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Occupied Equestria - Winter Winds
Anonymous
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No.171000
Continuing
Amber Sunset
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No.171001
171002
>>170998 →
Amber groans. "And I don't suppose, with all the time we've had, you've thought about how we're supposed to get there?"
Anonymous
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No.171002
171003
>>171001
"Well, yes. Arrive in Hellquill on the train."
Amber Sunset
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No.171003
171004
>>171002
Amber pinches her beak with her talons. "Do the tracks go straight to the Ministry of Art?"
Anonymous
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No.171004
171009
>>171003
"No?" He answers, slightly turning his head
Anonymous
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No.171006
171008
>This is the office of Junior Professor of Necromancy Diligent Debride, so says the plaque outside.
Posey takes a long, fake breath as she readies herself for what could turn out to be a very bad idea. She pats Gloomy with the glow of her horn before she glides into the room.
Anonymous
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No.171007
171008
Does Posey see any creatures/ponies in the office?
Anonymous
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No.171008
171011
>>171007
She sees Gloomy

>>171006
Mason leaves the office, saying "Let me find her" and closing the door, leaving Posey alone with Gloomy in the office unattended, for a stretch of time that is most likely about two minutes. There is a clock on the wall, but it's on the side behind Posey. The door opens suddenly, and a mare lopes through the door, stopping suddenly just past posey, to the left of the desk, and turning quickly in place, even as the office does not give much space for this maneuver. Behind, Mason closes the door with himself inside of the office, and the office feels slightly crowded with the four of them inside. The room is dark until Mason flips a switch to an electric light. Under the yellow hued light of the incandescent bulb that sticks out from under a wooden ceiling fan, Posey has a better look at the mare. She is unicorn, with a more or less tan colored coat that is alternatively lighter and pink tinted in places, particularly on the belly and the muzzle. She's a little above average height, and has a lanky appearance with a chestnut mane that is tied in the back with a single pink band, and her tail has the same. Her eyes are a dim green, and she wears large, square shaped spectacles. She smiles, revealing teeth that are just slightly crooked. Her cutie mark, though hard to see, seems to be a black "T" shape with a droplet above it, imposed over a midnight blue blob that fades into the color of her coat. Her appearance suggests neither the vital youth of an ageless immortality, nor the scars and wrinkles that accompany accomplishment and wisdom of decades of experience, but an unhappy medium in between. If posey had any hope that this mare was an assistant, it takes less than a second before she opens her mouth and quickly ends it.

"Hello. Sorry, I was talking to a student after a class. Are you the new student? 'Student' I mean. Come in from 'abroad'? I've never seen one of you before. Well, I have, but I mean, not like this. I'm Dilligent Debride, by the way. I am a professor here at the medical school. I am your liaison with the educational world. There is much we can learn from each other. I have all of your paperwork set up. Oh, you have a foal with you? I didn't know you had a foal. I've always wanted a foal. Is he yours?"

She may continue for a while, if not interrupted
Amber Sunset
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No.171009
171010
>>171004
"Fine," Amber says tersely. "Next stop, we call for a shift change, get through customs somehow, change out of our uniforms and inconspicuously make our way. Doesn't Hellquill have police on every corner?"
Anonymous
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No.171010
171020
>>171009
"Uh, well, yes. They are very on top of order and security here. And there should be many levies and knights too. We are right by the border with Longsword."

I mean, Amber can get off here and make it to Hellquill. The distance is decent but not vast. Helder just hasn't planned this far ahead.
Anonymous
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No.171011
171012
>>171008
>her
Oh.
There goes plan A...
>I've never seen one of you before
Hmmm
>Is he yours?
"He's mine." Posey replies, a little too sharply as she yoinks Gloomy closer to her barrel beneath her cape possessively, a surge of gold pulsing from her eyes for a fraction of a second... before she catches herself and her demeanor returns to her normally polite and coquettish self.
"Oh, pardon, force of habit." Posey says with a bow of her head and a toss of her mane
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Doctor Debride. I am Rosie Ring, certified Necrologist, shadow scholar, and apprentice practitioner in The Art."
She pulls back her cape, once again revealing the smothered colt.
"This is Gloomy, my... son... He's been in my care, as I attend to his unique medical needs and tutor him in The Art to channel his inborn gifts." she continues, as she strokes Gloomy's mane
>There is much we can learn from each other.
"It's always a pleasure to meet a fellow enthusiast. I believe we could have much to learn from one another."
Anonymous
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No.171012
171013
>>171011
>Posey's plans required a stallion
Kek! Let me know if I need to throw stallions at her, because I am happy to do so.

"Yes, yes" she says, smiling. Posey can tell that it's a genuine smile too, as she seems to be actually excited. Her voice sounds odd, and she must have some kind of accent. Perhaps a foreigner. "There is much... So rare! Hehehe... Your son is he?" She looks down at Gloomy, closing her lips for this smile "You look a little young. Or are you? I'm not judging." Raising the pitch of her voice "So you're certified? Well I am one of a very few licensed necromancers in all of Equestria. I'm also a licensed surgeon." Looking up. "What are his medical needs?" She asks
Anonymous
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No.171013
171014
>>171012
>"What are his medical needs?"
"Gloomy has a number of medical conditions that conventional medicine cannot treat... most of them are hereditary and if the supernatural variety. I can fill you in on the details later." Posey says, quietly
She puts on a bit of a grim, hushed expression and mouths to imply that it's a sensitive topic to speak of right in front of the foal.
>Well I am one of a very few licensed necromancers in all of Equestria. I'm also a licensed surgeon
"So I heard. It's hard to find somepony who excels in The Art and practices openly, but with the wars and whatnot ponies still come to us for advice whenever things get spooky."
Anonymous
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No.171014
171015
>>171013
“Oh… I see…”

“Yes, they do, though they’d do it less if they knew what we were up to, hehehe. So… how far along are you? We are going to need to set up your course of study here, after all.”
Anonymous
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No.171015
171016 171017
>>171014
>So… how far along are you?
Posey's ears fold back somewhat
"I... have much to learn. I'm only an apprentice practitioner. I came to Equestria to complete my studies because the conditions to study my trade in my home were... Oppressive. I possess knowledge of the basic fundamentals of arcana, and entry level training in spiritualist channeling. I possess off-hand knowledge no less than thirteen spells of the most basic power levels, although many of them are specialized or redundant. I have some military background that afforded me the opportunity to enter the practice, and for that purpose I specialize in Necromancy in the context of warfare, particularly with blackweave effects that directly effect subjects with negative energy, or dread affects that invoke feelings of fear by influencing the subjects spiritual bodies. I'm particularly proficient in spiritual channeling, and have used it to quel haunts as well as to calm, counsel or chastise restless dead who sporadically spawn on battlefields and mass graves, although I wouldn't consider myself a priest."
Her ears droop even further
"I am unable to raise the dead myself, but I have seen it done before."

(None of this is a lie)
Anonymous
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No.171016
>>171015
(Yes, I did rip off the term "blackweave" from Githyanki lore)
Anonymous
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No.171017
171018 171019
>>171015
“Oh. Good. So you’re not a complete novice. I see you’ve focused on the supernatural, and on stigmatized locations. Here, especially at the medical school, we focus on bodies, living and dead, and the very precise application of specific spells. Your background is… Questionable for a 3rd year of the medical school, but maybe appropriate for the School of Arcane Sciences.” Nodding, “yes, that will do. And don’t worry, we’re not so overbearing here. So long as you stay away from the department head” she says through her teeth, almost growling. “No, you’ll like it here. We have access to the best minds, the best books, and other resources” raising the pitch “that you can hardly find anywhere else. In any city, really.”
Anonymous
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No.171018
171021
>>171017
"That's splendid." Posey replies, taking out her quill to begin signing paperwork
"Where do I begin?"
Anonymous
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No.171019
171021
>>171017
>department head
"... My I ask, what does the department head look like? I'm well aware of the need to be discreet; someponies don't exactly appreciate the nature of our craft."
Amber Sunset
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No.171020
171021
>>171010
>abandoning her passengers
"We're going to have to risk using the anonymity of crowds. You do have experience coming here, correct?" Amber inquires, unwilling to assume anything more of Helder.
Anonymous
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No.171021
171022 171023 171024 171025
>>171020
He blinks. “Once. Briefly. More so my experience is with the director himself.”

>>171018
“You already have your student visa. But you need your course of study. We will have to be specific… the university will only tolerate so much leniency…”

>>171019
“His name is Ersatz Orgone. He’s genuinely talented and very knowledgeable… but he has his ‘politics’. He has spent much of his life trying to make necromancy ‘respectable’. To ‘separate’ the practice from its ‘darker’ elements, and ‘rehabilitate’ its reputation…” she shakes her head. “There’s no way around it. You will have to deal with him. But you have to be very careful. He can’t know why you are here. Or where you are from. And he will likely inquire. He’s a black unicorn stallion. Dark black. White mane. A bit smaller. Older.”
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No.171022
171024 171025 171026
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>>171021
>>171021
>trying to make necromancy ‘respectable’
>‘separate’ the practice from its ‘darker’ elements
>‘rehabilitate’ its reputation
If Posey had eaten breakfast this morning, she would vomit.
Posey gives Diligent a look of genuine sympathy, something uniquely rare for a wicked and ruthless villain such as herself.
>You will have to deal with him. But you have to be very careful. He can’t know why you are here. Or where you are from.
"... Understood."
Amber Sunset
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No.171023
171027
>>171021
"We will have to play this by ear, then," Amber says, more disappointed or even fearful than angry or hopeful.
Anonymous
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No.171024
171026
>And I thought Magehold was oppressive...
Posey thinks to herself.
>>171022
>>171021
"Without further ado, could I get a brief introduction of the obligations and activities of applicants? Responsibilities? Attendance? Regular classes? Field work? Research requirements?"
Anonymous
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No.171025
171026
>>171022
>>171021
"Might I ask, what exactly does Orgone think that a 'reputable' Necromancer should do? As in, what sort of necromancy spells does he fancy?"
Anonymous
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No.171026
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>>171022
>>171024
>>171025
"No... I think some ado is necessary. You need to know where you are, and what we are doing here. This is Equestria. The land of magic and Harmony. The adoptive Homeland of Ponykind. The land that, for a thousand years, was ruled by ageless princesses with the power to move celestial bodies. Whose Paragons yield powers derived directly from the spiritual force of the universe. And this is Jim Haykins University's School of Medicine, the premier medical school in all of Equestria. Do you understand that? This is the top medical school in Equestria. Not Hayward. Not Manhattan University. Not Trottard over in Canterlot. Not any school in the Crystal City, nor anywhere else in Equestria. Right here, in Baltimare. This very building. This is where the most talented students of medicine and medicinal magic come to study - where elite doctors wish to claim a degree.

This Medical School is not where rich ponies send their pampered trust fund colts to study when they are done with preparatory school and need some place to go 'make connections' while they get a pointless degree that lets them go become a bureaucrat, or take a job in the family business, or become an absentee landlord as they lounge around cafes and bordellos in Aquellia. No. When your precious, one and only colt - whom you've poured your heart and soul and riches into - the last of your bloodline, the only heir to your ancient family lands given by Commander Hurricane as a part of the Pegasopolis claim for your knight ancestor's valiant deeds in the fight against the griffins a millennia ago - when he is stabbed through the back by the stinger of a Manticore and is minutes away from death and extinguishing your aristocratic bloodline forever - Jim Haykins University School of Medicine is where you pray to whatever gods may be that the doctor treating your colt learned the necromantic art of life energy drainage, so that he may lower your colt's heartrate just enough to stop the spread of the poison, and prevent him from dying of hemorrhagic shock just long enough for surgeons to stitch him up. Or when you find that the growth in your lung is indeed malign and about to metastasize, and it's too deep to remove surgically, you can take poison, or if you have the money, the power and the luck, you hire a necromancer trained at Jim Haykins to use a death inflicting magic on the cancerous mass. If your trip climbing Mount Everhoof didn't go quite as planned, and you find that your entire right rear hoof from the pastern down is frost bitten and dead, you can amputate, or you can have a Jim Haykins trained surgeon cut the blood veins and reanimate the dead the flesh, stopping decay and infection and letting you keep the hoof, if in a lesser capacity. The medical schools of Stalliongrad, Karthin, Rijekograd and Colthage brag when one of their professors received an education at Jim Haykins. That is who we are.

Your understanding of the life of a necromancer is, I assume, of a life living in decaying ruins in a cold waste beyond the artic circle under endless night, grateful for the ancient wall that keeps you safe from the paladin's blade. Or maybe it's of resurrecting chickens on a secluded hill in the forest, hoping that no mercenary or hunter will discover your secret. Or maybe it's of presenting yourself to the world as an eccentric antiquarian or an erudite mage, while conducting secret experiments in the basement, forever fearful that the inquisition may pry just a little too deeply into your affairs. You've accepted the idea that Necromancy is dark magic. And dark can only exist where the light is not, because any contact with light will always destroy the dark. So you must always hide from the light, lest it destroy you. That is not what we do here. We walk amongst the light with pride. No hiding from the world, and no hiding of the true self. We practice a magic that deals death, and that places in inanimate matter a force that imitates life in a crude mockery. And for that, we are praised. We are paid for by the government, by the nobles, and by the church, and they proud to be our patrons knowing what we do. When we encounter paladins, inquisitors, and yes, the Princesses, we tell them that we are necromancers, we tell them about our magic, and we smile as we accept their money, their kiss on our hooves, and an invitation to the gala. Because they know that our magic can sometimes give them something all of their money, their political power, their fame, and their 'light' magic cannot.

You may see this as slavery. I see it as freedom. And Orgone is as good as any necromancer of the Dread League, but he doesn't want to move to somewhere cold for work. We both prefer mild winters.

Here at the school, we specialize in two broad categories of necromantic magic. The first and most important is magic with a medical purpose. These include inflicting harm, inflicting death, vampirism, draining of the life force, and under certain conditions, reanimation. You may be surprised. The focus is always on precision, not raw power. Being able to reanimate a single dead heart is more valuable than commanding an army of zombies. The second large category is magic with a 'research' purpose. This means anything we want it to mean, though you have to be a very knowledgeable necromancer to persuade the dean your research is on the cutting edge. Sometimes, there is a third category - magic for the sake of security. This includes any help against roaming undead, unlicensed necromancers, haunts, and when the government comes around to the idea that maybe an army of the undead is a good idea.

You can take classes in the Medical School, or the College of Arcane Sciences. As a research assistant, or a third-year medical student. It's about finding the right place for you. You are here because I know who you are. Well I don't. But I know what you are. And I appreciate it. I think you can appreciate the same of us here."
Anonymous
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No.171027
171030
>>171023
Helder can only give a slow nod, as the doors close, and the pistons start to chug as the train proceeds on the last few miles to its final destination: Hellqill City.
Anonymous
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No.171029
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>>171026
That's a very long-winded monologue. The poor little poner must be tired.

Posey nods through the ado description, with a stoic, professional expression
"Cutting edge practices, I see." She says, at the end of the description
"My speciality is Arcane Sciences in the field of necromantic security, and blackweave spells. I do, however, practice precision 'medical' necromancy as a sort of pet project." she gestures to Gloomy, who appears to be districted trying to catch his mother's elusive tail.
Posey whispers, very faintly
"With standard medical magic, there's no future for colts like Gloomy. He's a product of the terrors of war: mana poisoning and diabolical mutations caused by being exposed to arcane wastes left by magical battlefields and dysgenics experimentation. His chakras are completely chaotic, oozing with necrocarnum instead of incarnum, and his immune system is severely crippled. Conventional healing spells or treatments would surely kill him. He may appear fine on the outside, but that's only as the result of persistent care and avant garde methods. On the inside, his body is filled with strange growths, bloody puss and even internal limbs. He's prone to seizures and demonic possession, experiencing chronic nightmares of a shadowy goat coming to drag him him to Tartarus. His continued existence has been my longest project, and part of the tail end of my apprenticeship. I regularly heal him with negative energies, kill off gangrenous growths, and address his mental conditions with hypnotherapy. He used to require weekly transfusions from me, but thanks to long term efforts that's come to pass, but he still needs to have magically-tainted fluids drained on the regular."
>pic semi-related
Posey speaks up after again, no longer whispering
"I may not have reared Gloomy myself, but he's my foal just as much as any other parent, possessing just as much if not more shared blood between us. I brought him here today in part to demonstrate my medical investure into the arts. I plan that some day he'll be strong enough to carry the weight of death on his back." Posey concludes, levitating the colt
"So I foresee that you'll find that I'm more than ready to take on any research tasks here."
Amber Sunset
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No.171030
171031
>>171027
Amber goes to find Federkleid. "You're going to have to discard your 'piece'," she whispers.
Anonymous
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No.171031
171043
>>171030
The scenery outside moves at a slower pace than the train's journey from Soldau to Beakstadt. This makes sense, as the ancient forests and lonely fields are replaced by sprawling fields alternating green, gold, and brown, where potatoes and wheat are harvested and replaced by stubs and fallow fields. The harvest is still underway, as more than once the train passes big red mechanized tractors, combine harvesters, and dull colored ponies under the yoke, pulling potato spinners and carts. But much of the land is not fields. Before, the train passed several ancient villages of thatches rooves, narrow timber walls, and lakeside bathhouses. It still does, on the Lonsword side. But now in Hellquill, such antique constructions are replaced by the familiar half-timber construction of houses with high angled roofs, and whitewashed walls that are so familiar to a Herlander. There are, likewise, many windmills, two fortified castles perched on hills adjacent to the river, and several factories and mills with tall red chimneys and brick walls.

All of this is of course mostly to the left side of the train. To the right, the train more or less follows the Griffking River, still massive this far upstream. On the other side is Longsword, greatly less developed and more often wild or agricultural. More than one field, and even a village, appears burned.

It isn't long before the density of buildings increases, and apartments and mills come to predominate, with a few tracks splitting off to the left or right to serve specific factories or mills, and the tracks move inland to give more space by the river for factories. Many griffins can be seen on either side of teh tracks. They could before, to be sure, but they are more common now that there are regular passersby, and no small number of who seem to be military levies stationed by the border, mostly standing around in uniform talking, or smoking cigarettes. The walls of the great castle complex that forms the capital of all Hellquill is visible through breaks in buildings, sitting atop a low hill in the city.

Hellquill Hauptbahnhof nears, and the engineer collects the baton.

Felderklied responds
"And be unarmed? Are you mad? Why?"
Anonymous
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No.171032
171034
>>171029
scrunch
no u

"So you didn't birth him..." she says, although her low volume suggests it was to herself and not to Posey. She breathes out, then back in, then back out and back in again. She moves next to Posey's side, and turns her head to her, and then to Gloomy. Her positioning seems odd, until Posey can see that she is attempting to place her tail near Gloomy.

"I cannot give a diagnosis or treatment recommendation to your foal without an exam. No doctor can. But to hazard a guess, I think I know at least a part of the problem. Gloomy, like all living ponies, is dependent on Harmony magic as a part of his broader life force. He needs to be exposed to more of it. It will help him heal and recover strength."
Anonymous
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No.171033
171048
>>170986 →
Behind Silver's position, and a bit to the right, is where the Changelings that were shooting at Silver from the second floor were. These were the Changelings that were suppressed by the planes. In a hallway going north and towards the direction Silver was going, but on the right side of the courtyard, by where the changelings were that he just fought, is possible direction these changelings were going, or maybe, where they came from.
Anonymous
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No.171034
171035
>>171032
"I wasn't looking for any diagnosis; I've examined him very many times." Posey replies
"He's also a subject of my research though, which is why I brought him here to disclose that."

Gonna roll a grapple check on Gloomy's part to catch the tail
[1d20-2 = (13-2) = 11]
Anonymous
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No.171035
171036
>>171034
It lands, if barely, catching the end. He know has the edge of her tail.

"I see..." She says, staring at the colt.

"But for his health, it would do him well to be exposed to other foals. That will help to replenish his magic, and in a way that is slow enough to prevent shock."

She adds, after a pause
"It's difficult to secure live subjects for testing... But yes, perhaps the College of Arcane Sciences is best for you... If you wish to keep your focus on security magic."
Anonymous
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No.171036
171037
>>171035
>tfw trying to raise a colt to be evil and insane only to get peer pressured by doctors
"I've been considering what environment to bring him up in. I've been homeschooling him myself, although I'm contemplating what he needs to be exposed to." Posey says, with an indiscernible expression
"The College Of Arcane Sciences is what I was aiming for, yes."
Anonymous
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No.171037
171038
>>171036
"If only I had a playmate for him..." She says, swishing her tail a bit right to left, though likely not with enough force to break-free.

"The College of the Arcane Sciences is not as prestigious as the medical school. It's the best in all of the Southeast, and perhaps tenth in all Equestria, but it doesn't have the same bragging rights as the medical school. In Arcane Sciences, you will attend occassional lectures, study at home, and act as a research-assistant. You will have access to the library. You won't have the same access to dead bodies as if you were a student in the clinic in the medical school. Remember that medical necromancy comes down, more or less, to sucking the life force out of living things. If you wish to learn weaponized necromancy, that may be more your fancy. If your interests are elsewhere... perhaps not."

Then after a pause
"You should consider enrolling him in school."
Anonymous
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No.171038
171039
>>171037
>enroll foal into an institution that has required abuse-reporters
"... I'll consider it."

This is where I'd like to ask ooc if Posey's actual mechanical skills and spell list a relevant to her decisions in this college. Posey doesn't have a lot of skillpoints, access to the heal skill, or very much flexibility with her spell list. Is this going to be a sort of faction affiliation thing?
Anonymous
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No.171039
171041
>>171038
She smiles as she swishes her tail some more.
"Perhaps I can show him around the town. Some fresh air wouldn't hurt. It's much safer outside here, you know."

There is no faction difference, as they are all the same group of "licensed necromancers." There will probably be some difference in NPCs though. The primary differences are in gameplay and in what spells Posey can learn. In terms of gameplay, the College of the Arcane Sciences probably is the best choice, as it requires the least interaction and gives the most freedom.
Anonymous
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No.171041
171044
>>171039
"You mean now?"
Okay
Amber Sunset
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No.171043
171044
>>171031
"It's a death sentence, knowing them. We will be searched, if not by customs then at random, and if the weapon is found we will be arrested. There's no hope of fighting them off anyway so best not to risk it." Amber's tone and expression evokes absolute certainty.
Anonymous
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No.171044
171045 171049
>>171043
She looks at Amber for several seconds, then lets out a long sigh. She reaches into her jacket pocket, takes out the automatic pistol, unlatches a window next to her, then lets it fall out of the window to the ground below.

The train slows down, until it comes to a stop at Hellquill Hauptbahnhof. Final stop.

>>171041
"Well, I meant later... But I could... The poor little thing. Needs some love."

She moves with her hoof to attempt to ruffle his mane.
Amber Sunset
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No.171045
171046
>>171044
Amber, for the final time, signals for passengers to depart. Her expression is calm but her heart is racing. She looks around the train station to see where customs is and where the train staff rooms are.

Would've been funny to have a random chance for the gun to go off when it fell
Anonymous
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No.171046
171063
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>>171045
[1d20 = 4]

Customs officers are spaced along the tracks, though tending to the center and right side of the platform. Staff rooms tend towards the left. Perhaps most concerningly, there are Reichsbahn uniformed griffins on the platform, nearer the left and towards the staff rooms.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171048
171298
>>171033
Then that's where Silver goes, going as fast as they can without rushing blindly forward. They can't afford either to take too much time or to get ambushed again.
Anonymous
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No.171049
171050
>>171044
Posey does not bite the mare touching her colt yet
Gloomy reflexively shrinks back at the touch of a stranger, but doesn't run off.

Posey requests any paperwork she needs to fill out to start her research.
Anonymous
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No.171050
171051
>>171049
She pets his head, and uses her magic to move his mane above his ears. "Yes of course" she finally stops looking at Gloomy and looks to Posey. She moves back towards her desk, likely stretching her tail to the limits, and possibly pulling it out of Gloomy's grasp.

She takes the book "Quamoon-e-Islamb," with her magic, holds it close to her in her hooves, and then takes a key and opens a lock on her desk, then places the book there, locking it back. She opens another, unlocked drawer, and takes a set of papers out of it, then eyes it.

"Here. Start on these. The hard part has been done already, but you do need to formally sign into the program, get a student card, and of course a library card."

She takes the papers in her magic and offers them to Posey.

"Let me just take him..." She reaches out her hooves, looking to hold Gloomy, trading Gloomy for the papers.
Anonymous
6b2e269
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No.171051
171052 171053
>>171050
>possibly pulling it out of Gloomy's grasp
This provokes an attack of opportunity. Gloomy has been raised to be a ruthless killer, and thus he pounces
[1d20-2 = (5-2) = 3]

Posey signs the forms with her magic, taking out a bright red quill from her purse, the papers whirling around her in a flurry.
>"Let me just take him..."
Posey squints slightly
"...... He's shy." She says, perhaps a bit unconvincingly, as she levitates Gloomy off of the mare's tail and lowers him back to his fortress beneath her cloak, her own tail twitching beneath it, somewhat possessively.
[1d20-2 = (10-2) = 8]

She examines the papers to make sure she's not activating any contingent curses or binding magic as she signs.
Anonymous
6b2e269
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No.171052
>>171051
Posey is flat-footed against an enemy she can't see beneath her, and Gloomy gets a flanking bonus, so that hits.
Anonymous
f2e4233
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No.171053
171054 171057
>>171051
The papers concern primarily mundanities like agreeing to abide by the rules of the university and its code of conduct, not to engage in conduct that would tend to bring infamy to the university by association, a waiver of a right to a hearing if any disciplinary or academic action is taken, a waiver of liability should injury or death occur on campus and in particular, during research, a commitment to serve as a teachers assistant if necessary, a promise not to join a union should an on campus job (including teachers assistant) is taken to compensate for tuition expenses, an agreement to take out a loan to pay for tuition expenses that is not dischargeable at bankruptcy and has a variable interest rate with a floor of 6%... blah blah blah. There's no magic to it at all. There is no curse. It's just a boring legal document, like so much in this oddly low magic world.

Gloomy has unfortunately lost his prior prey. But he has caught new quarry.

"Oh that's alright. The first step to making friends is meeting new ponies." In a baby voice, "Wanna come out, little fellow? Come on. I won't hurt you."
Anonymous
9d428ce
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No.171054
171055 171058
hcbkfxmxiaq71.jpg
il_570xN.1680129126_6n41.jpg
il_570xN.1997568321_ivj6.jpg
>>171053
>abide by the rules of the university and its code of conduct
>not to engage in conduct that would tend to bring infamy to the university by association
>a commitment to serve as a teachers assistant if necessary
Some details on this would be appreciated, if they are to be relevant, which I think it will.
Posey signs them anyway, with intent to comply as far as it is convenient for her to do so.
>an agreement to take out a loan to pay for tuition expenses that is not dischargeable at bankruptcy
>interest rate with a floor of 6%
Wow, wow, wow! Big red flag there. I thought this was set in an era before student loans and enormous uni tuitions, let alone federally-backed ones.
What kind of tuition are we talking about here? I expected it would be around 25 gp, like Morgrave University in Sharn.
Posey, has already sold her soul and is enslaved for indefinite eternity for her apprenticeship in Magehold, would be super hesitant to do it again just for her cover occupation, especially with any long-term costs that would compete with her tributes to her master.
Anonymous
6e72538
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No.171055
171058
>>171054
Posey inquires about this personally, if it isn't clear in the documents.
Anonymous
ff4b774
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No.171057
171058 171059
>>171053
I guess wouldn't be roleplaying Posey responsibly if I didn't adequately demonstrate her vain possessiveness. It's not pragmatic, but here goes.

"I said he's shy!" Posey repeats with a stamp of her hoof and a whirl of her cape, as she swiftly yoinks the anemic-looking foal back into her chest fluff and wraps her cape around him like a security blanket, her eyes blazing with a supernatural aura as her horn sparks with sanguine magic

This'll be an Intimidate check
[1d20+11 = (4+11) = 15]
Anonymous
93d302c
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No.171058
171059 171060
IMG_0312.jpeg
>>171054
>>171055
It’s just a shitpost, because Posey wasn’t concerned about mundane horrors in the legal paperwork she’s signing. Don’t take it too seriously.

“Oh… and Miss Ring, know that the university doesn’t know why you are here. Not the Board, not the Dean, not the Head Librarian, and not Orgone. Only a select few. They believe you are from Bonedrift. Don’t disabuse them of that notion. And be careful what you say about your fictional past. A few ponies here know that area.”

>>171057
[1d20 = 19]
Anonymous
93d302c
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No.171059
171060
>>171057
>>171058
She scrunches.

“A bit of socializing would do him good.”
Anonymous
ff4b774
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No.171060
171061
IMG_20240125_231010.png
>>171058
>It’s just a shitpost
Ah, okay.
>be careful what you say about your fictional past.
"Oh, I will." Posey replies
>>171059
Posey counter-scrunches.
"... Yes, I'll see to it that he makes lots of friends, just at ou- his own speed." Posey replies

I'm going to have to sleep soon.
Anonymous
93d302c
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No.171061
171070 171072
>>171060
“No no” she takes the paperwork, and stacks it nearly on the desk. “He needs to be exposed to other ponies if he is to overcome his anxiety and… other issues.”

She looks down towards Gloomy, whether or not he is visible behind her cloak.
“I know what could help him now…”
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171063
171064
>>171046
One would think that officers would be watching customs more closely. Amber quickly gathers together her three compatriots and describes the plan to them: they would all proceed to the staff rooms together as the group would look more "official" than any one of them, and they would be chatting normally to further the appearance. None of them can make any sudden moves even if questioned. It's a gamble as to whether it would pay off, but getting through customs instead, in Hellquill, without paperwork would be suicidal.
Anonymous
f2e4233
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No.171064
171065
>>171063
Amber's companions have moved towards the front of the train, with the few gathering around the first car's bremerhaus.

Erich is the last among Amber's companions to resign himself to the situation. "Did you not prepare fake IDs? Fake passports?" He asks, directing his line of questions to Helder. But after back and forth, he comes to accept what the others already have. That there wasn't enough time to prepare, and this is the best they could have done. All they have to do is to get in front of the right officers anyways. Then, Helder can drop a few names, and they can enter the castle.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171065
171066
>>171064
It's a gamble, but the closer they get to the right ministry, the better their chances. Amber also regrets not having a fake ID as well, since for years at the palace the writing was on the wall and she had the connections and means to have one prepared in advance. It wasn't the first time lack of intrigue skills had nearly gotten her killed, but she and her viola will go as far as possible for survival's sake.
Anonymous
f2e4233
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No.171066
171067
>>171065
Was it really so obvious that a literally insane princess was going to be deposed? The Empire had only gone through two revolutions and a couple of attempted coups in her lifetime, after all. But that's all in the past now... At least Helder made connections.

The griffins open the car doors to all go outside at once, keeping left. Amber can feel that it's gotten much colder. This must be because a cold front is coming in, and indeed, black clouds hang in the sky, though they do not quite block out the sun, nor is it raining at the moment. A pair of griffins with Reichsbahn uniforms approach Amber and company.

"Would you have a word with us, herr conductor?" The griffin in the front - dark brown and rather big - says to her, with a stern look.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171067
171074
>>171066
Amber glances left and right to her companions, before looking at the griffin. "Of course," she answers.

Amber is still wearing her uniform and is carrying the viol case with the viol inside.
Anonymous
8e3a6ea
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No.171070
171072 171073
60f6e067449ac4eb8f71e9e6e64840a202f18d329fe96be52f3095d32de9b6eb_1.mp4
>>171061
Posey does not like where this is going. She hastens her magical scribbling as she keeps her eyes trained on the mare.
Anonymous
2b8c7b3
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No.171072
171073
>>171070
>>171061
And because I'm bored, I'll have Posey use her Charming Gaze, to test her mettle, even though this mare already looks friendly.
DC 17 Gaze
Anonymous
f2e4233
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No.171073
171075 171081
>>171070
>>171072
Perhaps unfortunately for Posey, Debride's eyes are set on Gloomy

"You can come out, little fella. I know just what you need. You wanna feel better, don't cha?"
Anonymous
f2e4233
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No.171074
171077 171078
>>171067
Speaking firmly
"What is your name?"
And
"Who gave you orders to be on this train?
Anonymous
2d6d1df
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No.171075
171078 171081
1698821__safe_edit_edited+screencap_screencap_twilight+sparkle_alicorn_pony_g4_my+little+pony-colon-+the+movie_animated_bring+me+to+life_female_glowing+horn_hor.gif
>>171073
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HE'S MIIIIIIIIIIINE!
Posey screams internally
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171077
171102
>>171074
I really should be better at taking notes, I had to go searching for the alias.
"Rudolf Hofstadter," Amber answers, seemingly nonplussed. "I was called in by the Katerinburg office to fill in for the scheduled conductor who felt sick."
Anonymous
cde2d10
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No.171078
171079 171081 171088
>>171075
>>171074
Okay, I'm just going to try to move things along here. I can't spend a third week signing paperwork. I appreciate the interactions with these NPCs, but I do want to get to the next quest.
This is a challenge with Posey's personality, her possessiveness versus her need (and binding) to stay civil in public.
Since Gloomy is not actually a cohort, I, the player, do not have actual agency to dictate all of his decisions, so I'm going to make a d20 loyalty check with a DC of 12 (he's well groomed, but curious and prone to chaotic actions, and Posey hasn't directly told him otherwise; he has also hardly ever been around living creatures that were friendly), to push things along and see what happens. I'm setting the DC at a slight disadvantage for the sake of potential character development.
If I roll 11 or lower, Gloomy comes out from under Posey's cloak to answer the mare. If not, he falls back on his training and stays hidden beneath Posey.

Vid semi-related to illustrate how trained Gloomy has been, and the behavior Posey would normally expect from him:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wnAwR303n-s

Based on the consequences of this, and what the mare does, I'll roleplay Posey's response.

Rolling
[1d20 = 3]
Anonymous
cde2d10
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No.171079
171081 171088
1597901__safe_edit_edited+screencap_screencap_twilight+sparkle_alicorn_pony_g4_-fwslash-mlp-fwslash-_4chan_descriptive+noise_female_mare_open+mouth_reaction+ima.png
>>171078
Gloomy pokes his head out from under Posey's cloak and approaches the mare.
Posey is dumbstruck, he has never left her side without permission before (except the times he's been possessed). Her eyes glass over and she spaces out.
Anonymous
6d2fe74
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No.171081
171088
>>171073
>>171075
>>171078
>>171079
Okay, so after the little NTR scene, is Posey able to finish signing the documents? Is there anything else important that she has to address?
Anonymous
71e2853
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No.171083
2840156__safe_alternate+version_artist-colon-egil_earth+pony_pony_unicorn_equestria+at+war+mod_bone_butt_clothes_dutch+angle_fire_flag_force+field_gun_helmet_mi.png

Anonymous
f2e4233
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No.171088
171089 171094
Okay, back from Harmony Con

>>171078
>I do want to get to the next quest
Feel free to suggest ideas or preferences

>>171078
>>171079
Debride bends her knees to lean down to the foal.
"It's alright, little feller. Just a tea spoon, you'll feel much better."
Then she extends a hoof, and ruffles his mane.
"You will."

Now, she looks up to Posey with a grin

"Why don't the two of you follow me?"

>>171081
Debride wants to go somewhere, but the paperwork is finished
Anonymous
c974bbb
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No.171089
>>171088
Posey's resists the urge to bite Debride.

"I-It would be our pleasure..." she replies
"Come along now, Gloomy." Posey says, as she telekinetically yoinks the colt off his hoofs and holds him to her barrel, a quite closely.

>Feel free to suggest ideas or preferences
Perhaps the university has a job bulletin or field research opportunities related to haunts or undead problems in the area; like a mage's guild would normally have. It would make this interaction I'm roleplaying here much more meaningful, as Posey's cover job would then have legitimate work. "Investigate haunted mansion", "bring back sample from undead monster nest", "quell restless soldiers", "find new Necromancy spell hidden in tome", "investigate curse", etc.
Anonymous
c974bbb
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No.171090
171091
I need to sleep now
Anonymous
bc1314a
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No.171091
171092
IMG_6172.jpeg
>>171090
Anonymous
3a81ae0
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No.171092
171093 171096
>>171091
I'm awake now.
Where does Diligent take Posey?
Anonymous
bc1314a
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No.171093
171095
IMG_0586.png
>>171092
It’s going to be a long descriptive text. I’m at work right now
Anonymous
e702300
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No.171094
171101
>>171088
>Feel free to suggest ideas or preferences
If I could get a mission from the League, I would be quite interested in that. Acquisition, assassination, reconnaissance, contact establishment, research, investigation, sabotage, weapons procurement, etc. Anything that contributes to the military/political goals of the League would be cool.
The last mission with the ELF was fine, but it also felt like Posey had no clear cut goal aside from finding some money and possibly making an ally, which is why she didn't have very much reason not to take August's offer, aside from her own pride.
Anonymous
497bd28
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No.171095
171096
1565283588_preview_5b4.gif
>>171093
Anonymous
d67e201
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No.171096
171097 171103 171108 171109
Spoilered
>>171095
>>171092
She nods, with a smile that doesn’t exactly imply good intentions. “Good, good. But first, a perfunctory matter. A student ID. Follow me.” Debride moves past Posey, out into the hall, turns her head back to Posey, nods and says “Come on” in a high voice, then proceeds to the right, in an opposite direction from whence Posey came. Mason appears to have left in the meantime, and it’s just Posey, Gloomy, and debride. Down the marble halls, the hall ends at a switch back staircase with a window behind that landing that views onto an adjacent brick building. They go down the stairs to a new marble hallway where Debride selects a door, which enters into another hallway, then into the open door of a small room where a green earth pony stallion with corrective lenses, presumably in his late twenties, is sitting at a desk. Devrode explains that they need an ID, and gives over a set of paperwork as well as Posey’s student ID. The green stallion has Posey pose for a photograph, not bothering to make her put down Gloomy, nor make sure that she’s looking at the camera when he takes the photo. Unless Posey is determined to give a seductive look, or other look of her choice, it’s not the best photo.

The most notable part of this is Debride entertaining herself by leaning down to Gloomy, asking him questions like what he likes to do, what kind of food he likes, or if he seems very young, speaking nonsense baby noises to him. She assures him that she can help him feel better, and attempts to pet him, or rub her nose against his.

When all of this is done, Posey is given a new ID card; green to go along with her yellow student visa. Debride now addresses Posey. “This ID will give you access to parts of the medical school that are not accessible to the public. You’ll need it for where we are going.”

They leave that room, back in the hall towards where they came from, and put a door near the stairs, to the brick building that was visible before. Going outside, the sky is overcast, there’s a minor breeze that is dampened significantly by the surrounding buildings, it’s ~40 F, and the sun is still out, albeit hanging very low in the sky. “A nicer day than in Magehold, isn’t it?” She says as she turns her head back towards Posey, though only after she sees nopony in earshot. It’s not many feet before they go up a minor set of outdoor concrete stairs to enter into the building. It must be four stories tall and rectangular, with red brick nearer the bottom and limestone higher up. It must be decorated from the street view, but that’s not how they are approaching it now. Going through the door, they enter into another hall with white tile floor and white walls - as opposed to shades of tan and beige not dissimilar from Debride’s own coat in the previous building. There are a few ponies here as in the previous building, though these are a bit older, and wearing white coats. The group doesn’t walk far before Debride stops at a white door with a black grate across its window, and opens the door with a key. This leads to simple wooden stairs, down into a basement where they is a secure door and a pony - a yellow unicorn who greets Debride by name - behind a grate, to whom Debride present her and Posey’s ID. “This is my new student, Rosey Ring, and her ward. Can you open the door so I may access 2A? For medical purposes.” The door unlocks, evidently magnetically, and Posey thanks and nods the stallion before going through, and picking up a key given through a slot next to the door. Beyond are rows of shelves with locked doors. Posey can see looking through that these mostly contain brown glasses, and she can tell this area is dark and temperature controlled. Down the second hall on the left, Debride stops, takes the key, and unlocks a black door to pull out a small glass vial with purple jelly inside. She turns back towards Posey with a malign grin.

“Do you know what this is, Posey?” She says, holding up the vial. “I bet you haven’t seen it before. This is the honey of a Changeling. Harmony magic in its purest form, condensed into a semi-solid gel. When consumed, it causes euphoria, cures depression - for a few hours, at least - can stimulate hunger, passion, and libido - and now here’s the important part - help rebuild the immune system and help the body heal itself. Gloomy only needs a little bit, but that small amount will go very far to rebuilding his strength.”
Anonymous
f71493f
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No.171097
171098 171103
>>171096
>Unless Posey is determined to give a seductive look
I'm going to roll Initiative to see if Posey is quick enough to be photogenic in a pinch.
[1d20+9 = (3+9) = 12]

However....
Posey does have the DS "cast no shadow" undead weakness, like a vampire. Silver-based devices like mirrors and some photograph devices might not capture her image. It's up to your discretion if that applies here.
Anonymous
d67e201
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No.171098
171099
IMG_3295.jpeg
>>171097
Posey is not quick enough to give the camera fuck-me-eyes (is that something Posey would do? I’m not sure), but she can at least avoid appearing like the nerdy girl in a teen drama.

The photography is monochromatic and uses a more or less standard Silver-halide based chemical reaction. If I were doing this from the beginning I would probably say that the photography would not catch Posey, but Posey has already been photographed for her first ID, and photography is basically a background detail in the world yet would cause actual serious problems for Posey if she didn’t show, so… let’s say she does show?
Anonymous
f71493f
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No.171099
>>171098
>is that something Posey would do?
Yes. Posey is a tease.
>Posey has already been photographed for her first ID, and photography is basically a background detail in the world yet would cause actual serious problems for Posey if she didn’t show, so… let’s say she does show?
Aye... My mistake... I should have mentioned what amounts to a major roleplay debuff in a modern setting. That intro event would have ended differently.
Maybe it just worked because her face was so caked in makeup.
Anonymous
f71493f
?
No.171100
(something came up; I'll reply again in a bit)
Anonymous
d67e201
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No.171101
171104
>>171094
Okay, but would you rather have a spoop based quest that involves ghosts and the like, or one that’s directly requested by the League?

>Posey had no clear cut goal aside from finding some money and possibly making an ally, which is why she didn't have very much reason not to take August's offer, aside from her own pride.
I’m not going to apologize for a quest having a goal that doesn’t necessarily require destroying the obstacle.
Anonymous
d67e201
?
No.171102
171164
>>171077
He turns his head, and narrows his eyes. “Katerinburg? We are told you got on in Kronburg, which is under the Grieffenhiem headquarters. Who told you to be here?”
Anonymous
f71493f
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No.171103
171105 171107
>>171097
Assuming a shitstorm isn't triggered by the "vampire alert" situation...
(I did have a plan for this situation)
>>171096
>Debride entertaining herself by leaning down to Gloomy, asking him questions like what he likes to do, what kind of food he likes, or if he seems very young, speaking nonsense baby noises to him.
Posey grits her fangs in silence
>what he likes to do
Gloomy says he likes to weave flowers, draw, and listen to his mother's nursery rhymes.
>what kind of food he likes
Rose-flavored oatmeal.
>attempts to pet him, or rub her nose against his
At this, Posey lifts him just out of her reach with the glow of her horn.
"Ah, ah, ah... MY poor colt's immune system is very, very fragile. We wouldn't want to expose him to any pathogens."
This probably warrants a Bluff check, to conceal motive
[1d20+12 = (18+12) = 30]

>“This ID will give you access to parts of the medical school that are not accessible to the public. You’ll need it for where we are going.”
Posey stares at the card
"So... It's like an invitation?"

>“A nicer day than in Magehold, isn’t it?”
"I'm rather used to cold, dark, dry conditions, actually..." Posey replies, hiding her discomfort under the sun and wincing.
She puts on her hood and ushers Gloomy beneath her cloak.

>“Do you know what this is, Posey?”
Let's find out with an intelligence check:
[1d20+3 = (5+3) = 8]
>Gloomy only needs a little bit
Posey squints her eyes at this in suspicion.
Anonymous
f71493f
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No.171104
>>171101
>would you rather
Either, really.
Spoop based quest could test her skills as a Necromancer, which are at this point more suited for fighting undead than she is for creating them.
It would be interesting for the league to give Posey a mission though, since it would mean that she's contributing to her overall goal.
>not going to apologize
You don't have to, lol.
Anonymous
d67e201
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No.171105
171106
>>171103
>(I did have a plan for this situation)
I actually want to hear that although if this is the standard, it still should have applied when posey was surrounded by stallions with submachine guns at the immigration facility.

>to the immune system thing
Looking over to Posey, she makes a wide grin and says “Oh, we’re going to fix that.” And looking to gloomy “Yes we are! Yes we are! Aren’t you so precious!” And tries to grab his cheeks.

>invitation
“Well… I wouldn’t quite say that. For the controlled substances, you still need a reason, and to get past Sunny Day.”

Posey does not know what the substance is, but surely it’s safe for Gloomy to eat. It’s only behind three locked doors.
Anonymous
f71493f
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No.171106
171110
>>171105
Truth is I completely forgot at the intro, and did not have a plan. I dropped the ball there.
In this case Posey would have blinded the photographer with a spell while insisting that something went wrong with the camera, then offered to give one of the fabricated portraits of herself that Posey carries as a profile pic.
>but surely it’s safe for Gloomy to eat. It’s only behind three locked doors.
Posey, having been flower slave of the Coven as a filly, is no stranger to the kinds of psychoactive drugs and potions given to slaves to keep them alive and/or dependent on their masters. She narrows her eyes and pauses for a moment.
"...."
Anonymous
f71493f
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No.171107
171108 171109 171110
>>171103
"... Why are you doing this?" Posey inquires, her voice faint
A magical shimmer glows beneath her cloak, implying Gloomy is touched beneath her, either held in place or simply being petted, or both.
Anonymous
f71493f
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No.171108
>>171107
Meant for >>171096
Anonymous
bb49236
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No.171109
171110
>>171096
>>171107
How does Diligent respond?
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
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No.171110
171111
>>171106
>>171107
>>171109
"Because it will help him." She says, briefly, and after a pause, says, "I swore an oath to help and do no harm, after all" She has a smile that almost seems mischievous. She continues. "You know that living ponies have needs, and Gloomy is indeed a living, breathing pony. Physical needs. Needs such as a temperature within a certain range; food that provides the necessary calories, essential vitamins and nutrients; water; shelter from the elements and physical harm. But never forget that he, like all living ponies, has social needs. Spiritual needs. Ponies, and especially colts need to socialize and make friends with foals of their age. They need role models, parents, and aunts. They need affection. They need love. And they need it in a very physical way. Harmony magic is created off of such interactions, and that magic forms most of the life force of a pony. Without it, a pony is weak and unable to hold off even physical ailments like infection. With it, a pony is both resilient and powerful. Poor little colt..." looking down to him "he must have been so starved from his time in the League... In the long term - I'm talking weeks - he will need a change of environment. But in the short term - here and now - his health can be bolstered by a direct consumption of harmony magic."

She holds the vial of the purple-pink gel a little higher. "And that is what I have here in my aura. The condensed harmony magic of likely several ponies. A half dose will do. It will go far to restoring his strength. Anything more will just make him a little too happy."
Anonymous
bb49236
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No.171111
171112
>>171110
"We've known each other for less than one hour, and you're already offering me what amounts to a highly restricted potion... Pardon me if I'm surprised." Posey says, with a flat tone
She telekinetically reaches out towards the vial and peers as it, gently rotating it to discern the viscosity of the fluid
"It appears to be not unlike Ambrosia, which is a rare import in Magehold, given to living thralls for a variety of purposes, particularly for the blood banks..."
Her expression sours momentarily, as if remembering something particularly nasty (and not in a good way)
"It appears as though the changelings have figured out a way to produce something similar. It appears they've grown rather innovative."
>his health can be bolstered by a direct consumption of harmony magic
Posey levitates the vial back to Diligent.
"It appears that you've misunderstood my intentions for bringing Gloomy here... I didn't bring him here to be 'cured', I brought him here to showcase his development, and mentor him in the arts. Gloomy is my project, my precious, and he's perfectly healthy, as far as I'm concerned. He's grown strong and hardy in the time I've reared him: strong enough to carry the weight of death on his back. He's learning to conquer the powers in his blood and and channel forces that even I wouldn't dare conjure. Putting something like that in his body would threaten to undo all of the progress he's made."

At this point, Gloomy pokes his head out from beneath her cloak, and Posey levitates him, holding his cheek to hers.

"The Coven didn't see any value in Gloomy, and neither did my master, but if they had he wouldn't be mine today, so I wouldn't want it any other way."
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
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No.171112
171113
>>171111
"I see value in Gloomy. I may be a professor here, but I am still a doctor. It is my job to reduce suffering by administering medicine when I am able. You have said yourself that he is not perfectly healthy, and have given me an extensive list of treatments he must undergo. I agree with many of them, such as use of negative energies to treat growths. But there are things the Dread League do not understand or appreciate. They would not have sent you here if they thought that you, or they, knew everything they needed to know. Please, trust me on this.

This is not made as a drug. This is, for lack of a better term, honey, produced within a special organ of a changeling worker from love sucked out of a living creature, and regurgitated to feed changeling drones and nymphs, who by nature lack the ability to produce harmony magic themselves. It is not easy for a pony to obtain."

Debride looks at Gloomy
"It will help him. Poor little colt. He's so precious."
She reaches out a hoof to pet him.
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171113
171114
>>171112
Posey appears unconvinced, but gives a shrug. She looks at Gloomy, the colt silently staring back with a curious expression as he's floated in mid air, paddling his hoofsies like a dog suspended over water.
"Very well then. I'll consider this treatment option, and administer the doses as I see fit."
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171114
171115
>>171113
Debride sits down, takes her forehooves, and tries to bat them against Gloomy's in a kind of patty cake.

"Ha ha! You've been here a few hours, and you think you're qualified to judge doses of drugs you've only just now seen? Do they practice your training the same way in Magehold. No no. They won't let us leave with the whole vial anyways. It's too rare, and they fear it will be resold or used to get high. One half teaspoon is... maybe not enough, but enough, I think, to show effects. Then maybe more over the next few days,"
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171115
171116
>>171114
"Oh well, let's get on with it then..."
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171116
171117
>>171115
Debride smiles and stands up, walking past Posey and batting at Gloomy's hoof again as she passes. She goes near the entrance, and obtains a spoon, before coming back.

"We can do it right here"

"Open your mouth, little fella. Ms. Debride has some medicine for you. It's not going to taste good, but you'll feel better."

Debride turns to Posey, and in a low voice asks "Does it need to be in ice cream or diluted for him to accept it? It's incredibly sweet, disgustingly so."
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171117
171118 171119
>>171116
>right here
"Right here? Okay then" Posey says, with a bit of a quizzical look
>It's incredibly sweet, disgustingly so
Posey gives a gigglesnort
"It can't possibly be worse than blood sugar supplements they crammed down our throats in the Coven's slave pens. I have a preferred method though. Give me the spoon. Gloomy, it's medicine time."
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171118
171119
>>171117
Debride shrugs sitting down, placing both forehooves into the air.
"It was easier to get a spoon down here than to return the vial"

Debride looks over to Posey, then Gloomy, the back to Posey. She takes the top off of the vial, inserts the spoon, and trims extra honey off the top so that it is level with the rim of the spoon. Debride offers the spoon

"Here you go."
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171119
171120 171121
I will take this opportunity to state clearly once again that Posey's character is not intended to be a reflection of my personal beliefs, tastes or values.
>>171117
Gloomy looks at Posey in confusion, then to Diligent, then to Posey again. He seems caught off guard.
"... Yes, momma."
>>171118
Posey takes the spoon, and closes her eyes momentarily, flaring her nostrils as if in deep concentration.

She then, to Debride's horror, places the contraband substance right in her own mouth, smearing it all over her tongue.
She then swiftly levitates Gloomy's face to hers, and kisses him, deeply.
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171120
171121
>>171119
I will note the nasty expression that Posey briefly makes when the stuff touches her tongue. It's not blood.
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171121
171122 171128
>>171119
>>171120
Debride looks on in horror.

The substance be seen beginning to sublimate as it sits in the spoon, with purple vapors slowly rising. It smells like roses. It tastes almost like rotten fruit, with a sweetness to it far beyond sugar.

When it reaches Gloomy’s tounge, he feels a tingle, then an electric charge of pure euphoric happiness, slowly permeating his body.

Posey’s experience is… well we’ll figure out how much damage she has to roll.

A major part of the question is how much remains in Posey’s mouth or is absorbed by her, versus how much goes into Gloomy. Gloomy of course needs more, while I very seriously doubt that good-aligned magic is good for the undead.
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171122
171123
>>171121
>how much remains in Posey’s mouth or is absorbed by her
Posey's vampiric nature makes it difficult for her to swallow anything that isn't blood. It goes into Gloomy.
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171123
171125
IMG_3415.jpeg
Finally got an image to attach

>>171122
Gloomy will surely giggle with glee, while Posey will recoil
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171124
171125
IMG_0388.jpeg
Live Debride reaction
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171125
171126
>>171123
>>171124
Posey keeps kissing him for over 30 seconds, with her eyes shut, before she pops them open and makes aggressive eye contact with Ms. Debride, then she closes them again and keeps kissing for a another minute, even more deeply, like a scene from a French movie.
Gloomy acts like this is completely normal.

