something as silly as pinching a mare's jewelry in a game.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85105
85106
>>85102
>"I am the guardian of the pool house, and all of the property. Open this door so I can bite your leg off!"
Olbcm
?
No.85106
85109
[1d20+7 = 16]
>>85105
This is about the time I should be able to roll Wild Empathy, to see if I can influence the dog's attitude towards me.
>"If I open the door, will you promise to be a good boi?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85107
A 15 would normally be good enough to make a domestic Animal friendly, unless this boi has a particularly bad disposition...


Brie
8tWGD
?
No.85108
85109
>>85101
Brie nods uncomprehendingly. "Sounds like I should probably clear the area then. Am I intruding?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85109
85110 85115
>>85106
>"I am a good boy! I am the guardian of the pool house!"

>>85108
He stares at the queer pony
"Not... particularly"
Olbcm
?
No.85110
85111
[1d20+5 = 23]
>>85109
Rolling Sense Motive, to see if my check succeeded (what his attitude towards me has become).
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85111
85112
>>85110
Warmer, but he is still a protective animal, and does not want to stop doing his job as one quite yet
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85112
85113
>>85111
So, indifferent, or friendly?.
This may determine whether or not I open the door?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85113
85114
>>85112
Probably best to try a little more to warm him up first
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85114
85116
>>85113
>"Would you like to come outside? It must be lonely in there."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85115
85118
>>85109
Iron waves at the scared guard. "You will confess your true identity sooner than later."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85116
85117
>>85114
>"I AM... ...."
*sad doggy*
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85117
85118
>>85116
>"Then why don't you come out with us for a bit? Being kooped up inside can't be good for you."
Sister Ash commands Caleb to 'stay' beside her as she telekinetically opens the door.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85118
85119 85121
>>85115
"Fuck off, queer"

>>85117
The door is locked
>"You... you shall not harm the poolhouse!"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85119
85120
>>85118
>"Why would I want to harm the pool house? I'm only looking for somepony."
She produces her photograph
>"Have you seen this foal?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85120
85122
>>85119
Now here is the question I want to ask Ash: which foal?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85121
>>85118
Iron does not relent "If you keep dodging the question, you will not have a happy life. Are you sure that you are not a mare pretending to be a stallion? Mares are usually more stubborn than stallions, and you are acting quite stubborn."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85122
85123
>>85120
Fuck, I thought she knew which foal had been bought by this guy.
Correction, she produces all three of her photos, and shows them to the doggo.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85123
85124
>>85122
>"I... think I've seen them?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85124
85125
>>85123
>"I'm looking for a foal that may have been lost
or hiding here. Would you mind if I looked around?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85125
85126
>>85124
>"What do you really intend, Dragon!"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85126
85127
>>85125
>"I'm looking for a foal. A lost foal. A foal that doesn't belong here."
She says genuinely
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85127
85128
>>85126
>"If there was a foal that did not belong here in the poolhouse, I would know"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85128
85130
>>85127
She leans in
>"Are you absolutely sure? There's nowhere here a pony could hide?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85129
85130
Is there a third building?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85130
85131
>>85129
No

>>85128
>"No pony can hide from me!"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85131
85132
>>85130
Well fuck. I must have missed something. Either me or this dog.

>"Did you happen to notice any strange foal that may have come by lately? A new foal, one that didn't smell like the rest?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85132
85133 85135
>>85131
>"Foals come by on occasion"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85133
85134
>>85132
>"Did you notice any new ones lately? Stangers?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85134
85147 85151
>>85133
>"Strangers come by often. Master brings in Stallions and mares all the time, every week"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85135
>>85132
I g2g to dinner.

Bbl
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85136
85137
Off topic, but just read the entry for "What Lies Beneath." Cozy Glow is definitely getting appointed as a Black Hooves governor
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85137
85138
>>85136
Good to know. A little meta question. Are bards proficient with ranged weapons in this world?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85138
85140
>>85137
Bards are proffient in all simple weapons, and with short bows.
They're profficient in light and heavy crossbows.
Brie OOC
8tWGD
?
No.85139
85141
So are either of the idiots tied up?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85140
85142
>>85138
I'll pretend light and heavy crossbows are pistols and rifles respectively. Any good bard traits from vanilla D&D in particular?

Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85141
85143
>>85139
Lol no, they would get punchedif they tried.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85142
85144
>>85140
I sense that you're anticipating the death of a character.

From vanilla? Idk actually.
Brie OOC
8tWGD
?
No.85143
85144
>>85141
Do they all have machine guns?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85144
85145
>>85142
Not really. Just creating a suitable replacement if Iron kicks the bucket from bad rolls.
>>85143
Nope. Booth guard who you're talking to has a shotty, the second guard uses a baton and the third one may or may not have a concealed pistol.

Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.85145
85146
>>85144
Good idea with our luck
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85146
>>85145
Glad you agree.
Brie
8tWGD
?
No.85147
85149
>>85134
"So what are you gonna do with them? Have them arrested?". Brie asks his drinking partner
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85148
I'll be AFK for a bit. 30 minutes max
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85149
85150
>>85147
“We could, or just see if they get bored and go away on their own. So long as they don’t try to touch me or go past the gate”
Brie
8tWGD
?
No.85150
85152
>>85149
"Wait, they're free to go?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85151
85152
>>85134
Sister Ash steps inside slowly
>"That's odd.. I had thought that the pony I was looking for would be somewhere around here."
- she beams sadly
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85152
85153 85154
>>85150
“They are free to go. What they are not free to do is come any closer. Or stay here”

>>85151
>”Which pony?”

Brie
8tWGD
?
No.85153
85156 85157
>>85152
"Ah, well then.". Then to the idiots. "You hear that? Be good lads and fuck off?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85154
85156
>>85152
>"A young pony. One that wasn't a member of the family here."
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85156
85158
>>85154
>”There have been some of those”

>>85153
“Indeed these weirdos ought to fuck off”
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.85157
85162 85163
>>85153
"I haven't said shit captain, what did I miss?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85158
85160
>>85156
Sister Ash seems interested in this
>"Really? Do you remember anything odd about them?"
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85160
85161 85163
>>85158
>”quieter. Did not interact with the children who live in the house”
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85161
85166
>>85160
Sister Ash's ears visibly perk beneath her shawl
>"That sounds like the foal I was looking for.."
-she beams
>"Did that pony stay in the house?"
-she inquires
Brie
8tWGD
?
No.85162
85163 85167
>>85157
"Apparently nothing and no one is holding you here, so if you wanted to not get shot or arrested, maybe think of GTfO."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85163
85164 85166
>>85162
>>85160
Back
Iron shrugs. "Well, if he wants to live a life full of misery and regret, I suppose I cannot stop the pony." He motions Onyx to follow.
>>85157
"I will tell you later, when we are out of this mare-in-denial's hearing."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85164
>>85163
*"If she or 'he' wants to
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85166
85168 85170 85172
>>85161
>”There were several odd ones. They stayed in the pool house. They never left”

>>85163
“Yeah, right on out of here, weirdo”
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.85167
>>85162
Onyx bolts like a batpony out of Tartarus
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85168
85169
>>85166
>Never left
Now sister Ash seems very curious
>"So, they're still here?"
-she asks, her spirits visibly lifted
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85169
85171 85173
>>85168
>”They are, with a couple odd ones”
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85170
85178
>>85166
I KNEW IT!
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85171
85175
>>85169
Sister Ash's eyes go wide as she realizes she's found what she's looking for.
>"May I... See them..?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85172
85175
>>85166
He chuckles at the guard's insistence. "Well, I could, but let me check if I am not forgetting something." He walks to any remaining shard of the booth window still in its original position and proceeds to 'comb' his hair while looking at its reflection. Just in case they need more time.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85173
85175
>>85169
Wait, fuck. Did he just imply that the Burhger's kids are also still here?
Brie
Q3rvX
?
No.85174
85175
"As for me, my wife is probably going to give me an Eeee-ful after how long I've been gone. Sorry to keep you.". Brie offers, exiting nonchalantly at a casual pace.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85175
85176 85177
>>85172
“You can go now”

>>85171
>”You may not. I am the Guardian of the Pool House”

>>85173
Only if they are in the pool house

>>85174
“Farewell. And good luck in Baltimare!”
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85176
85179
>>85175
After checking his current body, he finally nods. "Yes. I am not forgetting anything. Well, good luck on your whole 'mare-disguising-as-a-stallion' business." He walks out of the scene deliberately slowly, just to add a little salt to the guard's pride. He decides to wait inside one of the nearby buildings, specially if they're social buildings.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85177
85179
>>85175
>"Are you gaurding the pool, or the foals?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.85178
85180
>>85170
"We should leave. i think we have searched all the rooms."
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85179
85181 85182
>>85176
“Yeah, go fuck yourself”

To Iron’s surprise, there are no low-class drinking areas immediately adjacent to high-end residential zones

>>85177
>”Yes”
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85180
85186
>>85178
Silver nods. "All that is left is poolhouse. And there is dog guarding it. Makes me think there is something hidden there."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85181
85184
>>85179
Iron furrows his brow. Where could a stallion like him spend his time near this residential zone while the others do their thing?
Olbcm
?
No.85182
85183 85184
[1d20+9 = 14]
>>85179
Sister Ash prostrates herself in a begging position
>".... Please..?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85183
>>85182
Fuck my luck
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85184
85185 85188 85193
>>85181
Must be a few blocks further south

>>85182
>”Well...”
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85185
85192
>>85184
*Wags tail*
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.85186
85187 85192
>>85180
"lets go check it out."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85187
85189 85190 85192
>>85186
Silver nods once again, and makes his way back out the way they came in to head for the poolhouse.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85188
85192
>>85184
Iron decides to walk some more blocks south to see the building options to stay in. Hopefully he can listen well enough to hear any trouble if something bad happens.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.85189
85190 85191
>>85187
"Need some help getting out the window?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85190
85192 85196
>>85187
>>85189
I get done searching the room and head back to the window to meet up with Silver and Dark Star.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85191
>>85189
"I...do not think so?"
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85192
85194 85195 85196
>>85185
>”Well...”

>>85186
>>85187
>>85190
A terrier barks at them

>>85188
Indeed, it seems that there are some establishments of medium repute further south
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85193
85199
>>85184
*Whimers pleadingly*
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85194
85199
>>85192
"Calm down, boy, we are leaving."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85195
85199
>>85192
Iron decides to go to a random establishment, not really knowing what it is. Hopefully it's a nice place.
fpzmT
?
No.85196
85197 85198 85199 85203
[1d20+2 = 4]
>>85190
"hey, i found some interesting stuff."
>>85192
dark Star uses wild empathy to calm the dog down
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85197
>>85196
Should have said hello first.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85198
85203
>>85196
"Cool. You should tell me all about it when we escape that dog and this place."
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85199
85200 85202 85203 85205
>>85193
>”But But”

>>85194
“Ruff! Ruff!”

>>85195
Roll a d20

>>85196
“RUFF! RUFF!”
hY7VQ
?
No.85200
85201 85203 85208
[1d20 = 20]
>>85199
I knew it was tempting for you to do that.


Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85201
85204
>>85200
Holee fuk. Gimme the two remaining children now.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85202
85208
>>85199
>"Come ~oooon.."
She pleads, still on the floor
>"I won't make a mess."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85203
>>85196
>>85198
>>85199
"Come. Do not try to provoke dog further." Silver turns to leave the way he came in.
>>85200
INB4: strip club
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85204
>>85201
This
fpzmT
?
No.85205
85208 85210
[1d20+7 = 18]
>>85199
"calm Down boy i dont want to hurt you im a good pony."
i overlooked the part where it said i add my ranger levels
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85206
85207 85208
Once out of obvious range, Brie takes flight for the closest liquor store he can find, purchases a bottle of their most potent (and preferrably cheapest) booze, a box of matches, and returns to the scene, this time from a rather high approach (like, almost hard to see the house, high)
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85207
85209
>>85206
Could you not set things on fire, please? We don't want police panicking over arson.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85208
85211 85212 85213 85217
>>85200
I’m not even sure how to interpret that. He sure as shit finds drinks

>>85202
>”..... okay”

>>85205
>”Okay...”

>>85206
Which scene?
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85209
85212
>>85207
Ever seen Donnie Darko?
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85210
85213
>>85205
"Is he calmed?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85211
85219 85224
>>85208
>"~yay!"
[Happy dragon noises]
Sister Ash enters the building and furtively looks for the children.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85212
85216 85224
>>85208
>drinks
>native unfamiliar with drinks
Uh, can I ask for something other than drinks? At most, he'll drink some water just to pass time.
>>85209
Uh, no.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.85213
85214 85215 85224
>>85210
"yea he is."
>>85208
"whos a good boy? whos a good boy? you are!"
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85214
>>85213
>inb4 hoof bitten off.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85215
>>85213
"Then we should move to poolhouse as soon as we are able. Unless you believe you need to stay to ensure he stays calm."
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85216
>>85212
You're in for a treat then
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85217
85224
>>85208
The one at the docks obviously
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85219
>>85211
Do I need to roll for this?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85223
[Kirin noises]
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85224
85225 85226 85232 85234 85241
>>85217
Is he going to the house or to the guards?

>>85213
*eager barking*

>>85212
Sure

>>85211
Except that the door is still locked
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85225
85227 85230
>>85224
The door to the pool room, or the door to the children?
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85226
85228
>>85224
With Star handling the dog, Silver heads out through the living room window.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85227
85229
>>85225
What children? The door to enter the pool house is locked
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85228
>>85226
He can see that Ash is over by the pool house, and the dog has stopped barking
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85229
85237
>>85227
The children the the dog just told her about.

Sister Ash uses her telekinesis to unlock the door from the inside, through the glass.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85230
85231
>>85225
Silver trots over to Ash. "Find anything?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85231
85233
>>85230
"I'm not sure yet."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85232
85237
>>85224
Iron decides to sit at an presumably empty table, glass of water in tow. He wonders if this place hosts a bunch of changelings to make contact with, although he'd be fucked out of luck if he had to identify that they are, the slippery bunch that they are.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85233
85235
>>85231
"Well, I would like to assist, if I could. I have found some evidence we could use, if we find anything substantial to bring case against Comte."
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85234
85237
>>85224
High above the house
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85235
85236 85238
>>85233
Sister Ash is magically reaching through a glass door.
"I'm just looking for the children. I want to find them asap."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85236

>>85235
*The child
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85237
85239 85240 85242 85244
>>85234
It is so

>>85232
It is so. A waiter approaches

>>85229
The door unlocks


Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85238
>>85235
Silver assumes she's trying to unlock the door. "Please, be careful of dog."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85239
85245
>>85237
Sister Ash enters the room and begins furtively searching for where the foal may be hiding.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85240
85243
>>85237
Silver peaks his head into the unlocked poolhouse to see if the dog guarding it inside reacts negatively.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85241
85249
>>85224
Dark Star playfully pets the dog.
"i have to go boy."

Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85242
85245
>>85237
Calmly, and with an almost nihilistic casualness, Brie opens the bottle of booz, stuffs a napkin into the mouth of the bottle with a trail of cloth/paper sticking out. He swishes the bottle around a bit to allow the napkin to absorb some of the liquid, before pulling out a match, striking it, and lighting the napkin.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85243
>>85240
>Not asking the dog for permission
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85244
85245
>>85237
Iron notices the incoming waiter. "Good afternoon." He makes a mental note of the waiter's appearance.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85245
85246 85247 85248 85249
>>85239
Most of what is visible from inside is visible from outside as well. It hosts yet another bar, and couches that have their backs to some of the windows. There is a dog bowl on the floor, and refrigeratir in the back, as well as a closet that appears to hold more wine

>>85242
Alright

>>85244
“Good afternoon”

Unicorn, grey
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85246
85250 85251
>>85245
Sister Ash seems confused
>"...So.. Where are the foals..?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85247
85250
>>85245
Iron nods. "Do you have anything interesting to offer at this hour? I am basically new to these kinds of places."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85248
85250
>>85245
Silver looks at the dog in the poolhouse as he takes a step inside. "Easy, boy. Easy. I do not mean you harm."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85249
>>85245
>>85241
Dark Star grabs spark and climbs out the window after saying good bye to his friend the doggo
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85250
85251 85252
>>85247
“What are you looking for?” She says with a smile. “Food? Drinks?”

>>85248
“Grrr”

>>85246
>”inside here I think”
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85251
85254
>>85250
"Easy, boy." He takes another step forward.
>>85246
"Ash...mind helping me here and telling dog I am not threat?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85252
85255
>>85250
"I suppose I can go with some food and some water." Iron scratches his chin. "What is there to choose?"
Olbcm
?
No.85253
85255
[1d20+5 = 17]
Rolling a Search check for Sister Ash.

Sister Ash takes a move action to direct Caleb to perform the 'Seek' trick, several minutes to sniff out any creature in the vincinity.
Olbcm
?
No.85254
[1d20+5 = 22]
>>85251
"In a minute, Sir."
"He's a guard dog, and it wasn't easy yo convince him to let me in."

(FYI, the check to influence an animal takes a whole minute.)
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85255
85256 85259
>>85252
is feeling seriously tempted to just take a picture of a menu at the bar I’m at

>>85253
No obvious passages, but the door is locked to the closet


Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85256
85257 85259
>>85255
Sister Ash inspects the door, and taps on it to see how deep the chamber behind it goes.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85257
>>85256
Room seems small from the echo
Q3rvX
?
No.85258
85259 85260 85270
[1d20+6 = 16]
"Three!" Brie silently Eeee's to himself as he lines up the bottle and drops it as accurately as possible toward the house. (attack roll, if needed)
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85259
85261
>>85256
Ask Silver to break the lock or Star to open it with some other ability he has.
>>85255
"Eh, I will take whatever you think I would like. I do not know what to pick anyway."
>>85258
Arson is Ash's job, not yours.
gLUIJ
?
No.85260
85262
[1d20 = 6]
>>85258
Fucking high area bombing
although to be honest, I would have preferred dive bombing

Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85261
>>85259
This.

If there were any option to burn the place down, I would have done it already.
For all we know, there might still be children in there.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85262
85270
>>85260
While Silver has the dog's attention, Sister Ash tries to melt the lock.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85263
85264 85265 85266
Silver starts to wonder if he's the only pony here who doesn't immediately resort to arson as a solution to a problem.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85264
>>85263
I also don't conisder arson as the first option
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85265
>>85263
Sister Ash only resorts to arson when she's angry, bored, frustrated, scared, surrounded by unfamiliar artificial structures or cold.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85266
>>85263
to be fair, i havent set any fires.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85267
85268
This isn't arson, this is something else disguised as arson
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85268
85269 85271 85272 85275
>>85267
Yeah, but kids live here.
And there are still pets in that house...
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85269
85272 85273
>>85268
Don't worry, a concerned passerby will notify the authorities
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85270
85272 85273 85274 85275
>>85258
The bottle hits the top of the roof a little towards the left, breaking open on the roof top. I am presuming this alcohol is something like a 100 proof vodka, meaning that it catches fire where most shaken by the crash, but as it is still as much water as ethanol, not all of it lights. A pretty yellow light is spread across the roof tile going down

>>85262
Heated, yes. But nirik fire can’t melt steal beams


Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85271
>>85268
This. Hope you can prove us wrong though since you already dropped the molotov cocktails already
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85272
>>85269
You better not be selling the others out for some ill advised reason.
>>85268
>>85270
Ash, use Silver's above average strength and greatsword already
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85273
85277 85278
>>85270
>Can't melt steel
*Grumbles*
Can she just sear a hole around the lock?
>>85269
Yeah, but if the house catches fire, the smoke will alert authorities, and idk if I'll be able to find the kids in time before that.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85274
85278
>>85270
I would have hoped they'd have some 151, pr some 120 proof, but eh.
Brie makes a rapid descent in a trajectory that allows him to "happen to be strolling back by this area of the neighborhood", but at a 'conceivably' rapid pace because he's a concerned citizen and there's a fire. He returns to the guards. "Sorry to bother, but is that building on fire?"
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85275
85276
>>85268
"Is everything okay, Sister Ash?"
>>85270
Who of the party can see the fire?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85276
85280
>>85275
"Just trying to open this door."
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85277
85279
>>85273
The blackhooves want something incriminating on this guy yeah? What's better than a fucking nun saving kidnapped foals from being held prisoner from a building? The fire won't burn the house down given its landing and only partial efficacy in igniting, and just you wait, I have at least one more card to play
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85278
85281 85285
>>85273
He’s intentionally trying to summon authorities. I think he wants to rob firefighters or something

Maybe if the door is wood then the entire door can burn? It’s not going to melt

>>85274
“Oh shit, that does look like fire. Which one is it?”
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85279
85285
>>85277
You know Dark Star has a camera, right? There is absolutely no need for you to do this.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85280
85282 85283
>>85276
"Do you need assistance? I am not sure if this dog will let me pass, but I can try to help."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85281
85282 85283 85284 85297
>>85278
"Sure.." she replies
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85282
>>85280
>>85281

Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85283
>>85280
>>85281

Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85284
>>85281
Silver carefully trots towards where Ash is, hoping the dog will not attack him.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85285
85287 85291
fluff.gif
>>85278
"Not sure, but I'll go get help!" Brie retreats to a safe distance, ignoring any calls for him to wait.
>>85279
>need
>pic related
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85286
Wait, are people coming now?
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85287
85288 85290 85291
>>85285
Well, that is so
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85288
85289
>>85287
From a distance, Brie tries to observe what the guards do
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85289
85293
>>85288
A pair of them set off in the automobile
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85290
85292 85294
>>85287
Well, here's hoping the dog doesn't try to kill Silver.
Silver takes a look at the closet Ash was trying to open, to see how the door opens and what kind of lock it uses.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85291
85296
>>85285
If this goes to shit because of you, I'll be severly dissapointed.
Specially since Iron was going for some grub when you decided to act dumb and they will be forced to kill if blows are exchanged unless they severly handicap themselves.

Also stop metagaming so explicitly, my guy
>>85287
Remember to make Iron pick up distant sirens when the firefighters come.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85292
85297
>>85290
It opens outwards. The lock is internal to the door, evidently with a key
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85293
85295
>>85289
Who stays?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85294
>>85290
Hit the door already.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85295
>>85293
The individual in the booth. Essentially, the guys who had been in the automobile much earlier got back in it, while the guy at the gate remains
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85296
85300
>>85291
Its not meta, Brie is listening to the voices in his head
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85297
85298
>>85292
A plan starts to formulate in his head.
>>85281
"Ash, do you mind trying to get dog away from here, or make it so he can not hear what I am about to do?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85298
85299 85301 85303
>>85297
"Just stick it in quickly and jam it open." She says
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85299
85304
>>85298
He looks confused at her. "...Stick what in where, exactly?"
Q3rvX
?
No.85300
85307
[1d20+11 = 14]
>>85296
Stealth approach the booth guard
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85301
85303 85310
1DB184A6-06C0-4192-B2D9-94556D72623B.gif
>>85298
>just stick it in quickly
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85302
85306
Okay, we need to find this foal NOW. Before the authorities get here.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85303
_phrasing-quote-1.jpg
>>85298
>>85301

Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85304
85309 85310
>>85299
"Stick the sword into the doorframe, and pry it open." She says, a little frustrated
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85305
... maybe more bonuses cuz dark?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85306
85308
>>85302
I sure hope Brie knows what the fuck he's doing.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85307
85318
>>85300
As the guy is inside a booth with walls on two sides...
“Hello again. We sent the other two to see the address so we know where to send the firefighters”
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85308
>>85306
I don't think he does, but my mission just got a few hours loppoed off of its time limit...
HmTsy
?
No.85309
85311 85312 85313 85315
[1d20+2 = 4]
>>85304
He sighs. "Right..."

Strength: Silver unsheathes his greatsword, and sticks it into the doorframe, trying to use it like a prybar.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85310
85315 85318
>>85301
>>85304
Dark Star and spark make their way over to the pool house
and is the house brie set on fire the same one we just came out of?
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85311
>>85309
Well, fuck you too.
Olbcm
?
No.85312
85313 85314 85315 85316
[1d20+1 = 20]
>>85309
"Let me try."
Sister Ash makes a check using her telekinesis.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85313
>>85309
Palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on my sweater already. Mom's spaghetti.
>>85312
Mare power at it again.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85314
>>85312
Well, fuck you again, dice.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85315
85316 85317 85319 85320 85328
>>85309
The thing bounces

>>85310
Yes. Yes it is.

>>85312
Welp, the breaks the lock the fuck out
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85316
>>85312
>>85315
Silver stares in silent confusion and awe. "...Well, it turns out you did not need my help in first place." He sheathes his sword again.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85317
85329
>>85315
Sister Ash sticks her head into the chamber with her lightrock and peers inside.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85318
85329
>>85310
The one you just came out of
>>85307
If the guard goes for the phone, would he be able to see Brie approach?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85319
>>85315
I'll suppose the afternoon meal is cancelled for now, seeing that Brie is currently doing some stupid shit. Here's hoping the waitress was a changeling to bond with
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85320
85321 85325 85329
>>85315
"Son OF A DIAMOND DOG."
Dark Star goes back over to the window and calls the pupper over to the window
"Boy The house is on fire come with me."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85321
85323 85325
>>85320
Is there a fire extinguisher?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85322
Wait, has anyone seen the fire yet?
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85323
85326
>>85321
None that i saw
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85325
85327
>>85320
>>85321
Silver hears Star's shout from the poolhouse. "...Did you hear that, Ash?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85326
85330
>>85323
We have to do something about that smoke before anypony sees it.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85327
85328
>>85325
"No." She replies,her head stuck in the closet
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85328
>>85327
>>85315
Silver heads for one of the poolhouse windows to see what the commotion is about.
Anonymous
gLUIJ
?
No.85329
85331 85332 85333
>>85317
More wine bottles. Some cans of food

>>85318
The phone is within reach of the guard, and presumably he is looking out through the door of the booth waiting for the other two to return with the address

>>85320
>”FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85330
>>85326
I dont have any spells for this. or any way to put it out. i should really fucking invest in a fire extinguisher if you firebugsbats are going to keep burning shit.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85331
85332 85357
>>85329
"Calm Down boy, come here you'll be ok."
Dark Star reaches his hooves inside to grab the doggo
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85332
85334 85340
>>85329
>Nothing in the closet
Are there any other possible signs of where a child could be hidden? Any unusual smells?

Also can she see the fire?
>>85331
Don't forget the pet tarantula. He's in there too.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85333
85340
>>85329
"I'm gonna go and see if there's anyone that needs help."
He stashes the bottle (the one he and the guard were drinking from) as near as he can to the booth without being obvious, and then runs toward the house.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85334
85335
>>85332
i dont think Star saw it
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85335
85336
>>85334
Poor little guy...
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85336
85337 85338
>>85335
unless silver says something about him,he is gonna get roasted
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85337
>>85336
Poor spooder
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85338
85339
>>85336
I think you guys are seriously overestimating the size of the fire, and underestimating the responsiveness of the fire department
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85339
85340
>>85338
Fire departments arrive in minutes, and we still haven't found our foal.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85340
85341 85344 85357
BACK

>>85333
Alright, it is so

>>85332
She is looking the opposite direction of the fire, and also I have it on the opposite side of the house. She could look more closely, but it appears to be a sort of pantry

>>85339
foals
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85341
85342
>>85340
Go in the house
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85342
85343
>>85341
May I ask whether he only runs (versus flying up 30 feet over houses) and whether he tries to enter from the ground level or the window on the roof?
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85343
85345
>>85342
Flies, since you're giving me a chance to amend, and ground level.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85344
85345
>>85340
Gosh darn it...!

Sister Ash ramsacks for a bit more before she looks for anywhere else the foal could be.

By now, what places haven't been searched?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85345
85346 85347
>>85343
He can fly over a set of houses, and thus arrive before the car drives by the house. On the way over he thinks he sees ponies by the pool house in the back, but no obvious lights on. The front door to the house is locked

>>85344
Well, she hasn't done a search roll on the pantry
Olbcm
?
No.85346
85348 85349 85351
[1d20+5 = 11]
[1d20+5 = 14]
>>85345
Rolling Search for both her and Caleb
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85347
85349
>>85345
He decides to see what the ponies by the pool-house are about
HmTsy
?
No.85348
85349
[1d20-1 = -9]
>>85346
Search: Silver tries to help Ash search.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85349
85350 85351 85355
>>85347
It looks like there are no lights on over there. There seems to be at least three of them inside of there, with two dogs that are not barking

>>85346
>>85348
It looks as if there is a very large movable cover on the floor of the pantry, covering almost the entire floor. Would you believe that it is locked?
Olbcm
?
No.85350
85352
[1d20+1 = 18]
>>85349
Rolling to pry it open like before
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85351
85352 85353
>>85349
>>85346
"Think you can work your lock-breaking magic again, Ash?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85352
85354 85356
>>85350
>>85351
The prying is able to cause the part of the cover that attaches to the lock to break off. Moving it aside reveals a stair case going down, away from the house. Wooden steps
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85353
85356
>>85351
*Grunts*
"I'm trying..!"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85354
85356 85358
>>85352
Sister Ash proceeds down the stairs with the light orb levitated ahead of her.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85355
85358
>>85349
Brie picks a dark corner nearby to keep an eye on the scene.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85356
85358
>>85352
>>85353
>>85354
"Nice work, Sister Ash!" Silver follows, keeping his horn lit to provide additional light.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85357
85358
>>85331
>>85340

Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85358
85360 85361 85368
>>85355
In the front yard, the car approaches, and slows down for a short moment

>>85357
Doggy is grabbed

>>85356
>>85354
What they see when they enter is a room with green painted walls probably at least 20 feet by 20 feet. There is a matress on the ground, and several chairs. A couch. A film projector and a screen.. An open door to what appears to be a small bathroom. A small pile of papers over by a chair in the corner. A closed door at the other side of the room
ash6l
?
No.85359
[1d2 = 2]

Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85360
85362 85363
>>85358
Silver looks at the scene more closely, not very enthused about any of it. "Well, this explains how he made film..." He goes for the door, trying to open it.
Olbcm
?
No.85361
85363
[1d20+1 = 13]
>>85358
Not seeing any children, Sister Ash makes a b-line towards the closed door.
Then she tries it open, because i'm pretty sure it's locked.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85362
85366
>>85360
Sister Ash looks a bit agitated.
"Let's just find what we're looking for and leave."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85363
85364 85366
>>85360
The door - would you be surprised - is locked. Forgot to mention a refrigerator in the room

>>85361
Smart cookie. Close, but not quite
Olbcm
?
No.85364
85365
[1d20+1 = 17]
>>85363
She doesn't give up.
Try again
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85365
85367
>>85364
Lock breaks
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85366
85374
>>85363
Might as well try, you know.
>>85362
"With what else we have found? I already have very bad feeling about what took place down here."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85367
85374
>>85365
Sister Ash hurls the door aside and looks into the room.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85368
85369 85370
>>85358
Dark Star ushers himself and Spark Towards the pool house
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85369
85370
>>85368
Is ushered. Apparently.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85370
85371 85372
>>85368
>>85369
Pls try to put out this fire before the cops arrive...
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85371
85373
>>85370
Only got fire magic. Sorry.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85372
85373
>>85370
i dont know what you want me to do dude, i dont have anything to put it out with.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85373
>>85371
>>85372
Darn it.
I can put it out with Create Water, but my character isn't there.
>Nervousness intensifies
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85374
85375 85376 85377 85379 85382
>>85366
>>85367
"HISS!"

The room smells... unpleasant

Another room, smaller. Unlike every single other room they have been in, this room has a light on in it. To the left periphery is a bed, and past that is a lamp that is on. On the far end is a bed. On that one bed, is not one, but two foals. Both have thick collars with thick leather chains around them, attached to the wall where their is a sturdy metal base.

One is a light green unicorn. Colt, younger, blank flank. Blue eyes cast a very deep sense of despair and sadness, looking towards the door, as his ears droop and he lay on the bed, head close to it. The second foal is a white earth pony colt, also young and a blank flank. He sits up close to the wall, back against it. He does not make eye contact with those entering the room, although he is clearly aware of them. His drooped ears and cowering appearance suggests a sense of intense dread. In the center of the room, on the far side, is a veil that hangs between the left half where the foals are, and the right half of the room. It must serve to keep what exists on each side from having constant line of sight with what is on the other

On the right side of the room, on the side opposite the entrance, are two cages, each not very large. Inside of each are creatures that probably neither Ash nor Dark Star (or even Spark, if he be present) have ever seen in this form alive. Two small undisguised Changelings. At least that must be what they are. They are black with coats more chitinous than furry, big blue eyes with no whites or very distinct pupils, severed tubular ears, translucent green barrels, dragonfly-like wings with green sheaths, and giant holes in their legs. Both of them are drones. They are too small to be adults. They must be in some formative stage of development - that race's equivalence of pre-adolescence. Both are also fitted with leather collars, though these attach to their cages.

One of them hisses at the creatures in the doorway, and its hiss is the one and only sign of a resisting will in the room, as is bares its fangs at the intruders and lowers its tube-like ears. Even it does not come as close as its leash or cage will allow. The other is quiet, and stays at the back of its cage. It too seems to convey a sort of fear in the way it cowers towards the back of its cage
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85375
85377 85378 85379
>>85374
Dark Star quickly takes pictures of the scene

Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85376
85378
>>85374
"Hush, we are here to free you young ones."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85377
85379 85380 85381 85382
>>85374
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this is all too much to handle quietly before the freaking cops show up!

Sister Ash is taken aback, but remains steadfast. The approaches the nearest foal and removes his collar.
"Are you alright..?" She asks in a soft voice, despite the fact that he obviously isn't
"Can you walk?" She asks
>>85375
When did he get here?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85378
85380
>>85375
Quite picturesque, indeed

"HISS!"

>>85376
No creature responds, although the changeling on the far right hisses at the flash photography
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85379
>>85375
If Dark Star is there, then so would Spark.
>>85374
>>85377
I go help ash and calm down the foals.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85380
85384
>>85377
He was heading to the pool house
>>85378
Dark Star turns around so where he is standing in the stair well and takes a picture of the house
Snap
he turns back around to the foals and walks over to the white earth pony "im gonna get you outta here, the bad pony wont hurt you anymore."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85381
85383
>>85377
No pony responds, all remain cowing in fear save the one changeling. The green unicorn seems to stare far past Ash and Dark Star
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85382
85384
>>85374
"...Oh, sweet Celestia..." Silver looks between the foals and the drones. A desire to see Comte burn in Tartarus slowly rises to the surface.
>>85377
Seeing Ash take care of the foals, Silver slowly attempts to approach the drones. He hasn't had many good encounters with changelings, but this...no one, pony or changeling, should have to be in a position like this. His voice assumes a natural paternal tone, trying to sound calming to the drones. "Young ones...are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85383
85385
Holy shit. Can anypony do something to stop the Safety Squads from showing up?
Wtf are we supposed to do in this time? Reeeeeee.
I'm probably going to need a long time to get these foals ready for transportation, and a bit to plan how to sneak them all out.
>>85381
Sister Ash proceeds to remove all of their collars.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85384
85387 85390
>>85380
The Earthpony lets out a whimper, and his right ear twitches, but he does not respond

>>85382
The right Changeling charges his cage and hisses
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85385
85386 85388
>>85383
You probably got like 4 minutes or so probably maybe

>>85383
Now how is she going to do that? They are clearly made to not be easily removed by telekinesis
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85386
>>85385
She pulls out her divination blade and attempts to cut through the leather, carefully.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85387
85389
>>85384
He instead turns to the changeling on the left, the one cowering. He takes a closer look at the drone.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85388
85389
>>85385
>4 minutes
That doesn't sound like it's enough.

How far away are we from the orphanage?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85389
85393
>>85387
This one has signs of multiple physical injuries. They don't bruise per se, but the way its body is colored suggests at least beatings, possibly electrocution

>>85388
15 minutes probably
fpzmT
?
No.85390
85391 85392
[1d20+7 = 8]
>>85384
Dark Star pets him non threatnigly
Diplomacy to get him to trust me
"its okay i promise im with the good guys we are here to save you all. we arent going to hurt you."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85391
85394
>>85390
Dammit, Star!
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85392
85394
>>85390
Loud damned whimpering from that foal and the other one. The white earth pony collapses down in fear
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85393
85396
>>85389
"О богини…" Silver turns to both changelings, looking sympathetically at them. His voice continues in its paternal tone. "I promise, to both of you, we will find pony who did this. And he will pay. Now, let us see if we can not get you freed."

Silver takes a look at how the cages open, and if there's something in the room that will let him open them.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85394
85396
_Angry horse sounds.gif
>>85391
>>85392
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
"W-What are you okay?? stay with me."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85395
I'm going to have to sleep soon. This time limit is stressing me out though.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85396
85397 85401 85402
>>85393
Simple locks on each cage

Now, the drone responds and talks to Silver, with an unnatural voice, and nothing less than a deep despair. He is monotone, and stares past the other Changeling
"Das schlechte Pferd hielt uns fest. Es gibt keine Liebe von diesem Pferd. Einfach nur Lust."

He talks aloud to the other:
"Es gibt keinen Grund, Bruder. Unten bleiben."

>>85394
He responds finally
"I don't want to go to the bed" he cries
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85397
85398
>>85396
Sister Ash removes his collar.
"We're leaving. Can you run?" She asks softly
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85398
85400
>>85397
Of the earth pony or the green unicorn?
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85399
"Well this is taking far longer than I had expected,..." Brie Eeeee's to himself.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85400
85411
>>85398
Both of them.
fpzmT
?
No.85401
85411
[1d20+7 = 16]
>>85396
"shhh, shhh its ok. i promise you no one will hurt you. my names dark star. and im here to help you, and the rest of your friends down here. what's your name my friend?"
Dark Star undoes the collar on the white earth pony
Diplomacy
HmTsy
?
No.85402
85411
[1d20+2 = 13]
>>85396
He can not understand the changelings words. But he understands what they mean. "Do not worry, young ones. He is not here right now. I am."

Strength: Silver grabs his railroadmare's hammer, and tries to break the locks on the cages.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85403
85404
How many foals are there here?
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85404
85405 85406
>>85403
@ and the chanlings
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85405
>>85404
*2
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85406
85407
>>85404
If they're blankflsnks, I can probably pick them up.

The Changelings can go fuck themselves. My priorities have shifted now that It on a 4 minute timer.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85407
85409
>>85406
ill carry the earth pony out
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85408
85409 85410 85419
sigh
Brie goes into the pool-house and follows the 'trail' downstairs to the cell rooms.
"You might consider hurrying." He says entering the room.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85409
85410 85414
>>85407
No, you need to gather evidence of these atrocities before the cops show up.
Sister Ash will take these two and try to get back to the orphanage without being seen.
>>85408
"Who's that?"
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85410
85414
>>85408
"Brie! good to see you. what are you doing here?"
>>85409
*Snap*
*snap*
*snap*
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85411
85412 85413 85419
>>85400
The green unicorn cowers, but is submissive enough to obey orders. The white earth pony remains cowering on the bed, and non-responsive

>>85401
"I am... White Orchid" responds the colt, still very afraid

>>85402
The simple lock breaks, allowing the door to open slightly. The other drone is scared by this, and backs down. He stops hissing. The drone in the cage Silver opened, however, won't shut up

"Wir hungern. Das Pferd würde uns dazu bringen, Bilder anzusehen und uns in viele verschiedene junge Pferde zu verwandeln. Seine Freunde würden ihre Sachen in uns stecken und uns berühren. Sie hatten keine Liebe zum Essen, und wenn wir versuchten zu füttern, würden sie uns einen Stromschlag geben"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85412
85416
>>85411
Sister Ash pets him softly with a telekinetic tendril.
"It's going to be alright..." She whispers
"But we have to hurry."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85413
85416
>>85411
"okay well, the nice nun is gonna get you to safety alright? everything is going to be ok now. your nightmare is over. you have to be a tough colt can you do that for me?"
Q3rvX
?
No.85414
85415 85416
[1d20+11 = 14]
>>85409
>>85410
Brie stares at both of them like they're missing something. And without responding gets to work picking any/all of the other locks.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85415
85420
>>85414
Sister Ash stares back for a moment
"... Who.. are you..?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85416
85417 85421
>>85413
"... okay..." he says, very submissively

>>85412
He does not respond, only complies.

>>85414
Only one more lock. The lock on the cage of the changeling that was hissing
Q3rvX
?
No.85417
85418
[1d20+11 = 20]
>>85416
That one then
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85418
85423
>>85417
The door opens right up
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85419
85422 85425
>>85408
Silver doesn't seem to hear him, or doesn't care much about it.

>>85411
Silver understands this much, as well. "They did not let you feed. You are hungry..." He thinks for a moment. "Here, if you still can feed..."

He brings a memory to mind. A loving memory, of him and Storm and their foals together. Storm and Silver, sitting together on the front porch of their cabin out near Manehattan, watching as their foals play out in the front yard. He remembers the joy from watching his offspring try to tag each other, the worry when one of them faceplants into the dirt, the relief when they get back up, smiling and laughing. But most of all, the love from just being there, and being able to enjoy being with his loving family in such a beautiful yet simple moment like that.

He is unsure how much love the changelings can get from this small memory, but he hopes it's enough to get them going.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85420
>>85415
"... he helped us at the docks. we met him at the tavern remember? it doesnt matter. get them out of here NOW."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85421
85422 85425
>>85416
Sister Ash picks them both up and places them on her back.
Then she turns to leave.