"... ~Aaaah... Th-That wasn't too bad, was it sweetie?" Posey says softly, cupping Gloomy's cheeks with her aura.
The tip of her tongue seems to sizzle a bit as the hole in it heals, her impure flesh burned by the substance (I assume).
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171126
171127
IMG_6268.png
>>171125
And I thought Debride was being creepy…
Debride does not intervene.

I lack the reaction images for this scenario, and Debride lacks the proper facial expressions.
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171127
171129
>>171126
>I thought Debride was being creepy…
She was, which is why Posey is asserting dominance for touching her most precious thing. Nopony out-creeps the Dread Necromancer.

Posey pulls a way with a toss of her mane with a scarlet halo of magic.

Gonna Roll intimidate with a +2 Circumstance Bonus (also finally remembering the bonus from the Tattoo'd mystic astrological background)
[1d20+15 = (2+15) = 17]

Posey gives a polite bow
"You have my thanks, Ms. Debride. You've been very kind to us today. Gloomy and I will be looking forward to studying with you. I believe we have much to teach eachother." She says, with a deceptively warm smile
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171128
171129
>>171121
>It smells like roses.
Oh, Gloomy's favorite food.
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171129
IMG_0959.png
>>171127
> Posey is asserting dominance
Okay, that’s what I figured.

>2 on an intimidation roll
I think the French kissing a… 8 year old? Is enough to keep Debride away

>>171128
“… Right…”
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171130
171131
If the substance works as intended, Gloomy would begin running around, like with a sugar high.

Btw, is there a fortitude saves to avoid addiction? Or is it not habit forming?
Anonymous
0e9ef8f
?
No.171131
171132 171135
>>171130
It’s a single half-dose, I don’t think addiction is likely to be an issue. Unless Gloomy starts asking gif it all the time.

As Gloomy runs along, Debride says “Alright, come along. You can’t really run around in here. But I know where you can.”
Anonymous
bb49236
?
No.171132
171135
>>171131
Gloomy is a well-trained colt, and does as he's told
Posey follows
Anonymous
84b082e
?
No.171134
8wbkoykfxsr11.jpg
Between now and the next quest, I would like for Posey to take a couple weeks of downtime (unless quest opportunities arrive earlier).
For no particular reason, just settling in to the university to blend in as an upstanding citizen. Posey has all the time on the world so long as the Dread League doesn't require her to mobilize, so she can lay low and take things slow. I'll have her roll her profession skill to earn lifestyle expenses (feeding Gloomy) and do some research rolls.

If spell research is an option, I would like Posey to spend her time at the university researching the spells that the university uses in its medicine, and possibly add them to Posey's Dread Necromancer spell list so that she is able to perform such tasks and thereby blend in as a "respectable" Necromancer more easily.
Of course I don't expect mechanics to be written for largely inconsequential effects, although Diligent's description of medical Necromancy reminded me of a couple 0 level cantrips:
Necrosurgery
>Necromancy [Death]
>Grants +2 bonus to resist disease by dealing 1d4 damage.
>Range: Touch
Preserve Organ
>Necromancy
>Protects one detached organ from decay for 24 hours.
>Range: Touch
Both 0 level Necromancy spells that are useful in medicine. Dread Necromancers do not have lvl 0 spells, so if Posey were to research them they would have to be lvl 1 spells for her (like detect magic is).
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171135
171136 171137 171146
>>171131
>>171132
Debride walks the ponies out of the basement, back upstairs, back outside into a day that is still cloudy, but brighter with the movement of a cloud to expose the sun, and onto the sidewalk. They walk a couple blocks past large buildings with blue roofs that Posey can discern must be a part of the campus, and past red brick buildings with white first floors that are presumably residential apartments. Ponies cross the street, disregarding designated crosswalks, in either direction. She looks back, happily to Gloomy, and sometimes with a concerned look towards Posey. She turns to the left, to a small park with a child's play area. This includes a swing, a green-painted roundabout, and a stairs and slide styled as a castle turret. There is a Pegasus foal on the roundabout, a unicorn being pushed on one of the swings, and an earth pony in its natural environment the sand.

"Here we are. A playground."
Anonymous
7fd8b5e
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No.171136
171137
>>171135
Posey squints at this (it's a sight she's never seen before, growing up in the slave pens of the coven)
Common knowledge check
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
Anonymous
7fd8b5e
?
No.171137
171138
>>171136
>>171135
Posey once again fails a check she could've taken 10 on.

"... What.. what is this? A training regimen for foals? I hadn't expected such a thing here in Equestria."
Gloomy seems interested, Posey seems concerned and confused
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171138
171140
>>171137
Debride chuckles.
"Of a sort, you could say it is. C'mon little pony, you wanna have fun?"

Debride picks up Gloomy, and places him on a swing
Is a grapple check necessary here?
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171140
171141
>>171138
A grapple isn't necessary, although halfway through Posey floats Gloomy with her aura to levitate him into the swing.
"Careful. He bruises easily." She says with caution
Posey makes a peculiar expression, nervous and confused as if it only just suddenly hit her like a pile of bricks how little she actually knows about mundane aspects of this land.
>you wanna have fun?
Gloomy gives a start at this suggestion, but as Posey strokes his mane with her aura and gives a worldless gesture of reassurance, he perks up.
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171141
171142
>>171140
“Alright now, let me just give you a push, and…”
Debride pushes Gloomy on the swing, swinging him a relatively short distance
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171142
171143
>>171141
Posey looks on cautiously.
Gloomy is swung.
He swings back.
And he swings fourth.
"... Again."
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171143
171144
>>171142
Debride sits behind Gloomy, slightly off to the left, in case Gloomy swings back too far. “And forward, and forward…” Debride pushes Gloomy forward, then again and again, smiling as she does so.
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171144
171145
>>171143
Posey watches, her eyes moving with the swing
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171145
171146
>>171144
Debride lets Gloomy stabilize, and moves over to in front of him. She sits upright, and demonstrates with her forehooves, extending them out or letting them fall limp as necessary
"Now, try to move your hindlegs out, like so, when you are at the top, about to go down, and then in, like this, when you are forward at the maximum extent."

It's perhaps not the best demonstration, but as the unicorn foal is occupying the other swing, it's the best she can do in the moment. Debride has an overly wide smile. "Wanna try?"
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171146
171147 171148
>>171135
"... What's the security situation like around here?"
>>171145
>"Wanna try?"
"I don't see why... Or why not." Posey replies, approaching the swing.
Gonna roll a Dexterity check to see how well she swings
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171147
6047a04e1f8d0ea733b98a8efac840fe.gif
>>171146
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171148
171149
>>171146
"Oh, it's safe."

Posey trips and faceplants into the sand. Debride chuckles.
"No no. Gloomy, you try."
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171149
171150 171152
>>171148
(I thought Gloomy was already trying)
"Be careful, sweetie..." Posey say
Gonna roll a check for Gloomy, with a +2 bonus for having two examples
[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171150
171151
>>171149
Posey is quick to catch Gloomy with her aura of he falls
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171151
>>171150
*if
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171152
171153
>>171149
Unlike Posey, Gloomy got a 2 and not a 1.

Debride frowns.
"Well... You're learning."
Debride goes back to pushing Gloomy with her forehooves, sitting upright. She smiles and pushes him.

A grey unicorn mare with a short cut black mane must be the mother or caregiver of the other foal, and she has come closer to her child, intermittently staring at Posey, Gloomy, and Debride
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171153
171154
>>171152
Posey eyes the mare cautiously, but realizes that she's been overly paranoid today
"Good afternoon, ma'am." Posey says, kindly
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171154
171155
>>171153
"Good afternoon..." She replies, also seeming cautious.

"I haven't seen you here before." She says

Debride is still happily swinging Gloomy
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171155
171156
>>171154
"Oh, I'm a new researcher here. Just taking a moment to see how family friendly this campus is."
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171156
171157 171158 171159
>>171155
She takes a moment, but then responds
"It's friendly enough, I would say. They are tolerant of motherly needs, and the party scene is not as strong in the graduate school... Which program are you in?"
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171157
>>171156
"Security, concerning the arcane."
Anonymous
2f7c5b2
?
No.171158
>>171156
"What are you here for, may I ask?"
Anonymous
3b0120c
?
No.171159
171160
>>171156
(What's the name of Posey's actual program?)
Anonymous
db5f888
?
No.171160
171161 171163
>>171159
Posey is in the college of Arcane Arts.

“I’m in the Masters Program for Ponish and Equestrian literature.” She answers

“Security? Such as against Changelings? Burglars?”
Anonymous
a0056c4
?
No.171161
171162
>>171160
"Well, I do have some military background, but my specialty is more focused on.. the macabre. I'm a Necrologist. I study curses, haunts, ghosts, ghoulish things. There's always work for those if my field where there's war." Posey replies, in a bit more of a hushed tone (to avoid the children hearing)
Anonymous
dcff304
?
No.171162
171163
>>171161
She moves back into a more reserved stance. I see..." After a pause, "You were in the military?"
Anonymous
49c61f1
?
No.171163
171166
>>171162
"Well, more of a cleanup manager... Magical battlefields are rather hazardous, even after the battle has long passed, as the soldiers themselves need help passing. Dying curses, swordwraiths, haunts; anything is possible when magic turns violent. I'm from northern griffonia, although Equestrian by blood. I came here to find work in the aftermath of the war, and study Equestrian magic."
She wipes her brow, trying to look away from the sun even in the overcast
"... I'm still getting used to the weather here."
>>171160
"Masters in Literature, you say? That's quite the prestigious profession. (She thinks all Lit majors are archwizards) Poetry is a hobby of mine, although, with the demands of the wars and whatnot, I never really got a chance to study it in earnest."
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171164
171166
>>171102
Amber tilts her head. "Did the station manager not update the schedule like he said he would? I was called this morning to fill in for the conductor from Kronburg, who was not feeling well. I was not their first choice, as I am formally retired, but the other they tried to reach hadn't answered." Amber sighs. "I am sorry for the mix-up, officer. I do not envy the staff in the offices, as they have to deal with gargantuan amounts of paperwork with budget cuts and recent staff layoffs, but this level of incompetence is beneath them. I've suggested a way of simplifying scheduling and staff assignment, but they brushed me off, for, you see, they said the bureaucracy at headquarters would never allow it...."
Anonymous
2a313f3
?
No.171166
171167 171168
>>171163
The pony takes a half step back, and leans on her legs ever so slightly further away. Momentarily her ears go down, and her eyes widen. She raises her left foreleg and crosses it against her chest. She pauses for a moment before saying,

"Equestrian blood, you say? And where are you from, exactly? My plan... at least originally, was that I would go teach ponish and ponish literature in Griffonia, once I had my masters.

>>171164
The griffin pauses, leans back, and opens his beak halfway, a state it remains in for quite some time. He looks over to the griffin to his side, then back to Amber, then back to the griffin to his side.

"Uhhh... What was the name of the station manager who called you?"

He whispers to the griffin next to him, asking "Did they fail to note the change in the paperwork?" and "When did shift change occur?"
Anonymous
637f33b
?
No.171167
171169 171171
>>171166
Okay, just out of character
>Equestrian blood
I was under the impression that most ponies in most places felt kinship with Equestrians, because it was sort of a cultural huh for ponies. I guess some of the lore in EaW contradicts that though; then again, international lore consistency isn't EaW's strongsuit.
>And where are you from, exactly?
Hahaha... I take it Posey's master's had a plan for her false backstory? That might've slipped my mind.
If there wasn't a pre established one, I'll go with this:

In character:

"Oh, I'm from Farbrook. Our society isn't that unlike Equestria, although a lot more high-strung because we do have to deal with the threat of war from all sides... I say Equestrian by blood because my ancestors moved there centuries ago."

Out of character:
The last part is not a lie. Posey's living ancestors would have been from Farbrook, since it's the nearest peaceful pony society for the vampires of the Coven to abduct and prey on.

In character:
"There's a lot of Equestrian traditionalists in Farbrook. You wouldn't be pressed hard to find demand for Ponish literature there. It depends how the wars go though..."
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171168
171169
>>171166
Amber gives a grumpy look. "I had been retired for three years, was put back on call recently, then I got an urgent call this morning to get dressed and get on the train immediately. There are multiple managers for the station since they work in shifts from the early morning to the late evening, and there have been a couple of new ones since I retired. I didn't ask for the honorifics of this particular manager, no."

Also I just realized that Amber didn't get on at Katerinburg but at the other town across the river. Darn me and my lack of note-taking since the barn!
Anonymous
2a313f3
?
No.171169
171170 171173
>>171168
The griffin is confused

Hmmm... Maybe roll diplomacy

>>171167
>international lore consistency isn't EaW's strongsuit
scrunch

"I wanted to go to Aquelia. That will be rather difficult now... But I will finish up my masters either way first."
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171170
171171
>>171169
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
Anonymous
2a313f3
?
No.171171
171172
>>171167
>>171170
The griffin sighs and turns around. "Call back to the Kronburg station. Find out precisely who was put on this morning."

"Verhoven was not sick and did not call off. He was not supposed to be relieved at Kronburg" the other griffin, charcoal in feathers, replies

"That doesn't mean there wasn't a mix up with Hofstadler called to the wrong station or time." He answers. He turns to Amber. "Come inside. We will sort out this mess. And the same with the 'bandits'."

He turns away to go back into the station.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171172
171175
>>171171
Amber takes a deep breath. "I will help clear things up. My subordinates, though, have had a very long day and have had to sort out many issues, calming down rowdy passengers and catching stowaways for you just being two of them. I've seen Hellheim before but I do think they've earned a reprieve and ought to see the city while the afternoon's still young," she insists.
Anonymous
4070929
?
No.171173
171175
>>171169
"I might be here for some time... I'm hoping the program here is accommodating for my research. The mages in Farbrook were quite hyped about the magic in Equestria. The war to the northwest may turn grim in the coming decade, and they're all quite interested in Equestrian magic's defense against the dark arts. I came here to study that, in part."
Anonymous
4070929
?
No.171174
171175
DM, how much downtime are you okay with Posey taking? Posey could go about her days pretending to be a researcher for more than a decade if no quests come up.
Anonymous
2a313f3
?
No.171175
171176 171196
>>171174
Not ten years

>>171173
She tilts her head
"War to the Northwest?" She asks

>>171172
The leader asks the charcoal griffin, "And what did Kronburg say of the Porters?"

The charcoal griffin replies,
"A porter stated he was replaced alongside the conductor. No others reported."

The leader replies, "Either way, we will need them as witnesses to this 'robbery'." And then he addresses Amber
"They cannot go far, we will need them."
Anonymous
19733c6
?
No.171176
171179
>>171175
"And to the southwest, and south, and increasingly the east..." Posey replies, whispering quietly
"It's something I'd rather not discuss around the foals." She continues, gesturing to Gloomy who is being initiated in the dark art of the playground swing.
Rollin for mastery
[1d20 = 14]

Posey then changes the subject
"But enough about me. What sort of literature have you been studying? I'm partial to romance, tragedy and nursery rhymes."

What about 5 years?
JK... Unless...?
Anonymous
61e7753
?
No.171177
171179
Is there anything or anyone else that Posey has to do or meet at this university?
Anonymous
2a313f3
?
No.171179
171180
>>171176
A few feet away, Gloomy has figured out how to propel himself, at least somewhat, by moving his legs back and forward. Not well, but at least he hasn’t fallen off yet. Aunty Debride giggles, “hehehe” and claps her hooves together.

The mare replies,
“Well, my master’s thesis is on the linguistic shift in the Northeast of Equestria, as seen in the transitional language used in ‘Tournskinn’s Tale’. Well, it’s more about how literature helped in the linguistic shift, but that is the gist of it.”

>>171177
Need to? Not really. Can she? Of course
Anonymous
0d78f49
?
No.171180
171181
>>171179
"Fascinating."
>Can she?
If possible, I would like to gloss over any more inconsequential RP for now if it can be represented as a skill check. Not that this isn't fun, but because I've been in this Uni arc for several weeks now, and I'm hoping to make the fight a dragon in a dungeon later.
Posey would proceed to fill out any other paperwork she needs to do for her cover occupation and research applications she'd need to roll the profession skill in downtime or be given research assignments. After that's handled, she'd take Gloomy and leave, since staying out in public for too long risks exposure of her mission.
Anonymous
e8a7df5
?
No.171181
171182 171185 171199
beautiful-landscape-of-a-mysterious-island-wrapped-in-fog-mist-in-the-middle-of-the-oceac-4k-video_shrslkldl_thumbnail-1080_01.png
>>171180
Well, I'm on vacation, hence part of why things are not fast at all now

I should probably mention a quest I've long had planned. It's intended for the Silver character, but pretty much every quest is better with more players.

The gist of the quest line is this: basically, New Mareland Military Intelligence tasked the New Mareland Navy to follow a freighter that was heading from Northern Griffonia (Everfrost or Skynavia) to Stalliongrad. So the Navy had an Airship follow it. The Airship followed the freighter, but crashed on an island off the coast of Nova Griffonia claimed by multiple nations. The Navy wants its airmen back, but doesn't want to openly send marines into disputed territory, thus it hires out the job.

I'm not sure that the face of it appeals much to Posey as the objective is literally to save lives and its mostly a cash reward, but it's a big thing
Anonymous
8de60d5
?
No.171182
171183
>>171181
>it's a big thing
So long as I can kill things, level up, and fund my army, it's good.
>I'm not sure that the face of it appeals much to Posey as the objective
Infiltrating New Mareland's Intelligence division is part of Posey's mission. Doing jobs for them gives her material that she can report back to the League.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171183
>>171182
Plus having more people would make the mission more fun, I think.
Anonymous
1b73093
?
No.171184
How much downtime does Posey have to spend working for the university to get access to cadavers?
Anonymous
a542075
?
No.171185
>>171181
>The Navy wants its airmen back, but doesn't want to openly send marines into disputed territory, thus it hires out the job.
In case you're having trouble writing up why Posey would be involved in this quest, note that Posey as a Security Necrologist specializes in recovering bodies in dangerous situations, especially in the disputed no-man's-land of supernatural battlefields. If the Navy wants them back dead or alive, they might solicit Posey from the university.

This is Posey's actual military background: stealing the bodies of Arcturian paladins after a battle. Posey would change up the story to make it sound less-evil to the university.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171196
171198
>>171175
"Of course they won't go far," Amber reassures. "They want to see the downtown of Hellheim, in the middle of the city. I give you my word they'll stay in town."

Her companions may be surprised at this turn of events and Amber's nonchalance, though they can't really verbally express those thoughts at the time.
Anonymous
f2e4233
?
No.171197
IMG_2793.jpeg
Am back!

Replies soon(TM)
Anonymous
f2e4233
?
No.171198
171249
>>171196
The griffin stares at Amber

"Very well... Now I need to call and get this sorted out."

Amber's companions are certainly surprised, and would say something to her if they could. But they know better, and keep their beaks shut
Anonymous
4455b8c
?
No.171199
171201
>>171181
Is there anything I should read or do to prepare for this?
Anonymous
f2e4233
?
No.171201
171210 171243
>>171199
It may make sense for Posey to go on another, smaller quest before this, actually
Anonymous
4455b8c
?
No.171210
>>171201
What quest would that be?
As far as my plans go, I'll just have Posey take downtime and roll profession researching at the university until the quest hook arrives.
Anonymous
9052a11
?
No.171239
171241
36a08389a6efae9771e4d23f679d3c13.jpg
>A defacer arises when a spellcaster creates an undead being from the corpse of a doppelganger or other creature that assumes others' visages. Tortured by its inability to mimic others, a defacer steals the faces of those it kills and of the recently dead, trapping their souls by defiling their corpses.
Pretty good reason to go Changeling-hunting later in the game.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171241
The only good bug.jpg
>>171239
You don't really need a reason to go Changeling hunting. What they are is reason enough.
Anonymous
7b18497
?
No.171243
171245
>>171201
So, what should I do to prep for the quest? Can we consider the uni quest(?) completed?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171245
171247
>>171243
If you wanna give suggestions for things you want to do in the mini-quest, that would help
Anonymous
e7cedf6
?
No.171247
171251 171252
>>171245
>suggestions
1. Posey finds evidence of a hidden catacomb necropolis dungeon under the city and investigates it to plunder it's treasures and/or establish it as a contingency of corpse reserves when the league invades
2. Same thing, only somewhere in the swamp
3. University gives Posey an undead-killing job, such as removing a haunt or reposing a swordwraith. Alternatively, any other research assignment for the university to earn merits and pose as a "reputable" Necromancer
4. League contacts Posey and has her carry out an assassination, acquisition, or investigation
5. Something with zebras and voodoo
6. Some bounty bulletin posted by the state
7. Just roll the Urban encounter table as Posey is strolling around at night
https://www.realmshelps.net/adventuring/urban.shtml

8. Random, hostile monster appears
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171249
171259
>>171198
Amber waves them off hurriedly, knowing how urgent it is that they get to the office before anything bad happens. As for Amber herself, she'll need to find an alternative option.
Anonymous
bd956db
?
No.171251
>>171247
This isn't in order of quality, btw. I would gladly be satisfied with simply rolling the urban encounter table, even multiple times a night.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171252
171253
>>171247
>1. Posey finds evidence of a hidden catacomb necropolis dungeon under the city and investigates it to plunder it's treasures and/or establish it as a contingency of corpse reserves when the league invades
>2. Same thing, only somewhere in the swamp
Even though I've already done this, I can most certainly imagine doing it again

>4. League contacts Posey and has her carry out an assassination, acquisition, or investigation
Is another Paladin too boring?

>3. University gives Posey an undead-killing job, such as removing a haunt or reposing a swordwraith. Alternatively, any other research assignment for the university to earn merits and pose as a "reputable" Necromancer
There is an idea here it involves a swamp
Anonymous
e1c6c17
?
No.171253
171254
>>171252
>Is another Paladin too boring?
It would be serving an objective this time, so not really.
Given the nature of her background, I thought that Posey would be killing a lot of Paladins in her career. Maybe they could be mixed up with different builds to add some variance, such as pious templars, grayguards, or shadowbane inquisitors (which makes the best death knights). Could also face crusaders or priests.
Or just any kind of creature the league wants gone, such as rogue contacts, defectors, traitors, debtors, rival organizations or others.
>it involves a swamp
Nice way for Posey to face her phobia of water.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171254
171255 171260 172170
>>171253
Okay, fuck it. I'll let you chose

1. "So you've become something of a Paladin slayer, have you? Well, so long as we are tying up lose ends... Baltimare is home to a community of Griffonian immigrants, and a community of immigrants from the Griffonian far north... a Paladin of the Arcturian Order is among them. Reasonably distinguished, and all too aware of our long-term plans. Kill him, before his warnings are heeded."

2. "So you wish to pacify the restless dead of old battlefields? Well, we're not exactly here to bring peace. And to that end, we need something that can surely be found in the battlefields of Equestria - a dual action shock absorber from a New Mareland 25 pounder - or else obtain it from the garrison. Either way..."
Anonymous
4fd0be0
?
No.171255
171260
>>171254
Caught me right before bed.
Posey hates (((griffons))), so I'll go with the first one.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171259
171261
>>171249
"Alright" the griffin says, going through an open doorway, then to the left, and into a room with a phone. "Now, to sort this out."
Anonymous
f968449
?
No.171260
171262
>>171254
>>171255
How much time passes before Posey gets this message? I'd like to roll to see how much money Posey makes working at the university in that time.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171261
171267
>>171259
"Certainly," Amber replies. "I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Do you have to sort out these kinds of issues out frequently? I can imagine it gets draining after a while."
Anonymous
2af35db
?
No.171262
171265
>>171260
Does access to the university library give Posey any circumstance bonuses to relevant skills she might roll in her downtime, such as knowledge, perform, profession or craft?
Anonymous
2031aee
?
No.171263
171264 171265
Since I'm feeling bored, I'm going to roll to seduce Baka to see if he'll use some of his priestly magic to bless my craft check to earn an income maybe once a week or so.
>Variant Rule: Influencing Undead
>Victims may attempt to play upon the sympathy of certain intelligent undead, seeking leniency or freedom. If the would-be victim can verbally demonstrate some kinship with the undead assailant (recalling to the undead that it once breathed, was once also human, also had children at home, or demonstrating some other, more direct relationship), the victim gains a +4 circumstance bonus to influence the undead with a Diplomacy check.
Posey and Baka are both ex-thralls who got cucked out of becoming actual vampires, so I think we have some kinship.
Also Posey's personal preference in stallions is an inverse bellcurve when it comes to looks, handsome stallions and ugly bastards are her main strike zone. It's the result of being raised in a Necropolis.
Raised. Haha, get it?
Diplomacy
[1d20+10 = (1+10) = 11]
Anonymous
2031aee
?
No.171264
bx2teuz3fr681.jpg
>>171263
All of my shitpost rolls end in failure crit-failure...
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171265
171268
>>171263
Let this be a lesson about shitposting

>>171262
Probably
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171266
171268 171311
172764.png
One day Posey arrives back at the manor, and shortly there after is hoofed over a letter from Day Low Rain, who for reasons unknown seems to be in the position of checking the mail at Lament's manor house.

Posey is hoofed a telegram, received earlier in the day, and sent from the capital city of Farbrook. It contains the following freestyle poem, with emphasis added and not in the text:

From: Your benefactor
To: Rosey Ring

You have adjusted to your new home well.
Must you forget where you come from?
Eliminate any feelings of loneliness, dear Ring.
Luminous is the light of Arcturus that shines through its disciples and paladins.
Grandure belongs to those who reward the hospitality of their hosts with generosity in kind.
In due time, you shall meet with brethren of the field.
Baltimare is the destination of many from the North, after all.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171267
171282
>>171261
He sits down at the table, and looks back at Amber with a somewhat annoyed expression.
"Not often. Not like this."

He picks up the phone, and starts moving the rotors.
"And yes. Yes it does."
Anonymous
2031aee
?
No.171268
171269 171270
>>171266
"This is the worst poem I've ever- oh, wait..." The mare named after a nursery rhyme says
"Well, it's off to work then."
That night, Posey asks Mason to drive her into the city so that she can gather some information. She takes her spell components pouch and a dagger, but leaves her armor, sword, bracers and longbow at home, preferring to travel lightly and avoid suspicion. The enters a local bar and decides to hit it off with strangers to gather some Intel, such as who this Luminous Grandure person is, and where they're frequently seen.
Rolling to Gather Information:
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]
>>171265
I would like to roll Perform (freestyle poetry), to entertain patrons at the bar this evening as I gather information
[1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171269
171270
>>171268
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPeXKVjAzs

>Information
No
No
No
Never heard of him
I think a Luminous Grandeur helped offload deliveries once?
No
Must be a Sunstriker or more northerly griffin name...
No
Anonymous
ad45144
?
No.171270
171271 171292
>>171269
Posey goes to the nearest phone booth (they exist in this period, right?) and opens the phonebook to look up his address (funny how people were okay with their addresses bring public domain back then).
>>171268
Rolling to see how many silvers Posey made with her freestyle poetry:
[1d10 = 5]
Anonymous
ad45144
?
No.171271
171292
>>171270
And in case he's not in the book, Posey looks at any other similar griffon names, in case he moved in with family.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KBSi-7t4cEE
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171282
171291
>>171267
Amber wants to delay this issue as much as possible, mainly for the benefit of her friends.
"My condolences. I've personally noticed the quality of work at the Reichsbahn deteriorating lately, particularly since I retired in an official sense…overworked office staff, poor maintenance, struggling to meet schedules…you know how it is. It's worse in the Katerin Principality which is going through a bit of a trouble spot lately. You heard about those rebels near the border?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171291
171293
>>171282
Amber wishes to prevaricate and waste time with a grumpy, work oriented griffin of the crusader-state.

Roll Diplomacy to see who wins this battle of wills
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171292
171294
>>171270
>Posey getting shekels for bad poetry
glares

There is indeed a phonebook, but the name is not in it. (Or at least, there is no one of that name that context would not suggest is likely a unicorn or otherwise unrelated). Perhaps it is out of date.

>>171271
I was thinking of that
Posey actually sees two similar names. One in West Baltimare, one in the East.
Anonymous
e5d580b
?
No.171293
171296
>>171291
[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
Anonymous
acecfa9
?
No.171294
171295
>>171292
>two similar names. One in West Baltimare, one in the East.
>On the opposite sides of the city
Posey gives a groan, but nonetheless gets to work.
>helped offload deliveries once?
Which side of the city would indicate this? Is there a port or an area where a lot of truck go by?
I guess this warrants a local knowledge check. It's untrained, so I should just take 10 for DC 10, but...
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
Dice go clickity-clack
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171295
171300
>>171294
There is indeed a port, with most of the eastern edge of the city on the harbor of Horseshoe Bay. There is also a significant amount of industry in the eastern section, and in the south. Commerical activity is most heavily concentrated in the center, but can be found everywhere.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171296
171299
>>171293
He picks up the phone and stares at Amber
"It has indeed been poor the entire time I've worked here." He says stiffly. Then he adds "The rebels across the border to Longsword are a managed threat." He likely does not understand Amber's meaning
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171298
171308
>>171048
Silver moves into a hall with offices on either side, and past big black and white framed photos of shiny chrome aircraft, some in the air, some on the ground. Silver goes through a door threshold, and into a new section likewise flanked by offices. Here, there are paintings like a pony in a toga flanked by a bushel of wheat to the left, and crates to the right, as well as another painting of a freight ship in a harbor, with barrels in the foreground.

The hallway opens up, and now a giant, wooden desk with letters that announce itself as belonging to the Meadowbrook Republic Trade Authority. Behind it is an open door that leads into what Silver can guess is a break room, though there are cables hanging down from the roof. There are two hallways off to the right, and an office with glass windows between these two hallways to the right of the desk, and then one hallway off to the left, kind of in the center
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171299
171301
>>171296
Amber slams a talon on the table.
"Pshaw! 'Managed' my tail! They attempted to raid a train of the Imperial Reichsbahn, a passenger train to boot! In the decades I've worked there I've never had to deal with such things, only rowdy passengers. They're growing bolder, I tell you, if they're going after such targets, and when this story breaks it'll hurt transit numbers for sure. I can only wonder why, though…perhaps there was somegriff they were looking to cubnap?"
Anonymous
a9c44d4
?
No.171300
171302
>>171295
I guess east is the best bet then.
Posey makes her way to the address in the east.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171301
171347
>>171299
He lowers the phone, his eyes never breaking off of "Rudolf Hofstadter"

"What do you know?" He asks
Anonymous
c1168de
?
No.171302
171303
>>171300
Does Posey need to roll anything to make her way there?
Anonymous
e87da72
?
No.171303
171304
IMG_1060.jpeg
>>171302
I was delaying because it’ll be a lot of description

Yes. More dice for the dice gods!
Anonymous
c1168de
?
No.171304
171340 171348 171349
>>171303
Take as much time as you need then.
Gonna roll Gather Information, which replaces survival in urban settings, iirc.
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
Also, I would like to buy a net.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171308
171312
>>171298
Silver gives hoof motions for two of the members of the squad to look in the hallways to the right of the desk, while he himself looks in the hallway to the left.
Anonymous
402a74c
?
No.171311
171314
>>171266
>Day Low Rain
I can't believe I forgot to ask this
"Good evening, Miss Rain. How is your sister doing?"
Wouldn't want to be rude
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171312
171313
>>171308
Looking down the central hall on the left, Silver can see that he's found the center of the building. It doesn't stretch far at all, but what he can see is that it ends at another parallel hall that marks the edge of a great atrium in the building.

From the ponies investigating the "near" hall on the right, that is to say, the one further south, and closer from teh direction Silver came, he hears at the moment only silence. But from the further away hall on the right, from the evident break room.

Spectral Streak
"Don't move!"
He calls out,
"We've got something"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171313
171314
>>171312
Silver turns around and quickly makes his way back towards Spec to see what they found.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171314
171316
>>171311
Glaring:
"Still dead"

>>171313
Looking inside, Silver can see a white room with cabinets on the left and the right. A light fixture hanging from the ceiling in the center-right has been removed and electrical lines hang from the ceiling. Below this light is a grey earth pony stallion, who stands uneasily with a Jenny rifle in a sort of "low ready" position. Off to the left, the light coming into the room is much lower, as its away from the door, but Silver can see a yellow unicorn, holding a shotgun in a yellow-green magical aura
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171316
171317
>>171314
Judging from how shooting has started, and how the earth pony seems to be frightened, Silver's initial assumption is that these are in fact ponies and not changelings. Still, he can't let his guard down. He looks at these two ponies and addresses them.

"Listen, we are in crunch time right now. If you two are changelings you had better start your shooting now because we are going to defuse your bomb. If you two are *ponies*...we could really use your help."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171317
171318
>>171316
Roll Initiave
a037c71
?
No.171318
171319 171320
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
>>171317
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171319
>>171318
[1d20+2 = (13+2) = 15]

[1d20+1 = (18+1) = 19]
[1d20 = 1]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171320
171321
>>171318
The pony nearest Silver yells,
"Hail Ocellus"
And levels his Jenny at Silver

Silver goes first
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171321
171322 171323 171325
>>171320
[1d20 = 1]
[1d20 = 2]
[1d20 = 18]
[1d20 = 1]
[1d20 = 2]
[1d20 = 20]
[1d20 = 16]
[1d20 = 19]
[1d20 = 6]
[1d20 = 11]
Not dropping his guard pays off. Without having to level his weapon like the changeling, he's able to beat him to the trigger and empty a full half of his mag.

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171322
171323
>>171321
Just gonna check that 20 real quick
[1d20 = 19]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171323
171324 171325
>>171321
>>171322
Hopefully nopony was in the room behind that changeling
[10d7 = 38]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171324
171325 171327 171330
>>171323
If they were, they died in the pursuit of ponykind's freedom from the tyranny of the bugs
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171325
171326
>>171323
>>171321
Silver can see the creature raise it's weapon towards Silver with a combination of fear and malice. He can vaguely see the reflection in the eyes. Then a shot to the upper chest, a shot to the creature's neck, a burst of green light as the grey fur is replaced with charcoal chittin and a light green carapace along it's back, a gagging sound, and then two more shots to its torso, and a contorted expression of horror on its face before its lifeless corpse hits the floor.

Spectral Streak shoots the second creature in rapid succession
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]
[1d20+8 = (9+8) = 17]
[1d20+8 = (14+8) = 22]
[1d20+8 = (6+8) = 14]

>>171324
Sacrifice is necessary on the path to a bug-free future.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171326
171327
>>171325
[8d7 = 24]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171327
171329
>>171324
>>171326
This creature had an expression closer to simple fear as it is shot once, twice, three, four times, likewise "popping" it's pony facade before hitting the ground. The shotgun can be seen to be jammed with an improper feed as it hits the ground, which is perhaps why the drone was so afraid.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171328
171329 171330
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171329
>>171327
Silver almost pities the poor creatures. Maybe in another universe they didn't have to be enemies. Sadly however they are enemies in this one, and if Silver doesn't want him and everypony he cares about to die, they had to die. He turns to look at Spec.

"It would be weird to station guards in random break room. They were protecting something."

>>171328
visible concern
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171330
171331
>>171324
>>171328
From outside of the room in the right hallway

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171331
171332
>>171330
Oh no. Can Silver see anything about what's going on without sticking his head out?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171332
171333
>>171331
Silver can try to get an angle looking through the open doorway
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171333
171334
>>171332
If it means Silver doesn't risk getting shot through the eye and into the brain, then he's gonna try to get an angle.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171334
171335
>>171333
Silver can see, in essence, that someone is shooting from what is now Silver's left (The far right when originally approaching). He can see that they are shooting at a pair of Silver's group, more precisely the purple pegasus pony and the orange pony. They seem to have succeeded in taking cover, though Silver cannot be sure.

Judging by the sound, the enemy is shooting with a Strange Automatic Rifle, and its loud sound reverberates through the narrow corridors.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171335
171336
>>171334
Is there anything on the bodies of the two changelings in the room that could help with dealing with this third changeling?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171336
171337
>>171335
Besides the weapons and ammunition they carried, only a few tools like pliers, a lighter, a screw driver, a wire stripper, some kind of clicker, a and a little mirror. Silver thinks he's found a battery to a radio, but no radio.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171337
171338
>>171336
Hmm...okay. Can Silver manage to see where the third changeling is shooting from?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171338
171339
>>171337
Probably yes.

Whether he can do so without getting shot is an entirely different question.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171339
171357
>>171338
Perhaps Silver can pull the same trick he did just a little bit ago. Lining up against the doorframe, Silver peaks as he begins laying down covering fire in the direction of the third changeling.

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGclick

When his magazine runs empty, he retreats back into the room to reload.
Anonymous
71a57b8
?
No.171340
171349
>>171304
Does Posey's check succeed to find the place?
I do need to have all my spells and ability mods ready ahead of time, so I just want to have an idea of what she's trotting into.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171347
171354 171368
>>171301
If griffons could purse beaks, Amber would look to be doing that now. "Oh, not much. I had a train to run, and our 'friend' was uncooperative in telling what his motivations were. But it's simple logic. Why attack a passenger train, and not a freight train, if the goal was not the cargo but the passengers? Unless, and hear me out, if the desired cargo was _on_ the passengers? You know how Katerinburg had a bit of an upset in the news? Such commotions tend to lead to a multitude of somewhat valuable knick-knacks getting moved about and leaving the country, even if the possessor doesn't realize quite how desired those things may be. Easy prey for cut-throat rebels, and easier to escape with than a bound and gagged citizen."
Amber's expression changes to be quite excited, as if she came up with a particularly clever realization.
Anonymous
a98cb22
?
No.171348
171349
skeleton-at-desk-german-expressions.jpg

>>171304
Posey casts Undetectable Alignment on herself (which she was too daft to do last time, for some reason)
She makes a Hide check to blend in with the crowd on her way to the address.
[1d20+9 = (12+9) = 21]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171349
171350
>>171348
Being in a large city can make it hard to find things. Not because there is little to go by, or too little information, but because there is too much. This can be to Posey's advantage. It's very easy for Posey to blend in. Even when she's an obvious outsider, and a foreigner, she is one of thousands.

>>171340
>>171304
Posey is, in essence, walking into a similar situation as she did before with the Kaftar and Crocuta community, though to a lesser extent. This area is the southern part of the Redheart district, hugging the Locust Promontory and the northern edge of the Delemare River. The buildings here, as elsewhere, tend to be crowded tenement blocks dating to sometime in the last century, four to five stories tall, with narrow units, dark brown brick facades that are plain and out of style, and occasional mismatched colorations of bricks that tell of repairs or even wholesale rebuilding of many of the buildings after some easily imagined disaster caused a partial collapse of the structure. Little bakeries, cobblers, grocers, medicine stores, and the like dot the lowest floors facing the street, and zoning is non-existent, as evidenced by the scattered giant manufactories that take up entire blocks.

Posey actually passed through this way some days ago, on her way to the ghetto. This area is more open, with fewer obvious signs of decay, fewer damaged street lamps and trashcans, and less garbage on the ground. Griffins stand out, making up perhaps 50% of the population. Even the pony population - numerous here, as everywhere - seems oddly foreign, wearing sometimes the bright colors of the Northern Griffonian ponies, the ponchos of the southern Equestrian ponies, or the webbed wings of the dreaded bats. Military and police do not seem to fear neighborhood, even as they do not trust it, and their patrols are semi-regular, if perhaps understaffed. Posey passes along at least one structure that takes up an entire block, with its imposing rectangular shape, odd blue coloration on the roof and symbols of the bear, the plow, and the wind, and two towering minarets - Posey knows what this is.

Arriving at her destination, Posey finds a fairly normal looking structure - a thin apartment block with a stone facade on the first floor, five floors in total, and her destination as apartment B on the third floor. Forlorn Grandeur is the name.
Anonymous
a98cb22
?
No.171350
171351 171352 171353 171404
Arcturian_Order.png
>>171349
>apartment buildings again
>reeeee
Posey walks up to the building and as she is about to head inside she's gripped with rigor mortis, her eye twitches and she curses under her breath as her shambling body disobeys her.
Posey reconsiders her plan.
"Think, Posey, think... Aha!"
Posey steps away from the apartment and takes out her pen, quill, an envelope and sealing wax, and using her magical aura to shape the wax into a symbol that she's well familiar with: the mark of the Arcturian Order."
With her intelligence, and familiarity with the symbol, Posey should be able to make a 15 on the check to forge the wax seal. Int is a dump stat for Paladins, and with Forgery being opposed by Forgery, it's likely to look official enough at a glance.
Posey knows when she's done with the seal as soon as it starts to hurt to look at, wincing at the holy symbol.

(To be cont)
Anonymous
a98cb22
?
No.171351
171352
8599657090_96e9774cc8_b.jpg
Capture-2-e1624479346643.png
original-1-1.jpg
>>171350
As for the contents, Posey appeals to the hopes of the desperate paladin, fabricating a story that a local order has heeded his warnings.
>Dear Sir Luminous
>Your pleas have not gone unheard, for you have comrades in this fair city. The Equestrian Order of Paladins has endured through these trying times, although with the occupation we've been forced to lay low as the Blackhooves seek to stamp out any enduring loyalty to our fair Princess Celestia (bless her heart). Our forces are few, but we've endured all these centuries, and we will answer your call now, for we the disciples of the sun know all well what's to befall this world if the plague of unlife goes unopposed; it's what our dearest princess would wish for us to do, afterall. One of our compatriots would be willing to meet with you to discuss how our forces at the Baltimare and Potomac Tunnel at midnight on [insert date here]. Make haste, swift flyer, for we can't afford to stay in any one place for too long.
>Sighed: August Wreath (lol)

I'm about to pass out. Let me know if this plan is impossible at face value. The tunnel I'm referencing should've been built by now, if this city is anything like Baltimore. It has low infrequent, is in a generally secluded area, and it's nice and dark. The trick is to lure him to the tunnel so Posey can eliminate him there. I might have to set a different date though

Also, Posey should probably confirm that he lives hear first.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171352
171355
>>171350
scrunch

Posey is able to create an arcturian symbol easily enough, and hopefully, well enough

>>171351
The biggest problem with this plan is that, well, Posey has not confirmed he lives here. Posey has not found anygriff of that name in the city. The name of the resident here is close; close enough to be a relative of the target, or the target going by a pseudonym, but the identity is not confirmed.

As for the tunnel... eh, I hadn't really planned on Baltimare having enough variation in elevation to make a tunnel really make sense, but sure, why not add a tunnel. That's not an issue.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171353
171355
>>171350
What's wrong with apartment buildings?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171354
171368 171402
>>171347
He tilts his head, and squints his eyes
"Is there something, specific in mind?"
Anonymous
c2da931
?
No.171355
171364 171365
>>171353
Because I gave Posey the Phobia weakness in conjunction with vampire weaknesses, so she's unwilling to enter buildings without permission.
But she could use the mailbox.
>>171352
Well, if he's staying with relatives, any relative who receives an envelope addressed to him would likely deliver it to him. If he shows up at the given date, that would confirm that he lives near the area.
There's also possibility that he sees through the trap, but given that he's a paladin and there's only one faction that would be interested in assassinating him, he might just show up anyway to eliminate Posey...

The tunnel is to try to get him in an area where he can't put too much distance between himself and Posey by flying.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171357
171358
>>171339
There is a pause, then BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG, and then Tattattattattattattat and a BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171358
171359
>>171357
Was Silver able to make anything out when he laid down suppressive fire?
Anonymous
f88a9de
?
No.171359
171360
>>171358
He can see that the origin is some kind of office at the end of the hall. The distance is small.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171360
171362
>>171359
Silver finishes reloading his weapon, and with this knowledge peaks once again, now aiming for the changeling firing upon them.

[BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

[1d20+5 = (2+5) = 7]
[1d20+5 = (4+5) = 9]
[1d20+5 = (2+5) = 7]
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171362
171363
>>171360
Silver can see that there is a window in a big office which itself has a window out the back through which light pours and clouds hang above. The drone in question has taken a desk as cover, and is shooting atop it.

That's at least one hit, but I'm a little skeptical of there being two
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171363
171367
>>171362
One hit is better than nothing. If Silver can, he ducks back into cover before he gets shot.
Anonymous
0d74d3e
?
No.171364
171365
>>171355
After forging her letter, Posey looks for a mailbox with a name that corresponds with what she saw. She very clearly says "To Luminous" on the envelope. For good measure, she places her five silver bits in the envelope around the letter, just enough to make the sounds of sliding shekels that trigger magpie instincts, so her letter won't go ignored.
She marks the rendezvous in two days time (enough for any wrong recipients to fly it over to the correct target), at midnight in the tunnel, hoping the bait will reach Luminous.

Having set her trap, she trots home at a brisk pace, humming a gentle tune she picked up from a Farbook thrall and she returns to spoil Gloomy and work on her arcane research.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171365
171366 171409
6246737.gif
>>171364
>>171355
Anonymous
0d74d3e
?
No.171366
171403
>>171365
Unless Posey has an encounter tonight, she doesn't do anything else tonight.

She later makes preparations for the rendezvous. She intends to be prepared to meet Luminous. She wouldn't bring her armor, which is too distinctive to catch the griffon off guard, but she would bring her new sword (which, as I checked, is an archaic weapon), her satchel, her spell components, and her cloak.
It would probably help to buy a weighted net, but idk. I'm actually kind of broke rn, and 20 gp for a net is... Well, probably worth it.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171367
171369
>>171363
The drone, evidently, has to reload.

There is more "Tat tat" and "Tat tat," indicating that Silver is not the only one involved
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171368
171422
>>171347
>>171354
"You know exactly why they attacked. Don't you, 'Rudolf'?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171369
171370 171372
>>171367
In that case, Silver peaks again, and...

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]
[1d20+5 = (3+5) = 8]
[1d20+5 = (3+5) = 8]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171370
171371 171372
>>171369
For good measure, roll initiative
[1d20+1 = (5+1) = 6]
a037c71
?
No.171371
171372 171373
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
>>171370
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171372
171373
>>171369
>>171371
>>171370
Silver successfully gets in his shots before the drone is able to reload his gun. Most of the drone is behind the wooden desk and out of view, but Silver is able to hit the upper portions of the drone, including through the wood.

[6d7 = 19]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171373
171374
>>171371
>>171372
The drone slumps down. It's clearly not dead, as it makes an in-equine "maaaah" sound that would be almost humerous, were it not so persistent, and filled with gutteral sounds as the creature slowly chokes on its own blood.

Silver can see that there is another drone near it with a submachine gun, styled with the curved magazine on the side the same as the Home Guard medics
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171374
171375 171376 171377
>>171373
If it wasn't for this other changeling, Silver would put the poor bastard out of his misery. With the situation as is, Silver turns his weapon on this fourth changeling and fires another burst.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

[1d10+5 = (9+5) = 14]
[1d10+5 = (8+5) = 13]
[1d10+5 = (4+5) = 9]
[1d10+5 = (9+5) = 14]
[1d10+5 = (10+5) = 15]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171375
171376 171377
>>171374
Silver's shots hit the window behind, shattering glass, and splintering the wood on the desk behind which this drone takes cover. But the drone seems unscathed

[1d2 = 2]

[1d20+2 = (18+2) = 20]
[1d20+2 = (20+2) = 22]
[1d20+2 = (8+2) = 10]
[1d20+2 = (18+2) = 20]
[1d20+2 = (8+2) = 10]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171376
171377
>>171375
>>171374
The drone peeps up and makes a "tat tat tat tat" with its submachine gun. But it isn't shooting at Silver. It shoots at another pony behind and to the right, who has peeped out from behind his own cover to take a shot

[1d20 = 13]
[2d6 = 6]

[2d6 = 9]
[2d6 = 9]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171377
171378 171379
>>171376
>>171375
>>171374
From behind, a BANG BANG BANG BANG as Spectral Streak shoots in quick succession

[1d20+8 = (20+8) = 28]
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]
[1d20+8 = (17+8) = 25]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171378
171379 171380
>>171377
Silver fires off the last few rounds in his own magazine before he ducks back into cover to reload.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

[1d20+5 = (5+5) = 10]
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]
[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12]
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171379
171380
>>171378
>>171377
[1d20 = 12]
[2d6 = 5]

[1d20 = 9]
[2d6 = 7]

[2d6 = 6]
[2d6 = 8]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171380
171381
>>171379
>>171378
A loud "clang" as a steel helmet worn by the drone is hit by a bullet, several "taps" and blue blood is splattered on top of the desk. The drone falls directly down. Near it can still be heard a loud "MAAAAH!" like any other wounded animal, though it morphs occasionally into something resembling a word, or a name, cried loudly in an alien language.

Behind Silver, the purple pegasus has fallen. His submachine gun falls on the floor, and his wings extend, taking up half of the width short hall from the front desk to the window-office. He is silent.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171381
171382 171384 171385
>>171380
Silver checks the purple pegasus' pulse before anything, even if it's a vain hope.

Can Silver recognize what the dying changeling is saying?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171382
171383
>>171381
Roll die

And roll die
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171383
171384
>>171382
[1d20 = 2]

[1d20 = 19]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171384
>>171381
>>171383
[1d2 = 1]
[1d20+7 = (12+7) = 19]

[1d2 = 1]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171385
171386
>>171381
Silver can do nothing for the Pegasus.

The cream-colored medic, and the orange medic, both rush in with bandages and serum, eager to stop the bleeding. His eyes are closed, and his body shivers in convulsions as he is clearly going into shock.

From the corporal, Silver catches his name, "Highland Wind"

Further over, Silver can tell what the drone is saying. It is a cry for his mother.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171386
171387
>>171385
Silver leaves the medics to their work as he doesn't want to get in their way. He goes to the changeling instead. With the enemies dealt with, he wants to see: is there anything he can do for him, either to save him or at least ease the pain?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171387
171388
>>171386
It's a rather familiar problem: the drone is slowly bleeding to death, with a definite danger of drowning in its own blood. Like most shootings, the drone could be saved with a rapid enough administration of medical aid, or at least it could have a half minute ago. Hard to tell now. It's shot through the throat, and is having an increasingly hard time breathing. It's cries are increasingly gargled.

There's always the solution of finally slitting its throat, and ending its misery.

The other drone that sits there to its right behind the desk also seems to be alive, though not in any better condition. It's slumped down. Eyes open and teary, looking kind of sad. Blood spills onto the floor.

It's worth pointing out how lovely this office could be. No, it's not well furnished now, but it has one painting on the wall of Mage Meadowbrook, hoof on a tree, wearing her mask, and with a staff out ready to collect honey. There's one potted plant already moved in, and an empty bookshelf. Admittedly the plant is fake and made of paper, but it's a lovely spot for a plant. The interior side of the office is lined with now shattered windows, and the exterior has several windows, likewise shattered, that view out to buildings behind.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171388
171389
>>171387
They might be enemies...but as ponies, we need to be better than those we fight. If Silver can do anything to try to save these changelings, he will and does.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171389
171390
>>171388
The magical coagulant is in short supply. Plasma may work, though its hard to tell with changeling biology. Stitching would take too long, and probably can't work with chitin. Bandages may be applied, at least. Morphine may be applied.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171390
171391 171392
>>171389
Is there more than one dosage left of the coagulant? Plasma, bandages, and morphine might help the other drone, but this throat wound needs to be closed ASAP before he chokes to death on his own ichor.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171391
>>171390
[1d2 = 2]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171392
171393
>>171390
No; Silver has but one dosage left of coagulant.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171393
171394
>>171392
Well, his squad had better not get shot then. He uses the last dose for the changeling's neck wound, quickly cleans it, and wraps it and any other wounds up with bandages for good measure. He also positions the changeling's body so that he shouldn't be choking on what blood may be left.

Assuming this changeling is stable, he'd get to work on the other one.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171394
171395
>>171393
The changeling makes a loud sound, and tries to scrape against the floor to move as Silver comes near it. It ends up falling on its side.

But Silver is able to overpower it and wrap its neck and chest. The creature being on its side may not be the worst thing for its health, at least.

The other one whimpers, and seems to attempt to push itself back, but it has nowhere to go, already pressed up against a desk. And it has no strength left. The lights in its insectoid blue eyes are going out.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171395
171396
>>171394
Fuck it, time to find out if plasma does anything for changelings. Silver tries to bandage the changeling quickly to stop the bleeding as he starts giving him plasma, hoping that the fluids going in will save him.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171396
171397
>>171395
The drone makes a whining sound and attempts to opens its wings and fly away as Silver sticks it with a needle. This of course does nothing as it is unable to even unfurl its wings completely.

Silver stuffs the holes tightly with the bandages, which is necessary considering how much of its blood is on the floor.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171397
171398
>>171396
Silver uses the opportunity to practice his Wechselbalg some more as he tries to manage the wounded changeling.