"I'll let the two of you take care if this for now.," She says, as she leaves through the threshold
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85422
85424
>>85419
"silver do you know what i- he is saying?"
>>85421
"Go!"
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85423
85425
>>85418
Brie says to the hissy changeling. "Guten tag. Wir gehen aus."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85424
>>85422
She leaves
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85425
85426 85427 85428 85429
>>85419
The small and deformed bee pony rises to its hole-filled feet, and seems actually happy
"Kann ich mich von dir ernähren? Danke vielmals!"
There is still the leather restraint tying it down, but it moves forward as close as it can get to Silver, at the very end of its leash. It then opens its mouth, exposing its small fangs and thin tounge, and bites, as if it found something in the air. A green and purple energy is even visible flowing from the air to the small drone

Roll a fortitude save

>>85423
It seems a bit confused. Note that it is still restrained by a leather bind

>>85421
Small foals, but strength check anyways
Olbcm
?
No.85426
85430
[1d20+1 = 16]
>>85425
Rolling with telekinesis.
HmTsy
?
No.85427
85430
[1d20+8 = 23]
>>85425

Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85428
85430
>>85425
As in needing to be cut, or undone? I thought for certain that was Germane he spoke
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85429
85430
>>85425
Dark Star walks over to the cages and thinks bout how much he loves blue
yea hes giving some of it to the most malnourished one.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85430
85431 85432 85433 85440
>>85426
Good enough

>>85427
As it draws away magic from the Silver, he feels different at first, it is a lack of happiness. A lack of joy. The memory loses its color, going from color to black and white. He feels his body become suddenly cold, almost violently cold. The same as he felt after raising his wet fur into the winter air after jumping into the pool. It is as if the very will to live is slowly being drained from him, and he is slowly feeling the despair that the foals on the other side of the veil feel right now. But Silver is not there yet, as his magic is strong and he holds steady. The little vampire wants more

>>85428
Yes, cut or undone
All of the foals are non-responsive at first

>>85429
The one on the left is sucking from Silver. the one on the right, near Brie, could use some love
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85431
85436
>>85430
he walks over to that one
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85432
>>85430
Wait, are there any more foals in the room?

If not, she leaves the way she came, and gets ready to to flee the scene as fast as she can.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85433
85434 85445
>>85430
Brie begins undoing them in sequence, starting with the pissy one.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85434
85435
>>85433
"Can you talk to them?"
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85435
85437
>>85434
"Apparently not. I thought I caught a few of the words they were speaking, but it might be a different dialect of Scandaneighvian. Oh well, they'll figure it out."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85436
85438
>>85431
The Drone stays in the back of his cage for a moment. Unlike his companion, he is not talkative, and says nothing to Dark Star. But Brie has undone both the lock and his restraint. He bolts out of his cage, and lunges at the air itself in front of Dark Star - bypassing the physically closer Brie in the process. It pulls a green and purple energy from Dark Star, and towards its open mouth.

Roll a fortitude save
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85437
>>85435
"Buck, i was gonna get you to ask it about a blonde haied changling."
fpzmT
?
No.85438
85445
[1d20+4 = 9]
>>85436

Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85440
85441 85444 85445 85602
>>85430
He pushes onwards, a singular goal of making sure these changelings get out of here in his mind. He opens the cage and levitates a small, simple survival knife out of his bags. He uses it to cut the restraints off of the changeling. His voice still retains the paternal tone he used. "...this feeling...it is draining..." He looks at the changeling, bringing another memory to mind, for its sake. Him and Storm, out in a field. He looks deep into her yellow eyes. She offers to show him a trick. And suddenly, she takes off, soaring through the air. He sees her zoom across the sky, doing twists and twirls in the air for him, a trail of lightning following her. Suddenly, she makes a sudden turn in midair, right next to the air. A bolt of lightning appears to blow up a nearby cloud, creating possibly the most beautiful rainbow he has ever seen.

He is unsure how much more he can go on, or how much damage this will do to him, but he will push on, if it means he can get these two out of here.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85441
>>85440
*right next to a cloud.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85442
Why'd you guys take them out of the cage ffs? You could have just taken the cages with you.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85443
85446
Sister Ash leaves the building, and then promptly leaves the community.
She proceeds towards the orphanage in a hurry.

It's nightfall by now, right?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85444
85446
>>85440
Spark stares at this scene, more than a little disturbed.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85445
85448 85450 85454
just_a_taste_by_misteraibo-dayn7sg.gif
>>85438
When it first sinks into him, Dark Star feels cold. Perhaps the last time he felt significantly cold was waking up, naked and no cover on, alone in Blue Skies' bed in the Grand Baltimare Hotel. They must have neglected to keep the heat on. But this is not the same as simply awaking in a cold room. This is true cold, with almost a fear behind it. His euphoric warmth for Blue Skies... starts to drain and to fade. Even the image in his mind seems to fade. Not so much fade as drain of all color. All happiness starts to fade, all joy. Then a feeling of the very will for life itself slowly fading away. He starts feeling tired. Hopeless

Dark Star collapses to the floor. The drone automatically stops extracting

>>85440
The vampire's eyes glow. It looks as if Silver has brought joy to this insect as it draws away his memories, his magic - his life essence.

Roll one more fortitude save

>>85433
Did you cut the restraint on the one eating Silver?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85446
85447 85449
>>85443
Oh dear. Now how is she going to leave the community? Remember, it is walled

>>85444
The drone - the one that was hissing earlier - is still hungry after causing Dark Star to collapse to the floor
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85447
85457
>>85446
How did she get in in the first place? (I was asleep)

I thought she'd leave the way she came.
HmTsy
?
No.85448
85457
[1d20+8 = 15]
>>85445

Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85449
85457
>>85446
I glare at the changeling.
"You stay put."
I then drag Dark Star away from it and guard the door so they don't blast out and become the next quest.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85450
85451 85452 85457
>>85445
"this..is what empathy gets you.... i told her emotions were a weak...ness"
Dark Star pulls out his revolver and aims it at his temple
"N...o ho....pe"
j8D17
?
No.85451
85453
[1d20 = 16]
>>85450
I quick yank the gun away from Dark Star.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85452
85455
>>85450
Pull the trigger, pussy
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85453
>>85451
Forgot -1
Q3rvX
?
No.85454
85457
[1d20+3 = 4]
>>85445
Brie sighs and grapples the loose changeling.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85455
85456
>>85452
ill fukken do it scale back
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85456
>>85455
No u wouldn't. Ur 2 pussy
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85457
85459 85460 85461 85471
>>85447
A hole in the fencing some hundreds of feet away from the gate

>>85448
The pegasi still twists and twirls across the skies of Silver's mind... but it's getting harder to focus. Harder to concentrate. The images in his mind bleed color, then become like static, then he can scarcely think at all. There is this sort of feeling of a lack of purpose. A lack of hope. Like Storm is forever lost. But Silver remains standing, he remains awake, and though he definitely has less energy, he's defintely felt worse

Silver's little incubus friend, for his part, voluntarily stops. It would not be fair to say that he is 'sated.' The hunger is still visible in his eyes. But what is fair to say, is that the desperation is gone, He is no longer like a child fallen through a frozen lake, trapped under ice and desperate for air. He looks... grateful

"Vielen Dank!"

But he has one more request, looking over to the other changeling that has just knocked Brie on the ground

"Könnten Sie meinen Bruder füttern?"

>>85454
he falls to the ground, prone

>>85450
He is weak. He is not suicidal yet. That would require even more

>>85449
>Block the open doorway
Very good answer
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85459
85463
>>85457
She goes for the hole, Caleb beside her.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85460
85462 85463
>>85457
"Bl...ue"
Q3rvX
?
No.85461
85463 85466 85471
[1d20+3 = 15]
>>85457
Eeeeeeeing internally, Brie gets up and tries again as fast as possible.

Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85462
85464
>>85460
"You will see her soon. Just hold on my friend."

ash6l
?
No.85463
85464 85465
[1d20-1 = -7]
>>85461
Opposed

>>85460
He can see her, the color blinking in and out. The image in his mind gives him that smile

>>85459
The white Earth pony foal -White Orchid - either falls off, or jumps off
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85464
85466 85467
>>85462
>>85463
"there she is...everything is so du....ll."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85465
85466
>>85463
She stops and catches him with her telekinesis.
"Are you alright?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85466
85468 85470 85471 85472
>>85465
Strength check
"Let me go!"

>>85461
Brie captures the insect, who tries to flap his wings and buzz away, but fails

>>85464
He feels weak. Is he ready to try to feed the drone again?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85467
85470
>>85464
"Focus on her. She loves you. She needs you. You need to go to her."
Olbcm
?
No.85468
85469
[1d20+5 = 12]
>>85466
Sister Ash seems confused
"..Do you... Want to go back..?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85469
85473
>>85468
He doesn't respond. for a moment. Then he tears up
"I want to go back to mom"

Probably captured
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85470
85476
>>85466
totally
>>85467
dark Star is reaching his hooves out forward
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85471
85474 85476
>>85457
Silver focuses on the joy in the changeling's eyes. Even with himself feeling hopeless, even with the joy having been sucked from his life, he managed to help this changeling when they were in need. It's a calling he has strived for his entire life, helping those in need, and it fills him with a renewed sense of joy, of purpose, in his heart. Even when all around him goes dark, when he himself is joyless, he can still give joy to others, still give light to those who do not have it.

He looks at the changeling as best as he can. It's clear he's having difficulty focusing, but there's resolve in his eyes, now, that wasn't there before. "...You...you want me to feed him...I...I will try..."

>>85461
>>85466
Silver turns to Brie and the changeling he's grappling with. His legs are shaking, but he stays strong. "...Let...him go."
Q3rvX
?
No.85472
85476
[1d20 = 19]
>>85466
He attempts to pick up the bug.
Olbcm
?
No.85473
85476
[1d20+5 = 21]
>>85469
"What's your mother's name? I could take you there." She asks, still moving towards the exit
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85474
85475 85478 85481
>>85471
"Yes, yes, we'll get to that." He then proceeds to exit the underground post haste.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85475
85476
>>85474
Did he take the changeling with him, or did he leave the changeling behind?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85476
85477 85478 85479 85607
>>85472
Bug is still picked up. that doesn't stop him from Vampirizing off of Dark Star and Silver

>>85470
>>85471
Roll fortitude saves

>>85475
I think he's taking the changeling with him, but I am still going to let it parasitize the ponies

>>85473
".... Rose Glass"
HmTsy
?
No.85477
85481
[1d20+8 = 10]
>>85476
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85478
85482
>>85474
>>85476
Darn bat ponies phasing through ponies in their way.
Olbcm
?
No.85479
85480
[1d20+5 = 13]
>>85476
"Very well. I'll do what I can to find a her."
She offers her hoof
"Can you trust me for now?" She asks, pleadingly
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85480
>>85479
Didn't mean to roll
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85481
85483
>>85474
Oh yeah, Shimmer is at the exit

>>85477
The image goes from black and white to static. He can feel the great church of Saint Petershoof destroyed. He can feel Storm Warning killed before his very eyes. He can feel the thousand year empire of Hamrony destroyed. These are not thoughts called to mind nor images nor memories... They are feelings. It were as if every other feeling he had. Every other positive thought and memory has been pulled away. Vacuumed, if you will, leaving behind only the unpleasant, the evil, and the despairing. He now feels weak, and collapses.

"Es tut mir so leid" says his little incubus friend. As he falls down, he can tell that both changelings had been feeding on him at that moment, the changeling he sought to help and the changeling he thought had taken enough
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85482
85485
sigh
>>85478
"I don't suppose I could squeek by?" somewhere in the background there's a drum tap.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85483
85486
>>85481
Seriously, GM? Can't even leave it on a good note?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85484
85487 85490
I'm about to pass out soon, willingly or not.

Is Sister Ash able to make it back to the orphanage?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85485
85492
>>85482
"You are about to carry a changeling outside, where it can fly away and do Celestia knows what. No, not until we secure them. Help me get the others up."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85486
85488
>>85483
Which part?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85487
>>85484
It's 3:00 AM
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85488
85489 85490
>>85486
You know exactly what part I'm talking about. I'm actually a little pissed off that's the direction you took with it.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85489
85493
>>85488
I think he made the direction it went based on the outcome of your roll.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85490
85491
>>85484
Eventually, yes. Just keep the foals tight

>>85488
Honestly, I may have to rewrite the scene if Dark Star never offers to feed the second changeling
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85491
>>85490
Sure thing.

Night, Anons.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85492
85494 85495 85496
>>85485
"Luna no, I'm going to go get caught with it."
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85493
85495 85496
>>85489
That is no excuse, and you know it.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85494
85495 85498
>>85492
"I'd wager the authorities are going to be far more worried about a changeling or two, and he emphasizes aggressively since we're all just bystanders responding for calls for help because of the fire, we should have an easy time explaining why we're here."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85495
85498
>>85492
"Then for certain you are not leaving with it. The public unrest alone will be enormous, not to mention blowing any cover we might have in this town."
>>85493
Actually it is an excuse and you should know it. I have done my fair share of complaining to the GM about how he has handled my character. At the end of the day, it is his story being played out. You have to adapt to it as we go. It may be fucking irritating as all hell, but it makes the whole story a bit more interesting.
>>85494
"You aren't going to risk the city with on of those things. Get the others up and then we will talk."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85496
85501
>>85492
"Ist ein Wechselbalg!" interjects Silver's incubus friend

>>85493
Alright, first off, when you wrote that thing about silver still feeling warm and fuzzy for helping the changeling - those emotions are blood in the water for hungry sharks. I though that both Dark Star and Silver would be feeding the second changeling, which was actually more than was necessary, so I decided to say 'you cut your palm in front of the hungry vampire and the logical happened,' so the first one was feeding too. I had intended to write that the first one looked apologetic, and if you translate the German, he is saying something like "I am so very sorry"
Q3rvX
?
No.85497
85499 85500
[1d20 = 9]
Attempting to overrun SS
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85498
>>85495
>>85494
Changeling? What Changeling? Brie is holing a Blue unicorn foal.
j8D17
?
No.85499
85500
[1d20-1 = -5]
>>85497
Opposed
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85500
85505 85523
>>85499
>>85497
Brie, unicorn foal in hoof, manages to knock over Spark and escape the room
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85501
85502 85503 85505
>>85496
I know you tried to make him seem apologetic, but that doesn't change the fact that you made him do it in the first place, and that you could have more than easily decided to actually make us care a little for the changelings.

I would also argue that Star is in no better shape now to feed a changeling than he was after the changeling fed the first time, but that's besides the point.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85502
85504
>>85501
What are you talking about? This is the most sympathetic I have seen the changelings outside of bad fanfics and the skittlebugs. So the bug couldn't fight off the temptation to get more food? I don't see the major problem here.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85503
85504
>>85501
If Changelings are too nice, then it just makes everyone who doesn't trust them look like racist assholes who are flat out wrong and nothing more. But if the poor little bee couldn't help himself after being starved for so long... Have some understanding and some patience. It's not an adult and shouldn't be expected to have the same level of self-control. Also Dark Star has vanished, so yes, that scene will probably need to be rewritten anyways
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85504
85506 85508
>>85502
>>85503
The first good thing Silver does after the GM expresses his disappointment at him stealing a couple pieces of jewelry, and he gets betrayed for it, because he decided to put aside his own prejudices and help out members of a species he fought against in the Great War, and that everypony and their mother says can't be trusted, and he did this just because he saw those in need and saw how he could help, even if it hurt him. I don't care what excuses you have, it doesn't change what it is: Silver is getting punished for performing a good deed.

I'm gonna go cool off for a bit. I'm fucking pissed.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85505
>>85500
The sorcerer is knocked over by the extremely foolish bat. I grumble at this and swear under my breath how he will wind up getting somepony killed because of this.
>>85501
"Damn it, Silver! Can you hear me? Can you move?"
I get up and go over to silver and drag him away from the changeling.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85506
>>85504
Ok man. But if you think about it, that's life. You don't automatically get rewards for good deeds. You can get rewarded later on, but you can't expect all the things you do that are good to rake in profits with the snap of your fingers. But take a little break if you need to.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85507
I will take this opportunity to remind that Brie >7 Wis
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85508
85511
>>85504
1. Fuck you
2. Go fuck yourself
3. Did you watch the show? In the episode where they try to redeem changelings and show them as not really an Always Chaotic Evil race, one of them does exactly what just fucking happened here. Thorax is nice to Spike, and is just fine around ponies in his disguise as he is brought along as Spike's friend... and then he passes by the love emanating from Flurry Heart. He couldn't control himself, he lost over to instinct, and even let down his disguise, causing himself to get caught. And the first thing he does after that is hiss and behave like a monster. All of this after he had been so nice to spike, and because he lost control over his instinct to look for love. Actually, when we first meet Thorax, the first thing he does is hiss at spike. This drone has not done even that. The other drone hissed at Silver, this one cowered in the corner because he's been fucking traumatized by being used as a sex toy, being electrocuted, and being starved for a month or however long. This changeling, thus far, has been nicer to Silver than Thorax was. The fucking pony show did exactly what you are bitching about, and they still went the "Changelings are actually super good" route, even changing their biology
4. Have you ever stopped to consider that maybe, just maybe, the reason that everypony and their mother says that Changelings can't be trusted is because they fucking can't. Maybe, just maybe, the millennia of wisdom that teaches that changelings cannot be trusted has a basis in reality. Not every bit of dislike of Changelings needs to be nothing but "Hate, Fear, and Xenophobia." Changelings are not 'Muslims in America' or 'Black People in America" or whatever oppressed minorities. People who do not trust them actually have some reason to do so. Maybe, just maybe, not all good deeds are rewarded. Maybe that old adage of the farmer and the viper wasn't just a racist xenophobic homophobic transphobic sexist white male being oppressive. Maybe good payed unto evil is wasted.
5. For the fourth fucking time, the only reason I wrote that scene like that is because we didn't need two ponies for only one drone. If I had known Dark Star would die after that, I wouldn't have written it that way
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85509
85510
Cooled down a bit, had something to eat, realized I was being unreasonable. Apologies, everyone. Just been in a generally pissy mood today and it rubbed me the wrong the way, and I acted like an ass because of it.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85510
>>85509
It's ok Silver's player. We all have our moments like that. You may want to apologize to the GM especially. He has been having it tough with all of our complaints.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85511
85512
>>85508
Sorry for giving you shit, GM. I should have taken a step back and thought more on it, but I didn't and acted like a fool because of it. I know it's hard putting up with us, and it's mostly thankless work, but I am genuinely grateful you do so.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85512
85513
download.jpg
>>85511
I don't know, I just don't like it when I am looking forward to a scene, and then it seems to come together and materialize... and then it doesn't, and fails
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85513
85514
>>85512
No, it worked, it's just me making a mess of things, as per usual. It was a great scene, I'm just sorry I ruined it for you by being a stupid boi.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85514
85515
1229773__safe_screencap_thorax_the times they are a changeling_changeling_sad_solo.png
>>85513
I don't know, I just hope it can continue and end well
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85515
85516 85517
>>85514
It will, provided we can GTFO from the scene before the authorities Brie called on us arrive.
What is it with our missions and fire?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85516
85518
>>85515
We should be well know enough to call ourselves the Firefront Gang now.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85517
85518 85519
>>85515
The good news: the three foals have been removed from the basement

The bad news: time is damned low, and all three characters in the basement have been knocked down on the ground, two of them with negative levels
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85518
>>85516
Nah. We're the Firefighters.
>>85517
If they can get away, I imagine they could try to go to a religious institution to remove the levels, or see a hospital since I imagine they've had to deal with these sorts of cases before, so I'm not too worried about the negative levels in and of themselves. It's just a question of if they can get away.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85519
85520 85563
>>85517
Before I head to bed (as I assume you have already done so), I'm gonna ask a question for you when you get back to the thread tomorrow: where exactly could changeling-inflicted negative levels be cured at?

Anyways, off to bed with me.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85520
85521
>>85519
If negative levels are something akin to succubi kiss. The negative level damage will dissappear after a good night's sleep. I don't think there is another way to do so.
Fuck, Iron wishes he were there.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85521
85522
>>85520
>tfw can't sleep
As far as I've read? They require a spell like Restoration to be dispelled. If it doesn't get cured within 24 hours, we have to make a Fortitude save to avoid losing a level. Could be the GM has made special rules for negative levels inflicted by changelings, in which case it's whatever he says, but if it's just from the SRD, then we need to find a pony who can cast the spell.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85522
>>85521
Taken from http://dungeons.wikia.com/wiki/SRD:Energy_Drain,_Negative_Levels,_and_Level_Loss
"Negative levels remain until 24 hours have passed or until they are removed with a spell, such as restoration. If a negative level is not removed before 24 hours have passed, the affected creature must attempt a fortitude save... On a success, the negative level goes away with no harm to the creature. On a failure, the negative level goes away, but the creature's level is also reduced by one."
In other words, you can just wait it out and roll a fortitude save to dispel negative levels but there's a chance that it will drain one level from you. So, you better use restoration on Silver, since he seems to have terrible rolls as of late. Iron should have smaller problems with it. Here's hoping that endurance can help with energy drain.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85523
85524
>>85500
>unicorn foal in hoof
Motherfucker. Did I miss one?!
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85524
85525 85531
>>85523
Funny thing, apparently the changelings are smart enough to realize that we're getting them out of there and are putting on a disguise that prevents further scrutiny.
I'm rather starting to like them.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85525
85526
>>85524
*Gasp* GM was replaced with changeling!
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85526
85527
>>85525
What if I told you that GM has always been a changeling?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85527
85528
>>85526
N-no. Inconceivable! Y-you're lying, aren't you? Tell me it's not the truth.
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85528
85529
>>85527
Of course not, thats absurd
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85529
85530
>>85528
I-I can't trust you. You are lying to me! I know you are. Liar! All you do is lie! Why should I trust you?!
Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85530
>>85529
Whoever said you should?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85531
85532 85533
>>85524
Just don't let it get away.
It'll be hard to find again if you lose it.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85532
85533 85546
Small update. I'll be unavailable for a long time, maybe 5 to 6 hours, maybe 9 maximum. If you had something planned for Iron, let it wait until I come back.
>>85531
[spiiler]Listen to Ash. I want to snuggle the bug.

Anonymous
Q3rvX
?
No.85533
85534 85535
>>85531
TBH, I hadn't expected it to adopt a disguise, that makes GTFO alot easier. But no, I'm not going to let it get away.
>>85532
Where's Chris Hanson when you need him?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85534
>>85533
I never said which bug it was. R00d.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85535
85537
>>85533
What did you intend to do with it?
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85537
85538 85539
>>85535
That depends on what happens if/when we can develop an effective method of communication. A pair of changelings might make for some right and proper burglars.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85538
85540
>>85537
So.. you're going to keep them..?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85539
85540
>>85537
>Not trying to give back the hatchlings to establish contact with more experienced burglars from a hive.
What good is it for when you cannot feed them properly and don't understand their biology to see if they are well fed?
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85540
85541
>>85538
There are alot of options on the table right now. I really hadn't planned on determining what to do with them until everyone was clear of the property and hopefully back at a/the base.
>>85539
That will also be an option. I'm not taking anything off the table at this point.
We could always ask the other one
Iron OOC
Bz9qX
?
No.85541
85542 85547
>>85540
I'm really looking forward to somewhat peaceful changeling interactions and how will Iron react to it all.
Besides the whole succubus thing
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85542
85544
>>85541
I guess the war has to end somehow.
Iron OOC
Bz9qX
?
No.85544
85548
>>85542
You don't sound so sure
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85545
85546 85547
Alright, I'm trying to understand where, precisely, the characters are.

Iron obviously is at a bar or restaurant. Onyx is MIA. I had Ash have a foal try to escape right before she went through the broken fence, although she caught it and I believe she went through. Dark Star and Silver have both collapsed to the ground inside the basement room. Spark has been knocked on the floor at the entrance door of the same.

Now Brie... Yes, I know he left out of the basement of the pool house carrying a unicorn foal as his prize, but where precisely is he? And how is he doing it?
Iron OOC
Bz9qX
?
No.85546
85554
>>85545
Just the person I was looking for. I am unavailable for quite a long time. Refer to >>85532

Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85547
85554
>>85545
At the time we adjourned, Brie would be exiting the poolhouse and assessing the situation topside.
>>85541
Succubi aren't a problem for sociopathic bats
"Eeeeeeee"

Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85548
85549
>>85544
Tbh, the end of the war seems oddly far-fetcged, from what I understand from this setting.. the world is really big and complicated. Waging Peace was really the character goal I had in mind though.

I still wanna progress things to get to the point where we can free the Show's cast though. For that though, I need levels.
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85549
85550 85552
>>85548
Waging peace a/the-only way of ending the war, but it depends on where Chrissy's head is at,... though freeing 2 kids from 'what was going on down there' is a good start
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85550
85551
>>85549
Eh, I'm starting to wish that Knowledge Geography/History we're a class skill for me.. First I need to figure out how exactly this world works, as well as it's politics/history. It seems to be like five times bigger than the show's world.
Ending a single war is one thing, but future wars can't be prevented unless the countries themselves are remade. Every race needs it's own territory.
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85551
85558
>>85550
I personally have no bones about war or no war, I'm just saying that IF an end to the war is possible, doing the changelings a solid is a good start.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85552
85553 85563
>>85549
Also, from what I've heard, there's not just one Changeling hive, but dozens of them.
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85553
85558 85563
>>85552
I hadn't heard that. That begs all sorts of questions, such as do they all have regional queens/governesses? Are all the leaders female? Are their differences of opinion among the/any leaders, and/or are some of them more reasonable and open to parlay, or are they all pissy like Chrissy?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85554
85555
>>85546
Noted

>>85547
The little colt in Brie's grasp struggles against him
"Hiss!"

Roll opposed Grapple
Q3rvX
?
No.85555
85556 85557
[1d20 = 7]
>>85554
"Eeeeeeeee!" he responds

ash6l
?
No.85556
85557
[1d20-1 = -11]
>>85555
And the foal


Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85557
85561
>>85556
>>85555
The foal falls to the ground, and starts running. With a flash of green light, he changes into a terrier dog
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85558
85562 85564
>>85551
What other objective could the story have other than to free the show's cast and restore Equestria to what it was?
It'd feel weird to just do whatever when all the ponies in the show are imprisoned or dying.
>>85553
Idk. I don't even know what creature Subtype they count as yet (Monstrous Humanoids, Vermin, Fey?), so I can't roll any knowledge checks. If it's not a class skill for me, I have to assume my chart has only common knowledge: checks with a DC of 10. If they were Monstrous Humanoids, Vermin, Magical Beasts, or Fey, I could learn more about them as I gained ranks in knowedge (nature). If they're Abberations, then they'd apply under Dungeoneering, but only Rangers, Wizards and Bards have that skill.
ash6l
?
No.85560
[1d3 = 2]

Brie
Q3rvX
?
No.85561
85564
>>85557
"Oh you little... EEEEEEE!" Full chase
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85562
>>85558
*my character has only common knowledge
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85563
85564 85570
Good to know nothing went on while I was passed out.

So, GM, about >>85519

>>85552
>>85553
The easiest way to think of the Changeling Lands/Changeling Hegemony is to think of the German Empire. It's a single country made up of numerous formerly-independent counties and states. There are many different hives, but they all swear fealty to a single Queen/King. In-game, the only way to stop the Changelings from trying to declare war again is to beat them in a war, and either puppet them or annex them. As New Mareland is fascist like Chrysalis, they'll likely try annexing them if they win. If Equestria is released from New Mareland's occupation as a Harmonist, Communist, or Non-Aligned country, then they'll try puppeting the Hives under the ideology of their choice. In the event of a Harmonist Equestria puppeting the Changeling Lands, Thorax becomes King of the Free Changeling Hives.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85564
85565 85568 85570 86075
>>85561
The Changeling is heading to an area behind the house that has greenery and a small stream - a sort of common area used to separate lots. Brie is faster than the foal, so he may roll opposed grapple

>>85558
If I said "fey" I am sure that would have all sorts of ramifications that are not desirable for gameplay. So think of them as humanoids, maybe like drow elves or something. But realistically speaking, they are a mix of Vampires, Succubi, Irish Changelings fairies, and the Soviet Union in the immediate aftermath of WW2. Closer to soviets in terms of difficulty to find and kill

>>85563
I only spoil things when I am pissed off and there is no other way, or when something is completely over. Figuring out how to do with Changeling vampirism is all a part of the fun
Q3rvX
?
No.85565
85566 85567
[1d20 = 5]
>>85564

ash6l
?
No.85566
85567
[1d20-1 = -4]
>>85565
Opposed
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85567
85569
>>85565
>>85566
Brie has caught the dog. He shall eat well tonight
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85568
>>85564
Well, I guess I'll go with my gut and hope Silver and Star don't lose a level in the process.
Brie
Q3rvX
?
No.85569
85573
>>85567
Since the changeling doesn't seem to speak Ponish, Brie gives him a quick pep talk in Bat.
"Eeeee! E eeee eee'ee eeeeeeee eeeeeee eee eee eee eeee EE eeee eee eee eeee E ee, eee eeee eeee eeee! E'e eee eeeee ee eeee eee, ee EEEEE eee eeeee ee EEEEE eeeee ee'ee ee e eeee eeeeeee eeee!"
Listen! I know you're probably freaked out and you have NO idea who the fuck I am, but calm your tits! I'm not going to hurt you, so PLEASE sit tight at LEAST until we're in a less obvious area!
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85570
85571 85573 85577
>>85563
>the only way to stop the Changelings from trying to declare war again is to beat them in a war
That makes no sense. Changlings are made to infiltrate and interconnect with other groups of creatures. To say that they'd stop being agressive just because you tried to crush them doesn't make sense when you think if how it worked in the show.
>Puppeting
That's not friendship....
Also, wtf is New Mareland, and wtf are they in power? I sense subtle notes of Fascism, only without all if the traditionalist factors that make fascism worth supporting.

>>85564
Humanoid is split into several different groups. Are they a group of their own?
What do they fall under as Favored Enemy targets?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85571
>>85570
Tbh, I thought Changelings would be something similar to Dromites.
Brie
Q3rvX
?
No.85572
85573
Now that he has the 'dog' back in hand, are there any adjacent buildings that aren't part of the house in question?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85573
85574 85579
>>85569
The changeling recoils a little, and seems to submit. He speaks for the first time

"Töte mich nicht... Ich werde mich benehmen"

>>85570
>wtf are they
They are a settler colony of Equestria. If Equestria is Great Britain or America, New Mareland is Australia

>No traditionalism
They are in their homeland, where their version of the same religion is a little different. T hink of how Protestant christian Americans used to be mistrustful of Catholics for the specific reason that they thought Catholics may be more loyal to the Pope than to their own country. You might have noticed that unlike the Communists, they are not Atheist and they are not Anti-clerical, nor do they actively try to destroy religion. They are also not the sorts of people to write about "The Psychology of Sex" and what have you

>>85570
Changelings are their own creature. You can specify "Changelings" as a favored enemy

>>85572
Yes and no. This property only has the Pool house and the House. They are adjacent properties with their own buildings
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85574
85576 85580
>>85573
>their version of the same religion
How exactly does religion work in this game?
How many religions are there, and how many are legitimate?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85576
85580
>>85574
Moreso, how does it differ from Equestria?
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85577
85578
>>85570
When you find something that doesn't quite make sense in regards to what we saw in the show, remember that all of this comes from a game mod, so there's going to be some difference to compensate that.

New Mareland is essentially a combination between Australia and America. At the start of the game, New Mareland starts as a Harmonist Dominion underneath the indirect control of Equestria, in the middle of a Great Depression and with numerous Griffon minorities, AND surrounded by the griffon nations of Aquilia to its north, the griffon nation of Talouse to its northeast, the griffon nation of Wingbardy to its southeast, and the Sun Sea to its west and south. There are a few different paths New Mareland can take to try to fix the state the country starts out in, and in this particular instance, New Mareland took the path of independence and electing the Fascist Duke Haygle as their leader, with the goal of defending their nation against the expanding and increasingly aggressive griffon nations at their borders, at all costs.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85578
85580 85585
>>85577
Well, should I approach this with the values of the show, or the game saga?
I'm familiar with the show. I'd have to read about the game if I want to understand the thematics behind conflict resolution and peace.
Brie
Q3rvX
?
No.85579
85580
>>85573
"Probably too risky to try commandeering a neighbor's building," he Eeeee's to himself, "... probably best to keep moving."
Tightening his grip on the 'dog', Brie takes flight, setting a course for his hideout (since he doesn't know where the meeting point or wherever is).
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85580
85581 85584
>>85574
>>85578
>>85576
If only there were NPCs whom Ash could ask that were experts on theology, religion, and global politics

>>85579
Be advised that three more are inside of the Poolhouse. There are some bushes and trees with cover by the stream, which seems to be where the terrier was running for
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85581
85582 85585
>>85580
I have other priorities right now.
Sister Ash is also supposed to be an apolitical figure. She wouldn't ask things like that unless she had a specific reason.

Does she make it back to the orphanage?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85582
85583
>>85581
Well, unless another foal tries to escape, I wouldn't imagine her having any difficulties
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85583
85592 85594
>>85582
Okay.

What time is it by now?
Brie
Q3rvX
?
No.85584
85586
>>85580
Noted. I'm hoping that between the 3 of them they can come up with a reasonable solution for carting out a friendlyier changeling. If this guy hadn't tried to run off, Brie might have tried going back to assist them depending on where the authorities are at, but he's thinking that will be improbable.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85585
85590 86075
>>85578
Go with a mix of both, I would say. Try for peace, but prepare for war. That, and just ask those in-game who would have more knowledge than Ash.

It would be helpful for Ash at this point, I would imagine, if she knew of the existence of underground Harmonist enclaves in Baltimare, but I get the feeling there aren't any.

>>85581
From what I understand, Ash is trying to get a better understanding of the cultures, customs, and religious practices of Equestria. I would figure learning about the history of the region, both distant and recent, as well as the political situation in the region would be ways to succeed in this endeavor, even if she remains apolitical and refuses to take a side.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85586
85588
>>85584
Alright, be advised that the damned town home is a little to the East, and so a number of minutes by flight
Brie
Q3rvX
?
No.85588
85589
>>85586
High-altitude approach then, avoiding contact with anypony, if possible.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85589
85591
>>85588
>>85588
I'm wondering if it's fair to have brie Advance so far when none of the other characters have responded after falling to the ground
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85590
85594 85612
>>85585
I'd prefer to resolve issues as the characters of the show would, but that's just my preference.
Even in a war game, there's gotta be a way to attain world peace by the end of it so everpony can live happily ever after.
Sister Ash isn't aligned with any particular religious association. Druids are technically all part of the same sect, and the concept of that is that the Will Of The World supercedes artificial political boundaries and alignments.
She's only staying at this abbey because she considers it to be a good place for her to do volunteer work. If it weren't for the children, she'd just go innawoods, and never come out unless the Earth spoke to her again.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85591
85593 85594 85597
>>85589
I'm just waiting for Dark Star and Spark to get back so all three of us can continue.

Did the other changeling stick around with us three, or did he flee into the night?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85592
>>85583
By that, I mean time in game.
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85593
85594 85595
>>85591
The 'nice' changeling still has its collar on, and is with the 3 downstairs
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85594
85595 85600
>>85583
When she leaves, probably 8 or 9 PMish. When she arrives, that plus like 20 minutes

>>85590
>there's gotta be a way to attain world peace by the end of it so everpony can live happily ever after.
You understand that that is damned difficult even in the pony show right?

>>85591
What >>85593 said. He never had his chain removed. He retreated to the back of his cage in a cowering position, similar to the way he was when they came in

Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85595
85596 85597 85598
>>85594
>>85593
I thought Silver cut his restraints off.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85596
85602
>>85595
Can you point to the post? I know he opened the cage
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85597
85602 85608
>>85591
Ok, I'm back now.
>>85595
I thought it was just the one the bat knocked me over for.
Brie OOC
Q3rvX
?
No.85598
85599
>>85595
Possibly, but I don't recall. GM?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85599
>>85598
I don't know. Maybe he did in one of the long posts before feeding the thing
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85600
>>85594
In FiM, Equestria is a pretty peaceful place overall. There's not very much threat of large-scale violence, mostly just cookey individuals.
Anyway. That's just me daydreaming. I just thought that "beating the game" entails stopping wars, and eliminating the imminent threat of foreseeable future wars.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85602
85603
>>85596
>>85440
Unless I misread something that makes the "cutting off the restraints" part null and void...

>>85597
Well, I guess we just gotta wait for Dark Star, now.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85603
85604 85606 85610
539.gif
>>85602
I went and re-read the entire thing, and Silver did break the lock on the cage, as well as Brie unlocking the other cage and cutting the leash on the other one, but this changeling never had his leash cut

So he lays there at the far end of his cage, ears down
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85604
85618
>>85603
Is there anypony left in the room?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85605
Also, what happens once Sister Ash gets back?

She knocks on the door of the orphanage.
Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85606
>>85603
Dammit. Well, I guess Silver has one more thing to do when Spark helps him back on his hooves.
fpzmT
?
No.85607
85614
[1d20+7 = 22]
>>85476

Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85608
85609
>>85597
Silver lets out a long, low groan. When he speaks, he sounds rather emotionless, and is so quiet Spark can only barely hear him. "...help me up..."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85609
85610
>>85608
I assume I don't need a listen check for that.
"Why are you feeding the changelings before we get them out of here?"
I help him up.
"Are you able to stand on your own?"
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85610
85611 85614 85616
>>85609
His voice continues its monotonous, emotionless tone. "They were not going to be able to escape without it." His legs seem weak, barely able to hold up his own weight plus the weight of his equipment, but he manages to stand.

>>85603
He reaches into his bags once more for his survival knife, this time using his mouth to hold it, and approaches the remaining changeling, knife in mouth.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85611
85620
>>85610
"You going to be ok? You can lean against me if you need to."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85612
85613 85622
>>85590
so your a fucking red?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85613
85629
>>85612
A what?
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.85614
85615 85616 85617 85619 85620 85629
208A2E2C-7ADA-421C-93AA-3BEE8CDDBE7F.png
>>85607
The insect in Brie’s arms addresses him, as surely as it does Silver, and a green and purple stream flows from Dark Star and Silver into its mouth. And he can feel the image of blue in his mind going cold, flickering, then a mild headache, and she grows more distant. Joy leaves, as does all pleasure. At the end of all of it, he feels weak and tired - but not much weaker nor more than he was when the second session began. Silver, for his part, falls to the ground. Then the Changeling turns into a dark blue foal, as Brie knocks over Spark

>>85610
The Changeling’s ears droop, and it rushes to the back of the cage, now cornered. It knows what is coming
“Es tut mir leid, Es tut mir leid Ich werde es nicht nochmal tun!”

If silver wishes to cut the restraint, rather than slit its throat, Silver could go around the cage to the back where it is tied, so he doesn’t have to move his leg past the saber-like fangs of a scared and cornered animal
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85615
>>85614
Does anypony respond to Sister Ash at the door of the orphanage?
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.85616
>>85610
>>85614
Although pulling it out of the cage before holding the knife could work as well
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85617
>>85614
Does anypony respond to Sister Ash at the door of the orphanage?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85618
85621
>>85604
Yes. A sister opens the door, starts to say "Hello there Ash, and when she sees the foals, her mouth drops open and she is left speechless, at least long enough for Ash to make another action
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85619
>>85614
Does anypony respond to Sister Ash at the door of the orphanage?
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85620
85623
>>85611
He mumbles around the knife in his teeth. "I 'ill be fine. 'e 'ill 'eal 'ith it 'fter 'is."
"I will be fine. We will deal with it after this."
>>85614
Silver trots around to the back of the cage, and cuts the leash with his knife, though the effects of excessive changeling feeding mean he can't put much effort or emotion into the action. He puts the knife back in his bags. "You are freed."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85621
85623
>>85618
Sister Ash enters the house with the two ponies under her arms.
"I'll explain later. Shut the door." She says, as she enters the building.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85622
85631
>>85612
I proceed to see if Dark Star can be helped up.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85623
85624 85625
>>85620
The changeling looks at Silver through the bars, but has not yet moved from its position

>>85621
She abides
"You brought home more... I thought I'd never see them again"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85624
85626
>>85623
Her face is grim.
"..These two.. have been through quite a bit..." She mutters darkly
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85625
85626 85628
>>85623
He looks right at the changeling back. From this position, he can more clearly see the negative effects the feeding have had on Silver. "Go, if it pleases you. I would not stay here if I were you. As matter of fact, we will not be staying for much longer."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85626
85634
>>85624
The two colts do not speak. The sister contemplates the meaning of Ash's statement

>>85625
It looks at him, then out of the cage, and then slowly walks out of the cage
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85627
85632 85656
Brie shakes his head from deja vu and makes his way out of the poolhouse, tightening his grip on the changeling omenously
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85628
85630 85632
>>85625
I interrupt him.
"Umm... we need to take him with us. We can't let them run around out there. I only hope the bat has not unleashed that other on the city. Somepony... or changeling... will be a causality if that happens."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85629
85631 85632
>>85613
gommununist, that spoiler sounded red to me.
>>85614
Dark Star stands there with a blank look on his face.
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85630
85632 85633
>>85628
Silver gives him another emotionless look. "He is likely to seek out his hive and his brother, if he leaves. I do not know what we can do, but if you think that is for best, then fine."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85631
85633
>>85629
>>85622

Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85632
85633 85635 85636
>>85629
>>85630
>>85628
The Changeling, for his part, walks around Silver, staying relatively close to Silver, and trying to lose line of sight to Spark, and if possible, Star

>>85627
Hmmm...
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85633
85635 85636 85637
>>85630
"Well, they ended up here on their own. We will figure out the best course of action when we get to safety."
>>85631
"Come on Dark Star. I'll get the changeling and you need to help me and Silver get out of here. Blue Skies is waiting for you."
>>85632
"Or... Silver, if you have the strength, the changeling seems to trust you more. Think you can help him out of here?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85634
85637
>>85626
Sister Ash seems stressed and tired.
"..Ummm.. Let's get these two something warm to drink.." she says, with a bit of a stutter
"And blankets.. two blankets.." she says, asshe walks deeper into the building

Caleb similarly let's himself in, stopping to nod at the Sister as he passes her
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85635
85639
>>85632
>>85633
Dark Star says with no emotion in his voice
"emotions are a weakness i was right. i told her."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85636
85638 85639
>>85633
"I will try. Get Dark Star up and to hospital. He needs to see doctor for cure for this effect feeding had on him. I will join you once this changeling is secured."
>>85632
"Come, young one. I will try to see you out." Silver turns for the exit to this horrible place.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85637
85641
>>85634
Fluffy quilts or soft but simple blankets? The orphanage has a variety, from simple cotton fabric with some fluff to it, to quilts showing the pony tribes of the old Equestria

"Alright. I'll heat them up some milk" assuming ponies drink milk, and if not... whatever kids like

>>85633
You should probably link to Silver to say that, rather than to me
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85638
85640
1379759__safe_artist-colon-chainchomp2_thorax_the times they are a changeling_absurd res_chan.png
>>85636
"Sind Sie wütend auf mich?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85639
85640 85642
>>85635
"Snap out of it. I need you right now and she needs you more. Help us get back."
>>85636
"You are coming with us. You were hit by them too."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85640
85643 85644 85646
>>85639
"I will seek medical attention as soon as I am able, which will be once I see changeling is made safe."
>>85638
He still seems emotionless, but either way, his statement would accurately reflect the truth. "No, young one, I am not mad. Right now my biggest concern is ensuring you are safe."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85641
85646
>>85637
Give them hot cocoa.

Sister Ash takes whichever blankets look the most comfortable.
The foals of the orphanage have already gone to bed by now, right?
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85642
85643
>>85639
"back? Theres no going back.. she will know. im going to the city hall, a certain bad horse is going to pay now."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85643
85645 85650
>>85640
"Just don't let it go. Find the bat and get them back together and tell him to hold onto them until we can make sure they are safe to leave. it is very important that you don't let them go on their own."
I help both drained ponies get out of the basement.
>>85642
"Not until you are better. We are going to the hospital. Once you are there, I will get the others so we can take him out together."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85644
85650
>>85640
"ask it about a blond haired changling that appeared in a dream i had."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85645
85647
>>85643
"no."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85646
85649 85650
>>85640
The changeling drone comes closer to Silver. he is noticeably shorter than Silver. A green light, almost like a fire, goes from one end of the drone's body to the other. As it recedes, the Changeling assumes the appearance of a sad, droopy eared yellow lab

>>85641
They have been taken upstairs. The sister returns with hot chocolate
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85647
85648
>>85645
"You don't have a choice in the matter. You are going to the hospital and I will personally see to it that Blue Skies helps you recover if I have to."
I drag him along.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85648
85652
>>85647
"LET GO OF ME!"

Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85649
85651
>>85646
Sister Ash whispers to the other Sister a quick rundown bon the situation, leaving out most details, but expressing the morbid gravity of the situation.
"... -And after that I ran here as quickly as I could.."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85650
85651 85652
>>85643
"I do not know where bat is. I will take him to my room at Tavern, he can stay there until I am made better. Then we can find this bat and reunite them."
>>85644
Silver is most definitely not in a state of mind to ask a question like that right now.
>>85646
"Come, then. I will see you safely." Silver leaves this terrible place, heading topside with the changeling dog (hopefully) in tow.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85651
85653 85656 85660
>>85650
If he leaves now, he can catch the bat while he is still looking at the fire and assessing the situation

>>85649
Her eyes grow wide
"What horrible ponies there are in this world! It is a very good thing you saved them"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85652
85655
>>85648
"Star! It is in times like these when your hope is gone that you choose what to do. Will you fight me or will you heed my advice and stand a chance to fight the true enemy?"
>>85650
"Good plan. I will head to your room once Dark Star is secure in the hospital to keep him from leaving out of fear of being alone again."
Olbcm
?
No.85653
85654
[1d20+3 = 13]
>>85651
"... Yes.. yes it is.."
She turns to the two colts.

Rolling Sense Motive to determine how they're feeling rn.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85654
85657 85662
>>85653
Joyed, but shocked. So very shocked
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85655
85659
>>85652
"Spark let me go i dont want to hurt you. he has to pay now."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85656
85658
>>85651
Silver does so.
>>85627
Silver catches up to Brie as he exits the poolhouse, looking visibly weakened and emotionless, but still standing. "You, bat. Let changeling go. I will get them to safety."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85657
85663
>>85654
Sister Ash slowly approaches the colt who tried to get away earlier, and she speaks softly
"Your mother.. do you know where she lives?"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85658
85660
>>85656
"You can't carry two, especially not with a spirited one like this, and I can fly. Where do I meet you guys at?" He says taking flight.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85659
85661
>>85655
"He pays when you have the back up needed to guarantee he doesn't escape the law this time. One pony isn't enough to take down such a public figure. Plus, when you start feeling again, you can enjoy him going down."
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85660
85663 85664 85668
>>85658
Silver nods. "I have room at Eastside Tavern. Ask Glass for Silver's room, tell him he sent you. Take him there, I will be there shortly."
>>85651
Silver takes a look at the changeling dog with him to make sure he's still following.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85661
85666
>>85659
"the law? hes going to wish the law had him."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85662
85665 85668
>>85654
What has the actual terrier been doing?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85663
85667 85671
>>85657
Little White Orchid's head droops
"Westwood Green"

>>85660
Still following
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85664
85665
>>85660
"Eeee," and without another word, Brie takes flight as fast as possible, attempting a discrete route to the Tavern Isn't that the one he worked at?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85665
85669 85672
>>85662
It walked away, but has been spotted on the opposite side of the pool

>>85664
Correct
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85666
85668 85672
>>85661
"Come on Star. I can't let anything happen to you. Please go with me. We need you."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85667
85670
>>85663
Sister Ash realizes that she doesn't know where that is
"... Is that near here?" She asks the sister
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85668
85671 85672 85675
>>85666
>>85662
>>85660
Distant sirens can be heard
Iron OOC
Bz9qX
?
No.85669
85670 85673
>>85665
>All this story progression Iron has to catch up with
Great. I hope the food is good. I can try to reach the same timeline now, if you want to.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85670
85674 85678 85692
>>85667
"Oh, that's just South"

>>85669
Indeed it is. And you may, should you try
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85671
85676
>>85663
"Come, then, unless you want me to carry you." Silver heads for the way he came in, through the hole he made in the fence. He pays very little attention to the fact that Comte's house is on fire.
>>85668
Silver pays little attention to them as well, as he's just trying to make his way back out of the area.
Gotta leave here in a few minutes. I'll try to stay for as long as I can, but once I leave, I'll likely be gone for two hours or so again.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85672
85675 85676
>>85666
>>85668
"fine."
>>85665
"your master rapes foals boys."
He says to the terrier and the griffin shepard
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85673
>>85669
Its not really all that much to explain
Iron OOC
Bz9qX
?
No.85674
85676 85677
>>85670
Anything in particular to signal Iron the deed is done? I'll suppose the sirens could be something to panic enough to rush to the scene or the abbey, if I can justify it.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85675
85676 85680
>>85668
>>85672
*dragging along Dark Star intensifies*
I help Dark Star to the hole in the fence and guide him to the hospital.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85676
85679 85681 85682 85695
>>85674
I don't... think so?

>>85675
>>85672
>>85671
A fire truck is the first to come by, going along while they are still walking along the road
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85677
>>85674
However long it takes to fly from the scene to the tavern
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85678
85692
>>85670
Sister Ash nods.
Then she turns to the colt
"We're going to try to get you to your mother as soon as possible." She says reassuringly
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85679
85680 85684
>>85676
"blue's gonna know. what happend when i act strange around her."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85680
>>85679
meant for
>>85675

Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85681
85683
>>85676
the dogs dont say anything to me about what i just said to them?
Silver
HmTsy
?
No.85682
85687
>>85676
Silver tries as much as he can to look his part: a very tired pony with his dog.

He speaks to the dog as he continues towards the hole in the fence. "It is not much farther, then we can head for safety, reunite you with your brother."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85683
85685
>>85681
The only dogs that talk don't speak ponish, and both left before Dark Star came out
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85684
85689
>>85679
"Yeah, but it will be ok. Nopony expected changelings. We will work it out with her when the time comes. For now, just focus on not being caught by the cops."

Silver (OOC)
HmTsy
?
No.85685
85686 85687 85689
>>85683
Okay, definitely have to leave now. Should be back in a couple hours, if my ride doesn't suddenly crash because of bad weather and worse roads.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85686
>>85685
Yikes. Be careful anon. We will see you soon.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85687
85731
>>85682
"Wo ist mein Bruder?"
Says the lab
"Wo bringst du mich hin?"

>>85685
Preemptive F
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85688
85690
In flight, Brie addresses the 'dog'. "Kinder. Tu vehrstehen mich?"
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85689
85691
>>85684
"i dont think it will."
>>85685
Be safe
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85690
85702
>>85688
The dog has been restless thus far, moving about in Brie's hooves. Finally, it speaks "Ja..."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85691
85697
>>85689
"I bet she gives you a kiss once she sees you."
I nudge him slightly.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85692
85694
>>85678
>>85670
Who else is present at the scene right now?
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.85693
85694 85699
Onyx looks around, attempting to gain some kind of bearings
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85694
85696 85698 85716
>>85692
I was about to say "no one"

Then Onyx joined

>>85693
Onyx can see Spark, Silver, and Dark Star going through a hole in the fence and coming out onto the street. Spark and Star are talking, while Silver is walking ahead with a yellow lab
Iron
Bz9qX
?
No.85695
85701
>>85676
Welp, let's continue the dinner scene then.
Iron said he'd order anything the waitress recommends for food and some water.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85696
85701
>>85694
Is he at the orphanage?
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85697
85699 85701
>>85691
"you realize i dont feel anything right?"
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85698
85701
>>85694
Before they leave Dark Star calls the terrier
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85699
85700
>>85697
"What better way to get to feeling again than with your marefriend?"
>>85693
I wave to Onyx.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85700
85704
>>85699
"thats not how it works."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85701
85703 85705
>>85698
"Ruff?"

>>85697
Dude, he only lost one fortitude save. Not like three of them. It would take more soul-sucking for Dark Star to lose all emotions for a very long and sustained period of time

>>85696
Onyx? No

>>85695
It is so
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85702
85706
>>85690
"Great." he Eeee's to himself.
"Mein deutsch ist sehr schrect. Wir spreche,... uhm,... soon."
Iron
Bz9qX
?
No.85703
85706
>>85701
Iron eats it with gusto, not using the utensils provided on the table. He checks the time of day through a possible window.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85704
85707
>>85700
"We will see. Something tell me you will be singing a different tune when you see her."
I chuckle.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85705
85706
>>85701
Who's awake in the abbey right now?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85706
85708 85710 85711
>>85703
Like 8ish or 9ish

>>85705
Should be most of the sisters. Probably many of the older foals as well, although they are in bed quarters

>>85702
"Wo bringst du mich hin?"
The insect asks. And then, he says the following, in a firm tone, almost as if he were in a position to negotiate terms or make demands:
"Ich werde deinen schwanz nicht saugen, wenn du mich nicht liebst"
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85707
>>85704
'if you say so."
Iron
Bz9qX
?
No.85708
85709
>>85706
What was the time at the start of the heist?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85709
85713
>>85708
7:15, maybe? Something like that
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85710
85712
>>85706
"Shit!" he Eeeeee's to himself
"Uhm, Ich verstehen nicht, halt ein minute"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85711
85712
>>85706
>Older foals
Ooh.. How old?

Also, did any of the Sisters have anything to say after Sister Ash gave them the explanation?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85712
85714 85718 85726
>>85711
The equivalent of preteens and teenagers. Probably alos even Abby should that be of interest

>other sisters
I thought only one spoke to Ash about that?

>>85710
The bug isn't going anywhere. Or if he is, he's not revealing his plans to Brie
Iron
Bz9qX
?
No.85713
85719
>>85709
Iron thinks he waited enough for the others to do their thing. It should have been a quick in and out to grab incriminating evidence. He pays what is due, plus 30 extra bits for the unicorn mare. "Thank you. It was a good meal you recommended." He stands up and starts his trek back to the Eastside Tavern to see if everybody else is already there
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85714
85715
>>85712
"Uhm,... shit wir arriven?... we'll be there soon. You'll be safe and unharmed. Tu wehrstehen?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85715
85717
>>85714
The insect reads the tone of his voice, and understands that Brie is not trying to be assertive back. At least he isn't forcefully refusing

"Ja..." he says, uncertainly.
He says to brie,
"Wenn ich bei dir bleibe, kann ich nicht versprechen, nicht zu beißen"
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.85716
85719
>>85694
Onyx shakes his head and falls in line
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85717
85719
>>85715
"Maybe"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85718
85726
>>85712
She would be speaking this whole time while the foals are calming down.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85719
85720 85721 85722
>>85713
It is so

>>85716
Dark Star is going through some kind of emotional breakdown or something, and Spark is trying to talk him out of pulling a Jack Ruby

>>85717
"Du wirst mich nicht zur Polizei bringen? Die Polizei wird mich töten."
Iron
Bz9qX
?
No.85720
>>85719
Iron enters the tavern, eager to see the results of the operation.
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.85721
85723
>>85719
Onyx joins spark
"Can I help?"
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.85722
85729
>>85719
"Nein. Ich bin polizei nicht. Ich bin dei fleidermaus."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85723
85724 85729
>>85721
"Yes. We need to get Dark Star to the hospital. We ran into little changelings. I'll explain on the way."
9Hl5h
?
No.85724
85727
[1d20+4 = 16]
>>85723
"Gotcha"
Strength to pick up Dark
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.85725
85729
"Mein namae ist Brie. Brie Achtzig-Sechs" (actual name)
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85726
85729
>>85712
>>85718
Sister Ash gives the Sisters a quick rundown as the colts drink their hot cocoa.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85727
85728 85729
>>85724
"..."
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.85728
85729
>>85727
"Come on big guy, we're getting your ass to a hospital"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85729
85730 85732 85733 85734
>>85726
They are utterly alarmed to say the least. Does she give them the name of the politician?

>>85725
>>85722
He is silent for a moment. Then he responds
"Ich bin ein Wechselbalg. Ich heiße Kerr"

>>85728
>>85727
>>85723
Alright, where are you all going so I can set the scene?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85730
85736
>>85729
Hospital.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85731
85736
Well, roads were indeed icy, but I lived.
>>85687
"Bat is taking him where I am taking you. To my home." He thinks a bit on what to say. A little emotion is coming back to him, but he still can't feel quite like he did before letting the changelings feed. "I understand if you are worried, but I tell you I will not hurt you. It is only place I know that would be safe for you two, and away from police. There you can rest, gather your strength. In morning, once we are rested, we will help you get to your family safely." Him and the lab reach the hole in the fence Silver made earlier.
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.85732
85736
>>85729
"Hallo Kerr." is all he can think to offer.
Internal dialogue
"A fat lot of good you lot did me!" he Eeeees.
"You got his name didn't you, and at least he's not trying to escape."
"That was messed up."
"Muu."
"Are any of you going to explain exactly what you're doing inside my head and how you got there?!" he Eeee's internally.
"Nope."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85733
85736
>>85729
Finally at the computer.
Iron does not see any of the people he's agreed to work with here. Iron shakes his head. Great. Well, he should equip his armor and shield while he's at it, maybe they'll come after he puts on his armor pieces. Should take a long time by himself, so feel free to recall Iron when 10 to 12 minutes have passed.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85734
85736
>>85729
>Name
If they asked for it, she would tell them.
Otherwise, she'd keep details to a minimum.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85736
85737 85738 85739 85740 85741
>>85731
He nods

Is Silver going with the others to the hospital?

>>85730
Does Dark Star agree?

>>85732
He asks almost apprehensively
"
Wenn ich beiße, wirst du mich verletzen?"
But he immediately adds as essential explanation

"Ich würde dich nicht bald beißen. Ich habe die Seelen von Earth Pony und Unicorn gegessen. du warst gut"

>>85733
Alright, although really he should probably take that long anyways

>>85734
Whelp, they are horrified to say the least
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85737
>>85736
He is being carried by Onyx who did agree, so he is coming. And he was walking with me before hand, so I assume.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85738
85742
>>85736
After he makes sure the changeling with him is safe in his room at the tavern, yeah.

Silver squeezes through the opening just as he did last time, and waits for the changeling to follow. "What is your name, young one?"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85739
85742
>>85736
>horrified
Horrified as in disgusted that this could happen, or horrified as in afraid?
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.85740
85742
>>85736
Gulp
"Uhhhh, ja das Unicorn und Pony gegessen ist gut. Du brauche?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.85741
85742
>>85736
Yea.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85742
85743 85744 85745
>>85738
"Ich verstehe nicht"

>>85739
Disgusted

>>85740
"Nicht jetzt nein. Aber ich kann nicht versprechen, nicht zu beißen"

>>85741
Soon
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85743
85746
>>85742
"Uhhh…" He thinks back to when he saw Changeling records and reports during the Great War, and what little of the language he managed to pick up from them. After a few seconds of trying to remember, he speaks in a difficult to understand accent, and butchers the language in the process, but he manages to speak it all the same. "...Dein Name. Was ist es?"
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.85744
85748
>>85742
"Well, anything?" he Eeeee's impatiently.
"Hmmmm."
"He talks funny."
"Its unlike any language I'm familiar, don't ask me."
"Baka! He say he no hungry now!"
"... there's more?" he Eeee's apprehensively.
"You have no idea."

"Das ist gut. Wir spreche en das kopfkevarten," he says, hoping that came out right.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85745
85746
>>85742
As sister Ash finishes explaining, she stops to breath
"It was absolutely sickening.. I grabbed these two and left as soon as I could.. I'd like to find this one's mother as soon as possible; she must be worried sick."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85746
85749 85751
>>85743
He looks up with cute Labrador eyes
"Oh... Ja. Ich heiße... 'Wesley.'"

>>85745
One of the more incensed sisters replies "I would imagine! What evil!"

Another calmer one says
"Ash... that Colt's mother is dead. That's why she's at the orphanage and not living with her mother"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85748
85750
>>85744
>>85744
He looks a little confused for a moment, but then answers "Sehr gut."

I take it you wish to arrive nowish to soon?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85749
85752
>>85746
Silver puts a hoof to his own chest. "Ich heiße 'Silver'." He continues to struggle with the language, making it very clear this isn't a language he can actually speak. "Komm durch Loch, wir müssen zu mir nach Hause gehen."

Can I just say that it's interesting looking at which members of the party tried to help the changelings?
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85750
85752
>>85748
Well I'm about at my limit for german, and hopefully getting the two of them back together will aid a bit in translation and morale,....
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85751
85752 85753
>>85746
Sister Ash's eyes grow wide and then darken at the sound of the second Sisters words
(I got mixed up. I though Compt bought one and kidnapped the other)
"... O-Oh...." She says somberly
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85752
85754 85755 85757
>>85749
"Sher gut... Du bist nett"
He obeys and follows

I was most surprised by Dark Star. that and I didn't think you all would be okay with earning negative levels

>>85750
It should

>>85751
"She died six months ago of fever. She is buried in the Westwood Green Cemetary. I know, because she was a practitioner at the local church"

No, two purchased. I was contemplating having at least one more non-pony to indicate exploitation of immigrants
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85753
>>85751
Test
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85754
85760 85761
>>85752
You ain't seen nothing yet. I'll sate that little shapeshifting boi's need for love for a week.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85755
85756 85760
>>85752
Wait, so how many ponies are missing still missing then. I thought there were only three left, including the one haybuger bought.
Fuck. Now I regret telling this colt I'd take him to see his mom...
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85756
>>85755
Big F for Ash's feelings
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85757
85758 85759 85760 85761
>>85752
"Vielen Dank. Du bist auch nett." Silver leads the way to the tavern.

I absolutely did not expect Dark Star to be willing to help. He definitely got good boi points from Silver for that. I wouldn't say we're okay with earning negative levels, but it's not as if they're impossible to remove, and 24 hours is still a fairly generous amount of time to have them removed.

I'm more surprised at how Ash did absolutely nothing for the changelings, not even acknowledging they existed.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85758
>>85757
Well, she did say she would retrieve the foals lost to the abbey first. I'm sure she was too preoccupied with the foals And a certain bat that torched the damn house, forcing her to move out and decided the foals she said she would save are more important
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85759
>>85757
I decided that Dark Star and Silver were enough to handle them. That, and I was too tired to give a fuck at the time, and it leaked into my gameplay. I made her take what she cane for, because I didn't want to handle the authorities.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85760
85762 85763 85764 85765
>>85755
12 taken. 6 at the Warehouse, 1 escaped, 2 sold to comte, 2 given to made mares to act as apprentices, 1 adopted by a couple in Manehattan

>>85754
Male changelings try to avoid sucking cock if they have an alternative

>>85757
As Silver walks, the Labrador is a bit surprised by this statement, and initially unsure how to respond. He finally says "Es ist gut zu sehen, dass nicht alle Ponys böse sind"

I honestly thought that Dark Star would shoot them, or at least, say 'leave them there.'

The player controlling ash takes a laser focus interpretation to motivation. "I am here for this, and I do not care at all for anything besides this very specific purpose"
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85761
>>85754
:3
>>85757
Yeah, that surprised me too. That's part of what inspired Brie to take a more active role

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85762
>>85760
Kek, I didn't mean that particularly. They seem too underdeveloped to be considered of legal age, so Iron's not going to believe that they can fit his length anywhere. I was thinking raw love from happy memories, like Silver did.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85763
85774
>>85760
Silver's sense of laugher seems to have returned somewhat, as he chuckles at the changeling's statements. "Es ist lustig. Das sagen einige Ponys über das Wechseln."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85764
85765 85766 85774
>>85760
So, 3 foals remaining to be found?
>Adopted
Adoptions don't cost as much as a (medieval) house. I'm very suspicious about the couple that took that foal; in fact, i'm even more suspicious of them than I was of Comte.

Sister Ash rubs her temple.
"By the earth.. it's been such a long day..."
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.85765
85774
>>85764
It was probably a gay couple. Sounds like the most reasonable explanation to me.
>>85760
Like I said, Dark Star got some good boi points from that. I can see where having laser focus to missions would be useful, but when I see something I can do, I tend to try to do it.
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85766
85769
>>85764
But what of the 2 changelings? WTF did they come from? It was like Tom Cruise's house in there.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85767
85768 85774
Landing eventually finally at the Tavern, Brie sets Kerr down.
"Vorsicht," he says looking around cautiously. "Wir ist nicht aus das wald." and starts inside, waving for him to follow.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85768
85770
>>85767
Be aware that Iron is at Silver's room putting his armor on
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85769
>>85766
Idk. I didn't have the time or energy to think about it.
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85770
85771
>>85768
Noted, that's where he's headed anyway.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85771
85772
>>85770
Ah, peeping a stallion's room already? You should ask for Silver's permission before entering.
I don't cuz my armor was in there.
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85772
85773
>>85771
He's gonna stop by and talk to the clerk, he doesn't even know what room it is yet
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.85773
85775
>>85772
I read it like you were clenching hard on your teeth for some reason. Italics do that.
Still, ask for Silver's permission. He should be close behind you from what I read
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85774
85776 85777 85779
>>85764
For the ninety-second fucking time, the amount in question is NOT as much as a house. It's about the same amount of money as in 2019 America would buy a new car. That's how much foals cost. A new car, or slightly more

"Well I would imagine. These poor foals. It will take them a very long time to get over it"

>>85765
I wouldn't judge Dark Star for killing dangerous monsters.

>>85763
A cool breeze blows through the winter night, a bit unpleasant on Silver's still-wet fur

"Du bist das erste Pony, das mich füttert. Die anderen werden mich schlagen, wenn sie mich erwischen. Ich versuche zu nibbeln, damit sie es nicht merken, aber sie begannen, uns mit einem elektrischen Schlag zu überfallen"

>>85767
Kerr looks around. Then, he flashes into a blue unicorn foal again. He looks uncertain, but follows
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85775
>>85773
More one of those irritated and dry expressions. Ordinarily I emote them as e_e
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85776
85778
>>85774
Brie walks up to the clerk at the desk. "Good evening, I'm supposed to meet Silver at his room. Could you direct me?"

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85777
85778
>>85774
Iron huffs in annoyance. Armor equipping sure is hard to do by your lonesome. He decides to stop his equipping and just hang out on Silver's room, laying on the floor in boredom.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85778
85780 85784
>>85776
Glistening Glass remains the only attendant at the moment. "Well, Silver isn't here yet."

>>85777
Seriously?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85779
85781 86075
>>85774
Foals don't have a real market price: they're illrgal and immoral to buy, and have no definite cost to produce/acquire. Those are ransom numbers, determined only by how much people are willing to pay on an individual basis.
Also, by that pricing, a suit of full plate also costs as much as a car: d&d prices aren't exactly consistent.
I'd get it if land should cost more though, because of population growth.

Sister Ash nods in agreement.
"... I'm sure they will..." She replies, trailing off.
".. Now what to do..." She wonders, to nopony in particular
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85780
>>85778
Tbh, it's a meta move to ease the changeling into not running away in fear. It's not indirect shit talk.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85781
85783
>>85779
Well, the foals are still traumatized, and since they will never get therapy or medication, they could use something
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85782
85785
Silver shivers a bit at the feeling of the wind against him. He looks with sadness at the changeling-turned-dog. His speech slowly becomes more understandable to the changeling, from the practice he's getting by speaking to him. It's still in a fairly broken state, however. "Es ist schmerzlich, das zu hören. Es tut mir leid, was meine Freundin Ihnen und Ihrem Bruder angetan hat. Nicht alle von uns sind gute Ponys, soviel weiß ich. Aber ich verspreche Ihnen, wir werden dafür sorgen, dass er für das bezahlt, was er getan hat.

"Ich möchte, dass Sie sich von mir ernähren. Sie können nicht helfen, und Sie müssen es tun, um zu leben. Es war klar, dass Sie verhungerten, und ich wusste, dass ich auf diese Weise helfen konnte."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85783
85785
>>85781
Sister Ash walks up to the two of them.
"Are you two alright? Does anything hurt?"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85784
85785
>>85778
Is this the same guy who Brie worked for for a day?
"... right, he should be here shortly." He sees the writing on the wall. "Can you give me an idea of which floor he's on, so that I'm not just waiting here in the foyer?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85785
85786 85787 85788
>>85784
"Through the door to my left, your right, up the stairs one floor. His is the second room"

>>85783
The green unicorn says
"My pastern hurts" He raises his left foreleg

>>85782
"Das ist okay. Ich habe nur Angst vor Hunger"
He comes closer to Silver, looks around, and then, in a flash of green, transforms into a young pegasus colt

>>85784
The guy he stole from? Yes
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85786
>>85785
He didn't steal it! He bartered it, in exchange for having never been paid! You weren't online for that, I was going to run it by you,... but it was fair!
Olbcm
?
No.85787
85796
[1d20+12 = 26]
>>85785
Sister Ash inspects the ponies hoof to assess the damage.
Rolling survival to identify if it's just physical injury, or infection.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85788
85796
>>85785
What does this disguise look like?
He smiles, and picks the changeling-colt up. Silver sets him on his back as he continues to walk, like a father giving their foal a ponyback ride. "Die meisten von uns sind es. Nur...wenn Sie füttern, füttern Sie bitte nicht zu viel. Ich bin immer noch schwach von früher."
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85789
85790
Brie motions for Kerr to follow, and then leads up the stairs to the room Glass indicated, and then knocks lightly on the door.

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85790
85791
>>85789
Iron hears the knocking. "Who is it?" he shouts at the noise.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85791
85792 85793
>>85790
"Eeeeee,... <ahem> Brie."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85792
85794
>>85791
Iron cocks his eyebrow. Brie? He sounded familiar. "Who?" Brie can hear heavy hoofsteps going towards the door.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85793
85794
>>85791
*whispering*
"Wer zur Hölle ist das? Sie sagten mir nicht, dass es ein anderes Pony geben würde"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85794
85795
>>85792
"Brie. Silver said to meet him here"
>>85793
Brie shrugs. "I don't really recognize the voice, but this is apparently the place."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85795
85796 85797
>>85794
Iron opens the door to Silver's room, revealing a grey coat, mostly greyed dark-green mane and brown eyes with a slight tint of red in it. "Oh, it is you. Thought you died back at the docks." He looks to the foal. "Well, I was not expecting such results." He moves aside to let Brie and the foal in. "Come on in. Silver should not take long."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85796
85798 85802
>>85788
I was going to make him look like one of Silver's colts so that way the changeling's disguise would be kind of creepy and subtly imply that the changeling had accessed silver's memories, and was using them to try to imitate one of them (probably Silver Rain) but extensive searching through old threads failed to find any descriptions of coat colors. So... I don't know. I feel like one of them was pink for some reason

"Okay..." He rides on the back of the old stallion. Silver can feel a looming dread

>>85787
No exterior damage. It looks as if the issue with the leg is the foal sitting, laying, or kneeling in a way that is awkward for excessive periods of time, placing too much strain on that joint

>>85795
The foal is a dark blue unicorn with white and streaked mane. It looks in around the room, and seems kind of uncertain
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85797
85799 85800
>>85795
"Wait, weren't you just at the guard post outside the house? Nevermind. Yes, the extraction had,... complications." he looks to Kerr.
"Herr ist gut. Ish."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
0/nuo
?
No.85798
85799
>>85796
Sister casts Cure Minor Wounds to alleviate pain and mend all physical damage.
Then she takes 10 on a Heal check (has a mod that'd give her 17), to help quicjen the foals recovery overnight.

Would that be enough to help him?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85799
85800 85803
>>85797
He nods with an expression that says "If you say so," and very cautiously enters the room

>>85798
Yes, and maybe heal other bruises as well
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85800
85801 85804
>>85797
>>85799
Iron cocks his head. "What did you say? Did you two have a secret code language set up already?" He watches the foal and Brie enter the room. "I think you can use the bed if you want to. Silver is a pretty heavy pony and you do seem like light ponies."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85801
>>85800
*Do you two have
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85802
85808
>>85796
Silver Rain had a grey coat and a light grey mane, Spectral Streak had a light grey coat and a dark grey mane with a yellow streak running through it, and White Light had both a light grey coat and a light grey mane. Both Silver Rain and Spectral Streak have the same dark grey dorsal stripe that Silver himself has. Not sure if Silver would be too worried about the changeling taking the form of one of his foals. I think he'd find it a bit endearing.

He figures it's a product of the changeling feeding. As long as he keeps it at such a level, he can withstand this. Silver keeps heading for the Tavern.

How much farther until Silver reaches the Tavern?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
0/nuo
?
No.85803
85808
>>85799
Does he still have bruises? I'll heal them if he does.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85804
85805 85808
>>85800
"I'm fine, I sleep during the day."
He looks to Kerr. "Shlafen sie bitte?"
And then back to Iron. "Its complicated, but this is the only language he speaks. His name is Kerr."
He starts to look back to Kerr but stops.
"Uhm,... what was your name? We've never been officially introduced."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85805
85806
>>85804
Iron shakes his head. "Right. We never really spoke to eachother back then either. My name is Iron." he pokes his chin. "How come a pony foal speaks such a strange language?"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85806
85807
>>85805
First looking at Kerr, Brie says "Herr ist namen Iron"
Then looks back to Iron. "Yeah, about that. He's not from around here."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85807
85809
>>85806
Iron does not buy it. "Yeah, right. I am also not from around here and I can speak with you right now."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85808
85810 85811 85814 85834
>>85802
His form is of a Pegasus with light grey coat, Dark grey mane. Generally to a passerby he would look like one of Silver's grandchildren, albeit of pegasus race. The little foal seems happy to be riding on his back, and when a chill that runs through Silver is clearly more than just the winter wind, he can be sure the hungry little demon has taken Silver up on his offer

>>85803
A tear in the jaw muscle, a bruise on the back

>>85804
The foal goes over to an area away from Iron, and away from the bed, with an untrusting eye
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85809
85811
>>85807
Brie sighs, unsure how Iron is going to take this since they've never really spoken.
"Don't forget, I helped you out with those guards earlier so if you're going to be alarmed, just know that I've got his back."

"He's a changeling."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85810
85812 85838
>>85808
Another slightly uncomfortable shiver runs through Silver's body. He whispers to the changeling-colt on his back, so no other passerbys can hear him. "Denken Sie daran, nicht zu viel zu füttern."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85811
85812 85813
>>85808
Iron rolls his eyes at the foal's untrusting attitude. "What is with foals and being scared of me?"
>>85809
Iron raises his eyebrows in surprise. "Wait, really? Are you serious? How did you get your hooves on one of the stealhiest species on this world?" He looks to the small foal and back at Brie. "I am going to try something. Would you mind closing the door?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85812
85817 85818
>>85811
He pays attention to Iron's eyes

>>85810
"Oh, Entschuldigung"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85813
85815 85827
>>85811
>didn't realize the door was still open
Brie closes the door. "Again its complicated,... but go ahead."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85814
85827
>>85808
Sister Ash casts Regenerate Light Wounds, to slowly recover 15 hit points worth of damage (1 per round).
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85815
85816 85817
>>85813
Kerr is incensed
"Was zum Teufel ist das? Du hast mich reingelegt!"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85816
85820
>>85815
"Herr ist ein freund. Herr ist here goes ungefarlight."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85817
85820 85821
>>85815
>>85812
Iron nods. He then lays down and tries to think up something nice about his childhood, like small games that he, his brother and sister would play. The kind where he was the bad pony who kidnapped the princess while his brother acted the role of a hero saving her.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85818
85820
>>85812
Silver chuckles. "Es ist in Ordnung." He looks a bit more at the color palette of the changeling's disguise, noticing similarities to a pony's he knows. "Du erinnerst mich ein bisschen an eines meiner Fohlen. Er war auch ein Pegasus mit gleichem Fell und Mähne. Er hatte jedoch einen gelben Streifen durch seine Mähne. Sein Name war 'Spectral Streak'."
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85819
85820
Brie squats down near Kerr.
"Its not ideal, but it will have to do for now. Your brother - Ihr bruder - will be here soon. I don't speak your language. The only reason I can speak it at all is cuz,... nevermind that. Relax a bit, its been a stressful day for me, so I can only imagine how its been for you."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85820
85822 85824
>>85818
He responds
"Das ist schön, Väter zu haben. Wir haben nicht wirklich Väter. Wir werden von Arbeitern aufgezogen"

>>85816
>>85817
>>85819
Kerr doesn't quite seem to understand what is going on, but seems reassured by Iron lying on the floor, and Brie's words. He walks up to Iron slowly
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85821
>>85817
"You were cut off. What were you going to say?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85822
85823 85826
>>85820
Iron does not react to Kerr reaching his laying form. He can almost visualize it. How he would laugh handsomely while having her sister on his back. 'Muahaha. You will never defeat me!' he would say to his brother, which would then be replied with his own retort. Iron would then lay down her sister on the floor and have a fight, where he usually let his little brother win. It was a nice memory for him.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85823
85825 85826
>>85822
The little foal seems uncertain, but comes closer. He licks his lips, and then opens his jaw to bite the air in front of Iron. It almost looks as if he is biting into the hindquarters of some great beast. A green and purple energy starts to flow from Iron into the foal's mouth.

Roll for fortitude save
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85824
>>85820
Silver smiles at this. "Ja, ich habe gehört, wie deine Bienenstöcke funktionieren. Es unterscheidet sich stark von Ponyfamilien, aber ich denke, das ist es, was so toll ist. Obwohl sie so verschieden sind, obwohl wir so verschieden sind, sind sie für uns beide Familien.

"Also, deine Familie, deine Königin und die Arbeiter, hast du gute Geschichten über sie? Ich würde gerne hören."
hY7VQ
?
No.85825
85830
[1d20+5 = 20]
>>85823
Rolling.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85826
85830
>>85822
As Iron lays there, Brie briefly recounts... some... of the conditions he found Kerr, his brother, and the others in.
"It was unthinkable. I can't imagine what he must have gone through, and I got there late. The others were....
>>85823
"Oh shit, not this again. Uhm! Uhm!" he flails his hooves a bit, unsure how to respond to this development.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85827
85828 85830
>>85814
>>85813
"Does that feel better?"
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85828
85829
>>85827
I know you didn't mean me
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85829
>>85828
Didn't mean to reply to you.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85830
85831 85832 85833
>>85827
"Y-yes" answers the little colt

>>85825
Iron's little brother becomes fuzzy. Then his sister. Then the whole image... bleeds, of color, slowly. It becomes sad. Unpleasant, joyless. At first it's just this sense of of the same scene, but in rote. Like it has no more meaning. Then, a memory comes up. Ash. Ash fairly pretty and calm and helping ponies. Then this to becomes grey, and there is a sort of shock to the whole scene. Not shock in the sense of surprise, a feeling almost of electric shock. Like somepony were intentionally trying to incentive him to stay away. As all of this happens, Iron feels a cold over coming him. At first, it could be an open window. Then it is something more. It feels kind of like how he felt a few nights ago, jumping into the water, and then walking out into the January night. That kind of cold.

After some time of this, the colt closes his mouth, and the feeling subsides. He does not feel any weaker, nor does he think he will have lasting headaches.

>>85826
The little colt sits and draws energy from Iron for some number of seconds. If you aren't going to burn the Changeling with cold iron, you may as well be glad he is well fed and not in the mood for Bat
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85831
85837
>>85830
Sister Ash gives the foal a deep, long hug
"..Just breath.. you're alright now.."
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.85832
>>85830
>cold iron
Don't have it even if I knew to use it,... which I didn't/don't,....
"Shit! I seriously hope this doesn't kill anyone." Brie Eeeeee's softly to himself.

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85833
85836 85838
>>85830
Iron is very surprised, even scared at what is happening to his memories. He pants for a bit, not really grasping what is going on, the cold and electricity making him involuntarily shiver. When the colt finishes up his feeding, he tries to remember the same scenes that were recently greyed out.
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.85834
>>85808
Well, I can only imagine what would give that foal a torn jaw muscle. Poor colt...
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85835
85838 85847
So... assuming Spark, Onyx, and Dark Star with them made it to the hospital...

I try to get Dark Star set up with a hospital room.
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.85836
85839
>>85833
"Yeah, I wouldn't get sentimental around him too often. The same thing happened to Dark when we were... down there."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85837
85842
>>85831
Now I have to figure out how to explain how I can't bring him to his mom. Fuck...
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85838
85839 85841 85847
>>85810
Wesley starts talking to Silver
"Ich wurde im Bienenstock in Vraks geboren. Meine Mutter war Lacinia. Ich hatte viele Brüder und Schwestern, einschließlich des anderen Wechslbalg, mit dem Sie mich gefunden haben, Kerr. Ich wurde später in eine Kolonie versetzt, um ... wie heißt es ..." He seems to be searching for words "'Reichskommissariat Tall Tales.'"