"Wenn ich deinen Tod wollte, würde ich nicht versuchen, dich zu heilen. Sei ruhig."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171398
171399
>>171397
It stops moving, though it whimpers
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171399
171400
>>171398
"Ich habe Morphium gegen die Schmerzen. Willst du es?"
Anonymous
f88a9de
?
No.171400
171401
>>171399
The creature opens its mouth and attempts to form a word, but instead swallows
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171401
171406 171407
>>171400
Silver shows the changeling the morphine, and simply says to him, "Nicke einfach."
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171402
171406
>>171354
I forgot what the maker of Amber's viol is called, the name was something special
Anonymous
9a0ba62
?
No.171403
171404 171410 171418
2530359__safe_artist-colon-tjpones_rainbow+dash_pegasus_pony_g4_armor_arrow_bipedal_bipedal+leaning_black+and+white_bow+28weapon29_chainmail_female_grayscale_he.png
>>171366
>Tfw have only exactly enough gold for this
On the next day, Posey looks for a mundane (non-masterwork) chain shirt, preferably with an equestrian royal guard symbol on it, but anything will do so long as the design isn't suspicious and the cap has a hole for her horn. She places her dastana on her forelegs over the chain shirt. She also buys a net, and a wooden holy symbol of Celestia. She swaps out the arrows in her quiver for some that are not made of bone, and straps her longbow to her armor.
She then sharpens the sword she found in forest, polishes it, and removes any traces of rust, to give it the look of a well cared-for implement.
Oh, this sword registered as magic, right? Does it produce light?

After she's made her preparations, she meditates throughout the rest of the day, spending her time reading up on arcane theory or playing with Gloomy. She makes sure her spell slots are recovered.

Before the night of the rendezvous, she makes sure to do her make-up well (as well as she can practice, without a mirror). August was sexually vulnerable, but Posey can't bet that Luminous won't see through her disguise, especially since he likely has a lot more recent experience in fighting undead than August did. She applies her eyeliner and some false blush to her cheeks. She ties up her name in whichever way her helmet allow, preferably as a braid or a bun.

She stakes out the tunnel she intends to meet August in, eyeing the lighting conditions for any strategic advantage. She measures the depth of the tunnel, as well as its height, making sure where she'd need to stand to avoid a 20 ft downward aerial charge from a griffon.
(Posey is confident in her durability, but she knows better than to underestimate an Arcturian Paladin. Posey knows that a griffin charging with a dive can be a death sentence for her, especially from a paladin with Charging Smite, Leap Attack and Battle Jump, which could easily deal more than her full HP in damage on the first blow)

After all this, she puts Gloomy to bed and waits at the site of her trap. She makes sure to cast Undetectable Alignment on herself before she goes.

Posey has a +6 modifier on her disguise check. It's rolled secretly, so she can't take 10 and doesn't know how good it is.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171404
171405
>>171350
>int is a dump stat for paladins
That's just player meta though, and wouldn't necessarily reflect the stats of in-game NPCs. Still clever though.
>>171403
There's no downside to wearing a holy symbol as an undead?
Anonymous
0c30010
?
No.171405
255-2557889_transparent-knight-pathfinder-pathfinder-antipaladin-hd-png-download.png
>>171404
>There's no downside to wearing a holy symbol as an undead?
Not usually, but now that you mention it, Posey has a phobia of them (on the long list of phobias I gave her voluntarily...), so she wouldn't wear it normally. I guess I'll skip that.
>wouldn't necessarily reflect the stats of in-game NPCs. Still clever though.
If he has positive Int, he'd have to be lacking in Cha, Wis, Str, Con, assuming elite stats.

Ponyfinder unicorns paladins could be Int based though, if they took that feat that lets them use Int for melee.
You're right though, it's wrong to assume, but Posey is hubristic and thinks she's smarter than him anyway.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171406
>>171402
I actually don't think that the maker of the viol has ever been named

>>171401
[1d2 = 1]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171407
171408
>>171401
Silver gets a half of a nod out of him
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171408
171411
>>171407
Accordingly, Silver only gives him a half dose of morphine. It should be enough to dull the pain, and he'll stay aware.

"Bleiben Sie still, schöpfen Sie neue Kraft. Wir sind nur hier, um die Bombe zu entschärfen. Wenn Sie wieder zu Kräften kommen, nehmen Sie Ihren Bruder mit und kehren Sie nach Hause zu Ihrer Mutter zurück. Ihr Bienenstock braucht jedes Paar Hufe, das er bekommen kann."
Anonymous
4d89062
?
No.171409
171410
>>171365
I take it this means an opposed roll?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171410
171415
>>171403
>royal guard chain shirt
Can she find one? Likely yes she can. But not for free unless Lament has one

>wooden holy symbol
Better wear it over the shirt and not under

>glow in the dark magic sword
No. It's silver or perhaps platinum plated, but not glow in the dark

>playing with Gloomy
Posey now has a new babysitter, if necessary

>make up
Is she trying to look sexy, or just like she has a pulse?

>The tunnel
As minute details of the layout of the tunnel and the surrounding area can be the difference between life and death, it's probably worth making a few checks

>>171409
It's an open question as to whether Posey's letter even gets to the target in the first place, let alone whether the target is willing to aid a rebel faction, or if he sees through the trap. These things can only ever be decided by secret rolls
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171411
171412
>>171408
The creature does not respond back. Perhaps it can't talk. Perhaps it doesn't want to. And it isn't impossible that it has gone deaf between the shot that grazed its head and the automatic rifle next to it.

Silver hears,
"Sergeant Sword. Sergeant Sword!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171412
171413
>>171411
Before he reacts, can he tell who/where from his name is being called?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171413
171414
>>171412
Down the (short) hall from whence he came. It's the white pegasus corporal.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171414
171758
>>171413
Silver stands up, and goes to the corporal.
Anonymous
4d89062
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No.171415
171416 171417 171422 171424
>>171410
>But not for free
I have just enough gold on my sheet to afford one. It would afford Posey an element of surprise that her griffon bone and leather armor wouldn't. It costs me the last of my gold, but it's worth it. If he mistakes Posey for a knight, she might be able to get some information out of him.
>not glow
Good. That'll make it easier to conceal.
>new babysitter, if necessary
Posey has to spend 8 hours a day not-adventuring to recover arcane spells, and prefers to spend that time with Gloomy. Also, she's very, very, very, very, very possessive of him.
>Is she trying to look sexy, or just like she has a pulse?
Both.
>it's probably worth making a few checks
I guess these are common knowledge checks. I'll roll
Architecture and Engineering:
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]
Dungeoneering
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
History
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
Local
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
Also Search
[1d20+3 = (1+3) = 4]
And a raw Wisdom check, just to get a sense of things:
[1d20+2 = (2+2) = 4]

Ignore the spamrolls if they're not relevant.

>These things can only ever be decided by secret rolls
I guess I'll know if he shows up on the rendezvous night.
Anonymous
4d89062
?
No.171416
>>171415
>Inb4 she gets her hood caught in the tracks and gets hit by a train
Anonymous
65d2595
?
No.171417
>>171415
I guess I'll add a survival roll too.
[1d20+2 = (15+2) = 17]
Anonymous
d4dc36a
?
No.171418
171419
2001__dead+source_safe_artist-colon-hawtkoffee_apple+bloom_scootaloo_sweetie+belle_earth+pony_pegasus_pony_unicorn_g4_armor_christianity_costume_crusader_cut.png
>>171403
>charging smite
Just out of curiosity, how do paladins typically work in this world? Do you use any variants? I take it that ponies in Equestria's Royal Guard (of which I would expect there to be several paladins) and Griffons in the Arcturian Order wouldn't typically have special mounts; would they use Charging Smite or Divine Spirit. The Centaur Paladin from Dragonlance had a similar mechanic to charging smite as well.
Posey would only have experience with the Arcturian paladins. Griffons wouldn't use mounts, but they'd be particularly formidable combatants with charging smite on diving charges, because of the damage doubling, a sort of peregrine falcon build. The Arcturian Paladins seem like cunning military tacticians too, so maybe they'd use the Red Falcon variant.

Ponies haven't had very much need to fight undead, but since they're followers of Celestia I would imagine they'd have access to all of the sun-themed anti-necro stuff that Paladins normally get, such as Pelor's Blessing. Perhaps Paladin Of Light suits ponies of Equestria too, or Solstice Knight.

If course, every paladin is unique, so their builds would vary by individual and order. I'm mostly just curious to hear how mounts are replaced. Divine Spirit and Charging Smite are typical contenders for that.
Anonymous
d4dc36a
?
No.171419
171420
>>171418
I forgot the Religion check to see what Posey knows:
[1d20+9 = (2+9) = 11]
Anonymous
d4dc36a
?
No.171420
171421
>>171419
Why do I keep rolling for things that I could take 10 on?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171421
>>171420
I'll get to Posey Soon(tm), I just have an extraordinary requirement out of work
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171422
171440
>>171368
Amber raises an eye"brow" quizzically. "I can't really say. But, here is one possibility. At a pawn shop I like to frequent, I came across a viol of exquisite make. The owner knew it was somewhat valuable–I paid a hefty price for it–but he really had no idea of its true worth. I like to play music on my off hours–it helps to keep me sane with what I have to go through–and it's now my most prized possession. Could they have learned about the presence of such valuables on the train? Perhaps, they have their ways after all."

Amber seems to be cheerfully eager. "Would you like to see my viol? You look to have an eye for fine craftgriffship."

>>171415
Oof, those rolls
Anonymous
f76386b
?
No.171423
crossover-moment-brought-to-you-by-vkontakte-gang-v0-r4uoizrhnlc81.png

Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171424
171425
>>171415
The tunnel system actually varies significantly. In some areas, it's a nearly circular tunnel bored through the earth. In other areas, it's an almost rectangular shape likely buried in the earth, usually with an arch to support the roof or support beams between the tracks. The tunnel is concrete, presumably steel reinforced.

The tunnels were built under the western part of the town so that trains, especially passenger trains, going along the relatively new rail-line that stretches south towards Blackwater and Saltlickingham - and soon, as far south as Tenochtitlan - will have a rail line that is not crowded with the freight trains that move above and below ground moving freight for the port and industry of the east - and of course to avoid needing to stop for vehicle traffic.

The tunnel starts shortly past union station in a section where the rail line is already somewhat below street level, and turns in a single-line tunnel until it widens into a rectangular section, going a little less than a mile with large opennings for the circulation of air, before briefly opening up to the outside air, turning slightly, and going into a circular segment, that again transforms into a rectangular section that lasts for about a mile before the tunnel ends, and the rail raises to go over a bridge across the Delemare, ultimately to a never completed passenger station, and to Saltlickingham. The oddities of the layout, and especially a few subterranean platforms and "stations," speak to much of the tunnel system being the remnants of a never completed subway system.

For more specific details, pick a specific portion of the tunnel system. As you can tell, it has 4 entrances.
Anonymous
eb211f3
?
No.171425
171427
>>171424
If I pick the innermost subterranean station, could I have specified that in the letter?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171427
171428 171430
>>171425
The "stations" are not listed on any map. There is little reason for the recipient to know of their existence.

Posey would also have to specify the southern or the northern section of the tunnel.
Anonymous
442560b
?
No.171428
171430 171434
>>171427
I should have thought of this before I came up with this plan.
Tbh, the details of the rendezvous point aren't particularly important, so long as it's in an area out of the way with sparse traffic at midnight, and the location obvious enough for Luminous to find his way there. An overhead canopy and dark lighting conditions are just a bonus.
Posey is from up north, so she chooses the northern section.
>There is little reason for the recipient to know of their existence.
Then she specifies the mouth of the tunnel, which should be easy enough for a flying creature to find.
Anonymous
579404a
?
No.171430
171431
>>171427
>>171428
All this said and done, is there anything else I need to specify before it's revealed if Posey's plan works?
Luring him out is the simple part. After this Posey is going to need to fight a flying paladin of indeterminate level.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171431
171432 171433
>>171430
>luring him out is the easy part
Are you so sure? The military, after all, has spent years looking for harmonic stragglers. If all of their vigilance, deceit, and treachery cannot locate them, how can Posey be so certain it's easy to find a griffin in a griffin-stack?
Anonymous
4990c4f
?
No.171432
>>171431
Maybe it's not so simple then... I guess it depends if he takes the bait or not.
I could just go to his place of residence and kill him there, but I would prefer to minimize witnesses, and maybe get some information out of him.
Anonymous
4990c4f
?
No.171433
>>171431
>how can Posey be so certain it's easy to find a griffin in a griffin-stack?
Posey is betting on the idea that Luminous is searching for allies in Equestria, which necessitates that he take risks and present himself to potential allies. If he doesn't take the bait, that'll at least give Posey something to write home about how desperate for personnel the Arcturian Order is right now.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171434
171435
>>171428
While there's technically a couple openings, we know what she means.

Some few hundred yards before a train arrives in Union Station - or rather, a few hundred yards after a train leaves Union Station, going east - there is a switch, wherein a track turns south. A most of the turn occurs outside in a low area. A part of it, however, occurs in a tunnel. This whole line of tracks is lower than the surrounding street level. There is a concrete wall maybe 4 feet high, then above that, vegetation, while slopes up towards what would be street level. Whether there are streets or fields depends the specific point of the rail line. The rail line is mostly a double track, but in this area, it becomes a quadruple line, with the northern most track being a bypass for freight, and the southern most track being the one that curves off to go into the tunnel. The tunnel entrance itself takes in only a single track. The entrance faces Northeast at about a 45 degree angle.
This opening is maybe 80 yards from the far side of the barrier. The tunnel here has grass above it, and slopes gently down, continuing to curve, until the tunnel has curved another 45 degrees. At this point, the track merges with another going southwest, and soon becomes the rectangular kind after maybe 150 yards. Past this another 100 yards is a false station. This area near the entrance curves enough that it's possible to place yourself out of view of the entrance. It's very narrow, not much wider than a train passing through, so you'd rather not be in it when a train comes. Trains must necessarily take the turn slowly, although it's so close to Union Station that you can't go fast anyways. The tracks are a foot above the surrounding dirt on top of massive piles of rocks. Drainage is always an issue, and the tunnel is not well drained. lights exist in the "subway" portion but not in the curve, and one can almost speculate as to whether it was built to cull the homeless population. The sides of the rail lines have bushes, rocks, and juniper trees. The rails are illuminated by what are essentially streetlights on the side.

There may be more that needs to be said, but this is the gist of it.
Anonymous
4990c4f
?
No.171435
171437
>>171434
That's quite a bit of detail. I'll do my best to envision the encounter map (if the encounter ever actually happens; which is a big if).
Anonymous
4990c4f
?
No.171436
171437
(I can't do the encounter tonight though. I gotta sleep)
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171437
171438 171446
depry-hooves.jpg
>>171435
>>171436
I swear I'm finally available
Anonymous
4990c4f
?
No.171438
171439
>>171437
Maybe we can get to it tomorrow then. I have the day off.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171439
171441 171444
>>171438
Let's try

Anything else to set up?

The scene would obviously be dark with obnoxious yellow lights from the streetlights that line the railway. Trains are not so active at midnight.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171440
171563
>>171422
The officer places the phone to his head, and seems to be frustrated by the lack of an answer. He looks to Amber skeptically, as if to say "I'm on to you." He places down the phone, and takes a hold of her viol, peering especially into the center, as if looking for anything hidden within.

"And you mean to tell me rebels would attack over a viol?" he says, in clear disbelief.
Anonymous
d1f276b
?
No.171441
171442
>>171439
Posey casts Undetectable Alignment before entering the scene.
Anonymous
d918251
?
No.171442
>>171441
I believe Posey can chose how she looks, he how she approaches the scene
Anonymous
371f31c
?
No.171444
171447
Double-steel-ball-bola.jpg
>>171439
>Anything else to set up?
With the very last of my gold, I would like to buy a bolas, since it's listed as an archaic weapon and I think it'll help against an enemy who can fly.
Also I really want to lean into the low-tech style of the Dread League, so I might end up doing this whole game without guns.

On the previous day before the rendezvous, Posey casts Detect Magic on the sword she found in the woods again, and tries to determine its caster level and school (I assume CL 5 Evocation, but you never know).
Spellcraft check
[1d20+11 = (20+11) = 31]

>but why use all of these mundane weapons?
Posey intends to open with a melee attack routine, for a number of reasons. First of all, most of Posey's blackweave attacks don't work on paladins (fear), and her remaining spells with saving throws are unlikely to affect them because of high fortitude and will saves. Second of all, if for some reason Luminous decides to make a "tactical retreat" at the beginning of the fight, and he's already seen Posey's dark magic, he might expose Posey's operations to the public, so Posey intends to wound him to soften him up before finishing him off with her most potent spell at this level: Summon Amoebic Crawler, which would summon one or two grapplers to disable him. The longer she can avoid being wounded or casting evil magic, the longer she can keep her disguise. Of course, Luminous would be taking risks reporting her to the military, but being an LG knight he has a lot less to risk than Posey does when it comes to exposure.
Posey expects Luminous to immediately use Detect Evil upon meeting her, because why wouldn't he? Using the Undetectable alignment, she could pose as a neutral agent of the military, which would temporarily deter Luminous from opening with burst-damage smites; this of course only works until Posey is wounded (exposing her necrotic innards) or casts an evil spell, at which Luminous would immediately realize that he's been tricked and will use his smite routine, hopefully not 20 ft in the air, from which he could dematerialize Posey with a charging smite aerial claw attack (especially if he's a charger build with leap attack and battle jump, and has Rhino's Rush prepared). Paladins are a daily-resource gish class, so they can be especially dangerous as single-encounter enemies burning through all of their resources in one fight.

Idk why I'm tactics-dumping. I guess I just had a long time to prepare for this, and I wanted to share.
Anonymous
6d4d098
?
No.171446
171447
>>171437
Are you available today, GM?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171447
171448
>>171446
I will have to leave for some hours eventually, but I'll be back... eventually

>>171444
Bolas obtained

Posey can tell that it is a +2 magic sword, simple enchantment made to a layer of silver that coats the steel blade.

But the real questions are:
What time does she arrive?
Where does she stand in relation to the entrance and the rails?
What does she look like?

Does she look like a medical student? Does she look like a necromancer? Does she dress up to look like August Wreath did? Or like the ELF fighters did? Or like an Arcturian knight looks? Or like what she imagines a paladin would look like? You know she has to get by still more military checkpoints... she'd likely want a coat or overshirt.
Anonymous
6d4d098
?
No.171448
171449 171450
>>171447
>+2 magic sword
Wow, that is more than I expected.
>layer of silver
Posey would have figured this out at some point while she was polishing it as the reflection started hurting... And then stopped polishing it.
I wonder if the PC named Silver Sword would want it.
>What time does she arrive?
With nothing better to do, Posey arrives some hours before the rendezvous point, after putting Gloomy to bed. Maybe around 9 to 11 PM, depending on how long it takes to get there.
>Where does she stand in relation to the entrance and the rails?
Posey stands in shadow, but near enough that she could see any flying creature arrive, and make herself seen if she wishes.
>What does she look like?
Posey looks like a youthful unicorn mare dressed for war, albeit from a bygone age. Her mane is tied back in her war bun (which looks something like Nurse Redheart's bun) instead of her casual braid. She's wearing simple chainmail and a steel cap helmet. This is all beneath her regular black hooded cloak, which gives her a "Mysterious cloaked stranger" look at a distance. Attached her her pack saddle she has a greatsword which probably looks rather large on her, her usual compound bow and quiver, a spell components pouch, as well as a bundle where her net and bolas are tied. She's done her makeup well.
>Or like what she imagines a paladin would look like?
She's trying to look somewhat knightly, as much as a lowly creature of the night can pull off. Her light armor proficiency is putting in the extra miles here.

What's important to mention though is that in spite of everything Posey does to maintain her vanity, she's still undead, with cosmetic mutations to boot. As a half-vampire with a high charisma score, she looks more like a mortal, even after death, but a trained eye might know that something is amiss with her. In the night, having had a good blood intake, she looks vivacious, but perhaps uncannily so. Her skin and snowy coat are flawless, almost glowing in night, her mane looks like a shower of crimson, and her eyes, most strikingly, appear as pools of gold and shine like a predator's (which might reveal that she has Darkvision, depending on how well he rolls); at a glance, she seems more like some sort of spiritual apparition than a corporeal creature.
>she'd likely want a coat or overshirt.
Posey doesn't go anywhere without her cloak.
Anonymous
6d4d098
?
No.171449
>>171448
Posey's disguise mod is +6, although I'm hoping to get the "minor details only" bonus. It's a secret roll, so I guess I'll just have to see how well I do.

Undetectable Alignment lasts 24 hours, so if possible I would have liked to cast it at the end of the previous day (leaving me 6 spell slots to use), but otherwise she'll just cast it before she leaves.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171450
171451
>>171448
The city itself is rather small and could be traversed in an hour or less. This is assuming Posey did not have Mason drive her there, which she surely could. As Posey has surely become all too familiar with by this point, she has to pass through an internal checkpoint. She may as well have some story for what she is doing out, especially as her antique weapons may require explanation. This area of the city is not well known to Posey. Some blocks have apartment buildings, some blocks have wider commerical blocks like cart or car dealerships, and some are parking lots or undeveloped fields. The rail lines are traversed by bridges in areas, and leading towards Union Station, goes into another tunnel.

This section of the city is less active at night than the easternside; whereas in the east, refineries, factories, and freight docks continue through the night, in the norwest of the city, things slow down. Nevertheless, Posey will find she is not alone. Ponies walk by across the opposite side above the tracks. Some walk with purpose, some stumble around, and more than one glances down at the tracks below. Posey sees at least one military patrol move along above and look down to the tracks. Flying creatures do fly above, though not many, and its unclear if the griffin she sees is scouting.

The rail lines themselves are not without activity. A train moves by going into Union Station. At least one train goes through the tunnel itself - a full sized passenger train with green livery, presumably the night train to Tenochtitlan. Have they completed that line already? Freight trains are more common, taking the right most track. One comes by with empty cars. A fully loaded, massive train comes by with cars laden with coal. For all of the mineral wealth of the Southeast, it appears that coal must be imported from further west and north.

If Posey was expecting perfect punctuality at midnight, she is disappointed
Anonymous
6d4d098
?
No.171451
171452 171453
>>171450
>She may as well have some story for what she is doing out, especially as her antique weapons may require explanation
Posey takes 10 on her bluff check (modified 22) to convince them that she's going out to have this set of implements appraised for historical value.
>If Posey was expecting perfect punctuality at midnight, she is disappointed
With nothing better to do, Posey waits for a while. She flickers her lamp every now and then, to draw some attention.
If her mark doesn't show up by ~3:00 AM, she gives a shrug of disappointment, and leaves to lurk the alleys outside the nearest bar to find a drunkard to exsanguinate.
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171452
171453
Screenshot_20240324-154719.png
>>171451
I guess I should roll.
I'm going to roll bluff to deliver a secret message, with the message being vaguely "I'm waiting to meet somepony at midnight!", to get the attention of my mark.
[1d20+12 = (8+12) = 20]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171453
171455
>>171452
>>171451
>find a drunkard to exsanguinate.
concern

The rain from earlier has cleared up, and the half-moon only periodically is covered by clouds. Though not much rain fell, the ground is damp, and most ground that is not covered by rocks is covered by mud. Above the tracks, Posey knows there is movement as a group passes by.

In any event, she does not need to wait until 3:00 AM. If she had a watch on her, she'd see the time was 12:11 AM, although the first signs would appear a minute before that. She can hear the crunching of rocks. A lone figure walks near, though its hard to see from the angle as the figure approaches close to the edge. She knows the figure is not miliatry, because the soldiers never travel, or even stand, alone. She may think that its a homeless stallion, a drifter seeking to ride a freight train out of town, or even a railway worker inspecting the lines, but all doubt is removed when the figure perks up at Posey's words

He must have gone to the other tunnel entrance a few hundred yards away. That is why he walks so close to the edge, and is so hard to see. At least, hard to see from within the tunnel. In the obnoxious yellow light of the street lamps, Posey gets a decent enough look at him. He is a griffin, and his coat is some shade of yellow, almost looking like a chicken. He wears a hat, presumably a fedora, and a large, thick coat, bordering on a trench coat, that is buttoned closed and thick. Now, Posey has seen Arcturian Paladins before. She knows that they have no humility in their dress, and will proudly display their allegiance on their clothing. Either this ain't her guy, he lost his armor, or evading the military required more subtly. Posey does not see any armor, though it's hard to say what is under his coat. He moves his head back and forth, looking, and his leonine tail remains close to his body, flittering about every 15 seconds or so as if in an anxious tick. He looks towards Posey with hazel eyes that don't quite have the angle to reflect the light of the half moon.

"Yes?" The figure says, in a voice at once betraying an accent and anxiety.
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171455
171456
>>171453
Posey flicks her lantern in dimly, illuminating her face. She removes her hood, which would reveal her chain shirt barding. She puts on a stoic, noble expression, hiding her own anxiety.
She gives a bow, her mail rattling.
"Is it you who sought aid of the Knights Of Celestia?" she asks, breaking the ice.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171456
171458
>>171455
He stops abrubtly, then moves closer towards Posey, standing just outside of the entrance. Unless, that is, Posey is outside of the entrance. He's clearly passed his disguise check, as he does not look like a paladin. He's the right age to be a veteran (35ish), but isn't especially well kept, nor does he look very strong.

He replies
"Are you ELF?"
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171458
171460
>>171456
"I've heard of them, and even know a few, but no." Posey replies
"My loyalties lie... elsewhere. I'm not one to divide my devotion, but I am one to help a friend in need."
She looks past the griffon
"Did anypony follow you? I take it you got the letter."
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171459
171460
Gonna roll spot, to check for onlookers
[1d20+4 = (4+4) = 8]
Anonymous
d918251
?
No.171460
171461 171462
>>171459
Seems fine

>>171458
“No. I… to whom then? To whom do your loyalties lie?”
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171461
171463
>>171460
"The Princess of course." Posey says
"Was that not who you were looking for?"
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171462
171463
>>171460
"You are Luminous Grandeur, aren't you?"
Anonymous
d918251
?
No.171463
171464
>>171461
>>171462
“I… uh…” he closes his mouth, and then opens again, and turns his head slightly to look at Posey “Are you August Wreath?”
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171464
171465
>>171463
>Are you August Wreath?
"I am not; sorry to disappoint you. He's a very busy stallion, and he has a lot of ponies who want him, so meetings like this would be quite the risk for him, and his endeavors. I do know him though, rather... intimately."
Anonymous
d918251
?
No.171465
171466
>>171464
I like how Posey is assuming he has a reputation as a whore mongerer
It took me a moment to realize that isn’t even a lie
“I see…” he nods slowly
“No, I am Alluring Grandeur. His nephew. Nephew on another family line. But I know him here in Baltimare. He sent me in his stead as the government will lay traps.”
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171466
171467
>>171465
You might have noticed that Posey has a practice of minimizing overt lies while she's misleading people.

>He sent me in his stead as the government will lay traps.
Posey gives a slow nod
"Your uncle is a wise bird. The government's eyes are everywhere. It's almost as if they're more concerned with good-hearted patriots than they are with the wretched changelings hiding under their noses." she says, through gritted teeth
"Did your uncle have a message to deliver?"
Anonymous
d918251
?
No.171467
171468 171469
>>171466
“Changelings?” He tilts his head, but then continues, as if abandoning the thought. “We wants to meet with your cell. Especially August Wreath.”
Anonymous
d918251
?
No.171468
>>171467
*He wants to meet with your cell
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171469
171470
>>171467
>Changelings
"You don't know of them? They're quite the menace in Equestria. Shapeshifting vermin that could be anywhere at any time... They even captured our princess, which is why I hope that we could help each other."
>“We wants to meet with your cell. Especially August Wreath.”
"That... Could be arranged. I'll need to meet with him first though, because, you know, Changelings, and the government."
Anonymous
d918251
?
No.171470
171471
>>171469
“Could you get Wreath to come to him?” He asks. “He doesn’t have a passport. He cannot travel. Not even to the western part of the city.”

After a pause
“The changelings are not here. They are out west.”
Anonymous
1764d28
?
No.171471
171472
>>171470
>The changelings are not here
Lol, lmao even
Posey gives the griffon a sharp, dead-serious expression, her golden eyes piercing his soul
"The Changelings are everywhere!" she hisses

"Having August meet him... Would be difficult, and I still need to to vet him first. I could arrange to meet him on the eastern side of the city though."
"However, as a token of our trust, perhaps I could show him something he would recognize..."
Posey draws the silver sword out from under her cloak, and levitates it to present it to the griffon
"My most prized possession: a blade forged for the Equestrian Royal Guard. I think Luminous will be impressed by it." She says, as she levitates the 8530 gp piece of collateral to the magpie
"I would like to have it back, but if the the Paladins of the Arcturian Order are as honorable as I hear, I'm more than willing to trust Luminous with returning it."
She says, with a smile as she makes eye contact with the griffon

Also, before I forget to you this ability entirely, I'm going to try to charm him with my gaze
DC 17 vs charm
Anonymous
d918251
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No.171472
171473
>>171471
“Have you ever seen a Changeling?” He starts to argue, and then “Luminous needs to meet with the whole cell, and what is there to vet if-“

His pupils probably double in size as his eyes hone in on the silver sword, which gleams in the yellow light. His beak opens, and his tongue would surely hang out if it were longer. He grabs the sword when he is able, perhaps at risk of cutting his claws. Posey’s completely non-malicious attempt to make eye contact fails, however. His eyes are fixed on the sword.
Anonymous
1764d28
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No.171473
171474
>>171472
Posey wraps the sword in fabric as she hands it to him. She attempts to force eye contact.
"Take this sword to your uncle and tell him to return it to me later, so I can speak to him about meeting August. Our cell has only survived because we've taken such strict precautions against the changelings and the military: as we say, 'trust, but verify'. This sword is my way of saying that I trust him; I hope he'll do the same."

GM, where would be a nice, isolated location on the eastern side of the city, where a unicorn mage could murder a griffin in the night and get away with it?
Anonymous
d918251
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No.171474
171475 171480 171481
>>171473
>murder date locations
Abandoned factory is the first thing that comes to mind, but there are many options. A church? Another underground tunnel? A pier? An unused theater? A hospital? Derelict apartments? A hotel? What kind of privacy would she like? Does it simply need to be a place with no witnesses? Does it need to not allow the sounds of fighting and screams? Gunshots? Or some location where her being found would not be suspicious at all?

He looks down at the sword, then back up to Posey.
“He wants to meet with the cell directly… but I will see what I can persuade him to do.”
Anonymous
1764d28
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No.171475
171476 171477 171483
>>171474
>Abandoned factory
That works
>A church?
Maybe the abandoned one that the ziggers were squatting in. I think that's on the Western side though.
Posey prefers to avoid churches otherwise.
>What kind of privacy would she like? Does it simply need to be a place with no witnesses? Does it need to not allow the sounds of fighting and screams?
Enough to shout the verbal components of a spell without witnesses, preferably.
Preferably with concrete, stone, or metal floors, but anything will do.

I guess this might warrant a knowledge (local) check... I really should take 10 for a 13, but...
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
Can Posey, who's only been in the city for about a week, on the fly think of a single place that meets most of those above factors? I thought of the tunnel because I knew Baltimore had tunnels irl.
Anonymous
1764d28
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No.171476
6028a653d1a2b6d17671a96f4b6c7fe6.jpg
>>171475
Based Nerull, guiding me to suitable murder locations.
Anonymous
1764d28
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No.171477
>>171475
(I am requesting that GM pick a good encounter location for me. If this is too much to ask, just say so.)
Anonymous
c80d1e5
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No.171478
I think I'm gonna go to bed now. Would be glad to continue this during the week.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171479
171480
Is she not going to reply to him?
Anonymous
c80d1e5
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No.171480
>>171479
I was going to wait until I figured out where to meet Luminous next for that. She intends to set up another meetup right now.
>>171474
"Do your best to convince him. It's rather risky to meet in these trying times, but it's for a good cause."

Sleeping now
Anonymous
32f9d84
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No.171481
171482 171485
>>171474
Oh, how could I forget the most important ingredient in deception: Flattery.

Posey looks the griffon up and down and puts on an impressed smile.
"You know, you look quite dashing with that sword, it matches your golden feathers. You take after your uncle well, putting your life on the line and coming out here for the sake of the protection of others. Perhaps in another life, you might've been a Paladin like him."

Rolling bluff to butter him up
[1d20+12 = (20+12) = 32]
Anonymous
32f9d84
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No.171482
1966247__safe_screencap_twilight+sparkle_alicorn_pony_g4_starlight+the+hypnotist_spoiler-colon-interseason+shorts_animated_crazy+face_cropped_evil+laugh_faic_fe.gif
>>171481
Hahaha... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171483
171484
>>171475
I'm on a knife's edge about the best location for Posey's confrontation, so I think I will leave the decision to Posey

Posey knows very little of Baltimare and its buildings. Really, she knows only what Lament and Debride and their respective associates have told her. And yet, through these sources, she knows of two different locations that are just perfect for this occassion.

Now, Posey has respect for ostentation and understands the value of performance. A warehouse, a big factory, a pier or a theater would be splendid for the dramatic value alone. But at the end of the day, all she really needs to produce is the corpse of a dead griffin. And to that end, she is best off minimizing the advantages of her enemies - narrow confines to maximize her power as a melee fighter, and to negate the power of her enemies to fly, charge, and especially to use ranged weapons from behind cover. To that end, she needs a location that is large and made of small and sealed off rooms with big corridors. There are two candidates

One, she has learned of from Debride. The Traveller Hospital, located in the Eastside district, east of the city center, near Cowtown, and not far north of Red Heart, was in use until the citywide revolt last year. The Military swears up and down that the ponies that were machinegunned as they tried to escape through the second-floor windows from the fire and smoke within were not civilians seeking refuge, but were in fact anarchist holdouts who had been offered multiple opportunities to surrender; all the same, the foreign newspapers published that a "massacre" of over 50 ponies and other creatures had occurred. While the northern part of the building is fairly burnt out and fire damaged, the south and center are not. Some floors have collapsed from artillery fire and bombs, but most of steel reinforced concrete structure has not.

In the south of the Hoebuck district, beside Horseshoe bay, is an odd structure that has variously served as a fortress, a home for single mothers, a military prison, and in semi-recent history, a mare's jail: 33 Hoebuch. But Posey, and all of East Equestria knows it as the location where a "cult" lived, congregated, and held ritual sacrifices of unfortunate ponies and immigrants to Maar and other dark gods - so say the newspapers They did, at least, until mercenaries hired by Customs cleared them out only a bit more than a week ago, killing dozens, and sending still more to the Griffonian Inquisition. Lament and Day Low Rain still reel from the loss of close associates. The building itself is presumably derelict, and oddly well preserved through the capture of the city and the subsequent revolt.

Both sites are large, labyrinthian concrete structures with basements and at least one courtyard, full of small rooms and long hallways with low-enough ceilings.
Anonymous
53b4643
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No.171484
171485
>>171483
The Hospital is a place of healing: a place that secretive paladins would hide, making it less likely for Luminous to suspect something. The history of anarchists being massacred presents the potential for a haunting presence, which could be a terrain advantage...
It has the benefit of being less suspicious.

33 Hoebuch is the site of dark rituals, and if it was cleared out only a week ago, it may still house dark powers within it from recent desecration, along with a haunting presence from restless spirits of the cultists. The presence of cultists means that negative energies were being channeled there, which could bolster Posey's negative energy powers. Posey has never successfully killed a paladin before, so she's wary of fighting him at full strength. The site of the cult may also yield hidden treasures that the mercenaries missed, which Posey would like to investigate.
The downside is that it's a far more suspicious location, and if dark powers linger in the area then Luminous would absolutely sense them as soon as he enters the grounds, which would make him suspicious as to why a paladin would lead him there. Posey could possibly lie her way through it though, chalking it up to as "testing his devotion and commitment to face evil" if he asks questions; afterall, tackling the darkness in the world is the favorite passtime of paladins. If Luminous remains unconvinced, that might be all the better, as once he realizes that he's been tricked he'd be unlikely to flee, not when he's got his archenemy right in front of him and a new silver sword to test...

33 Hoebuch it is then.

"Tell Luminous to meet me at 33 Hoebuch, in two day's time at midnight, and to return this sword to me there. Tell him to dress to impress, as I'll be vetting him for how worthy he is to meet with August, should we join our forces in the crusade against the darkness. If all goes well, he'll be able to meet with our entire cell very shortly."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171485
171486
>>171481
The griffin looks down at the sword in his claws, and visibly shivers. His feathers rise and puff out. He stares at the sword and contemplates in fear and trembling.

>>171484
"Crusade of Darkness? Are thought you guys were against the Republicans?"
Anonymous
53b4643
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No.171486
>>171485
Posey gives a little gigglesnort
"You're funny." She remarks
"Anyways, thank you for coming out here tonight. That'll be enough for you, I wouldn't want to keep you out too long. You've done well." She says, waving her hoof as she turns to step away

I gotta sleep again
Anonymous
f4a50a3
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No.171487
171488 171489
"Hey, GM, I'm gonna captain this ship out of Baltimare to the Caribouibbean. He can do that right? Right?!"
Anonymous
d918251
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No.171488
171489
>>171487
Now roll for navigation…
>rolls a 1
Anonymous
ec662d3
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No.171489
818072_WP.jpeg
>>171487
>>171488
Orcus take the wheel
[1d20 = 4]
Anonymous
7b47cfe
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No.171490
171492
Before the night is over, I would like for Posey to visit 33 Hoebuch, even if just to scout out the perimeter.
Anonymous
c477506
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No.171492
171494
>>171490
If Posey does not see anything immediately at the site, she'll patrol the perimeter, and cast some of the following spells:
>Detect Undead
>Detect Magic
If she detects any auras, she investigates further. If not, she simply uses her Negative Energy Burst and six uses of Rebuke Undead to flood the site with negative energy (because you never know with atrocity calls to unlife, sometimes they need a bit of extra juice to get them going).
Anonymous
c477506
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No.171494
171495
Spoilered
>>171492
Oh wait, Detect Undead wouldn't let me detect a haunting presence, would it?
It's a shame I didn't get a chance to properly investigate those haunts in the vampire lair due to the fight. They could have been useful to keep around. There's always next time though.
Anonymous
48d54cf
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No.171495
171496
>>171494
>It's a shame I didn't get a chance to properly investigate those haunts in the vampire lair due to the fight
Yes, especially after I made each unique

>Detect magic
The lingering remnants of what were surely once alarms, locked doors, and various rituals...

>Detect Undead
>Haunting Presence
There are no proper zombies, nor undead here. At least, not anymore. This is a location with a long history, and many sorrows, most of which predate and are not associated with the recent cult activity.
Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171496
171497
2908964__safe_female_pony_solo_oc_mare_oc+only_simple+background_smiling_transparent+background_looking+at+you_tongue+out_bat+pony_bipedal_one+eye+cl.png
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>>171495
Posey dumps some negative energy into the site just because, and then goes home.
She spends the next day resting to recover arcane spells, and doing her regular work to prepare research for the university. She sharpens her dagger and her spear to make them look more presentable, and polishes the arrows in her quiver. She spends most of the day spoiling Gloomy, as usual, telling him ominous stories and educating him in the dark arts, while attending to his medical needs. She does her best to rehearse her persona of an Equestrian knight, trying on various hairstyles without the use of a mirror (whether or not she shows in then or not, she's kind of afraid of them), with Gloomy's help. She does her yoga routine to promote circulation and eliminate any traces of rigor mortis, and she makes sure her fur is properly brushed and fluffy.
Like any wise necromancer, she waits patiently for her enemy to do her work for her, before setting out to her second (hopefully final) rendezvous for her mark. The day before she casts Undetectable Alignment (which lasts for 24 hours).
Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171497
171498
914338__suggestive_solo_female_oc_clothes_oc+only_solo+female_dock_ass_sweat_shirt_midriff_the+ass+was+fat_shorts_thunder+thighs_tanktop_raised+eyebr.png
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>>171496
This time, Posey stays the entire night, no matter how long it takes for the griffon to show up. She remains vigilant, intent on spotting her mark before she is spotted herself.

Taking 10, Posey's passive Spot and Listen checks are both 14. Posey has Darkvision and Low-light vision.
Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171498
171499 171550 171569
2265815__safe_female_pony_oc_oc+only_simple+background_male_earth+pony_monochrome_human_comic_white+background_eyes+closed_dialogue_grayscale_chest+f.png
>>171497
Fuck it, I'm going to roll to see from what distance i can spot him
Spot
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
Listen
[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
Anonymous
48d54cf
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No.171499
171500
>>171498
The duality of dice rolls
Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171500
>>171499
Does Posey see him coming?
Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171502
1411536__safe_saffron+masala_solo_female_pony_mare_clothes_unicorn_smiling_open+mouth_eyes+closed_jewelry_underhoof_piercing_ear+piercing_earring_abs.jpeg

Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171503
3066616__explicit_fluttershy_female_pony_solo_mare_clothes_nudity_pegasus_smiling_blushing_cute_looking+at+you_solo+female_nipples_wings_vulva_spread.png
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Posting lewd yoga horses while await response, because why not?
Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171504
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Anonymous
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No.171505
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Anonymous
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No.171506
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Anonymous
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No.171507
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Anonymous
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No.171508
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Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171509
1355042__safe_rarity_solo_clothes_smiling_looking+at+you_monochrome_traditional+art_socks_sketch_prone_partial+nudity_bottomless_stretching_yoga_arti.jpeg
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Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171510
988079__explicit_solo_female_pony_oc_oc+only_nudity_pegasus_penis_vulva_solo+focus_disembodied+penis_female+focus_yoga_artist-colon-smallandnaughty_o.png
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Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171511
2724664__explicit_blossomforth_female_pony_solo_mare_nudity_pegasus_smiling_looking+at+you_solo+female_vulva_edit_anus_dialogue_high+res_ponut_grin_c.png
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Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171512
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Anonymous
7c44784
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No.171513
171569
dashie_stretch_by_kooner01-d4hdrl9.png
Rolling Dexterity to stretch
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]
Anonymous
5f0d96a
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No.171514
171518
1101449__safe_blossomforth_solo_simple+background_transparent+background_vector_absurd+resolution_flexible_hurricane+fluttershy_contortionist.png
So, does Luminous show up while Posey is tying herself in a knot?
Anonymous
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No.171516
171518
2984572__safe_female_pony_solo_oc_oc+only_pegasus_wings_bust_floppy+ears_ponified_portrait_derpibooru+exclusive_original+species_makeup_eyeshadow_loo.png

Anonymous
01b81df
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No.171517
171518
3086337__safe_female_pony_mare_earth+pony_looking+at+you_weapon_armor_shield_axe_threat_chainmail_artist-colon-uteuk_mount+and+blade.jpg
I will note that Posey's overall AC is the same wearing chain shirt (22), but her Touch AC is reduced to 14.

Just letting GM know, in case there's a surprise round attack.
Anonymous
48d54cf
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No.171518
171531
>>171516
>>171514
>>171517
Soon(TM), I'm just a little occupied with a couple other things
Anonymous
01b81df
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No.171519
stigmata start bleeding suddenly
"Huh... That's odd. Guess I've had a bit too much lately. He's so sweet though. I should buy him some chocolate before I get back."
Anonymous
4bad05e
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No.171530
Oh, GM, one more preparation for Posey.
Posey leaves all of her magic items (scroll, mask, totem) at the manor, to prevent any additional evil auras from being detected after she casts Undetectable Alignment.

If it's too late to do that, just ignore this.
Anonymous
103c00f
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No.171531
171532
6277310__safe_artist-colon-kabayo_imported+from+ponybooru_earth+pony_pegasus_pony_unicorn_necromancer_pencil+drawing_skull_traditional+art.jpg
>>171518
Maybe this week?
Anonymous
0e38eb2
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No.171532
Twilight - demon.png
>>171531
>Necromancer pic
Reeeeeeee
Anonymous
6670ca0
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No.171533
171534 171542
1140249__safe_pony_oc_oc+only_male_earth+pony_dragon_foal_colt_table_hair+over+one+eye_story+included_boop_red+eyes_horns_bone_skull_artist-colon-fic.png
1162022__safe_pony_oc_clothes_oc+only_male_earth+pony_horn_dragon_foal_colt_glowing+eyes_femboy_story+included_boop_red+eyes_horns_trap_exclamation+p.png
Posey casts Chill Touch, as she waits for Luminous. This should give her half a dozen boops to expend during combat.
Spells in use:
>Undetectable Alignment
>Chill Touch
Anonymous
8fb1075
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No.171534
171535
image.png
>>171533
Boops are haram
Anonymous
5902714
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No.171535
>>171534
Good. I revel in the apostasy.
Is this enough to summon the paladin?
Anonymous
fe67132
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No.171537
6378481__safe_pony_unicorn_aggie-dot-io_armor_bone_book_clothes_female_frown_knight_magic_mare_necromancer_necromancy_simple+background_skeleton_sword_weapon.png

Anonymous
fe67132
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No.171538
2973111__safe_female_pony_oc_oc+only_clothes_unicorn_earth+pony_monochrome_magic_grayscale_night_moon_black+and+white_wip_fight_cloak_bone_staff_skel.jpg

Anonymous
fe67132
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No.171539
171540
6237562__safe_artist-colon-neuro_oc_oc+only_oc-colon-anon_earth+pony_human_pony_undead_zombie_zombie+pony_armor_book_clothes_duo_female_guardsmare_helmet_magic_.png
6237563__safe_artist-colon-neuro_oc_oc+only_oc-colon-anon_earth+pony_human_pony_undead_zombie_zombie+pony_armor_book_clothes_dialogue_duo_female_guardsmare_helm.png
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6237565__safe_artist-colon-neuro_oc_oc+only_oc-colon-anon_earth+pony_human_pony_undead_zombie_zombie+pony_armor_bed_clothes_duo_female_fire_guardsmare_helmet_ho.png
6237566__safe_artist-colon-neuro_oc_oc+only_oc-colon-anon_earth+pony_human_pony_undead_zombie_zombie+pony_2+panel+comic_armor_cliff_clothes_comic_crying_dialogu.png
Any news on when we can resume, GM?
Anonymous
00a2f06
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No.171540
171541
>>171539
Uh... Soon?

Hoebuck street is not a part of the full grid pattern, but rather is at an angle to the main road, veering off slightly eastward as the harbor curves in on itself. Posey finds the location of 33 Hoebuck to the right of the road going northward, with a long warehouse on the other side. The building of 33 Hoebuck is rather large and long itself, occupying most of the lot, which is a longer lot than those provided by the grid pattern. From the few glimpes Posey can gain beyond the structure to the left and the right, she can see that it is on the water, with a space of perhaps 100 feet of what is supposed to be grass between the structure and some sort of seawall.

The structure itself is hardly a single structure, but three fused together. On the far right/south, is the tallest portion of the building with a stone exterior and four stories tall, in a kind of rectangular shape. It has many small windows, though it looks almost like a castle or fortress with how otherwise solid it appears. Then the central section is long and shorter. It is made from a darker brick. It is about 3 stories tall, though the highest floor only has windows periodically and has a higher roof. The windows on this section are much larger, though most are closed off. It almost resembles a hospital. Then finally, the last section is taller and made of bright red bricks, also a rectangular shape. This part resembles a factory, with very high ceilings, the long windows that span half the width of the section (and are mostly covered), and a large smoke stack. At the left most end of the structure, is a loading dock covered by corrugated metal, and accessible from a concrete driveway. Between the street and the structure are a few parking spaces and a slate walkway leading up to a door on the central structure, though most of the front portion of the lot is former grass with scattered trees. The trees are barren for the winter, and the grass is brown and in many places muddy or clearly damaged by the tire tracks of several large vehicles. There are a few street lamps on this street providing an obnoxious yellow light, though the street is less well lit than most Posye has seen.
Anonymous
4422505
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No.171541
171542 171544 171569
>>171540
Posey decides to survey the area for a suitable location to lead Luminous to once he arrives.
Preferably, one with a low ceiling and few routes of escape (the smaller the room, the better).
This is one of those rare instances where being in close quarters with a melee-based enemy might be an advantage to her as a spellcaster, since paladins are such deadly chargers (especially flying paladins with claws).

Posey plans to explain to Luminous that she told him to come here to demonstrate the necessity of their work (they, being paladins).If this area was recently channeling corrupt energies, Luminous will likely sense that as soon as he approaches the building. Posey looks for any summoning circles, symbolism, artwork or other gruesome scenes that would exemplify the cult's desecration of the site.
Rolling Search, to look for the above factors (as well as any treasure, secret doors or bones left behind by the cult).
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
Anonymous
4422505
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No.171542
171543
>>171541
That's obviously a fail.
>>171533
I think I may have misunderstood how chill touch works... Nevermind this.
Anonymous
4422505
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No.171543
171544
70573ee6728ff794c60d03f1a24ad6c5.gif
>>171542
Rules compendium
>If a spell allows its caster to make multiple attacks and has a casting time of 1 standard action, all those attacks occur during that standard action. The caster uses the highest applicable attack bonus for each attack in such a case.
Wait, Chill Touch doesn't store boops you can deliver over the course of several rounds, it gives you multiple boops that you can use in one action.
Wtf, I've been casting Inflict Light Wounds and Bestow Wound, like a complete idiot. Arcane Casters get the good stuff.
Appears to be a vestige of the transition between 3.0 and 3.5e.
Anonymous
00a2f06
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No.171544
171545
1511074225564.gif
>>171543
>multiple boops
If Posey had a soul, she'd go straight to Tartarus

>>171541
How small are we talking about here?

The most obvious room that comes to mind is a cafeteria on the first level of the middle section, not far from the entrance. It has some movable chairs, is a little long, but has a low roof. There is a workshop secton in the factory with many fixed benches to either side and a higher ceiling. An old... what looks like a chapel, on the third floor of the middle section. Long room, high ceilings. An internal atrium in the southern section. A medium sized open room with a few barrels that appears to have been raided by the police on the second level. A medium sized dormitory room with bunk beds in the southern section. And if Posey wants an actually small room - like, no room for charging - there are bedrooms, bathrooms, and an undergound section.

Posey gets the decided impression that the police and customs have done their dirty work here. Many items have obviously been removed, but Posey recognizes the Kolovrat of the Maarist religion in multiple places, like in bedrooms or the cafeteria, and paintings on the floor of distant star systems important to the esotericism in the chapel. Posey thinks she finds blood in several areas, and definitely finds fire damage in the chapel and the atrium.
Anonymous
4422505
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No.171545
171546
>>171544
>How small are we talking about here?
It doesn't really matter. It just needs to be indoors, preferably with no windows, ideally with only one or two doors to exit.
>cafeteria
>bedrooms
>chapel
All these locations seem fine. Posey will consider luring Luminous to one of them.
Posey takes more of all of the sites, and rehearses what she'll say to Luminous as she passes.

Btw, I'm going to have to go in one or two hours. I won't be back until the evening, but I'll try to post.
Anonymous
00a2f06
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No.171546
171547
>>171545
>>171545
The odd, oblong shaped room on the second level of the center building, or the oddly shaped room beneath the first floor come to mind
Anonymous
4422505
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No.171547
>>171546
Okay, Posey will lead him there.
The next night, Posey patiently waits for Luminous to arrive.
Anonymous
fcef6c8
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No.171548
Okay, I have to know, does Luminous show up?
Anonymous
fcef6c8
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No.171549
>it's midnight in GM time
Oh well...
Anonymous
00a2f06
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No.171550
171551 171552 171556 171559
>>171498
Posey can't hear shit, save for the sounds of the city like the passing of cars, diesel engines, and what must be the sounds of loading and off loading of freight. Through small windows in the warehouse, Posey can see that there is movement going on inside that structure across the street, and several ponies and griffins move along the opposing side of the street.

Then Posey sees two griffins, one of which she can recognize as the yellow griffin, Alluring Granduer. But with him is a second griffin... An Ivory white griffin with a leather jacket. The two are not proceeding at a steady pace, but are arguing with each other, and they stop on the road just outside the center of the property
Anonymous
0a46437
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No.171551
>>171550
I really should be getting sleep rn, but...
>there's two of them
Great...
Posey steps outside the building. She doesn't make eye contact or approach, but she makes herself visible to the two. She lets her chainmail glisten in the obnoxious yellow light.
Anonymous
0a46437
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No.171552
171569
>>171550
Do either of them appear to be carrying the sword?
Anonymous
0a46437
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No.171556
171557 171559 171569
>>171550
I guess I'll roll bluff (innuendo) to flag down the Griffons without causing a disturbance visible to the others.
[1d20+12 = (1+12) = 13]
Anonymous
0a46437
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No.171557
GKbLZZ8aIAAIqCc-1.jpg
>>171556
Why do I keep doing this to myself? Why do I keep rolling for things in non-combat scenarios where I would succeed by taking 10?
Anonymous
30914cf
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No.171559
171560 171569
>>171550
While I wait for the results of my screw up, I'll try to make a spot check to get a good look at them. See what they're carrying (any weapons, armor, etc).
[1d20+4 = (7+4) = 11]
>>171556
Posey failed this check by 3
>You can use Bluff to get a message across to another character without others understanding it. The DC is 15 for simple messages, or 20 for complex messages, especially those that rely on getting across new information. Failure by 4 or less means you can’t get the message across. Failure by 5 or more means that some false information has been implied or inferred. Anyone listening to the exchange can make a Sense Motive check opposed by the Bluff check you made to transmit in order to intercept your message (see Sense Motive).
Anonymous
30914cf
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No.171560
>>171559
*by 2
Anonymous
4b2543a
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No.171561
171569
I'm also going to roll listen, to try to hear what they're arguing about
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171563
171564 171573
>>171440
If he was hoping to find any contraband inside, he would be disappointed.
"Perhaps not to hear its music–" Amber chortles at that– "but to sell it to a collector for a hefty sum, and use that money to fund their efforts. It's similar to the train robberies that happen regularly in the more lawless parts of the world."

Amber turns the instrument over, to show the hard-to-make-out but visible signature of the maker. "It's a true rarity, with very few of its kind still around today. The original owner was either a fool or desperate to have pawned it off for so little. With the troubles that Katerinburg is going through, many long-held treasures are being sold or smuggled out. There may well be others of equal or greater worth on the train. I wouldn't know, but your customs officers might. That is, if they look hard enough–and don't try to enrich themselves." Amber leans back, awaiting an answer.

Baltimare is a big place. Are there rules in place for the amount of time needed to traverse the city, especially without a car?
Anonymous
4b2543a
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No.171564
>>171563
DMG has basic overland movement rules. Cityscape goes into further detail for traversing urban environments.
Anonymous
4b2543a
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No.171565
Jaccuse_1938.jpg
(if you want to travel faster, become undead. You can run indefinitely and have no penalties for a forced march)
Anonymous
c295587
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No.171567
cutie mark sparkles
"That's another odd sign... Must be some ambient Equestrian magic..."
Anonymous
5563873
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No.171568
171569
Can we do it this week GM?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171569
171570 171575
>>171568
Yes.

>>171559
>rolls a nat 1
>Noooo it's onlt a failure by 3!
Uh huh

>>171556
In trying to open a window and stick her hoof through it, Posey dislodges the window from its frame, causing it to fall and shatter loudly.

>>171541
>Rolling Search, to look for the above factors (as well as any treasure, secret doors or bones left behind by the cult).
Whatever secrets and horrors have been left behind by the cult, Posey has not found what the mercenaries and police have not.

>>171552
Yes. It's actually Alluring Granduer. Griffin two is seen shoving the sword towards him. It isn't clear if griffin 2 had the sword and gave to to Alluring, or if Alluring attempted to give it to Griffin 2, but it was rejected.

>>171513
Oh my...

>>171498
The warehouse is active, or at least, there are figures through the window.

>>171561
>rolling listen again after already failing listen

The griffins stop arguing when they hear the glass shatter, but Posey can tell that griffin 2 is displeased with Alluring
Anonymous
5563873
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No.171570
171571
>>171569
>fall and shatter loudly
"Oh, hahaha, clumsy me..."
>Griffin two is seen shoving the sword towards him. It isn't clear if griffin 2 had the sword and gave to to Alluring, or if Alluring attempted to give it to Griffin 2, but it was rejected.
Hmmm... Looks like they brought the collateral. It appears Luminous may be trying to treat Alluring as his page again though.
>The griffins stop arguing when they hear the glass shatter, but Posey can tell that griffin 2 is displeased with Alluring
Posey awkwardly waves at them. Trying to look less corpse-like.
I guess this'll be a diplomacy roll, for first impressions.
[1d20+6 = (16+6) = 22]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171571
171572 171575 171576
>>171570
Griffin 2 sighs, almost defeated, looks down, and seems to start down the path towards the building
Anonymous
5563873
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No.171572
171575 171579 171583
>>171571
Hooray!
Posey's first order of business will be to attempt to charm them with her gaze as soon as they come into range.

Posey moves towards the door and bows as the griffons approach, her chainmail glistening in the amber light.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Sir Luminous Grandure. I welcome you to Equestria, on behalf of Celestia's Holy Knights."
She looks, with a warm smile, her enchanting golden eyes shimmering
"We've much to discuss. Come in."

I would love to stay up and begin the dialogue, but I have to be at work in 7 hours...
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171573
171577
>>171563
He looks back at Amber, and pauses for a moment

"It was an attempted robbery, you say. Simple, or to support the rebels."
Anonymous
b5fc67c
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No.171575
171578
>>171572
>>171569
Okay, I'm awake now.

Is the white one wearing any armor?
>>171571
"Ah, I see that you've returned the sword. I was right to trust you."
Anonymous
93fa790
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No.171576
171578
>>171571
How far away are they?
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171577
171691
>>171573
Amber's warmth dissipates as she stares at the investigator. "Like I believe I said, I had a train to run and didn't have time to interrogate the bandit as we held him under arrest, so I can go only by assumption. You have that luxury and can get at his real motives. He likely knows something."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171578
171580
>>171575
>armor
Posey can't tell. He's wearing a leather jacket

>>171576
This depends on where Posey is. They are maybe 50 feet away from the entry door in the center of the middle portion of the structure. If she's at the second floor window as I assume she was, then she's.... 70 or so feet away diagonally down and to the right?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171579
>>171572
Griffin 2 is not talkative, and has a rather grave expression on his face. He looks around side to side at his surroundings. His head tends to point low, but his eyes do not. Alluring follows behind, holding his claws close to his body, and with a clearly unsettled expression.
Anonymous
3ca84d4
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No.171580
171581 171582
>>171578
Posey hops out of the window.
Rolling to jump
[1d20+5 = (4+5) = 9]
>why
Because i think it would look cool.
Anonymous
3ca84d4
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No.171581
171582
>>171580
>fail
Posey takes fall damage, although half of it is subdual, do not much.
[1d6 = 4]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171582
171583 171584 171586
>>171580
>>171581
https://youtu.be/4hpbK7V146A?t=4

Perhaps in the summer time there would be bushes to help break the fall. Not now.

The griffins stare
Anonymous
b43ce15
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No.171583
>>171582
After that, Posey awkwardly dusts herself off, and attempts a less-graceful version of this dialogue >>171572 >>171575
Anonymous
b43ce15
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No.171584
171587
dav55r5-e993f016-cd74-4492-9c9e-4326081c8415-1.png
This is all part of my plan: surely this ditzy, clumsy mare couldn't be an Necromancer assassin in disguise.

"I didn't think it would break that easily..." Posey says, with a groan
And then, to finish off her act, she puts a hoof to one of her bruises and heals 1 HP of damage with her "lay on hands" (Charnel Touch).
>>171582
Posey steps towards the griffons. She shuts her eyes momentarily, as if concentrating.
"..... No malign Aura from either of you. That's a good start." she opens her eyes and smiles
"Welcome to Equestria."
Her chainmail rattles
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171585
picks the broken glass out of her chainmail
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171586
>>171582
Do they say anything?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171587
171588
>>171584
>This is all part of my plan: surely this ditzy, clumsy mare couldn't be an Necromancer assassin in disguise.
HAHA Noble Paladin! I was simply pretending to be retarded to make you drop your guard! It worked, didn't it!

Alluring moves the sword towards Griffin 2, but Griffin 2 doesn't seem to be looking that way, and Alluring pulls it back closer to himself. Indeed, his limbs are all close to himself, including his tail, in a guarded posture.

Griffin 2 looks over towards Posey, cringing at the moment of the fall, but otherwise resuming a somewhat uphappy but resolved look.

"I've been here two years..." He says, almost under his breath. He turns his head to look behind him, first at the end of the street, and then through the windows of the warehouse behind him. Then he looks up at the structure, through the empty window Posey came from, and along the windows of the first and second floor. He looks back to Posey, and asks
"Where are we?"
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171588
171589
1130888__safe_artist-colon-kanashiipanda_lightning+dust_rainbow+dash_pegasus_pony_g4_battle+tendency_comic_dialogue_esidesi_esidisi_jojo27s+bizarre+adventure_jo (1).png
>>171587
>"Where are we?
Posey's expression turns seriously.
"We are at the site of a grave evil: where just over a week ago, a cult of Maar was uprooted." She says, waving her hoof towards her building
"I can tell by your expression that it's unnerving. I brought you here to judge your reaction, and demonstrate to you the importance that our cell serve. We've been forced to operate from the shadows for long now, and in our absence, evil has begun to fester uncontrolled, and depraved lunatics like this could practice their fell sorcery in the backyards of peaceful ponies."
She takes a step
"You can feel it can't you? That eerie presence? This cult operates for months, under the nose of law enforcement, with nopony to sniff out the evil."
She gives a wistful sigh
"And in spite of that, it's still a rather secluded place to meet somepony, or, somecreature without the pesky eye of the military. Come." She steps towards the entrance of the building, on the ground floor this time.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171589
171590
>>171588
>waving her hoof towards her building
>her building
I actually kind of like that she's claiming ownership

The griffin continues looking about. He steps into the threshold, but doesn't actually go through. He continues to look behind him, having a strong distrust of both the interior of the building itself, but also the street behind him.

"Are you the ones who cleared it?" He asks
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171590
171591
>>171589
I meant *the building
>"Are you the ones who cleared it?"
"I would have loved to have been here for that, but no..." Posey says, drooping her head as if defeated
"It was handled by a band of mercenaries who worked on behalf of local officials: I guess the military does care about stamping out evil once it interferes with productivity. They did a sloppy job, but a thorough one." she says
"Or cell, has had to lay low... The temptation to strike evil as we see it is so painfully to pass up, but but right now we have far greater priorities, such as..." (intentional pause to prompt curiosity)
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171591
171592
>>171590
The griffin steps through, and looks at Posey with golden eyes that mirror her own

"And what might that be?"
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171592
171593
>>171591
"The rescue of our princesses." She says
".. It's a thing I hoped to speak with you about today. You see, the Holy Knights of Equestria are in need of... Friends. And from the stories I've heard about you, your cell is in need as well. I recon you knew this though, so let's talk about that."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171593
171594
>>171592
He closes his beak for a moment, but then makes one "heh" laugh

"You're an awful long way away, and more than a few ponies short for that, aren't you?"
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171594
171595
>>171593
"Yes." Posey says flatly
"And as for that holy bastion your comrades vanguard I'm northern griffonia; I heard it's recently been putting out calls for personnel across the globe, hasn't it?"
She gestures to the sword
"That sword, it was forged from silver, for the purpose of slaying vampires. The Knights Of Celestia know well the horrors of the walking dead; they're so few in Equestria due to our service, and the grace of the Sun Princess."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171595
171596
>>171594
"That is..." He pauses for a moment, and looks back towards Alluring, who has the sword.

"My understanding..." He looks back towards Posey
"What are you implying?"
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171596
171597 171598
>>171595
"What I'm saying is, if the call came, the knights of Celestia would be ready to fight against the dead, but now, they are at an impass."
She looks towards the griffon
"I can't speak for all of the cells, but I know that right now, what the cells seek is a path forward, a beacon of hope, a path towards the light. Should they hear of a means to free the princess, they would surely reunite and charge on their crusade, and the Arcturian order would have the knights of Celestia at its service, and potentially even the princess itself." she continues
"And so I ask you, is the Arcturian Order prepared to help find that path forward, should it make contact with the cell?"

(This is the part where I get good pony points from master, for extracting crucial intelligence from Luminous before killing him)
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171597
>>171596
>itself
*herself
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171598
171599
>>171596
There's a sort of slow nod
"You say you can stop death itself, but you couldn't stop your princess from getting captured, could you?"

He breathes in, then breathes out
"I can't really speak for the Arcturian Order. They've kept themselves neutral in all of the politics around the Griffin throne, and in that I am proud but uh... Well" He looks away
Anonymous
af9c219
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No.171599
171601
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>>171598
>I can't really speak for the Arcturian Order.
Well so much for that.
"I fully believed that the princess could stop death itself if she were ready, but protecting her from conniving changelings was our duty, and we failed..."

"And I can't speak for my own order, but I know what motivates them. I know of the Order's neutrality, and I respect it, for your cell are ascetic knights. I only ask, do you believe that our Order's position might change? Don't get me wrong, this is no quid pro quo, but just an inquiry. We swore an oath to fight against the darkness, and we'll always help those in need, but as we are now, we have only do much to offer."
"So, what do you suspect the order would say in the future?"

Vid unrelated
Anonymous
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No.171600
(Posey is afraid of Princess Celestia potentially interfering in the war with the Arcturian order, were she freed, so she's inquiring if the order has any possibility of helping her)
Anonymous
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No.171601
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>>171599
He seems uncertain if he has understood her question:

"I believe that the Arcturian Order knows that had it, for example, supported a particular Archon, or claimant to the Imperial throne, it would not have lasted as long as it has. And so it is with pony politics. Perhaps.... Perhaps I can be a little more free."
Anonymous
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No.171602
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>>171601
Posey gives a satisfied nod
"You're an honest one. As I expected. In these trying times, I think we could still help each other quite a bit. In fact, I believe that we could be good friends." she says, with a smile
"I have something I would like to show you, away from the prying eyes if the military, or any disguised changelings." She says, gesturing to the opening threshold of the building and the creatures outside
"Follow me. You too, Alluring." she says, not waiting for a response as she turns slowly walks deeper into the building.

(She intends to kill him now)
I think this is a good stopping point for tonight.
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No.171603
171604
>>171602
"But. I... My cousin..."
Anonymous
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No.171604
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>>171603
Posey rolls her eyes
"It won't take long, but if you're too chicken (lol), you may go home now. Just give me the sword."
Anonymous
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>>171604
"It's just... do you have another exit?"
Anonymous
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No.171606
>>171605
"There's a couple others in the building. I could lead you to one."

(I gotta sleep)
Anonymous
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I have risen.
Posey proceeds towards the oddly shaped room beneath the first floor. As she goes, she puts on a friendly demeanor and makes some smalltalk, to lul her victims into a false sense of security:
"I'm another time, I might have given you a tour of one of our cathedrals. The sight of a Equestrian cathedral is one to behold. They're all built with the polar directions in consideration, so that the light of the princess can shine through the stained glass windows just right. There's still a few of them, but the Blackhooves have them under watch, ever so eager to scrutinize gatherings of the faithful. They don't appreciate just how important we are, or what dreadful evil could take root in our absence... Lurking in the shadows..." she says, with false wistfulness.
Rolling Bluff, to influence their attitudes.
[1d20+12 = (2+12) = 14]
>inb4 nat 1
Anonymous
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>>171607
>could take 10 for a modified 22
>choose to roll anyway
>on an unnecessary spam-check
I am a masochist.
Well, this could be an interesting development nonetheless.
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I would like to resolve the encounter tonight, if possible.

Does Posey succeed in luring the griffons into the room?
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>>171607
Let's dissect this:
>The sight of a Equestrian cathedral is one to behold.
Some are pretty, true
>They're all built with the polar directions in consideration, so that the light of the princess can shine through the stained glass windows just right
This is a very strange way to say it, but Equestrian holy places are surely going to be structured in such a way as to take advantage of light, yes. This is true, unless maybe you're suggesting that they are built north to south so that light shines through the side? Seems like it would make more sense to build it east to west so the morning sun shines behind and... right into the eyes of the priest. Well maybe not. Anyways, this one is true enough
>There's still a few of them, but the Blackhooves have them under watch, ever so eager to scrutinize gatherings of the faithful.
This is pretty accurate. Celestialist services have surely been required to not state that Celestia or the Mane Six are political leaders, but are allowed to otherwise continue, with the priests of course being required to become paid informants of the state, and all church attendance monitored. So this one is true
>They don't appreciate just how important we are, or what dreadful evil could take root in our absence... Lurking in the shadows...
This one is true. The Blackhooves don't give a fuck about whatever mediaeval superstitious bullshit the Celestialist church was originally designed to combat

>>171604
>>171605
The griffins are hesitant to enter, but come anyways. When the door closes behind them, they seem oddly relieved, as if they have somehow escaped the greater danger.

The first segment to be traversed is from the door by the entryway, with a hallway, flanked by a door into a reception area, that leads towards the central corridor of the first floor. The whitewashed walls and white tile floors are dirtier, older, and have more flaking paint than the halls of the medical institution attached to the University where Posey studies... and yet, the two locations are rather similar in design and overall feel, with long corridors, evenly spaced and an uncomfortable "sanitary" aesthetic, as if it were designed to be inhospitable even to microorganisms. The remnants of a now removed sun on the wall remain visible through a layer of paint, even after presumable decades.

Posey needn't go far, not likely 30 feet, before coming to a wooden door that opens into a stairwell. The stairwell is concrete with white paneled walls... but descending even ten feet, the entire feel of the structure changes, as plaster walls are replaced with beige stone held in place by mortar

Reaching the bottom, Posey finds another hallway. This one, however, has an arched roof, is narrow, and lined with old beige stones held in place by mortar. The lectric lights are powered by a wire that is external to the roof rather than built in. To the right, Posey knows this way leads to a laundry. But to her left, it leads to another, smaller stairwell, a room designated "morgue," and a room designated "records."

It is before coming to this point that Posey tells her lie about taking the griffins on a tour of a cathedral. They don't seem to notice, however, as they look around. The structure as a whole is cold, as no one has cared to turn on the heat in a week. Below ground, however, the humidity has risen even greater, and the cold can be felt. Electric lights still come on, though the softer white lights of the first level have been replaced with harsher yellow lights underground. Posey, being a regular magical unicorn in need of light to see, and not an undead monstrosity that can see in the dark, surely turns on the lights before going into any room.

Posey should take note that there is a door that leads to a tunnel, presumably away from the structure. But Posey's destination is going through a room filed with pipes and large, metal cylinders, with a pair of oil barrels, titled "Boiler room." On the opposite side of this room is a door, and through that door, an entry into a very small hallway parallel to the original that leads into a rectangular room of antique design.

This room is maybe 40 feet by 50 feet, and beyond it is still another door that leads to a few more rooms and ultimately to the sea through an underground section not underneath the building, but the yard between the building and the sea. It has brick arches holding up the edges. The stones in this room must surely be 300 years old or even more and would not look out of place in a Magehold castle. In the time this place was a fortress, or a military prison, this must surely have been a storage area for goods taken in from the water. But for now it's Posey's chosen battlefield. The floors are covered in mortar and fairly level. The ceiling is nine feet high, the edges of the ceiling are rounded by the arches. The room is clear save for a steel door to a more modern chute, presumably a garbage chute of some kind, and a steel cage for a large animal. The room has an evil aura to it and an unpleasant smell, besides the moister
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>>171610
>This is a very strange way to say it
Posey is just making things up to sound more like a real paladin. She only cathedral she's ever seen was the abandoned one in the zigger slums.
>The Blackhooves don't give a fuck about whatever mediaeval superstitious bullshit the Celestialist church was originally designed to combat
Then they shall prove useful, muhahahaha!
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No.171612
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>>171610
>Posey, being a regular magical unicorn in need of light to see, and not an undead monstrosity that can see in the dark, surely turns on the lights before going into any room.
That she does.
>The room has an evil aura to it and an unpleasant smell, besides the moister
Does our presumed paladin react to this evil aura?
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>>171612
It seems that he does, looking around, and having an expression of disgust, then looking back to Posey

"And are we to meet the other members of your order here?"
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>>171613
Posey at this point is turned away from both griffons, and has been silent for at least a minute. She doesn't look at the white griffon (who I really, really hope is Luminous, or this is going to be embarrassing). Still turned away, she steps away from the two by several paces, and stifles a giggle. The griffons might see the glow of her golden eyes blazing in the dim light.
>"And are we to meet the other members of your order here?"
"Yes, actually." Posey replies
Posey immediately hums the somatic components to a spell. Without a rank in Spellcraft, it can't be identified, but it sounds... eldritch. And suspiciously like a whistle for dogs?

Posey spends two lvl 1 slots with Versatile Spellcaster to perform as feat of arcane might. With a full round action they consumes her surprise round, she casts a Cerebrotic spell: Summon Amoebic Crawler.

2nd level:
Call Amoebic Crawler
Conjuration (Summoning)
Level: Cerebrant 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 round
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5ft./2 levels)
Effect: One summoned amoebic crawler
Duration: 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
This spell calls an extraplanar creature known as an amoebic crawler. It appears where you designate and acts immediately, on you turn. It attacks your opponents to the best of its ability. If you can communicate with the creature, you can direct it not to attack, to attack particular enemies, or to perform other actions.
Cerebrotic Escalation: Instead of merely calling one amoebic crawler, you can call two. However, if you do so you must make a DC 13 Will saving throw, or the extra creature turns on you.

Amoebic Crawler
Large Ooze (Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: 4d10+32 (54 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 9 (-1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 9
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+7
Attack: Tentacle +2 melee (1d6 plus 1d6 acid)
Full Attack: 2 tentacles +2 melee (1d6 plus 1d6 acid)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Acid, improved grab, vile touch
Special Qualities: Blindsight 60 ft., immunity to electricity, ooze traits, translucent
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +1, Will -4
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 11, Con 26, Int -, Wis 1, Cha 11
Skills:-
Feats:-
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 5-12 HD (Large); 13-24 HD (Huge)
Level Adjustment:-

A wriggling shape pulses forward, at least 10 feet in length. It is a nauseatingly textured translucent worm whose head gradually narrows into two ominously long, questing tentacles.

Condensed from the hidden marrow of a cerebrotic blot, amoebic crawlers are clots of alien space-time concentrated into awful ravenous, self-propelled motes. Amoebic crawlers partake somewhat of the realm which is ultimately responsible for their existence, and thus exude a palpable dread. An amoebic crawler is 10feet long, although its tentacles can stretch further. It weighs about 1,000 pounds, although much larger specimens are known to exist.

Combat
An amoebic crawler attacks with its lashing tentacles, attempting to grab and slowly strangle helpless foes. Subdued foes are absorbed into the crawler’s body in an horrific external digestive process.
Acid (Ex): An amoebic crawler’s acid does not harm metal or stone.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, an amoebic crawler must hit with its tentacle attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it established a hold and deals damage automatically every round (those grappled are affected by its vile touch ability).
Vile Touch (Su): Those grappled by the slimy tentacles of this creature sometimes glimpse images from the Far Realm, and the sight sends them into screaming, explosive convulsions of nausea. Each round a creature remains grappled, it must succeed on a DC 12 Will save or be nauseated for that round.
Translucent (Ex): Amoebic crawlers are hard to see, even under ideal conditions, and it takes a DC 10 Spot check to notice one. Creatures who fail to notice a crawler and walk into it automatically take acid damage.

Posey reaches into the depths of her mutated mind to escalate the spell. If she fails this will save, one of the beasts turns on her. In either case, she is sure to summon them in front of the only exit.

[1d20+11 = (5+11) = 16] (+2 because Cerebrosis)

"~Here, puppies."
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No.171615
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>>171614
Posey's 'puppies' attack on her surprise round. Without any ability to communicate with them, Posey cannot give them precise commands. I would assume they each attempt to attack a single griffon (even though I'd prefer them to flank and dogpile Luminous). They lash out against the flat-footed griffons with voracious ferocity.

Puppy 1: Attacking Alluring
Full attack (2 tentacles)
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
[1d20+2 = (6+2) = 8]

Puppy 2: Attacking White Griffon (Luminous)
[1d20+2 = (7+2) = 9]
[1d20+2 = (14+2) = 16]

Posey cackles in deranged laughter as the aberrant spell tickles her rotten brain. She nonetheless rolls initiative.
[1d20+9 = (9+9) = 18]
Anonymous
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>>171615
Alluring is unarmored, so I assume a 19 hits him flat footed.
Rolling damage
[2d6 = 6]
And grapple
[1d20+7 = (7+7) = 14]
He's going to need to make a will save or be driven mad by the Vile Touch.

Idk what the white griffon's AC is. He may dodge it.
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"It's been so long since I fed my puppies. I met them when my own master threw me into the mire as part of my training. We had a bit of a tussy at first, but we came to an understanding. They're just so very, very, very hungry. I could relate afterall, to the feeling of having a bottomless hunger deep inside your core that you can never, ever fill..!"
*Cue insane laughter
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Sorry for meta-bombing you all of a sudden, GM. It might be frustrating. If you want to wait until tomorrow to do combat, I'm fine with that.
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>>171614
>she is sure to summon them in front of the only exit.
No. There are two on either side of the room.

Alluring is grabbed
"They figured us out! They figured us out! Now they will severe our limbs! Oh Boreas, call Jungle Dark and get his Griffins here!" He yells

There's a "clank and bounces off against unseen metal as the tentacle makes an attempt on the white griffin. It fails. The white griffin looks towards Posey with a determined look, as if the fear and uncertainty that troubled him on the street had been at once washed away. Hee looks to Posey with his golden eyes as he reaches back, and takes the sword from Alluring.

"No. It was a trap for us. She's here for me."

[1d20+2 = (7+2) = 9]

>>171617
The white griffin lets out a long sigh. It's that long, troubled sigh of an overworked civil servant, who discovers, to his horror, that Monday is upon him.

And yet, he doesn't seem to lack the virtues of his race - that ability to face suffering with strength and stoic resolve.

"And here I thought I was done with you. I would blame my cousin's greed, but really, it was Arcturus that brought me to you."
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No.171620
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>>171619
Posey's giggling dies down and she gazes back. The concentric rings in her eyes swirling with uncanny madness.
Black, necrotic veins push up through her fur coat, and she cracks her neck in an unnatural angle.
"~Let's dance!"
>It's that long, troubled sigh of an overworked civil servant, who discovers, to his horror, that Monday is upon him.

I'll await you for what the initiative order is. Puppies move on Posey's turn.
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No.171621
>>171619
>Monday is upon him
Kek'd hard at this.
Anonymous
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No.171622
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>>171620
I believe initiative is:

Posey
Pup 1 (attacking Alluring)
White griffin
Pup 2 (attacking white griffin)
Alluring
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No.171623
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>>171622
Posey draws her unholy symbol and takes an action to spend a use of rebuke undead to Bolster herself against turning (because I still have no idea how powerful Luminous is, and turning could ruin my night).
She ten steps until she's just ~30 ft away from Luminous, and cackles.
Puppy 1 continues it's ravenous assault, intent on devouring Alluring
Two tentacles
[1d20+2 = (16+2) = 18]
[1d20+2 = (12+2) = 14]
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No.171624
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>>171623
Wait... I forgot how 3.5e grapple rules work...
Is Alluring already grappled? That might change things.
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No.171625
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>>171624
>>171623
>Attack Your Opponent
You can make an attack with an unarmed strike, natural weapon, or light weapon against another character you are grappling. You take a –4 penalty on such attacks.
Okay, if Alluring is already grappled, subtract -4 from either of those rolls.
If the crawler success in hitting him again while grappled, it proceeds to pin him to the floor, covering his mouth to smother him and prevent him from screaming. I'll need a separate grapple check for that though.
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No.171626
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>>171624
>>171625
Pup 1 needs to roll a grapple check
Anonymous
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No.171627
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>>171626
[1d20+7 = (20+7) = 27]
Anonymous
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No.171628
>>171627
I think that means Alluring is grappled

Of the new attacks, only one would land
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No.171629
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>>171627
Okay, that means it deals damage. Half crushing, half acid.
[2d6 = 6]
He needs to make another saving throw or be nauseated.
Anonymous
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No.171630
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>>171629
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
Anonymous
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No.171631
>>171630
That saves.
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No.171632
It should be Luminous's turn now.
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No.171633
171634 171635 171637
>>171629
>>171630
He cries out in pain, and these screams reveberate against the stone and brick walls and ceiling.

Luminous takes the silver sword, and with a massive swing of both claws, swings at Pup 2
[1d20+11 = (19+11) = 30]
Anonymous
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No.171634
>>171633
The sword slices into the ooze, visibly giving off light as it burns into the entity.

Pup 2 is fortunate to not be vulnerable to critical hits
[1d8+5 = (5+5) = 10]
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No.171635
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>>171633
The ooze shrieks in pained fury, it's hunger intensified by the violence.
(I thought it was a greatsword?)
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No.171636
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>>171635
We can make it a greatsword
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No.171637
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>>171633
I guess the Puppy moves now?
It attacks as it did before, it's slavering tentacles questing mindlessly.
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
[1d20+2 = (5+2) = 7]

The crawlers will only be around for a couple more rounds.
Anonymous
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No.171638
>>171636
Okay.
Anonymous
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No.171639
>>171637
And he misses like a chump
Anonymous
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No.171640
171641
>>171637
Alluring takes a dagger that evidently he had concealed in his jacket, and attempts to stab at Pup 1 with it
[1d20 = 17]
Anonymous
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No.171641
171642
>>171640
>>171637
I think even with his myriad negative modifiers, that hits
[1d4 = 3]
Anonymous
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No.171642
>>171641
Ngl, even though I have to murder him too, I'm low-key rooting for Alluring.
(If he evades then for the duration of the spell, they'll disappear).
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Posey takes her next turn now.
She decides to charge into melee, confident in her powers. She flanks Luminous and bucks him with her Slam Attack.
[1d20+10 = (6+10) = 16]
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>>171643
And she misses, like an idiot, I stead of using a touch spell.
This is still part of my plan of pretending to be retarded, btw.
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Pup 1 continues its assault
[1d20-2 = (17-2) = 15]
I think the way grappling works, he may only be able to attack once, at a -4 penalty.
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No.171646
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>>171645
That should hit
[2d6 = 5] plus save vs nausea
Anonymous
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No.171647
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>>171646
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
Anonymous
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No.171648
>>171647
He is rolling like a champ
Anonymous
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No.171649
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>>171647
>>171646
Alluring is stronger than he looks

>>171643
>>171644
It's super effective. Not the attack. That meets another metalic "thump." Posey's plan to conceal her true power level.

The griffin turns to Posey, with an expression of genuine annoyance.

"Arcturus, end this puppet!"
He raises his sword, and it glows stronger than before. He thrusts it into Posey

[1d20+13 = (20+13) = 33]
Anonymous
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No.171650
Luminous can now attack the mage who exposed herself to melee range. She has less hit points than the big ooze.
Anonymous
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No.171651
171653
>>171649
Posey, unlike Pup 2, is vulnerable to critical hits

[1d20+13 = (20+13) = 33]
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>>171649
Ummm, does he have that one paladin gimmick that lets him crit undead? Because it would be really painful if he did?
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No.171653
>>171651
Oh
Fuck
Anonymous
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No.171654
171655
Does the extra damage from Smite evil become multiplied by crits?
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No.171655
>>171654
Yes.
Anonymous
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No.171656
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[1d8+10 = (7+10) = 17]
[1d8+10 = (6+10) = 16]
Anonymous
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No.171657
>>171656
Hmmm...
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No.171658
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>>171656
>Three quarters of my HP in one hit
Top unf
Don't forget the bonus damage for holding a longsword two handed.
Anonymous
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No.171659
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>>171658
I didn't

Reminder that there is a door behind Posey
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No.171660
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>>171659
Posey is not running.
Posey craves the bitter sting of holy mana thrust I to the ugly black lump where her heart used to be.
Posey let's out a deranged cackle, leaning into the blade like a madmare
"Yes, yes, yes!"

Magical silver bypasses her dhampir DR, although she takes -2 because of her lich body.

Posey's fast Healing 1 kicks in now that she is below half health. As does her Masochism.

Does Luminous do anything else on his turn?
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No.171661
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>>171660
>Griffin uses a smite evil attack that double crits and causes 33 damage
Posey: "Anything else?"

Nah, he's good. Save perhaps to yell a few words to express his frustration with the situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4NsQYlmvZM
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>>171661
"I'm gonna fuck myself with your wishbone once this is over~!" Posey swoons, as she coughs up a gout of congealed black blood.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H9_xF4oh-_0

Puppy 2 tries to land a blow. This time it's flanking.
[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
[1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171663
171664
>>171662
Posey's remark inspires a look of horror on the griffin's face

You know, she could have treated him like she did August...
Actually, why not? Hunting Paladins is a game anyways

The tentacles don't quite seem make their mark heh against the metalic armor under his increasingly worn leather jacket.
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171664
171665
>>171662
And he misses

Okay, Posey's turn.
Posey uses an attack that's badly written enough to basically be a suicide bomb for any non-undead Dread Necromancer: Negative Energy Burst. Her bloodline levels give her a nice boost.
All creatures within 5 ft of her, which should sadly affect her puppy, take diceroll of negative energy damage, although Posey heals the same amount, +1 from her fast healing.
Also, due to masochism, this attack deals +2 damage this round
[6d4+1 = (14+1) = 15]
DC 17 Will save for half
>>171663
>Treated him like August
I wanted to actually kill a paladin this time.
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171665
>>171664
Oh wait, I forgot about Alluring. He should probably try to escape.
Posey's action remains the same, whatever he does, unless it so.ehow prevents her from doing so.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171666
171667
>>171662
I meant that Posey could have toyed around with him first by having sex with him, and hopefully finding out more information. She's still kill him

[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]

Alluring attempts to wrestle free
[1d20+1 = (6+1) = 7]
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171667
171668 171669
>>171666
Satan appears to be in the Paladin's side this time. Posey's horniness must've been a turnoff.
I guess this is an opposed grapple
[1d20+7 = (1+7) = 8]
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171668
171669
>>171667
Huh, look at that. The puppy rolls a 1
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171669
171671
>>171668
>>171667
I think... that means... He's free!
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171670
171672
Oh yeah, puppy 2 needs to roll a save vs negative energy.
[1d20-4 = (6-4) = 2]
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171671
171672
>>171669
Yep.
Actually, die to its space and reach, Puppy #1 might also be affected by Posey's burst of darkness
[1d20-4 = (2-4) = -2]
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171672
>>171671
>>171670
Both puppies take severe damage.
Posey is healed to 25 HP, which deactivates her Fast Healing.

Posey takes a 5 ft step back. This forfeits her move action.
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171673
171674 171675
With Alluring being slightly further away now, Puppy #1 mindlessly focuses its attention on Luminous.
It doesn't flank because it lacks the intelligence to use tactics.
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171674
>>171673
At last - one hit
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171675
171676 171677
>>171673
Hey, a hit!
Damage
[2d6 = 9]
And grapple
[1d20+7 = (11+7) = 18]
Roll will save vs Nausea
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171676
>>171675
Also opposed grapple, I guess.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171677
171678
>>171675
Opposed Grapple:
[1d20+7 = (3+7) = 10]

Will Save
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171678
>>171677
He is grappled by the crawler.
It should be his turn now though.
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171679
Oh, wait, Posey's puppies should be disappearing after this round...
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171680
171681
"Grrr!" He presses his beak down

"Arcturus! End it."

He makes a slicing stroke
[1d20+12 = (6+12) = 18]
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171681
171687
>>171680
Is he attacking Posey, or the crawler?
Idk if he can use a sword while grappled in this circumstance, but the grapple rules always confuse me...
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171682
171683
Whatever happens, puppy #2 does it's same mindless attack it did last turn. No longer flanking
[1d20+2 = (6+2) = 8]
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171683
>>171682
And it misses
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171684
Alluring should be able to move after the crawler. He should be careful, since he's still in AoO range. Withdraw action is always on the table though.
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171685
171687
I have come to the realization that Posey has actually done very little damage to her target so far.
She is merely pretending to be retarded though.

GM, are you still there? I'm alright with pausing if you want. Posey is at 25 HP, and her spell is about to expire.
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171686
GM, it is almost 1:00 AM for me on a weekday. If you're tired, I think we could pause it here.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171687
171688 171690 171694
>>171681
I think that's right as I think that attack would have failed anyways. I think that Posey is too far away for most of his attacks. He's too far away to touch Posey, or to touch Alluring. So he touches himself No. Not like that

And says "Arcturus, give me the health to continue the fight"
And casts Cure Light Wounds on himself
[1d8+1 = (2+1) = 3]

"Alluring!" He looks to his cousin
"Get out of here! Go out and sin no more. Find Jungle Dark. He won't believe in dark sorcerers, but if you tell him the building is crawling with elves, he'll know what to do. Don't came back in if I don't come out."

>>171685
Sure
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171688
171689
>>171687
>crawling with elves
Please tell me elves don't exist.
I need to know that before bed.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171689
>>171688
While I hate to give spoilers: No. There are no pointy eared humanoids.
But there is a town called "Elf Lake" in the Northern Tribes
Anonymous
6f7fc2d
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No.171690
>>171687
His CL mod should be at least +2, btw.

Sleeping now.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171691
171722
>>171577
After another pause,

"You are lucky the Kronburg Office is not answering. I will investigate this matter further with our detained suspects. But do not assume that you and your... 'colleagues' are off the hook." He starts to stand up. "You may not go far."
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171692
171693
IMG_3213.jpeg
I think I may have made the encounter too hard
Anonymous
34fa8da
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No.171693
171697
huge paladin.jpg
>>171692
No. Stop. Banish that thought. I like hard fights. I want hard fights. I desired overleveled, unfair encounters. I don't make high HP characters just so that I can take no damage. Big challenge = big XP. You could have given me a lvl 10 paladin, and I would be thrilled (although probably dead).
You think I put the +2 Silver sword in his claws and told him to "dress to impress" (wear armor) just because I'm pretending to be retarded? No, it's because if he came unarmed and unarmored like a civilian, Posey's victory would be meaningless. Posey has never killed a paladin before, so this is a very important experience for her. If she dies, she does. Him being able to crit me and bypass my immunity was a pleasant surprise.
Pick related, but opposite.

Alluring had a lot more HP than I expected though, and his potential escape complicates things, but I already had a plan to deal with him, an especially evil one.
Anonymous
34fa8da
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No.171694
171697
>>171687
I think Pup #2 gets an attack of opportunity for casting a spell within reach reach, unless it was cast defensively
[1d20+2 = (12+2) = 14]

I think it's alluring's turn. He doesn't know it, but if he takes the withdraw action now to avoid Pup #1, he might just get out of this alive, as Posey's summon is about to expire.
Anonymous
34fa8da
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No.171695
171697
Also, GM, real quick, how do you interpret Chill Touch?
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/chillTouch.htm
I think how the RC interprets spells like this is a bit counterintuitive, so it's "ask your DM" territory.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171697
171698
>>171693
O.... kay then....

>>171695
I'm assuming that the questionable portion is this line:
>You can use this melee touch attack up to one time per level
I think the most natural interpretation of that line is that each time you cast the spell, the number of times the attack may be used is the same as your caster level

If you're asking how many times it may be used in one round, I think it's the same as the number of touch attacks you can make in the round, unless of course, the number of touch attacks you can make is higher than your number of remaining uses of the chill touch attack.

>>171694
Alluring's action is to get the fuck out of there as quickly as he possibly can.
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171698
171700
>>171697
Okay, so does it work like Scorching Ray (you make more attacks in one action) as the RC implies, or more like Produce Flame (you spend an action every turn until you run out of attacks)?
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171699
I'm fine with either ruling. I just need to know so that I can decide what my next turn is.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171700
171701
>>171698
I think the more natural reading would be that it does not increase the number of attacks per round. Though that seems a little underpowered for damage die. Then again, strength damage is a part of it.

The 5e version has the total amount of damage from a single attack increase
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171701
171702
>>171700
Okay, so, I spread out the number of attacks over time?

Alright. Posey's next action will be to return to melee range with a move action.
She then casts Chill Touch, making a concentration check to cast defensively (DC 16)
[1d20+10 = (16+10) = 26] (+1 from Sadism, since her puppies took damage)
I need to resolve this skill check before making the attack.
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171702
171703
>>171701
Defensive cast. AoO avoided.
Posey makes her first Chill Touch with Charnel Touch. She's flanking (for the last round), so +2, +1 sadism.
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171703
171705
>>171702
Pretty sure his touch AC is lower than 18.
[1d8+1d6+1 = (8+4+1) = 13]
DC 15 to avoid taking 1 point of strength damage.
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171704
With this deadly boop, Posey's turn is over.

Her puppies should vanish to whence they came now, dissolving back into the cerebrotic periphery with a sickening gurgle.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171705
171706
>>171703
And
[1d20+6 = (4+6) = 10]
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171706
171710
>>171705
Haha, that's 1 point of Strength damage.
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171707
I'm going to have to step out for a bit soon.
Anonymous
82b3f3b
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No.171708
171710
It's Luminous's turn.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171710
171711 171712
>>171706
https://youtu.be/5BaTwcl77Xo?si=0RacHHzodHOgyqOp

>>171708
The griffin looks around himself, to confirm that the oozes are indeed gone. He winces in pain, and begins to look behind him, to see if his cousin is okay. But he can’t take his eyes off of Posey.

He has not ceased to grip the Equestrian sword, and he pulls it back in a mighty swing.

“Arcturus, cleanse this realm of such filth
[1d20+10 = (12+10) = 22]
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171711
171712 171713
>>171710
I believe that hits
[1d8+8 = (4+8) = 12]
Anonymous
816126d
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No.171712
>>171710
Sorry, I passed out.
>>171711
It hits.
Posey is down to 13 HP. Her fast healing reactivates.
Anonymous
816126d
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No.171713
171714 171717
>>171711
Posey goes in for another boop, with charnel touch and chill touch
[1d20+8 = (2+8) = 10]
Anonymous
816126d
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No.171714
171717
>>171713
Oh
Okay

I forgot to subtract 2 HP earlier. Posey is at 16 HP after healing.
Anonymous
09a6b09
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No.171715
171718
Are you still there GM?
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171716
171718
I might fall asleep again soon
... A lot of sleep debt
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171717
>>171713
>>171714
The white griffin pulls his head back and to the right, dodging Posey’s boop. He takes a long, labored breath, and blood runs down in a small trickle from the right side of his beak. He’s looked tired since Posey first spotted him on the street, a kind of tired that comes only after years, but now his bloodshot eyes bear more physical signs of exhaustion. When he exhales, he speaks

“I came here to get away from the endlessness of it. I lost faith in Peace. When a letter said Celestialists were looking for me, my cousin thought to sell them out for a little money. When his handlers wouldn’t let back out, he roped me into it. I cursed him and his greed, and the impossible situation he placed me in. And I cursed more when I saw you.”

His eyes become wide
“But now I understand. Boreas brought you here so that no innocents may be harmed by my cousin’s greed. He placed me here so my cousin may live while you cease.”

His beak contorts into a smile, the first such expression.
Heh. Do you not understand? Boreas guides all. Boreas, Arcturus, Erye. Hahaha, do you even realize?. You are playing only the role they wrote for you. Whatever happens here, I know, they are in control. And you play by their terms.”

He swings
[1d20+9 = (14+9) = 23]
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171718
171719
>>171716
>>171715
[1d8+3 = (6+3) = 9]
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171719
171720
>>171718
That brings me down to 9 HP
Posey moans as the sword slashes into her cheek, her tainted flesh falling away like wet mud, exposing her rune-carved cheekbones. She cackles.
"~Is ThAt WhAt We ArE? jUsT cOgS iN tHe MaChInE?" she says, her neck cracking sideways as her head tilts uncannily, corrupt fluid's pouring out of the side of her head
She giggles uncontrollably, her teeth chattering feverishly
"I DEFY YOU STARS!"
She strikes once more (no sadism this time)
[1d20+7 = (1+7) = 8]
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171720
171723
jellyfish-rolled-1-nat-1-crit-failed-ddidnt.jpeg
>>171719
>Proud denouncement of fate
>Nat 1
.................

Is it too late to make a secondary attack with my natural weapons?
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171721
171725
Posey is at 10 HP after that attack, which heals to 11 from her katane emergency healing.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.171722
171745
>>171691
"Of course. Do not worry. Good luck with your investigation." Amber can palpably feel the tension in the room ease somewhat. She thanks her lucky stars that there are telephone issues, and that she had the forethought to indoctrinate the captured officer–this will buy her just enough time.

Amber puts her precious viol back in its case, makes a respectful bow, and exits the customs administration office. She's well aware she will be followed the entire way, and so she heads downtown, but not directly to the pertinent office of salvation, and at a respectable clip but not so fast as to appear to be fleeing.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171723
171724 171725 171726
>>171720
Yes.

Posey trips and fails, but the maddened glee on the griffin’s face does not end.

“The stars gave you animation, and they shall end it.”

He’s been holding the sword variously between his right claw, his left, and both. Now he shifts it to his left, and his free right claw extends, moving to grab Posey’s hoof

[1d20+6 = (9+6) = 15]
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171724
171725
>>171723
Is that a grapple? Do I get an AoO?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171725
171726 171727
>>171721
>>171723
>>171724
Nope. A simple grabbing of the hoof, like you may to a young maiden.

Boreas, I am your conduit. Let your strength flow into her.

Lay of (claws). 10 HP damage
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171726
1256519__safe_artist-colon-hoofsie_lyra+heartstrings_human_pony_unicorn_g4_belly_belly+button_blushing_eyes+on+the+prize_female_floppy+ears_gradient+background_.png
>>171723
Btw, that touch attack would hit, because in this chain shirt reduces her touch AC.
>>171725
BRUH
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171727
171728
a7fe11fde9fbb9bfd99b3bf64b27d223.jpg
>>171725
Sanguine static crackles around Posey's body. Her innards acutely rot and melt onto the floor in a putrid pile. She shivers and shakes as the unholy power that weaves her sinews together is a hair's breadth away from shattering forever. Patches of her mane blacken and fall out. Her eyes glass over, and one of her eyeballs droops in its socket.
"I-i-isn't it more gentlemanlike to buy me a d-drink first?"

Posey is at 1 HP
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171728
171729 171730
>>171727
“Not even Tartarus waits for you. Your animating force shall rejoin the world of the living, and become one with the roots and soil.”
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171729
171730 171731
Okay, I am at 1 HP. I have a few options.
I could take a 5 ft step back and heal myself with inflict light/moderate wounds, which
I could step back and use the 1/day gaseous form I get from the red curse to turn into red mist to evade until I heal like a coward.
I could step away, then throw my net at him to entangle him, buying me a round to do one of the above actions.
OR
I could go full retard and lash out at him with my charnel touch and natural weapons in a final burst of animalistic rage.
>>171728
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w9KVIfpNG4w
Posey makes a full-round attack, attacking with her touch spell as a manufactured weapon, and her natural attacks as secondary weapons
Charnel Touch + chill touch
[1d20+7 = (6+7) = 13]
Slam (conduit for chill touch)
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
Bite (also chill touch)
[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171730
171731
>>171729
Does 13 beat his touch AC?
>>171728
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171731
171732
>>171729
>>171730
I’m kind of skeptical of posey conducting natural attacks in the sand round as charnel touch without suffering a penalty to attack bonus on the charnel touch.

But a 13 would land
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171732
171733
(I've been forgetting the bloodline boost on Charnel Touch this whole time...)
>>171731
[1d8+1+1d6+1] Charnel Touch + Chill Touch damage.

DC 15 vs STR damage
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171733
171734 171738
>>171732
[1d8+1d6+2 = (6+5+2) = 13]
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171734
>>171733
Well, does that put him on the ground?
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171735
This is the most fun I've had so far this game. The suspense is thrilling.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171736
171737
A minute, I have to drive
Anonymous
a397eb7
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No.171737
171738
>>171736
>Cliffhanger
Reeeeeeeeee
Take your time though.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171738
171739
>>171737
>>171733
The griffin’s feathers puff out, and some on his wings come loose and fall to the ground. His whole body shivers, and his head tilts upwards, while the outer fold of his wings - but not the inner fold - extends outwards. A new flow of blood trickles out of his mouth. Then he turns his head to Posey

“You fool. You’ve sacrificed your position for short term gain.”

Then he turns his eyes upwards, to the brick ceiling.
“Arcturus, grant me the peace I have earned.”
And he collapses onto the floor.
Anonymous
ec268f3
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No.171739
171740 171742
EosOn5vVgAEA1Gk.jpg
>>171738
Wait, I won?

Hooray! Victory at last.

Posey gasps a sigh of relief as the griffon collapses, her body slowly reconstructing itself due to her vampiric nature,.
But not fast enough.
"Oh Maar, bless me with this bounty."
Posey hums an eerie aura as she delivers a coup de grace with her fangs, slaying the Paladin.
"And my our friends you served you here shamble and haunt these grounds for all eternity.
Rolling religion, to sacrifice him.
[1d20+15 = (7+15) = 22]
Like a lowly Jew, Posey sinks her teeth into the raw chicken and drains him of his blood.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171740
>>171739
I mean, if you think he should have more HP...
Anonymous
ec268f3
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No.171741
171742
ea573625-678d-4090-a927-d05ebd6ec530-leftov_111500_bone_mw.jpeg
Possy spends the next hour or so nursing her wounds and reconstructing her body through her grisly ritual, trading flesh for flesh and blood for blood.
She draws her knife and butchers the bird with ghoulish efficiency, cutting out lumps of flesh and stuffing them into her ripcage to reabsorb into herself.
By the time she's done with the body, only bones remain, which she neatly sorts and cleans.

After this times, she shakily rises to her feet and shakes the blood off of herself like a dog. She gives a long sigh.
And then she turns her attention to the prize of her kill: the wishbone.

That was an awesome session, GM. I had a lot of fun.
I'll type out Posey's next course of action tomorrow. I had an idea for what to do with Alluring seeks ago. For now, I must slumber.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171742
171743
>>171739
>>171741
As the body becomes limp and lifeless, Posey feels some external force work upon her, like an invisible and sterilizing light that burns the skin and blinds the eyes. The ritual does not work as desired.
Anonymous
ec268f3
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No.171743
>>171742
I was just paying homage to put friends who died here last week.
I'm still butchering him. I need his bones because reasons.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171744
6456796.png
Just rolling some story dice...
[1d20 = 3]

[1d20 = 6]

[1d20 = 9]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171745
171833
1188772.jpeg
>>171722
Towards downtown, simply enter directly onto the street, and turn left. The roads are paved in brick, and are wider than most of the older cities of Griffonia, built to accommodate carts and automobiles, even if they are not wider than the all too familiar streets of Katerinburg. Amber can see rail-lines installed in the roadway, and wires overhanging the central road but not the road leading to the train station, implying a tramline planned but not (at least yet) implemented. The city is not terribly dense, populated mostly by single houses of white plastered three-storied jettied half-timber construction with slate-tile roofs. The close, four storied apartments with shops at the base do exist, but do not dominate until Amber is on the main road, and they lack the diverse colors of even Kronburg. At the end of the street is the central platz with its granite stones and the rathaus with its imposing brick structure and clock tower. It's not an ugly design, just a bit modern. Further to the right, and hanging over the city atop a hill, is the imposing and greatly older castle complex, containing within the Palace of the Grand Master. Nearer, and on the corner of the two converging streets, is a mostly completed Cathedral with white-marble facade, with red spires and dome. Past the Rathaus is a large, long structure with a few domes that is presumably a university.
Anonymous
cdf9299
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No.171746
171747 171753
Once Posey finishes healing up and stripping the flesh off of the bones, she nearly places them in her bag.
She examines Luminous's equipment as well.

She then searches her surroundings, in case the source of that evil aura was anything of note.
If she finds nothing else, she packs her saddle and heads back to the manor.
If the military asks her why she has an entire griffin skeleton in her bag, she shows them her medical license and tells them that hollow bone osteoporosis kills hundreds of pegasi every year, and that this skeleton is important in researching a cure.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171747
171748
>>171746
He is indeed wearing chainmail armor. It's bright, and brass plated, though severely damaged in the fight. He has the letter Posey sent to Alluring, a glove that was taken off or not worn, a map of Baltimare, corrective glasses, a note book, a small pencil, a laundry ticket, and a small silver-foil covered icon of a shield with an Ursa Minor with a single bright star on it. This last item is particularly repulsive to Posey. Besides this, he has leather boots on his hind legs, a necklace with a representation of wind on it, and a brown, leather jacket. He carried no passport or identification (even Posey should know this will get you arrested immediately), no coins or money, and no weapons of any kind.

It's important to ask what exactly Posey looks like here, and how she intends to make her way back
Anonymous
2d78ce9
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No.171748
>>171747
Well, I had hoped that after putting some blood in her, and healing back to full HP with her charnel touch, she'd look like her normal self again, passable as mortal.
She's going to need a way to wash the blood off though.

She intends to go home on hoof.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171749
171750 171752
1510061433937.gif
>Go out onto the streets of a city occupied by a foreign army at 2:00 AM, in a bad, non-residential neighborhood, in a time when the military is fighting a war against guerrillas, rebels are trying to hunt down informants, local gangs are fighting invading foreign gangs, the police is trying to make a show of keeping order, lone criminals prowl for easy prey, and perhaps even worse threats linger...
>Go on hoof on a two+ mile trip that necessarily moves you through military controlled, police controlled, and gang-controlled territories at 3 AM
>Exit street level the way you came at a known cultist hide out
>May or may not be visibly covered in blood, hard to tell
>unclear if she does or does not look like a soldier of the now defeated former overlords
>unclear if her face is or is not recognizable
>be weighed down by carrying the body of that guy you just killed
>Do all of this while giving a witness to a murder you just committed a 1-hour head start
Alright. We'll do it your way.

What's Posey's AC again, and what is it flat-footed?
Anonymous
2d78ce9
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No.171750
171751
>>171749
In chain shirt with dastana, her AC is 20. 17 flat-footed.
Anonymous
2d78ce9
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No.171751
>>171750
Pardon, it's 22
Anonymous
2d78ce9
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No.171752
43e.png
>>171749
>We'll do it your way.
I already posted it. No take backs.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171753
171756
>>171746
Looking around, Posey finds that the strongest source of dark magic was... the garbage chute. A simple trash chute. No magic, nothing. Another strong signature comes from the door opposite the one Posey came through. Not the door itself, but a pair of rooms to either side. To the left is a small dorm room with two bunk beds. It has a light signature. In the room on the right is a large, jail-like cage, and an open spot with a black stain on the ground, with remnants of gossamer. This area has a much stronger signature. Going back into the room that is across the threshold, there is a pair of cages, a bit of dried blood on the ground, and a light signature. There's a stone stairway that goes into water, evidently to a tunnel that leads to the ocean. Back in the big room, going back the way Posey came, through the hallway, there are signatures inside of the boiler-room. Light-to-moderate. Then nothing much interesting on this level. The first level is permeated with a light signature.