>>85833
He has no problem retreading the memories. What is more questionable is the quality of the memories. They still seem to be black and white. As time passes, they become more colored

>>85835
It is so if they ever show up
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85839
85840 85842
>>85836
"I see. *pant* Gods. What happened?"
>>85838
Iron feels relieved by knowing the effect is temporary. He decides to test something else. He starts approaching the changeling foal himself.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85840
>>85839
Brie shrugs. "I'm not exactly sure, it looked like some sort of energy exchange. Like, this glowing aura came off you and went directly into his mouth."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85841
85846
>>85838
Silver reflects on this. Kerr and Wesley. The names of the changelings they rescued. "Tall Tales? Ich glaube nicht, dass ich vor dem Krieg jemals dort war. Es klang jedoch nach einem schönen Ort. Hat es dir dort gefallen?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85842
85843 85845
>>85839
The foal looks at Iron, an starts to back away slowly. He can't speak, obviously, but he has a 'what are you doing?" kind of look to him

>>85837
He starts to cry. This is good, because these two colts had been almost entirely free of emotion before. He starts focusing his eyes on objects that are actually within the room
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85843
85846
>>85842
Iron tries to pick up the foal and nuzzle him, seeing if this also can feed him without sacrificing his memories. He is such a cute foal, after all.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85844
85846
Brie walks irritatedly to the window and glances outside before slowly pacing in acorner of the room.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85845
85846
>>85842
Sister Ash pulls them both into a group hug.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85846
85847 85848 85849 85851 85854
>>85844
A wagon going down the street, I don't think anypony is approaching

>>85843
This frightens the hell out of the foal. The snoot of the foal feels real. Very real. Exactly as he would expect it to be. He doesn't really feel anything that he would not expect, except for the awkward and frightened look in the foal's eyes

>>85844
"Was macht er hier?" Asks Kerr, startled

>>85841
"Mir hat es nicht so gut gefallen. Die Gebäude waren seltsam. Wir waren meistens in der Changeling-Kolonie. Es gab eine Sache. Es gab Ponys. Sie könnten zu ihnen gehen und sich von ihnen ernähren, und Sie mussten nicht befürchten, getötet zu werden, weil eine Soldatendrohne mit einer Waffe zuschauen würde und das Pony schlagen würde, wenn sie kämpfen würden"

>>85845
*squeek*
*squeek*
This gets them to emote more
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85847
85850
>>85835
>>85838
>>85846
Waits
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85848
85857
>>85846
"Nothing, I'm just getting impatient waiting on silver and your brother is all."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85849
85850 85854
>>85846
Iron now strokes his mane, see how soft this cute little foal is. Will it compare to the magestic mane that is Ash?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85850
85853 85855
>>85847
Oh, the joys of Socialized medicine. After some time in the waiting room, a nurse asks the nature of the injury

>>85849
Soft. Very
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85851
85856
>>85846
Silver seems saddened by the last part, visibly so to Wesley.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85853
85856
>>85850
"I've seemed to have encountered a changling without knowing."
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85854
85855 85856
>>85846
Sister Ash holds them in her weakened arms for several minutes as she speaks with the other Sisters and fills them in with details about what she experienced, apologizing again for disappearing unnannounced.
"...-And as soon as I saw them, I took them and left.."
>>85849
No mere transfiguration can ever hope to match Sister Ash's natural softness
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85855
85856
>>85850
Finally, Iron decides to gently put Kerr on the bed and pats his head for a bit. He then starts gesturing. "Did the petting," he strokes the air in a horizontal motion. "give you," he points to him, "love like when I," he points to himself, "gave to you with memories?" He strikes a pose where he puts his hoof on his chin.
>>85854
That's why Ash's mane is the best.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85856
85857 85859 85860 85863 85868
>>85853
"Alright. I'm guessing it drained you?"

>>85851
Wesley looks a little awkward
"Habe ich zu viel gebissen?"

He can feel a winter wind blow through on his wet coat, making him cold. And there is no way he could know if the feeling is really the result of the wind and water, or the parasite on his back

>>85854
"That's terrible! You should take that all to the police"

Bitch please. They evolved specifically to have lovable disguises.

>>85855
He seems to understand Iron's meaning
"Ich habe genug von den Seelen dreier Ponys gegessen"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85857
85858
>>85848
>>85856
Iron, opposite to Kerr, does not understand a bit. He turns to Brie. "I need some translation. Would you please do that?"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85858
85860
>>85857
"He said "I have something of the something something Ponies love", and I'm not sure about that last one."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85859
85862
>>85856
"yes."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85860
85861 85862
>>85858
Iron furrows his brow. "That does not help much, but thank you."
>>85856
Iron decides to go for more risky stuff against Kerr, now moving to light tickling of the foal.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85861
>>85860
"Welcome to my world."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85862
85864 85865 85866
>>85860
>>85859
"Alright"
The nurse sends him to an Orange Unicorn
"So it says here that you got drained by a Changeling. He looks at the paper, and then pulls a hoof to his mouth. Then he fails to hide a laugh, then he starts laughing
"Let me guess, you picked up a girl at the bar?"

>>85860
"Hiss!" sayeth the foal
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85863
85879
>>85856
I refuse to believe that transfiguration could ever be as good as the real thing.

Sister Ash seems unsure
"... Are you sure..? I wasn't the only one there, so he won't get away with it.. I had hoped to avoid needless contact with the local authorities.. I'm not really very familiar with how ponies manage things here.."
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85864
85865 85879
>>85862
His wavering and distracted attention drawn by the hissing.
"Eww! Whoa! What the fuck are you doing?!" Instinctively his hoof draws a knife.
"Take your hooves and,... everything off of him!"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85865
85867 85875 85879
>>85862
Iron chuckles at the little one's hiss. He seems like a good colt. He stops from further tickling him, still snickering. "Did that give you," points at him, "love?"
>>85864
"Oh please, like I would want to abuse a foal. I prefer something that can actually fit my length." Iron waves off Brie's outburst.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85866
85903
>>85862
"no,i was helping what i thought was a foal."
Dark Star says Flatly
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85867
85869
>>85865
"Hooves... off."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85868
85869 85890
>>85856
"Nein, Junge. Es ist nicht das..." He sighs, trying to find the right words to describe it.

"Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie wären Pony. Sie haben viele Jahre in Equestria gelebt. Du warst dort glücklich. Du hattest Freunde, Familie und dein Land, um dich zu schützen, um dich glücklich zu halten. Dann kommt eines Tages eine Invasionsarmee durch. Sie fordern Sie auf, die Gesetze eines anderen Landes einzuhalten. Diese Ponys, auf die Sie sich zu verlassen hatten, um Sie zu schützen, waren jetzt wegen der Armee verschwunden. Sie sagen Ihnen, dass, wenn ein Changeling sich von Ihnen ernähren will, Sie sie lassen müssen. Und es ist ein Entleerungsprozess. Wenn das Wechseln nicht vorsichtig ist, kann es weh tun, es kann dir das Gefühl geben, dass es keine Hoffnung in der Welt gibt, keine Liebe, nichts, außer Traurigkeit, und manchmal hast du nicht einmal diese. Und wenn du das nicht willst, wenn du dich nicht auf diese Weise fühlen willst, kannst du nicht nein sagen oder zurückschlagen, wenn sie immer noch versuchen, dich zu ernähren, oder sogar von Soldaten getötet. Es würde dich nicht gut fühlen oder glücklich machen. Es würde Sie traurig machen, Angst, allein.

"Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich Sinn habe. Ich kann diese Sprache kaum sprechen, nicht wie kyrillisch oder sogar ponisch. Aber ich hoffe du kannst es verstehen. Ich möchte nicht, dass sich jemand auf diese Weise befindet, ob Pony oder Veränderer."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85869
85870 85871
>>85867
"My hooves are off of him already. Learn to watch the scene in front of you." Iron rolls his eyes.
>>85868
What's with this advanced german that I'm seeing? Is Silver a damn multilingual pony or what?
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85870
>>85869
I still don't know what languages there are to choose from in this setting, but I hope to finalize my character at level 6.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85871
85873 85874
>>85869
He picked up Changeling-speak not sure of the in-universe word for the language during the war by reading intelligence reports and documents he stole from the Changelings, and he's put it all together to try to at least speak some passable form of the language. He's not very good at it, but he can at least muddle through it. Actually getting a chance to speak it with Wesley is helping. Just don't ask him to read anything particularly advanced.
BbQWT
?
No.85872
85875 85876 85878
[1d20+9 = 12]

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85873
>>85871
Plausible. Silver is indeed old.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85874
85885
>>85871
Most creatures of the same Subtype speak one language, except for Humanoids, who may be divided by race.
ash6l
?
No.85875
85878
[1d20+2 = 13]
>>85865
"Dein Schwanz ist klein. Ich habe größere Schwänze als deine genommen"

>>85872
Opposed
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85876
85877
>>85872
You better not be thinking of attacking Iron when he is not holding Kerr. I'm warning you. Iron has a better punch than yours.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85877
>>85876
Keep your hooves to yourself and we won't have a problem
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85878
85880
>>85875
>>85872
"Brie, I need more translation. What is the little foal saying?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85879
85881 85882 85886
Thorax_hissing_at_Princess_Cadance_S6E16.png
>>85863
>>85863
"Needless? Is stopping a child molester who keeps colts in a sex dungeon 'needless?"

>>85864
With the knife drawn, the Changeling turns his back so that Iron and Brie are to either side. He then entirely drops the disguise, reverting to Changeling form. The hatchling already has a ray on its back, which is stood up in a display of what must be assertion
"Hiss!"

>>85865
He does not look pleased, and transforms to his changeling form. Big blue eyes with no whites, a red ray for a mane. Little tube like ears that are 'cut' in two places. Large fangs, two inches long even as a child and a long, narrow, snake-like tongue. Wing covers of a greenish color over dragonfly-like wings. A translucent blue green belly that looks a little full. A short cut tail that has holes in it. A horn on the head of the same solid black as the rest of his chitinous body. And of course, the famous holes in the legs.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85880
85890
>>85878
"Dunno." Brie replies coldly, without taking his eyes off Iron.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85881
85890
>>85879
"No, I meant rather that it's already been reported by now.." she replies.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85882
85883 85884 85890
>>85879
"Do not worry, little one. Brie is just a dumb bat who does not understand how to defuse a situation." He pats the now undisguised changeling. "Brie," points at the batponnt, "dumb."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85883
>>85882
*the batpony
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85884
85888
>>85882
"Says the good-for-nothing colt who didn't even have the sense to disengage when there were guns trained on him, and then when I finally do bail his ass out, he wanders to a tavern. Meanwhile, THIS little guy was trapped in the worst sex-dungeon I've ever seen. But go on. Tell him how I'm dumb, having pulled him out of there and brought him back here, apparently just in time to be molested."
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.85885
85886 85887
>>85874
Well, Ash already knows Ponish (what you would probably call in DnD "Common") and whatever the other language she can speak is. The Celestialist religious workers as well as ponies and griffons from the Arcturian Order speak Latin. Blue speaks the pony version of Greek, which they speak in Nimbusia, and might even be able to speak another language I didn't immediately recognize. Silver can speak Cyrillic, which is spoken in Severyana. Changelings speak whatever this universe's version of German is. Griffons in the Griffonian continent speak this universe's versions of French, Italian, or German, depending on the country they're from. Ponies from the River Republic in Griffonia speak this universe's version of Polish. Not sure how many others there are.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85886
>>85885
>>85879
Is silver there with the other changeling yet? He kind of needs to diffuse this situation.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85887
85890 85902
>>85885
I was hoping to learn Celestial for Communicating with Good-aligned outsiders and magical beasts.
Wait, ponies have different languages? How many?
And why do changelings speak German? They're nothing like germans. Besides, they need to speak other creatures languages to feed, and they mostly seem to feed off of ponies.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85888
85889 85890
>>85884
"Judging by the changeling's reaction to your impulsive action of threatening me with a knife, the changeling is more scared by that than mere tickling. Besides, I am trying to see what other methods a changeling can use to extract love, and no, I am not going the sex route. Like I said, he is too small for me." Iron deadpans at Brie. "Stop trying to act like a hero and sheathe the knife."
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85889
85892
>>85888
"Thinking about it."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85890
85891 85892 85893 85894 85902
>>85881
"I see. Well, these foals don't have mothers or fathers to help them through this"

>>85880
Kerr reads Bries eyes, and seems to understand, changing his stance more towards Iron

>>85882
>pats
It's not letting a hoof near the top of its head

>>85868
If Silver thought that arguing politics with Blue Skies was bad....

Wesley responds with a slight air of offense
"Denken Sie, wir wissen das nicht? Deshalb müssen wir entweder betrügen oder mit Gewalt gewinnen. Das Pony wird immer widerstehen. Sie werden uns Monster nennen und uns jagen. Sie werden in unsere Bienenstöcke eindringen und unsere Königinnen töten. In Vraks bekamen wir den süßen Honig der Arbeiter. Es gab nie genug und viele meiner Brüder und Schwestern fielen zu Staub. Glücklicherweise hat unser großartiger Reiseführer einen Weg gefunden, uns alle zu ernähren."

>>85887
>Speak german
Because I wanted them to speak a language that was foreign, but not entirely alien. Now shut up. If you need more reason, it's because in the mod they are a reskin of Nazi Germany under Hitler. If that is not a good enough reason I don't give a shit, I like having intelligent creatures that are capable of speech yet can't speak directly with most of the characters, and I always love throwing in bonuses to players who bother to google translate foreign phrases.

>>85888
"Du bist zu klein für mich, winzig!"
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85891
85895
>>85890
What languages are there available to pick from?
I still haven't picked mine.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85892
85895
>>85890
>>85889
Iron massages his temple. Great, now he feels threatened. Even then, he does not even understand his comment. He decides to go to a corner and try to remain passive. Here's hoping Silver comes already. What a bust.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85893
85895
>>85890
>"I see. Well, these foals don't have mothers or fathers to help them through this"
"... It's rather unfortunate indeed..." She says, her voice low as she tries to rock either child to sleep.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85894
>>85890
>"I see. Well, these foals don't have mothers or fathers to help them through this"
"... It's rather unfortunate indeed..." She says, her voice low as she tries to rock either child to sleep.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85895
85896 85899
>>85891
>>85893
Hmmm... die rolls

>>85892
Kerr calms down, and with a flash of green, goes back to being a blue unicorn foal

>>85891
Uh....
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85896
85900
>>85895
Are there any religious or extraplanar languages that might be of interest?
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85897
85899 85900
Brie makes a show of putting his knife away.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85898
85900
Can I assume Dark Star will now be taken care of so I can fetch Blue Skies, fill her in, and head to the tavern to make sure everything is going smoothly?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85899
85900 85906
>>85895
Iron huffs in annoyance.
>>85897
"You could have told me that he was abused when you brought him here, you know?" he massages his temple. "Not when I am stroking his mane, nuzzling him and all that. Why did you not react to those two previous acts?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85900
85903 85904 85905 85907
>>85896
Uh, let me think about it

>>85898
He can try

>>85897
Kerr takes interest

>>85899
"Hiss!"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85902
85917
>>85887
I have no idea how many, but it's a fair assumption to say there's a pony equivalent to most of the major languages we have here on Earth. That's just how many I've seen from the mod and from this particular game.
I imagine German is the language taught to Changelings from the moment they're hatched, and over time, they pick up the languages of nearby countries so they can better blend in. Since Chrysalis has united the changelings under the idea that they don't have to hide among ponies to obtain love, I imagine most changelings being born around this time won't even bother with trying to learn other languages, and will stick with their own native one.

>>85890
"Und Sie glauben nicht, dass das die Dinge für unsere beiden Leute noch schlimmer macht? Ponys fürchten sich natürlich vor dem, was sie nicht verstehen, und die meisten Ponys haben niemals die Möglichkeit, Veränderungen zu verstehen. Wenn Sie ihnen beigebracht haben, dass Sie nicht die Monster sind, von denen Sie glauben, dass Sie sie sind, würden sie nicht negativ reagieren. Sie begrüßen Sie vielleicht nicht immer, aber Sie würden Sie auch nicht hassen. Diese? Was macht Chrysalis? Es lässt die Ponys denken, dass du die Monster aus ihren Geschichten bist. Sie fürchten dich nicht mehr, weil sie dich nicht verstehen, sie fürchten dich jetzt, weil sie denken, dass sie dich verstehen. Und wenn sie sich entschließen, sich zu wehren, wird es für eines unserer Leute nicht gut enden. Viele werden wegen zu vieler Missverständnisse sterben."

After a couple seconds, he realizes he's arguing with the changeling equivalent of a teenager. "Ich weiß, ich kann Sie nicht anders überzeugen, aber stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der sich keiner unserer Völker vor einander fürchtet. Wo wir lernen, einander zu verstehen und zu respektieren, und diese Unterschiede zwischen uns. Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass das Essen, das man von Ponys in dieser Welt bekommen würde, viel erfüllender wäre als das Essen von Ponys, die um ihr Leben fürchten."

Silver shrugs as best as he can with a changeling on his back. "Ich weiß es nicht, nur zum Nachdenken."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85903
85908 85909
>>85900
>>85866

Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85904
85908
>>85900
I'm not going to bother finalizing details until level 6.

Also, with a technicallity here: is Sister Ash, at 6 Strength, physically capable of cradling both foals while sitting?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85905
85908
>>85900
Worth a shot.
I head to that base, hoping I don't get shot for just approaching. I look for guards that don't look like they want to shoot me today.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85906
85907
>>85899
"Pardon me for being distracted and not wanting to go into detail. I was glad enough to get out of there with him when I did, but waiting on the others has left me thinking."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85907
85908
>>85900
Iron rolls his eyes at the bug's sudden 180. He did not complain when nuzzling, mane stroking and love consumption were involved.
>>85906
"Sure, whatever you say."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85908
85909 85910 85912 85913 85914
>>85903
I really thought I responded to that one.... Hmmm. Anyways

The unicorn says "Let me guess, the foal had a very cute mother?" He stops laughing
"Anyways, this isn't that uncommon. What you have here is a dearth of Harmony magic. The magic that is love and friendship at its essence, and makes up the life force of beings. This is no physical problem." He waves an instrument of some kind over Dark Star

"Alright, it doesn't look like she got you too bad" he holds back a laugh. "You are not at the point that you cannot regenerate harmony. Don't worry, the life force they take should come back on its own. Chocolate and sugar can help the process, as can being around friends and those you love. But expect to feel weakened at least the next 12 hours. Rest can help as well. And try to stay away from certain cute mares. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"

>>85905
It would take a while, but the Grand Baltimare hotel is available. There are no guards outside of the building."

>>85907
Dude, quit being a dick

>>85904
While sitting? Yes
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85909
85912
>>85908
>>85903
He adds "Let me get you a tonic that should help in the magical healing process"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85910
85917
>>85908
Good help is hard to find these days.
I approach the door. I assume that they allow you to enter the building if they don't have a guard outside. I enter and look for somepony to address the situation to.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85911
85913
A chill and (depending on temperment) uncomfortable silence echoes through the room. Brie has a casual stance, but he's visibly on edge, and his eyes never waver from Iron.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85912
85917
>>85908
>>85909
"thanks doc."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85913
85915 85917 85918
>>85908
I'm venting a bit. Iron just has the worst luck when dealing with traumatized foals. Fuck's sakes. I tried being nice to the little foal, attempting to find an easier way to help the changeling to feed which judging from the genome reference, it doesn't matter and I get a hiss and a knife pointed at me. Sure, Iron has touched the foal but he never complained until the tickling and he does a hiss of discontent and Brie decides to be a hero without informing Iron that, hey, this changeling has been abused physically so no touching until Iron touches him. No, Iron was not informed how was the changeling found or what state he was in, just something ominous like 'ooh, he has bad stuff happen to him'. Man,
that stuff is frustrating, specially since I knew OOC but could not act on it.

>>85911
Iron lays on the floor in the corner, not wanting to disturb the changeling any further. His expression is still frustrated, but not really threatening. He starts doing a light tap on the floor to keep him occupied.
Mother Teresa Wannabe
Olbcm
?
No.85914
85917
>>85908
Alright.
Since it's about 8 o'clock, Sister Ash would try to get ready to put both foals to bed when she's sufficiently calmed them down, and then she'd go to bed herself, since she's had a terribly rough day.

Also it's 2:00 am where I am, I I think I'm going to call it a day as well.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85915
85922
>>85913
FWIW, you're right.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85917
85919 85920 85922 85923
>>85902
"Ich habe den letzten Monat in einem Käfig verbracht. Ich wurde erst herausgenommen, als sie mir Fotos von Fohlen zeigten. Die Hengste würden mich zu diesen jungen Fohlen machen und Sex mit mir haben. Die meisten dieser Ponys hatten keine Liebe, als sie dies taten. Ich musste stärker beißen. Aber als ich das tat, schockten sie mich mit einer Batterie. Sie würden mich schlagen, wenn ich nicht folgte. Ich lebte unter Chrysalis und ich lebte unter Ponys. Ich bevorzuge Chrysalis. Ich weiß nicht, wie man ein angstfreies Pony macht...."
*sad changeling noises*

>>85910
As soon as he goes through, there is a guard
"Can I help you?"

>>85912
The tonic is handed over. it seems to be natural and plant based

>>85913
It is skeptical of being touched. Hush and stop being an asshole

>>85914
The little foals are compliant, though still mostly not talkative. Ash can tuck them into their respective beds
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85918
85922
>>85913
>Genome reference
What?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85919
85927
>>85917
"Aber er ist nicht alle Ponys, ja? Er ist schlecht, ja schlimmer als schlecht, aber es gibt auch gute Ponys. Gute Ponys, die Ihnen helfen möchten und sicherstellen möchten, dass schlechte Ponys wie er gestoppt werden."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85920
85925
>>85917
"Yes sir. I need to relay a message to one of your officers. Is there a process I need to go through in order to do so? It is a rather important message from one of your own recruits."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85922
85926
>>85917
I think I calmed down a bit.
Iron is slightly less frustrated. I guess Marey was right in this situation. 'No touching' seems to be a good rule of frog.
>>85918
Whoopsie. Guessed a word wrong. I'm trying not to google translate, since I think it's cheating for Iron's situation.
>>85915
"Tell me a bit more about the heist. I was supposed to act as a distraction at the gate and missed all of the action."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85923
85924
>>85917
Dark Star Drinks it
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85924
85930
>>85923
Not the best tasting. Seems to be based on seaweed or something. Not really terrible either though. If it has an effect it isn't instant
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85925
85928
>>85920
"To whom do you need to deliver it?"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85926
85931
>>85922
Brie sighs.
"Not much to it really. I was in and out of the house before anyone even knew I was there. I picked up a few things from the main house - still haven't looked them over yet - and came back to run interference. Thats when I came across you and Onyx at the guard booth. I had planned on getting the guard drunk and then blaming a bunch of shenanigens on him later, but that didn't pan out. After you left, I set fire to the house and then alerted the guards to the fire so that I could go in and out of the scene without being discrete. I saw the others entering the pool house, and so I kept watch outside. I expected them to come out quickly, but they took their time so I went inside." He goes quiet after that. "When I entered," he says finally, "there was a secret room. With a bed. With chains all around it. Beyond that room was a room with cages. In it were Kerr, his brother, and a pair of foals that priestess retreated with. The stench was unpony, and the sight,... I've seen some shit in my day, but that shook me."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85927
85933
>>85919
"Könnte sein. Ich weiß nur, dass es keine guten Drohnen mit Waffen gibt, die mich jetzt schützen, und ich bin machtlos"
The little grey foal's ear's droop
Shouldn't he arrive eventually?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85928
85929
>>85925
"Blue Skies. The recruit is in the hospital and requested me to give her a message."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85929
85932
>>85928
"Uh, I'll go ask who that is, and see who is her handler. Can you leave the message with me to relay or must it be communicated directly?"
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85930
85935 85937
>>85924
"Not too bad,Doc. It Didn't have anything weird in it, did it?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85931
85934
>>85926
Here comes the comments
>set the house on fire to enter and leave the scene
"Why did you choose the one house the others were in? You took a big risk for practically nothing from what you said."
>secret room
Iron feels similarly disgusted. "That Comte guy sure is weak if he has to use foals as sex toys to satisfy his sexual urges. Ugh. I bet he cannot even please an actual mare."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85932
>>85929
"I think it best if communicated directly. See if it can't be done."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85933
85935
>>85927
TBH I was waiting on you for that, but if you were waiting on me...
"Dann werde ich dich beschützen. Und wenn es möglich ist, werde ich Sie zu Ihrem Bienenstock nach Hause sehen." Silver and Wesley see the Tavern come into view. "Wir sind fast da. Ihr Bruder sollte dort sein, und Sie zwei können sich ausruhen, während ich einen Arzt aufsuche."
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85934
85936 85942
>>85931
"It was a small fire, incapable of compromising the building, little more than lighting a bit of cologne on a brick on fire. But it gave me free access as 'a good samaritan' to engage the scene. And with any luck, the authorities have found his little secret and are putting the pieces together themselves."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85935
85938 85942
>>85930
He goes through a door. When he comes out, he says
"She is out working at the moment. You can write down a message, or maybe have it communicated over radio if necessary"

>>85933
"Das ist gut"
The little foal leans down, and hugs the back of Silver's neck

He should be through the front door now
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85936
85941 85942
>>85934
"But 'his little secret' is missing the one thing that makes it bad, which is the foals." Iron pokes his chin. "Besides, Star was carrying something important for the exact purpose to collect evidence of wrongdoing. It was a small rectangular box if I remember correctly." He ponders. "Apart from that, did you not stop and consider how the others got in the house themselves?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85937
85949
>>85930
"No manticore toenails or hippogriff droppings if that is what you are asking. I can't really say though. I don't make these things."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85938
85940
>>85935
"I don't suppose the radio would be secure would it? If not, I suppose a written message will have to do."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85940
85945
>>85938
"It should be fine. You can leave a written message and we'll have a flyer send it"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85941
85944 85946
"I've pulled dozens of jobs like that, maybe hundreds. A little B&E, a little bit of misdirection, smoke and mirrors, in, out, done. I'd never actually seen a changeling before either. I thought they'd be ferocious. I thought my first encounter with a changeling would be terrifying. Well it was, but for all the wrong reasons."
>>85936
"I don't know about all that. All I knew is one of my sources said there was a job, help people get in and get out and the pay was on-site acquisition. It was a rich neighborhood, so I took him up on it."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85942
85943 85944
>>85935
Silver uses a foreleg to return the hug before he enters.

>>85934
>>85935
>>85936
Silver smiles as he sees that Iron, Brie, and Kerr has arrived. "Ah, good! You have arrived! I assume this pony with you two is Kerr?"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85943
85948
>>85942
Brie starts at the sudden entrance (from his perspective) but only slightly.
"Finally. You brought his brother?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85944
85946 85948
>>85942
"Hello, Silver. I may have caused a bit of distrust of the foal on me. That is why he will be a bit jumpy." Iron is lying down on a corner. He looks at the other foal. "It seems there are two of them." He checks from his current position on how hungry the changeling entering the scene is.
>>85941
Iron is a bit annoyed by his lack of information but cannot blame him. He wasn't at the planning.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85945
85946
>>85940
"Alright then."
I write down the following:
Evidence collected. Dungeon in pool house. Foals rescued/secure. Dark Star injured, recovering. Slight complication of the fire type. New development. Meet back with us for more details.
I then fold up the message and hand it over.
"Thank you for your help sir."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85946
85947 85948 85950
>>85941
"Das graue Pferd kennt meinen Namen"

>>85944
Changeling? What Changeling? There is a small grey pegasus colt on Silver's back, with darker grey mane

>>85945
"We'll have it sent out" says the guard
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85947
85967
>>85946
"Have a good day sir."
I then take my leave and head for the tavern.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85948
85950 85951 85952
>>85943
"Yes. Excuse me, but I do not believe we have had proper introduction, yet, even though you appeared out of nowhere to lend us aid. I am Silver."

>>85944
"Yes, there were two. Brothers." He seems a bit worried about Iron's statement about causing distrust, especially knowing what that changeling has been through. "What exactly did you do that would cause distrust in this one?"

>>85946
Silver turns to Kerr, his voice returning to its paternal tone, even if he's not sure if it's having a positive effect on his voice. "Hallo Kerr. Ich habe deinen Bruder zu dir zurückgebracht." As he says this, he helps Wesley off his back and onto the floor.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85949
85952
>>85937
"Thanks for the potion."
Dark Star Stands up and reaches his hoof out towards the doctor
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85950
85952 85954
>>85946
"Ich vehrstehen 'Das', 'meinen', und 'Namen'."
Then to Silver and Iron, "I've been able to pick apart their dialect a bit, but the longer I hear it the more bewildered I get."
>>85948
"Yes, of course. The name is Brie, Brie Achtzig-Sechs." Then "How can you, I can't even,... nevermind."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85951
85954
>>85948
"I have gone as far as doing some tickling to see if I can produce a substitute to using up memories to feed a changeling. So far it is unsuccessful. Now Kerr is untrusting again. I could try to put some memories to surface again but I dislike the feeling."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85952
85954 85955 85956 85957
The two little foals walk towards each other, mostly Kerr going closer to Wesley

>>85949
The doctor has a 'what are you doing?' look, but lets him

>>85948
"Die Hölle? Sie sprechen Wechselbalg?"

>>85950
"... Ich vehrstehen"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85953
"What the fuck" Brie whispers indirectly.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85954
85955 85956 85967
>>85950
"It is nice to meet you, Brie." He seems amused at how Brie reacts to Silver speaking Changeling. "What, ponies can learn more than just Ponish. Я говорю на одном из этих языков прямо сейчас."

>>85951
"Yes, it is feeling of him feeding on your inner Harmony and life force. Also emotion, but that is tied to Harmony. It is meant to be unpleasant." He sighs. "Just...try not to tickle him any more, okay?"

>>85952
He rotates his hoof around. "Ehhhhhhhh...Ein bisschen."
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.85955
85956 85967
>>85954
>>85952
So, what exactly are we calling the Changeling language? Changelisch?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85956
85960 85967

>>85954
Iron deadpans at Silver. "A little too late for that. Pretty sure he wants me to be a one pony's length right now." He huffs. "Sorry, I am a bit angry at my predicament." He continues laying on the floor.
>>85955
I was thinking Changish tbh
>>85952
Iron decides to surface some other happy thoughts like when his brother was born. He swore to him that he would protect him against everything after that. Now he does not need his protection anymore. He chuckles.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85957
85967
>>85952
"What are you too good to shake hooves?"
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85958
85959 85960
"I need some air," he glances at Kerr. "Ich returnen." And then to the others "Keep an eye on them, but try not to get feelsy around them."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85959
85961
>>85958
"Sure."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85960
85961 85962 85963
>>85956
Well, that's one option.
Silver cocks his head, one ear falling to the side. He seems confused at the phrase Iron used. "What is 'one pony's length' in this instance?"

>>85958
"I was there, I know what you mean. It was nice meeting you, Brie. Thank you for your assistance."
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85961
85965
>>85959
He nods to Iron.
>>85960
"Oh, I'll be back. Ask them how mad I am." he says grimly, and then leaves.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85962
85965
>>85960
"Basically, just imagine you standing between me and Kerr. That is what I mean."
Dark Star ooc
fpzmT
?
No.85963
>>85960
Changean

Brie
BbQWT
?
No.85964
Doppelgangan
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85965
85966
>>85961
He looks at where he just left. "...Ask them how mad...?"
>>85962
"Ah, that is what you mean. It is like how Wesley was back at poolhouse when we rescued him, putting me in between himself, and Star and Spark...so, what did Brie mean, when he said 'Ask them how mad I am'?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.85966
85971 85980
>>85965
Iron shrugs. "It may be the injustices the foals have to suffer against this Comte bastard. If that is not it, then I do not know what it is."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85967
85969 85970 85971 86022
>>85955
Sure, "Wechselbalg"

>>85954
"Mein Bruder ist aggressiver und paranoider als ich. Ich bin überrascht, dass er ihn so ruhig fand"
>Was hätte ich machen sollen? Sollte ich dort geblieben sein? Getötet werden?
<Nein, ich dachte einfach nicht, dass du ihnen vertrauen würdest
>Und mich nicht. Ich werde kämpfen oder rennen, wenn sie versuchen, mich zu verletzen. Bis dahin schmecken sie gut
<Sie schmecken gut. Aber sie werden dich nicht verletzen. Dieses Pony ist nett. Er ließ mich füttern und ein anderes Pony ließ Sie füttern
>Das ist wahr. Diese Ponys waren ungewöhnlich nett
<Glaubst du, sie könnten uns in ein falsches Sicherheitsgefühl verführen? Sie könnten uns später vergewaltigen oder essen
>Glaubst du, sie könnten uns in ein falsches Sicherheitsgefühl verführen? Sie könnten uns später vergewaltigen oder essen
Wesley is frightened
<Nein, dieses Pony schmeckt süß. ich vertraue ihm
>Du vertraust zu viel. Vertraust du auch all seinen Freunden?
<So oder so haben wir jetzt Essen. Ich denke er wird mich beschützen
>Wahr. Ich habe noch nie so viel gegessen. Ich glaube, ich mag das fliegende Pony, auch wenn es nicht gut schmeckt

>>85956
The foal is yapping away in his weird speak, but Iron does catch his interest. He stares at Iron while talking, like a dog looking at food

>>85957
"No" He shakes hooves

>>85947
It is so
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85968
85971
Wesley says this remark to Silver about his brother Kerr
"Mein Bruder ist aggressiver und paranoider als ich. Ich bin überrascht, dass er ihn so ruhig fand"

But Kerr responds
>Was hätte ich machen sollen? Sollte ich dort geblieben sein? Getötet werden?
So Wesly says
Nein, ich dachte einfach nicht, dass du ihnen vertrauen würdest
>Und mich nicht. Ich werde kämpfen oder rennen, wenn sie versuchen, mich zu verletzen. Bis dahin schmecken sie gut
Sie schmecken gut. Aber sie werden dich nicht verletzen. Dieses Pony ist nett. Er ließ mich füttern und ein anderes Pony ließ Sie füttern
>Das ist wahr. Diese Ponys waren ungewöhnlich nett
Glaubst du, sie könnten uns in ein falsches Sicherheitsgefühl verführen? Sie könnten uns später vergewaltigen oder essen[
>Glaubst du, sie könnten uns in ein falsches Sicherheitsgefühl verführen? Sie könnten uns später vergewaltigen oder essen
Wesley is frightened
Nein, dieses Pony schmeckt süß. ich vertraue ihm
>Du vertraust zu viel. Vertraust du auch all seinen Freunden?
So oder so haben wir jetzt Essen. Ich denke er wird mich beschützen
>Wahr. Ich habe noch nie so viel gegessen. Ich glaube, ich mag das fliegende Pony, auch wenn es nicht gut schmeckt
Dann lass uns hier bleiben
>Oh, alles klar

Both disguised drones seem content
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85969
85972 85978
>>85967
I'm not exactly sure when you would want to time my arrival.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85970
85972
>>85967
Dark Star Smiles at him
"I'll be back if my friends or i get into more trouble."
Then Dark Star turns around and walks towards the door
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85971
85972 86022
>>85966
"Perhaps. What we found I would count among worst sights I have seen."

>>85967
Wechselbalg it is.

>>85968
Silver smiles, even if he could barely keep up with the conversation. "Es freut mich das zu hören. Jetzt muss ich ins Krankenhaus gehen, um sicherzustellen, dass die Belastung meines Körpers nicht zu groß ist. Wenn du diesem Pony, Iron, vertrauen kannst, um dich zu überwachen, während ich weg bin, werde ich zurückkehren, sobald ich kann."

>>85966
Silver then turns to Iron. "More importantly: can I trust you to look over them while I am gone? Their feeding has taken its toll, and I wish to make sure it has not left any lasting effects on me."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85972
85973 85975
>>85970
He smiles
"Stay away from loose mares and you won't need to come back"

>>85969
um

>>85971
>Oh Scheiße, er kann alles verstehen, was wir sagen!
"Oh... alles klar
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85973
85974
>>85972
Dark Star Laughs
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85974
85976
>>85973
And he is now free. Not cured quite yet... but on track
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85975
85978
>>85972
He lets out a playful bit of evil laughter. "Muahahahahaha! Nun wird nichts, was Sie sagen, vor mir verborgen! Muahahahahahahahaaaaaa!"

After the laugh subsides, he genuinely smiles at the two disguised changelings. "Im Ernst, ich komme bald wieder. Dann können wir darüber reden, ob wir Sie möglicherweise nach Hause bringen könnten."

>tfw waiting
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85976
85978
>>85974
Dark Star walks to the headquarters
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85978
85979 85982
>>85969
Arrive… Now

>>85976
It is so. When he arrives, what do?

>>85975
Kerr recoils slightly at the thought, pulling up one leg and sticking out his tongue
Iron is kill I bet


Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85979
85981
>>85978
He walks in and goes to the front desk
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85980
85982
>>85977
I arrive at the tavern, go to Silver's room, and knock on the door.
>>85966
"Hello? Silver?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85981
85985
>>85979
Sea breeze is not there at 9 PM. But another agent is
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85982
85983 85984
>>85978
Silver sticks out his tongue right back at Kerr before answering the door.
Most likely. I'll just assume he'll watch the changelings.

>>85980
Silver answers through the door. "Yes, yes, just one moment." He opens the door, smiling when he sees Spark. "Ah, there you are. I assume you saw Star to hospital?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85983
85986
>>85982
"Hiss!"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85984
85986
>>85982
I thought you had left, that's why I directed that at Iron. Sorry.
"Yes. He should make a fast enough recovery. Now you need to head over."
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85985
85987
>>85981
"hey,is blue skies around?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85986
85988
>>85983
Silver gets a slight chuckle out of this.

>>85984
Nope, still here.
Silver nods. "I was just about to do that." He looks around to make she nopony is listening in on them, and he whispers to Spark. "Changelings we rescued are here. Mind helping Iron watch them while I am gone?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85987
85990
>>85985
He responds
"Just one moment" And picks up a telephone. In less than a minute, Blue Skies comes prancing through a door straight ahead and to Dark Star's right. This is the first time she has come from this direction. She approaches Dark Star

Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85988
85989 85992
>>85986
"Of course. I'll do my best... but don't take too long, just in case."
I step inside.

Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85989
85991 85994
>>85988
There are no changelings, just Iron If he is alive, a grey pegasus colt, and a blue unicorn colt. And maybe Brie? I am not sure
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.85990
85993
>>85987
"Hello miss Skies."
Dark Star OOC
fpzmT
?
No.85991
>>85989
i think brie said he went outside.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85992
85994
>>85988
"I will try not to." He welcomes Spark into his room. Before heading out for the hospital, he removes his equipment, and the evidence he gathered from Comte's house, leaving him with only his clothes and a very-much lightened saddlebag. "Also keep close eye on evidence. We will need it if we are to destroy Comte."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85993
85996 86002 86027
>>85990
She looks sweet as always, Azure white feathers and Sky Blue mane
"Hello. I got the message.
She takes him somewhere a little more private
"It said there was a 'new development' and you have the foals? I just came back from the scene. It turns out we didn't need a warrant, there was a 'fire.' We implanted an agent with the Batlimare PD on the scene"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85994
85995 85996
>>85989
I sit down in the room.
>>85992
"Right. And these are the changelings I assume. I didn't expect them to be hiding like that, but I guess it wouldn't hurt in case somepony comes in here unannounced."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85995
85997
>>85994
The pegasus and the unicorn colts look at Spark, with big, bulging eyes
Silver
osbIl
?
No.85996
85998
>>85994
"It could be. In either case, I will be back shortly."

>>85993
Silver leaves his room at the Tavern and heads for the hospital.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85997
85998
>>85995
Cute bulging eyes?
Spark just sits there in the awkward silence, unsure of what to do.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.85998
85999 86000
>>85997
Maybe not bulging, but cutish.
The pegasus approaches a little closer, walking almost like a dog with slow steps

>>85996
It is so
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.85999
86001
>>85998
I sit still to not scare them.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86000
86001
>>85998
Not sure if I should just go ahead and have him get there, or if I should wait for you to say when he arrives.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86001
86003
>>85999
The little pegasaus inches closer

>>86000
>wasting millennial posts. Sure, I guess
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.86002
86004
>>85993
"It was...Bad." Dark Star looks Distraught "i have the evidence here."
Dark Star hoofs over all the pictures and items he retrieved from the house.Except the pictures he took in the pool house basement.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86003
86004
>>86001
I remain calm... as best as I can. I don't try to interrupt it.

Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86004
86005 86011
>>86002
She smiles deviously
"Excellent. This will go lovely with evidence gathered on the scene. We might be able to find out more about subversive activity. So tell me, you rescued the foals, yes? They were there?"
How is he going to separate out the pictures? Aren't they all on the same film roll?

>>86003
It comes even closelier
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86005
86006
>>86004
"Hi."
I still refuse to move.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86006
86008 86027
>>86005
The foal's ears twitch, but it is not detered. It comes close, so close. Then it extends a hoof and...

Touch. It has touched Spark's foreleg
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86008
86009
>>86006
I smile at how cute this is, but I don't do anything else.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86009
86010
>>86008
It pokes again

>Berühre das nicht! Es ist gefährlich!
Says the unicorn
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86010
86012
>>86009
Still unmoving, but finding this extremely cute for deadly vampire bugs.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.86011
86012
>>86004
Oh i was thinking it was like a polaroid
"Yes, they were..." Dark Star's Distraught look grows more substantial "Chained up in a basement in the pool house. the sick buck... was in fact Doing Things to them But his deviancy didnt stop there he had changling hatchlings in cages down there as well. they were malnourished and i felt bad for them so i fed one. the doctor says i need to be around loved ones and eat lots of chocolate and sugar."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86012
86013 86014
>>86011
At that first part, she smiles grandly, and almost laughs in joy
"This is glorious! It will be on every paper in East Equestria"
On the Changelings
"Well, that kind of makes sense. Shapeshifting is useful for sex fantasies"
On feeding the Changeling
"What you knowingly let a Changeling eat part of your soul?"

>>86010
It moves up and... is it about to pet Spark?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86013
86015 86016 86028
>>86012
I keep holding still, holding back from commenting on how adorable the death insects are being.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.86014
86016
>>86012
"My Emotions overwhelmed me, i dont know why i did it. i just did. i acted without thinking. and the doctor said it would grow back."
Dark Star OOC
fpzmT
?
No.86015
>>86013
i just visualized spark sitting there awkwardly while a hatchling pokes him. its adorable tbh.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86016
86019 86028
>>86014
"Yes, that should happen in all but the most severe cases"

>>86013
It starts to pet Spark
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86017
86018 86020 86033
Alright, I need to sleep
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86018
>>86017
Sleep well, GM. See you tomorrow.
Dark Star
fpzmT
?
No.86019
86145
>>86016
Dark Star Hugs Blue
Dark Star OOC
fpzmT
?
No.86020
>>86017
Good night.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86022
86023 86035
>>85971
"I guess? I am unsure if they would trust me unless I feed them some more, which I am baiting out at the moment." Iron shrugs
>>85967
Iron now thinks of how his sister was conceived. Mother always said that she looked just like her. She had her eyes, that is for sure. A slightly slender looking Earth Pony with green coat and even greener mane. He wonders how she is doing. His siblings are his best friends after all.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86023
86024
>>86022
I am posting now so I don't have to take away the Last 50 posts thing.
Also sorry, passed out. Again.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86024
>>86023
its fine.
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.86027
>>85993
>fire
No need to thank me
>>86006
D'awww

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86028
86029
>>86013
>>86016
"Oh, hey Spark. I did not notice you there." He waves at Spark being 'attacked' by the other foal that assumes is not Kerr.

Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86029
86030
>>86028
“Hello. How are you doing?”
It takes every bit of strength to not move from the cuteness.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86030
86031
>>86029
"A bit bummed out, but physically fine." He pokes his chin. "Is the little one Kerr or his 'brother'? I cannot tell from here."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86031
86032
>>86030
“Kerr? I wasn’t told their names.”
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86032
86033
>>86031
Iron nods. "One of them is Kerr. The other is Wesley, if I recall what Silver said correctly." A pause, followed by some light hoof tapping on the floor. "You should know which one is which if you try to force one of them to approach me. Kerr should probably hiss at me and try to break free from your grasp. The other would be more cautious but not as fearful to be near me."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86033
86034 86035
>>86032
“Ok.”
>>86017
I then to the changeling.
“Are you Wesley?” I say as calmly as I can, for a creature that kind of sent my friends to the hospital now petting me.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86034
>>86033
Autocorrect is not playing nice today.
*turn to the changeling
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86035
86036
>>86022
The unicorn looks over, though perhaps not as interested as in the previous image

>>86033
The little grey pegasus colt keeps his hoof extended out, reaching forward, so much so that he has to lean and raise his right rear hoof to keep balance

*pet*
And after a moment, skittishly, "Ich bin Wesley"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86036
86037
>>86035
Iron is surprised. He then thinks back to his first actual fight with his brother. He has grown and learned so much. His unarmed technique has far surpassed Iron's, even with his lower strength. He knew how to dodge and weave through his punches with such grace. It was the first time he lost for real against him, and he felt damn proud of him. He was going to be a great stallion one day.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86037
86038
>>86036
The little colt inches forwards, eyes on Iron
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86038
86039
>>86037
Iron does not react again. It should be a nice apology to give him some more love.
After the fight, his brother helped him out and shook hooves in mutual respect. Iron remembers hugging him and congratulating him for a good fight. His brother hugged back, a tender embrace between two brothers. It was an honor to be beaten by him. A pat on the back and they both left off to celebrate with the family. The lunch he tasted was one of the best he has ever eaten. Father congratulated them on a good fight, mother hugged us both and tended to our wounds and sister simply nodded in understanding. It was one of the best days Iron had in his past.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86039
86040 86041
>>86038
D'aww

The little colt breaks his disguise, and in a flash of green light is a drone once more, he extends his tongue and quickly lunges forward, his fangs sticking the air

Roll for fortitude save
hY7VQ
?
No.86040
86041 86042 86043
[1d20+5 = 13]
>>86039

Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86041
>>86039
>>86040
Suspense
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86042
86044 86045
>>86040
A stream of green and purple goes from Iron into the small drone's mouth

The taste of the food in the memory becomes duller dull, then almost like the taste of eating dirt. Pride becomes lesser, then numb. The hugs become cold. Senses of fear and apprehension that had always been present in the memory now stand out, as there is no other feeling to drown it. He feels physical pain. It is the same physical pain as he experienced in the memory, but whereas before its presence was easy to ignore, it is now at the forefront. What else is there to feel when nothing but pain, sadness, and fear remain?

For all of this, it does not leave his mind, and he still feels he could stand if he wanted to. The little drone stops, and sits. It's belly is large, with a little blue light past the translucent blue hide
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86043
86045 86053
>>86040
"Are... you ok Iron?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86044
86046
>>86042
Does that mean I failed the fortitude save and have to act a bit emotionless now?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86045
86046
>>86043
Iron is a bit dazed, but understands what must be done in order to take care of changelings. "I... think so. It will pass away soon, I would think." He shivers uncomfortably, feeling the pain and fear of losing against him, hurting his own pride. "He just needed some love, that is all." He does not change his prone position.
>>86042
"I hope that counts as an apology, Kerr." he smiles weakly.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86046
86049
>>86044
>>86045
I had had the DC at about a 15, which means that Iron's combined 13 wouldn't be good enough. But then again, I think Iron has a couple points from constitution that if added, would reach 15. Also these are children, not full grown Incubi drones, so they maybe should have a lower DC of like 12\\
The little bug licks his lips. He appears sated
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86047
86048 86049
A quiet knock sounds at the door, and Brie pokes his head in, before entering fully.
"I need some information. What can you tell me about Comte?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86048
>>86047
As he opens the door, he can see a flash of green light, then Spark, Iron, the Pegasus and the unicorn
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86049
86050
>>86046
If the endurance feat counts, then it would have passed.
Iron lays there, a bit happy about the changeling's sated status.
>>86047
"Comte is a politician. A 'stallion for the ponies' kind of guy. He is part of the Social Democrat Party if I am not mistaken, leading figure being some other stallion who is the mayor. I do not remember his name right now."
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86050
86051 86052
>>86049
"The mayor you say? Interesting. I wonder if he has any connection to that one mare who was floating around the tavern. Can't think of her name at the moment."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86051
86057
>>86050
"What mare floating around?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86052
86057
>>86050
Ms. Prancer
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86053
86054
>>86043
Iron stands up slowly. "Spark, I need your help. Could you help me put my armor on? I should go to the abbey to check Ash's status. She may be interested that these two little ones are safe and sated." He then walks over to his armor and lazily starts the process.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86054
86055 86056
>>86053
Does he need armor to go to a group of children and nuns?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86055
86061
>>86054
Well, he does not want to leave his possessions on other ponies' rooms. He can always carry them on his back, can he?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86056
86061
>>86054
Silver finally makes it to the hospital.
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86057
86058 86061
>>86052
/)
>>86051
"Prancer, I think her name was. I've got her address written down. I'm thinking it might be time I look around her property." He says with a wink.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86058
86059
>>86057
Iron chuckles. "You are aiming for high-class, Brie. Hope it pays off."
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86059
86060
>>86058
"Not at all. Word is she travels in high circles. Like Comte, or the Mayor, but she has no official position in Baltimare."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86060
86063
>>86059
Iron nods. "You seem to know her a bit. Have you entered her property already? I mean the actual house, not her flanks." He snickers.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86061
86064 86065
>>86057
(\\

>>86055
Probably

>>86056
A nurse asks him
“Hello, what is the nature of your ailment?”
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86063
86065 86070
>>86060
"I cased her a bit when she was at the bar, and I've seen the outside of her house, but I haven't made a job out of it yet. I was waiting for a good opportunity and then I got caught up with you ponies in the dock mission. I haven't had a chance to get back to it, but in light of these two (indicating the changelings) I have to wonder if she might not be caught up in it. Not being a public official would give her leeway for interacting with unsavory individuals in business dealings without extensive media scrutiny. Its just a hunch, but worth looking into I think." He's silent for a moment, then turns to the changelings. "Hallo Kerr, hallo Wesley. Wie geht es ihnen?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86064
>>86061
He goes straight to the point. "Changeling feeding."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86065
86066
>>86061
>>86063
Iron nods. "I understand. Be sure to keep these foals safe for now. I will be back after checking up on Ash." He finally puts all of his armor pieces and shield on his back. "Forget about the whole 'help me with equipping my armor' thing, Spark." With that, Iron exits the room. Destination: The Abbey.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86066
86067
>>86065
Damn it. I leave for just 30 minutes...
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86067
>>86066
Eh, GM had a point
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86068
86069
After Iron leaves, Brie looks around the room. "Fug, Silver's not here. Not sure how he speaks their language so well, but I need him to translate for me."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86069
86074
>>86068
"So, how are you doing... I'm not sure I got your name now that I think of it."
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86070
86071 86074
>>86063
Kerr says to Brie
“Ich bin ok. Dieses Pony schmeckt gut”
Kerr is closest to Iron, but still keeps his distance

Wesley is touching Spark, evidently seeing if Spark bites
He turns to Brie, still surprised he speaks Wechselbach
“Ich bin ok. Der alte Hengst ist nicht hier, also bin ich etwas unsicher”

>>86063
She stifles a laugh
“Second one this hour. Go see this doctor”

When he gets to the unicorn doctor, he can see that he too, is stifling a laugh
“Let me guess. She was posing as a single mother”
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86071
86072
>>86070
"Not exactly, no..." He scratches the back of his neck. "I suppose my friend was in here earlier, from what nurse said."
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86072
86073
>>86071
He laughs
“Was it one mare or two of them together?”
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86073
86080
>>86072
"Well, yes, there was two changelings..." Silver looks fairly awkward in his position. "So, will I be okay, doctor? It was fairly excessive amount of feeding."
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86074
86076 86077 86080
>>86069
"Brie. Still reeling from... yesterday."
>>86070
"Du haben uh,... spiele?" he says awkwardly (he knows thats not the right word for 'fun', but its the best he can do)
btw, am I the only one a little suspicious of the nonchalance of the hospital when dealing with changeling symptoms? Like, how often do they get changeling attacks?
Spirit of a Sardonic Economist
EwBQe
?
No.86075
86082 86145 86146
>>85507
>7 wis

Don't forget Brie was about to stab one of the innocent guards in a public place. He also repeatedly hinted at the burglary while the party was inside and unfinished. He also committed minor arson while the party was still inside and didn't know how to escape; in his haste to save himself and his cargo he knocked over Spark and left the three stallions in a very suspicious place with sirens in the distance. The only reason they managed to escape was due to heavy dime distortion by the GM turning four minutes into a half hour. So very "wise"

I'm guessing Brie is chaotic neutral?

>>85564
>fey
That would also include breezies, right?

>>85585
If ever in doubt, perform a PEST analysis

I've gotta admire this group for their pessimistic and gloomy response to dice. First you have Silver almost re-rolling a new character on not just one but two occasions, then you have have Star being an utter edgelord because of one drain. The melodrama is the most entertaining part of being an observer.

How would a changeling drain affect you if you couldn't feel anything in the first place?

>>85779
As a matter of fact, suits of armor in medieval times cost as much as a car if not more. The fact that they still run in the thousands today despite steel being dirt cheap and machining tools available should tell you something (to be fair, there are far fewer skilled blacksmiths today).

Also, adoption can be really expensive depending on the country, laws in place, and processing. It may be that the "ransom" could simply be a fee to handle all the paperwork that goes with adoption.

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86076
>>86074
I'd agree but don't care for the time being.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86077
86082
>>86074
"Nice to meet you Brie. I want to thank you for helping us. I blocked your way before because I didn't know if I could trust you, and you stuck with us. I apologize."
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86079
>>86078
Nevermind. Disregard previous statement.

Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86080
86081 86082 86087
>>86073
“For that I will need to see”
He places a a device over Silver that shows various colors
“There’s a definite drain on your aura. It looks like she got you good. But this is far from the worst it could be. You’re not so drained that you cannot regrow your magical strength. We have a tonic that can help in the regrowth. Eating sweets can also help. And stay around friends, family and loved ones.”with a chuckle, “but NOT around strange mares”

>>86074
Kerr responds
“Die jungen Drohnen kämpfen manchmal”

>>86078
Public?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86081
>>86080
I suppose you meant the fistfight, which in that case, yes. Absolutely.
You don't really have to tho. I just want to check up on Ash, see if she's okay.
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86082
86083
>>86075
>CN
*bows*
>changeling drain
"Dunno, so far they don't seem to respond to sociopaths, so I should be safe." Brie responds in a rare moment of actual 4th wall breaking.
Thanks for watching btw
>>86077
"Nah, don't mention it. I was hoping my speedy escape might hint at a potential risk of authorities present, but it worked out alright in the end."
>>86080
Brie smiles encouragingly, oblivious to what Kerr just said.

Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86083
86084
>>86082
More like they don't respond to madponies whose emotions are a mess to begin with, apart from not presenting yourself as a love sucking candidate.
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86084
86085
>>86083
*bows*
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86085
86086
>>86084
I still think your 'idea' was unnecessary at best.
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86086
86087 86088
>>86085
It was fun though
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86087
86088 86098
>>86080
Silver is relieved by this statement. "Good. I was worried about that. I think I will take this tonic. How much for it?"
>>86086
Indeed it was.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86088
86089 86091
>>86086
Not really. It was just dumb, and not in a good way. Maybe I'm a bit uptight on what defines fun though.
>>86087
I don't think you mean it, unless you wanted to get into trouble with police by trespassing.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86089
86090
Spoilered
>>86088

Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86090
86091
Spoilered
>>86089
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86091
Spoilered
>>86088
>>86090


Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86092
86093 86094
Did onyx ever get around to carrying Dark Star to the hospital?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86093
86095
>>86092
Yep. Dark Star is now out of the hospital and Silver is now there.
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86094
>>86092
Yeah, him and Spark got Star to the hospital. Spark's right now at Silver's room.
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86095
86096
>>86093
In the hospital or?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86096
86097 86103
>>86095
Yeah. Silver is in the hospital. You should be too, though you don't need to be.
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86097
86098
>>86096
Then I guess Onyx heads back to the bar.
I wonder how much of an ear he'll have left after his boss gets ahold of him.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86098
86099 86102
>>86097
“I thought I was going to have to send out a missing persons’ report” Glistening Glass says sarcastically

>>86087
He is stunned
“The public hospitals are free. If you want magicians who will cure you instantly when you sleep with the wrong mare, you must find private doctors”
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86099
86100
>>86098
Onyx considers saying "For who? Your wife that never came back from meeting 'a friend?" but decides that he still needs his job since the other one isn't exactly paying well.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86100
86101
>>86099
“All your buddies moved up to that room to the left of yours, by the way”
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86101
86103
>>86100
"Thanks for letting me know"
Onyx sets to work cleaning up and servering anyone there.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86102
86104
>>86098
It's Silver's turn to look stunned. "Free? Then how is it you make Bits to keep hospital running?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86103
86105 86107
>>86096
*poke*

>>86101
Roll a d20
I’m at a bar so I may not be as creative as desirable
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86104
86106
>>86102
“The city runs it”
9Hl5h
?
No.86105
86108
[1d20 = 6]
>>86103
Ironic
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86106
86108
>>86104
"Huh. So, where does..." Silver stops himself. He wasn't entirely wanting to get into a discussion with the doctor about how the healthcare system works now. "Nevermind. I will take this tonic, if it pleases you."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86107
86108
>>86103
I chuckle at the changeling's curiosity.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86108
86109 86110 86112
>>86106
“Yes, the tax players are paying for your sexual misadventures. Now get better, and keep it in your sheath”

>>86105
Hmmm...

>>86107
He comes a little closer, and now pokes at Spark’s shoulder
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86109
86111
>>86108
Alright, let's finish up the scenic walk. Iron reaches the abbey and knocks on the door.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86110
86114
>>86108
"Uh...right."
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86111
86113
>>86109
“Oh, uh, hello. Again”
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86112
86114
>>86108
Spark tries not to flinch.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86113
86115
>>86111
Iron nods. "Hello. I wish to know if Ash is here and if she brought any foals back. I can come in to check, right?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86114
86116 86119
>>86112
He looks at spark and tilts his head

>>86110
And thus Silver is released. 12 hours healing under good conditions
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86115
86117 86118
>>86113
“Right... She did return with foals. She has been with them part of the evening”
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86116
86120
>>86114
I smile but look to see how Kerr is reacting to this as well.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86117
86120
>>86115
He nods and lets himself in. "I just want visual confirmation. After that, I will take my leave. Maybe I will come back to sleep here if she decides to do the same." Iron scratches his side. "If you would allow it, of course."
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.86118
86120
>>86115
I don't suppose you can comment on the stuff Brie pulled from the house atm?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86119
86120
>>86114
Silver leaves the hospital, deciding to head for a general store or grocery store for some sweets, under the doctor's recommendation.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86120
86121 86122
>>86118
I think that he robbed two portrait paintings, a red cloak, a stack of bank notes, some antique coins, a booklet that seems to have codes in it, and probably a small set of jewelry

>>86116
He sits over in the corner, to himself. If Brie is there he is probably the closest pony, although still a bit distant

>>86119
Fortunately, several are nearby

>>86117
“We can always provide refugee to wayward spirits”
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86121
86123
>>86120
He nods. "Now where is she exactly? If she is with sleeping foals, I need some warning. My steps are too loud to sneak by without causing a disturbance." He pokes his chin. He tries to see if the sister attending him is who he thinks he is. Is she Marey? Also, having some dinner, 20 minutes max
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86122
86123
>>86120
Silver doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, himself, but if the doctor said it will help...

He grabs a few chocolate bars (a dozen: 4 plain, 4 dark, 4 with almonds), and brings them to the cashier to ring them up.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86123
86124 86125 86126
>>86122
1 bit, 2 tops
I don’t mean to meta game or steer decisions, but is he going to buy anything for the little Wechselbalgs?

>>86121
“She is upstairs”
Presumably not Marery

Ash’s player isn’t here, so...
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86124
86126 86128 86129
>>86123
He places a couple Bits on the counter. As he gets ready to leave, he realizes he almost forgot something. "Uh, excuse me? You wouldn't happen to have foal's toys in store?"

Yup. Forgot about it until you reminded me.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86125
86128
>>86123
I understand. I think the player made Ash go to sleep some posts ago. Iron just wants to witness the scene to confirm Ash's presence in the abbey, then he would fuck off.
"Thank you." Iron proceeds to go upstairs to see how Ash is doing. Hopefully she is not wounded.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.86126
86130
>>86124
D'awww
>>86123
Suddenly and without warning, Brie gets up out of his chair, leaving in a hurry and a departing "I'll be back in a minute."
He makes a quick route to his hideout to his stashed loot from the previous house, specifically the 'code book'.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86127
Going for smol nap. Should be aawake 1 hour later.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86128
86129 86132 86154
>>86125
Ash is neither wounded nor eated

>>86124
Whether Silver can actually find a satisfactory array of toys in a general store, or has to go to a specialty toy store I don’t care to specify, but among toys, he can find:

Children’s books
Little steel Army soldiers, these of both pre-war royal guards and wonderbolts, as well as Great War era Equestrian soldiers, which remain on the shelves despite their “politically incorrect” status
Stackable bricks, that may be combined into many combinations like houses or railways
Steel toy cars that are painted. Firetrucks and dumptrucks
Steel warplanes, also of Great War models
Blankets
Toy weapons
Pony dolls
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86129
86132
>>86128
>>86124
For good measure, add in
Marbles
Chutes and ladders or equivalent board game
Jacks
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86130
86131
>>86126
This slightly startles Kerr, but he is able Ron find all things as he left them. Although that booze bottle is still in an awkward location
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.86131
86134
>>86130
The booze was going to be so I could implicate the guards for the fire, its irrelevant now. I'm most interested in the code book.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86132
86133 86134
>>86128
>>86129
It's been a while since Silver's bought toys, but he wants the changelings to at least have something to do or play with. He grabs a little of everything: a selection of various toy soldiers, a set of stackable bricks, a couple toy cars, a firetruck, and a warplane, a pair of blankets, a game of Chutes and Ladders, a game of Checkers, some marbles, some jacks, a toy gun and toy sword, and a couple pony dolls. He also grabs a couple more chocolate bars of the milk chocolate variety. He's not sure if changelings like chocolate, or if they can even eat chocolate, but he figures even if they don't/can't, there are others who will. With all of this gathered, he brings everything to the cashier to be rung up.
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86133
>>86132
Forgot to add children's books to the list, so if it's possible, add some to that as well.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86134
86135 86136
>>86132
>All of that
Like a lot more. 40 bits

>>86131
Yep, right there in the stash. Red cover, it seems like it mostly consists of translations for an encryption, as well as a few numbers at the beginning
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86135
86137
>>86134
He was expecting it to be a little pricy, but he gladly puts down the required Bits on the counter, before leaving the store with his newly acquired items in his saddlebags. He's suddenly thankful that he nearly emptied them out back at his room.

Silver begins the trek home.
Brie
BbQWT
?
No.86136
86139
>>86134
He takes the book and returns to the Tavern, hoping that there's useful information contained inside.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86137
86138
>>86135
And that probably is a good thing, because damned is it a lot of items. Onyx should be manning the bar
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86138
86139 86140
>>86137
Is Onyx even here, still?
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86139
86141 86143 86145
>>86136
And this should be so. Hopefully Spark hasn’t been killed by the changelings. Onyx would be manning the bar

>>86138
Probably not
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86140
86141
>>86138
I'm only partially dead
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86141
86142
>>86140
Yey?
Silver nods to Onyx as he enters the tavern. "It is good to see you, Onyx. I see you are working at the moment."

>>86139
Preemptive F for Spark
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86142
86143
>>86141
"Gotta make a living somehow"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86143
86144 86147
>>86142
Silver nods. "I understand that. I will not bother you much more. Mission was success, among other things. I will fill you in later, after you are done working." He turns and heads for the rooms. "I will see you later, Onyx."
You know, I think I still haven't figured out what race Onyx is.

>>86139
Silver calls "Es ist nur ich." through the door to his room before opening it and stepping into the room. He smiles when he sees both Kerr and Wesley are there, with Wesley apparently petting Spark. "Hallo Kerr, Wesley. Ich bin aus dem Krankenhaus zurück." He looks around the room a little bit, notice a distinct lack of Iron. "Ich nehme an, das große Pony ist weg?"
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86144
86146
>>86143
Crystal Earth Pony
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86145
86147
>>86075
To Be Fair Dark Star is always an edgy boy. and i hope we are entertaining.
>>86019
>>86139

Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86146
>>86144
And now I know.
And knowing is half the battle!
>>86075
Well, as long as Atlas keeps rigging the dice as he has been, I imagine we'll continue to be entertaining for some time to come.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86147
86148 86150
2A2C4944-79B9-4361-BDDC-99CDF5D92EF0.png
>>86143
Crystal pony. Functionally an Earth Pony

Wesley moves from his position by Spark, and moves to i front of Silver, sitting down, and looking up at Silver and smiling
“Hallo. Warum musstest du ins Krankenhaus gehen?”

Kerr keeps his distance towards the end of the room, but looks st the scene, and answers the inquiry about Iron
“Er ging weg. Ich habe ihn nicht getötet“

>>86145
*coo*
Poner is hugged
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86148
86149
>>86147
"i need to go buy some chocolate. Doctors orders."
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86149
86153
>>86148
“Well, I guess you should do that. Where are your companions? What is this new development?”
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86150
86156
>>86147
Silver smiles back at Wesley, and gives him a quick hug. "Du und dein Bruder haben mich sehr hart gebissen. Ich musste dafür sorgen, dass an mir nichts falsch war."

Once he leaves the embrace, he smiles at and chuckles at Kerr's answer. "Ich bin sehr froh, dass du ihn nicht getötet hast!"

With both changelings answered, he looks at both of them. He's a little nervous about how the toys he bought the two will be received, but he knows he'll deal with it either way. "Ich habe dir zwei Sachen besorgt, während ich draußen war. Würdest du gerne sehen?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86151
86152
I’m on designated driver’s duty for the next 40ish minutes
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86152
>>86151
Got it. We'll wait.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86153
86156
>>86149
"i think they are at the east-side tavern Which new development? and has Comte been captured yet?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86154
86155 86156
>>86128
Back from small nap.
After Iron sees Ash's sleeping form does he breathe a sigh of relief. For a bit, he did not understand why but remembers it after some time. He decides to ask the sisters for a room to sleep in so that he can stash his stuff and go back to the bar.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86155
>>86154
GM will be back shortly
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86156
86157 86158 86231
>>86150
>hugging the pegasus
Pegasus is hugged with a "squeek," and Silver doesn't have to see the drooping ears on the little colt's face

Wesley is already right by Silver, and Kerr comes closer

>>86153
"Of course he hasn't been 'captured.' What would he be captured for? It's not like foals were found chained in a sex dungeon when the firefighters and police got there. No, when he heard that there was a fire reported at his house, he tried to go on scene, then was rushed away to a hotel. With a police escort to 'protect he and his family from possible arsonists and assassins' of course. When we have all of the evidence in, then we will nab him. As for the new development, I heard about that in a message"

>>86154
"Sure, the same room you used last night is still unoccupied"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86157
86164
>>86156
Silver can still guess that Wesley is worried about what he said. "Keine Sorge. Der Arzt sagte, es würde mir gut gehen." He pulls out the various toys, games, and blankets he bought from the store, and sets them on the floor of his room. "Ich habe diese für dich und deinen Bruder gekauft. Ich dachte, du würdest gerne etwas zu tun haben. Ich hoffe sie gefallen dir."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86158
86164
>>86156
"im confused as to what new development you are talking about."
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86159
86162 86164
A soft knock at the door immediately precedes Brie slipping quietly into the room, carrying a red book. He scans the room quickly, and seeing no one dead he takes a seat near the door.
"Eeeeeee." he Eeeeee's.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86160
86161 86162
The sorcerer starts to feel inadequate with all of these different languages being tossed around as of late.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86161
86162
>>86160
>tfw only picked ponish so far
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86162
86163
>>86159
Silver looks at him, confused about the bat pony noises. "Eeeeeee?" His confusion is replaced by intrigue as he sees the red book Brie is carrying. "You did not have that earlier. What is that?"

>>86160
>>86161
F
>t.trilingual fighter horse
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86163
86169
>>86162
Brie's face brightens. "Eeeee! I was thinking about Comte and the network of accomplices and contacts he would have to have in order to maintain,... practices such as he does, and then I remembered this book I found in his hidden bedroom safe. I'm not sure what it means exactly, I'm only just getting back to it now, but I'm hoping it might give a name, or an address, or something that can be used to find out more about their operation."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86164
86165 86167 86169
>>86158
"I received a message talking about 'a new development.' It must have been from one of your compatriots. I should probably meet with them for the quick rundown on what they found"

>>86157
Wesley starts looking through the items, and Kerr approaches to do the same. "Yay! says Wesley, "Die anderen Ponys gaben uns nie etwas zum Spielen"

Wesley picks up a book, and starts looking through its pages, with a big smile on his face. "Ich kann diese nicht lesen," he says, smile still on his face.

Kerr looks at the toy soldiers modeled after the Equestrian soldiers of the Great War. The soldiers that killed more than one half million Changeling Drones. Kerr looks at Silver, changes form into the black and red insectoid, and says "Ernst?"

>>86159
It's Christmas morning for the little drones, Kerr returning to his drone form, and Wesley remaining a grey pegasus
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86165
86166
>>86164
"oh yea i just remembered Silver has a film reel we found in comtes house. want to come shopping with me? we can swing by the tavern afterwards and you can get a quick rundown."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86166
86168
>>86165
"Uh... Sure?"
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86167
86170
>>86164
Brie's attention is momentarily diverted to the Lings. "Ahhh, spielen sie." He says with a smile. Looking back to the book, he starts flipping through it to see if there's anything that jumps out at him.
Is that an appraise check?
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86168
86170
>>86166
"oh and can i get my saddlebag while im here?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86169
86170 86172
>>86164
Silver looks fairly awkward at this moment. He rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment. He sounds genuinely sorry. "Es tut mir Leid. Im Nachhinein war es nicht die beste Wahl. Ich habe gerade alles gekauft, was verfügbar war." He levitates one of the books over to himself to look at the title. "Ich weiß, dass du diese nicht lesen kannst. Aber wenn Sie möchten, könnte ich sie Ihnen vorlesen."

>>86163
This clicks with what he found during his own investigation of the Burgher residence. He looks fairly amused. "So, I will assume it was you who cut painting out of its frame."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86170
86171 86173 86180
>>86168
She looks at him with a look that best translates as "-_-". "Sure."

>>86167
If he had to guess, it looks to him like the book is intended to be a cipher for some sort of encryption. There are a few numbers at the beginning that could have any sort of various meanings.
he could look deeper into it, yes

>>86169
Wesley seems excited by this proposition
"Yay! Das ist nett!"
Wesley has also begun playing with a toy firetruck. He starts to bat it around with his hoof, to push it forward, almost like a cat.

Kerr has wrapped himself in a blanket, where only his big blue eyes and black muzzle are visible through. He has grabbed one of the little pony dolls and has placed in his mouth, biting down on the squeeking little thing, held behind his fangs. He has picked up the toy gun, and pretends to shoot it at the toy soldiers
BbQWT
?
No.86171
86175
[1d20+10 = 13]
>>86170
Should I ask what numbers?
BbQWT
?
No.86172
86174
[1d20+7 = 11]
>>86169
"Painting?"
Bluff
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86173
86175
>>86170
Silver is happy that he at least got something for them to play with, even with his own screw ups. He sits down on his bed to watch them.
osbIl
?
No.86174
86176
[1d20+3 = 11]
>>86172
Opposed
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86175
86178
>>86173
Wesley starts pushing around the dumptruck. Kerr lays down wrapped in the blanket, still biting on the pony doll, and bats at the toy soldiers with the sword

>>86171
>rolled a 3
Hmmm
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86176
86178
>>86174
"There might have been a painting," he says guiltily beforem is brow furrows for a moment "... but its only fair because I missed out on my share of whatever was at the docks!" but his expression becomes passive again. "Hey, since you can speak the Ling language, would you mind translating for me? Not this instant of course, when they're done playing for a while."
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86177
*before his
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86178
86179 86182
>>86175
Silver silently cheers Kerr on from the sidelines. He pays attention to how he swings the sword, looking for ways he could potentially improve in his effectiveness.
>>86176
He seems amused by the bat's antics. "It is fine, I will not judge you. I was just confused at house when I saw painting was cut out, instead of just removed." He looks at the changelings playing. "Of course I would be willing to translate. I can not guarantee I will get it completely right, but I will try."
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86179
86181
>>86178
"Ever tried sneaking around with a full-on, framed painting?" ^_~
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86180
86182
>>86170
Dark Star goes and gets his bag and then returns to blue. "lets go."
Dark Star heads towards the door
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86181
86183
>>86179
Silver lets out a laugh. "No, but I can imagine it is most difficult." He takes a look at the bat's frame and build. "I take it you are sneaky type? It seems like I only ever know you are around when you actively make your presence known."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86182
86183 86184 86186
>>86178
Kerr's swinging is fairly simple, a right-to-left downward swipe to knock the painted tin soldiers over onto their side. He seems to be trying to make aggressive sounds like a 'rah!,' while doing so, but the doll in his mouth stifles that. The doll is far enough into the back of his mouth that his fangs do not risk breaking it.

Wesley places a bag of marbles in the back of the dump truck, and pushes it about

>>86180
"Alright let's go"
And thus they go
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86183
86185 86186
>>86181
"I prefer discretion, yes. Its hard to develop a reputation when most don't notice you."
>>86182
How old are these Lings? like CMC age? Older? Don't say younger
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86184
86185
>>86182
to a general store or a candy store which ever is open and closest to the tavern.
"what kind of candy do you like?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86185
86187
>>86183
Uh, maybe?

>>86184
"Get me something sweet to suck on," she says, smiling
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86186
86188 86191
>>86182
"Kerr, benutze den Schwung jedes Schwungs, um den nächsten zu starten." He demonstrates by swinging a foreleg down from right-to-left, then bringing it up around to swing downward from left-to-right.

>>86183
He lets out another, smaller laugh. "Sometimes, it is difficult to develop reputation even when everypony notices you." He takes a dark chocolate candy bar out of his bags, and takes a bite out of it, enjoying the bitter taste combined with the sweetness.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86187
86190
>>86185
"you'll get that later tonight."
Dark Star winks and smiles back at her
Anonymous
BbQWT
?
No.86188
86189
>>86186
"Perhaps, but in my line of work the question of "What did he look like" is one I'd rather people not be able to answer."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86189
>>86188
"I suppose that is why I prefer fighting. I am not very sneaky pony." Silver motions to his own fairly husky and heavy build.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86190
86192
>>86187
*Purr*
"If you just need to spend a half hour licking on something, you don't need to pay for candy"
She gives him her smile
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86191
86194
>>86186
He looks up at Silver, definitely surprised by this bit of advice. But he seems to start implementing the technique into his swing, allowing him to better knock over rows of Imperial Guards
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86192
86193
>>86190
Dark Star tries to keep it in his sheath
Dark Star laughs trying to focus on something other than...
"i can do both."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86193
86195
>>86192
She wags her tail
"Then let's get to it"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86194
86196
>>86191
Silver smiles at this, a lets out a small cheer for him. "Mach weiter, Kerr, du kannst sie besiegen!"

Silver looks back at what Wesley is doing now with his dump truck full of marbles.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86195
86196
>>86193
Dark Star goes in to the store
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86196
86197 86198 86199
>>86194
Little Wesley had been content at first simply to move it about. Then, placing objects in the back like a bag of marbles, or bricks. Now, he takes them from location to another neatly sorting brick into piles, transporting them, and dumping them

>>86195
It is so. What does he want to buy?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86197
86200
>>86196
Spark watches the cuteness.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86198
86200
>>86196
Silver is content to just watch him play like this.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86199
86200
>>86196
He buys 4 white chocolate bars, some gummy wormsor what ever the equivalent is, and a bag of suckers.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86200
86201 86202 86203
>>86197
>>86198
He takes all of the bricks and dumps them into one pile. Then, he pulls out bricks of one type, places them into the back of the dump truck, and dumps them. he forms a few separate piles this way. After doing this, he starts to build a wall with the bricks

>>86199
It is so, only a few bits
Brie OOC
BbQWT
?
No.86201
86203
>>86200
He'll yeah he's building a wall
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86202
86204
>>86200
and Dark star buys 100 bits worth of toys and blankets and books and candy to donate to the orphanage tomorrow.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86203
86204
>>86200
Silver takes another bite of his chocolate bar as he watches.

>>86201
And the ponies are gonna pay for it.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86204
86205 86206
>>86202
Wow, damn, alright. That will be hard to fit all in his bag though

>>86203
He can feel a little bit of joy returning to him. Kerr seems to be acting out some sort of swashbuckling adventure in his own little corner, still wearing the blanket as a sort of cloak. Wesley picks up a pony doll with his mouth, and places it on one side of the wall, while continuing to lay down bricks, building his wall
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86205
86207
>>86204
Silver lays down on his bed, and levitates over one of the children's stories he bought to read the title of it.

Wesley really is building a wall to keep the ponies out.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86206
86207
>>86204
And a Satchel to hold what my saddlebag cant.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86207
86208 86209
>>86205
>out

>>86205
“The Runaway Bunny,” a bit simpler, seems to be a recent publication

>>86206
Well, looks like he can do it
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86208
86210
>>86207
He decides to read it, not really expecting all that much from it, but it's at least something for him to do.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86209
86210
>>86207
Dark Star pays, thanks the employee working the counter and leaves.
>1000 bits
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86210
86211 86213
>>86208
A little rabbit lives with his mother, but wants to runaway. He says that he will transform to get away, but his mother always promises that she will find him. “I will runaway and become a trout.” He says, and his mother replies, “If you runaway and become a trout, I will become a fisherman and I will catch you.” And this repeats, the little rabbit saying he will become a rock on a tall mountain, and his mother says she will become a mountaineer to find him, he will become a flower and she shall become a gardener, and so forth. At the end of all of that, the little rabbit decides he will stay by his mother’s side, content in knowing that his mother loves him, and will always come to find him

>>86209
Okay, that’s a hell of a lot of toys
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86211
86212
>>86210
thats the amount of bits i have left
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86212
86214
>>86211
Well, he has his candy and toys, as well as a bigger bag
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86213
86215
>>86210
Silver smiles from the nice story.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86214
86215
>>86212
Dark Star opens the bag of suckers and gets blue out a strawberry flavored one
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86215
86216 86217 86218
EF6EE7B5-4EED-48F6-84A0-411072B978EC.png
>>86213
>>86213
Little Wesley lays down, and looks at Silver, having completed the wall. The little grey and darker grey foal looks quite a bit like pic related, looking up at Silver on his bed

>>86214
Blue Skies takes the sucker with her wing, and starts rubbing it against her tongue, in and out of her mouth
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86216
86218 86220
>>86215
Silver looks at the cute colt. "Oh, was hast du da gebaut?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86217
86220
>>86215
"lewd."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86218
86219
>>86216
>>86215
>every time i close out Jewgle translate more German pops up
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86219
>>86218
I just keep it open whenever Wesley or Kerr are in the scene.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86220
86221 86222
>>86216
“Ich habe eine Mauer gebaut,” replies Wesley, smiling

>>86217
She looks at him and smiles
“Have you met me? Anyways, we need to get to the others”
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86221
86223
>>86220
"Aha! Es sieht aus wie eine sehr stabile Wand."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86222
86224
>>86220
Dark Star Smiles at blue mischievously at her
"yea."
Dark Star Heils a taxi and tells them to drive to the tavern
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86223
86225
BEA329AD-AFB3-4664-9201-D19F758569C1.png
>>86221
“Tatsächlich. Es muss stabil sein, damit die leckeren Ponys drinnen bleiben”
He bites down on the little pony doll, smiling and tail wagging
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86224
86226
>>86222
One is hailed quickly, and they are on their way
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86225
86227
>>86223
Internally, it slightly worries him. But he remembers this changeling is still a child, and it's what he's been taught all his life. So, he smiles, and pats the bed next to him to invite Wesley to sit next to Silver. "Möchten Sie dieses leckere Pony hierher bringen und sich eine Geschichte anhören?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86226
86227
>>86224
He eats a few squares of his chocolate bar while riding in the taxi
Iu3vc
?
No.86227
86228 86229
[1d20+5 = 9]
>>86226
Blue Skies tries to pull a piece of candy out of his mouth with her tongue

>>86225
“Ja”
Little Wesley wags his tail and comes up onto the bed, laying down next to Silver and looking up at him. Kerr looks up at the scene
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86228
86230 86233
>>86227
Dark Star takes a 1 on his opposed roll
"Mmmmm"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86229
86230
>>86227
Silver pats the other side of the bed as he looks to Kerr. "Was ist mit dir, Kerr? Möchten Sie eine Geschichte hören?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86230
86232 86234
>>86228
And thus did Dark Star lose a piece of chocolate, stolen right out of his mouth by Blie Skies, who locked her mouth with his to lick and suck it out

>>86229
Kerr does not say anything, nor really react at all at first. But after a few seconds he stands up, and walks over slowly to the bed. He lays down on the other side of Silver, although with at least a foot between him. He lays down such that he shows off his translucent blue belly, glowing with parts of the life essence of three different ponies inside
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86231
86233
>>86156
I seriously need to stop sleeping mid-game.
Iron nods. He proceeds to go to his previous room to unload his armor pieces and shield in there.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86232
86233
>>86230
Silver nods, understanding why he would want to keep his distance. Silver reopens the book he just read. "The Runaway Bunny." He begins to retell the tale he just read himself, though now translated by him into Wechselbalg. Sometimes he has to pause for a second while he thinks of an unfamiliar word to translate, and sometimes a translation isn't exactly what it says in the story, but Silver feels he does a good job of retelling it to the young changelings.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86233
86235 86237
>>86232
Wesley sits up next to Silver, listening intently, and looking at the pictures that illustrate the story. Kerr keeps some disbance, and generally tries to avoid eye contact with Silver, but sits up and sometimes looks over at the pictures. Exactly why a rabbit thinks he can transform into various creatures and objects is an element of the story that gives no pause to the little Wechselbachs. The idea of an all living mother who will care about and even track down and find her lost children to protect them is one that translates very well to the pair, both for their cultural background and for their present situation

>>86231
It is so

>>86228
They arrive at the tavern
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86234
86236
>>86230
Dark Star Pulls her into a kiss
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86235
>>86233
After ensuring that his goods are safely placed in the room, he exits the room, thanks the sister who gave him directions and let him sleep here, and returns to the tavern to see how the changelings are doing.
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86236
86238
>>86234
*coo*
She kisses right back
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86237
86239 86240
>>86233
As Silver finishes the story, he looks between the two changelings to gauge their overall reaction. "Hat dir die Geschichte gefallen?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86238
86239
>>86236
Dark Star Gets out and goes around and opens blue's door then helps her out of the taxi
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86239
86240 86241 86242
>>86237
Wesley answers: “Ja, auch jetzt schützt uns unsere Mutter.” Kerr is more reserved, but seems to agree

>>86238
“Such a gentlecolt”
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86240
86242
>>86239
>>86237
I'll pretend that I reach the tavern.
Iron enters the tavern, waves at Onyx casually, goes upstairs and knocks on Silver's room.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86241
86243
>>86239
"only for you."

Silver
osbIl
?
No.86242
86243 86244
>>86239
Silver smiles as he closes the book. "Ich bin froh, dass es Ihnen gefallen hat." Wesley can tell there's something in Silver's voice that suggest he couldn't fully understand that sentiment, though what could be the cause of that is unknown to him.

Silver gets up and trots to the door upon hearing the knock, not yet opening it.

>>86240
Silver calls through the door. "Who is it?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86243
86245 86247
>>86242
Kerr flashes yet again

>>86241
“D’aww.” She gets out, and goes inside


Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86244
86246
>>86242
"Iron. Can I come in?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86245
>>86243
Dark Star goes in behind her
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86246
86247
>>86244
Silver opens the door for him, letting him inside. "Come on in."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86247
86250
>>86246
>>86243
Iron nods and does so. He lays on the floor in a corner, trying to be as non-threatening as possible. "Hello Silver. What have you been doing recently?"
Anonymous
Iu3vc
?
No.86248
86249 86250 86251 86253
Alright, I have to go to sleep. But now basically every character except for Ash is on scene in Silver’s room
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86249
>>86248
Awwww... no more cute changeling scenes tonight. Goodnight.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86250
86252
>>86247
Silver closes the door behind him. "Reading to changelings, keeping eye on them. They are rather cute."