But the truth is, all of these signatures are created by suffering and death. They are not magical in origin.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171755
171757
3046362944_873dbd0ebe_b.jpg
If you wish for Posey to do something different, that's fine. Just say so.

Just an hour ago, Posey was taken to the edge of oblivion by a presumed retired Paladin who came to meet her with no weapons, no magical equipment, and no idea what he would be facing. And Posey feels great about it.

Why had he travelled with no weapons? No Papers? No money? Did he even have a plan if the military stopped him?

Posey steps outside of the building through the front entrance, to find the street somewhat dark, though illimunated by lamps and empty of traffic. A cool breeze passes through the buildings, though less in the lean of the structure of 33 Hoebuck. The moon, waning crescent, shines after a cloud passes. It's not completely quite - the sound of steam being released from a nearby refinery, of a crate at a dock, and then a steel door opening breaks the silence. But all of these are distant, and for the most part, an odd calm pervades.

There was something... contempable about that griffin's demeanor. How he looked so much like a prey animal. No. Like livestock, with an odd awareness of the pending slaughter. The way how he varied between fear and resignation. And the way he looked around the streets. How he looked at that warehouse! Posey can see it now - a big ugly building, with a few windows, now blocked by presumed freight. What was there to be afraid of? Did this bird not realize that there is nothing hiding in the dark? There was nothing there that wasn't there when the lights were on. And that odd relief he had when he entered 33 Hoebuck. Could he not feel the evil around him? How could he possibly have been so haunted by the feeling that tonight would be his last... yet so oblivious to Posey, and the type of predator she is.

And so Posey exits the building towards the streets, with the confidence of a predator. So well hidden amongst the grass, always unseen, and fearful of nothing. It's about time that Baltimare had a vampire. The first in ages.
Anonymous
2d78ce9
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No.171756
171760
>>171753
>Another strong signature comes from the door opposite the one Posey came through. Not the door itself, but a pair of rooms to either side. To the left is a small dorm room with two bunk beds. It has a light signature. In the room on the right is a large, jail-like cage, and an open spot with a black stain on the ground, with remnants of gossamer. This area has a much stronger signature. Going back into the room that is across the threshold, there is a pair of cages, a bit of dried blood on the ground, and a light signature.
For the record, Posey is not a paladin. She does not have any innate ability to detect Evil auras, or at least not any more than any regular undead creature might be sensitive to such forces.
>But the truth is, all of these signatures are created by suffering and death. They are not magical in origin.
Noted.
>The way how he varied between fear and resignation. And the way he looked around the streets. How he looked at that warehouse! Posey can see it now - a big ugly building, with a few windows, now blocked by presumed freight. What was there to be afraid of? Did this bird not realize that there is nothing hiding in the dark? There was nothing there that wasn't there when the lights were on. And that odd relief he had when he entered 33 Hoebuck. Could he not feel the evil around him? How could he possibly have been so haunted by the feeling that tonight would be his last... yet so oblivious to Posey, and the type of predator she is.
I'm concerned, but curious.
>And so Posey exits the building towards the streets, with the confidence of a predator. So well hidden amongst the grass, always unseen, and fearful of nothing. It's about time that Baltimare had a vampire. The first in ages.
Flattering.
Anonymous
2d78ce9
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No.171757
171760
>>171755
.... Oh fucking hell, I'm gonna try to peak into the warehouse. I am too curious.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171758
171759
>>171414
"Sergeant Sword? Is the area clear?" The white pegasus corporal asks.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171759
171760
>>171758
"Well, unless we get suddenly surprise attacked, yes," Silver answers.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171760
171761 171762
>>171759
Silver can see that his group is down a purple pegasus pony. Silver now has Azelea, the White Pegasus, the Orange unicorn, the cream medic and the grey medic. All but the white pegasus and the grey medic have been wounded. This is besides, of course, Spectral Streak.

Spectral Streak says
"Did you hear that drone's cry? 'Hail Ocellus'?"

The orange pony replies
"We got Chrysalis!"

But the white pegasus adds,
"If they know a succession took place, they are in contact with their homeland. They are still very dangerous" he says, holding up his Jenny

Speaking of surprise attacks....

>>171756
>>171757
Posey proceeds towards the street, under the light of a street lamp
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171761
171763
>>171760
Not sure if should be concerned for Silver or for Posey.

"If they are in contact with their homeland, then let us continue on so that we can let them know that Baltimare survived."
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171762
171764
>>171760
Possibly avoids lit areas, if possible.
Does she see anything?
I guess this means perception checks
Spot
[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]
Listen
[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
Search
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171763
171767
>>171761
The white pegasus smiles "Indeed."

It's Azelea who calls from the little office nearby who speaks up
"Hey! I found something!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171764
171765
>>171762
Posey looks up towards the windows that line the second level of the warehouse, finding many of them to be tilted open. Some of them have a light behind them, some of them have been covered up.

But where lights do exist, Posey can see, just barely, the outlines of at least half a dozen figures that lay low in the lower portion of the window, mostly concealed from the street view. She can recognize on every one of them, the shapes of steel helmets, and in many instances, griffin beaks, the barrels of rifles, and in one instant, the big, curved magazine of a machine gun. A hoof waves up, as if directing someone unseen. There is definitely whispering, and the pattering of claws
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171765
171766 171770
>>171764
Well, this is clearly none of my business or interest, but now I'm curious... And Posey is still feeling invincible after her battle high.
Posey creeps closer, looking for what they're up to.
This time, she carefully takes 10 on hide and move silently, got a modified 19 ok both
Sike, lol
Hide
[1d20+9 = (13+9) = 22]
Sneak
[1d20+9 = (19+9) = 28]
Dice go clickity clack
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.171766
171768
>>171765
It's pretty obvious what they are doing. They are set up to observe, and then lay down an immense amount of fire on anyone coming out of or within the 33 Hoebuck structure, while being fairly covered against any return fire. Their numbers are greater than a simple patrol or observation would suggest. This is part of an offensive combat group.

Posey isn't a 17th level ranger, is she?

[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
[1d20+3 = (12+3) = 15]
[1d20+1 = (7+1) = 8]
[1d20+1 = (5+1) = 6]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171767
171771
>>171763
Silver heads for Azelea's position while he asks, "What is it?"
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171768
>>171766
So, what happens?
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171769
171770
Oh, wait, I have an idea:
First, I need to roll a religion check, to see if Posey knows any griffonian curses related to the cult of Maar. Any sort of iconic, recognizable phrase will do.
[1d20+9 = (7+9) = 16]
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171770
171775 171776
>>171765
Posey can attempt to try to run to one of the few, leafless trees scattered about the property, or back to a small, equally leafless bush. She can hope that she’s harder to see further away from the lights. But the bottom line is that there is no natural cover in front of 33 Hoebuck, and no obstacles between it. The building has only a small number of exits on the front side, and anypony observing need only watch these. Posey exited out of the middle, most obvious exit, which necessarily requires opening a door and making movement. And she made no attempt to conceal herself until after this point.

>>171769
“May you never see true.”
“May you fall with the false gods.”
“The True seeing god shall take his rightful place”

Do you mean like cursing a person? Or a curse like a profane statement said out of frustration.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171771
171772
>>171767
Going into this office, silver can see three ponies. Two lie on the floor in pools of blood, but a third, in yellow vest, is simply tied up
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171772
171773
>>171771
Well, first of all, are the two on the floor alive or dead?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171773
171774
>>171772
They appear dead. Hard to say
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171774
171782
>>171773
Silver tells Azelea to get the medics before he addresses the remaining pony.

"Who are you? What happened?"
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171775
171778
grim-reaper-in-red-forest-rm0ja6v01o8clo8l.jpg
>>171770
Okay, I have an plan that involves Darkness, Gaseous Form, a disguise check, and a bluff check, an intimidate check, popping out one of my eyeballs, drawing direct fire, and hide check, rapidly blinking, sneaking into the sewers and advertising the importance of hiring professional exorcists from the university.

I need to look some things up first though. brb
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171776
171777 171778
>>171770
>And she made no attempt to conceal herself until after this point.
Could she have been wearing her hood and cloak like she always does?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171777
171779
>>171776
Yes. All it would do is conceal her face. While that’s extremely valuable, it won’t save her from bullets.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171778
171780 171781 171787
>>171775
>>171776
Posey, going outside, has found a predator lurking in the tall grass, waiting for an ambush. Waiting to ambush her. By attempting to hide after that, she has tipped off that she knows they are there, and that she considers them to be hostile. Now, they must necessarily spring their trap.

From the warehouse, Posey hears the yell of some feral creature that must be sone sort of pony:

”There’s that Elf sorceress! Kill it before it can escape!”

And then a second voice, even more accented.
“Karabin maszynowy, strzelec, strzelaj!

“Drużyna 2, flankujcie ich. Zabij kucyka!”

Roll Initiative

[1d20+2 = (15+2) = 17]

[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]

[1d20+1 = (7+1) = 8]

[1d20+1 = (16+1) = 17]
[1d20 = 17]
[1d20 = 15]

[1d20+1 = (2+1) = 3]
[1d20 = 4]
[1d20 = 3]
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171779
171784
>>171777
I know something that can have me from that

Okay, at the top of her lungs, with her features still obscured, beneath her cloak, pops out one of her eyeballs with a hoof to the back of her head.
Ashes snatches it in mid air, and casts Darkness on it as she places it back in its socket. She achieves this using Versatile Spellcaster and two lvl 1 slots. One of her eyes is now the center of the Darkness spell, and she keeps that eye closed.
She takes out Luminous's Skull and places it over her own face, like a mask.

From the darkness, at the top of her lungs Posey let's out bloodcurdling shriek, as she opens her darkened eye.
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
And then, she invokes the power of the Red Curse to use Gaseous Form, her body turning to red mist.

In essence, Posey is attempting to disguise herself as an apparition summoned by the cult of Maar that was unleashed by the Luminous's intrusion. Having Darkness on her eye enables her to flick Darkness on and off at will by blinking. Gaseous Form will enable her to fly and slip through tiny spaces, while also making her look a lot like a red ghost. This will also make her all but impervious to nonmagical attacks for the next six minutes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3odMTPuzLwY
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171780
171783
>>171778
Oh...
So much for that...
[1d20+9 = (19+9) = 28]
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171781
>>171778
>Elf
Oooooh, Equestrian Liberation Force. That's what he meant, lol
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171782
171785
>>171774
The medics come in, if a little slowly.

The stallion, who is a tan colored, is scared, looking around
“My name is ‘Live Current’. We were starting to finish the electrical system when drones attacked us, disguised as guards. Shot us from behind. We heard gunshots. From the hall.”
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171783
171784
>>171780
I’m pressing X on a +9 modifier, but a 19 wins
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171784
171786
>>171783
Posey has Improved Initiative from her vampiric heritage.

Is it too late to attempt to set up >>171779 ?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171785
171813
>>171782
"Changelings have brought nuclear device into lower levels of building. Did you notice anything suspicious before or during your capture?"
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171786
171788
IMG_0960.png
>>171784
I need to revisit those “bloodlines” at some point

>is it too late?
Posey is about to very seriously have her spell casting concentration disrupted, and I’m kind of skeptical of a player character assuming gaseous form, but other than that, no. Posey won initiative. She can do whatever she can in a single full round action.

”You think your Celestialists black magic will save you? Your princesses could not save themselves!”
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171787
171789
>>171778
>None of them have a Dex mod higher than 2
>Nine enemies in total
>they're aiming presumably nonmagical weapons at me
Actually, I might be able to handle this...
How far away are they?
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171788
171789
>>171786
>She can do whatever she can in a single full round action.
Okay, new plan: brute force, leave no survivors.
How many of the enemies can fly?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171789
171790 171791 171793
>>171787
Across the street. Maybe 120 to 150 feet.

“We got a priestess, boys! The Duke will pay you extra! Load up the crystals, boys, and shoot that bloody queef!”

”Potrójna nagroda dla czarownika! Zamień swoje kulki w kryształy! Wyjmij magazynki i zastąp je tym z fioletową taśmą! Wymień swoje czasopisma na te z fioletową taśmą!”

One gun shoots at Posey, firing a beam of pink magic
[1d20+6 = (14+6) = 20]

>>171788
Nine griffins (one is an assistant machine gunner). One Pegasus. So… 10
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171790
171792
>>171789
Wait, I thought I won initiative?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171791
>>171789
Posey can see that most of the enemies are reloading their guns
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171792
171794
>>171790
You did. Your action was to become a ball of gas.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171793
>>171789
>10
Okay, new plan.
At this distance, they couldn't have gotten a good look at me, so I'll escape.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171794
>>171792
Wait, what?
Actually, nevermind.
That's a standard action though. Posey would still be able to move 10 ft.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171795
171797
Okay, what is posey doing?
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171796
Would've done the Darkness before the gaseous form normally.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171797
171799
>>171795
I'm not sure now. I need to get a better understanding of her surroundings.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171798
171799
Okay, first thing is first: path to escape.
Are there any cracks in the street, sewer pipes, or other openings that a gaseous creature could slip into?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171799
171800 171802
>>171797
So basically, the building Posey is in has a rather large, rather clear, front yard. The frontage is not flush with the street, there is a parking lot and grass, and the street is maybe like 70 or so feet away. Then the street is two lanes with a sidewalk, and the warehouse is slightly back from the road as well, to a lesser degree. The second floor warehouse is thus something like 150 feet away. The area in between has basically no cover. It’s open ground.

>>171798
On the street itself, yes.

It should probably be known that Posey can simply renter the Hoebuck structure
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171800
>>171799
>It should probably be known that Posey can simply renter the Hoebuck structure
I guess she could reenter the building, invoke the red curse below ground level, and then slip out through cracks in a place where the ambushers wouldn't think of looking.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171801
270740__safe_artist-colon-lazypixel_character-colon-twilight+sparkle_character-colon-twilight+sparkle+(unicorn)_species-colon-pony_species-colon-unicorn_episod.png.png
Screenshot_20240413-214254.png
>mfw the stingey griffin Jew-god didn't give me any reward for sacrificing a paladin in his name
Hmmph, see if I ever sacrifice anyone to him again.
(I jest, I wasn't actually aiming for any rewards this time)
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171802
171803
>>171799
Posey retreats into the building as deeply as she can. She avoids windows, looking for cover.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171803
171804
I should have gone with the original plan of having the machine gun be a surprise round

>>171802
So does Posey use her action to nope the fuck out of there?
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171804
171805 171808
>>171803
Yeah, that sounds like a common sense thing to do .
muh perception check though
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171805
>>171804
Once Posey is inside, she looks for a path to escape unseen. She shuts off any light switch she passes.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171806
That garbage chute from earlier comes to mind.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171807
Is Posey able to find any way she could get out of this mess?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171808
171809 171810
>>171804
https://youtu.be/rEFidT-0NJM?si=PBJuvh5sIYPPsgey

Posey gains the benefit of partial cover retreating inside the building, but it’s not perfect

HIDE ALL YOU WANT, ELF! WE’LL OUTLAST YOU! OUR WILL IS STRONGER THAN YOURS

[1d20+6 = (13+6) = 19]
[1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]

[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
[1d20+2 = (8+2) = 10]

[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
[1d20+2 = (16+2) = 18]
[1d20+2 = (18+2) = 20]
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
[1d20+2 = (1+2) = 3]
[1d20+2 = (2+2) = 4]
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
[1d20+2 = (16+2) = 18]
[1d20+2 = (11+2) = 13]

https://youtu.be/F7WrUEpJAFQ?si=Z5tio1ykeebmn0OK
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171809
>>171808
Those all miss
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171810
171811
>>171808
If these numbers look non-threatening, remember that they are getting a malice from range, and that several of the group are not engaging because they are closing the distance as the others lay down suppressing fire.
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171811
171812
>>171810
On her turn, Posey goes downstairs, to where she killed Luminous.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171812
171814
Actually, I think you’re right. Poof. All NPCs now have one extra hit die and base attack, +2 of all stats, and carry magic ammo.

>>171811
So, if Posey isn’t already familiar, 33 Hoebuck is built like a fortress/prison. There is a reason the military chose to simply surround the structure rather than attack it directly.

Posey goes straight down the hallway, and turns left in the main hallway to stairwell. Going down, she’s back in a hallway that takes her to a series of multiple doors that lead to two rooms, a tunnel, and a boiler room. Going through the boiler room and another smaller hallway, she’s back in the old storage room where she killed the griffin.
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171813
171818
>>171785
Live Current’s mouth hangs open

“They were… trying to take our wires…”
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171814
171815
cover10.jpg
>>171812
>surround
Okay, I'm not afraid of the bullets so much as I am being seen, because that would really complicate my day job. If Posey is able to slip through cracks, could she exit below ground level and surface somewhere q considerable distance away?
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171815
171816
>>171814
Definitely giving them magic bullets. Throw in a few submachine guns as well. Maybe another fighter level.

>cracks
That would depend on the specific crack
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171816
171817 171819
>>171815
>That would depend on the specific crack
I guess I'll roll to find the ideal crack to escape through
Search
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
"Hey, Maar?! Got any of that True Seeing to spare?"
Anonymous
5e7eb01
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No.171817
MV5BOGQ2ZDcxMjItODQzYy00ODVlLWE4MTctZjgzOWQ1YTM1OGYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEwOTMwMjk0._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg
>>171816
I knew that sacrifice would come in handy!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.171818
171829
>>171813
"This is important: did they manage to take any? Their detonator had damaged wire that was preventing detonation."
Anonymous
0844f6e
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No.171819
171820
>>171816
Posey has options. By becoming a ball of red gas, she can squeeze through the pipelines and enter into a sewer system that exits 15 blocks north. Or maybe she can exit through a random toilet. Of course this would require abandoning the silver sword, the chain mail, and the griffin skeleton. Still another option is to slip through a narrow crack and into a storm drain that exits about… 3 blocks away. And yet another is to follow a power conduit. It goes a little south, maybe one block. The street may or may not be safe.

There are other more boring options, like just going through that door at the end of the hall and waking through a tunnel either a block south to a door factory, or two blocks east to an old church. Or maybe go out a different tunnel that opens directly into the harbor. But those don’t involve becoming gas or crawling through shit, so why bother?
Anonymous
860b9fc
?
No.171820
171822
>>171819
>Of course this would require abandoning the silver sword, the chain mail, and the griffin skeleton.
The spell turns equipment you're carrying into smoke too. It should apply to Posey's saddlebags.
>exits 15 blocks north
Idk if she can stay in that form long enough to reach there.
>There are other more boring options, like just going through that door at the end of the hall and waking through a tunnel either a block south to a door factory, or two blocks east to an old church. Or maybe go out a different tunnel that opens directly into the harbor.
Oh, there's tunnels to escape? Nevermind the spell then.
"Thank you Maar!" Posey says in thanks
Posey heads towards the door factory, since she suspects the police to be monitoring the church, and she's not gone of running water.
Anonymous
860b9fc
?
No.171821
I will need to be sleeping soon
Anonymous
0844f6e
?
No.171822
171823
>>171820
>posey can carry the skeleton as a gas
Posey shouldn’t be casually carrying a griffin male regardless. It weighs more than her. It’s necessarily too bulky to fit in a simple saddlebag.

But down a long tunnel, past a split, she finds stairs that go up to a closed door, and to a dark storage area.
Anonymous
860b9fc
?
No.171823
171824 171825
>>171822
Posey stealthily slips through the door and attempts to head for the streets carefully.
230 pounds is a light load for Posey. She came here with full intent to retrieve his skeleton, and Posey is an expert body-snatcher.

Posey removes her steel cap and lets her mane down, to look like a civilian.
Anonymous
860b9fc
?
No.171824
>>171823
Actually, she removes her chain shirt entirely and bundles it. It only takes her one minute to do so.
Anonymous
0844f6e
?
No.171825
171826 171827
>>171823
I don’t give a damn how strong you say posey is, you’re not fitting 230 pounds of anything low density in a saddlebag
Anonymous
860b9fc
?
No.171826
>>171825
Can I wrap the bones in my cloak and chain shirt to make a bundle?
Anonymous
860b9fc
?
No.171827
>>171825
Also, the skeleton should weigh a lot less than that. A human skeleton only weighs about 15% of their body weight, and this is a hollow-boned flying organism, probably less than 10-25 pounds in total.
Anonymous
860b9fc
?
No.171828
Okay, I really do have to sleep now. I can't pull a third all nighter in a row
Anonymous
0844f6e
?
No.171829
171830
>>171818
Live Wire has looked emotionally distressed from the beginning, but more so now.

“I-I… don’t know? I didn’t see it. I think so? I think they did.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171830
171864
>>171829
Silver nods.

"Tell us how to get to lower levels to secure that bomb."
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.171833
171836 171866
>>171745
Amber looks into the stores as she perambulates, trying to appear at least somewhat of a tourist. Likewise, she slows down to get better views of the castle, the Cathedral, Rathaus and university. Sadly she cannot go inside any of them, at least not yet. Amber is surprised to see a cathedral at all, let alone under construction, as Hellquill is not known for being particularly religious. Does she know when it started construction?

>85 replies
Holy moly
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171835
171837
Okay, I had a day to sleep.
Do I need to roll anything for Posey to sneak out through the door factory?

Also, after winning that very hard fight against an elite opponent, completing my mission, and having formative character development, do I get to level up now?
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171836
>>171833
>85 replies
I killed a guy :D
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171837
171838
2635741.png
>>171835
>a day
It's been two days
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171838
3342743-1.png
>>171837
I was sleepy
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171839
171840 171841 171990
I would like for Posey to be able to return to the manor before the following evening, for the purpose of what I'm going to do with these bones.
Posey leaves the door factory and makes her way down town back up the manor
This times I'm going to take 10 on stealth to-
Lol
Move Silently
[1d20+9 = (5+9) = 14]
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171840
171842
lyra-heartstrings-mlp.gif
>>171839
Is 14 enough to sneak away? The enemy is two blocks down, so I might just take off running.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171841
>>171839
The wall where the stairwell Posey passes is tan, compared against the red of the remainder of the factory, implying an older origin. Going through the door, Posey can see a big storage room full of glass windows, leaning one against the other. Posey may have difficulty getting around locked doors, but she doesn't feel an obvious time constraint. At least, until they figure out that this area is accessible through the underground.

[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171842
171843
>>171840
No.

Posey is noticed by what seems to be a military patrol as she is attempting to leave the factory.
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171843
171845 171848
>>171842
Posey walks away slowly and innocently, pretending to be a normal civilian mare who is justifiably moving away from the direction of the random machine gun shots that occurred in the middle of the night.
Bluff to avoid drawing attention and go about my way
[1d20+12 = (4+12) = 16]
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171844
audible buttcheek clapping
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171845
171846
>>171843
>>171843
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YccozjEe9f4&pp=ygUcc291dGggcGFyayBjYXJ0bWFuIHNuZWFraW5nIA%3D%3D

That... doesn't quite work. At least two soldiers have found Posey and engage her as she is exiting

"What are you doing in this area at this hour, ma'am?" One asks, fairly demandingly.

And...
"What's in the bag?"
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171846
171848
>>171845
"Well, I was transporting a subject for my medical research, until the gunshots started. After that, I was hiding in that building." Posey says
>"What's in the bag?"
"A skeleton. An adult male griffon, who died when bone density complications left him unable to breathe. Hollow-bone osteoporosis is such a gruesome thing..."
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171847
171849
Posey Attempts to charm all of the soldiers who make eye contact with her.
DC 17 Will
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171848
171850
>>171846
>that lie
Either roll bluff, or use this one >>171843

Opposed
[1d20+2 = (6+2) = 8]

>I have a skeleton in there
The soldiers take the bag to look through it. Or rather, one takes it, while a second stands further away and keeps a gun trained on Posey. When it is verified that Posey does not, in fact, have explosives, firearms, cameras, or radios in there, they give it back.

"Documents?" The pony asks
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171849
>>171847
[1d20+2 = (4+2) = 6]
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171850
171851
>>171848
>muh paperwork
"Oh, yes, right next to my medical licen-" Posey gasps in false surprise as she rummages through her papers. She blushes profusely and starts to sob
"I...! I...! I must've dropped the certification when I was running from the gunfire..! I don't even have his legal identifiers!"
She sobs for a few more moments, and her makeup begins to run
"I'm such a failure of a scientist..!"
Bluff
[1d20+12 = (8+12) = 20]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171851
171852
>>171850
Pony 1 seems taken by this.
"Where could you have dropped it?"

Pony 2...

"It's well after Curfew, and you are travelling in a mandatory identification zone. We are going to have to detain you until we can positively identify you. It is the law."
Anonymous
fc147d0
?
No.171852
171853
>>171851
Posey shows them her medical license and her ID card for the uni, demonstrating that she is in fact a legal resident qualified to move cadavers.
"It's imperative that these bones are transported before the marrow cells die off."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171853
171854
>>171852
Pony 1
"Oh shit, she actually does have a license"
He takes some kind of object and runs it against the license, which glows as it moves near.

technically it's a medical student ID and her lie would be better tuned to that, but whatever.

Pony 2:
"We should probably write her down"
Anonymous
88a1478
?
No.171854
171855
>>171853
Posey waits for the ponies to finish doing their checkups and waits, verbally reminiscing about getting home to her son.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171855
171856
>>171854
One pony writes something in a notebook, while another asks why she was walking down an industrial, dead end street in a sketchy neighborhood, and why she has a chainmail suit. And a bow and arrow.

However, with the coinciding of the skeleton and her student ID, and the absence of any actual contraband on her, she's out of the risk of immediate arrest. In fact, when two more soldiers show up, they are more concerned that Posey is a decoy for actual rebels.
Anonymous
88a1478
?
No.171856
171857
>>171855
Posey says that the chainmail and chainshirt are part of her research, since as a practicing necrologist and exorcist she has to deal with things that don't die quietly. She has a bow because guns are scary to her.
She asks if she can go.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171857
171858
>>171856
"You were trying to look for the cultist hideout, weren't you?" One asks. But it's not a serious question.

"You are free to leave."
Anonymous
88a1478
?
No.171858
171859 171860
>>171857
Posey trots off at a brisk but not suspicious pace.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171859
171860 171861
6233656.png
>>171858
[1d20 = 15]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171860
>>171858
>>171859
Posey is able to walk through the remainder of the town without being raped, mugged, or arrested. She doesn't actually know how to get back, but she can assume she can walk south to the river, then west until she sees a familiar bridge, then along the road until she gets to the manor. 3 hours, perhaps.
Anonymous
88a1478
?
No.171861
171862
>>171859
Hooray! Victory at last!
I'll post Posey's next step in her evil plans tomorrow.,
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171862
6749668.jpg
>>171861
Posey gets some stares, and has to go through two different check points, but she arrives at the manor at around dawn.
Anonymous
8493778
?
No.171863
The first thing that Posey does then she returns is clean herself off. She then does her usual daily preparations, and tries care of Gloomy.
She spends some time neatly rearranging Luminous's bones.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171864
171865
>>171830
"Just down that hallway" he points a hoof towards the exit on the left "there is an internal balcony over the open first floor atrium at the front entrance. There are a couple stairs on the side. If you don't wish to go that way, there are stairs past the next corner that will take you to the first level. And if you wish to go to the underground... Down that same hall you turn the corner, a stairway goes to the underground. That hall will also open to the balcony."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171865
171867
>>171864
Silver nods.

"Thank you. Be sure to get to safe place." He turns to address the other ponies with him. "We do not have much time. One final effort is all that remains. Get yourselves ready, we are going into underground."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171866
171990
munich-2687184_1280.jpg
>>171833
Amber moves past a coffee shop, a shop selling sausages, a bakery, a tobacco shop, hat store, and a wooden crafts store. There actually seems to be more economic activity than back in Katerinburg.

The cathedral must surely have been under contrustion for decades (but not centuries), with a hiatus in its construction, and a small plaque states that it's replacing the older version of the Saint Rufus temple that was destroyed in a fire. What remains is detail on the tiling over the main roof, and the upper portions of the towers. It's open, and surely has been for years.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171867
171868
>>171865
Silver's group of ponies are a bit disorganized, given how many are wounded. Nevertheless, they gather, and nod to Silver's command. The corporal places the magazine into the well, and it automatically loads a round into the chamber.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171868
171870
>>171867
That's probably a good idea for Silver to do, as well. I've lost track of how much ammunition he has, but if he has a full magazine for his LMG to spare he swaps mags before leading his group towards the underground.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171869
171870
Also maybe a removing of the guns the dead changelings dropped. They can take the ammunition for any of their guns that can use them, but it's a good idea that to not leave them for the wounded changelings or anyone else to stumble upon.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171870
171871
>>171869
>>171868
About three Jenny magazines, three for the submachine gun, and one and a half magazines on the Strange
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171871
171872
>>171870
Well, unless they're about to walk into a nest of changelings, that should be enough to deal with the ones in the underground section. Hopefully.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171872
171873
>>171871
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_d7wa0cxDU

Look on the bright side: every gun, including the Strange, has a semi-automatic setting
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171873
171876
>>171872
True, but sometimes you just need more daka. Anyways, Silver and co. follow the pony's directions down the hall to get to the underground area.
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171874
171875 171876
Posey retrieves her scroll of Animate Dead
"Baka, I'd like you borrow your reliquary for a moment, if you wouldn't mind."
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171875
171876
>>171874
(does he say yes?)
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171876
171877 171880
>>171873
The white pegasus Corporal holds up his Jenny

"Unity or Death! Long Live the Republic!

Down that long hallway with paintings of ships and barges, then to a stairwell. It's modern down to the bottom, and a door to the left goes to a basement of concrete. Further down the hall just a ways, is a basement of brick and stone.

>>171874
>>171875
Baka looks indignant
"That relic is the pastern bone of Saint Filipovich, martyr of the church of the Zakatie!... Yeah, I'm not using it."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171877
171878
>>171876
Hopefully unity rather than death. Can he see anything in the basement right now?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171878
171879
>>171877
There's more than one basement. Or at least, more than one entrance
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171879
171883
>>171878
Oh. Right. There doesn't happen to be any signs of one of them seeing recent use, is there?
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171880
171881 171882
WYL_LMG_027_27-001.jpg
>>171876
"Very well."
Posey takes the bones of Luminous to where the relic is.
She trots along merrily, clearly in an excellent mood.
She sings a little poem as she goes:

"The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;
What is her burying grave that is her womb,
And from her womb children of divers kind
We sucking on her natural bosom find,
Many for many virtues excellent,
None but for some and yet all different.
O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies
In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities:
For nought so vile that on the earth doth live
But to the earth some special good doth give,
Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse:
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied;
And vice sometimes by action dignified...."

She unfurls her scroll of Animate Dead, unscrews the base, and retrieves a black onyx gem, and places it within the eye sock of the skull, and completes the spell to activate the scroll.
"Luminous Grandeur, I command you to rise!"
Posey auto-succeeds on her caster level check to activate the scroll.
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171881
171882
>>171880
Gonna roll perform for my poem, because I like rolling dice
[1d20+4 = (8+4) = 12]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171882
171884
>>171880
I too, had to memorize the Friar's Soliloquy from Romeo and Juliet for extra credit in 9th grade

The gem glows, and the skeleton begins to rise and animate, until the skeleton stands before Posey

>>171881
Posey gets 7 points added onto her Literature test
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171883
171885
>>171879
The near one seems jammed, the one far away has a bullet hole preventing the door from remaining closed
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171884
171886
>>171882
Posey puts on a sinister grin, as she watches the skeleton rise.
I don't know what his stats were, but as a skeleton his alignment would change to neutral evil, and he would only have one hit dice. This makes him an appropriate candidate for the following gimmick:

"Luminous, I command you to take the pastern bone of Saint Filipovich in both of your claws, and hold it firmly." Posey says
The skeleton, under Posey's command, would reach out to grasp the bone. Once it's in its possession, it would immediately gain a negative level, and be instantly slain, collapsing back into a pile of bones.

"Now we play the waiting game." Posey says, still grinning.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171885
171886
>>171883
As in the lock on the far away one was shot off? That seems like a good place to start from. Silver carefully approaches the brick and stone basement.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171886
171888 171889
>>171884
This is essentially correct

>>171885
Yes. There's the door. Dare ye go through?
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171887
171891 171990
In case it wasn't obvious, Posey is creating a Wight. A creature slain by negative levels rises as a wight the following night. The relic isn't useful to Posey because it is virtuous, but by misapplying it's powers, Posey has turned it to vice. Posey intends to recreate Luminous as an undead inversion of himself, and her first order of business will be to use him to eliminate Alluring, to get rid of the last witness while also punishing him for his greed.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171888
171892
>>171886
Dare he yes
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171889
171891 171916
46j7x7.jpg
>>171886
Posey carefully moves the bones to a more secure location.
She tells Lament (or anyone around), that she's attempting a dangerous experiment, and not to let anypony into the quarters, unless they're interested in becoming wight and based.
Although, until the evening, the bones aren't going anywhere. Posey spends the day researching and taking care of Gloomy. She makes sure that she has time to overlook the bones hours before evening though.
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171890
NieuiHL.jpeg
I took the liberty of generating a statblock for a winged wight, based on Savage Species. I would have used the template, but I didn't have Luminous's stats:

Wight (Winged)
Medium Undead
Hit Dice: 4d12 (26 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), fly 60 ft. (good)
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+3
Attack: Claw +3 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain)
Full Attack: 2 claws +3 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain) and slam +1 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Create spawn, energy drain
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., undead traits, resistance to cold 10 and electricity 10
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +5
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 13, Con —, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 15
Skills: Hide +6, Listen +7, Move Silently +6, Spot +7
Feats: Alertness, Toughness
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary, gang (2–5), or pack (6–11)
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always lawful evil
Advancement: 5–8 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —

Template
https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/templates/wight.shtml
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171891
171893
1614409959685.jpg
>>171887
>>171889
I don't think that simply killing a skeleton with a negative level makes it a wight
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171892
171895
>>171888
Silver opens the door to find...

This room is very large, and likely extends under the plaza in front of the ministry, though it's hard to tell. There are multiple arches with brick columns.

Nearish the center, Silver can see several boxes. There seem to be several drones in the room, including wounded ones.
Anonymous
1ce4ed4
?
No.171893
171894
>>171891
It should, iirc
>A character with negative levels at least equal to her current level, or drained below 1st level, is instantly slain. Depending on the creature that killed her, she may rise the next night as a monster of that kind. If not, she rises as a wight.
A unless the effect says otherwise, a creature slain in this fashion rises as a wight.
This has no clause for condition of the body. The Grim Revenge spell turns a severed limb into a tiny wight.
Inflicting negative levels on undead isn't usually easy, but having them possess holy items is one of those few ways to do it. The fact that a holy sword can turn a 1 HD evil creature into an undead is one of those silly things in 3.5e. A skeleton was the most easily obtainable 1 HD evil creature that I could think of.

Unless what you mean to say is "I don't want you to make a wight", in which case... pretty please?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171894
171912 171913
>>171893
>It should, iirc
>>A character with negative levels at least equal to her current level, or drained below 1st level, is instantly slain. Depending on the creature that killed her, she may rise the next night as a monster of that kind. If not, she rises as a wight.
>A unless the effect says otherwise, a creature slain in this fashion rises as a wight.
I don't see that

Also, there's a pretty decent case for Luminous to become a saint.

>pretty please?
I suppose there's a decent case for this, as I tend to be pretty lenient with players basically collecting NPCs (Silver is up to five, I think) including de facto companions
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171895
171896
>>171892
Three questions:

1.) Have the drones noticed the ponies yet?

2.) Can Silver see any bomb-shaped objects in the room?

3.) Does it look like the boxes are covering anything?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171896
171897
>>171895
Not immediately, but time is running out, and the others aren't in yet

Silver would need to roll spot to have a contest of time
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171897
171899
>>171896
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171898
171899
I'd like to apologize to Baltimare for my terrible luck
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171899
171900
>>171897
Silver can't really tell much, but it's time to either enter the room with his comrades, or withdraw.

>>171898
pets ze fluff
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171900
171901 171902
>>171899
They don't happen to have any grenades, do they?

ze fluff iz pet
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171901
171902
>>171900
[1d20 = 1]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171902
171903
>>171900
>>171901
It appears they do
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171903
171904
>>171902
Oh shit, really? Now this is a conundrum: a grenade would clear out the room, but if that bomb is in there then it might cause a premature detonation.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171904
171905
2271892.png
>>171903
Dilemma
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171905
171906
6912685__safe_artist-colon-reddthebat_imported+from+derpibooru_oc_oc+only_oc-colon-littlepip_pony_unicorn_fallout+equestria_dialogue_eyebrows_eyebrows+visible+t.jpg
>>171904
Fuck it, let's ball. Silver has the other members of the squad back up before he pulls the pin, rolls it through the doorway, closes the door and dives back into the hallway away from the room.

Image not a 100% accurate representation
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.171906
171907
>>171905
Silver throws in the grenade, and....

ching ching ching ching
At least one assault rifle shoots at the door....

But there is no explosion
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.171907
171908
>>171906
...Дерьмо!

Curse his luck! A dud! Now the element of surprise has been blown! He runs for the cover of the hallway split to the other basement before the shooting really starts. Hopefully the others have followed suit.
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No.171908
171909
>>171907
Silver is at least able to retreat back into the hallway. While the door is questionable, the bricks are solid enough to stop bullets.

Unfortunately, it appears the drones can simply fight defensively and hold the room
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No.171909
171910
>>171908
Damn. Odds are that this is indeed the room with the bomb, but with so many changelings there if they had the wire they needed they would have detonated it already. The fact that Silver is very much not atomized gives him the belief that they must have killed the team that was bringing back wires for the detonator, or they're still out there looking for one.

Since there's at a stalemate for the moment, Silver sees if the jammed door to the other basement can be opened.
Anonymous
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No.171910
171911
>>171909
Jiggling the knob does not work
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No.171911
171914
>>171910
What about pushing into the door with Silver's shoulder?
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No.171912
171917
>>171894
>I don't see that
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#energyDrainAndNegativeLevels
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No.171913
171917
>>171894
>I suppose there's a decent case for this, as I tend to be pretty lenient with players basically collecting NPCs (Silver is up to five, I think) including de facto companions
That's basically my whole thing.
Too bad I don't get the spells for it until I reach level 8.
Speaking of which, did I get to level 4 yet?
Anonymous
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No.171914
171915
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>>171911
I think you know how to find out
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171915
171917
>>171914
Hmmmmmm...
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
Anonymous
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No.171916
Okay, whatever the result, Posey waits until sunset to meet the wight as it arises. If the bones stay dead, she goes to bed with a disappointed sigh, and snuggles her colt, contemplating her next evil plan.
>>171889
Anonymous
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No.171917
171918 171919
>>171915
BAM
Silver knocks it down. Unsubtly

>>171913
>level 4
Maybe? Let me get back to you on that one

>>171912
That's specifically for the energy drain attack, which is not what the relic does

As for just saying "fuck it Posey can have a wight"... let me get back to you on that. A wight is a bit different from a true NPC as its under the player's direct command, whereas the changeling nymphs/waifus/that one kaftar fighter that players have collected so far are... well, NPCs that need to be persuaded
Anonymous
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No.171918
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>>171917
It's filed under the energy drain attack in the SRD, but negative levels from any source cause this, including various spells and effects.
>NPCs
Posey's plan was going to be to use him as a shocktrooper to attack Alluring, and telepathically command him to return with his turned flock of he survives.
There's also the option of simply adding the wight template to his (Ex) paladin statblock, which would retain most of him as a character; however, that might give him too many hit dice for Posey to directly control...
>A wight is a bit different from a true NPC as its under the player's direct command
I think an uncontrolled wight would be a bigger pain in the ass.
Before you make any rulings, I'll note that wights can create spawn very efficiently, and you might not like that at this level.
>not what the relic does
You could also just say that the relic simply damages evil creatures who touch it, instead of giving the negative level to those who possess it.
I'll be honest with you: I asked you specifically about the negative level back when you first described the item to me so that I could do exactly this, months ago. It was me just grasping at straws to try to make the treasure I retrieved into something useful.
>Let me get back to you
Take your time. I had plenty of fun this weekend. Focus on Silver and his adventure.
Anonymous
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No.171919
171920
>>171917
Silver busts in to see...

A few brick columns, though not as many as in the other room. A concrete floor, with many boxes periodically throughout the room.

At least two drones, moving near the end of the room which connects to the previous room. And in the Center is a concrete column that has a desk with a phone set up, wires leading away, and two drones by it.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171920
171921
>>171919
Would I be correct in assuming that Silver has been noticed?
Anonymous
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No.171921
171922
>>171920
Yes

Retreat, move, or Roll Initiative
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171922
171923 171924
>>171921
Let's try something gutsy.

Bluff: In the best authoritative accent Silver can muster, he shouts out to the changelings in their own language.

"Statusbericht!"

[1d20 = 8]
Anonymous
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No.171923
171924
>>171922
[1d20 = 8]
[1d20 = 17]

[1d20 = 16]
[1d20 = 1]
Anonymous
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No.171924
171925
>>171922
>>171923
Hmmm... Well as talking is generally a free action, Silver could try to move to cover or roll initiative for combat with a little penalty
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171925
171927 171928
>>171924
[1d20 = 17]
I don't know what the penalty would be, but his normal modifier is +4
Anonymous
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No.171926
171927
[1d20+2 = (14+2) = 16]
[1d20 = 13]
Anonymous
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No.171927
>>171925
>>171926
Hmmm...

[1d20-4 = (4-4) = 0]
[1d20-4 = (18-4) = 14]
Anonymous
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No.171928
171929
>>171925
Silver wins, I think
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171929
171930 171933
>>171928
Whoever seems the most ready and likely to shoot Silver is his first target, as he levels his LMG and releases a burst of fire.

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG

[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]
[1d20+5 = (10+5) = 15]
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22]
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171930
171931 171933
>>171929
[1d20+5 = (13+5) = 18]
[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]

Confirming
Anonymous
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No.171931
171932
>>171930
Well.... Oh boy
[12d7 = 53]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171932
171935
>>171931
That's a lot of damage
Anonymous
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No.171933
171934 171935
>>171930
>>171929
One drone clearly was not impressed by Silver's attempt as Wechselbalg, and levied his Grim at Silver.

But he wasn't fast enough, and was struck in the head and chest by bullets, ripped apart before hitting the ground

One drone, hearing Silver's words, was confused just enough that the white pegasus got the lead. The white pegasus actually manages to levy his gun next.

[1d20+7 = (12+7) = 19]
[1d20+7 = (7+7) = 14]
Anonymous
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No.171934
171935
>>171933
[4d7 = 19]
Anonymous
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No.171935
171936
>>171933
>>171934
I... think that's enough to down the drone?

>>171932
The room is not clear, but the two drones that are most dangerous have been neutralized (the second drone clearly not dead, at least until Streak kills him) and the first one clearly dead. There are two drones at table that are not armed, at least immediately
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171936
171937
>>171935
Silver levels his LMG at the two remaining drones here, a warning for them to not make any sudden moves.

"Lasst uns das noch einmal machen. Wir sind wegen der Bombe hier, nicht wegen Ihnen. Verlasse diesen Ort, geh nach Hause."
Anonymous
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No.171937
171938
>>171936
>>171936
The plus: they seem deterred from reaching for their guns. The bad: there are two arched doors leading to the other room, and reinforcements will be through imminently
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171938
171939
>>171937
Intimidate: Silver shouts angrily at the changelings while keeping his gun on them, something easy to do due to the nature of the language.

"JETZT!"

[1d20 = 2]
Anonymous
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No.171939
171940 171941
>>171938
Both reach for guns, or try to

Roll Initiative
[1d20 = 12]
[1d20 = 11]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171940
171942
>>171939
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171941
171942 171943 171946
>>171939
Silver aims for one of the very stupid and ideologically driven drones, and...

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG

[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
[1d20+5 = (3+5) = 8]
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20]
[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]
[1d20+5 = (5+5) = 10]
Anonymous
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No.171942
171943
>>171940
Silver gets there first

>>171941
[6d7 = 21]

[1d20+3
Anonymous
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No.171943
171944
>>171942
>>171941
Silver downs the changeling at the desk, though not killing it

[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
Anonymous
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No.171944
171945 171946
>>171943
Spectral Streak gets the next chance:

[1d20+10 = (16+10) = 26]
[1d20+10 = (12+10) = 22]
[1d20+10 = (11+10) = 21]
[1d20+10 = (2+10) = 12]
Anonymous
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No.171945
171946
>>171944
And
[6d7 = 21]
Anonymous
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No.171946
171947
>>171945
>>171944
>>171941
Both are quickly dispatched, knocked out but not killed. But reinforcements from the next room will arrive imminently
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171947
171948
>>171946
But now at least there are no more threats in the room they're in. Silver heads for the arched doors, and fires the last of his magazine through them, more to buy just a couple more seconds than to actually try to kill any changelings.

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGclick

[1d20 = 4]
[1d20 = 13]
[1d20 = 16]
[1d20 = 12]
[1d20 = 19]
[1d20 = 2]
[1d20 = 11]
[1d20 = 12]
[1d20 = 13]
[1d20 = 3]
Anonymous
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No.171948
171949
>>171947
The magazine is empty, Silver thinks he may have clipped a drone, and he's bought a few seconds, at least for his compatriots to take cover
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171949
171951
>>171948
With a clatter, Silver drops the LMG as he doesn't have enough ammo left for it to bother with. Instead he readies his Jenny once again for battle, and turns it to full auto.

"Scheiß auf dich und deine Bombe!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171950
And if it isn't obvious, Silver makes for cover.
Anonymous
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No.171951
171952
>>171949
Für das Vaterland one yells

Take cover, and Roll Initiative

[1d20+2 = (7+2) = 9]
[1d20+1 = (6+1) = 7]
[1d20+1 = (6+1) = 7]
[1d20+1 = (1+1) = 2]

[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
[1d20+2 = (20+2) = 22]
[1d20+1 = (7+1) = 8]
[1d20+1 = (15+1) = 16]
[1d20+1 = (20+1) = 21]
[1d20+1 = (20+1) = 21]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171952
171953 171955 171966
>>171951
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]
>multiple 20s
Oh no
Anonymous
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No.171953
171954 171956
>>171952
Actually that's Silver's allies

Only four in the other room that are able to come to the door

Targeting far left, the white pegasus
[1d20+7 = (4+7) = 11]
[1d20+7 = (17+7) = 24]

Targeting the second, the grey medic
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
[1d20+3 = (9+3) = 12]
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]

Targetting the third, the cream medic
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
Anonymous
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No.171954
>>171953
[2d7 = 11]

[6d6 = 27]

[4d6 = 18]
Anonymous
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No.171955
>>171952
Of four targets, target 2 is out, and both 1 and 3 are more wounded than not
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171956
171957 171958
>>171953
Oh. Good!

Since Silver is next, he'll target the fourth changeling with a burst from his Jenny.

clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga

[1d20+5 = (4+5) = 9]
[1d20+5 = (5+5) = 10]
[1d20+5 = (4+5) = 9]
[1d20+5 = (4+5) = 9]
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20]
Anonymous
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No.171957
>>171956
[2d7 = 4]
Anonymous
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No.171958
171959
>>171956
This means that one gets to shoot

[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
[1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7]
[1d20+4 = (7+4) = 11]
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]
[1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20]

[1d7 = 5]
Anonymous
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No.171959
>>171958
Hitting the orange pony...
[4d7 = 20]
Anonymous
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No.171960
171961
Wait, no. The orange pony himself gets to shoot first

[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
[1d20+3 = (9+3) = 12]
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
[1d20+3 = (9+3) = 12]
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
Anonymous
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No.171961
>>171960
[4d6 = 15]
Anonymous
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No.171962
171963
Which actually takes out the left most drone...

Azlea gets to shoot
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
Anonymous
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No.171963
>>171962
Rolling
[1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17]

[2d7 = 6]
Anonymous
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No.171964
171965
Downing him, then Spectral Streak
[1d20+10 = (13+10) = 23]
[1d20+10 = (13+10) = 23]
[1d20+10 = (2+10) = 12]
[1d20+10 = (11+10) = 21]
Anonymous
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No.171965
>>171964
[6d7 = 17]
Anonymous
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No.171966
171967
>>171952
And with a combination of good luck and numbers, Silver and his comrades have cleared out these four drones quickly
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171967
171968
>>171966
Silver peaks through the arched doors to see if any other changelings are armed and ready in the other part of the basement.
Anonymous
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No.171968
171969
>>171967
Silver does see changelings. At least 5 of them. 4 laying or leaning on columns and boxes, and one over an open box. He also sees one, two, three ponies leaning against the far wall. All three ponies have blood dripping from them and are dead. Four of the changelings are wounded, although the fourth one, lying on the ground, might be dead. The one healthy-looking changeling simply stands by the box in the center of the room, like a deer in headlights
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171969
171970 171973
>>171968
As Silver's eyes drift to look at the dead ponies, his anger begins to rise once again. It almost sounds as if he's growling. How could such animals - nay, less than animals - commit such atrocities against innocent ponies? He levels his Jenny at the changelings, and in a low and dangerous voice speaks at them.

"Ich lasse dir die Wahl, die du ihnen nie gegeben hast. Nimm deine Brüder, nimm deine Waffen, verlasse unsere Stadt und kehre zu deiner Mutter zurück."
Anonymous
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No.171970
171971
>>171969
With a voice more insect-like, more buzzing, and more in-equine that Silver has heard out of most changelings, he receives the following wailing response from the lone tender of the box

"Meine Mutter ist tot!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171971
171973
>>171970
Silver keeps his gun trained on the changeling, ready to shoot if he makes any sudden movements. Though, perhaps, his voice does soften a little for the changeling's anguish, even if the anger of the executed pony prisoners is still fresh in his mind.

"Das tut mir leid. Du musst immer noch an deine Brüder denken, sie werden ohne deine Hilfe hier nicht rauskommen. Und alle deine Brüder und Schwestern zu Hause werden dich jetzt mehr denn je brauchen."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171972
171973
Rollin' Diplomacy, wish Silver luck
[1d20 = 16]
Anonymous
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No.171973
171974
>>171969
The following bit of description was supposed to be posted earlier:

Silver can see pretty quickly who the ponies were based on their clothing. They were two guards and a construction worker, shot several times through the torso, and judging from the small trail of blood, dragged across the floor from somewhere else where they were originally shot. The drones likewise appear to have been shot elsewhere and taken here, though they are (mostly) in better shape.

>>171972
>>171971
The drone stops for a moment, and closes its mouth. When it opens it again, it speaks with a much calmer voice, still two-toned but closer to familiar, and with a grave and frightened expression and tone

"Der Mechanismus wurde zerschossen. Ich habe es repariert. Es ist verschwunden, um sich dem Rest der Bombe anzuschließen. Es liegt jetzt außerhalb meiner Kontrolle. Meine Brüder werden tun, was ihre Mutter ihnen befohlen hat"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171974
171975
>>171973
The anger Silver felt is almost immediately replaced by a strong wave of dread upon the drone uttering those words. He speaks urgently and insistently.

"Wo ist die Bombe? Wir müssen unsere Familie retten."
Anonymous
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No.171975
171976
>>171974
"Sag es dir und verrate meine?" he replies

May need another diplomacy roll
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171976
171977
>>171975
Two diplomacy rolls in one day? Hoh boy...

Diplomacy: "Ich werde ihnen die Chance geben, sicher nach Hause zu gehen, das schwöre ich."

[1d20 = 5]
Anonymous
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No.171977
171978
>>171976
He shakes his head

"Sie wussten, dass sie, wenn dieser Tag käme, nicht nach Hause gehen würden, selbst wenn es ein Zuhause gäbe, in das sie zurückkehren könnten. Und ich auch."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171978
171980
>>171977
Diplomacy: Silver has to keep trying. He doesn't know where the bomb is, and this drone is the only one who can help him now.

"Dadurch wird nichts behoben. Auge um Auge macht die Welt nur blind."

[1d20 = 18]
Anonymous
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No.171980
171981
>>171978
Normally I don't think a reroll is allowed but... alright Gandhi, you win this one

The drone takes a ragged breath, and though it's hard to tell given its solid-blue eyes, seems as if it looked away and then back again.

"Oben, im Atrium. In der Display-Lokomotive. Dort befindet sich das aktive Material."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171981
171982
>>171980
Silver looks gratefully at the drone, though he'll only be relieved when the bomb is secured.

"Danke schön! Ich verspreche, dass ich ihnen die Wahl lasse, zu gehen."

He shouts out to the ponies in his group as he runs past the drones.

"Atrium! Hurry!"
Anonymous
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No.171982
171983
>>171981
Silver's ponies are ready to move. Spectral Streak, however, has this to say

"Are you sure that he doesn't have the bomb with him right there? Or that none of these changelings will pick up guns and shoot us in the back?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171983
171984
>>171982
Silver turns to Spec.

"We do not have time to check every box if bomb is indeed in atrium. We just have to trust them, both on bomb and on not shooting us."
Anonymous
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No.171984
171985
>>171983
Silver doesn't know what a device looks like, but in fairness to the drone, the box is not very big and is certainly open.

Spectral Streak holds for a second, and though he doesn't express it, Silver can tell he's thinking "Or, we could kill them"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171985
171986
>>171984
"Eye for eye just makes world blind. We are not committing war crimes. Trust in Harmony, my son."
Anonymous
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No.171986
171987
IMG_3739.jpeg
>>171985
“Maybe just a little bit?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171987
171988
>>171986
"You can trust in Harmony little bit, yes, now come on, we are wasting valuable time."
Anonymous
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No.171988
171989
>>171987
The ponies leave the room, but Silver is tasked with the question of how, precisely, he wants to approach the main room. Going up the stairs takes him to a hallway which he knows exits out into what must be the atrium on the lower level near the entrance, but also at the far side. He can also go up to the second level for the balcony.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.171989
172002 172003
>>171988
The second level also gives them the high ground and a good vantage point if they need to shoot whatever changeling is at the detonator. Silver decides to take them up to the second level.
Amber Sunset
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No.171990
171991 171992
>>171839
>bones
https://youtu.be/gH8gDDN7mbQ
Wouldn't the bones still be wet, slimy, and obviously new? Wouldn't that raise more suspicion?

>>171866
Little wonder, given the neglect and poor administration of Katerinburg. It would be difficult to do things worse than the former duchess.
The cathedral impresses Amber, and improves somewhat her opinion of Hellquill. They never carried a reputation of being particularly religious or fond of finer arts in her eyes. However, she cannot tarry and chooses to head to the offices where her friends would be at.

>>171887
>making a wight
This is diabolical and extremely dangerous. I'm impressed. I hope it works and goes horribly wrong
Anonymous
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No.171991
171992 171993
>>171990
Amber knows where to go - the castle complex. And she knows where it is - to the right, up a hill, visible from most parts of the city.
Anonymous
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No.171992
DJI_0002_original.jpg
prague-castle-fotolia-jpeg_header-142535.jpeg
88.jpg
>>171991
>>171990
Image 3 is the closest to what Amber would see
Amber Sunset
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No.171993
171994
>>171991
Amber was expecting the Bureau of the Arts or whatever it's called to be in a modern-style office building within Hellquill, not in a castle.
Roll to find a more discrete path (gather information): [1d20+2 = (2+2) = 4]
Anonymous
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No.171994
171995
>>171993
>wouldn't place the center of culture in a great big castle
And that is why Amber could never be an insane, genocidal, warmongering dictator.

There's a road going up to one entrance with a guard station. Clearly a modern road, made for automobiles. And it isn't a main entrance, too
Amber Sunset
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No.171995
171996
>>171994
Amber tries to see if her friends are nearby, or if they've struggled to get past. Spot [1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
Anonymous
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No.171996
172118
>>171995
Amber actually doesn't see them at all. This is actually a good sign, implying they've made it inside
Anonymous
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No.171998
GM, if possible, I would like to get the answer if Posey makes it to level 4, before I know if the wight rises. I have a lot of work to do on my sheet.
Anonymous
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No.172002
172003 172004
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>>171989
Silver makes it to the second floor, where a balcony rings around an open atrium. The floors are tile, which is a minor problem all of its own as shoed hooves will make audible clops walking across it.

The room is a rectangular shape, perhaps 120 feet deep and 60 or so across. This second floor is maybe 15 feet above the first. Above it, the wall continues up to a third floor with internal square windows. Dorian columns stretch from the ground floor to the railing and then up the ceiling, where decorated panels stretch and curve outwards, until running through the center of the ceiling is a great, glass roof, crossed by small iron beams and vaulted upwards towards the sky. Hanging from the ceiling a bit back and in the center are a number of wires, suggesting that something was intended to be hung from the ceiling, though it is not present now.

Most of the room is colored white, though the panels above the walkway are decorated with scenes of ponies drawing carts of increasing complexity, or galley ships, carracks, clippers, steamships and freightliners, of trains steam and diesel, of automobiles old then new, and of airships and airplanes, evidently showing a progression of transport methods used by ponies throughout history, with progress being shown clockwise. Along three sides, the second-floor has next to it a wall, and occasionally and especially opposite the entrance it will have periodic doors. On the lower level, though it's hard to see, there are a few doors with signs that say things like "Port Authority." The walkway surrounds the atrium on all four sides, including the side facing north and towards the street. On that side, there are no offices, but rather narrow windows along the length. The ground level is covered in tile. The ground floor is covered in marble tile in a color approximating pink. This is broken up by an almost "mosiac" presentation of different colored tile. Around the columns and encasing the center is an interlacing "swastika" pattern. But beyond this, towards the center, is a depiction of Mage Meadowbrook in front, as well as towards the back, her mask, and on the opposite side, Flash prance and then his shield in the back. The door leading in has at least two sets of doors, with a small entry foyer underneath the second floor walkway, lined in wood and brass.

But these are not the most interesting objects in the room. That honor, at least among objects intended to be in the room belongs to something that sits in the center and near the front entrance. It's a full-sized, black steam locomotive, sitting atop a small rail constructed in a break in the tile in the floor and taking up a significant portion of the floor. If White Orchid were here he could say exactly what it is, but all Silver can tell is that it has 4 lead wheels, 6 power wheels, and 4 trailing wheels - a 4-6-4 arrangement - it's black, beautiful, relatively new, and looks like it could still pull freight even if the diesels are less maintenance.

All this is illuminated by light that shines through the roof, angling a bit towards the side and leaving Silver's side in relative shadow. It's dim for direct sunlight, as if the sun were in partial eclipse. Through the windows over the entryway Silver can see the great black clouds that originate far over the north horizon and reach into space.
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No.172003
172004
>>172002
>>171989
Of course, Silver isn't here to sight see or submit a customs form. He is here to clear out the changelings. He sees 10 of them, though at this angle, there could easily be more obscured from line of sight behind the locomotive. Half wear what seems to be worker or guard uniforms, but none have bothered to disguise themselves as ponies. Six are on the second floor. Four of these are fairly near. On the right side, near Silver, are four drones - two manning a Hegemony Universal Machine Gun, and two with them with assault rifles. On the opposite side are two, one of whom has what seems to be some kind of anti-tank weapon, and the other has a Jenny. All six face the plaza, away from Silver.

Down on the lower level, four drones huddle near the train with various weapons, mostly looking outside, though one looks at the train. And the train - which it should be noted does not include the tender - has its front half-circular panel removed, and presumably its boiler pipes as well. That is the focus of these drones on the lower level, though something surely menaces from beyond the entryway, from the street.

While none of the drones are looking in Silver's direction at the moment and all are preoccupied, simply walking can be loud, and they must surely have heard enough gunshots to know that intruders are in the building. Silver cannot be sure these are all of the Changelings nearby.
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No.172004
172005
>>172002
>>172003
Without making a sound, Silver points out the front of the train without its front panel and boiler pipes and mouths out a single word: bomb. He also points out the nearby machine gun, and begins to formulate a plan. First, however, he needs to know: does it seem like any of the changelings have heard the group of ponies coming up to the balcony, and can he whisper to the group without exposing themselves?
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No.172005
172006
>>172004
TATATATATATATAT TATATAT TATTATATATATATATATAT

They have not noticed them, and Silver can attempt to communicate with his teammates over the sound of gunfire
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No.172006
172007
>>172005
Silver whispers to the group, hoping the sounds of gunfire will keep the drones from hearing them.

"Alright, call me stupid if you wish, I do not care. I made promise to that drone downstairs I would do my best to convince these changelings to leave peacefully and I intend to keep that promise. I will head downstairs and attempt to reason with them while you stay upstairs here, but there is chance I will not succeed. If shooting starts, your first targets are nearby four changelings on that machine gun, take them out and commandeer it. Once you have it, shoot any changelings that make attempt on bomb, do not let them detonate it. Am I clear?"
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No.172007
172008
>>172006
White Pegasus:
"Are you mad?! We should kill these drones up here while we have the advantage."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172008
172009
>>172007
"If they make like they are going to shoot, they will be focused on me downstairs, giving you opening to shoot machinegunner while they are distracted. And if it works and they leave peacefully, we do not have to be shot at."
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No.172009
172010
>>172008
"A distraction?" He asks
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172010
172011
>>172009
"Yes, if I fail to convince them. Just wait until I either succeed or fail before you decide to start shooting. I do not want to convince them to leave only for you to shoot them anyways."
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No.172011
172012
>>172010
He looks skeptically at Silver

"O... kay...."
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No.172012
172013
>>172011
Silver nods firmly at the ponies. "Wish me luck."

Whether they do so or not, Silver takes a deep breath, steels himself, and heads downstairs towards the first floor entrance to the atrium, to hopefully convince the changelings that blowing themselves and the city up is not, in fact, the best option, nor that it's the only option..
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No.172013
172014
>>172012
>>172012
The ponies slowly nod and move back to more insular positions. Silver will have to hurry to make sure the bomb is not denotated, as it appeared one drone was installing something.

Spectral Streak comes towards Silver and asks
"Should I join you?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcOPh5ltbAw&pp=ygUlYmF0dGxlIGh5bW4gb2YgdGhlIHJlcHVibGljIHdhc3RlbGFuZA%3D%3D
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172014
172015
>>172013
Silver looks at his son as he replies, "If you wish. I would appreciate company, but I am taking lead on this."

With or without his son tagging along, Silver hurries downstairs, taking little care for sneaking once he's out of range of the machine gun on the second floor. He moves for an entrance to the atrium as close to opposite of the balcony as he can. Once he arrives, he enters the atrium and shouts out to the changelings in their own language (which, for the sake of not having to constantly go back and forth to/from Google Translate and for the sake of clarity, will be italicized and in Ponish).

"STOP!"
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No.172015
172017
>>172014
Spectral Streak decides to stay upstairs
"I think I may be more useful here"

Well, he gets their attention. He must either speak, or roll initiative
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No.172016
Spoilered
Does Posey get to lvl 4? I'm trying to finish my sheet.
Not to interrupt though. Carry on.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172017
172018
>>172015
For now, Silver is going to hope that these changelings can appeal to reason.

"This isn't going to fix anything! You won't be any closer to winning this war, and you won't be saving the lives of any of your family!"
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No.172018
172019
>>172017
Again, Silver should be grateful that talking is a free-action

One replies
Every dead pony is one less to fight. This whole area is oil refineries and metal smelters. Fewer factories to the war machine.

And another
It'll destroy the pony city as they have ours
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172019
172020 172023
>>172018
"It won't make a difference. So many cities have been destroyed already. So much death and destruction, adding more won't help either side. It's the rebuilding that will matter. Your brothers and sisters need you, now more than ever."
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No.172020
172021
>>172019
But for all of his attempts to avoid it, Silver can't any longer

Roll Diplomacy
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172021
172022 172023
>>172020
Celestia, hear my plea, guide my dice to victory!

[1d20 = 2]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172022
172023
>>172021
CELESTIA YOU HAVE FORSAKEN ME
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No.172023
172024
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>>172021
>>172022
>>172019
Mahatma Gandhi is known for his statement against revenge "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." But he is also known for having... other interests that are relevant here, and a bit contradictory to pacifism

Silver may roll initiative, but with a penalty
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172024
172025 172027
>>172023
Hopefully the drone downstairs will understand that Silver really did try his best.

[1d20 = 14]
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No.172025
172026
>>172024
[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]
[1d20+2 = (16+2) = 18]
[1d20+1 = (12+1) = 13]
[1d20+1 = (5+1) = 6]
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No.172026
172027 172029
>>172025
Two ahead, two behind [if Silver is only penalized -4]. Silver better hope he has full cover behind a column

The first one shoots with his Grim
[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
[1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17]
[1d20+4 = (1+4) = 5]

The second with his submachine gun
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]
[1d20+3 = (12+3) = 15]
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
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No.172027
172028
>>172024
>>172026
Silver is hit presumably twice, once by a bullet from a Grim, and a second time by a bullet from a submachine gun

[2d7 = 9]
[2d6 = 7]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172028
172029 172031
>>172027
Silver quickly scampers into cover, even as the familiar pain of being shot rears its ugly head and he coughs up a fair bit of blood. He's hurting bad, but he understands things could be a lot worse for him.

He peaks out with his Jenny, and fires a burst towards one of the two changelings yet to have fired.

clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga

[1d20+5 = (6+5) = 11]
[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]
[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]
[1d20+5 = (5+5) = 10]
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20]
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No.172029
172030
>>172026
And elsewhere....

[1d20+10 = (15+10) = 25]
[1d20+10 = (6+10) = 16]
[1d20+10 = (13+10) = 23]
[1d20+10 = (8+10) = 18]

[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]
[1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]
[1d20+5 = (5+5) = 10]
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]

[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
[1d20+4 = (1+4) = 5]
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]

[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]

[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
[1d20+3 = (5+3) = 8]
[1d20+3 = (11+3) = 14]
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]

>>172028
[6d8 = 28]
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No.172030
>>172029
[8d8 = 30]

[6d8 = 23]

[2d8 = 10]
[2d8 = 9]
[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]

[6d6 = 16]
[2d6 = 7]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]

[4d6 = 18]

[1d3 = 3]
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No.172031
172032 172034
>>172028
Silver fluff shoots down one of the drones, and he has good luck to see the fourth shot down from an attacker from the balcony.

Silver, however, is still shot at by two drones.

[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]
[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
[1d20+4 = (6+4) = 10]
[1d20+4 = (6+4) = 10]

[1d20+3 = (6+3) = 9]
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
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No.172032
172033 172034
>>172031
At least 1 hit on Silver
[2d7 = 9]

Also there should be another Pony in the fight
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
[1d20+3 = (6+3) = 9]
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
[1d20+3 = (5+3) = 8]
[1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13]
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No.172033
>>172032
[4d6 = 9]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172034
172036 172037
>>172031
>>172032
Another fresh bullet hole and an accompanying spray of blood. It's not the first time today he's been barely able to stand and fight, being so weak from damage. With luck, it won't be his last. He aims at the changeling with the Grim, and fires another burst.

clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga

[1d20+5 = (10+5) = 15]
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
[1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19]
[1d20+5 = (6+5) = 11]
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No.172035
172037
And three shoot back at the ponies
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
[1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13]
[1d20+3 = (11+3) = 14]
[1d20+3 = (6+3) = 9]
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]

[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]
[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
[1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19]
[1d20+4 = (6+4) = 10]

[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
[1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20]
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172036
172042
>>172034
Luck really isn't on Silver's side right now
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No.172037
172038
>>172035
[4d7 = 21]
[1d6 = 1]

[4d7 = 13]
[1d6 = 1]

>>172034
[4d8 = 17]
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No.172038
172039 172040
>>172037
"Gah!"
Silver hears a familiar voice cry out in pain up above

He hits the drone with a Grim, but does not down him

[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
[1d20+5 = (2+5) = 7]
[1d20+5 = (13+5) = 18]
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]

[1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19]
[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]
[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
[1d20+4 = (7+4) = 11]

[1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
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No.172039
>>172038
[6d8 = 28]

[4d8 = 21]

[8d6 = 35]
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No.172040
172041
>>172038
[1d20+3 = (13+3) = 16]
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
[1d20+3 = (5+3) = 8]
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
[1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13]
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No.172041
172042
>>172040
[2d6 = 3]
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No.172042
172043
>>172036
>>172041
With a spray of submachine gun fire, the Grim wielding drone stumbles

But the one with the submachine gun remains, and fires at Silver
[1d20+3 = (6+3) = 9]
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
[1d20+3 = (5+3) = 8]
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No.172043
172044 172048
>>172042
At least one hit, and Silver better be damned grateful for that column and its marble construction, which is slowly eaten away by the bullets that hit it
[2d6 = 8]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172044
172045 172046
>>172043
Another spray of blood, and Silver's life is holding on by the barest of threads. As his vision turns blurry, blood begins to pool around his forehooves, and he hears his slowed heartbeat clearly over the din of the combat around him he wonders to himself: did I just doom everypony?

He fires the last of his Jenny's magazine, a last hope at saving his life, and getting to see his wife and foals at least one last time.

clangaclangaclangaclangaclangaclick

[1d20+5 = (6+5) = 11]
[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]
[1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13]
[1d20+5 = (6+5) = 11]
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22]
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No.172045
172046 172047
>>172044
[4d8 = 16]
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No.172046
172047
>>172045
>>172044
Not... quite enough. But,

[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]
[1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20]
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]
[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
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No.172047
172048
>>172046
>>172045
[6d8 = 23]
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No.172048
172049
>>172043
>>172047
The changeling drone fought valiantly, but to no avail. Its twisted and ruined body goes down in a hail of bullets, and thus ends its life in Equestria
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172049
172050
>>172048
As the drone falls, so to does Silver, as he stumbles forwards and collapses onto the floor, alive but just barely holding on. He uses what little strength he has left in him to try to get back on his hooves shakily, and see through his blurry vision what the state of the rest of battle is.
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No.172050
172051
>>172049
Silver can see that the Changelings on the second level have been downed. Silver can hear there is a "pony down" above them. A medic comes to Silver, the grey one. That is the only pony who comes down. From the sounds of gun fire above them a new wave must have come in, but all 10 of the changelings in the room since Silver came in have been downed. From outside, it seems that reinforcements will be arriving soon
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172051
172052
>>172050
Silver shakes off any attempts to try to heal him, and instead looks up to the second floor and through ragged breaths chokes out, "Help me get up to second floor."
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No.172052
172053 172054
>>172051
"Come on. Get up" The grey stallion says, offering a hoof

"You need help"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172053
172055
>>172052
"Need to help others...more coming."

Silver manages to use his magic to change magazines on his Jenny before it cuts out, the empty clattering to the ground next to him.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172054
>>172052
Silver does take the medic's hoof, though he continues to weakly shrug off attempts at treatment and insists that he needs to help the others.
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No.172055
172056
>>172053
It falls, and is replaced with another

Silver goes upstairs to see a minor firefight going on with drones on the opposite side, and the cream medic next to his downed and wounded son.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172056
172057 172058
>>172055
Seeing his son injured gives Silver enough energy and rage to push through the fog caused by his injuries, even if they are still very much real and still very much there. Some droplets of mixed blood and saliva fly from his mouth as he almost screams out, "FUCK YOU!"

He takes aim at a changeling and lets out a burst of fire from his freshly reloaded Jenny.

clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga

[1d20+5 = (11+5) = 16]
[1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13]
[1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12]
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No.172057
172058
>>172056
This time, it's the changelings who have good cover, and Silver lands no hits. Everypony on the pony side is low to the walkway, trying to stay in cover

[1d3 = 2]
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No.172058
172059
>>172056
>>172057
The medic forces Silver down towards the ground
"You're losing too much blood!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172059
172060
>>172058
"RRRRRAAAGGHH! ОТПУСТИТЬ!"

Silver very much resists being forcefully handled by the medic, especially with his son downed and the enemy in his sights.
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No.172060
172061
>>172059
IF Silver wishes, he probably could charge the enemy

The medic, however, wants to apply coagulant, blood, stitches, and other treatments
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172061
172062
>>172060
Can Silver fire his Jenny from this position, or is a charge the only option?
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No.172062
172063
>>172061
He can shoot from this position, but must expose himself to do so
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172063
172064 172065 172067
>>172062
Silver forces the medic off of him to stand up and once again target a changeling with his Jenny.

clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga

[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]
[1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13]
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]
[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172064
172065 172069 172070
>>172063
Confirming
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22]
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No.172065
172066 172067
>>172063
>>172064
Silver sees a changeling on the edge of a rail, lines up a shot, and shoots him several times in the torso and once in the head.
[10d8 = 41]

But they shoot back, though not all at Silver
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16]
[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16]
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
[1d4 = 3]

[1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19]
[1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20]
[1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19]
[1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14]
[1d4 = 2]

[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
[1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17]
[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21]
[1d4 = 1]
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No.172066
>>172065
[2d8 = 12]

[4d8 = 25]
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No.172067
172068
>>172065
>>172063
Silver sees the white pegasus recoil in pain, and the orange pony collapse on the ground

[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12]
[1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19]
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]
[1d20+5 = (11+5) = 16]

[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
[1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7]
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]

Actually that should be a [4d7 = 11]
Anonymous
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No.172068
172069 172070
>>172067
Which would cause injury but not collapse

[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
[1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13]
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]

[4d8 = 26]

[2d8 = 14]
Anonymous
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No.172069
>>172064
>>172068
[4d6 = 11]
Anonymous
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No.172070
172071
>>172068
>>172064
Two wounded Changeling drones remain
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172071
172072 172073
>>172070
"GET OUT OF MY CITY!"

Silver targets another changeling, and fires another burst.

clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga

[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20]
[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
[1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19]
Anonymous
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No.172072
172073
>>172071
That's at least 3 hits on a wounded changeling
[3d8 = 15]
Anonymous
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No.172073
172074
>>172072
>>172071
A third changeling is downed, leaving one, lone gunman remaining. But it doesn't fight, instead crawling towards a doorway.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172074
172075
>>172073
If the changeling isn't going to fight, then Silver yells to the medics to take care of the wounded as he rushes for the changeling machinegun. There's reinforcements that need to be taken care of.
Anonymous
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No.172075
172076
>>172074
The machine gun is lying by an open window. The drone who was operating it had been prone, then tried to turn around, then was shot down. They've clearly gone through multiple boxes of ammunition. Probably 80 rounds remain on this 250 round belt.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172076
172077
>>172075
Hopefully it will be enough. So long as this burst of adrenaline keeps him going through his grievous injuries, he'll keep the changelings away from the bomb. He moves the body away from the gun's position, gets on it, and aims for where it seemed like the reinforcements were coming from.
Anonymous
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No.172077
172078
>>172076
Looking outside is a big, rounded armor, green colored tank with a UPR flag on it (with the bird wing, bat wing, horse shoe, and horn), two half track APCs, and a number of ponies in green uniforms.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172078
172079
>>172077
...is he hallucinating, or are those actually ponies? He's not sure as he's basically running on pure adrenaline at this point, and he really, really doesn't want to make the wrong guess at this point. He shouts out to the supposed ponies, hoping they can hear him.

"CHANGELINGS OR PONIES?"
Anonymous
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No.172079
172080
>>172078
They look like ponies, to be sure. They are cautiously approaching the ministry

From behind them and above, Silver sees a flying tin can coming in low, with its glistening aluminum and yellow stripe. Then DAT DAT DAT DAT it strafes the center hall, shooting bullets through the window and the ceiling, and sending glass crashing down.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172080
172081
>>172079
Silver is fairly certain the changelings don't have air support in the area, but the shock of sudden machine gun fire from a flying machine combined with the panic of them shooting so near an active nuclear bomb definitely doesn't help. He just barely manages to avoid shooting the machine gun.
Anonymous
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No.172081
172082
>>172080
Either way, Silver doesn't have enough remaining HP to fight off a fighter and a tank.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172082
172083 172084
>>172081
True, but it's not as if it would stop him.

"ВЫ ИДИОТЫ! THERE IS NUCLEAR BOMB HERE!"
Anonymous
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No.172083
172084 172085
>>172082
"Fuck you, bugger!" One alleged pony yells, as they try to use the vehicles for cover, advancing slowly
Anonymous
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No.172084
172085
>>172082
>>172083
From behind Silver, there is the sound of gunshots
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172085
172086
>>172083
>>172084
"СЕЛЕСТИЯ, ЧЁРТ!"

Silver wheels about, abandoning the machine gun in favor of his Jenny as he looks to see what the cause of the gunshots is.
Anonymous
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No.172086
172087
>>172085
The white pegasus corporal has leaned over the side of the railing, and shot at a drone that has gone straight for the bomb. It appears to have been stopped, though it came uncomfortably close to through its... hoof? on the switch
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172087
172088
>>172086
Silver sighs in relief. If it were up to him, he would he'd promote that corporal on the spot. He has to remember to write him a letter of commendation. In fact, all of the ponies who fought with him deserve one. He looks down to the ponies who he now believes are in fact ponies, and shouts at them as he starts to feel the adrenaline fading.

"GET IN HERE AND SECURE THIS BOMB, FOR CELESTIA'S SAKE!"
Anonymous
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No.172088
172089
>>172087
This actually gets them to move more quickly, one jumping up in front of the tank, followed by another, then another.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172089
172090
>>172088
With that hopefully taken care of, Silver next attends to the matter of his squad, seeing what casualties there are and how bad things got.
Anonymous
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No.172090
172091
>>172089
Spectral Streak, though by no means okay, reaches out a hoof. The white corporal has himself been wounded, as has the orange pony. These are the fresh injuries, and Azelea bloom, and one of the medics have previously been wounded. Only the cream medic seems thus far unscathed.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172091
172092 172093
>>172090
Silver holds his son's hoof, and urges him to stay strong and hold on. He tells the medics to take care of the other wounded before he limps his way down towards the pony reinforcements.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172092
>>172091
By "other wounded" he means "everyone but me".
Anonymous
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No.172093
172094
>>172091
Silver is not in great condition by any means, and he moves down the stairs past the one, two, three, four, five changeling drone bodies - though that body of the drone with the Grim is much closer to the locomotive than he remembers. Past these is the pair of doors to the outside, and presumably the remainder of the Homeguard
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172094
172095
>>172093
Silver has to stop in his tracks. He turns around slowly towards the body of the changeling with the Grim. Surely there's no way he's still alive...is there?

Silver goes to check for any vital signs from the drone.
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No.172095
172096
>>172094
It looks dead, dripping blood and contorted on its belly. Though it shouldn't be bleeding if it is dead, and it certainly shouldn't be leaving a trail. But... is that a pulse?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172096
172097
>>172095
Silver calls over one of the newly arrived ponies, who will surely receive a fright when they see up close just how hurt Silver is.

"Help me move him away from bomb, my strength is failing me.
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No.172097
172098
>>172096
But this takes a few seconds, enough time that when a pony finally arrives at the door... It has time to move
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172098
172099
>>172097
If Silver can, he dives onto the changeling. Well, falls onto is probably the more accurate description, but the point is that Silver is attempting to use his body weight to keep the changeling from moving further.
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No.172099
172100
>>172098
The changeling's eyes seem to dart back towards Silver, and it jumps up towards the mechanism
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172100
172101 172115
>>172099
I presume that means Silver is not on top of the changeling?
Anonymous
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No.172101
172102
>>172100
Not... necessarily. The two lunge simultaneously, or at least near in time. The changeling drone with hooves stretched upward, and Silver to pull the drone down. Silver closes his eyes as moves towards its neck and body. He feels the chitin, then the thin wings of the creature...

The light shines through his eye lids, but the hard marble floor, chitin, and the steel cowcatcher of the locomotive are replaced with soft linen fabric, and down feathers
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172102
172103
>>172101
Silver jumps with a start, letting out a "NO!" as he launches towards what he thinks it a changeling about to doom everypony he knows, only to come up with nothing. Extremely confused and disoriented, he looks around to get his bearings.
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No.172103
172104
>>172102
Silver looks around to see he is in his bedroom. The sun has risen at least somewhat. There is a griffin female next to him, with admittedly rather nice curves on her belly and thighs, and at least partly under his forelegs

"Huh..." She moves, seemingly woken up by Silver's call
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172104
172105 172106
>>172103
He continues to look around, lost, as if he sees both the room around him and something else entirely. He breathes heavily and rapidly, and he can hear his heart pounding in his ears. The phantom sensations of copper in his mouth and pain across his entire body linger on even after the dream he just experienced had ended. Eventually his eyes return to look at the griffon in his bed, it taking a few seconds for her name to return to his clouded mind. Jubilosa. The sight seems to bring Silver some comfort as if it's anchoring him back to reality, but if she were awake and were to look at Silver she could tell he is still panicked somewhat.

Awake or not, however, his first action upon coming back to reality is to hug his griffon tight as he fights to hold back tears.
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No.172105
172107
>>172104
"Gah!" The griffin is hugged tight

"What? What is it?"

She is at least reasonably soft and fluffy. A mix of a cat and a bird, after all
Anonymous
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No.172106
172107
>>172104
Silver can't quite get a good view of her eyes as she was facing the direction opposite him, but he can see her golden fur, her brown feathers, and see her white belly, the curve of her chest, or feel the great muscles on her large, brown-feathered wings
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172107
172108
>>172105
>>172106
Compared to being shot by a dozen different changelings and slowly bleeding out as he tries to prevent nuclear destruction? This is paradise.

"Just...terrible dream. Nightmare. I am glad to be back here."
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No.172108
172109
>>172107
"Oh." She says, turning her eyes back towards him. She turns around in bed, facing her eyes, smiling beak, and chest towards him, and reaching out to put her claws over him. "I didn't think you left."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172109
172110
>>172108
"I must say, I am relucant to ever leave you again after that."

He strokes a cheek on her smiling face with a hoof.

"I am sorry I woke you. I hope you slept better than I did."
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No.172110
172112
>>172109
She smiles, and silver can feel soft down feathers on her cheeks. Her golden eyes stare into his.
"Last thing I remember you were on top of me. Oh. You mean before that. Your date with Lua. Yeah, don't leave me for that." She moves closer and rubs her beak against Silver's muzzle. "I slept great." she says
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172112
172113
>>172110
Silver's bright blue eyes seem to mix with the golden pools of her own, and just as she rubs her beak against his muzzle, so too does he rub his muzzle against her beak. Being embraced by his Jubee, feeling her soft fur and feathers, helps to chase away the specters of the nightmare he just had.

"This is second time in succession I have had such nightmares. I can only imagine how bad it is for everypony else, now that Luna has been captured. Our dreams run amuck at night."
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No.172113
172114
>>172112
She rubs the edge of her beak just against his muzzle. It's actually kind of a nice feel, the hard, smooth beak, which feels a bit cooler than her feathers and certainly cooler than her warm chest fur, or her claws. Silver may have other reasons to like or dislike having a griffin in his bed, or being in the claws of one, but it's like having a space heater in the bed.

"Really? I didn't dream at all." She looks at him with soft eyes, but after some seconds they wander upwards. "No, that's not true. I remember flying over rolling hills... rolling, green hills...."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172114
172116
>>172113
"That sounds nice." He smiles at the brief description of what must have been a pleasant dream for her. "If I ever suddenly sprout wings, would you teach me to fly so we could soar over those hills together?"
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No.172115
>>172100
Alternative:

The creature jumps up through the air. But Silver jumps onto it, knocking it on its back, and squeezing out whatever air remained in its lungs. Its wings twitch, but Silver has it pinned. A new pony comes over, and presses it down. "Get the bug!' he says. A couple more ponies come in.

"We did it" One of them says, smiling. "We did it!" Just behind them comes a pony with a radio.

"Listen to this!" he turns it up.

"This is Friend of the Ponies reporting again: A ceasefire has just been negotiated between the Master of Ponies Long March of the United Pony Republics, Queen Ocellus of the Changeling Hegemony, and Grover VI of the Griffonian Empire. Tentative peace negotiations have the Hegemony ceding Western Equestria to the UPR in exchange for a 'love tribute' and cession of claims in Nova Griffonia, and Griffinstone being made into an independent State with the fate of Puimont left to future negotiations, and all details to be resolved in a peace settlement later in the month. Though fighting continues in against rebels in Asterion, the war is over."
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No.172116
172117
>>172114
"Heh" She smiles wider

"Sure, I'll teach you."

A moment, and she shakes her head
"No, I can't imagine you flying."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172117
172119
>>172116
Seeing her smile really brightens up Silver's day, no matter how early it is.

"And why is that?"
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No.172118
172119
>>171996
Helder would have known how to get past the guard. If only Amber had those same skills! Oh well, it's worth a shot. Amber approaches the gate.
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No.172119
172120 172392
>>172118
Amber walks up to the gate, and sees a red griffin guard who looks up at her with the warmth and friendliness Amber has come to expect out of Hellquillians And frankly all Herzlanders

"You can't come this way. This is restricted."

>>172117
"Well you're... heh. You're... big... and... fluffy. And grounded. You'd fly like a cart."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172120
172121
>>172119
"Well, I suppose I am big, and fluffy. I happen to find those to be my best qualities." He smiles at his Jubilosa. "But who knows, maybe I would surprise you. I could be best flying cart world has ever seen."
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No.172121
172122
>>172120
"Heh heh, you, the flying cart."

She reaches up a claw and.... claws don't go there!
boop on the edge of Silver's nose, just in between her beak and his muzzle.

"Imagine a yak flying. Or a buffalo. Or an elephant. It would be about the same." She says

"Well, if you had a very fluffy elephant, it would."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172122
172124
>>172121
She gets a first talon view of the cute scroonchy face ponies make when they're booped.

"That sounds majestic. Flying, fluffy elephants."
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No.172124
172125
>>172122
She giggles at the face, but then pauses for a moment, almost recoiling back.

"Those don't exist, do they?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172125
172126
>>172124
Silver also has to pause, as his previously scroonchy face becomes puzzles, confused, and almost stumped.

"I...do not think so? There are all sorts of strange creature that exists, and no place in world has more of them than Zebrica. If it were to exist, if would be there."
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No.172126
172127
>>172125
She extends her claw, and pets his mane. “Heh heh, you look cute like that.”

“And here I thought Equestria was the land of magic and wonders. Not exotic enough, is it?”

She continues petting
“Well no matter. I can’t say I know much about animals or monsters or fairytales anyways.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172127
172128
>>172126
It's difficult to describe the noises Silver is making at the moment, other than calling them 'happy Silver noises'.

"I guess it is just because ones here I am familiar with. Hydras, ursas, manticores and such are what I am used to, and I imagine there all sorts of magical beasts in Griffonia you are used to."
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No.172128
172132
>>172127
"Oh. Well yeah, I suppose. Well, we do have Urcos and Golden Clips, but those are not dangerous so long as you stay away from the water. Then Ireltxo can be a nuisance at times, but just don't engage in conversation when they try to sell you flowers or whatever. And the Oricuerno, well, you've basically got one rooming in the second bedroom, so...And the Sirenuca, same as with the Urcos. Just avoid the ocean and you'll be fine. Oh, and the forests, that's where the Tibicenas live. Honestly no, we don't really have monsters over in Sicameon. But that's the charm, really. It was peaceful. Calm. Safe. Pleasant. Where it was flying over the sprawling jungles through the valleys and between the mountains, or watching the waves crash upon the shore from a safe distance... It was beautiful..." She says.
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No.172129
172130
611945_249f42ec8c04bc9f635e2ed088041148.jpeg
hums merrily while brushing Gloomy
P: "You are just so precious. I could just eat you up..." kisses his neck
G: childish giggling with the slightest hint of nervousness
P: "...~But, that would be a waste, now wouldn't it. Even if you're just the sweetest thing ever...
Have you still been drawing?"
G: "Yes, momma!"
Gloomy excited shambles across the room as fast as his little legs can carry him, and returns with several sheets of paper with crayola drawings. The drawings depict strange runes sigils and rune circles, drawn haphazard in a crude, childish fashion; these sigils are drawn repeatedly in the margins of every drawing, sometimes scribbled out in frustration. The drawings also appear to depict various animals.. or, amalgams of animals? Strange creatures? It's hard to tell.
Gloomy seems to be particularly proud of a drawing smeared in black and red crayon that appears to depict a large black dog... Or is it a sheep? Next to the creature appears to be a pony, presumably Gloomy, reaching out to boop the creature on the nose. There is quite a bit of red in the background: could it be fire, or could it be blood? Like all of the other drawings, it has sigils a sigil drawn repeatedly in the margins, gloomy seeming having tried many times to get it right.
G: excited gigglesnort "See? See? Momma, look!"
Posey levitates the paper with her aura, and squints at it, keeping her warm, matronly, encouraging expression, trying her best to look impressed as she tries to make out the drawing.
P: "Very good, sweetie! ... What is it, dear?"
Gloomy looks somewhat offended by this question, as if it should be obvious to the smartest mare in the world
G: "It's Amon, duh!"
Posey seems to be caught off guard somewhat, she looks confused.
She takes out a tiny booklet with various colorful stickers on it with "Childcare" sprawled across the cover. Her expression turns to slight worry as she flips through the book.
P: "Amon.. I don't remember teaching you that one...
Was this during one of your 'special' dreams, sweetie?"
G: "Yes, momma."
Posey points to the sigils in the corner of the page
P: "Amon visited you, and showed you this circle?"
G: "Yes, momma?"
P: "You weren't too scared to look at its face?"
Gloomy puffs out his chest fluff
G: "No, momma. I was bwave!"
P: "And... In you dream, you touched it?"
Gloomy reaches out and boops his mother on the nose. Posey scrunches
Posey pauses for a moment
P: "This... This is good!"
She levitates Gloomy and whirls him in the air
P: "What an excellent channeler you're turning out to be, sweetie."
Posey nuzzles Gloomy in the neck. Gloomy flinches at first, but then giggles childishly.
Anonymous
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No.172130
172131
>>172129
D'awww

I very much like the idea of Gloomy being contacted by forces outside of Posey's control.
Anonymous
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No.172131
>>172130
That's very much the point.
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No.172132
172135
>>172128
Silver continues to make happy Silver noises, which sound a bit like a mix of continued sighs, a long quiet whinney, and interspersed nickers.

"Those sound quite exotic to me."

Getting the feeling that remembering her homeland is making her a little sad, Silver lays his head against her breast.

"I know New Mareland took your homeland over, but...if I ever grew wings, or even gained ability to turn into griffon, one of first things I would want to do is to be able to fly over those jungles, valleys, mountains, and waves with you."
Anonymous
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No.172133
172134
Once I get to lvl 5, I'll be able to give Gloomy his own cohort statblock as an apprentice...
I'll post more of Gloomy's backstory later.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172134
172136
>>172133
Does that means Posey will take Gloomy out on adventures to train his skills and give him experience?
Anonymous
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No.172135
172137
>>172132
"Heheh, you won't grow wings" She laughs
Anonymous
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No.172136
172137
>>172134
That, or I sacrifice him to make a Slaymate. Time will tell.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172137
172138
>>172135
He laughs as well. "You never know, weirder things have happened."

>>172136
That would be sad. Posey and Gloomy need to take over the world together.
Anonymous
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No.172138
172139 172140
>>172137
"Haha, like what?"
Anonymous
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No.172139
172140
>>172138
There was that time the chaos God made it rain chocolate.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172140
172175
>>172139
That is a fair point.

>>172138
"Well, just in last decade or so, we have had thousand-year old alicorn princess come back from being banished to moon, ancient chaos god break from from stone prison and nearly conquer Equestria, changelings nearly take over Canterlot by infiltrating wedding, entire country and race of ponies come back after being banished by dark lord's curse for thousand years, previously mentioned chaos god get reformed, and all of magic in all of Equestria nearly get stolen by centaur that had escaped from Tartarus, among many other happenings."
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No.172141
172142
mysterious rustling from a crate of bananas at the Baltimare Docks
Anonymous
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No.172142
172143
>>172141
The São Vicente, an older, Nimbusian originating and registered freighter with a Macawain Crew, arrived in Baltimare Harbor just before the break of dawn, originating in Rio de Jandaia with ports of call in Midoria and Manebourne. Union Dues, a strong, rust brown earth pony, walks along the pier to where cranes are already unloading crates of the freighter's cargo, a haul of tropical fruits - bananas and coconuts - as well as Jute and palm oil. The large set of crates of bananas must be placed on a cart, and ultimately taken to a warehouse before being placed on a train to take it to Fillydelphia, Canterlot, and Beyond. Union Dues moves a crate of bananas, places it on his back, and when he turns back...
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No.172143
172144
>>172142
...he sees the head, upper torso, and forelegs of a golden furred, red manned pony mare, in a crate full of the yellow and green fruits. She has a squarish muzzle with large nostrils, big fluffy with small tufts of fur at the points, and slit pupil eyes with red iris that look at Union Dues with the classic 'deer in headlights stare'. She shrinks a little in her crate, and gives a sheepish wave to the pony who has uncovered her, letting out a little awkward, "H-hello..."
Anonymous
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No.172144
172145
>>172143
Sigh

He knows what this is. One of those damned bat-winged ponies. They are not content with stealing our jobs, they want to steal our fruit, too

"What are you doing in the bananas?!"
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No.172145
172146
>>172144
"Heh heh...I um...uhhh..." The mare taps her forehooves together, feeling extremely awkward about being found out. "...um...there wasn't any room on the ship?"

It's at this point that the deep unmistakable gggrrrooowwwlll of an empty stomach rings out muffled through the crate of bananas.
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No.172146
172147
>>172145
He steps back slightly
"What? What were you doing on the ship in the first place?!"

Union Dues looks back towards Team Steer, a fellow pony helping him pull the cart. The former looks back to the latter, and says

"Hey! Team Steer! We got a stowaway over here"
The orange earth pony stallion walks up.

"Are you sure? She looks like she just snuck on"
"She says she's a stowaway"
"From Where? Manebourne? Did they even stop there? I was told they didn't land because of quarintine"
"Well she got on there somehow. And from the sound of it it sounds like she'll eat the cargo if we don't get her out of here"
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No.172147
172148
>>172146
The mare politely raises her hoof, and quietly asks the two ponies, "E-excuse me, this is Equestria, right?"
Anonymous
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No.172148
172149
>>172147
Team Steer looks at her with narrowed eyes and a mouth hanging open. Union Dues answers,

"Yes?"
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No.172149
172150
>>172148
The mystery mare sighs in relief at the answer.

"Thank Ouroboros...I made it..."
Anonymous
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No.172150
172151
>>172149
Union Dues and Team Steer both sigh as well
"Oh great, she really is a stowaway"
"I should get customs"
"Why? They'll just let her stay and be a scab"
"Who is 'Ouroboros'?"
"Must be their god."
"I thought they worshiped Nightmare Moon?"
"They worship all kind of weird demons. That Could be another name for Nightmare Moon though.
"Think she could be from Chiropterra?"
"Maybe."

Now, Team Steer moves a couple steps closer to the interloper, and asks
"Where did you come from?"
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No.172151
172152
>>172150
"Oh, I'm from the city of Dhamaji! Have you heard of it before?"

She smiles to the two ponies, showing off a pair of small fangs that bat ponies would be known for. Internally, she wonders to herself: Chiropterra?
Anonymous
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No.172152
172153 172154
>>172151
No..?
"Yep. She's from Chiropterra."
She's kind of bright for a bat though. Bright in color, I mean.
"Well, either way, we need to get her out of here. Call Customs and they'll set her up with one our jobs or whatever they do."
"Alright kid, move out of here. We have cargo to move. And you can't eat it."
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No.172153
172154 172155
>>172152
"Thank you! That's actually what I'm here about, I need to talk with someone about something important."

She puts her forehooves on the edge of the crate to push herself out of it, but before she can the two dock workers notice something moving and dangling off of the side of the crate. Something odd. Something living.
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No.172154
172156
>>172152
>>172153
That something appears to be the end of a snake's tail, yellow with a series of red diamonds running up the back of it as its form disappears into the mass of fruit. And, again, it is moving as if it is very much alive.
Anonymous
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No.172155
172157
>>172153
"Talk about what?" Union Dues asks

But Team Steer points out
What is that?
Anonymous
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No.172156
172157
>>172154
"A SNAKE! There's a snake in the bananas!"
"Filly, get out of there! There's a snake"
They both take a step back

"Is it poisonous?"
"I think that might be a constrictor... I don't know! It was big! Filly get out of there!"
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No.172157
172158
>>172155
>>172156
"Well, it's about Customs..." She's stopped from her explanation at the dock workers freaking out. She turns her head to try to see what they're pointing out but can't see anything. "Snake? Where?" In contrast to the reaction of the two fully grown stallions, the young mare seems not bothered in the slightest. In fact, she sounds a bit intrigued as to how a snake ended up in her crate. The two stallions may not however pick up on this, as two more things become far more immediately apparent as the mare begins to fully turn around in the crate to try to spot this snake.

First, as the two get a first good view at her back, they realize that not only does she not have bat wings or any wings to speak of, there isn't even any sign that she had wings in the first place. No nubs, no scars, nothing.

Second, and far, far more obvious, occurs immediately afterwards. A great commotion of activity within the crate begins to disturb large quantities of the bananas held within. Some fall out over the edge of the crate, others simple swirl around the mare. But with all of the disturbance, more of the mare's body is exposed, past her upper torso, which is when the two stallions notice where her torso with all of its fur ends...and where the scale begin. Yellow scales.
Anonymous
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No.172158
172159
>>172157
The fur rises on the confused stallions...
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No.172159
172160
>>172158
She looks back at the two stallions, equally confused but for far different reasons. "What's wrong?"

As she says this, the mare begins rising out of the crate, towering over the two ponies likely entirely by accident. The dock workers see more of her, more scales, both the yellow on her back and sides, and her smooth white underbelly. It's now that the reality of her size begins to dawn on the two poor hapless ponies.

As a final cherry on top, as she looks now down upon the two stallions, her tongue flicks out at them. A forked tongue.
Anonymous
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No.172160
172161
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>>172159
Back a step, then back another as their jaws hang open. Then a turn, and each gallops out of there at full speed

"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
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No.172161
172162 172164
>>172160
"W-WAIT!" She leans forward in her crate full of fruit, causing the entire thing to fall forward and the bananas to spread out across the ground. She lets out an "oof" as she falls to the ground with all of the surely bruised yellow and green fruit and gets up to reveal her full, true form.

From the waist up, she appears to be a normal, if larger than average, golden blonde bat pony, with the red slit eyes, big floofy ears, and little fangs to match. Her red mane is fairly short, and off to the side of her head a couple braids of hair hang down held together with beads. She lacks wings, which may tip onlookers off that something isn't right with her if they for some reason refuse to look below her waist. Below her waist, her fur transitions to scales that make up part of a large, long snake tail. It's hard to judge the full length of her tail just by eyeballing it, as it winds back and forth behind her, but it is easily anywhere from 15 to perhaps even 20 ft. in length,1.5 ft. wide around what must be the stomach portion of her body, and 1 ft. wide elsewhere. In the crate her scales appeared yellow, but it was just because of the bananas reflecting off of them: in reality -- now that she is no longer contained by the fruit -- they are an almost metallic gold color, with red diamond patterns with black outlines running down her back all the way to the end of her tail. Her underside is smooth, flat, looks to be very different from the scales on the sides and back of her tail, and appears to be either white or something very close to it.

Amidst the scattered bananas, several non-fruit items lie on the floor: a backpack and saddlebags that appear to contain several more items hidden within, a bedroll and tent, a set of what appears to be leather armor studded with metal scales, a long sharp spear, a bow of unusual foreign make, and two bags of arrows. She stops to gather her possessions back up before she chases frantically after the two ponies, slithering along the docks with her tail trailing behind her.

"W-wait! Don't go! Come back!"
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No.172162
172164
>>172161
Of course, the exact dimensions of this being are imprecise and likely subject to change as she is properly measured out.
Anonymous
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No.172164
172165
>>172161
>>172162
The ponies seem uninterested in talking. And the ponies were supposed to be friendly...

The Interloper learns that ponies can run surprisingly fast. She might be able to catch one, like catching an antelope, in a quick lunge, but much further, they will outrun her.
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No.172165
172174
>>172164
Outrun her they do indeed. In the time it took to gather her belongings, the two ponies got a significant headstart on this large, interloping noodle, and her large snake body can only slither so fast over a long period of time. She still calls out to them as she chases after them along the docks.

"Wait, I'm friendly! Can you at two at least tell me where Customs is? Please!?"
Anonymous
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No.172166
172167 172173
2017161__safe_screencap_twilight+sparkle_alicorn_pony_g4_sparkle27s+seven_chalkboard_female_math_math+lady+meme_meme_solo_twilight+sparkle+28alicorn29.png
Me, calculating how many more paladins Posey has to kill to get to level 8 so she can finally cast Animate Dead (NPC/PC classed humanoids are a remarkably good source of XP).
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No.172167
172168
>>172166
Why do I get the feeling Posey is going to hunt paladins to extinction?
Anonymous
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No.172168
172169
>>172167
It's part of her job.
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No.172169
172171 172172
>>172168
Well, yeah, but if she wipes them all out completely, then there won't be any more to grind out for experience.
Anonymous
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No.172170
172173
>>171254
>a dual action shock absorber from a New Mareland 25 pounder
Is this like a section of a tank?
Anonymous
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No.172171
>>172169
There's always other things to kill.
Anonymous
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No.172172
>>172169
Also, I don't think this game is even using XP (which made my starting strategy of reducing my ECL to 3 to level up faster quite counterproductive...)
Anonymous
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No.172173
172176
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>>172166
A lot.

Traditional Paladins are going extinct anyways, as military power is increasingly taken away from religious entities and consolidated under State power.

>>172170
It's a metal tube used on a towed artillery piece.
Anonymous
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No.172174
172178
>>172165
The interloping nope noodle remains on the pier, now alone. However, at least a couple ponies in black clothing are arriving.

And they appear to have rifles... lovely.
Anonymous
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No.172175
172179
>>172140
She blinks
"And... that's before the War, right?"
Anonymous
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No.172176
172177
>>172173
>It's a metal tube used on a towed artillery piece.
The league wants that? Alright then.
Anonymous
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No.172177
172181
>>172176
Are you suggesting that Posey wouldn't/The League shouldn't want car parts?
Interloping Nope Noodle
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No.172178
172182
>>172174
Well, the rifles are a bit concerning, but the noodle pony is just happy that there's somepony she can talk to. She waves to the approaching black clothed ponies.

"Hello! Are you two from Customs?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172179
172182
>>172175
Silver nods.

"All before War. There is lot that happens in this land."
Anonymous
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No.172181
172182
>>172177
I kind of understood the league to be relatively low tech in terms of warfare, based on the game mechanics.
Posey is certainly more interested in magic than anything else, but she'll retrieve whatever she's told to.
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No.172182
172183 172184 172189
>>172178
The two ponies have what the Interloping Nope Noodle can recognize as carbine rifles. They run towards the edge of the pier and then, well, they act as if they ran into an invisible barrier. Which... This is Equestria. They have magic and stuff. Is there an invisible barrier there? I mean those two ponies from earlier ran right past this point, but did they turn on a barrier? Did it let them through?

One is a grey unicorn, and the other is a frightened looking aquamarine pegasus. Both look terrified. Interloping Nope Noodle better check behind her to make sure nothing jumped onto the pier. I mean, she's pretty sure there was nothing on that ship... but how can she be sure? She didn't see every hold.

"Celestia! It talks?!" the grey one says

>>172181
Yes. That's why stealing a car part makes sense. Because they don't have those back at home.

>>172179
"uh-okay... then... I think I am fine with Sicameon. Well, no. But with how it was. The tranquility. I didn't really want... all this. Over here... I mean... I like excitement... but this is a bit much..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172183
172186
>>172182
Silver chuckles, and cuddles his griffon.

"It is not like that everywhere here in Equestria. There are plenty of calm, tranquil spots. Just stay away from Ponyville if you want to avoid all of that." Silver sighs. "Ah, Ponyville..."
Interloping Nope Noodle
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No.172184
172185 172186
>>172182
The noodle indeed looks behind, just to make sure it's her they're talking about. When she verifies that she's the only other being in the area, she turns back to face the unicorn and pegasus, looking confused as she points to her.

"...are you talking about me? Are you two from Customs? I need to speak with someone who can help me and my tribe."
Interloping Nope Noodle
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No.172185
>>172184
*points to herself
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No.172186
172187 172188
>>172183
Cuddling a griffin sounds easy, but it's not, as they are rather large and have 6 appendages. She's not that much smaller than him, after all.

She tilts her head, as much as she can in the limited space of the bed, and looks towards Silver.
"You lived in Ponyville? Isn't that where the pink one and... the others were from?"

>>172184
Looking behidnd her, there are more crates, a crane off to the side, quite a few bananas, but nothing dangerous. Unless the Bananas are dangerous. Actually... Is she sure they aren't? I mean, she's been around the bananas for like, a week, but... No, it can't be the bananas.

Both ponies tremble
"C-customs has been called. They are on their way."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172187
172191
>>172186
Some of the most worthwhile things in the world are difficult, and cuddling his griffon is very much worthwhile.

"No, but I visited it couple times on one job long ago. It is indeed home to Elements of Harmony. Or, at least, it used to be."
Interloping Nope Noodle
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No.172188
172190
>>172186
The interloping nope noodle lets out a sigh of relief, and smiles gratefully to the two ponies from a distance.

"Great! Thank you!" After a couple seconds of awkward silence, she coils around herself. She hums a tune from a foreign land while she waits for Customs to come over.
Anonymous
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No.172189
>>172182
Okay.
Well, I can get started on that whenever you're ready.
Anonymous
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No.172190
172192
>>172188
Some time passes, though surely only a few minutes. The grey pony, then the aquamarine pony, inch slightly closer to the interloper.
"Is it safe?" One asks the other

But after a couple minutes, a machine pulls up, and a trio of ponies get off. The one in the lead is a copper-brown earth pony with a green uniform and a large, wide brimmed hat. Behind him is a charcoal... Is that a bat winged pony? You know, she hasn't actually seen one of those. I mean, of course they exist but this is the first time to see one in pony. Anyways, the third pony is a golden colored pegasus. Both he and the bat pony are wearing the same, green uniforms and wide brimmed hats. Two have long rifles with long blades on the top, and the third has a rather angry-looking set of pipes.