Since the GM is going to sleep, for the sake of the timeline and for the GM's sanity, let's put this on pause until tomorrow.

>>86248
Sleep well!
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86251
>>86248
Good Night
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86252
>>86250
That's fair.
Iron nods, deciding to just watch the room for the time being. He lightly taps the floor with his hoof to pass time.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86253
>>86248
Night.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86255
86256 86257 86260 86273
Is anyone here?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86256
>>86255
I'm here.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86257
>>86255
Sort of
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86258
86259
I think I fucked up. A translucent thorax seems to be a female trait. Drones have black chitinous thoraxes that are the same as the rest of the body, with colored elitras the same color as the wing. In any event, Kerr shouldn't have a red crest and a blue thorax or elitra
Ree
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86259
>>86258
Thanks for the heads-up.
Should take this into account when I present my female changeling if Iron dies.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86260
86261 86262 86263
>>86255
Brie awakes with a start, having fallen asleep trying to comprehend the seeming code that the book is written in. He quickly wipes some drool from his mouth while looking around. "Have I missed anything?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86261
86263
>>86260
Iron shakes his head. "No, not really." He finds Iron is lying on the ground like before, lightly tapping the floor with his hoof.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86262
>>86260
"Just Silver reading a story to the changelings. They are cute when they aren't draining you."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86263
86264
>>86260
Not written in code, a book of ciphers

>>86261
The floor is different. There are now toys of various kinds strewn about
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86264
86265
>>86263
Iron notices the toys. "Wait, when were these here?" He picks up one of the toys, inspecting it. "What is this?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86265
86266
>>86264
"Silver went shopping for our guests."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86266
86267
>>86265
Iron cocks his head. "What is the use of these things?" He pokes the toy currently picked up. "Does it do something?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86267
86268
>>86266
"The seem to be using them to pretend to be warriors or architects. Wesley made a wall and Kerr fought some soldier toys."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86268
86269 86270
>>86267
Iron nods. "I see. I suppose it incentivates creativity without sacrificing the actual resources needed to practice the trade being done. An interesting concept."
He then chuckles a bit. "So you say Kerr fought some soldier toys?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86269
86272
>>86268
"Yeah. Probably is pretending that he is on the frontline fighting ponies."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86270
86271 86272
>>86268
"Play is essential for foals and young ponies, and I imagine its the same way (maybe the play is different) for Lings. It's part of how ponies learn to socialize, and cooperate in a shared dynamic."
Brie turns to Kerr and points at the toy soldiers. "Ist das ein ponie?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86271
>>86270
Kerr responds, "Es gibt viele Ponys"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86272
86274
>>86269
Iron snickers. "I hope I can witness the 'fight'."
>>86270
"I never really played with these things back at the tribe. Most of the time we focused on competing on various physical and mental feats between foals."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86273
86276
>>86255
Im awake
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86274
86275
>>86272
"Yeah, I never got to play with toys either, but I've seen then strewn about on some missions"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86275
86278
>>86274
He nods at Brie. "How did you have fun when you were younger?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86276
86282
>>86273
Dark Star has arrived with Blue Skies at the tavern
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86278
86279
>>86275
"Taking things," he smirks
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86279
86280
>>86278
Iron pauses for a bit. "...is that it?"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86280
86281
>>86279
"Well I had to play with something,... swords and the like were far too big so mostly I played with knives."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86281
86283
>>86280
Iron pokes his chin. "So you just took things and played with knives. Did you share those moments with somepony else? Brother? Father? Anyone?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86282
86284
>>86276
Dark star walks over to the bar
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86283
86285
>>86281
"Never had any"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86284
86289
>>86282
Theoretically, Onyx should be there. Glistening Glass should as well
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86285
86286
>>86283
Iron glances to the side. "I see. Nevermind." He proceeds to lay his chin on the floor. "Sorry."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86286
86287 86288
>>86285
Brie shrugs nonchalantly. "No need, I've had plenty of time to grow acclimated to it."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86287
>>86286
Iron does not believe it. He remains silent.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86288
86291
And now I am back.
>>86286
Silver snaps out of a minor trance he managed to put himself in. "Would you mind sharing story about your foalhood, sometime? Out of everypony in group, I think I know least about you. Except maybe Sister Ash, or Onyx."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86289
86290
>>86284
"hey there colts, have you seen the other members of the stallion gang?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86290
86295
>>86289
"Through the door on your left, upstairs, second door. It's that old Stallion Silver's room"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86291
86292 86294
>>86288
"Sure thing, maybe at our next slumber party when we're braiding eachother's hair." he says dryly.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86292
>>86291
"And here I thought I was the abrasive one." He chuckles. "No need to treat the elderly like that, Brie."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86294
86297
>>86291
Silver rolls his eyes at the statement. "It was just question. It is good idea for those working together to get better idea of each other."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86295
86296 86298
>>86290
""thanks Mr.glass."
Dark Star puts his arm around blue's neck and walks to silvers room
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86296
86298
>>86295
A light 'hehe' from Blue, and they go up
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86297
86298
>>86294
"Maybe I'll tell you of the time a serpent taught me the value of poisons." he says with a wink.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86298
86299 86300 86301 86306
>>86297
He raises an eyebrow. "Well, I suppose it is story. Must have at least not ended poorly, for you to be standing here today."
>>86295
>>86296
The door to his room is currently closed. Star and Skies can hear voices on the other side of it.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86299
86303
>>86298
"Not for lack of trying, to be sure."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86300
86303 86316
>>86298
Blue Skies contemplates knocking on the door and saying "Police. Open up," but figures she doesn't have enough armor on to make that joke worthwhile
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86301
86303 86304
>>86298
"Do not tempt fate, Silver." He leans on Silver. "He is a forest fire spiritually, can you not see it?" He whispers to Silver.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86303
86306 86308 86309
>>86299
>>86301
Silver shrugs to both of them as he goes to answer the knock on the door.
>>86300
>>86302
Silver doesn't yet open the door, but he calls through it. "Who is it?"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86304
86307
>>86301
"Careful now,... bat-like senses." he smirks again.
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86305
86306
>>86302
>deleted
What did they mean by this?
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86306
86308
>>86298
>>86303
>>86305
i read something wrong
Dark Staris the one who Knocks
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86307
86310
>>86304
"I have a pegasus mare on my neck that is backed up by a whole organization. I will take my chances." Iron waves off Brie's playful threats.
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86308
>>86306
Well, the reply still stands. >>86303
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86309
86311 86314 86316
>>86303
"KGB!"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86310
86311
>>86307
"I look forward to meeting her." he says, adjusting to partially face the door.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86311
86320
>>86309
Iron's ears droop slightly. "Yeah, hello Star. Would you mind not screaming inside buildings? We have foals in here."
>>86310
"I can practically smell her coming right about now, judging by Star's presence."
iF3Hb
?
No.86312
86314 86315 86316
[1d20+11 = 21]
Sleight of hand, 2x
iF3Hb
?
No.86313
86314 86315 86316
[1d20+11 = 23]
2nd time
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86314
>>86313
>>86312
Whatever you are doing, Pass

>>86309
Blue Skies laughs aloud at this
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86315
>>86313
>>86312
What are you doing?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86316
86317 86318 86320
>>86309
>>86300
Silver sighs, and opens the door enough to poke his head outside. "Hello Dark Star. Come in." His head turns to the only other pony there. There's a little bit of worry visible in his face. "Oh, Blue. Do you mind if we talk little bit, before you enter?"
>>86312
>>86313
Ya better not be stealin' my shit.
Unless you're drawing hidden knives, in which case try not to kill everyone.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86317
86321 86325
>>86316
Blue Skies looks strangely at him, not understanding why he won't just let her in the room
"Sure..."
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86318
86319 86321
>>86316
It'll be fine, it was a reflex reaction to not knowing what "KGB" meant
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86319
>>86318
Yeah, right. Better roll bluff if you want to convince me.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86320
86322
>>86311
"Foals?"
>>86316
Dark Star Also looks at him strangly
osbIl
?
No.86321
86323 86326
[1d20+3 = 8]
>>86317
He nods, and lets Dark Star through after heading outside into the hallway himself. Though, once he lets him, he closes the door behind him, leaving Blue and Silver alone outside the room. "So, I suppose you have already heard how mission went, since you arrived here with Dark Star."

Sense Motive: While Silver talks with Blue, he tries to get a good idea of if he can trust Blue with knowing the changelings are there, and not ratting them out to the police.

>>86318
In that case, carry on.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86322
86323
>>86320
"Yes, now keep it down."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86323
86324 86325
>>86321
Dark Star walks inside
>>86322
"What foals?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86324
86329
>>86323
"You know... the ones we rescued. Specifically the ones that got you a hospital trip."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86325
86326 86329
>>86323
>>86317
Iron is confused. He looks in the room to see if those two foals are still in there.

Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86326
86328 86329 86333
>>86321
"I saw many of his pictures. I also received a message that you had the foals, and there was a 'new development,' although Dark Star didn't seem to know what that was. I came here to see what you found that I haven't seen yet"

Blue Skies keeps her secrets

>>86325
Small grey pegasus colt sitting next to Silver on the Bed, to his left and closer to the door. Small blue unicorn colt, laying on the bed further from the door on Silver's right, a foot away from Silver
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86327
86330
"Kerr, Westley?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86328
>>86326
Isn't Silver outside, talking to Skies? Did they follow him out?
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86329
86331 86332 86334
>>86324
>>86325
>>86326
"You dont mean Cockroaches do you?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86330
86331 86334
>>86327
>"Ja?"
"... Ja?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86331
86335
>>86329
Iron shakes his head. "I have not seen cockroaches in here." He points to the two foals on the bed. "Those foals over there."
>>86330
"There, you see?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86332
86335 86339
>>86329
"Umm... not quite sure why you use that name for them. They are right here."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86333
86338
>>86326
"Right..." Silver looks conflicted, and the fact that he doesn't know if he can trust her outright isn't helping in that regard. But, he also knows he can't hide them from her. So, he takes in a deep breath. "Blue, I need to know I can trust you on this. You will know exactly what I mean when you see. I need to know. Give me your word, sworn on everything you hold dear: your mother, Dark Star, your values, everything." He gives her a pleading look. "Please."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86334
86335 86338
>>86329
Brie sneers.
>>86330
"Haben sie spaB?" he turns to Dark
"There they are" he smiles.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86335
86336 86337 86339
>>86331
>>86332
"Hmmmmmmm"
Dark Star Walks to the furthest corner from them and leans against the wall
>>86334
"keep making that face and it could get stuck like that."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86336
>>86335
"So far, so good." he continues to smile.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86337
86340
>>86335
"Hey... what's wrong?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86338
86341
>>86333
"Trust me to do what?

>>86334
>"Ja."
"Ich bin ok"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86339
86342
>>86332
"He probably has a vendetta against his kind. It is pretty normal to blame other races when they do bad stuff to you."
>>86335
He points at Dark Star. "See? Look how he avoids interacting with them."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86340
86342
>>86337
"i dont like cockroaches biting me"
Dark Star thinks about his hatred for the griffion who killed his mother
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86341
86343 86346
>>86338
He puts his forehooves on either side of Blue, and puts his face close to hers, like how they were earlier when Silver was reminiscing about being with Storm. He sounds fairly intense when he speaks, like he's really trying to drive a point home. "Give me your word, Blue. I would not ask this of you if I thought you could not do it, but I need to know I can trust you with this before I tell you any more."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86342
86344 86345 86348
>>86339
"Well, they kind of all share the same nature of taking your love without asking. It is a base characteristic of the race."
>>86340
"Calm down Dark Star. These are the ones you saved from an abusive politician. You did a good thing."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86343
>>86341
Just say 'no mares allowed in the cool colt club'
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86344
>>86342
Iron shrugs. "I guess you are right about that."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86345
86347 86350
>>86342
"Sounds like all the more reason to not bother with such things" >love
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86346
86351
>>86341
"Trust me with what?" Now she is definitely suspicious
"Are you afraid that I will report you to local police? Is that it? I already told you, I am not your local law enforcement. I know what my purpose is, and it is not that"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86347
86349
>>86345
"Right. Pretend you did not threaten me at knife point when Kerr was uncomfortable of me."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86348
86350 86353
>>86342
"yea i did a good thing by saving the actual foals. if i knew these things would try to steal all the love i have for blue they would still be down there."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86349
86353
>>86347
"Me?"
>innocent bat eyes
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86350
86352
>>86345
"When it comes to victims of a crime of this nature, I will bother."
>>86348
"I can't believe what I'm hearing you say Dark Star. These are the equivalent of foals in their kind. They could not even help themselves."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86351
86354
>>86346
Silver looks very much frustrated at this. He gives her some space, not happy at all with this. "I presume you heard that he had young changelings captured as well? After we fed them, we took them to my room here at tavern. They are there right now. I do not care if you report me to police. I care if you report them to police. Blue, that is why I needed to know I could trust you with this. I needed to know you would not try to report them to police."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86352
86355
>>86350
"yea and they'll grow up and steal love from ponies, they'll probably make quite a few husks."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86353
86356
>>86348
Iron shrugs "Fair point. The process of love taking is pretty daunting, but they slowly recover overtime, so it is definetly not permanent."
>>86349
"Yes, you." Iron deadpans at Brie, not feeling the innocence of the bat. "Do not be a hypocrite."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86354
86357
>>86351
And now, she realizes
"Changelings, right... You're protecting them?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86355
86360
>>86352
"And you don't think I don't have that eventuality playing in my mind every time I look at them? This is a hard thing to do. But we are dealing with the victims of a crime of a pony on their level. He took foals of both kinds and was going to use them until they were husks."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86356
86358
>>86353
"Hmmmm, must have slipped my mind." he says, placing his hooves behind his head, reclining a bit in his chair.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86357
86359
>>86354
Silver still looks unhappy that she couldn't even give him her word beforehoof. "They are too young to protect themselves, and they are in need of such protection, especially in place that is very hostile to changelings regardless of their circumstances, so yes. I am protecting them until I can find way to get them back home safely."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86358
>>86356
Iron rolls his eyes. "Rogues," he whispers to himself.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86359
86365
>>86357
She looks seriously confused

"Why would you knowingly help Changelings?"
When she's done pondering that aloud, she sighs, and adds

"Normally our concern with Changelings, when caught, is that they are spies for the Hegemony. Outside of that, we generally consider them to be illegal aliens, and deport them"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86360
86361 86364
>>86355
"Watch your back when you sleep. you might wake up devoid of emotions. i trust these little shits as far as a i can throw iron."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86361
86366
>>86360
"And I trust you would take me to get care, just as I took you. You don't have to trust them. You only need to help us until the mission is complete."
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86362
86363
>Bartending noises
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86363
86369
>>86362
By now, he can probably hear a fight about to break out by his room
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86364
86368
>>86360
"Pfft. They cannot drain your emotions unless you think them up, so it is unlikely that they will do that, unless they have the means to make the happy memories surface. They are picky eaters too." He remembers Kerr's fondness of memories of his brother over her sister.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86365
86367
>>86359
"They are too young to be spies. Besides that, it is clear they were brought here against their will. In what manner they were captured, I do not know."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86366
86371 86373
>>86361
"the Objective is done i saved the actual foals. What mission are you talking about?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86367
86375
>>86365
She still looks bedazzled over Silver's behavior, priorities, and choices

"I take it he was making full use of their shape-shifting in that dungeon?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86368
86370
>>86364
"so you dont dream about those that you love and have fond memories when you do?"
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86369
86371 86372
>>86363
You dare imply he can differentiate the fight upstairs and the fight of the two patrons in the corner.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86370
86374
>>86368
Iron shivers at his latest nightmare. "No, not even close. I do not have a good track record on dreams."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86371
86374
>>86366
"Undetermined at this point. It could be we find a way to take them home, though that's not the only option."
>>86369
They're upstairs too
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86372
86377
>>86369
Well, he can hear fights
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86373
86378
>>86366
"The mission is to get the politician removed and to save foals. These are foals in addition to the known targets. Are you saying if there were additional pony foals that we had not know about, that we would have left them?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86374
86376
>>86370
"oh really? ive been having some strange dreams too."
>>86371
"you mean take them home so they can feed on my kind?"
Dark Star Spits in their general direction
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86375
86382 86385
>>86367
Silver doesn't fully understand her confusion. But at the same time, he still looks like he's sore over her not giving her word. "From what they have said, yes. He would show them pictures of mares to turn into and force them to transform into these mares. As colts he had bought were orphans...it would not surprise me if he tried for some...interfamilial relations." He looks sickened by the prospect.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86376
86378
>>86374
"You've a better idea?"
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86377
86382 86413
>>86372
You dare imply that I have any interest in joining the bitchfest.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86378
86379 86380 86385
>>86376
"well i can tell you all wont like my idea."
>>86373
"things are in motion comte will get locked up."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86379
86381
>>86378
"By your tone, you're probably not going to like mine either."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86380
86381
>>86378
"That's quite enough out of you. Threating foals is a step too far. Now, are you going to cause problems, or are you going to help us?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86381
86383 86384
>>86379
"oh and what is that idea,Bat?"
>>86380
"thats real cute that you think they are foals."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86382
86385 86386 86390
>>86375
And Blue Skies, for her part, has no idea why some Celestia worshiper she's known for two days wants her to trust him more than her new country, whom she works for, has sworn to protect, and has repeatedly risked her life for
"It is difficult to make a Changeling not enjoy sex with a pony. They must have been doing something entirely wrong if you think they were victims. Anyways, if they actually were mistreated - and not just playing the sympathy card with you - this isn't exactly how we want the story to go down in public. Chrysalis will use it as propaganda that East Equestria mistreats changelings, and it could make Changelings more sympathetic to the local public, which we also don't want"

>>86377
Touche
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86383
86385 86391
>>86381
"Funny. Because you are starting to sound just like them in a lot of ways. That those that have no concept of what is truly going on need to be locked up and tortured for crimes of the ones that do need to be punished."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86384
86385 86391
>>86381
"We'll wait for Silver and your lady friend to return before we get to that. It sounds like they're wrapping things up now." he pauses. "What? I can hear them." he says, wiggling his ears.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86385
86387 86388 86391
>>86378
>>86384
>>86383
Iron stands up. "Alright, I can see I need to step out of this mess for the time being. I do not want qualms for any beliefs you may hold. As a parting message, I want you not to shoot them on the spot, you hear me, Star? They could be useful if used right, for either side." With that, Iron walks to the door, opens it and leaves the room.
>>86382
>>86375
Iron bumps onto Silver as he walks out. "Sorry. Things are getting rowdy in there."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86386
86389
>>86382
"I was there, Blue. They had clear signs of both mistreatment and malnourishment. They are young. Somewhere in between their version of foals and teenagers. For record, I do not care what public will think, or what Chrysalis will think, or what either group will do. I will protect them and I will get them home, one way or another."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86387
86394
>>86385
"Don't worry, he won't."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86388
86390
>>86385
From the look on Silver's face, it is the last thing he needed to hear right now.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86389
86393
>>86386
"Right... Care about what you may, but know that I do care about what will and will not kindle a war. The public does not need to see them right now"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86390
86392 86393
>>86388
"Yeah, Star is not handling it well. He is going with the 'soul sucking monster' spiel and I do not blame him. Changeling feeding is pretty disturbing for the victim."
>>86382
He notices Blue. "Hello. Fancy seeing you here. I hope you were not expecting a celebration in bed with your coltfriend, hodling some alcohol on your hooves."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86391
86395
>>86383
>>86385
"i can see you 2 do not care for the ponies their "Family" is feeding off of in the occupied zone."
>>86384
"hmmmm."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86392
86398
>>86390
"Hahaha" Her face drops to dead seriousness "No. I am here for cleaning up what came of this job"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86393
86398 86399
>>86389
Silver has a stern look on his face. "I do not intend to show them to public. I intend to get them home."

>>86390
"Great...there goes respect he had earned from me for what he did back at Comte's house."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86394
86396
>>86387
"Are you sure about that,bat?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86395
>>86391
Spark is starting to get gravely concerned and moves away from Dark Star and puts himself between him and the changelings.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86396
86397
>>86394
"You'll be too busy trying to hit me." ^_~
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86397
86400
>>86396
"No, i'd let you stab me." :) "they however wouldnt be so lucky."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86398
86399
>>86392
Iron shrugs. "Eh, you do not need to clean anything. They are just some foals in there. Pretty sure they need some parental figure after what they went through."
>>86393
"What did you expect? Spark told me how he had to carried out of the house by Onyx. I do not blame the pony."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86399
86403 86404
>>86393
"Silver, I want you to stop for just a moment, and please, please try to look at this situation from the perspective of a Hegemony Changeling. You hear that a pair of young Changelings were kidnapped from a port in Changeling lands by ponies. You hear that they were horribly mistreated by ponies in ways that cannot begin to be described. And all of this in East Equestria, pony land Chrysalis graciously allowed to remain ruled by ponies. What would you think? Wouldn't you be more inclined to believe that ponies are horrible monsters? Monsters that will steal your hatchings at night and treat them horribly? Monsters that need to be controlled? Ironic, I know, but irony is lost on situations like these."

>>86398
"I would imagine. I've heard somethings"
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86400
86401
>>86397
"Sounds like you've got this all figured out then."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86401
86402 86409
>>86400
"Seems that way, i wouldn't expect You to understand the pain and rage i feel when i think about My Kind being Feed off of by these monsters!"
Dark Star points at them
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86402
86411
>>86401
"Enough! Get out of here! If you can't stand them get out of this room."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86403
86405 86407
>>86399
Iron nods. "Yes. One of them hissed at me when I tried to touch them. They are in pretty bad shape." He pokes his chin. "Can you not direct the blame to the party you are against? It should be plausible."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86404
86405 86406
>>86399
"And if they also heard that it was ponies who helped? That it was ponies who went after those who captured the changelings, saved captured changelings, risked life, limb, and liberty for them, to keep them safe and send them home? I know New Mareland has ways of spreading counter-propaganda, even among changelings in Changeling-held lands."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86405
86406 86408 86410 86416
>>86403
"Well, yes and no. With the foals, it is an issue of Comte and those around him. Social Democrats loose a point, Black Hooves and others gain a point. With the changelings, it is an issue of Changeling relations with all of ponykind. Changelings gain a point, ponies loose a point"

>>86404
"Not easily. That part can be easily overlooked. Especially if the rescue seemed to have been on accident, a byproduct of trying to put out a fire or rescue pony foals"
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86406
>>86404
>>86405
Oh would you two get in the goddamn room e_e
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86407
>>86403
Three, sorry
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86408
86417
>>86405
"Then make sure it isn't overlooked. Either way, you and I do not have much of choice. If you keep them here against their will, and changelings find out, or if you kill them, it will be many times worse than if you had just returned them. Make big event out of it, make sure all of Changeling Hegemony hears from you about how you found out that Comte had captured and abused changelings and how you had brought him to justice, and how you are returning changelings to their home and their country, where they belong. Make sure they all see with their own eyes and spread first-hoof account on their own before Chrysalis even has chance to direct narrative." Silver is seriously regretting having trusted Blue with this.
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86409
86411
>>86401
"Feel? No, certainly not. But if you think I'm going to allow a grown stallion to shoot a pair of effectively colts who neither asked for this situation nor have the ability to get themselves out of it, well give it a try."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86410
>>86405
He pokes his chin some more. "Well, at least you get to demonize your opponent. That is good, I think." A pause. "What if we were to 'deport' the two, then? Where will they be sent? Or are you just going to 'make them sleep'?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86411
86413 86414 86415 86417
>>86409
"What ever you say Rat."
>>86402
"Good to Know you pick these monsters over your own kind!! i bet you would help chrysalis round up ponies!!!"
Dark Star Storms out of the room and slams the door
"Bucking Traitors the lot of them!"
Dark Star Stamps down the stairs hard

Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86413
86418
>>86377
>>86411
"Get Me A Drink,oynx. The strongest you have."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86414
>>86411
Iron acknowledges Star exiting the door.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86415
>>86411
Dark Star can feel Silver's glare burning a hole in the back of his head as he makes his way down the stairs.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86416
86417
>>86405
I check on the changelings.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86417
86419 86421 86422 86423
>>86408
"Oh please. If they ever need to know, all they need to know is that a few hatchlings were found by immigration and detained for a while. But if you really want to keep them for a while... Don't let Chrysalis find out"

>>86411
"We could 'make them sleep,' yes. Shoot them right through the back of the heads as well. But the simplest and least troublesome solution is to train them into staying silent as to where they were, then send them over with deportees to Changeling Territory in Dodge City"

>>86411
"Are you okay?" Asks Blue

>>86416
They are a bit startled by all of this, Kerr in a defensive posture and baring fangs (still in pony form), and Wesley hiding under a blanket
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86418
86419
>>86413
Onyx gives dark glass of scotch
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86419
86420
>>86417
"ill be fine once i calm down and drink my drink."
>>86418
"Thanks"
He slides oynx 5 bits
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86420
86424 86427
>>86419
Onyx nods to Dark, and returns to washing glasses
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86421
86431
>>86417
I'm not sure how to calm them down, so I just sit beside them.
"I know you don't understand me, but we won't let them hurt you."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86422
86425
>>86417
"I won't let her. I just want to send them home." He sighs, and turns towards the door to his room. "I'll assume you do not want to see them, for fear that you would react as Star has done. I'll get you evidence I had gathered."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86423
86425
>>86417
Iron nods. "I understand." He pokes his chin again. "How difficult is for a pony to enter that city? Dodge Junction."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86424
>>86420
Dark Star mutters something about "bucking Bugs"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86425
86426 86428
>>86422
"Huh?"

>>86423
"Got to get through the Changeling border"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86426
86430
>>86425
"Changelings. I assume you would react as Star has if you were to see them."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86427
86433
>>86420
"i wouldn't let that unicorn with the glass of alcohol or the Bat watch my back if i were you. They'll sell you out."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86428
86429 86430
>>86425
Iron ponders for a bit. "How bad is that? Are talking 'shoot on sight' kind of border?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86429
>>86428
*Are we talking the 'shoot on sight'
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86430
86432 86436
>>86426
"How did Star react?" She is confused
"How did you react?"

>>86428
"You have never seen so many soldiers in your life. I don't mean police or reservists. I mean real regular soldiers"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86431
86434
>>86421
*poke*

Kerr looks over at tipsy, and starts to sniff him
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86432
86435
>>86430
Iron nods. "You are probably right. I just want to see them off at the border, if that is okay with you. A parting gift, if you will."
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86433
86441
>>86427
Onyx shrugs
"I don't know if I'm gonna continue if I don't start getting paid more"
He sits down the glass he was cleaning and lays his head on the bar.
"I mean, the gold bars have me set for a while, but I need a more stable income to pay rent and food bills. And I can't keep missing work."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86434
86435
>>86431
I gently move Tipsy away from Kerr.
"That isn't for young changelings to have."
I chuckle.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86435
86437 86438
>>86432
"Assuming they are being deported, perhaps. They will probably go by train or airship. Maybe by ship to Los Pegasus"

>>86434
So where is tipsy now?
Silver
osbIl
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No.86436
86439
>>86430
"Well, you have seen how Star reacted. Initially, he was willing to help, when he saw them captured. Though it seems his attitude towards them has soured significantly since.

"As for me: I am looking after them and protecting them as best as I can."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86437
86440
>>86435
Iron is a bit bummed out. "Is that a no on that, then?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86438
86440
>>86435
Tipsy is on the opposite side of me in relation to the changelings.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86439
86444
>>86436
"Is that why he came running out of that room angry? I knew something was happening there, but I didn't know what. Why are you protecting Changelings?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86440
86442 86445
>>86438
You are surrounded on two sides by changelings, and on another side by a wall

>>86437
"Uh, maybe?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86441
86443
>>86433
"Well, i've seen you butcher a lot of enemies have you ever thought of joining up with the military here?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86442
86451
>>86440
Oh no. Perhaps I hold it over my head with magic?
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86443
86446
>>86441
"Er, I'm not exactly on the best terms with the government"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86444
86451
>>86439
"Because they needed it, and because nopony else was going to."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86445
86451
>>86440
Iron ponders. "I suppose you will have to ask your superiors about this, I am sure. Keep in mind my request to see them one last time. Please." He bows slightly.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86446
86448
>>86443
"I can vouch for you the quality of character i've seen from you."
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86447
86450 86452
REEEEEE get in the fucking room or I'll meta my ass out there!
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86448
86449
>>86446
"Can you get me citizenship?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86449
86453
>>86448
"Probably, its not that difficult. i can see what Sea Breeze says about it."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86450
86454 86455
>>86447
i'm banned from the room
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86451
86457 86461
>>86442
Maybe. But he would need to do this continuously

>>86445
"Alright. But we still don't know what will happen to these"

>>86444
She is made silent by this
"In the Eastlands we had heard of an event known as "the First Sharing," where ponies willingly let starving Changelings feed off of them. And the Changelings of Greneclyff, it is said, continued to benefit from the kindness and the barter with the ponies of Farbrook for hundreds of years. Not all of them did. Some of them still lay prey to stallions in taverns, or swapped foals and the elderly, though they never dared bite the hoof that fed them in Farbrook. Eventually, the nice ones became associated with the bad. I heard the same happened in the Crystal Empire, with a rogue Changeling named "Thorax." But Chrysalis stopped any opposition in her own empire before anything could come of that"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86452
86458
>>86447
Silver is not going to let Blue Skies into the room. You are going to need to "go see what Dark Star is doing" if you want to be a part of the discussion
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86453
86456
>>86449
Onyx suddenly turns very shimmery
"It's that easy?!"
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86454
86456
>>86450
Not from me, and besides, I assumed Dark would want to be there for the greater discussion with Blue assuming it ever happens,...
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86455
86462
>>86450
Is it a problem that it would need to be continuous?
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86456
86465
>>86453
"When you are an agent it is."
Dark Star Shows oynx his badge
>>86454
Shrugs,i'd like to
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86457
86459
>>86451
"Thank you for accepting my request. You seem like a mare of your word." He remembers how Skies could not for the life of her say that Earth Ponies are superior to Pegasi. "I should go in the room now, see how they are coping with Star's shouting. Excuse me." He opens the door to the room, enters it and closes the door.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86458
86459 86461
>>86452
Brie sticks his head out the door.
"Are you lot going to carry on all day out there?" he looks at Blue. "Greetings, Brie Achtzig-Sechs. Don't make me stab you, but FFS if you carry on outside someone you don't want might hear you."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86459
86460
>>86458
Blue Skies looks startled, and backs away an inch
"Have we met?"

>>86457
She nods at him
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86460
86464
>>86459
"No!" he smiles.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86461
86464
>>86451
Silver reflects on this for a small bit. "It is there as it is everywhere: few bad apples spoil bunch. Not all changelings are good. But not all are bad, either. It is same for ponies. Key is to not let those perceptions taint entirety of our view. Just as we take ponies on their own merits, on their own character, it would do us well to do same with others. Not every changeling is Chrysalis, just as not every pony is Comte. We strive for good, route out evil wherever it may be found, whoever might be causing it, and we do not let it consume us." Silver looks at Brie sticking his head out of the door. "Come in or stay out here, do whatever you think is best. Either way, I will get you your evidence for you."

>>86458
"Fine, fine..." Silver makes for the door.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86462
86463
>>86455
Iron looks over to Spark, trying his hardest to shake off the two foals going for his bottle. "Need any help with that, Spark?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86463
86466
>>86462
"Nah. I just need somepony to help me calm them down and help them know they aren't in danger."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86464
86467 86470
>>86460
"What are you doing here?"

>>86461
"So where is the evidence?"
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86465
86474
>>86456
Onyx is full crystal at this point
"T-thank you, it means a lot"
Onyx returns to his job, quite a bit happier.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86466
86468
>>86463
Iron pokes his chin. "So a love feeding, then?"
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86467
86469
>>86464
"Good question. I take it you're the mare that Iron spoke of?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86468
86471 86475
>>86466
“I’m not sure that is necessary. Just need to be there to reassure the place is safe.”
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86469
86475 86476
>>86467
"So you've met him. What has he said of me?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86470
86472
>>86464
"In my room, here." He stops just before he enters, half to wait on Blue, half to wait on Brie. "Are you coming in, or should I just bring it all out to you?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86471
86473
>>86468
Iron is at a loss. "I do not know how I would do that. Any ideas?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86472
86478
>>86470
"Normally I am the one telling stallions to come inside, but yes, I am coming"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86473
86476
>>86471
I laugh.
“Sounds like we are in the same boat. I figure just sit by them, not too close, and maybe play with them with those toys.”
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86474
86479
>>86465
Dark Star Slams back his scotch
"Get me another one."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86475
86477
>>86468
Brie pokes his head back in the room for a minute. "Kinder, wir haben freunds. Ihr ist gut."
>>86469
Brie's head pops back out into the hallway. "Something about a mare with a whole organization behind her. I assume you're the source of the mission?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86476
86481
>>86473
>>86469
Iron is not too eager. He decides to lightly knock over one of the pony soldier toys, see if Kerr reacts to it.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86477
86483
>>86475
She looks a little suspiciously
"I might be"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86478
86481 86483
>>86472
He gets a chuckle out of that one. He squeezes by Brie, and addresses the changelings in the room. "Hallo Kerr, Wesley. Es tut mir leid, wenn das wütende Pferd Sie erschreckt hat. Ich bin sehr enttäuscht von ihm. Geht es dir gut?"
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86479
86480
>>86474
"Gotcha"
Onyx pours a lil more this time
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86480
86482
>>86479
"Do you have any experience with changelings?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86481
86484 86486
>>86478
Kerr: "Wir sind in Ordnung"
Wesley: "Ich bin okay"

>>86476
Kerr looks over. He doesn't say anything
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86482
86485
>>86480
"Not much other than being accused of being one"
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86483
86487
>>86478

>>86477
Brie steps fully back into the room and waits for Blue to enter before exclaiming:
"Splendid. You'll want this then." he offers the red book. "Its full of numbers and codes, from the look of it. I lifted it from Comte's private safe, I'm sure there's something of use in there. Can't make heads or tails of what that might be though,...."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86484
86487
>>86481
Iron knocks down another toy soldier with a bit more energy.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86485
86492
>>86482
"i thought they absorbed the crystal empire?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86486
86487
>>86481
Silver smiles at this. "Er wird dich nicht mehr sehen. Ich werde dafür sorgen." He nods towards Blue as she enters. "Das ist Blue Skies. Sie ist ein gutes Pony."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86487
86488 86489 86494
>>86483
She smiles at the book. It's a large smile, just revealing the top teeth, that is accompanied by eyelids slanted down. It suggests "I have evil intentions, and am enjoying it"

"Yes, Excellent. It looks like Comte kept a book of codes"

>>86484
He continues looking

>>86486
Kerr: "Er war jedoch sehr lecker"

Blue Skies looks up from the book Brie handed him, startled
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86488
86490
>>86487
Iron now puts some more energy, trying to string a series of toy solider knocking down, one after the other, in a flashy way.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86489
86490
>>86487
"Your welcome to keep it. Depending on the outcome of this discussion, I may not charge you for it."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86490
86491 86493
>>86489
She continues the smile
"I take it you found this?"

>>86488
Kerr still watches
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86491
86507
>>86490
"Oh heavens no, I stole it from his hidden vault." I did just say that
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86492
86495
>>86485
Onyx's wince reveals it's still a sore spot.
"Yeah, but you don't exactly find more than one way to skin a bug when you're hauling the artillery shells and the guns themselves"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86493
86507
>>86490
Iron changes up his strategy. He lays down and puts the toy soldiers on him. He pretends he is being taken down by the toy soldiers. He makes a pleading look to Kerr, in a way to signal 'Help.'
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86494
86496 86507 86511
>>86487
"Es ist gut, das zu hören, aber ich möchte nicht, dass er in der Nähe ist, wenn er so aggressiv bleibt wie er war." Silver turns to Blue, motioning to the evidence pile. "There is evidence. There is film roll of likely very graphic nature, if recording equipment we found in basement is any indication. Property deed for meeting place and member list for group called "Golden Pones". Correspondences between Comte and other politicians of same kind of ideology, talking about combatting Black Hooves through elections. Two books of very disgusting content that either fueled Comte's sickened desires, or helped start them. And 2,000 Bit check that was to be sent from Comte to Antonio Prancesco, likely for purchase of more foals."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86495
86497
>>86492
"it pisses me off knowing that they are feeding on our brothers...and our poor poor sisters in the occupied zone!!!"
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86496
>>86494
Brie's ears twitch, and his expression sours. "I knew it."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86497
86498
>>86495
"EVERY SINGLE CHANGELING DOWN TO THE LAST HATCH LING SHOULD BE EXTERMINATED FROM THIS WORLD!"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86498
86499
>>86497
Dark Star slams back his Scotch
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86499
86504
>>86498
Onyx graciously refills the glass
"You want it?"
Iu3vc
?
No.86500
86501
[1d2 = 1]

Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86501
86502 86505
>>86500
F
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86502
86503
>>86501
It's a d2 die
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86503
>>86502
Oh, nevermind
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86504
86506
>>86499
"of course i do."
"CAN YOU ALL IMAGINE THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OUR FRIENDS,OUR FAMILIES,OUR CHILDREN IN THE OCCUPID ZONE ARE GOING THROUGH?!?!?!"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86505
86506
>>86501
When he comes to a branching path in the story, he'll roll a die to figure out which path to go down. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's bad. Sometimes we never figure out which it was.
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86506
86510
>>86504
Onyx walks around the bar and pats Dark on the back.
>>86505
Makes sense, but I assumed a d20
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86507
86508 86510 86511 86513
>>86493
Kerr gets up, and starts to walk over

>>86494
She has glee in her eyes

>film roll
"Oh, you should have seen what police found in pictures on the floor of a basement in the Poolhouse. It's pretty great"

>Golden Pones
"This is a secret society. Comte must be an important member of it"

>correspondences
"We've always wondered just to what degree the Social Democrats have been connected with subversive activities. Correspondences like these can help"

>Books
"These are actually commonly available at university libraries. These are the works of social liberal academics"

>check
"Bingo. He's sending a lot of money to gangsters. There is rarely a good reason"

>>86491
"Oh, so Dark Star hired you?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86508
86509
>>86507
Silver looks absolutely revolted by the idea that not only do books like this exist, but that they're freely available at places like universities.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86509
86516
>>86508
"Social Progress is lovely, isn't it?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86510
86512 86514
>>86507
No pony in the bar says anything about the scene im making?
>>86506
"I VOW THAT IF I AM VOTED MAYOR WE WILL PREPARE FOR WAR WITH THESE BUCKING COCKROACHES!?!?!?! AND WE WILL LIBERATE ALL OF OUR KIND FORM THESE EVIL BUCKING DEMONS!!!!"
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86511
86515 86516 86517
>>86494
"You mentioned Antonio Prancesco. Any chance he goes by "Prancer?"
>>86507
"Its complicated, but essentially."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86512
86519
>>86510
Oh they are watching alright
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86513
86517
>>86507
Iron pretends to struggle against the toy soldier menance while he approaches.
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86514
86519
>>86510
"Mayor eh?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86515
86518
>>86511
"You were never compensated for your contribution to the team though, have you?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86516
86517 86525
>>86509
"I was born in time where beliefs like that would get you ostracized from public life, if not have police knock on your door for questioning. Where did all of that go?"

>>86511
"I do not know. I only met him once, and I do not believe he ever referred to himself as that."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86517
86522 86524
>>86511
"Dark Star has done good work so far, excellent to see you all have collected all of this"

>>86513
He moves closer, and then "RA!" he bats a toy soldier near Iron

>>86516
"And I was born in a time when screwheads couldn't vote. Interesting how time marches on. First they take over the universities, and then the whole country."
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86518
86521
>>86515
"Did he have a mare with him?"
>>86515
Bries eye twitches. "No, I didn't. But considering the gravity of the group that we're allying against, I'm sure there will be ample to share."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86519
86520
>>86512
how is the general disposition of them?
>>86514
"YES I VOW THAT I WILL PROTECT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR KIND FROM THOSE FOUL MONSTERS!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86520
86523
>>86519
They seem to assume he is drunk
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86521
86525
>>86518
"I may be able to pay part of what you are owed."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86522
86526
>>86517
Silver chuckles a little bit, and gives her a grin. He tries his best to make what he says seem like the jest it is. "You really do not like us pickle skulls, huh?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86523
86526
>>86520
Well to be fair, he sort of is.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86524
86526 86528
>>86517
Iron smiles. Taking advantage of Kerr's help, he swats the other soldiers on him. He proceeds to hit another soldier who had the gall to be standing up. "Hiya!" he exclaims. But there are many more soldiers around both Kerr and Iron which Iron purposefully placed them like that. He looks at Kerr and then at the soldiers, signalling him to beat up the remaining toys.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86525
86529
>>86521
"I'm fine for now, we've got bigger issues at the moment."
Apologies, I linked the wrong post
>>86516
"A unicorn correct? Did he have a mare with him, a red-maned unicorn?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86526
86527 86529 86530
>>86522
"Huh? Oh, it's more complex than that"

>>86523
Some varied reactions, some seeming startled, some seeming annoyed, some wanting to raise glasses in agreement. Most probably hoping that there isn't going to be a fight breaking out or some sort of public disruption

>>86524
Kerr pounces on a toy soldier
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86527
86532
>>86526
How Many look like they agree?
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86528
>>86524
>influence gained: Brie
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86529
86531 86532
>>86525
I honestly forgot if he's a unicorn or not. Or if he had anyone else with him fitting that description.
>>86526
He raises an eyebrow, still grinning. "Mind explaining, then? You do like to remind everypony that you do not like idea of anypony other than pegasi voting, if voting is allowed at all."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86530
86532
>>86526
Iron, for his part, punches one of the toy soldiers. Not hard enough to fly off and hit any other characters though. He grabs another soldier and starts hitting it while holding it. Three punches later, he drops the solider. But oh no! There are many soldiers still!
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86531
>>86529
No worries, I'm gonna rob the house anway
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86532
86533 86534 86537 86538
>>86527
Hard to say, because it would depend on the way Dark Star does it, and more of the context. Perhaps three out of ten if he does it out of nowhere

>>86530
Kerr hisses at the Soldiers, and pounces on two more

>>86529
"The different classes have different interests, different mindsets, and so forth. Pegasi are more connected to the old ways and are more aware of the threats against the nation, or at least that was true in Nimbusia. Unicorns, on the other hoof, were connected with merchant traders, and Earth Ponies just wanted more land and money. Rule by the alliance of the merchant class and the poor is, well, it's not always a good thing. But explaining that would take much longer."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86533
86535
>>86532
Are They all at different tables?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86534
86535
>>86532
How many toy soldiers did Silver buy? Iron picks up one of the soldiers and grapples him. He then directs it to Kerr, presenting his vulnerable toy body.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86535
86536 86539
>>86533
Not all of them, no

>>86534
I don't know, probably at least a dozen, maybe as many as two dozen
Kerr hisses, and bats the toy away
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86536
86540
>>86535
Dark Star walks over to the table where there is the most ponies that agree
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86537
86540
>>86532
"Hmm..." Silver drops his grin as he reflects upon this. "I suppose. It was never really issue we had here in Equestria. All three races worked with same goal in mind, to make Equestria better place where we could all live in peace. Perhaps that is effect of being home of Harmony, or effect of three pony tribes uniting in spirit of friendship. But we always saw ourselves as ponies first-and-foremost, and as our respective races after that." Silver casts a glance over to Brie. "Though there were other pony races we could have, should have, done more for, or seen as we saw each other."
Was Prancesco a unicorn, and did he have a red-maned unicorn mare with him when Silver went and saw him?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86538
86540 86542
>>86532
"You end up with the threat down at the docks except all over the country, correct?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86539
86540
>>86535
Iron lightly throws the soldier, pretending it flies off his forelegs, showing the 'strength' the foal has. He then starts to swat some more soldiers with determination. "Ia! Take that!" His swatting hits about 5 to 6 soldiers, greatly reducing the enemy's number advantage. "Come on, Kerr! We got this!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86540
86541 86542 86543 86544
>>86536
Two ponies, both male, both Earth pony, one with a combed back black hair, one in work clothing

>>86537
I don't remember at all. It's somewhere in one of the threads.

>>86538
"No, we ended up with the same government Baltimare has, minus the Blackhooves"

>>86537
"Never an issue? Right..."

>>86539
Kerr keeps pouncing through them, biting them as well
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86541
86546
>>86540
Brie speaks up for a moment. "I don't mean to interrupt, but what to do with the Lings? Will they be safe here for the time being?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86542
86545 86546
>>86540
Iron continues his punching. "Ha! Eat dirt!" He throws some soldiers around as well. Smiling mischeviously, he throws one of them at Spark.
>>86538
"Watch out, Spark!" He feels like a toy is going to hit him squarely on his face.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86543
86546
>>86540
"Hello Brothers. You seem to have enjoyed my little speech i see. my names Dark Star, and i care about our people and their well being."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86544
86546
>>86540
F
"Unless I am missing something, there was little strife between three races after Equestria was united. All three races were spread through different financial classes at all levels, even if what they did within those classes was tailored differently depending on race."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86545
>>86542
Spark's concentration was focused on keeping the glass above his head, so the toy hits him right in the muzzle.
"Ow."
I then join in the game by levitating the toy slowly along the ground back toward Iron.
ash6l
?
No.86546
86547 86549 86550 86555
[1d20+2 = 14]
>>86541
"You want to keep Changelings?" She asks, eyebrow raised

>>86543
"Hello" Says the first one, "Nice to meet you. My name is Rock Can"

>>86542
Kerr continues hissing. Now, he starts to swing at Iron

>>86544
"Oh really? So if I went to Canterlot I wouldn't see that the rich and the snooty were mostly Unicorns? If I looked at the Royal guard I wouldn't see that the civically minded were mostly Pegasi? And if I went to the working class neighborhoods of Manehattan or small towns I wouldn't see that they were mostly Earyh Ponies?"
She obviously does not believe him
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86547
86548
>>86546
He got too into it. Only one thing left to do.
Iron pretends the punch is much harsher than it actually is, letting out a sharp exhale. He stumbles. He now goes for a very slow, very non-threatening punch. He does not want to hurt the small foal.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86548
86551
>>86547
He continues hissing, and now drops his pony disguise. He steps forward just slightly
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86549
86552
>>86546
"I want them to have a happy ending, and in the meantime there are ponies who might kill them on sight."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86550
86552
>>86546
"You two look like workers."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86551
86552
>>86548
Iron, thinking the foal wants some fake battle to 'test' the other's strength, steps forwards, ready for his next blow.
ash6l
?
No.86552
86556 86557 86560
[1d20+2 = 11]
>>86549
*confused pegasus noises*
"Why?"

>>86550
"That we are. Six years in the factory."
The other one nods, it looks like at the moment he is content to let the other one speak

>>86551
"Hiss!"
He strikes again
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86553
86554
>squeaking of glasses
"Alright that's done"
Onyx then heads upstairs for a minute.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86554
86558 86559
>>86553
Quite a sight awaits him
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86555
86561
>>86546
"And there are also unicorns who were members of working class, or served as soldiers, officers, priests, and scholars. Pegasi exist as working class, especially when it comes to weather factories, as teachers and business owners, and as landed pegasi in places like Cloudsdale and Canterlot. Earth Ponies also serve in military, or run businesses, or work in government, and there were plenty of rich Earth Ponies in Canterlot, many ground-bound nobles who had Princesses' ears. At every level, even if what we did was different, there were working-class unicorns, pegasi and Earth Ponies, middle-class unicorns, pegasi, and Earth Ponies, and landed-class unicorns, pegasi, and Earth Ponies. From what I've heard about Nimbusia, it sounds like way it was set up, different races were locked to different classes."

Silver keeps an eye on Kerr and Iron, wanting to make sure to be ready if things go too far.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86556
86561
>>86552
Iron wheezes in 'pain'. He pretends to trip to the floor, ready to be 'pummeled' by the changeling.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86557
86561
>>86552
He stammers a bit before responding, finally saying "So they don't end up like me."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86558
86561
>>86554
With Kerr and Iron busy, I look to see what Wesley is up to.
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86559
86561
>>86554
I take it he seess the changelings?
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86560
86561
>>86552
"Mr.Glass A round for my new friends here."
"Well i highly respect the work that you 2 and all the other workers of our kind do.i hold the workers in high regard as does my party."
ash6l
?
No.86561
86562 86563 86564 86565 86566 86569
[1d20 = 10]
[1d20+2 = 17]
>>86555
"We had respect for the natural order of things, yes"

>>86557
And now she is more curious
"What do you mean?"

>>86556
Double Strike!

>>86558
Wesley looks at Spark, and extends both hooves

>>86560
>a round for my new friends here
This attracts interest from evesdroppers

>>86560
"Oh, your party?"

>>86559
That is a question all of its own. How does he go upstairs?
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86562
86571
>>86561
Uh.... The stairs?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86563
86571
>>86561
D'awww.
Spark picks up the changeling gently and holds him close.
>inb4 I'm drained
hY7VQ
?
No.86564
86571
[1d20+11 = 28]
>>86561
Iron feels the two hits on both the sides of his face. He grunts in 'pain'. He now decides to poke the changeling's nose as retaliation. Non-lethal and non-hurting in general.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86565
86567 86571
>>86561
"If we don't do something for them, the best they have to hope for is a life in hiding, under constant threat of death or imprisonment." He looks at Kerr, playing with Iron. "I know they feed on ponies, but look at them." He sighs, "I've never seen a changeling before, but having lived as an undesirable scoundrel, I don't want that for them. They've already been through too much."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86566
86572
>>86561
"yes, im with the blackhooves. im an equestrian like yourselves. i was born here,but... i lost my entire family, and my farm was seized by the Filthy Bucking communists running this city. larry Berry himself drove the ziggers that are living there now to my farm and gave them the deed. but the party Gives me hope for the future."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86567
86568
>>86565
Look at how a changeling is savagely beating an Earth Pony in front of them
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
?
No.86568
86570
>>86567
Iron just went for a boop, he's not getting savaged
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86569
86571
>>86561
"Yes, but they did not get to choose those paths. Yes, because of how our own internal magic works, different pony races tend to gravitate towards different occupations. Earth Ponies tend to become farmers and miners, Pegasi tend to become soldiers and weather workers, Unicorns tend to become scholars and aristocrats. But because we all chose those paths, we feel as though what we do in those paths benefits not only ourselves, but everypony else in Equestria. Since we chose them, it makes us happy. And those who do not want to go down those paths, like I did, what paths we go down, we feel as though what we are doing is helping just as much as those who chose different paths, and we are much happier down these paths than if we had gone down same paths everypony else went."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86570
1917438__safe_fern flare_sounds of silence_spoiler-colon-s08e23_background kirin_female_kirin_meme_solo_that fucking cat_tom and jerry.jpeg
>>86568
That's the joke
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86571
86573 86574 86575 86578 86584
>>86562
He sees a Unicorn holding a glass of jack and coke, a small pegasus foal in his arms who is startled, a giant grey earth pony in the back, something run across the room, a bat, Silver, and that police mare pegasus

>>86563
Wesley is picked up, but is startled the hell out of when the door opens behind him

>>86564
"Hiss!"
Kerr runs away, a running which intensifies in pace when he hears the door start to open. He hides under a blanket

>>86565
"Well, you wouldn't want to teach them the wrong life lessons, would you?"

She looks over to Kerr:
"Dumme Pooka, halte deine Tarnung immer, wenn der Feind in der Nähe ist"

>>86569
"Oh please, 'liberation' just leads to the ties that bind society together being undone."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86572
86585
>>86566
He takes full advantage of the 'drinks on me,' and says "Go on"
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86573
86576
>>86571
"Uh, hi guys"
Onyx awkwardly shuffles to his room.
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86574
86579
>>86571
"I don't follow your meaning."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86575
86576 86577
>>86571
Iron cocks his head, then sees Onyx coming in. "Do you not know how to knock?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86576
>>86573
>>86575

Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86577
86580
>>86575
"Uh this is the hallway, your room is right there"
Onyx points
"My room is this door"
Onyx runs in and slams it
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86578
86579
>>86571
I try to calm Wesley as I set him back down.
"It's ok. Nopony will hurt you, Wesley."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86579
86580 86583 86588
>>86574
"Because that is the life of a Changeling, isn't it?"

>>86578
He still seems a little startled or interrupted
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86580
86581
>>86577
>>86579
Huh? Iron looks around, confused at the change in scenery. He remembered entering the room and closing the door.
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86581
86582 86587
>>86580
Well, uh. Onyx never entered that room.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86582
86586 86587
>>86581
Damn it
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86583
86589
>>86579
I pet Wesley to calm him.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86584
86589
>>86571
"It worked for us for over one thousand years. If society did not collapse in that amount of time, then I do not believe Harmony was cause of our ills."

Silver looks at Kerr skittering away. "Sie hat recht, weißt du. Du solltest deine Tarnung beibehalten, während du hier bist."

He turns to look back at Blue. "You speak Wechselbalg?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86585
86589
>>86572
"The BlackHooves only want whats best for our kind all of our kind all over the planet. they Can see what is wrong with this world, and we are realists unlike the Preachers of "Equality" that have to force everypony that doesn't want to be a communist to live under the tyranny that they cause. we oppose the communists vehemently. they only want the power for themselves and will step on any Stallion,Mare or Foal who get in their way."
Anonymous
9Hl5h
?
No.86586
>>86582
Onyx was just heading to his room, not the other one.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86587
86589
>>86582
>>86581
Iron shakes his head. He must be sleepy.
So the foals are still hiding for the noise Onyx made to enter the room in front of the first room?
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86588
86589
>>86579
Brie sighs. "I don't know alright? But until we can figure out what to do with them, I'm not letting anything bad happen to them!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86589
86590 86591 86592 86593 86595
>>86584
"And it worked for us for a thousand years. But here we both are, aren't we?"

She smiles
"Only a little. When dealing with prisoners it helps the trust to speak the same language"

Kerr does not respond to the Shaming

>>86583
All of that was based on Onyx entering

>>86587
Uh, no, but Kerr definitely ran

>>86588
"Hmmm. I never would have taken you for a protective father of somecreatureelse's children. Uh, no offense"

>>86585
"I do like pay raises though" Adds Rocks
Brie
iF3Hb
?
No.86590
86594
>>86589
"Yeah well, sometimes you see yourself in somepony else and you just know what has to happen." he crosses his hooves over his chest irritatedly. "Whoops, don't need these anymore." he puts his knives away.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86591
86594
>>86589
Iron maintains position, pretending to try to stand up.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86592
86594
>>86589
Then I pick back up Wesley and hold him close again.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86593
86596
>>86589
"Then I suppose only other ideology that would have changed things would be Communism." He scratches his head in thought. "What does 'Pooka' mean, exactly? I am not very good with Wechselbalg, so I do not know if it is word I do not know, or what."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86594
86597 86599 86602
>>86590
She sort of smiles

>>86591
Kerr looks out at him from under a blanket

>>86592
*is hugged*
Spark can use his Will save modifier
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86595
86598
>>86589
"The Black Hooves Will Pay All of our Workers a fair Pay, Equal to that the Commies pay. i will see to that if i am elected mayor."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86596
86600 86601
>>86593
"No, 'pooka' is a term from the East for shapeshifters"

In Irish legend, a Pooka/puca is a shapeshifting fairy. It usually takes the form of a pony, but can be any animal
j8D17
?
No.86597
86598
[1d20+4 = 17]
>>86594
Will save
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86598
86600 86603
>>86595
"Oh, are you running?"

>>86597
Spark feels cold for a moment, then a sort of Static over his vision. Then, slowly back to normal
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86599
86604
>>86594
"Look if they'll be safe here for the time being, that's fine. If not, I've got a place." He gets up in a bit of a huff. "I need a drink. I'll be back in a bit" Then loudly, "Kinder, gut sein."
He goes downstairs, orders a strong drink, and finds a secluded booth at the bar.
I'm going to eat, BBL
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86600
86604
>>86596
i thought that was a kelpie
>>86598
"i plan to,yes."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86601
86604
>>86596
"Hmm. That would explain term. Nennen Sie ihn einfach nicht mehr als Idioten, okay?" He grins again.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86602
86604
>>86594
Iron pretends to slip and fall. Maybe if he shows weakness, he will have the courage to show up again.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86603
86604
>>86598
I pet Wesley for both of our comfort.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86604
86605 86606 86607 86609
>>86599
>secluded
Pretty sure Dark Star has started Campaigning

>>86600
Kelpie is Scottish and tied to the water. Pooka is Irish and a type of fairy

>>86602
He looks up and comes closer, now appearing to be a unicorn foal

>>86603
*alleged-poner is pet*

>>86599
"okay...."

>>86601
"Tha káno aftó pou thélo, géros" She stares

>>86600
Interesting. Go on." He takes another drink
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86605
86608
>>86604
He groans in pain. "Ow..." he mutters. Iron decides that the 'injuries' of his fight with Kerr left him incapacitated.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86606
86608
>>86604
>tfw Jewgle Translate can't make heads or tales of something
Silver lets out a laugh. "Я не знаю, что вы сказали, но я предполагаю, что это было что-то хорошее."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86607
>>86604
Following Hitler's first steps in acheiving power, I see.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86608
86611 86612
>>86605
He walks up slowly. Then he bats down another toy soldier

>>86606
She looks back at him with a sort of mistrust
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86609
86610
>>86604
"how do you 2 feel about the changlings that are occupying west Equestria?"

Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86610
86617
>>86609
The other one volunteers. He too, has taken advantage of the free drinks
"We want them out, of course. A United Equestria"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86611
86613
>>86608
Iron decides to stay on his position. "Owie..." He wonders how Kerr will react to him being 'injured'
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86612
86613
>>86608
Silver cocks his head, raises an eyebrow, and has one of his ears fall to the side of his head to show very clearly that he's confused about her mistrust. "Something wrong?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86613
86614 86615
>>86612
"You tell me" She says

>>86611
He moves around towards Iron's face
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86614
86616
>>86613
Silver shrugs, still confused. "Nothing, as far as I can tell."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86615
86616 86618
>>86613
If Kerr is smart enough, he can see that Iron does not really have any serious injuries. Maybe a hoof mark on his face by the double strike he did to Iron. Iron lays there, legs sprawled out, eyes closed and back to the floor.
ash6l
?
No.86616
86619 86620
[1d20+2 = 19]
>>86614
I mean, if someone said something in my face in a foreign language like that, I would automatically assume that it was an insult, with the added insult of trying to make it go over my head directly to my face
"Myself, I've had enough of forced tolerance or being told that I have to be accepting of new and foreign things. I don't agree with Dark Star, but he's no monster for looking out for his kind"

>>86615
Kerr attacks his nose
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86617
86618
>>86610
"With the duke Fighting the enemies of pony kind in the east, we will have to stand up against them, i promise that i will liberate East Equestria And The Crystal empire. But i cannot do it alone i need each and everypony behind me. that is the only way we will survive Chrysalis's onslaught. WE WILL SURVIVE!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86618
86620 86621
1512972503627.png
>>86615
And thus pic is the fate of Iron

>>86617
"We will survive!" says one of them, holding up his glass

The other
"How are you going to do that?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86619
86622
>>86616
I mean, she did use a language Silver doesn't understand at all just a moment ago in the same manner.
"Well, I am sorry for that. But, unless Black Hooves specifically made sure you were deployed here in Equestria, it is what comes with moving to new place. I imagine it would be much same if I moved to Nimbusia, Or River Republic, or New Mareland, or anywhere."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86620
86622
>>86616
>>86618
Iron feels Kerr's foreleg on his snout. He decides to move his head back, colliding with the floor to make his boop feel weight. He is ultimately KO'd by Kerr. Cue victory noises.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86621
86622
>>86618
"Can i count on your support in the up coming election?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86622
86623 86624 86625 86627 86633
>>86619
Never meant she wanted it thrown back at her in the same manner

>>86619
"I'm not talking about about the damned unicorn thing. The Great Mother knows that New Mareland is as bad in that regard as old Equestria. I'm talking about what you said to the pookas after Dark Star left"

>>86621
He shakes his glass
"I'll consider it"

>>86620
"Ich habe dich, Pony"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86623
>>86622
Iron cowers in fear at Kerr's indominable spirit. "I yield! I surrender!"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86624
86626
>>86622
I'm just saying, if she gives it out like that, she'd better be willing to take it.
What's funny is that it wasn't an insult.
"You will have to be more specific than that." Resume confused unicorn look.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86625
86626 86627
>>86622
Dark star smiles at them
"Thanks, i appreciate it."
"mr glass a round for everyone in the bar!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86626
86627 86628 86632
>>86625
"WOO HOO!"
Mass cheering for Dark Star

>>86624
Rogues really aren't built for taking what they give, nor giving what they take
sigh
"I'll go see how Dark Star is doing, since no pony else is"
fpzmT
?
No.86627
86629 86630 86631
[1d20+7 = 26]
>>86625
>>86622
>>86626
Diplomacy to get everyone to like me
Do i get any More bonuses?
osbIl
?
No.86628
86631
[1d20+3 = 16]
>>86626
Fair enough.
Listen: Silver's ears perk up as he listens for anything from the tavern that would suggest how Dark Star's doing.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86629
>>86627
That's a very nice roll
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86630
>>86627
And thus, everypony loved Dark Star. The end.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86631
86633 86634 86635
>>86627
>a 19
Dark Star must have promised free drinks for the rest of the night or something, because it's super effective

>>86628
Cheering. Is a game playing over the radio?
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86632
86636 86639
>>86626
I levitate a toy over and see if Wesley is in the mood to play.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86633
86636
>>86631
>>86622
So, is Kerr going to capitalize on Iron's submission of defeat, or should I make Iron do some retaliation?
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86634
86636 86637
>>86631
"I Love All Of You! Don't Forget to vote for Dark Star!"
Dark Star walks over to the other guy that looked interested initially
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86635
86636
>>86631
"It would be a good idea to see how he is doing, yes." He turns to the changelings, giving them an "Ich komme wieder" before he heads to the bar.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86636
86637 86638 86639 86643
>>86633
He's won. He walks away

>>86634
"Woo!" Pegasus, brown. Regular clothing

Blue Skies enters through a door

>>86632
He seems more interested in Spark

>>86635
Blue Skies leaves
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86637
86642
>>86636
>>86634
Silver follows Blue into the bar. "Well, it seems as though Star has become big stallion of bar, tonight."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86638
86642
>>86636
D'aww.
I give the changeling more hugs.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86639
86640 86641 86642
>>86636
Iron chuckles a little bit. He is an honorable changeling it seems. He slowly stands up, having been 'spared' by Kerr, and proceeds to clean up the toy soldier mess both of them made.
>>86632
"Come on Spark. These are being that live on pure affection. Do not put a barrier between the two of you." He says as he collects the toy soldiers and puts them on a pile.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86640
>>86639
*are beings that
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86641
86646
>>86639
"What do you mean? I'm giving him love I'm pretty sure. I felt kind of cold for a second."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86642
86644 86646
>>86638
*squeek*

>>86637
"What did he do..."

>>86639
A few on the ground, besides other toys
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86643
86644 86645
>>86636
"Hello How are you doing this evening sister?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86644
86648
>>86642
The look on Silver's face suggests he has no idea.

>>86643
"Hello, Star. You feeling alright from earlier?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86645
86648
>>86643
"Doing alright," she says, holding a drink. There is another pegasus mare with her
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86646
86647 86650
>>86641
"By the way, sorry for the toy throwing before. I was not expecting him to attack me of all things."
>>86642
Iron proceeds to order them as neatly as a native with no idea how to order these things.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86647
86654
>>86646
I chuckle.
"It's perfectly fine. Did you have fun with Kerr?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86648
86650 86651
>>86644
"oh hello there silver."
>>86645
"Thats good, you Seemed to enjoy my speech earlier."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86649
Brie eyes Dark's impromptu speaking engagement, as well as Blue and the other additions, sipping his drink. "Eeeeeee" he Eeeeeee's to himself. He takes note of who is absent but doesn't engage anyone.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86650
86652 86654
>>86648
She smiles at him
"Do you have more?"

>>86646
Which is... not very organized
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86651
86652
>>86648
Silver looks around that the scene at the bar. "It seems like you have gotten ponies around here to like you. What did you do?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86652
86653 86655
>>86650
"indeed i do sister. the health of all of our ponies is important to me. and i was at the doctors office the earlier today, and it took at least 2 or 3 hours to see him. now if something was terribly wrong with me, it could have been very bad. i propose that we need extensive medical reform here in baltimare."
>>86651
"i gave a nice speech about changelings and their evils"

Silver
osbIl
?
No.86653
>>86652
He raises an eyebrow at the obvious jab at him, but he doesn't say anything. He doesn't want to try to spoil his moment.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86654
86655 86656
>>86647
Iron chuckles. "Yes, it was pretty fun. Colt has some fighting spirit. Reminds me of myself."
>>86650
Iron shrugs. Silver can manage.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86655
86656 86657 86670
>>86654
Kerr sits on the bed and stares at Iron

>>86652
"But... We don't want to have to pay for healthcare"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86656
86657 86658
>>86654
"As dangerous as they are, part of me is going to miss having them around when we get them home."
>>86655
I look at Wesley to see what he wants now.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86657
86658 86659
>>86655
Iron smiles warmly at Kerr. "Look at him. So focused on beating me. Pretty sure he is surprised that I am moving around right now."
>>86656
"I know. It is somewhat selfish to think that, so I would hope they decide to just deport the creatures back to their lands and reunite with their families back home."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86658
86659 86660
>>86656
Probably sleep, because it is about Midnight by that time

>>86657
Kerr does not smile
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86659
86662
>>86657
"Yeah. I suppose you are right."
>>86658
I get up and gently set the changeling on the bed and cover him up.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86660
86662
>>86658
"Let us play the staring game, then." He proceeds to stare at Kerr.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86661
86663 86746
Brie finishes his drink and goes back up to the room and knocks quietly, waiting for a response this time rather than just waltzing in.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86662
86664
>>86660
He curls his lips, and moves back slightly

>>86659
Thus, it is so. The fur of this form is soft, and he can be handled more or less quietly
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86663
86665 86666
>>86661
I go to the door and open it slightly to see who it is.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86664
86666
>>86662
Iron smirks, then curls his own lips and moves back slightly just like Kerr.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86665
86666
>>86663
"Hey, its too crowded down there."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86666
86667 86668 86669
>>86663
>>86664
Kerr gets up, and off of the bed

>>86665
>>86663
Kerr tries to wiggle by out through the door
j8D17
?
No.86667
86671 86676
[1d20-1 = -9]
>>86666
Checked
"Hey now."
I grab Kerr with my magic.
"You can't go out right now."
Strength check.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86668
86672
>>86666
"Oi! Nein Kerr!"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86669
86671
>>86666
REEEE, don't lose the changeling!
Silver looks around the tavern to see if Blue is still there.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86670
86671
>>86655
"have you ever heard the phrase "you get what you pay for?" the health care system is terribly broken the wait times are to long and the and the doctors have a terrible bed side manner, i propose that for a small fee that each patient will not have to wait they can get immediate service, imagine if somepony where to get hurt bad in the current climate, they would have to wait 3 or 4 hours, and by that time well they would leave this world."
ash6l
?
No.86671
86672 86673 86674 86675
[1d20-2 = 1]
>>86667
Opposed

>>86669
She never left. She seems to be watching Dark Star while reading the correspondence letters

>>86670
"Hmmm... I guess so long as we can still get basic service that is free, it may be okay to pay for something better"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86672
86746
>>86671
Oof
>>86668
"Close the door already, Brie! Spark has him on his grasp, he should be fine!"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86673
86679 86746
>>86671
"Thank goodness. I'm not sure I have the energy to chase after him right now." he quickly gets inside and closes the door.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86674
86676
>>86671
Silver sits down in a free seat next to her to watch Dark Star get to work.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86675
86676
>>86671
"what do you do for work sister?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86676
86677 86678 86683
>>86675
"I am a teacher"

>>86667
*caught insectoid noises*

>>86674
She looks up, to see who is trying to seduce her, but then looks back at Dark Star
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86677
86679 86680
>>86676
Iron decides to grab the bug to help out Spark. He would be strained by holding a foal on his magic.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86678
86684
>>86676
"I am surprised he was not already in politics, with how well he is doing with these ponies."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86679
86681 86682 86746
>>86677
"Just set him down on the bed. He should be getting tired soon."
>>86673
I turn to Brie.
"Do you think you can talk to Kerr and see if he can't go to bed?"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86680
86682
>>86677
Brie watches this unfold and the tiniest hint of a smile plays at the edge of his mouth.
"Hey,... sorry about earlier. I misjudged you."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86681
>>86679
"Kerr, schlafen sie bitte?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86682
>>86680
"Do not mention it. Misunderstandings happen all the time."
>>86679
"Alright."
Let me see if Kerr will struggle in my grasp.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86683
86684
>>86676
"Ah Teaching is a very Important job, the youth of today will take care of us when we get old.it is important for them to get a good education so get a good job so that they may one day marry and have foals of there own. to protect the country and our people. because the most precious possession anyone can own is the love of there own folk. i respect the work you do sister."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86684
86685 86686 86687 86690
>>86678
"Just like picking up mares, the alcohol helps"

>>86683
"D'aww, thanks!"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86685
86688
>>86684
Iron gently places Kerr on the bed. "You will experience the world in a place where nopony will actively hunt you down."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86686
86691
>>86684
"Kerr. Ist shlafen zeit."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86687
86694
>>86684
"Do you have any foals of your own,sister?"
ash6l
?
No.86688
86689 86692
[1d20-2 = -10]
>>86685
>Picking Kerr
Now where do you think you are going?
Kerr tries to wiggle his way out
hY7VQ
?
No.86689
[1d20+10 = 26]
>>86688
I knew you'd try that.
Rolling grapple check.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86690
86694
>>86684
He chuckles, and stays silent for a couple seconds. "I would like to apologize, if I have seemed...pushy, with Harmony, and with these, ahem, 'foals', and everything else. You are good pony, and I wanted to try to show you what I was taught as foal by my father. I know you want to have none of it, I just...I wanted to share what I thought was beauty of it all."
ash6l
?
No.86691
86693
[1d2 = 1]
>>86686
"Nein!"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86692
86694
>>86688
"Wesley, voher bist sie?"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86693
86694
>>86691
"Kerr, Ich vehrstehen sie brauchen nicht schlafen, aber ist schlafen zeit."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86694
86695 86697 86698 86699 86705
>>86687
"Yes, I have two"

>>86690
She looks up at him.
"Silver... I don't think you ever understood. It's not just about the practical value of the traditions and values, its about being a part of something. Something old. Something rooted deeper than you could ever be. Something grand. No, I never followed all of Nimbusian values. I certainly never followed the rules against having sex with non-pegasi, and now I even have several Unicorns above me in teh chain of command. It's about... being one of those great pegasi who guarded the east from the Griffin hordes."

>>86692
>Just now realizing that no one is watching the other changeling when everypony is distracted
from under a blanket on the bed, comes a voice, and a little grey pegasus head sticking through
"Ja"

>>86693
"Ich will nicht schlafen gehen!"
hY7VQ
?
No.86695
86696
[1d20+11 = 19]
>>86694
Iron, deciding that something like this would tire out even the best of foals, places Kerr on the bed and boops his nose without warning. He is looking for a 'fight'. A real 'fight'.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86696
86700
>>86695
"HISS!"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86697
86701 86706
>>86694
"Then help me understand. I know my own people's culture, both as Severyanan and as Equestrian, but I do not know Nimbusian culture. I know it is late, so it will likely not happen today, but I would like to hear of our homeland, of your people. So I can understand you."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86698
>>86694
I thought Wesley was asleep.
I go sit down beside Wesley to try and relax him.
"It's bedtime Wesley."

Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86699
86706
>>86694
Brie shakes his head wryly. He picks up a pony plushie and walks over to where Wesley is. "Sie ist max schon, aber ist schlafen zeit."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86700
86702 86706
>>86696
"I challenge you to a boop battle, Kerr! Face me!" He readies his foreleg, eager to start the boop onslaught.
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86701
>>86697
*your homeland
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86702
86703
>>86700
"Boop-kreig"
hY7VQ
?
No.86703
86704
[1d20+11 = 13]
>>86702
Iron dramatically pulls back his foreleg and boops Kerr again on his snout. "Hiya! Take that!"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86704
>>86703
Oh no! Iron is wide open!
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86705
86706
>>86694
"good im glad." Dark Star Smiles "ill do everything in my power to protect them from any threat."
ash6l
?
No.86706
86707 86708 86710 86714
[1d20+2 = 8]
>>86700
Attack!

>>86699
"Aber..."

>>86697
She sighs and lays her head down on the table
"It's really all pointless now. I can never be Hoplite"

>>86705
"Then goodluck!"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86707
86709
>>86706
"Aber was?"
hY7VQ
?
No.86708
86709
[1d20+11 = 27]
>>86706
The changeling seems to have missed his snout, hitting his chest instead. He shrugs it off. "Hiya!" he lunges his hoof towards his defenseless nose.
ash6l
?
No.86709
86711 86718
[1d20-2 = -11]
>>86707
Ich möchte aufbleiben

>>86708
"RAAAAAA!"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86710
86712
>>86706
"Is it? These stories you have, they are lessons that can be taught to those who will not get chance to learn them normally. Nopony will get chance to experience these things that you experienced but you. And I doubt any of us would ever get to visit Nimbusia, even in its current state."
hY7VQ
?
No.86711
86712
[1d20+11 = 27]
>>86709
His snout has been pressed but he continues on. "RA!" He counter attacks Kerr's booping with his own!
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86712
86713 86717
>>86711
He runs

>>86710
"And what is it worth to you?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86713
86715
>>86712
This time, he gives chase. He is set to make him tired now.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86714
86715
>>86706
"dont forget to vote for me,sister i vow to protect all the foals of Our Land."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86715
86716 86719
>>86714
She smiles
"I may"

>>86713
And... Iron is very big in the small room
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86716
86720
>>86715
He feels dumb trying to give chase in such a cramped room. Welp, time to see when Kerr will stop and assault his nose there.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86717
86720
>>86712
"They are priceless." He moves over to Blue, and gives her a friendly hug. "Besides, even though I am some weird, old, silly bonehead whose stories are not all that interesting, you still took time to listen to my inane ramblings. It is least I could do to listen to your own stories."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86718
86720
>>86709
Brie thinks for a moment. "IDFK what to do. Silver's not here, so there's no telling him a story,... I wouldn't even know what he was saying if it wasn't for these damn voices."
"Ungratefur!"
"But at this rate, I'm going to fall asleep before they do." he Eeeee's internally, ignoring the respondent voice.

"Was mochte?"


Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86719
86720 86723
>>86715
"Mr. Glass Another Round on me!"
"good evening sister."
Dark Star walks over to blue.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86720
86721 86722 86723 86735
>>86718
Wesley responds
"Uh... Ich weiß es nicht"
He picks up the little doll in his mouth, and moves under the blanket

>>86717
*coo*
She is hugged, "stories are all that remains of that place for me now"

Dark Star approaches

>>86719
"Woo Hoo!"

She is sitting next to Silver, who just finished hugged her
"And good evening to you, Brother"

>>86716
He hides under a blanket on the other side of the room, looking at Iron
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86721
86729
>>86720
Iron approaches slowly in a predatory motion. He is going to tire that changeling if it is the last thing he does. His good foreleg is ready to strike at his nose when he can.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86722
86725
>>86720
"Good Evening. Have you heard about about the blackhooves miss?"
Dark Star smiles
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86723
86724
>>86720
"And through your stories it shall live on." He breaks the hug as Dark Star approaches. "Remember: whenever you feel like you wish to share, or even if you just want to talk, I am here."

>>86719
"Aha! Mr. Personality!" Silver chuckles. "It looks like you are doing excellently tonight."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86724
86726
>>86723
"What Can i say. Ponys like it when you are honest with them."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86725
86726 86727 86728
>>86722
"Could I ever hear enough about them?" She smiles, responding
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86726
86727 86733
>>86724
>>86725
Silver nods, knowing that much. He lets out a decently-sized yawn. "It is getting late. I should head to bed. How about us three all have one last drink together, in toast for friendship?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86727
86729 86733
>>86725
"well as far as i know, they really love communists."
Dark Star Laughs
>>86726
"that sounds very niice."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86728
>>86725
Iron, having reached Kerr's position, decides to slowly present his hoof in front of his face from over the bed.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86729
86730 86731 86732
>>86721
The changeling runs, to under the bed

>>86727
She reacts with horror
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86730
86733
>>86729
Iron crouches down. "You cannot escape from the booping, Kerr!" He decides to first look under the bed before actually booping, in case he hurts Kerr.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86731
86733
>>86729
Silver gets out of his seat and trots over to Glass. "Can I get three whiskeys, please? One for me, two for my friends."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86732
86733 86736
>>86729
"oh come on,blue i was joking."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86733
86734 86736 86738
>>86732
She laughs

>>86731
"Sure thing"

>>86730
"HISSS!"

>>86726
>>86727
"So... What is this fight over Changelings?"
yes, she did just bring up something they were fighting over when they are trying to make up
hY7VQ
?
No.86734
86737
[1d20+11 = 17]
>>86733
Target spotted. Iron goes for another boop.

Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86735
86737 86740
>>86720
Brie sits there for a moment, entirely unaware of how to respond. "They're damn cute for the 'scourge of ponykind'," he Eeeee's to himself. "I get that people are scared of them because of the eating, but I can't help feeling for the little guys. They're kind of like stray kittens in a way."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86736
86737 86745
>>86732
>>86733
Silver pays for the drinks however much they cost, and brings them back to the table, sitting down to enjoy his drink with his friends.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86737
86739 86740
>>86734
Attack of opportunity!

*bite*

>>86735
*startled pegasus noises*
"I didn't know you were here... Yes, I guess they can be like kittens"

>>86736
Brie has arrived apparently.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86738
86740 86745
>>86733
"you went inside his room right? they'll go home to their occupied territories and kill ponies by draining them dry. and everyone seem ok with that because "they are so cute." Dark Star does the air quotes with his hooves
hY7VQ
?
No.86739
86745
[1d20+11 = 29]
>>86737
Not really cuz muh improved unarmed strike but eh.
Iron is bitten. He is unsure if this really hurts or not. But Kerr does leave his nose unprotected while biting so... Iron boops Kerr while his other hoof is being bitten.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86740
86741 86748
>>86735
>>86737
>>86738
Silver is slightly less startled. "...Had I known you were here, I would have bought drink for you as well."

He sighs at what Dark Star said. "I do not wish to get into big long discussion, especially right before bed, and especially right before we are to have friendly drink together."

He passes the whiskeys he got for Star and Skies to their respective ponies.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86741
86742 86743
>>86740
Uhm,... Brie is upstairs with Shimmer, Iron, and the Lings
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86742
>>86741
Dude, the Brie downstairs is a changeling. Duh
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86743
>>86741
My mistake, then?
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86744
86745
I haven't been following what's going on downstairs, but if there is a Brie downstairs, yes he's a changeling
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86745
86746 86747 86748
>>86736
>>86738
"Changelings don't kill by draining. The worst they can do is completely drain a creature of all joy, happiness, love, friendship, laughter, and warm feeling, and leave them unable to recover, as well as unable to perform either that magic that distinguishes them as individuals or that magic that comes with what race of creature they are. But they are still alive, and able to feel other emotions, at least negative ones

>>86739
Yes really because you are reaching under a bed towards a readied creature
"Scheisse!"

>>86744
No. Because that possibility creeps me out
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86746
>>86745
see
>>86672
>>86673
>>86679
etc. Brie has been upstairs ever since >>86661

Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86747
86749
>>86745
Fair enough. Ambush rules
Iron laughs triumphantly. "I have bested you in the boop battle, Kerr! Yield and you may be spared from further booping!"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86748
86749 86756
>>86740
"Thanks."
>>86745
"my mistake they will go back to their occupied lands and make the ponys suffer a fate worse than death."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86749
86750 86756 86757
>>86748
"That's only at the very worst"

>>86747
"Du wirst mich niemals lebend nehmen, Pony!"
hY7VQ
?
No.86750
86751 86754
[1d20+10 = 25]
>>86749
"I will take that as a no, then!" He then tries to reach Kerr from under the bed. Rolling grapple to see if I can drag him out of under the bed.
ash6l
?
No.86751
86752
[1d20 = 70]
>>86750
"Raa!"
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86752
86754
>>86751
Wat?
ash6l
?
No.86753
86755
[1d20-2 = -9]
I don't know what the fuck that dice roll was
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86754
86755 86756
>>86752
Reee, talk things out with Star and Skies

>>86750
Changeling is caught
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86755
86758
>>86753
>>86754
"Got you!" He laughs like the bad guy usually do and drags Kerr out of under the bed. He proceeds to do some huggles. He expects Kerr to put up quite a fight, then get tired.
Throw me those grapple rolls until Kerr feels tired.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86756
86758
>>86754
*shrugs*
Honestly don't know what else Silver could say, but I'll try.

>>86748
>>86749
"From personal experience, unless changeling bites hard, it is just usually uncomfortable feeling while they feed. Only reason they bit hard when we rescued them was because they were starving."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86757
86758
>>86749
"they will all face that fate, at the hooves of these monsters" He points up towards silvers room
"they will not stop why should they? we are nothing to them. nothing but a meal ready to be eaten and then they will move on to the next meal."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86758
86759 86760 86761 86766
>>86755
"Lass mich runter, Pony!"
*wiggles*

>>86756
"I take it you don't think you need he Blackhooves to deal with Chrysalis now?"

>>86757
"What must be done?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86759
86765
>>86758
Iron keeps the huggles some more. "Are you feeling tired yet?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86760
86763
>>86758
"ill tell you later, right now. lets enjoy our Drinks."
Dark Star sips on his
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86761
86762
>>86758
"Oh no, Chrysalis most definitely needs to be stopped. In that I believe we are all in agreement."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86762
86763 86764
>>86761
"you seem to care a lot for changelings. are you sure you aren't one?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86763
>>86760
"Alright..."