All three move right through the invisible barrier. The copper pony, whose rifle hangs loosely on his side, pointing up, comes about 10 feet away from Kira

Copper: "Is this what you're afraid of? Ah, it's just a snake."
Despite having approached dangerously close to the Interloper, within strike-range of a hug, he has the confidence to look back to his companions.
Bat: "Looks like a pony"
Peg: "Some kinda snake pony"
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No.172191
172193
>>172187
She's soft in areas, and a bit more coarse in others, with great, big ribs on her chest.

"Oh. Heh, sounds like a lot has happened. And you've done a lot. Were you fighting like, bug bears, or whatever over there?
Interloping Nope Noodle
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No.172192
172194
>>172190
While the copper pony does look huggable, the noodle gets the feeling that a hug would probably be ill advisable at the moment. Instead, she just meekly raises a foreleg.

"Um, 'lamia', actually. I need to speak with someone from Customs. My tribe needs help."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172193
172194
>>172191
"It is...long story. Let us just say for now I was asked to deal with group of bandits."

He looks off in the distance at something Jubilosa can't see for a couple seconds in silence, before he comes back to reality with a, "I forgot that bugbears exist."
Anonymous
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No.172194
172195 172196
>>172193
She however, smiles, and pets his mane
"Alright then. Keep your secrets."

"Wait. Those are real? I was just making up things."

>>172192
Today is very possibly the interloper's first occasion to see a pony up close and not just in a book. They are medium sized, friend-shaped creatures that look quite a bit like lamias, but with hindquarters that are more equine in shape. All in all they are rather similar looking to zebras, but more vibrantly colored.

The copper colored one says
"Look at it. It's what, 6 meters? It's a small one. We got ones bigger than that on the r- holy shit the sounds it makes!"
He takes a step back, but moves a little closer

"This is Free Rover of Revenue of Migration. We are from Customs. Now who is asking?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172195
172197
>>172194
He makes more happy Silver noises as his mane is pet. He looks up at his Jubee and smiles.

"I forgot about them for bit, but yes they are indeed real."
Interloping Nope Noodle
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No.172196
172197
>>172194
The friend alarms in her head are going off like crazy, but she has to silence them for the sake of her mission! As for the noises, whether it's her voice or the gurgle from her empty hungry stomach, they are very much clear. She tries to straighten her posture and makes herself look as presentable and respectable as possible for the friend-shaped creature in front of her.

"I am Kubana Kirafiki, of the city of Dhamaji in Southeastern Zebrica. My tribe, the Kuwinda Kwa Maua, is suffering under a campaign of genocide. The reputation of Equestria as a legendary country of friendship and harmony has reached even our distant ears, and I've been sent as a representative of my people to humbly beg for your aid in saving my tribe from extinction."
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No.172197
172198 172199
>>172196
The pony holds up a hoof, and looks ever so slightly unsettled by the Interloper's new height.

"Woah woah woah woah. Slow down. Now first, are you telling me that you intentionally tried to bring a potentially dangerous exotic magical monster into the Baltimare Governate, and this snake-thing here did not simply get lost in a crate of bananas?"

>>172195
concern

"I'll just... let you handle those... I don't think I'll be going to Ponyville anytime soon..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172198
172200
>>172197
Kubana Kirafiki, who personally goes by 'Kira', tilts her head at the pony.

"Dangerous Exotic Magical Monster? Wait...Baltimare Governate? I thought those first two ponies said I was in Equestria."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172199
172200
>>172197
Silver holds his griffon tight to try to reassure her.

"I would like to go see Ponyville someday, even if War changed it."
Anonymous
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No.172200
172201 172202
>>172198
"Nah, Equestria ended nine months ago. This is the Baltimare-Tenochtitlan Governate. It covers the Equestrian South-East, running from Maredian up past Moonlight Shore. And for dangerous exotic animals, well, you seem to have brought a... what'cha call it? A 'lamia' here. Thing's big enough to eat your sheep. You can't just bring one in without filling out the right forms, you know."

>>172199
Still looking at him, she asks
"Now why is that?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.172201
172355
>>172200
"Because of history, and importance that little town had on Equestria and Harmony. I am not sure what place would be like that in Sicameon."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172202
172203
>>172200
Kira is sufficiently confused by what appears to be the pony assuming she is two different creatures, but says nothing other than flicking her tongue in the air.

"Um...I didn't know I needed forms...I don't suppose you could help me with that, so we can start saving my people?"
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No.172203
172204
>>172202
"Yes you need forms. You need forms to import even bananas. There are a lot of dangers involved in bringing in exotic monsters." He pauses for a moment, and looks at Kira

"Now we can help you fill out some forms, but you're going to have to bring your monster to the Customs House. This is much too complex to do here on the harbor."

He looks back to the other ponies
"Hey! Help me get this snake! And get a truck, too. It's pretty big!"

Bat pony
"You're not going to be able to carry that."

Free Rover
"Sure I can, now come help me pick this up. Cauy, come over here and help me."

Free Rover comes closer to Kira. Very close. In fact,
"Alright"
He tries to grab her and pick her up.

Pegasus:
"You really shouldn't be doing that"

Rover
"Nah, it'll be fine. These constrictors are only really dangerous when they are hungry or scared."

Bat Pony
"I'm pretty sure she's both right now, Rover"

Kira is under attack by this pony. Roll opposed grapple to avoid his grasp, or initiative to move away
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172204
172205 172206
>>172203
"Eep!"

Kira is very much surprised to be handled like that without warning, and gets a little wriggly to try to escape.

[1d20+8 = (14+8) = 22]
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No.172205
172206
>>172204
Bat:
"I told you it wouldn't work"

Free Rover attempts to grab onto Kira
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
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No.172206
172207 172209
>>172204
>>172205
He's got a good grasp, but Kira just manages to slither through.

Free Rover:
"Ah bugger, cheeky little cunt slithered out of my grasp. Cauy, get over her and help me move that snake."

Pegasus:
"That thing's as big as the three of us together, you're not going to pick it up."

Rover:
"Sure we can. It's just a snake."

Bat:
"I wouldn't pick up a small snake. And besides, you knew she was going to slither out once you grabbed her anyways."

Rover:
"Don't be such a pussy. These constrictors can't move as fast and are friendlier anyways."

Pegasus:
"You've spooked her"

Bat:
"You clearly can't stop her."

Rover:
"Because you aren't helping. Now get over here. She'll be fine."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172207
172208 172209
>>172206
Kira scrunches her snoot mega hard as she blushes in indignation, partly from being handled suddenly but more so from these ponies seemingly ignoring the fact that she is a fully sapient creature.

"I'm still here and can still hear you, you know? You don't have to carry me to this 'truck', I want to go willingly."
Anonymous
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No.172208
172209 172210
>>172207
Free Rover shows Kira that he can scrunch too, and looks at Kira
"Alright, tell you what. If you can move your... lamia, you called it? To the truck, we won't touch her. Just come this way, Ma'am."
Anonymous
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No.172209
172210
>>172206
>>172208
>>172207
Bat:
"I told you she didn't want to be handled."

Free Rover:
"Oh come on, snakes don't mind being handled"

Bat:
"Well obviously that one does."

They walk back, past the two ponies in black, and towards a truck with a green tarp in the back. Kira probably can't recognize it as such, but it's a light truck in the style of a military supply vehicle
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172210
172211 172212
>>172208
>>172209
Kira's snoot relaxes back into a smile, and probably not for the last time today she lets out a sigh. "Thank you!"

Following the ponies from Customs, she slithers past the two black clothed pony towards the green machine. Recognizing that there's room in the back for her, she climbs in, pulling her long tail inside with her and wrapping it around so she can fit. The rear suspension of the truck creaks as the additional weight of the lamia is put onto them.
Anonymous
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No.172211
172212 172213
>>172210
All three ponies follow, and get in the back with her. Free Rover gets very close to the cab, taps on it and says

"Alright, to the customs house."

The Pegasus sits by the end of the car, and closes the tailgate. The bat pony sits nearer the middle. All three are basically forced to sit near Kira. Each side of the back of teh truck has a bench style seat, and Kira may sit on it, the floor, or... well, probably even on the ponies. If Kira fails to get in quickly, the ponies will pick her up to put her in. She must necessarily curl up, as it is shorter in length than her.
Anonymous
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No.172212
172213
>>172210
>>172211
Kira may talk, or sit in awkward silence for the relatively short trip
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172213
172214
>>172211
Internally, Kira is starting to question if her tribe made the right call sending her here, as these ponies in Not-Equestria have certainly not been living up to the stories she had heard about this place. Still, she must not give up hope! She's on an important mission, and her tribe is counting on her!

She gets up rather quickly into the back of the truck, so there is no need to marehandle her. She attempts to "sit" on the bench, with her tail spread out along the bench and the floor with the very end of it coming back around to be in her 'lap'.

>>172212
While she does feel awkward, causing her to take the end of her tail in her hooves and rub it between them, she doesn't sit in silence for the entire trip.

"So...why are you three acting like I'm a pony with a snake?"
Anonymous
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No.172214
172215
>>172213
Her layout is doable, with all three ponies on the opposite side of the bench

The pegasus asks,
"What are you then? How can you talk?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172215
172216
>>172214
"I'm a lamia, like I said. We can all talk, like just like you ponies or zebras, griffons, and kirins."
Anonymous
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No.172216
172217
>>172215
He blinks
"A what now?"

But the bat pony chimes in,
"What do you want?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172217
172218
>>172216
"A lamia! I guess there aren't any in Equestria...er, Baltimare-Tenochtitlan Governate?"

She looks at the bat pony, who shares so many similarities to her in how their pony parts look.

"My people are being genocided. Our home got invaded and taken over by hostile forces. I was sent to see if Equestr...Baltimare-Tenochtitlan Governate would take us in, let us resettle somewhere as loyal citizens."
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No.172218
172220
>>172217
The pegasus answers,
"No?"

The bat pony's ear twitches, and then flops

But Free Rover leans over, and attempts to place a hoof on Kira's pastern. He looks Kira right in the eyes, or tries to.

"Opening up Equestria to the world was the policy of the last princess, the Purple One. She is not in charge now. Now, the policy is Equestria for Equestrians. The State has an idea of citizenship that involves a shared cultural, historical, and even ethnic heritage of its citizens. What this really means is, Equestria for Ponies. Whether you like it or not, disagree with it or not, Equestria is not open to refugees or asylum seekers. There are millions of griffins, zebras, and... I can't even guess the races at this point. I swear, every week there is some new race of something that can talk. But all of those millions... if they came here, well... Even the Socialists know that more creatures means fewer open jobs, lower wages, higher rent, and higher prices, and they don't want that.

So, only ponies get instant visas, and even they usually have to sign up for military service or certain jobs. There are a few Kirin, Deer, and Horse visas, and work visas for griffins and zebras... But for the odd races the politicians didn't think about, like Lamias? Well, there just aren't any options. So for a sapient creature that enters onto our shores by illegally stowing away in a boat, well, there is nothing we can do, but send her back to Macawia."

He moves back
"But for an exotic animal, even a magical monster? Well, that's different. It's not as strictly regulated. So long as certain paperwork is done, even a very large, dangerous, carnivorous magical creature like, say, a giant snake could be brought in."
Anonymous
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No.172219
172221
We have lamias in this game?
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172220
172221
>>172218
Kira's ears droop down, and she looks very saddened by what Rover has to say. The rubbing of her tail between her forehooves only intensifies.

"Equestria is a lot different from what the legends told me..."
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No.172221
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>>172219
We can still deport them if need be

>>172220
Bat Pony:
"And what did the legends tell you?"

Rover
"We can arrange a ship for you to go back"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172222
172223 172225
>>172221
Kira thinks for a moment, before she releases her tail, and steels herself back up.

"...no. No! I can't give up! I won't! My people sent me here for a reason, and I won't let them down! I'm staying!"

She settles back down before she looks at the bat pony.

"That Equestria was a land of friendship and harmony, where all beings got along and all were welcomed as long as you were friendly as well. A distant paradise."
Anonymous
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No.172223
172224
>>172222
Bat Pony
"Hahaha! Well, we're working on making it into one, ma'am. A homeland for all ponykind to prosper. It's slow work, to be sure, but much progress has been made."

Free Rover:
"That's what I thought. Now let's go get the paperwork for the exotic monster."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172224
172230
>>172223
She scrunches at the last part of Rover's line.

"I know that's what we're doing so that I can be here, and I do appreciate that you're doing this for me, but...can you just call me 'Kira' please?"
Anonymous
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No.172225
172226 172230
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>>172221
>>172221
Do we have nagas, or do Lamias count as nagas?
I want to make bone nagas, but if a Lamia corpse is sufficient that will be fine.
If I ever get to that level... Speaking of, can I update my sheet now?
>>172222
Quads checked
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172226
172227
>>172225
visible snek concern
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No.172227
172228 172230
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>>172226
Where do sneks live? I need to know because reasons.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172228
>>172227
continued visible snek concern
Anonymous
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No.172229
172230
The bone naga is an excellent creature because it's one of those few undead that's bound to the creature that creates them, so you don't need to independently control it.
It also has innate Sorcerer casting, which is nifty.
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No.172230
172231 172232
>>172224
He sighs
"Alright, 'Kira'" And the vehicle stops.

"We're here."

The ponies get out, and they are within the fence of a fairly large building with a number of windows. There is a door which the pegasus goes through first. Going inside, Kira sees an area that is perhaps best likened to a police station. There are several desks with seats in front of them, cabinets with paperwork, rooms off to the side with single seats in them, and then through an open door, what look like jail cells.

In the far side of the room, two Ponies are dealing with what appears to be a doe in a blue dress. The deer is smaller than the pony stallions Kira has seen, although just a little smaller than the ponies near her. She has white spots in a line across brown fur, a short brown mane, those more or less rectangular shaped ears and from her body just looks... delictible. Kira avoids invasive thoughts of eating the ponies around her, despite them being the size of her regular prey, but the deer... is a bit different...

"That is my name!" The deer yells at a pony in a foreign accent.

Next to her is a white unicorn mare in a blue outfit and a black unicorn stallion in green, and looking at their expressions, Kira may suddenly feel like she's not being treated so bad by the ponies.

The black stallion says
"Then why has Lushi not found any records of you ever living there?"

The white Unicorn says
"Then why did you give us a different name until we found your expired work visa?"

The Deer angrily replies, moving closer
"Because the paperwork was lost in the war, and because I go by different names, and the pony who sat at that desk before made me use my old name." She says with venom.

Kira can see that the bat pony was directing Kira to a seat near a desk, but when the argument heats up, the bat pony has to peal away to deal with that, as does Free Rover. Kira is left with the pegasus pony, who takes Kira into a room. The room looks unpleasant, with a microphone a desk, two chairs on either side, and a chair in the corner. It looks like an interrogation room.

"Let me get the papers" the Pony says, leaving her in the room. The room does have a door and some sound insulation. She is left alone for a minute, if only a minute.

>>172225
In the boorus, "Naga" is aliased into "Lamia," Thus they are the same thing, and Lamia is the more official term. I've thought about encounters with Lamias before but now the official lore is that they are not believed to be extant in the Equestrian continent. Of course, if they were, it'd be near where posey is.

I'm still unsure, but just for the record, Silver defeated 4 times as many enemies in the last week as Posey has in her career. Granted most of those were allied kills, but still

>>172227
The lore thus far has them in Zebrica

>>172229
Neat
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172231
172233
>>172230
Certainly, these fairly unwanted feelings are not helped by the fact that she ran out of rations a while ago while on the boat and bananas are not a sustainable food source on their own for a lamia. She has to actively shake her head and force the thoughts of tasty deer out of her mind as she passes by. While left in the room by herself with nothing but her thoughts, she hopes the deer in the other room will be okay, as it seemed like things were not going well for her.
Anonymous
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No.172232
172233
>>172230
>Silver defeated 4 times as many enemies in the last week as Posey has in her career. Granted most of those were allied kills, but still
Give me enemies to kill. Random monsters will do. Let me grind.
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No.172233
172234
>>172231
For what it's worth, Customs left Kira alone, yet thought that two officers for one petite deer were too few.

The pony comes in with a set of papers, and mostly stares down at them

"Okay, so you want to import an exotic monster. I'm going to have to ask you a set of questions.

What type of monster is it?
What is the origin of this monster?
The age?
The sex?
Color?
Size?
Distinguishing features?
Is it a carnivore/Herbivore?
Does it have a history of attacking creatures?

And then a series of questions about illnesses, such as has it ever had
Wasting disease
Distemper
Parasitic infections
Immunodeficiency
Tuberculosis
Purple Please
Lime disease

And of course,
If female, is your monster pregnant/carrying fertilized eggs?

>>172232
The Monkey's Paw Curls
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172234
172235
>>172233
She answers, to the best of her abilities:
Lamia
Southeastern Zebrica
23 years old
Female
Golden blonde fur, gold scales
[insert exact dimensions here]
Red diamonds with black outlines going down the back and tail
Carnivore (answered very sheepishly)
No history of attacking creatures
No illnesses mentioned
Not pregnant/carrying eggs
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No.172235
172236
>>172234
"Oh, and you must declare all items that you are importing with you beyond a value of 100 bits" He adds
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172236
172237
>>172235
"Okay." As she is about to look through her items, she has to ask the pony, "Uh, how much is a Bit?"
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No.172237
172238
>>172236
The pony looks stupefied, taking a moment to attempt to begin to approach answering her question, before saying.
"Just list everything."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172238
172239 172240
>>172237
Kira nods in response, and starts with the biggest items in her possession: namely, her leather armor studded with metal scales, her spear, her bow, and the two bags of arrows. Next she gets the tent and bedroll on her backpack and saddlebags, then the items contained in said bags: a flint & steel, some hemp rope, a waterskin, a whetstone, a lantern and some lantern oil, a set of wool clothes that seems like it would fit the lamia, a set of fine artisan's tools, and a pouch containing various items used for spellcasting. Finally, she pulls out a sack that jingles and jangles as she sets it down, and opening it reveals it contains coins of various foreign makes, a few pieces of fine crafted gold jewelery, and even a (small) gold bar or two. It's from this sack that she pulls out a pair of gold bangles with jade insets that depicts what seems to be a lamia eating its own tail, and puts them on.
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No.172239
172240 172241
>>172238
"Holy..." The pony pulls back his head, and his right leg up in the air, clearly very surprised by the bow, and especially, by all of the gold.

"Okay... lots of gold... Better write that down..."
After a couple minutes, he stands up and says
"Okay, we can't just take your word on illness and infection. You have to be examined. I think there's a vet here."

He goes outside and

White Unicorn:
"And your roommates all involved in criminal activity?"

Deer:
"They were roommates you imbecile. And I know you don't have evidence against me because if you did, you wouldn't have released me from jail after five days to here!"

The pony moves them past fast, until they go through another door into a room with a steel table and a pink unicorn mare with glasses, a white lab coat, and a tied back brown mane. She frowns, and seems a little uncomfortable with the large Lamia in the room.
"Alright." She says "Time for a quick exam to make sure you aren't carrying some sort of horrible disease that could harm our livestock population."

She checks Kira's ears, her eyes, under her mane, and of course,

"Now, open your mouth..."
And looks into her mouth.

"So, how long has it been since your been in contact with a farm? Either for plants or livestock?"
She looks up and down Kira's scales, evidently looking for external parasites.

"Now let me just"
She presses down against Kira's body itself on her stomach and lower in her body (her womb), trying to feel if there is anything there.

"So, have you eaten anything recently? Like sheep, or goats, or... whatever wildlife they have there.

She smiles very widely, showing off her rather nice, white teeth "Any... zebras? We need to know to make sure you're not carrying over any parasites or diseases by accident."
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No.172240
172241
>>172239
>>172238
The veterinarian says, "Circular Cauy, could you step out? Actually, could you go back to the room and get her paperwork?"

The pegasus looks uncertain, but says "Sure thing, ma'am" and leaves. Kira is alone with the unicorn

"Okay, now that he's gone. Have you ever eaten a zebra or other equine? And especially, have you eaten one in the last two weeks? I won't tell them, I just need to know if you might have tapeworms that could infect ponies, or if you could be carrying one of their diseases, or prions." She continues that extremely toothy smile

"Also, I need to check your fangs."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172241
172242
>>172239
>>172240
Kira really hopes the deer will be okay. She's pretty worried now.

Her first reaction upon seeing the vet is pretty predictable: a gasp, followed by the excited exclamation "A pink pony!"

She complies with the vet's requests and examinations. Examination of her mouth reveals that she appears to have a sort of 'false jaw' that allows her to either look and talk like a normal pony or allow her to fully open her mouth to swallow prey, but she doesn't get a demonstration of what it looks like fully open at the moment.

She finds no sign of parasites in or on her scales. In fact, they are absolutely pristine for having been in a crate full of bananas for a period of time. She answers that the last time she had contact with a farm was in Macawia prior to boarding the boat, when she managed to negotiate with a farmer to purchase a pair of goats. She does not explain what happened to the goats, but it isn't too hard to guess.

She blushes in surprise as the vet begins her examination of her stomach and womb, but remains still and doesn't fidget. The pink pony finds nothing of note in her examination of Kira's body to make her believe she is either pregnant or has something in her stomach.

As she asks about what she has eaten, that's when the goats are mentioned again: "Well, there were the goats before the trip...then during the trip I had to rely on some dried meat rations. Not ideal, but it staved off hunger. When I ran out of them I had to rely on the bananas, but it isn't good for a lamia to eat only fruit for an extended period of time like that." Her stomach growls to cap off her sentence.

She looks a bit mortified as she is asked the question about eating zebras or equines. "No nonononono! I haven't eaten a zebra or any sapient creature ever, honestly. I'm not like that."

With the final request, Kira opens her mouth, fully. It's honestly a bit disturbing, how her face contorts as the 'true jaw' opens up to reveal a cavernous but smooth maw that leads down directly to her throat. She can also see her tongue looks a bit like a hybrid between that of a pony's and a snake's, like a long thin pony tongue but with a split down the middle like a snake's. As for the fangs, in addition to having a 'false jaw', Kira seems to have 'false fangs': when her mouth was closed, they looked like bat pony fangs, but now with her mouth fully opened they appear to be longer and intended to hold prey in place as she swallows them whole.
Anonymous
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No.172242
172243
>>172241
She is indeed a pretty pink pony. She even smells like roses, unlike the zebras Kira is more familiar with, which smell... not as good. She smiles awkwardly when Kira says this.

She's methodical and thorough, and shines a light into Kira's throat and looks carefully.

When Kira's stomach growls, her ears go down, and she takes a step back. But she looks fascinated examining Kira's mouth. She uses the edge of a forcep to try to extend Kira's fangs out, and Kira probably gets the impression that she was attempting to draw venom if any existed.

She smiles to Kira.
"Well, there you are. Healthy as a horse-snake and ready for release."

Kira may have a small amount of time with the pink vet pony if so desired

She goes over to to the door and opens it and...

Black stallion: "There are no documents ever placing you in Lushi[/b]"

Deer: "Because my clan aren't citizens! They are Itinerate residents!"

Bat Pony: "We called the governor in Talvona. There are no Sangee tenants in that area!"

The deer moves forward: "Are you dense! I just said we are itenerate! They likely moved! Especially after you ponies invaded!"

The pink pony says to Circular Cauy,
"Kira passed! No diseases or anything!" and rapidly leaves the room

Cauy taps Free Rover's shoulder, who looks like he's about to physically tackle the deer. "Come on!" he says. Cauy grabs some paper, and he, Rover, and Kira all go back to the original room.

The door is closed shut, and rover whinnies angrily and flips his tail. He sits down next to Cauy, who takes the lead

"Okay, so, as a magical monster, you are going to need an owner. Someone who is responsible for any trouble you could cause and basically keeps you out of it."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172243
172244
>>172242
No venom from the horse-snake. Unlike the hypodermic needle-like fangs of a venomous snake, these appear solid and, like mentioned earlier, are meant to hold prey in place. She would at the very least ask the pretty pink pony's name before she leaves, and thank her for the examination.

Kira looks to Rover as the door is shut. Even when angry, ponies are adorable.

"Well...has a magical monster ever claimed ownership of itself?"
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No.172244
172245
>>172243
The pink pegasus pony answers,
"Helping Heart" she answers, smiling, though still a bit awkwardly.

I sort of want to add that she stretches Kira's mouth open wider than was likely necessary out of curiosity but... That's unecessary and also we're past that

Rover crosses one leg on the table, pulls his ear back, and frowns as he sits.

Cauy replies,

"Well... No. Well let me explain what ownership is. You see... Uh, do you have laws and law and order and... morality over whereever you came from? Because it's basically that. The thing is, someone needs to be legally liable for the things that the lamia, this 'Kira' does. You see, a magical monster, well, first off something like that could just flat out eat ponies. It could eat foals. And even if it didn't or couldn't, a large snake could strange a pony. Or break their ribs or legs. And then of course a large monster could eat other pony's pets, or livestock. Now, in all of these cases the solution is pretty simple: kill the monster. But that's not good enough, because there is also the question of financial compensation. And then there is all sorts of trouble a monster could cause that doesn't really warrant killing it. Like for example, if it causes a car accident by crossing the street. Someone needs to be able to pay money for that. Uh, do you understand?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172245
172246
>>172244
Kira slowly nods, generally understanding but also wondering why anyone would think she would do these things.

"Okay then. If you don't mind me asking, you have been so helpful to me already...do you have a solution?"
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No.172246
172247
>>172245
He blinks
"Who is your owner?" He asks

"Who is to blame if you do anything wrong? Because the State is not going to take the burden."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172247
172248
>>172246
Now this question causes her to tilt her head slightly.

"I figured I would take the blame if I did anything wrong."
Anonymous
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No.172248
172249
>>172247
"And who are you?" He asks. Even though Kira has told a pony standing near him her weird, foreign language name an hour ago, this sounds like a question he actually wants an answer to.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172249
172250
>>172248
"...Kubana Kirafiki."
Anonymous
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No.172250
172251
>>172249
"Okay, so, we can make Kubana Kirafiki the owner of 'Kira the lamia' here... Make Mr. Kirafiki responsible for any and all damage caused by Kira, and once we have the letter ready, you carry that around as a form of ID.

So basically any resident of Baltimare has to carry an identification card. If they don't, they can be arrested and detained indefinitely as suspected spies or rebels. Animals of course don't need these, but expect for a couple protected species, animals can be shot and hunted, especially in urban areas. So if instead you have a certificate of ownership, no one can harm Kira without causing harm to Kira Kirafiki, whose property is protected by the State. And this means the police can't take you out of public property without cause. That makes sense, right?" He looks at her, but he has no expectation that she's following.

"So, basically, the rules are these

One, don't eat ponies. They are protected by the State. And not just ponies, also non-pony subjects
Two, don't harm ponies. Even accidentally like by breaking a leg while squeezing. And if a pony attacks you - well, if you do more harm to that pony than they do to you, you're probably going to be in trouble.
Three, don't eat other pony's animals. They can't attack you so long as you are owned, but you can't eat or kill pets or livestock.
Four, if ponies don't want you in their stores or whatever, you have to leave.
Five, look before crossing the street. You see, if you cross the street when there is no crossing, and you cause a car accident, Kubana Kirafiki is at fault."

He goes on a little while explaining things like street crossing, knocking over ponies on the street, and knocking over items in shops, and how Kira could have to pay money even if it's an accident.

Once Kira is done receiving the quick rundown of the laws of Equestria, she must sign a document.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172251
172252
>>172250
"Uh...alright then, I think I get the idea. May I read the document real quick first? I don't want to accidentally sign away my soul, you know."
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No.172252
172253
>>172251
"Heh heh" Rover chuckles

"O-kay..." Cauy moves the document across with his hoof to Kira.

Accepting liability for Kira and agreeing to abide by the laws of the Baltimare Governate and the New Mareland State.

There's a lot of legal language, but nothing that really stands out.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172253
172254 172255
>>172252
"Okay, everything seems alright."

Unlike a unicorn who uses his magic or other ponies who use their mouth, Kira uses the end of her tail to grasp onto a provided writing implement and sign her name on the document, showcasing a high level of control and dexterity.
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No.172254
172255 172256
>>172253
Both Cuay and Rover lean over to look at the signature, curious as to what it looks like.

"Okay, now we just have to make your tag, and some way to display it..."

He opens the door and...

Unicorn mare
"We still don't have any confirmation this visa is even real."

Deer:
"That's what it would look like! You know Rubber Stamp was working here at the time. If you don't have any records it's because you destroyed them!"
Anonymous
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No.172255
172256
>>172253
>>172254
"Okay, to the room off to the side..." Cuay says
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172256
172257
>>172254
>>172255
"Is she going to be okay?"

Another thing of note among her possessions that I forgot to mention: a wooden necklace, carved in the likeness of a leopard.
Anonymous
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No.172257
172258
>>172256
Rover answers:
"She was picked up in a police raid to arrest other residents of her tenement. She couldn't be identified for a while and was found to have long overstayed a 6-month visa from the Twilight era. We were going to deport her, but the country she came from no longer exists, and the successor state won't take her because no one can verify she ever lived there at all." He answers

They move her into a new room with a box that hopefully, will not steal her soul.

"Alright... time for a picture."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172258
172259
>>172257
"That's awful! Is she going to be okay?"

Kira gets in front of the white sheet they have sitting in front of this strange box, and looks confused as to what it's supposed to do.
Anonymous
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No.172259
172260
>>172258
Rover:
"If she keeps running her mouth, no."

And...
Flash

Kira doesn't know what wizardry they've done, but somehow her likeness will be on a card.

"Okay, now just fill out these address details"
Kira has to do more paperwork, this time stating where she lives

"And now, we have to figure out how to display this card, so ponies will see you are not a wild monster that somehow got into town."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172260
172261
>>172259
Kira does have to wonder if the mystery box really did steal her soul.

"I suppose I would use my address in Dhamaji?"
Anonymous
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No.172261
172262
>>172260
"Do you have somewhere to stay here?" He asks, and

"Now where should we put it..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172262
172263
>>172261
"Well no, I was hoping to acquire lodging once I had arrived, or if there was nothing available I would camp out in the wilderness outside of the city."

With a confused look, she asks, "Why can't I just carry it with me and show it to ponies I encounter?"
Anonymous
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No.172263
172264
>>172262
"I see..." He says. But to the second point, he scrunches

"When you were first encountered, you were assumed to be wildlife that snuck aboard crates of bananas" He says
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172264
172265
>>172263
"...right. That's a slight problem."
Anonymous
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No.172265
172267
>>172264
"Hence why it should be visible. Like on a collar, or an ear tag."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172267
172268
>>172265
Kira is taken aback. "Collar? Like a slave collar!?...what does the ear tag look like?"
Anonymous
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No.172268
172269
>>172267
Slave collar? What? No. Like a dog collar.”

Cauy shows Kira a sample ear tag. “Worn like an earring, but bigger.” Yes, it’s big for an ear. Essentially a dog tag size.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172269
172270
>>172268
The noodle grimaces, and begins once again rubbing the end of her tail between her forehooves.

"...and those really are the only two options?"
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No.172270
172271 172272
>>172269
“Not… necessarily. Maybe a belt, or a necklace, or a headband, if it’s visible enough.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172271
172272 172274
>>172270
In a meek, quiet voice that the ponies might seem to be odd for such a normally large, intimidating creature, she squeaks out, "...i'll take a necklace thank you..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172272
172274
>>172270
>>172271
"...or a bracelet if that's an option..."
Anonymous
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No.172273
2829401__explicit_female_pony_solo_oc_mare_oc+only_clothes_simple+background_nudity_pegasus_blushing_looking+at+you_solo+female_open+mouth_wings_butt.png
Hey, GM, any word on if Posey was able to turn her skeleton into a wight with her Virtue-Turn-Vice trick?
Just asking because if I need to think of a new plan to eliminate Alluring. Of course, I could just go there and personally murder him, but I had planned this since before the fight, so I'll do it if I can.

Also, regardless of whether or not I level up, I'm going to make an updated, finalized version of my sheet soon.
Anonymous
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No.172274
172275
>>172271
>>172272
“Or a bracelet. But sure, let’s get one made up for you… you already have a necklace, don’t you.?”

He opens the door and

Deer: ”Just give me a new visa, release me into the city at my old address. You know where I live. It’s not like you couldn’t find me…” both of her forelegs are on the desk, and she’s standing on it. She looks almost like an impala there, but with such a nice spotted coat and mane.

Black stallion: “Because you’ve already shown you’re not going to respect the visa! Or even tell the truth about who you are.”

Unicorn mare: “That’s nothing compared to what you were doing with those others.”

Deer: ”For the 90th time, I had nothing to with them, I was just living there because it was cheap!

Unicorn mare: “The fuck you were!

They hurry past this scene, trying to get past it.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172275
172276
>>172274
Kira looks down to her wooden leopard necklace.

"Yes, it's an important part of my people's culture. It's a physical representation of my passing my rite of passage."

As they leave the room and hurry past the scene unfolding before them, Kira's ears flop down. Wow, ponies sure can get angry, huh?
Anonymous
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No.172276
172277
>>172275
In fairness to the ponies, the deer tends to be the most angry of the lot.

“Huh” he takes a moment to look down at the wooden leopard. “You must be really proud of that one then.”

Then he looks back to her,
“But you still need the tag, and ideally visible.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172277
172278
>>172276
Kira nods quite proudly and smiles at his comment about her necklace. It's carved with a keen eye for detail, he notes.

"Well, I imagine no matter where it is, ponies would still need to actually come up to see it to know that I'm not just some wild animal...even though I'm really not one regardless...so there probably isn't much difference in that regard if it was as obnoxious as an ear tag or as subtle as a bracelet. You've been such a great help to me already, and I can't thank you enough for all you've done, it would just be nice if it wasn't presented in such a way to make me look like a pet, or...livestock."

For what it's worth, even if she looks like she could swallow a pony whole, it's likely very refreshing having to deal with someone as friendly and courteous as Kira as opposed to the deer just outside the room they're in.
Anonymous
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No.172278
172279
>>172277
Free Rover is pondering whether he is needed to go over to the deer, or if he's able to just stay here with Kira.

Cauy says
"No one is going to look at you and think 'Oh boy, that escaped cow sure is long.' or 'Wow, the neighbor's dog is big!' No one will see you as someone's pet or livestock."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172279
172280
>>172278
She scrunches.

"I know, but wearing an ear tag or a collar would make me feel like one. A bracelet or necklace would be nice and tasteful, and it would still be just as effective as the other options."
Anonymous
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No.172280
172281
>>172279
"Then wear it as a bracelet or necklace. I'm just trying to help you so the police can't remove you from public spaces." He says
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172281
172282
>>172280
"I know. Like I said, I appreciate everything you're doing." She sighs. "Alright...let's do this."
Anonymous
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No.172282
172283
>>172281
"Okay... but a bracelet will need to be curved. Which do you prefer?" He asks

"I'm sorry ma'am, I can't help if you look... scary to ponies. We here, we grew up with large snakes in our home. The locals, especially the ones from the city, they aren't used to monsters. They will not be so open."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172283
172284
>>172282
"Maybe...but maybe also I can change that. Maybe if I help ponies wherever I can, ponies will see that I'm not just some monster. Maybe it will even help me convince this place's government to let my people resettle, that we're worthy of living here!"

As for the issue of the bracelet, Kira nods in agreement. "That sounds fine with me."
Anonymous
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No.172284
172285
>>172283
"Well... Good luck with that."

Kira gets three pieces of information. One is a tag that is rolled into a kind of adjustable bracelet. Another is a lamenated card, and ID. She also has a small booklet of paperwork with her.

When she goes back into the room, things are much calmer. The deer is still there, but has a muzzle on now, and is chained at the legs. It looks like a couple ponies are about to move her. The white unicorn mare turns around and

"AHHHHHH!" Jumps back

"How long has there been a giant snake in here?"

Free Rover:
"Like... just under two hours?" He answers
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172285
172286
>>172284
She waves at the white unicorn mare and smiles brightly.

"Hi. I'm Kira. I'm new here." She points to the deer. "Is she going to be okay? Where are you taking her?"
Anonymous
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No.172286
172287
>>172285
The unicorn mare is not smiling, looking a little disturbed

"Uh... Hi... heh heh...'
Now she's smiling. One of those big, teeth showing smiles the ponies are so fond of. She slowly raises a hoof, and waves it at Kira slowly

"I'm with the Baltimare Police department. She's fine. Customs is going to take her back into detention and see if they can ship her off somewhere. But I don't really deal with that."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172287
172288
>>172286
"But, if her visa ran out, and the country she's from original no longer exists and won't take her back...where will she be sent?"
Anonymous
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No.172288
172289
>>172287
The black stallion comes closer, as does the bat pony. It's the bat pony who speaks first.

"Well, normally she'd be sent to the new country. But that doesn't really work here, because we can't prove she was ever a citizen there, and it seems like she may never have been. So then maybe she'd be forced to stay here. But we're under wartime rules, and she's not permitted without and ID, and with all of her lies there is no way we are giving her one.

So basically, she is Stateless. She's not a citizen or lawful resident of the Baltimare Governate or Equestria before that. She may or may not have been a citizen of the Principality of Lushi, but that no longer exists. And no one else would take her without an ID. So, she doesn't belong to anyone. She is a Deer of no nation. So we're going to see if maybe some Colthagians will but her, or if there is a labor camp we can send her to."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172289
172290
>>172288
"That doesn't sound very good..." Her ears droop...but perk back up a bit as ideas begin forming in her head. "Could she acquire a new ID?"
Anonymous
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No.172290
172291
>>172289
"No, as the ID requires status. She's not eligible for any kind of immigration status in Equestria."

Free Rover adds,
"It's kind of like you"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172291
172292
>>172290
Kira looks down at her own ID, freshly made, and the ideas in her head start taking shape.

"...what if she was reclassified as an exotic animal?"
Anonymous
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No.172292
172293
>>172291
Free Rover:
“She’s a deer. Not an animal. And we’re not going to trust her on her own. And no one would want to be responsible for her, except to do something with her you couldn’t do to a citizen.”

Bat pony:
“But that is kind of the idea, yes. We’re going to see who wants her for unpaid labor.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172293
172294
>>172292
"Well, hear me out. You have my owner as Kubana Kirafiki, right? And as the 'property' of Kubana Kirafiki, it would track that I can serve as a representative on their behalf, right?"
Anonymous
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No.172294
172295
>>172293
The black pony and the Unicorn mare look horified by this suggestion, while Cuay is confused, and the bat pony and Free Rover look concerned, but somewhat understanding. The unicorn mare says,
"You don't want to do that.

The deer herself stares at Kira with dark brown, almost black eyes, with a general sense of fear but perhaps fascination. She breaks her view when Kira looks towards her, though maybe gaining momentary eye contact. Her form and her short, slightly fluffed up fur look... appetizing. Kira likely could not stare at her for long without it making her even hungrier.

The bat pony and Rover say,
"Ms. Kirafiki... why don't you come with me..."

They take her into the room she was in before, and close the door.

Rover:
"You want to eat her, don't you? I see how you look at her. It's alright. We're not judging. Just understand that the Deer at the park are not free. This one is a special case. But if you want to do that we can just skip all of the paperwork and leave you two alone in the back. She already doesn't exist."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172295
172296
>>172294
Kira has to very actively chase away any intrusive...delicious...delectable...hmm, thoughts that invade her mind. As the bat pony and Rover take her into the room and ask her this question, she looks absolutely mortified.

"W-what!? No! Nononononono! I just feel bad for her, being sold off into slavery like that for no fault of her own. I want take responsibility for her, make sure she doesn't get into trouble and keep her from being sent off to some distant labor camp to die."
Anonymous
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No.172296
172297
>>172295
No!” The bat pony stands up

“Let me tell you. She’s not innocent. She was just lucky to not have gotten caught with the others. And you don’t want to take responsibility for her. That means that you would be liable if she stole anything. Or for anything she did, really. You’d need to watch her constantly, like her jailer. I wouldn’t even want to fall asleep near her. And she could runaway.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172297
172298
>>172296
Kira is taken aback and a little scared by the bat pony's exclamation.

"...surely she can't be that bad."
Anonymous
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No.172298
172299
>>172297
Free Rover nods
“I know having your own slave sounds neat but watching over her alone… it’s not worth it. If you want to eat her though…”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172299
172300
>>172298
Kira's stomach growls in response, making Kira blush.

"But I'm not a monster that just eats sapient creatures off the street!"
Anonymous
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No.172300
172301
>>172299
Rover nods
“We know. That’s why you are being allowed into Baltimare.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172301
172302
>>172300
Kira pouts, and sinks into her coils. Looking up at Rover, she asks him, "Can we at least see what she thinks, or what she would prefer?"
Anonymous
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No.172302
172303
>>172301
Certainly.” Rover says.

The two ponies get up, and go back into the main room, where the deer, Cuay, the mare, and the black stallion are all standing.

The bat pony goes and stands in front of the deer

“Look at me. Looks at me. So, Ms. Kirafiki here has a proposition. She wants to legally ‘adopt you’ if you will, and basically become your guardian or owner in Baltimare. She says she wants to ‘keep you out of trouble’. Legally she could do whatever she wants with you. Now, Ms ‘Neela Pheeta,’ you don’t know her and you probably don’t even know what she is, but you have a choice. And one choice is you can go with her. And if you happen to be found too far away from her, well, that leads to your next choice. What we were intending on doing, is to find a penal colony to send you to, where you can clear out brush in a hot and humid jungle somewhere on sone continent building railways. Or maybe we can arrange for some zebras to take you, and they might make you a comfort girl somewhere. Hard to say exactly where, really. You may end up working in a hot factory. Or.”

He comes closer to her, much closer. Maybe 6 inches away. He stares into her eyes with his own, amber slit-pupil eyes, and with a voice that isn’t very loud, but certainly very full of malice, he says to her
Or, you can tell us your real name.

He pulls the muzzle off, and she stares at him, scrunching up her nose. Then she turns her head to the right, and looks directly at Kira.

“I chose to go with the Nagini.”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172303
172304
>>172302
Kira blinks. While she had hoped the deer, who supposedly goes by 'Neela Pheeta', would make that choice, she is curious: "Neela Pheeta isn't your name? Why would you give a fake name?"
Anonymous
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No.172304
172305
>>172303
She moves forward, and spreads her legs apart slightly
"That is my name! The border guard just put down "Jivant Dogana," which was my name at birth."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172305
172306
>>172304
Kira holds her forehooves up in an attempt to calm the deer down. "Okay, okay...well, would you like to leave now, assuming there isn't any more paperwork or procedures we need to complete first, Ms...whatever you would like to be called?"
Anonymous
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No.172306
172307
>>172305
Her eyes go wide

"Really?! Call me whatever you like, just get me out of here."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172307
172308 172310
>>172306
Kira smiles, and looks to the ponies in the room.

"Is there any business we need to take care of, first?"
Anonymous
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No.172308
172309 172310
>>172307
"Yes. More paperwork." Cuay says.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172309
172310
>>172308
Kira is young and naive, having never grown up in a bureaucracy, and as such smiles and nods when Cuay says this and is more than willing to go with him to fill out paperwork.
Anonymous
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No.172310
172311
>>172307
>>172308
>>172309
The black stallion, however, has serious reservations
"Should we really let that... snake pony take her? I think the Interior Department would give us compensation for her, and the zebras certainly would."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172311
172312
>>172310
Kira excitedly shoves her foreleg into the air.

"Oh! I can provide compensation!"
Anonymous
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No.172312
172313
>>172311
One may think the deer was diagnosed with mesothelioma

"Are you sure?" Free Rover asks.

"If you take her, she is always going to have to be fairly near you when she goes away from home, as she has no ID herself and could otherwise be arrested. You'd be liable for any crimes she commits. Now, there's not really any limits on what you could do to her, but you can't use her for illegal activity. She can't shoplift, prostitute, steal cars, or anything of that nature, without you being responsible. I mean of course she could be arrested too, but you both could be."

Free Rover comes closer
"And you can just buy a pig."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172313
172314
>>172312
Kira nods affirmatively.

"I am sure...why would I want to buy a pig to be my friend?"
Anonymous
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No.172314
172315
>>172313
Free Rover shrugs

Kira must now pay the friendship toll
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172315
172316
>>172314
As Kira starts looking through her sack of many treasures, she speaks to the ponies present.

"Now, I don't have any, uh, you called them 'Bits', but my mother gave me some of the valuables of our tribe we managed to squirrel away before she sent me here to ask for aid, so I hope this should suffice."

From her sack, Kira puts out some finely made, artisan crafted gold jewelry, which on inspection looks to be of excellent purity, and gives one to each of the present customs agents and the police officer. Noticing that the vet isn't present at the moment, she calls her out to also give her one, even if it's unnecessary, for all of her trouble and the fabulous job she performed during the examination. While it leaves her sack lighter, she feels satisfied that it should (hopefully) smooth the way for getting the deer out without trouble.

"My people aren't really an industrial power, we don't have any of those 'factories' that I've heard nations like yours have, but if there's one thing we do really well, it's working with gold."
Anonymous
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No.172316
172317
>>172315
Circular Cuay looks down at the gold craft, and says

"Oh no ma'am, I meant for the general fund. We can't accept personal gifts, to avoid any appearance of -"

Slowly, and gently, a hoof raised by the unicorn mare reaches Cuay's mouth and plugs it. Smiling widely, she asks
"Is there anything else we can do for you, ma'am?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172317
172318
>>172316
The tilting of her head to imply that she still doesn't entirely understand how this strange place works is paused and replaced with a smile at the unicorn mare's words.

"Just a couple really quick questions, honest. I wanted to know if you know of a good place to exchange or trade valuables for Bits, so I have actual currency to use, and I wanted to know who I could talk to in the government about my people's plight, maybe see if I could convince them to let us resettle here."
Anonymous
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No.172318
172319
>>172317
"Well, there are a number of places. There are gold and jewelry shops, pawnshops, and art houses, though almost everywhere will tend to want to take a commission out of the value of the art. As for resettlement, the mayor would be the one to-"

And now it is her turn to have a hoof placed in her mouth, this time by the Bat Pony
"That would be up to Govenor General Halcyon Shores"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172319
172320
>>172318
Ponies really do seem to like to put their hooves in other ponies' mouths. What a weird culture the Equestrians have.

"Great! Where can I find him...her? I don't know what pony names are male and which are female."
Anonymous
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No.172320
172321
>>172319
The Bat Pony answers
"Unfortunately I don't think the governor would want to meet with a complete stranger, and I don't think that the idea of adding an entire foreign culture to an already unstable region would be very appealing right now."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172321
172322
>>172320
"I have to try! My tribe is depending on me!"
Anonymous
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No.172322
172323
>>172321
"He's more likely to be receptive if, well, he knew who you were. Or what Lamias were."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172323
172324
>>172322
"Oh! Like, doing quests for him?"
Anonymous
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No.172324
172327
>>172323
"Well, if you want to phrase it like that, I mean... yes? Showing who you are, that you are able, and you can be trusted."
Anonymous
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No.172325
172326 172328
650753__safe_solo_oc_oc+only_looking+at+you_monochrome_sketch_grayscale_black+and+white_table_oc-colon-aryanne_sleepy_bored_artist-colon-randy_upper+.jpg
"My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -
In Corners - till a Day
The Owner passed - identified -
And carried Me away -

And now We roam in Sovreign Woods -
And now We hunt the Doe -
And every time I speak for Him
The Mountains straight reply -

And do I smile, such cordial light
Opon the Valley glow -
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let it’s pleasure through -

And when at Night - Our good Day done -
I guard My Master’s Head -
’Tis better than the Eider Duck’s
Deep Pillow - to have shared -

To foe of His - I’m deadly foe -
None stir the second time -
On whom I lay a Yellow Eye -
Or an emphatic Thumb -

Though I than He - may longer live
He longer must - than I -
For I have but the power to kill,
Without - the power to die-..."

wistful sigh of a blackweave warmagus with nothing to kill at the moment
Anonymous
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No.172326
>>172325
I fucked up with my editing. Pretend the word "thumb" isn't present in the poem.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172327
172328
>>172324
"I can do that! I...don't suppose you know a good place to start?"
Anonymous
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No.172328
172329 172331
>>172325
Uh... So there's an issue. I'm not sure if I want to start on another quest for Posey, even a smaller one, before starting a larger one with multiple members

>>172327
"The office of Revenue and Migration is here." He writes something down on a piece of paper.

"I Don't know if you have any skills that are useful for them, or if they do or do not want a snake pony for it - it would depend on the task, I would assume - but that's where you'd find work."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172329
172330 172332
>>172328
"I was a skilled hunter and tracker in my tribe, just like my mother before me. I imagine there would be many tasks that my skills would be useful in."

She smiles at all of the ponies around.

"I love you all, you have all been so helpful to me in this time of need! I'd hug you all, if you wanted."
Anonymous
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No.172330
>>172329
[1d2 = 1][1d2 = 1]
[1d2 = 2][1d2 = 2]
[1d2 = 2]
Anonymous
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No.172331
172332
>>172328
This question is going to sound lame and munchkin-like, but: which decision would lead to me leveling up sooner? I'll pick that option.
I am fine with either, so long as the quest is fun and helps develop Posey as a character, also muh levels and treasure. Anything related to the undead, hunting dangerous monsters, or finding lost treasure/artifacts would be cool. Normal d&d stuff.

Posey does need to eliminate Alluring if she wants to keep her identity secret, although she has planned to have the reanimated Luminous take care of that for her, with the cult of Maar taking the blame for the sudden undead outbreak.
If I have to hunt down and kill Alluring myself, I request that we try to streamline it this time, as I would be a bit put off spending two-three weeks anticipating killing a single chicken.
Anonymous
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No.172332
172333 172334 172335
>>172329
Rover slowly raises a hoof, then Cuay
"Can you be gentle?"

>>172331
scrunchy
The mini-quest is a standard journey to a haunted battlefield going through monster-infested swamp lands, to find what treasures were hidden or lost.

And yes, she does need to find Alluring
>make the government think that there is a persistent Undead problem that is actively targeting their information network, rather than just being a random one time thing that was destroyed last week
Uh... Well, Posey is the grand-strategist here, and I'll leave it to her
Anonymous
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No.172333
172336
>>172332
Standard journey sounds like fun.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172334
172336
>>172332
Kira looks genuinely excited that not just one, but two ponies said yes. She nods rapidly, and opens her forelegs and coils for the two ponies to come in for snek hugs.
Anonymous
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No.172335
172336
>>172332
>think that there is a persistent Undead problem
Maybe that's a reason to hire a professional necrologist, instead of some mercs with guns.
They're going to need ponies like Posey if they're getting rid of all of the priests. You need Turn/Rebuke Undead to purge a haunt.
Anonymous
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No.172336
172337 172338
>>172333
As stated before, the next big quest is one that actually comes from the military and is with at minimum the Silver character and new snake pone

>>172334
Roll for Hug

Both ponies are scared, but move closer to the *hopefully* gentle enough constrictor, whom they have to be aware is not merely able to break every single individual bone in their bodies, but could literally stop their hearts from circulating blood.

>>172335
>not just mercenaries with guns
Nyet! Rifle is fine!
Anonymous
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No.172337
>>172336
Whichever is most convenient then, I guess.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172338
172339
>>172336
Hmmm, what modifiers for hug?
Anonymous
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No.172339
172340
>>172338
It’s a grapple
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
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No.172340
172342
>>172339
[1d20+12 = (14+12) = 26]
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172341
172342
Huzzah! Hug success!
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172342
172344
>>172340
>>172341
Pony is hugged
Anonymous
bfd3993
?
No.172343
checks clock
looke at skeleton
"Any minute now..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172344
172347
>>172342
Despite her size, and despite being effectively a giant long muscle, she is both very gentle and very snug. She's firm but not hard, is nice to squeeze, and is surprisingly warm. She flicks her tongue, and looks extremely happy.
Anonymous
27409dd
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No.172345
examines chainmail
"Dress to impress, I said... I guess I could pawn this for a few bits."
Anonymous
27409dd
?
No.172346
172347
>sell chainmail
>subtract the cost of chain shirt, net and bolas
>Profit this adventure: 25 gp!
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172347
172348
>>172344
Rover places a hoof on her scales

Rover is comparatively muscular and bigger, and Cuay has big wings that he attempts to keep from having unpleasant pressure applied. Both are mostly soft with medium length fur and larger rib cages. Both are young(ish) stallions.

>>172346
Yay!
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172348
172350
>>172347
Her scales are smooth and well maintained. Kira giggles.

"Ponies are really soft." She looks at the ponies who initially declined. "Are you sure you don't want a hug? It's niiiiiiiiiiice!"
Anonymous
27409dd
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No.172349
172350
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GM, could I get an answer for the wight thing, so we could start on the next quest this week? I don't want to be rude, but I do want to keep things moving, since this is pbp and things take a while.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172350
172351 172352
>>172349
I'm going to say a tentative "no," because the bones are of a paladin of the Arcturian Order, who died in defense of the faith, and the mechanism of killing the skeleton is to use good-aligned magic coming from the relic of a saint, and more specifically, the bones of a martyr who died in defense of the faith. Given that, I think the outcome would likely be a bit different than what Posey intended.