>>86762
"I checked him already. He's not"
The expression on her face implies that she cannot rule out the possibility he's been replaced since then
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86764
86765 86768
>>86762
"No, as a matter of fact, I am not. You know that. I just do not wish for genocide. There are better ways of handling this than exterminating entire species that, for all of their differences, are still like us."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86765
86767 86769
>>86759
*squeek*

>>86764
"Like what?"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86766
86770
>>86758
Realizing that he's nodding off while sitting there thinking, Brie gets up and walks over to where Wesley is lying. He pats the Ling on the head gently. "Ihr ist guten kinder." He says softly, looking at Wesley and Kerr. "Wir denken etwas."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86767
>>86765
Iron laughs evily. "Muahaha. I will never let you go, young foal! Unless you go to bed like a nice foal, of course." He giggles.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86768
86769
>>86764
Dark Star rolls his eyes
"they are nothing like us, when was the last time you stole someones memories of their loved ones? they are Sub-Ponies Plain and simple."

Silver
osbIl
?
No.86769
86770 86772 86773
>>86765
"Like removing Chrysalis from power, eliminating all trace of her influence from Changeling government, and replacing it with one that is more willing to cooperate with ponykind. There are many changelings who do not believe in her ideas, and many more who only follow them because they see no better alternative. We need to show them alternative."

>>86768
"They did not steal your memories, Dark Star. Not only that, they are still alive, like us. They have hopes, dreams, fears like us. They get happy, sad, angry like us. They have families, communities, even nations like us. No, they are not exactly like us in every aspect, but I can not see reason why we would be inherently better than them, nor reason why they would be inherently better than us."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86770
86771 86776
>>86766
Wesley looks adorable when pet. Kerr, wiggling around in Iron's hooves, says "Zehn weitere Minuten?"

>>86769
"That is not going to be easy. Chrysalis is Popular and her government is strong. That will remain true until Crysalis's 'colonization' plan has failed"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86771
86773
>>86770
"That is not a yes I am hearing!" Iron continues his huggle 'torture' on Kerr.


Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86772
86773 86776
>>86769
"Buck all of them, they all need to all pay,why is there no Opposition to chrysalis? because they hate all ponies and want to eat us. they love chrysalis, and will destroy us with out a second thought, they hate you. all of them, they want your children for food yet, you still worship the ground they walk on."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86773
86774 86775 86776
>>86771
"Gah!"
*squeek*

>>86772
"You are too pessimistic"

>>86769
"You are too optimistic"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86774
86778
>>86773
"its the truth. im a realist."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86775
>>86773
I like miss mediator Skies
Iron keeps up the huggles. "So, how about it? Will you go to sleep, little one? Or will you suffer my wrath?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86776
86777 86778
>>86770
"No, it will not be. It will be as difficult as fighting their entire army. But no things worthwhile in life are easy."

>>86772
"There is opposition, but they have been forced from changeling lands. It is still there, but without support, they can not get anything done."

>>86773
"Perhaps. But what else is there to do? We must not lose hope, no matter what. We can not give up fight until we have completely and totally won."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86777
>>86776
"I doubt it."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86778
86779 86780 86782
>>86776
"They need to be defeated before they would willingly give up there plans. And even after all of that, there is the eternal problem of Love"

>>86774
"So do directly try to kill all of them?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86779
86781 86782
>>86778
"they deserve nothing less. for the suffering the ponies are going through."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86780
86781
>>86778
Iron increases huggle intensity at his lack of response. "Feel the wrath of my grapple attack!" Cue intense huggling and nuzzling.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86781
86784 86785
>>86779
"So, kill them all out of revenge?"

>>86780
*squeeky Squeeky*
He's mostly stopped resisting. From the aura he puts off, Iron can feel why
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86782
86783 86785
>>86778
"I know. Defeating them is obviously first step. As for love, I imagine there are those who would help willingly, if we could dispel misunderstandings and falsehoods about changelings to ponies, and dispel misunderstandings and falsehoods about ponies to changelings. Optimistic, I know. But ponies have willingly helped changelings before."

>>86779
"Even those that have had no part in this, and want no part in this? Even young and innocent, old and feeble? They all deserve to die in your eyes?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86783
86786 86787
>>86782
"Are they falsehoods? I sincerely doubt there would be many volunteers"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86784
86788
>>86781
Uh, is he love drunk or what?
Iron, for his part, does not understand the lack of fighting spirit Kerr is displaying right now. This does not dissuade his huggles though.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86785
86787 86788
>>86782
"there are no innocent changelings. they all support their queen."
>>86781
"they brought this upon themselves."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86786
>>86783
Enter Iron
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86787
86789 86796
>>86783
"From what I have seen? Some are, some aren't."

>>86785
"Not all of them."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86788
86791 86792 86800
>>86784
*Changeling noises*

>>86785
"If that is how you feel, can you keep quiet about it in public? They will be easier to defeat if they don't think the struggle is existential"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86789
86790
>>86787
"do you have any proof to back that up?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86790
86792
>>86789
"Do you have any proof to back up your own claim?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86791
86796
>>86788
Iron shrugs. He feels nice. Smooth even. All good things must come to an end though, and he gently sets Kerr on the bed.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86792
86793
>>86790
"the hordes that blocked out the sun."
>>86788
"i can keep my mouth shut."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86793
86794
>>86792
"Is that every changeling in existence?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86794
86795 86796
>>86793
"they all supported it."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86795
86797 86802
>>86794
"No, they did not." Silver sighs. He looks disappointed at this turn of events. "And thus, we are back at square one. And this is why I did not want to get into big long discussion before having good drink with friends."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86796
86798 86799 86802
>>86791
He would feel like his disguise, in this case a colt unicorn. Kerr is sat on the bed, sitting up

>>86787
"What happens when there aren't enough. well, you know what happens when there aren't enough

>>86794
"That is factually wrong. There were a few who agreed with Thorax on a closer friendship, some of the hives preferred infiltration rather than colonization and conquest, and of course there are the Griffonian hives"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86797
86799
>>86795
"This discussion needed to happen, Silver."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86798
86803
>>86796
Iron leans to meet Kerr at eye level. "Now, will you go to bed, Kerr?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86799
86801 86802 86803
>>86796
"They starve. But, they were starving before. It is not like prospect of more food could be any worse than that."

>>86797
"Did it?" Silver looks like he's unsure about that.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86800
86803
>>86788
Brie, exhausted from the day's proceedings, can barely kee his eyes open. "Guten nacht schon kinder. Schlafen sie gut. Wir schutzen sie."
He then crawls under the bed and curls up.
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86801
>>86799
Ignore that first part, I must be losing my mind.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86802
>>86796
"And look what that got him. they will all pay for the sins of their mother."
>>86799
""FOOD,Ponies are not food."
>>86795
Dark Star Sips his drink
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86803
86804 86806 86807
>>86798
"Ich spreche kein ponyish"

>>86799
"And when they starve, they go out and get food, same as any other creature. When this happens, the trust is eroded, and all back to square one"

>>86800
Are you seriously going to have him sleep under Silver's bed?
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86804
86806 86810
>>86803
No, that's absurd
Yes
iF3Hb
?
No.86805
86810
[1d20+11 = 25]
Hide check
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86806
86809 86810
>>86803
Silver is just idly looking into his still-full glass of whiskey. "I wonder if there is way to make food for them that does not require ponies..."

>>86804
Eh, go for it.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86807
86810
>>86803
Iron pokes his chin. Brie just went to sleep, so no translator there. He decides to do charades. First he points at Kerr. "You," then he points at the bed and tilts his head sideways and down, like he was putting his head on a pillow. "sleep."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86808
"Schlafen. Its the word for sleep."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86809
86810 86811
>>86806
"they acquired the taste, theres no going back."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86810
86811 86812 86814
>>86805
Uh, hidden

>>86804
Sure...

>>86806
"Other Creatures. They are just less loving"

>>86807
Kerr imitates his action, moving his head on on its side and moving down, then sitting back up

>>86809
"That's... What?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86811
86813 86815
>>86809
>>86810
No response. There's little acknowledgement of the world around him, outside of the glass of whiskey in front of him.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86812
86815
>>86810
He pokes his chin again. Maybe if he does the action, he will understand. First, he checks if he can actually fit the bed with the two residents and without crushing Brie under the bed.
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86813
86815
>>86811
The sorcerer knows this well. That's why it is a character to him.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86814
86815
>>86810
"they will accept nothing less."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86815
86816 86817 86819
>>86811
She pets him

>>86812
I am... not sure

>>86813
Kek

>>86814
"I am... not sure"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86816
86818
>>86815
Scratch that. Maybe if he does it on the floor. Kerr will do it on the bed. He gently lays down in a circular motion, resting his head on his forelegs and closing his eyes to show what he should do. He then opens one eye to see if he follows his lead.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86817
86818
>>86815
He smiles from this, at least getting a little reaction from him. One of his hindlegs starts a tapping motion, and his ears relax at her touch.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86818
86820 86823
>>86816
Kerr looks at Iron. Then he circles around, and lays down in a curled up ball

>>86817
She continues, as this response calms her
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86819
86821
>>86815
Dark Star Finishes his drink
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86820
86821
>>86818
He leans his head into the petting, and closes his eyes. His leg continues its tapping.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86821
86822 86827
>>86819
Is finished

>>86820
What Silver is imagining as hoof, then wing, runs through his mane is known but to him. But she continues
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86822
86828
>>86821
"That feels nice..."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86823
86824 86828
>>86818
Iron nods in satisfaction. "Good." He thinks some more. "Iron," points at himself "goes," imitates walking somewhere, "to other place. Does Kerr," points at Kerr, "want to stay here," he points downwards, signalling the room, "or go," he does the walking motion again, "with Iron?" He points at himself again.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86824
86825
>>86823
>giving a choice
You must know how this will end
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86825
86829
>>86824
I am half-expecting Kerr to stick to Iron's leg if he tries to leave for the abbey without warning. If you think it's unwise, just make Kerr fall asleep and could not hear Iron.
ash6l
?
No.86826
[1d2 = 2]

Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86827
86828 86833
>>86821
Dark Star gets up and goes to the bathroom
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86828
86830 86831 86833 86834
>>86823
Kerr slightly tilts his head, but remains sitting in place

>>86827
It is so

>>86822
She continues petting him
"Does his attitude worry you?"
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86829
>>86825
Can't, I'm falling asleep myself, irl
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86830
86832
>>86828
Iron pets Kerr. "Do not worry. Just sleep. I am going with Silver." He ruffles his mane. "I will see you soon." With that, Iron exits the room, being sure that he closes the door when he leaves.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86831
86833 86836
>>86828
He is very much enjoying the pets. "Yes. I feel hatred has clouded his mind, and his judgement."
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86832
86833 86836
>>86830
Spark decides to lay at the door, so a certain two changelings don't get up and leave in the night.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86833
86835 86836 86838
>>86832
He can hear Iron going down the staris.
>>86831
>>86828
>>86827
Skies, Silver and Star see Iron coming down the stairs, rubbing his eyes and slightly yawning. "Well, I think the little ones will not be much trouble for the day. The unicorn is quite the fighter."

Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86834
86835 86836
>>86828
He goes in one of the stalls and wonders whats the point of any of this,and why this all has to happen, why he was born into this world to just lose everything.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86835
>>86834
>>86833
Oh, well remove Star from the list of ponies then.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86836
86837 86838 86839
>>86831
"It worries me just a little" She says, still petting

>>86832
and he will be hit when the door opens

>>86834
And thus Dark Star did then and there experience the meaning of life

>>86833
"Silver?"
Shimmering Spark
j8D17
?
No.86837
>>86836
Kind of the plan.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86838
86839 86840 86841
>>86833
Silver is currently enjoying some nice petting from Blue. He looks really into it, too, with a hindleg tapping, his ears relaxing, his head leaning into Blue's hoof, and his eyes lazily looking over to Iron. "Indeed. He has got fighting spirit in him."

>>86836
"He is talking about Kerr, one who took unicorn disguise."

"As for Star, I hope it is just his age, and lack of wisdom. With your expert guiding hoof, I am not too worried that he will get himself into trouble." Blue finds a spot on his head where, if she pets it, Silver gets a face like he's about to sneeze, but never actually does. He seems to really enjoy it, at least.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86839
86841 86844
>>86836
"What Silver said." He rubs his eyes some more. "Can I get a glass of water, please?" he asks the bartender.
>>86838
"He sure is a big softie when I hugged him." He chuckles tiredly. He then yawns a bit. "Had to be bitten and booped on the nose to win his affection though, but it was worth it. It was so fun."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86840
86844
>>86838
"Dark Star isn't wrong either. Those are not pets"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86841
86842 86843 86844
>>86839
"Sure thing"

>>86838
"Is there any particular reason you are so responsive to petting?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86842
86848
>>86841
"If I had to guess, it is because a certain someone did the same to him before. Do you catch my drift?" Iron shrugs. "It could be that petting usually feels good in general."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86843
86848
>>86841
Dark Star Starts thinking about his family
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86844
86846
>>86839
"From what I have seen, that certainly seems to be case. It just takes getting through hard exterior."

>>86840
"No, and I have no intention of treating them as such." He pauses for a second. "Do you have idea of when we will be able to send them home? Other one, Wesley, he said they lived in colony near Tall Tales."

>>86841
He shrugs, not really having an answer for that one. "I suppose I just am. Perhaps it is unicorn thing I do not know about."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86846
86847
>>86844
"I would not say it was a 'hard' exterior. It is more like squeezing the orange to get its contents. You make it sound like it was a big sacrifice to interact with Kerr." Iron takes a sip of water.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86847
86851
>>86846
"I do not think that is what I made it sounds like..." He seems unsure of himself now.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86848
86849 86850 86851
>>86842
"We could turn them into Immigration tomorrow"
She pets on

>>86843
Are any of them still alive?

>>86842
"That's why I was asking"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86849
>>86848
No
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86850
86851 86852
>>86848
"I will have to ask them in morning."

He things a bit about the things he and his wife did when they were together. "I would say she was more of cuddler than petter."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86851
86852 86853
>>86847
"Eh, I may be overreacting. I would not know." He rubs his eyes and sips on his water.
>>86848
"Remember your promise. I want to say my goodbyes when the time comes. Please do not forget."
He shrugs. "I would expect it to be the case. A marefriend is the ultimate chance to explore every crevice and to be explored by your significant other. Petting seems like a good way to explore the other pony's body in a public place." He pokes his chin, then yawns. "I may not be thinking straight."
>>86850
Iron chuckles. "Yeah, 'cuddler'. Sure thing."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86852
86853 86854
>>86850
She laughs a little
"You're not offended by me petting you, are you?"

>>86851
"I guess that is true"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86853
86854 86855
>>86851
He chuckles. "Yes. 'Cuddler'."

>>86852
"No, I rather enjoy it. Please, go on for as long as you want."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86854
86855
>>86852
"What part? The whole 'petting is just exploring eachother's bodies' or that I am not thinking straight?" He chuckles.
>>86853
Iron nods in understanding. "Ah, I knew it." He takes a sip of water.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86855
86856 86862
>>86854
"Sure"

>>86853
"I too like cuddles"
She keeps petting him, part on the mane near his chin, and part further down his mane
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86856
86857
>>86855
"What mare does not like cuddles?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86857
86858 86859
>>86856
"I like them more than most mares"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86858
86860
>>86857
Dark Star checks to see if hes alone in the bathroom
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86859
86860
>>86857
"I guess I should ask Star for confirmation." He chuckles. He eyes her a bit suspiciously.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86860
86861 86863
>>86858
Now he is

>>86859
"What?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86861
86864
>>86860
The Happy memories of his now dead family becomes to much for him to keep inside any longer and he bursts into tears as he remember how times used to be.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86862
86863 86864
>>86855
"That feeling of laying down with loved one and being so close you could be as one pony? Such warmth, softness, and joy? It is wonderful feeling." He's managed to keep it clean and fairly well-kept, everything considered. He enjoys the feeling of her hooves running through his mane. "I was usually big spoon, when Storm and I cuddled. Just made sense with me being bigger. She was very soft, but sometimes she liked to torture me in that position, using her wings to tickle my barrel. It would usually take nip at ears to get her to stop." Silver chuckles at the surprisingly fond memory.

Silver takes a drink from his whiskey, at looks at Blue Skies' lap where she's sitting. It looks like a comfortable pillow to him, at the moment.
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86863
86864 86865
>>86860
>>86862
"Your relationship with Silver still weirds me out, even with the clarification of being a 'we are just friends who suffered similar fates'. Something just does not fit here."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86864
86865 86866 86867
>>86861
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BakWVXHSug

Perhaps in his mind, he returns to a summer day many years ago, his mother, his father, and his brother all there

>>86862
"D'aww, that's so sweet"
She seems to notice
"It's okay"

>>86863
"Huh? What weird about it?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86865
86866 86868
>>86864
He gladly rests his head on her lap, now able to tell if her lap really is as soft as it looks. "I think it was moments like that I enjoyed most. Just being there in moment with her."

>>86863
"What does not fit?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86866
86868 86870
>>86864
"You do not see the similarities between you and Storm? Besides the fact that both of you are pegasi, you are warriors and are wild. You do not seem to restrict yourself with fighting codes of honor, but the feeling does not come off even when I think that."
>It's okay
"Now you offer your lap to him? Do you know how close it is to your private parts?" He shakes his head. "Sorry, I cannot help it." He sips some more water.
>>86865
Iron watches how Silver just lays his head on Skies' lap. "This action precisely." He rubs his temple in frustration. "Do you not see how physical you two are being?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86867
86868
>>86864
"WHy DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME?!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86868
86869 86870 86873
>>86865
The fur that covers her stifle is soft, but her legs are, well, slim. a little muscle, and bone underneath. The back of his head could rest against her softer belly. He could place his muzzle into her lower belly

>>86867
Oh but Dark Star, it's happened to so many little colts and fillies. Some were younger when it happened to them, some older. Some in the same way, some differently. Ash has met dozens of little children who have suffered similarly

>>86866
"I mean, maybe? There are very many pegasi warriors out there. It's kind of what we do. What is the harm of a lap? My genitals are beneath me. He can't see anything"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86869
86871
>>86868
"Why couldnt it have been me instead of mom?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86870
86872 86873 86883
>>86868
He decides to rest the back of his head against her belly, as he's not sure how she would react to a muzzle suddenly pressed against it. He's content with the soft feeling in either case.

>>86866
"I do not see much of problem with it. As long as she is okay with it, I do not feel as though we are doing anything wrong, or too physical."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86871
86874
>>86869
She was a loving mare. A respectable mare. Like so much of Equestria's most loving she was lost
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86872
86875
>>86870
She continues petting him. She now pets a wing against his shoulder and the side of his barrel
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86873
86875 86876
>>86868
>>86870
"Sure. First is a massage, then a lap, then you would offer your flank to lay his head on. It is a gradual shift that will eventually conclude with romantic interest. You just do not see it yet." Iron rubs his temple again. "It feels weird. It is something deep within me that I cannot explain, like breaking a rule that nature set up, but I cannot help it." He shakes his head then downs the remaining water, then covers his eyes with one of his forelegs.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86874
86876
>>86871
"im such a weakling blue will eventually leave me too, then ill be alone again. she deserve better than a stupid mud horse like me anyway."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86875
86879 86880
>>86872
He shifts around to make his position more comfortable, then stays still to enjoy the petting. His left foreleg does a little twitch with each pass of her soft wing over the side of his barrel.

>>86873
"I will admit, flanks make for good pillows. But it will not lead to romantic interest. Her heart belongs to Dark Star, not me."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86876
86877 86879
>>86873
She stares at him. "If I am having foals anytime soon, they will be Dark Star's. Alright?"

>>86874
Aww, Go out and claim her wuv


Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86877
86878
>>86876
Dark Star continues crying into his hoofs
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86878
>>86877
He would be pat on the back, if only there were a pony to pat him
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86879
86885
>>86875
"Somehow I doubt it will just end without some consequences later on." He responds to Silver while still blocking his eyes with his foreleg. "I can feel it, and I dislike feeling it."
>>86876
"I suppose that much is right. Still, I cannot shake off the feeling." She can see Iron tremble for a bit. "It will not lead a good path if it happens. I hope it does not."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86880
86881 86882
>>86875
"It's okay, Just relax. It's been a long and hard night for you" She continues
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86881
86886
>>86880
Crying intensifies
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86882
86883
>>86880
"Thank you, Blue." He flips over so his muzzle is up against her soft belly, and uses his new position to give her a friendly embrace.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86883
86884 86887
>>86870
"Can you go check on Dark Star?"

>>86882
Her belly is definitely soft and a little fluffy, and she seems to like the hugging. His mouth is almost touching her teats though

She rubs her wing on his back
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86884
86885
>>86883
Was the first part meant for Silver, or Iron?
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86885
86886 86887
>>86884
Iron

>>86879
"Can you go check on Dark Star?"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86886
86888
>>86885
Iron is very suspicious. "Alright. Just do not line your lips for a kiss like last time I came back to both of you." He stands up and proceeds to go to said bathroom.
>>86881
Star can hear the bathroom door open.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86887
86891
>>86885
Right.

>>86883
Silver presses his muzzle a little into the soft and fluffy mass of her belly. Seeing that she enjoys the embrace, he maintains it. "I suppose this takes care of doctor's orders to seek comfort from loved ones." With his muzzle where it is, she can feel the vibrations from his speech run through her gut.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86888
86889
>>86886
he doesnt hear it hes crying too loud
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86889
86890
>>86888
Iron rubs his temple. Great. He was not good at conforting people. He decides to cautiously move towards the noise where the crying is coming from, having to knock on a stall if needed.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86890
86892
>>86889
the crying stops abruptly
"huh? what who's there?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86891
86895
>>86887
Her belly is soft enough to let the muzzle in. If he moved down just slightly, he'd feel her teats. She continues petting him, almost like she is encouraging him to go to sleep
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86892
86893
>>86890
"Iron. You are taking quite a while to come out so Skies asked for someone to check up on you."
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86893
86894
>>86892
"heh you know just....uh using the bathroom."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86894
86896
>>86893
"I have no idea how to use this place. Is it a crying spot for me to vent feelings and frustrations?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86895
86898
>>86891
"That...*yawn*...feels quite nice..." Silver's eyes start to feel heavy from the calming motions. His muzzle slides down just barely enough to graze the top of her teats before he catches it and moves it back up.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86896
86897
>>86894
Dark Star stands up and flings open the door,with tears still in his eyes he says "I Wasn't Crying! You Were Crying!"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86897
86899
>>86896
Iron almost gets hit by the stall door opening. "Uh, yeah. I was totally crying about... stuff. You should wipe the sweat near your eyes." He deadpans at Star.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86898
86900
>>86895
She sucks in to move them away just slightly when his nose touches them

"I'm glad I could make you feel better. I'm sorry for ruining our pleasant drinking with that... discussion." She pets more, a wing-tip running right down his back on his stripe
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86899
86902
>>86897
"yea... i was crying. i came in here to use the bathroom, but i started thinking about my family. sorry about almost hitting you."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86900
86901
>>86898
"It is okay...I am just glad I still have friends..." She feels a shiver pass through him as her wingtip traces along the dorsal stripe on his back. He lets out another yawn. "...is it sad only friends I have are ones I met only couple days ago?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86901
86903
>>86900
"A little, yes. But that can happen from a life of travel. The social lives of ponies are like great oaks that need time to develop deep roots. They lose much when they are transplanted"
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86902
86905
>>86899
Iron chuckles. "Like a puny door would hurt me." He then turns serious. "I understand how distraught you are. I suppose your family is not here anymore, right? Your tears do not seem like happy tears of joy."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86903
86904
>>86901
She feels the embrace tighten, even as Silver grows more sleepy. "Thank you for being my friend, Blue."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86904
86908
>>86903
"D'awww, you really think of me as one? We argue so much..."
She leans back a little and relaxes
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86905
86906
>>86902
"they...are all gone."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86906
86907
>>86905
Iron nods. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86907
86909
>>86906
"i guess so, the unicorns say its not good to hold stuff like this in."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86908
86910
>>86904
"Politics, yes, we argue. That is given. But outside of that...yes, I think of you as friend." He nuzzles into her soft stomach. "You genuinely seem to care about me, when we are like this. You are nice. You are funny. And we do get along when we are not talking politics. I can not think of much more fitting friend."
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86909
86914
>>86907
Iron finds a comfortable spot to sit and take Star's backstory all in. He rubs his eyes to brush up his attention.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86910
86911
>>86908
>>86908
"D'awww.... I haven't made many friends since I came here. I talk to a few coworkers, and every now and then I will find stallions for one night stands... but not many friends. Yes, I guess you are a 'friend'."
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86911
86912
>>86910
Silver seems overjoyed by her saying this. "Thank you..." He lets out another yawn, as his muzzle starts to slip down again. "...thank you..." Yes, her lap is a comfy pillow. Comfy enough to sleep on...

After a couple more seconds, she feels his steady breathing as he passes into sleep, as his muzzle comes to a resting position on her body.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86912
86913
>>86911
>>86911
She pets his mane by his face with her forehoof, and his back with a wing
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86913
86915
>>86912
He is definitely asleep, but the petting seems to help him do so peacefully. Even off in dreamland he seems to enjoy the feeling of her petting him.
Anonymous
fpzmT
?
No.86914
86961
>>86909
"well when i was a foal my Dad,North Star was killed in the war against the buffalo's, i took that very hard but i don't remember crying about it. My mom tryed her best to Raise my brother and i. that was until about 5 years after that, She was out one night volunteering like she always did, in the griffon ghetto a few miles from the Farm. Thats when Shes was assaulted and Murdered,by a griffon Named Scar, the only reason i know that is because my brother and i did what celesta wouldn't,we looked into it and we found as much information as we could about Him and turned into celestia's guards. she did nothing. my brother said it was because of Her obsession with sweeping the crimes of the griffions under the rug. and a few days after we turned in the information, we had a knock on our door, it was an aspiring politician,larry berry.he told us we were going to have on the streets because of the new harmony law. She gave our farm to a bunch of Bucking Ziggers!So after that we were on the streets of Baltimare for years. my brother did what he could to feed me,even so far as going without food for a week. i hated seeing him like that....so i started stealing to feed myself so he wouldn't starve. he would teach me everything i know about politics, he had a friend in new mareland that would send us books and pamphlets about a group calling themselves the Blackhooves. he did what ever he could to make money,but no one wanted to hire an orphan that lived on the street, then all of a sudden the bits started to roll in, i think he was doing some illegal things. this went on for awhile untill celestia declared war on new mareland,because she loved griffions more than ponies. so my brother,his name was white star. joined New Mareland against celestia's tyrannical regime... after that he never came home."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86915
86916
>>86913
And there is the question. Does he dream? What does he dream, if so?
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86916
86917
>>86915
I imagine he would, and there's a few different options for him. Gimme a sec to think of something, unless you manage to come up with something.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86917
86918
>>86916
I would believe it would center on the ponies he used to know - Storm Warning and his children. And maybe also the new additions, like little Wesley
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86918
86919
>>86917
Maybe. Sounds like something he would dream about, especially right at this instance.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86919
86920
4d780d9809a30441cf9b589233a495d3--marble-pie-pony-.jpg
>>86918
You look down and you see something like this looking up at you (except, you know, male, less hair, wings). What do?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86920
86921
>>86919
*pats the poner*
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86921
86922
>>86920
Poner is pat, and smiles, laughing nervously. The limb feels a little cold, and the scene distorts more than a little. Like he's watching a video that loses clarity
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86922
86923
>>86921
Silver tries to focus through the distortion, confused about what's happening.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86923
86924
>>86922
A little poner is in front of him. What else does it look like?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86924
86925
>>86923
He looks at the limb that touched the poner, confused about why it feels cold.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86925
86926
>>86924
The little pony tilts his head, not understanding this reaction
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86926
86927
>>86925
He shakes his head clear, and looks again at the pony in front of him. He smiles at the pony.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86927
86928
>>86926
He smiles at Silver
*cute pony noises*
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86928
86929
>>86927
"Would you like ponyback ride?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86929
86930
>>86928
"Ja" says the little pony
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86930
86931
>>86929
Silver picks the little pony up, and places him on his back.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86931
86932
>>86930
*coo*
A fine morning outside Ponyville. He can feel the petting on his mane
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86932
86933
>>86931
It's been a long time since he's been to this place. He decides to trot around, see the sights, look around at the various shops. He points out various locations to the colt on his back on the way. Meanwhile, he enjoys feeling of the petting.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86933
86934
>>86932
From behind him he feels the dark wind blowing. In front of him...

The must have just wrapped up the fall leave-falling ceremony, as the pegasi are ready to bring in Winter. There's Lyra, there's Berry Punch, there's the Carousel Boutique. As he passes by Sugarcube corner he just might be able to see the famous Pinkie Pie
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86934
86935
>>86933
He feels a little out of place with so many happy, colorful ponies in town, so unlike him in appearance. He casts a conscious glance at his own body as he trots by a group of ponies, knowing full well how odd he must look to them.

He stops by Sugarcube Corner, asking the colt on his back if he'd like something from there.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86935
86936
>>86934
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG_AZky2Xkc

Out of place? He is young, and no strange clothing or armor. None other than The Mare herself answers
"Do you want some cupcakes? We have them specially made"

She looks at him for a few seconds, before she can no longer hold back laughter
"I'm just kidding. But we do have cupcakes. And muffins, and cakes, and cinnamon rolls...." She goes on endlessly

The little colt just shakes his head and smiles. He's just happy to be shown all of this
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86936
86937
>>86935
He just listens in awe. He can't believe there could ever exist so many different types of baked goods. After a couple minutes, he has to stop her, now laughing himself. "I will take blueberry muffin, thank you."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86937
86938
>>86936
She gleefully hoofs over the Blueberry muffin
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86938
86939
>>86937
The muffin looks extraordinarily delicious to him. He licks his lips in anticipation. "Ah, thank you! How much for it?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86939
86940
>>86938
"Consider it a free Sample" The Mare says
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86940
86941
>>86939
He can't believe his ears, as he cautiously takes it. "Th-thank you!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86941
86942
>>86940
"No Problem!" She smiles, and back out into the autumn air
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86942
86943
>>86941
Silver munches on the savory muffin, enjoying the treat. He looks back to the colt on his back. "Haben Sie etwas gesehen, was Sie bisher gerne machen würden?"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86943
86944
>>86942
Except, it isn't savory. It's rather bland. Anyways, he responds, a smile on his face
"Ich dachte, du würdest mich zu deinem Familienpicknick bringen?"

Which reminds him. He was going to see his whole family at the picnic
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86944
86945
>>86943
He's a bit disappointed by the muffin, though he doesn't let it get him down as he remembers the picnic. "Oh, richtig!" He makes his way towards the picnic.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86945
86946
>>86944
Across the bridge, and up a ridge, he sees them there. All four of them. Storm Warning talking to Silver Rain, Spectral Streak, and the unicorn foal of Silver, with a spread picnic quilt, pear jam, and Sweet Apple Acres apples
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86946
86947
>>86945
Unicorn foal is White Light, by the way.
He calls out to them as he approaches, a big joyful smile on his face. "Hey Storm, Rain, Spec, White, I am here!"
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86947
86948
>>86946
They wave, joyfully, and approach. Well, maybe Silver Rain is more interested in bread and jam, but he goes too. The color of the scene cuts out, into black and white. No matter, as his whole family is shades of grey.
"Who is that on your back?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86948
86949
>>86947
He's a bit concerned about the sudden lack of color, but he tries to not let it show. "He is friendly colt I found, all alone. I showed him around town, thought he would like to join in picnic."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86949
86950
>>86948
The color flickers, in and out. Really, it's all like watching an analog television.

"Well then shall he join us?" says none other than Storm Wind
The little colt's tail wags
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86950
86951
>>86949
The flickering color is really messing with his vision.

He nods, bringing the colt to the picnic area. He looks at the various food items they brought with them.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86951
86952
>>86950
And not at his wife, gone 26 years? It's an assortment of pies, apples, jam, bread, and pastries
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86952
86953
>>86951
I mean...
He grabs a slice of bread and jam, looking at his wife. "I have missed you. It feels like it has been so long..."
ash6l
?
No.86953
86954
>>86952
Pear, unless he prefers plum
She looks back at him and smiles at him. It's not at all like that political police agent whose wretched smile suggested hidden malevolence. No, it is as warm to him as the rays of the sun shining through the first breaks in rainclouds
"Since this morning? I know. It feels like an eternity to me as well"
\r
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86954
86955
>>86953
He could bask in the glow of that smile for all eternity. As it stands, however, he doesn't want to disappoint her by not eating anything from the picnic. He takes a bite out of his pear jam-covered bread. "You know, I really like this place. All ponies here seem so nice and happy."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86955
86956
>>86954
Also bland. Almost like dirt

"When you leave the dark recesses of the woods, and seek out the companionship of ponies... Yes, they can be rather nice, can't they?"
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86956
86957
>>86955
Now he really doesn't want to disappoint her by saying the food is bland. He chokes the rest of it down. "Well...it is not like I was without companionship. I have all of you around me, my loved ones."
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86957
86958
>>86956
"But of course"

They all come together for a group hug. it could go on forever, but it doesn't, and Spectral rain asks

"So who is he exactly?" of Silver's new guest
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86958
86959
>>86957
"Oh, his name is Wesley." He pats the top of the little colt's head.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86959
86960 86966
Now I need to sleep
>>86958

Spectral Rain remains suspicious, giving a look before turning away and towards the food
And should probably give control of these character to you, since they are you. The point is, this scene is mostly wholesome. Mostly
Silver (OOC)
osbIl
?
No.86960
>>86959
"Mostly" indeed. Also kinda spooky.

Goodnight!
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86961
>>86914
Sorry for the super late response. I feel asleep
Iron nods. "I see. There has been many injustices upon you. Your mother was killed by meddling in griffon business and a bunch of zebra took over the house, kicked out by the mayor himself." He closes in on Star and pats him on the shoulder on his foreleg. He opens his mouth but does not know what to say. "I am unsure of what can I say to make you feel better, but opening up to Skies could prove useful. After all, she lost her homeland, like you."
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86963
86964 86965
Brie pokes his head out from underneath the bed to see where the Lings are at
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86964
86967
>>86963
One has curled up next to Spark, who himself is laying on the floor. The other is not in line of sight
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86965
>>86963
I'm just waiting on Dark Star but know that I am here. Kerr should be on the bed, but I didn't say that.
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86966
86968
I am back.
>>86959
Silver decides to grab a slice of pie to see if it's just as bland as the bread and jam, and the muffin.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86967
86968
>>86964
Only one?
"Kerr? Wesley? Guten morgan,...." he says both as a greeting and to gauge where the other one is, whichever one is the other one.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86968
86969 86971
>>86966
The pie, the green grass, and the picnic quilt briefly lose clarity as space folds before him. The fold straightens, but color is lost, and in that moment the pie appears a deep ashen white and grey. Then the image returns to technicolor majesty. Beautiful blades of grass and blood red apples

>>86967
>>86967
Brie can see piercing blue eyes reflect through the darkness, looking at him
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86969
86970
>>86968
Silver looks clearly spooked, having no idea what's going on. Storm looks at him in worry.

Storm: "Is something wrong, Silver?"

Silver: "I...do not know..."

Silver tries to shake his head to clear it, before actually taking a bite of the pie.
Anonymous
ash6l
?
No.86970
86974
>>86969
Butterflies fly across flowers on the edge of the hill. Looking over the river ponies canter about through ponyville, as the gentle sound of flowing water fills the air

To say that the apple pie tastes like raw potato would be praise beyond merit. It tastes more like wood ash, although at least with a better texture
iF3Hb
?
No.86971
86972 86984
[1d20+11 = 29]
>>86968
"Ah, guten morgan." Brie relaxes a bit, Eee'ing to himself about how sleeping under a bed wasn't as good an idea as he had initially thought. He shuffles out from under the bed, careful to make as little noise as possible (stealth) "Bist du hungrig?"
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86972
86973
>>86971
But the day hasn't passed yet. I don't know if you're pretending, but just know that it's night time still
Or a dream
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86973
86975 86984
>>86972
At what point is it not night time then?
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86974
86984
>>86970
"..." Silver slowly puts the pie back down on the plate, worrying Storm even further. She moves over to his side, throwing a wing around him.

Storm: "Okay, Silver, is something actually wrong? You've been acting weird."

Silver: "Like I said, I do not know...I think...something is wrong?" Silver looks confused about whether he should feel as though something is wrong. "My vision has been doing weird things, and my sense of taste has been almost non-existent. It has me worried..."

Storm: Storm gives him a deadpanned look. "...You know, if you have an issue with my cooking, you can just say so. I think we're beyond that stage in our relationship."

Silver: Silver looks shocked at her. "Wh-what? No! Of course not!"

Meanwhile, a sneaky Spectral Streak makes his way behind Silver Rain. He makes a clicking noise with his mouth to draw Rain's attention, then goes in for a surprise boop once Rain's head turns.

Spec: "Air tag, go!" Spec takes off into the air, leaving behind a surprised and fairly annoyed Rain.

Rain: "Celestia dangit!" He spreads his wings to be ready to take off into the sky. Silver looks over when he speaks.

Silver: "Language."

Rain flinches from the tone, but looks apologetically to his father. "Right. Sorry, dad." With that, he takes off after his brother, starting an intense game of air tag. Spec is the faster flier, but Rain is the smarter flier, resulting in an interesting chase in which Spec would try to outfly his brother, before unknowingly flying into a trap set up by Rain, and having to break off and fly in a new direction.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
?
No.86975
86976
>>86973
When all characters fall asleep. Think Sims logic. Time goes forward at fast speed automatically when everyone goes to bed. That's why Ash has not really done anything, besides external life commitments, and Silver is currently dreaming and not waking up like you are doing
Use this time to dream something up if you feel like it.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86976
86977
>>86975
Who is still awake then?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86977
86978 86979
>>86976
So far it's Iron, Dark Star and maybe Silver depending on how the dream goes, apart from Spark. Maybe. Unless he just sleeps in Silver's room like you did
Silver
osbIl
?
No.86978
86980
>>86977
INB4: sleepover at Silver's small tavern room.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86979
86980
>>86977
If Silver is dreaming, how can he be awake?
Iron
hY7VQ
?
No.86980
86981 86989
>>86978
Nah, Iron's going with the kirin
>>86979
I'm not sure if Silver is going to sleep for 6 to 8 hours on Skies' lap. I think she needs to sleep too.
Anonymous
iF3Hb
?
No.86981
86982
>>86980
Quit making shit up
Iron
hY7VQ
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No.86982
>>86981
I'm not. Silver is currently sleeping on Skies' lap right now. You can make Brie go downstairs and check if you want. Maybe GM could make Skies carry Silver to his room which I doubt since her strength is below average just to ease your mind.
Like I said, you can always dream
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
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No.86983
86985
Show of hands, who is awake?
Anonymous
Iu3vc
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No.86984
86989
>>86973
I wouldn’t want Brie to advance to morning for the reason that he is sharing his environment with two other PCs

>>86971
From i front of him, he can hear “Ich kann ohne mehr gehen”
From above him, out of sight, he can hear
“Ich brauche nicht, aber ich werde nehmen”

>>86974
The scene is as cute as described. Some music plays softly, distantly, and the air smells of fresh blooming lavender flowers
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
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No.86985
86986
>>86983
Explicitly awake is Iron and Dark Star. I'm not sure about Spark.
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
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No.86986
86987
>>86985
>Iron
Oh rly? What is he doing?
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
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No.86987
86988
>>86986
Iron is currently talking to Dark Star that he should confess the feelings of loss that he suffered to his marefriend since she is somewhat similar but more level-headed than him. D00d, read moar.
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
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No.86988
86990
>>86987
My bad, I assumed everyone would resolve their irrelevant shit on their own time
Silver
osbIl
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No.86989
86990
>>86980
I imagine Skies is content with letting Silver sleep there as long as he can so she can keep feeding on him without his knowledge.

>>86984
Silver and Storm sit down to watch the intense game of air tag. Seeing their two colts playing together helps to put both of them at ease.

White Light is currently sitting down with a book in her telekinetic grasp. "The History of Central Equestria". It appears she's trying to learn a bit more about this particular region.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
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No.86990
86991 86993
>>86989
But you aren't rolling fortitude saves
>>86988
We are. You can still dream if you want to RP. Flesh your character out or have a wet dream or something.
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
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No.86991
86992
>>86990
"On their own time" means in a manner that doesn't obstruct other players fgt
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
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No.86992
86994
>>86991
You are sticking the branch in your own wheel of your bike. Just dream up something or wake up and mingle some more. I can't really move unless I want to be a dick to Star and leave him in the bathroom without any chance to respond.
Silver
osbIl
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No.86993
86995 86997
>>86990
Changelings can feed passively without causing significant damage to a pony's life force. Doing so doesn't require a Fortitude save from the pony.
Brie OOC
iF3Hb
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No.86994
86995
>>86992
Again, my bad. I was under the impression that if it was important it would have been resolved in a manner such as I indicated.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
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No.86995
>>86993
That could explain the pacification of Kerr when Iron huggled him
>>86994
Yeah, I passed out at the worst time. That much is true. Here's hoping Star's player arrives in an hour or something.
Anonymous
ash6l
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No.86997
86998
>>86993
Silver is still Changeling-bit from earlier, if you recall
Silver
osbIl
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No.86998
>>86997
Forgot about that. That would actually explain it.
Iron OOC
hY7VQ
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No.86999
So, just to clarify. Changelings can feed on emotions that are done at the moment without any draining to the victim? Like hugging them or stroking their manes?