But
Posey could be ready to pick up the auto part

>>172348
"Heh heh" both Rover and Cuay are released, eventually. Hopefully with no broken bones.

Perhaps Kira wants to maybe roll diplomacy to persuade the others?
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172351
172353
>>172350
Hmm, before the roll: is their attitude towards Kira 'Helpful' or higher, or is it lower?
Anonymous
27409dd
?
No.172352
172353
>>172350
Okay, I have to kill Alluring myself then.
Could I have done it the same night that Posey did the other thing?
Gonna roll Gather info, for urban tracking.
[1d20+5 = (6+5) = 11]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172353
172354 172358
>>172351
Uh... I guess maybe at least helpful? The ones that know her less like her less.

Oh, importantly:

Helping Hooves enters through the door
"Was I called?"

>>172352
Posey can't tell much, but she can understand two things:
When she decided to spend an hour picking the flesh off the griffin bones, she gave up the hot pursuit of Alluring, and
Those soldiers outside had been there a while, very likely before Posey even arrived.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172354
172356
>>172353
Hmm...

[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]

As for Helping Hooves...

"That you were! I have something for you, for being so nice and doing such a great job." Kira presents to her the piece of gold jewelry she had saved for the pink pony vet.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172355
172359
>>172201
"Well, maybe Talonvera as the site of the defeat of Imperial forces... or Midora, for being at the heart of the Federation... Or Aguila, for being the site of the visitation of Sycea to Saint Estancia..."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172356
172357
>>172354
"What?" Helping hooves says timidly, looking at the small item.

Bat Pony:
"Well... maybe I could, too."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172357
172371
>>172356
"Go ahead, take it. You deserve it, plus I would feel bad if I gave the others here something but gave you nothing."

Kira opens up her coils for the bat pony to join in the snek hugs.
Anonymous
7485891
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No.172358
172360
>>172353
>she gave up the hot pursuit of Alluring
Could she just follow him to his home?
He's at single digit HP, heavily wounded, and acid burned. He couldn't have gotten that far on his own.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172359
172360
>>172355
Silver smiles at his Jubee.

"That is amazing amount of history." He plants a kiss on the end of her beak.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172360
172361 172370
>>172358
An hour after he's already left? That's more than enough time for him to seek help.

>>172359
Griffu is kissed at the end of her beak

"Hehehe"
Anonymous
7485891
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No.172361
172362
>>172360
Then I'll have to get him while he's doing it.
Posey goes over to his apartment.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172362
172363
>>172361
Posey goes to the apartment building. She knows it's the second floor on the right.
Anonymous
7485891
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No.172363
172364
>>172362
Posey makes sure her face is covered as she enters the building.
She attempts to open the door.... And midway knocks politely on it.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172364
172365
>>172363
When is she doing this?
Anonymous
cfdecab
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No.172365
172423
>>172364
As soon as possible.
Anonymous
cfdecab
?
No.172366
(preferably still at night)
Anonymous
7485891
?
No.172368
172423
>>172367
>Posey, instead of running after a witness 25 seconds after killing a guy - someone who likely would have been lost on his way out of the building - decides instead to debone a turkey
Well, when I made that decision, I thought that deboning the turkey would help me kill aforementioned witness in an evil and horrific way. I spent an hour doing that because leaving the scene with a bag of bones is easier than doing so with a whole body.
I have to do something now.
Anonymous
7485891
?
No.172369
172423
Or she could just deal with it some other day, idk.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172370
172371
>>172360
Silver resumes cuddling his griffon, but lets out a solemn sigh after a few seconds.

"I wish I remain here in this state forever...but, sadly, there are things that need to get done today."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172371
172372 172373
>>172357
The bat pony looks a little nervous, but accepts the hugs, walking over a part of her tail and into her coils.

>>172370
Jubilosa gives him a pouty expression
"Already? Aww..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172372
172374
>>172371
"I know, I know. But, there is no rest for wicked."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172373
172374
>>172371
Kira wraps her snake tail around the three ponies, and gives them all a gentle cozy snek hug.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172374
172375 172502
>>172372
She smiles
"Hehe, okay. Just don't get up to too much, will you?"

She takes her claws and ruffles Silver's fur

>>172373
Kira is now faced with a serious issue. For all of her size, hugging three ponies at once is a challenge. And there are three more ponies in the room who have thus far gone unhugged. How could she hope to hug them all?
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172375
172376
>>172374
Hmm...she could wrap around them all as a group.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172376
172377
>>172375
For the three ponies by Kira, this is feasible enough, just wrapping around all three in a single coil. However, even this fails to maximize the surface area of scale to fur contact. Furthermore, there are three more as-yet unhugged ponies further away from her.

Like maybe if all six ponies stood shoulder to shoulder she could hug all of them on one side? But probably not on both sides.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172377
172378
>>172376
Hmmmmm...perhaps she could use a second hug to hug the other three ponies?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172378
172379
>>172377
Perhaps. Perhaps she could.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172379
172380
>>172378
Kira ceases her hugging of Rover, Cuay, and the bat pony, and offers a hug to the three remaining, unhugged ponies.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172380
172381
>>172379
"Sure, I'll do it" The pink mare, Helping Hooves, walks forward, ready to be hugged.

The last two remain hold outs
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172381
172383
>>172380
Kira gives her her full attention with an especially good snek hug, to hopefully make the last two holdouts jealous.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172382
172383
Hmmmm...

[1d20+3 = (12+3) = 15]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172383
172384
>>172381
>>172382
Though the mare opens her mouth in evident fear as coils wrap around her, she rapidly warms to it, smiling as they pile around her, and when Kira places her hooves around her, Helping Hooves closes her eyes and nuzzles her.

"Well, I guess I'll join as well" The black stallion says, and walks towards Kira.

The white unicorn mare sighs, looks away, and says "ugh... I'm afraid of snakes... I'll join too"

And with that, both ponies submit to be hugged.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172384
172385
>>172383
Although she has to divert attention to these two new ponies away from Helping Hooves, Kira lets out an extremely happy and satisfied ssssssss as she finally gets to gently and snuggly hug all of the present ponies, albeit in two separate hugs. Perhaps even this small, positive experience will help shift these ponies' perceptions of lamias in a positive direction.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172385
172386
>>172384
Even in these limited interactions, Kira has a better understanding of the tactile feel and olfactory expression of the ponies. Mostly, the ponies are medium-sized ungulates not radically different from her usual prey, or even from at least the upper half of other lamias, although hugging a creature standing on its feet is a bit of a new experience for her. However, the chests feel slightly different, even from other lamias, and especially of note is how some of them have two extra appendages in the form of wings.

The biggest difference is the smell. These ponies clearly bathe regularly or semi regularly, have a subdued yet still present horsey smell, and especially the two mares have hints of added smells like lavender or raspberries.

But really, hugging ponies feels good.

Helping hooves attempts to pet her on her scaled portion, though only briefly.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172386
172387
>>172385
Kira is very happy to learn this. She makes a note to hug more ponies in the future.

Judging from how she feels Kira's muscles relax around her hoof, Helping Hooves gets the feeling that Kira likes being pet.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172387
172388
>>172386
Helping Hooves attempts to pet her s'more, primarily around her midsection, all on the scaled part, and mostly on the back.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172388
172389
>>172387
Kira lets out another satisfied ssssssssss as Helping Hooves continues to pet her. It's fascinating feeling how her muscly body reacts to the touch.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172389
172390
>>172388
The bat pony joins in stroking her back. He's a bit harder on her, however
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172390
172391
>>172389
Kira doesn't seem to mind, as she doesn't seem to be hurt. She still enjoys the extra petting, doubly so from getting pet twice at the same time.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172391
172393
>>172390
The black stallion moves off to do something, while Free Rover attempts to scratch his hoof under her muzzle, extending his leg out a long way, and clearly aware that this might be invasive
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.172392
172394 172397
>>172119
Amber responds with a small smile and holds up the case with the viol. "Why of course. But fortunately, I have important business with the Ministry of the Arts, and can be let through. If you doubt it, all you need is a sweet serenade with my precious viol and you will be convinced."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172393
172394
>>172391
Thankfully for Rover, her response is a wide happy smile, and to flick her tongue out. Clearly, she is loving the attention. Who knew getting pets and scratches from ponies would feel just as good if not better than hugging ponies?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172394
172395 172399
>>172392
Either roll diplomacy, or play some music for him. Move his soul if need be

>>172393
"You're a cutie, miss" Rover says, scritching under her neck more

Cuay also starts petting her, though he moves to the back on her pony segment
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172395
172396 172397
>>172394
He gets one chance to escape unchanged.
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172396
172397
>>172395
Diplomacy roll if it wasn't clear
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172397
172398
>>172392
>>172395
>>172396
He looks down at the viol, then up at Amber with an oddly malign smile

"The Minister is waiting for you. Come in"
He opens the gate for her.

"He'll be in the office across from the entrance to the inner walls, to the right."
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172398
172400
>>172397
>>172397
"Thank you kindly," Amber responds. Her confidence grows as she approaches the magnificent structure, sanctuary finally within reach.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172399
172400
>>172394
Kira giggles at Rover's comment, as she turns into a limp noodle in the middle of the room from all of the pets and scritches.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172400
172401 172402
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>>172398
Amber has heard that over in Equus, in the far north, the polar bears have made a hold out of a mountain. Over in the Changeling lands, a terminite mound greater than any ever before pierces the sky. And up in the Arcturian lands, at the very edge of the Dread Peninsula, ancient magicians built a castle greater than any existing before. All of these castles may be larger than the castle complex in Hellquill. Maybe, maybe they aren't. But the castle complex Amber is entering into is one of the largest in the entire world, the largest in all of the griffin lands, and certainly the largest Amber has ever seen.

Amber goes through the gate, and through a gate on an old, stone wall that leads to a passage between an inner wall and an outer wall that in old times was likely a cart path, but now has cobble stones and evidently is a path for vehicles. The stones have a sort of reddish hue, and above her are several large, stone towers with red tile roofs. She goes along this trail for several hundred feet, until she's rounded the inner wall. There is a second mote - Amber walked over a bridge and up a hill to get to the gate - and she crosses it over a wooden bridge. She opens out to an open landing, where there are several buildings, trees, and green grass. To her left and now a bit behind her are two curved towers at the entrance of a gate. She knows that this is the gate to enter the inner castle, and the Palace of the Grand Master. But that isn't necessary.

To her right are a series of several buildings, but one three story pink colored modern-looking building with red tile fits the description.

>>172399
Rover becomes bolder, and tries to scratch around her ears and touch her mane.

Meanwhile, the bat pony and Helping Hooves attempt to rub her belly
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172401
172403
>>172400
Kira's ears fold and flop around Rover's hoof. Her mane is short and simple, well suited to a mare who works physically, and feels very much like any other pony's mane. Her belly twitches and trembles, and Kira starts giggling like crazy at the bat pony and Helping's touch.

"W-wait, stop! That t-tickles!"
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172402
172403
>>172400
The fortress, built long ago perhaps as an indomitable bulwark against pony expansion, is a standing testament to the resilience of griffons when they stand together, as difficult as it may be for that to happen. A day or two of tours of the castle would be warranted once there's time.

The Grand Master…of all of Hellquill? A few thoughts race through Amber's mind, notably the potential to change history for better or worse. The power of music is truly untested, of course, and the excitement is enough to quell even Amber's great fatigue. What better way to end this performance than with a crescendo?

Amber approaches the inner gate.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172403
172404 172406
>>172402
To be clear, is Amber not wanting to go to where the Art Director/Minister is? Is she wanting to go into the Palace?

Is she looking to put on a performance?

>>172401
The bat pony simple scritches, although Helping Hooves continues to rub her in a circular pattern. Circular Cuay actually stops, and does something else. Rover continues rubbing her around her neck.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172404
172405
>>172403
Amber is a newcomer to Hellheim. Had the Palace been in a different section of the city, as she had assumed, then the original plan would not have been questioned at all. But, as a performer, there is an irresistible draw toward the theatric and grand, even at the cost of all sense and reason. Safety is for pedestrians, Amber is an artist. The show may go on well or it may go on poorly, but it will go on all the same.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172405
172407
>>172404
Amber does need to be careful though, as she is fully aware that her brand of music is an acquired taste, and not every ear is ready to, nor fit, to hear it.

But very well.

Where shall she perform?

And what piece most fits the occasion?
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172406
172410
>>172403
Despite her protestations about it being ticklish, Kira continues to giggle and seems to be enjoying all of this attention.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172407
172408
>>172405
Only the Grand Master himself, wherever he may be, is fit to hear it. As for the music itself, a conflict starts to emerge and writhe deep within herself, melodic yet tumultuous in its tones.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172408
172409
>>172407
But first, how to get to him?
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172409
172410
>>172408
It's a matter of looking at the inner gate first of all.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172410
172411 172492
>>172409
Another gate, another guard to get past

>>172406
more rubbing
more scritching
more petting

The white mare briefly comes in and touches Kira's snake-back

Cuay says to her,
"We are almost ready, ma'am."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172411
172412
>>172410
It's interesting how smooth and nice her scales are. Some ponies assume that snake skin would be scaly or even slimy, but the ponies present are getting a first-hoof example of how they aren't.

"Mmmghu, greeeeeaaat, thaaaaank yooooouuuu..."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172412
172413
>>172411
More petting and rubbing

But then Kira can here in a decidedly derisive tone,
"Alright you snake, listen here."
But Kira can see that these words are not directed at her. Rather, the white unicorn and Free Rover have gone over towards Neela, who has been on the other side of a desk from this scene.
"You lucked out when you stayed home that night, and you lucked out again when you found a sponsor willing to look after you in Baltimare. Now because I trust that literal snake more than you we'll go along with it. But you need to know that she holds onto your papers. And if you run away from her, or trick her, and you get caught without papers, or worse, with false papers, you will never have anything approaching that level of freedom again. You are not a pony. You don't even look Olenian. You will not get away with 'My ID got stolen'. You will be found."

The white unicorn walks away, but unfortunately, does not come back to pet Kira.

Free Rover does. He scritches Kira's chin again.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172413
172414
>>172412
The nope noodle smiles, and her tongue sticks out.

"You definitely seem the most undisturbed, Rover," she directs towards the pony scritching her chin.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172414
172415
>>172413
"When I was colt, we'd pick up snakes on the ranch, and make a game out of daring other colts to do it. My uncle had a constrictor as a pet too and I'd handle that one. Let' 'em crawl over my shoulders."

He looks at her
"You look more like a filly, anyways."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172415
172416
>>172414
Kira looks back at him, and continues to smile.

"I think I'm probably a bit too heavy to crawl over your shoulders. The hugs were more than good enough, though. It gives me hope that I've already found ponies willing to be firendly with me."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172416
172417
>>172415
He doesn't quite smile
"Not so many ponies 'round here grew up catching snakes on the ranch. You won't find that everywhere. You are going to need to be patient with 'em. Even if they get aggressive with you."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172417
172418
>>172416
Kira gives him a determined nod.

"I will!"

A low growl from her stomach brings her back to reality, and she gets back up from the floor.

"Well I supposed we had better get on it, if everything's taken care of. I've got a lot to take care of, being in a new city. I hope I get to see all of you again under pleasant circumstances!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172418
172419
>>172417
He looks over to Cuay, then back to Kira
"No, you're about set. Wait for the light to cross the street, don't trust 'Neela', and remember everything is made for somepony smaller than you."

Helping Hooves seems somewhat spooked by the growl.

Rover:
"Anything else we can do for you, ma'am?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172419
172420
>>172418
Kira nods at Rover again.

"Understood. I think I'm all set. Just wish me luck, and I hope you all have a great day!"

She looks to Neela.

"Ready to go?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172420
172421
>>172419
The black stallion walks over, takes the chains off of Neela, but places a collar on her neck and gives Kira a leash. Neela was remuzzled long ago, which explains the relative peace and quiet of the last minutes.

Neela looks at Kira with resentment, which probably means "Yes"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172421
172422
>>172420
"Oh, uh, alright then." Taking the leash, she bids her newfound friends goodbye and makes for the exit with Neela, leaving the Customs building.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172422
172429
>>172421
Neela at first does not move, but then moves along next to Kira. Kira has to take a different hallway, then outside, then into an odd new world of concrete pavement, brick buildings, and a large number of creatures. Not just ponies, but griffins too. Both carts and automobiles move by, and many creatures seem unsettled by her appearance. It's likely a good thing that Kira has on her backpack and other assorted clothing, to make her look less like a wild monster.
Anonymous
5553344
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No.172423
172424
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>>172365
>>172368
>>172369
I've gathered that GM really does not want to run a side quest for Posey to catch Alluring, so I guess that will just have to wait until some other time. I'm just going to just move on to the tank parts retrieval quest, whenever that's ready to begin.
Where does Posey need to go for this? I recall it was a swamp, but I don't see any other details.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172424
172426 172447
>>172423
>Alluring
I suppose it’s possible to rewind the clock so that Posey can try to catch him leaving, or for her to infiltrate the hospital and catch him there. Other than that, best to wait.
Anonymous
5553344
?
No.172426
172427
>>172424
Infiltrating the hospital is an interesting idea, but idk.
Does Posey know the general area in the swamp she needs to go to find the tank parts? Or does she need to find that information himself.
Anonymous
5553344
?
No.172427
>>172426
*herself
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172429
172431
>>172422
So...many...ponies! It's all so overwhelming, so many friend shaped beings all over, of all different colors with all so many different details and features! She just wants to go out and hug them all!

...hmm, Kira has to pull herself together, lest she lose herself in the need to hug all of the friend-shaped ponies. She instead begins by turning to Neela.

"Alright, let's get these things off of you..."

Kira begins removing the straps, harnesses, and muzzle that the customs ponies put on Neela.
Anonymous
201cebf
?
No.172431
172432
>>172429
It’s just a muzzle and a collar.

Needs wiggles out, jumps back, stares at Kira and has her legs slightly apart in a stance like she is ready to runaway.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172432
172444
>>172431
Kira sets the muzzle and collar on the ground, backs up slightly, and holds up her hooves.

"I am not going to do anything bad to you, I just want to keep you out of trouble."
Anonymous
201cebf
?
No.172444
172448
>>172432
She turns quickly to the side, as if to run, but then stops. If Kira looks, she can see that back over near the exit, the police mare has come outside, and is looking their way. She is at least too far away to hear anything said. Needs then turns back, and looks towards Kira.
Anonymous
114f4ed
?
No.172447
172449
>>172424
So, where is this swamp?
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172448
172449
>>172444
"Like I said, I just want to keep you out of trouble. Honest. Unfortunately, we have to stay together for that to happen."
Anonymous
f88a9de
?
No.172449
172450 172458
>>172447
To the south and east, on the edge of the Hayseed district and the Kululu Forests. It's quite a ways off the beaten path, away from the rail lines and the highways, from the city and towns.

>>172448
"What do you think you are doing here?" She asks Kira in a rather derisive tone
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172450
172451
>>172449
Kira seems...confused, by the nature of the question.

"Uh...come again?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172451
172452
>>172450
"This. Bribing the Fascists so they would sell me as your pet. What do you think you are doing here? Reforming a bad doe? Is this some kind of religious mission to you? Or were you really hoping to eat me after all?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172452
172453
>>172451
Kira continues to be confused.

"No...? You're not a pet, or food. I just didn't want to see you sent to a prison colony or...worse. Both of our homes no longer exist, and I felt bad."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172453
172454
>>172452
"What? What do you mean?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172454
172455
>>172453
"They said you were from...Lushi, right? I'm from the city of Dhamaji, in Southeastern Zebrica. We were conquered, and my tribe is being hunted down and exterminated."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172455
172456
>>172454
She tilts her head
“Who would hunt the Nagavanshi?”
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172456
172457
>>172455
"Talonsvaal. They built a gold mine in our lands, started to pour poison in our drinking water. Our tribe's warriors kicked them out of the mine, but they came back with guns and machines and artillery. We never stood a chance..."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172457
172460
>>172456
"Who?" She asks
Anonymous
312a831
?
No.172458
172459
>>172449
>It's quite a ways off the beaten path, away from the rail lines and the highways, from the city and towns.
Is it accessible within a day's travel?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172459
172461 172466 172486
>>172458
If automobile or boat assists, then yes
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172460
>>172457
"Talonsvaal, as I said. The Talons. They're a griffon country, relative newcomers to our part of Zebrica."
Anonymous
312a831
?
No.172461
172462
>>172459
Okay, Posey will ask Mason to drive her, when he has the time to do so.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172462
172463 172464
>>172461
"The Nagavanshi humbled..." She says, evidently to herself

"So that is why you are here?" She asks
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172463
172465
>>172462
"I was sent to ask for refuge for my tribe. Tales about Equestria's legendary spirit of friendship and harmony had even reached our ears. Sadly, it seems our information was...out of date. Still, I can't give up. I need to convince Halcyon Shores to let us in."
Anonymous
312a831
?
No.172464
>>172462
I think that was supposed to be directed at the other.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172465
172467
>>172463
She rolls her eyes and her head while her ears wiggle
"Ha, 'Friendship and Harmony?' they stingy in giving that out. And good luck with getting the fascists to let in your kind. They don't even want zebra and griffins anymore."
Anonymous
312a831
?
No.172466
172486
>>172459
Posey would like to have Mason drive her at least part of the way.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172467
172468
>>172465
"I have to try! The lives of my tribe depend on me!"

She smiles at the deer she's tried to save from slavery.

"You know, I would really appreciate help. I promise I'll do everything along the way to help you out too, maybe we can convince them to give you a new, proper ID."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172468
172469
>>172467
She scrunches
"Good luck. And good luck with that too."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172469
172470
>>172468
Kira's tongue flicks out for a second.

"Come on, I know we can do it! What is there to lose? Not trying would have the same effect as failure."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172470
172471
>>172469
Still unimpressed
"And what do you want me to do exactly?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172471
172472
>>172470
"Just help me however you're able. Something tells me a deer like you has a lot of really useful skills."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172472
172473
>>172471
She raises an eyebrow
"No 'carry my bags' or 'stand perfectly still'?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172473
172474
>>172472
Kira shakes her head.

"Why would I need you to do either of those?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172474
172475
>>172473
And now Neela shakes her head
"Nevermind that. What do you mean 'useful skills'?" This provokes a malign smile, which is the first hint of a smile that Kira has gotten out of Neela
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172475
172476
>>172474
Hmm, perhaps to most ponies that would be disturbing, but Kira believes that it's simply an innocent little deer smile.

"Whatever you can do that is helpful. Like, for instance, I'm a skilled hunter and tracker, I'm an excellent marksnake, and I'm very good at being very sneaky."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172476
172477
>>172475
"Oooohhh, sneaky" Then her expression changes to... concern

"What are you doing that requires shooting?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172477
172478
>>172476
"Well, I hope I'll never have to use my bow for anything other than hunting game. But...if I end up having to...you know..." Kira takes in a deep breath, and lets it out slowly. "...I will. I promised my mother and my tribe that I would succeed...and that I would do anything to ensure I did."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172478
172479
>>172477
A moment's pause, and then
"I understand."

And then she tilts her head, and says skeptically
"Do you have a plan?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172479
172480
>>172478
"It's a simple plan...I hope. Talking with those ponies in Customs, it sounded like the governor Halcyon Shores is the best pony to talk to here about getting my tribe resettled. To talk to them, I'm going to do work for the Office of Revenue and Migration, get my name known in the government, and hopefully get my request for an audience fulfilled. In the meantime, I'm going to work on an argument in favor of my people that I hope will convince them to let us in."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172480
172481
>>172479
She winces
"Really? With the Customs and the fascists? You trust them?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172481
172482
>>172480
Kira nods. Her tongue flicks out again.

"I don't know much about this place or the factions within, but it sounds like the best hope for my people. I'm guessing though you wouldn't recommend it."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172482
172483
>>172481
"You saw what they did to me?" She scrunches

"I bet they were trying to set you up with me. To see if you'd eat me, so they could declare all nagas dangerous."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172483
172484
>>172482
Kira's ears flop down.

"They wouldn't do that...would they? I mean, they were nice to me, especially after opening up and realizing I'm not the monster they initially assumed."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172484
172485
>>172483
"They are always looking for monsters. If they looked in a mirror, they'd find them."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172485
172487
>>172484
"Well...we could still work on getting them to give you an ID, too. You would be free to do whatever you wanted again."
Anonymous
e2f24c2
?
No.172486
172487 172500
>>172466
>>172459
Posey leaves at the earliest convenience, making haste to fulfill the wishes of her masters.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172487
172488 172496
>>172486
I need to think of more description

>>172485
"Sure...."
Again, raising an eyebrow
"Do you have a place to sleep tonight?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172488
172490
>>172487
Kira shakes her head.

"I just arrived here in Baltimare. I need to exchange my valuables for some of those 'Bits' they use as currency here first." Her stomach rumbles. "...then probably find something to eat. Then we'll find a place to stay before we meet with Revenue and Migration."
Anonymous
e2f24c2
?
No.172489
brushes Gloomy
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172490
172491
>>172488
Neela takes a step back and looks concernedly at Kira's midsection, holding up one foreleg. Then she looks back up to her. "Any idea how? Obtaining bits and a place to stay."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172491
172503
>>172490
Kira blushes, and attempts to hide her midsection behind the front of her body.

"The ponies inside mentioned pawn shops, jewelers, and museums as ways to obtain Bits for my valuables. You know this city better than I do. Do you know of any good specific places?"
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172492
172493
>>172410
Amber considers her options. Every castle of course has its secret passages, but not only do they tend to be secret, but they are generally designed to be accessible only one way, and with exits outside the castle walls. That could be ruled out. Amber has wings, but in daylight it would attract too much attention to fly to the top of the walls. Tricking the guard, such as by being smuggled in via barrel is an amusing thought but it would be impractical. Best to be direct.

"I am a performer, set to appear before the Grand Master."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172493
172494
>>172492
"And what are you to play?" The guard asks.
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172494
172495
>>172493
"A piece by Schornberg, if you will." Amber holds up the viol. "Would you care for a demonstration?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172495
172824
>>172494
He looks over, and smiles
"Certainly"
Anonymous
1a8698a
?
No.172496
172503
>>172487
Any progress on the description?
I'm not picky when it comes to expositions.
Anonymous
e367dc6
?
No.172497
172498 172503
875006__safe_twilight+sparkle_pony_oc_simple+background_smiling_cute_human_open+mouth_dialogue_flower_broken+horn_oc-colon-anon_alternate+universe_ha.png
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875029__semi-dash-grimdark_twilight+sparkle_solo_female_pony_mare_clothes_simple+background_unicorn_smiling_cute_open+mouth_white+background_magic_un.png

Anonymous
e367dc6
?
No.172498
172503
872052__semi-dash-grimdark_twilight+sparkle_solo_clothes_open+mouth_magic_dialogue_crying_wide+eyes_broken+horn_alternate+universe_candle_cloak_artis.png
871157__semi-dash-grimdark_twilight+sparkle_solo_clothes_smiling_cute_open+mouth_magic_dialogue_sad_frown_chibi_broken+horn_alternate+universe_cloak_.png
>>172497
Forgot a couple
Anonymous
70402a2
?
No.172499
172503 172514
polishes wishbone
Anonymous
60b2a03
?
No.172500
172503
>>172486
Posey takes all of her equipment with her this time.
Anonymous
60b2a03
?
No.172501
172514
image0-1-2.png

Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172502
172503
>>172374
The Silver is ruffled

"I love you, Jubee."

He kisses his griffon at least, before he goes. He's grown rather adept at making muzzle/beak kisses work.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172503
172504 172505
>>172499
Soon(TM)

>>172500
She'll want it

>>172498
>>172497
>fails to make use of all 5 image slots in a shitpost
Banned

>>172496
I don't want to say too much, but I've had a rather extreme family matter over the last two weeks...

>>172502
Jubilosa kisses him, and Silver gets a feel of her beak, which while not as warm as her flesh is not cold to the touch either, but actually has a nice feel. He can feel her rather small tongue as well. When Silver pulls away, she moves towards him, wanting more. She moves towards the edge of the bed and her wings spread out, looking up at him with a pouting expression.

>>172491
She tilts her head, and then asks,
"What are you going to do with me?"
Roll bluff if necessary
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172504
172508
>>172503
Silver has a chuckle at her expression, and smiles at her. "Alright then." He goes in for a longer, deeper kiss.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172505
172508
>>172503
No bluff necessary, as Kira tells her the truth.

"Keep an eye on you, make sure you're taken care of, hang out like friends do, and all the while work towards getting you your ID!"

She beams a smile at her, showing off her fangs in their small bat pony-like state.
Anonymous
511bb5d
?
No.172506
172507 172508
>no bluff necessary
Rolls are fun.
Gonna roll bluff to kid myself into thinking I'll level up after this tank quest (only 5 levels to go until I get animate dead)
Bluff
[1d20+12 = (13+12) = 25]
Opposed SM
[1d20+2 = (14+2) = 16]
Anonymous
511bb5d
?
No.172507
>>172506
"Surely, this experience shall allow me to unlock the hidden potential to my powers."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172508
172512 172513
>>172506
nods

>>172504
Jubilosa extends a claw around Silver's neck, holding him as she kisses him longer.

>>172505
"Sure..." She looks down, then back up

"I know someone who sells gold and silver, and doesn't really care where it comes from. I know a pawnshop as well if you want to maybe buy it back. And then there's this mare who will buy things to sell off to Griffin collectors..."
Anonymous
42bab8a
?
No.172511
172514
Any chance that Posey could start her next quest this week?
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172512
172515
>>172508
Kira cringes a bit at the mention of the third option, and her tongue flicks out with a low sssssss sound.

"Maybe let's not sell them to griffon collectors. Money is money, I know, but...it would just feel wrong. Which one of the other two do you think would give the best price?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172513
172515
>>172508
"Mmmm..."

Silver uses his powerful hindlegs to keep him standing as he takes Jubilosa's soft griffon cheeks in his forehooves.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172514
172522 172591
OIP.jpg
>>172511
>>172501
>>172499
Sure.

Mason pulls around front, and offers Posey a seat.

Driving out, the car takes a left turn away from the city, rather than right towards the city as Posey has seen before. The car passes rows of citrus and other trees as it moves south, swiftly coming upon a town with brick buildings and the smokestacks of a couple large mills, just removed from the road. The signs announce this city as "Maregate." The two pass this city, and move further south on a two lane highway that moves straight through lines of plantations. Eventually, the road forks and turns left, and crosses bridges across innumerable unnamed ravines and rivulets, and through an ocean of mostly-bald deciduous trees - hickory, cypress, and soapberry - dotted with scattered pines. At some points, the ravines run through crevasses and channels in the ground taht expose red clay along their banks. But after a while, the land is flat in a great plain. The two pass through a town that the sign calls Bristleboro, though it looks nothing like Maregate before, as the houses are all older and made of wood, as if by travelling some miles the two had gone a hundred years back in time. Periodically, tiny little roads branch off of this one, soon swallowed up in the ocean of leafless trees.

Mason turns left onto one of these roads, which is a small non-paved road with gravel coated grooves where the tires fit, with grass growing in the middle, big enough only for a single car. The road is sometimes muddy, as the flat land increasingly encroaches on the miles of inundated forest that sometimes border the road, or past large, shallow lakes. A few cypress trees have not lost their leaves, and increasingly, even the broadleaf trees retain their green, such that the roadway is often sheltered from the oppressive blue cloudless sky which seems scarcely separate from space, by green tunnels that almost threaten to make the car disappear. Mason pulls over to the side at one point to allow another car, a red pickup truck with a decaying paint scheme, to pass, though Posey cannot fathom why anyone would be out here. The road occasionally passes along small wooden bridges, or more often, along built up berms of clay and gravel across large flooded fields.

Many of the trees passed are massive and surely centuries old, older perhaps than pony settlement in the region. But not every elder cypress in this virgin forest is unscathed, as some are inexplicably turned over, or even burst at the trunk, leaving a presumably valuable log behind to rot. Perhaps this is the action of some great hurricane wind, though any storm reaching this far inland must surely be terrifying in its own right to deliver such destruction, though the varied angles and varieties of damage are suggestive of some other, not necessarily as natural cause.

But even in these primeval forests, there are signs of old habitation. One or two roads branch off, and a couple old houses are passed, though one has a hole in the roof, and another is but foundation. The two pass a lake with the ruins of old wooden houses, and a water mill sticking out of water that could only be a few feet deep, and a roofless stone church on a small island next to it.

Mason says
"We're not far. The battle occurred in this area. Not that far from the road as that is how much equipment was moved. You'll recognize signs of battle when you see it."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172515
172516 172517
>>172512
She looks up, and to the side

"Well... Maybe the pawn shop? They don't really normally buy... is this something fancy? But a pawn shop or jeweler that buys only legal items will pay more."

>>172513
She doesn't want to break yet, and holds on
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172516
172518
>>172515
Silver is a slave to her needs and his own desire. He gets back onto the bed, standing over his Jubee, now lying down, as the kiss turns into a full-on make out session.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172517
172518
>>172515
"Oh, there's no problem with legality! Nothing's stolen, it's just some valuables my mother saved from our tribe and gave to me to trade for currency. Jewelry, foreign currency, a couple bars of gold, you know: the usual."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172518
172519 172520
>>172517
"Uh huh... let's find a gold store or jeweler."

>>172516
She rolls onto her back spreading out her wings, and Silver can feel her claws wrapped around the back of his neck, and now her paws move past his rear thighs and touching the edge of his flanks.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172519
172521
>>172518
Kira smiles and perks up for the journey. If no directions are provided by Neela, then Kira's plan is to wander the streets and ask any passersby where a gold store or jeweler can be found.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172520
172521
>>172518
Although he kissed his griffu originally to make her happy, the longer it goes on and the greater intensity with which he locks his muzzle to her beak the more it becomes clear to Jubilosa that Silver really had a lot of stress from his dream that he needed to let go of. It becomes especially clear as she feels a certain body part of his growing large and pulsing against her lower body.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172521
172534 172535
>>172519
Neela says things such as "This way" and "take a right." Kira can see many ponies look on in shock at the sight of her and run away, or at least, move to the other side of the street. Neela tries her best to direct the excitable snake pony, but stops short of ever actually touching her with her hooves

"Here's a shop." She says, and starts inside

>>172520
"Hehehe."

Her belly is soft and short furred, sucking in with contact with Silver. If he looks down, he'll see the protruding chest and curved thighs and belly of a slender lioness. She pulls her wings inwards, to wrap at least the tips around Silver
Anonymous
6b7b1c7
?
No.172522
172523
>>172514
"Thank you, Mason." Posey says politely, as she leaves the vehicle.
"I shouldn't be too long."

Posey sets off towards the battlefield and begins her search, strutting out confidently as she trots along.
"A battlefield salvage mission.. can't say it doesn't bring back memories."

Wait, the car has stopped, right?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172523
172524
>>172522
The car has stopped.

A search roll is appropriate.
Anonymous
67f78bd
?
No.172524
172525
>>172523
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172525
172527
>>172524
Looking carefully at the road in front of her, Posey can trace the tracks of her quarry:

Wider than the ruts left by carts and automobiles, Posey can see the ruts left behind by numerous larger, heavy equipment pulled by trucks or more likely ponies. These go forward and are accompanied by occasional stumps of cutdown trees close to the road, before it trails off to a fork on the left, running between a submerged section and dry ground.
Anonymous
67f78bd
?
No.172527
172528
>>172525
"Off to a great start."
Posey follows the tracks.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172528
172529 172591 172600
>>172527
Mason insists on Posey taking several tools with her, including a wrench.

Going left, Posey follows along an oddly slightly wider track. To the right is moss and leaf covered ground, but to her left is true swamp - a series of numerous cypress trees, some with leaves and some without, sticking out of the water. Exploded trees become more frequent, and Posey can guess that this isn't the work of simple lightning strikes. This continues for some hundreds of feet, until Posey comes across a break in the path and a break in the land to where there is a lake or river in between the break, with no cypresses growing in it. The distance isn't great, perhaps only something like 80 feet if that much, but there is a break in the path. Looking to the other side, either a wooden bridge has been blown out, or a dirt path, reinforced by wood, has been washed away. There is a wrecked wooden raft on the other side.
Anonymous
67f78bd
?
No.172529
172530 172591
>>172528
>wrench
I was just thinking about that myself, lol.
>there is a break in the path
Okay, so I already gave Posey a phobia of running water...
So, is there any place where she can cross that isn't a river? A bog is fine, just not a river.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172530
172531 172532
>>172529
Sounds like a dice roll
Anonymous
5145ac0
?
No.172531
172532
>>172530
>luck rolls
God loves me
[1d20 = 8]
Anonymous
5145ac0
?
No.172532
172591
>>172531
>>172530
I take it that doesn't pass.

Posey goes the long way around if she can. She walks along the bottom of the lake if she has to.
Anonymous
67f78bd
?
No.172533
172591
What happens?
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172534
172745
>>172521
Wordlessly, Silver ceases kissing Jubilosa...only to resume, this time planting a kiss on her neck, then one just a bit further down, and on and on he goes down her slender body.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172535
172537
>>172521
Kira follows close behind, slithering in and eagerly looking around at the place of business.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172537
172538
>>172535
Neela enters in, and Kira follows behind. Kira sees several shelves with numerous wonderous items. A plethora of watches, both for the wrist and pocket watches. Brooches, necklaces, pendants, peytrals, and fancy shoes.

Inside, there are two ponies. A white mare with a blue mane, and a brown stallion with a light yellow mane. Both appear to be earth ponies, although it's hard to tell with the mare as she immediately says "Ahhh!" and dives beneath the counter. The brown stallion is clearly taken aback as well.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172538
172539
>>172537
Kira's eyes lock onto the adorable ponies. She doesn't know entirely why the mare dived beneath the counter, she doesn't mean them any harm and even if she did, a counter probably wouldn't stop her. Thankfully for them, Kira is a friendly lamia, who smiles and waves at them.

"Hello! I heard you buy valuables?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172539
172540
>>172538
>That counter won't save you from being strangled and eaten/Pinned to the wall by arrows
Kek

The brown stallion stays in place at the counter, his own eyes locked on Kira, and ears moved back. "What are you doing here?" He says quickly.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172540
172541
>>172539
Kira continues to smile brightly, not put off by his so far negative reaction to her. She pulls out the sack full of treasures given to her by her mother.

"I have precious cultural artifacts and treasures to sell!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172541
172542
>>172540
He moves back slightly and takes a moment to reply, but then says
"We can't accept scavenged artifacts under the Antiquity Act..."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172542
172543 172544
>>172541
"Oh, these aren't scavenged, these were given to me by my mother to trade for local currency. There's nothing wrong about them, I promise!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172543
172544 172545
>>172542
He looks over at her
[1d20 = 8]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172544
172545
>>172542
>>172543
"We don't really allow exotic animals in here" He says
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172545
172547 172548
>>172543
flicks tongue curiously

>>172544
She looks at the stallion with big pony...err, lamia eyes.

"Pleeeeease, mister?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172546
172547 172548
[1d20-1 = (6-1) = 5]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172547
172548 172549
>>172545
>>172546
"You may scare other customers'

Neela moves in, and says
"Why don't you see what she has to sell?"
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172548
172549
>>172547
>>172546
>>172545
He looks to Neela, then to Kira, and says
"Very well. What do you have?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172549
172550
>>172547
>>172548
Kira smiles gratefully at Neela, before slithering deftly into the store, being careful not to knock anything over and to bring her whole tail inside the shop as she makes her way to the counter. There, she opens the sack, and shows the stallion all of the artisan-crafted jewelry (that hadn't been given as gifts to the ponies at Customs), foreign coins of copper, silver, and gold, and (small) gold bar(s).

"I bring tiddings from foreign lands in distant Zebrica!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172550
172551 172552
>>172549
He looks down at it, clearly surprised.
"And you want to... sell these?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172551
172553 172554
>>172550
Kira nods vigorously, smiling friendly al the while.

"Yes please."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172552
172553 172554
>>172550
"Notice the fine craftsnakeship in the jewelry, the details painstakingly working into the metal by the most skilled artisans and goldsmiths the Kuwinda Kwa Maua tribe has to offer!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172553
172554 172555
>>172551
>>172552
The mare pokes her head up, and looks at the small horde. The two ponies spend at least a couple minutes looking through it.
[1d20 = 18]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172554
172555
>>172551
>>172552
>>172553
The stallion turns and looks up towards Kira
"I think we could do... 2400 bits for the lot"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172555
172556 172558
>>172553
>>172554
Kira looks towards Neela, to see her reaction if it's a good deal or not.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172556
172557 172558
>>172555
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172557
>>172556
more curious tongue flicks
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172558
172559
>>172555
>>172556
She whispers
"You could probably get a bit better than that, but they didn't lowball you either. It's not easy to sell."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172559
172560
>>172558
Kira thinks for a moment with a "Hmmmmmm", before deciding that it's good enough, and looking back to the pair of ponies.

"Deal!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172560
172561
>>172559
Neela scrunches, but the stallion says
"Excellent, let me get cash." He starts to extend a hoof for a hoof shake, but them withdraws, and motions to the female to go to the backroom.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172561
172562
>>172560
Let's roll Dexterity, to see if she can receive the hoofshake before he withdraws. Bonus points if she can manage it with the very end of her tail.

[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172562
172563
>>172561
Kira grabs ahold of his hoof. This frightens the stallion, who seems to think that she is trying to pull him over the counter
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172563
172564
>>172562
No pulling, just an exceedingly friendly hoof(possibly tail)shake from an overly eager lamia who enjoys physical contact with ponies.

"Thank you so much!"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172564
172565
>>172563
"Ahh!" The stallion braces himself against the base of the counter... to find that it's just a hoof shake. He looks up at her with a wide, toothy smile, and then shakes her tail in response.

"Thank you"

The mare comes back with a rather large amount of paper money, ans starts counting it out.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172565
172566
>>172564
Kira looks with awe at the little paper notes as they're counted out like it's the most amazing thing in the world.

"Ponies use paper for currency?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172566
172567
>>172565
"Yes... We used to use coins primarily, but with the fascist occupation, we've switched to paper."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172567
172568
>>172566
"Oooooo, neat! And these are just as good for spending as the old coins are?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172568
172569
>>172567
He breathes out, looking more clearly scared than at any point before. It must be a delayed reaction

"More-more or less. It's required to be accepted. Tell you what. Do you want some coins? Or maybe an item? On us."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172569
172570
>>172568
"Oh, well, if you have some, they might be useful to have too." She attempts another friendly smile and relaxes her posture, to try to calm the pony down. "It's okay, I'm perfectly friendly. I wouldn't ever dare think about harming you. Sorry if I seem overly eager or aggressively friendly, I just...it's my first time being here in Equestria and seeing ponies, and you're all just so, so...cute! I love it and I'm having trouble keeping myself from giving you all just a big friendly hug."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172570
172571
>>172569
He holds up a hoof
"That's okay, that's okay."
He looks around
"Uh, here's the bits." He hoofs them over
"And some coins as well." Moving them over one at a time with his hoof
"And, maybe if you want something small?"
He makes another wide, toothy smile with his ears down
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172571
>>172570
Kira looks around, and picks up a pocket watch. She knows vaguely what it is, and what it's purpose is, but it's the first time seeing one this up close. She seems mesmerized by the ticking of the second hand.

"Does this really tell you the time of day? No need for a sundial or nothing else? How much for it?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172572
172573
tick tick

It's a 12 hour clock, placing the time at near noon.

"Yes. Wind it periodically through the knob on the side. Consider it a gift for your sale."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172573
172574
>>172572
She looks astonished at the stallion, before beaming a wide smile at him. Maybe the tales of friendship and harmony she heard about Equestria weren't all so wrong?

"Thank you! I'm going to recommend your store to everyone looking for nice things!"

She takes her new acquisitions - the pocket watch, the paper Bits, and the coins - and waves to the friendly if a bit scared ponies as she leaves the store, her tail trailing behind her keeping the door open for a short bit after she leaves.

That's one thing on her list done. Now she needs to find food, and a place to stay, possibly not in that order. She looks to Neela, once she joins Kira. "Are you hungry? Want something to eat?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172574
172575
>>172573
He smiles with that same, wide, teeth-showing smile that the ponies seem so fond of, lowers his head a little bit, and waves at her
"Thank you..."

Neela looks over towards Kira, giving her space as she slithers out of the store
"That went pretty well"

With Kira's question, she looks down, then back up
"Maybe?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172575
172576
>>172574
"I know! Thank you so much, Neela! I couldn't have done it without you!" With Neela's ambiguous answer to Kira's question, she nods to the deer. "Well, you're my guide to the city! Isn't Equestria one of those lands with the places you go to order food, already ready to eat? What do you call them?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172576
172577
>>172575
"That's a lot of bits. I don't think I've ever seen that many bits before." She says, walking along. She turns back towards Kira

"Do you... want something to eat?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172577
172578
>>172576
Kira follows Neela, slithering along. Her stomach decides to grumble to answer her question, causing Kira to blush.

"Well...yes, but I think I'll need to wait. Maybe buy a goat from a farm, or go hunting for wild pigs. I'm not sure if you'd want to be around when I do, it can be a bit...disturbing, for other creatures to see a lamia eat."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172578
172579
>>172577
"That makes sense to me. I would like to eat something... I suppose I would be staying with you? No way I want to go back to that apartment. My name is not on the lease. I'm sure everything I had has been stolen, anyways."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172579
172581
>>172578
"We could go check if you wanted, see if there's anything that can be saved. I'm big and strong, I can carry anything you want me to."
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172581
172582
>>172579
She looks back to her
"You know what? I think it would be worth trying. I can get food nearby... But you'll need to find a place to stay sooner or later."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172582
172583
>>172581
Kira nods.

"Don't worry, I will. Probably after we get some food for you, that way you have a place to stay where you won't get in trouble for being unaccompanied while I get food for myself. Let's go to your apartment. If you get tired, don't be afraid to ride on my tail, like I said I'm big and strong and can carry anything you want!"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172583
172584
>>172582
Now, Neela gives that wide, tooth-filled smile
"I think I'll be fine. Let's go"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172584
172631
>>172583
Kira's tongue flicks out of her mouth with a smile as she slithers with her newfound deer friend towards her apartment.
Anonymous
c7da0ce
?
No.172588
172591
Can Posey cross the swamp, or not?
Anonymous
c7da0ce
?
No.172591
172614
>>172588
>>172514
>>172528
>>172529
>>172532
>>172533
For the record, Posey can still cross a river/bridge if she has to (she's not a true vampire), she just really doesn't like to in-character, so she crosses if there's no other way.
Anonymous
ec464be
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No.172600
172614
>>172528
>There is a wrecked wooden raft on the other side.
"Come on, Posey... You're not going to wash away or anything..."
Posey sets up the raft, and looks for a branch to row with. Once she's found her raft, she attempts to cross the river.
Anonymous
c45f2a5
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No.172607
172614
What does Posey see on the other side?
Anonymous
c45f2a5
?
No.172612
Does Posey need to roll anything else?
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172614
172615
>>172591
Looking at the water, Posey can discern a few things: the water is an opaque brown color with no visibility, this segment of water does not allow for plants and trees to grow, unlike most of the bog, and it moves fast enough to clear out some debris.

>>172600
The raft is on the opposite side and is not accessible from this bank, though perhaps it would be for the return journey.

>>172607
Going to the right, Posey moves along a riverbank under a half-fallen canopy. Posey surely moves for a couple of minutes, looking for some optimal location to pass. Eventually on her side, the solid ground of the forest is replaced by periodic banks of silt, peat, decaying plant matter and exposed roots that rise above a marshy floor. Posey may want to move only above the water. Perhaps she wishes to move through it. But Posey does, after the passage of time, come across something interesting

Spanning across the stream from one side to another, and lodged against trees on either side, what is best described as a ship, with a great metal bow on the near side that stretches out like fins on either port and starboard side. The ship is tilted on its side such that on the side nearest Posey a very large, metal keel is visible, and this metal forms around the fore section of the hull to connect with the bow. The end of the bow sprit hooks down, and the bow below it protrudes in such a way as that it may appear to be damaged, but more likely is designed to resemble a claw. The hull, nearer the rear, is a conventional wood, whereas the metal segments have been painted black, which is now chipping and revealing rusted and corroded metal. A remnant of purple fabric, almost pink from the bleaching action of the sun, can be seen on the "fin" that protrudes in the air. A set of metal beams ten feet above the deck circles around from the quarter deck to the end of the main deck, and below this is metal railing. The beams must surely have supported some other structure or function, but whatever it was is gone. The deck itself is wood, and the cabin under the quarter deck is metal. Behind the ship are a pair of great brass-colored axels that extend horizontally behind the end of the ship at the level of the main deck or even the cabin. This whole ship is maybe 150 feet long, and stretches straight across the river.
Anonymous
c45f2a5
?
No.172615
172618
>>172614
>designed to resemble a claw
"Clearly not of pony or changeling design... Griffons, perhaps?"
>A remnant of purple fabric
Posey looks closer, trying to make out what the colors represent.
>This whole ship is maybe 150 feet long, and stretches straight across the river.
I've found my bridge.
"Well, it's better than nothing..." Posey says, seemingly still nervous about crossing the water, and not the spooky ship, the cyst in her chest visibly throbbing forward.
Posey climbs onto the ship and traverses it. She takes her sweet time doing so, walking slowly to see every corner of it, drinking in the sweet history and misery of its doomed crew.
"I didn't think ship would make it this far inland, unless...?"
Anonymous
c45f2a5
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No.172617
172618
I guess I'll roll Search
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172618
172619
>>172617
>>172615
Posey cannot make out any pattern in the fabric - it was a fin dyed purple.

Posey has to move around the bow in order to move onto the deck. When she does, she sees a ladder has been placed to move up onto the deck. The ship is at an angle, meaning that even moving across the deck is awkward. On the far side, to the cabin, there is a door, four windows (two on each side) cracked open, and a fading blue symbol over the door.

On top of the deck, and especially on the railing, Posey finds the drying hides of several types of animals, a number of saddlebags in a pile, and a couple piles of various items like small shovels, what are presumably hygiene kits, and canteens. Even further back, Posey can see that a grill has been set up, with meat.
Anonymous
c45f2a5
?
No.172619
172620
>>172618
>fading blue symbol over the door
"Could it be... The Storm King?"
>drying hides of several types of animals, a number of saddlebags in a pile, and a couple piles of various items like small shovels, what are presumably hygiene kits, and canteens. Even further back, Posey can see that a grill has been set up, with meat.
Posey freezes at that, as she realizes that this place is still inhabited.
Listen check
[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172620
172621
>>172619
Posey can indeed hear sounds within the hull of the ship. Best guess - somecreature is coming up
Anonymous
c45f2a5
?
No.172621
172622 172623 172624
>>172620
Posey hides behind one of the animal skins
Rolling to Hide
[1d20+9 = (5+9) = 14]
Anonymous
037d86e
?
No.172622
172623
>>172621
As part of her movement, Posey draws her compound bow.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172623
172624
>>172621
>>172622
This is inelegant, as the animal hides are actually not very large.

Two large bipedal dog creatures, one black in color and one brown in color, open the door and walk out. Both are wearing leather jackets, and indeed, appear to be wearing faded flak jackets overtop of these. One carries a rifle. The other carries a... trident? Some kind of melee weapon that resembles a giant tuning fork.

"I told you not to leave the meat smoking" One says to the other in an oddly squealing voice.

"The bird cannot dive here" The other says

[1d20+5 = (4+5) = 9]
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172624
172625
>>172621
>>172623
The creatures look around, and then one says

"Over there! Behind the bear hide! An intruder!"
Anonymous
c45f2a5
?
No.172625
172627
>>172624
Posey pokes her head out
"Uh, hello."
If the creature is within 30 ft, she immediately attempts to charm it with her gaze.
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172626
172627
(is it day, or night?)
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172627
172628
>>172626
Broad daylight

>>172625
Not quite within 30 feet, though both, especially the one on the left (brown and carrying the trident) moves closer

"It's a pony mare" the black one says

"What are you doing here, pony? This is our ship" the brown one says, speaking to Posey
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172628
172630
>>172627
"I'm just, passing through, you know. Examining the wreckages of war. Salvaging things. I got on the ship to cross the water." Posey replies
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172629
172630
Int check, to identify the creatures
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172630
172632
>>172629
Posey can recognize the creatures as diamond dogs, a well-established species within the Equestrian territory.

>>172628
Brown
"This is our salvage land, pony"

Black
"Trying to 'salvage' our cache?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172631
172666
>>172584
Neela walks Kira down the streets, past shops apartments, and tenements, towards the apartments

At one point, Kira is approached by a police mare.
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172632
172633
>>172630
Posey steps out from behind the bear skin, and closes distance, until she's 30 ft away.
"Let's be reasonable now. These are pony lands, but there's room for both of us. Perhaps we could come to an agreement."
She attempts to charm the black one, and then the brown one.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172633
172634
>>172632
[1d20+1 = (17+1) = 18]
[1d20-1 = (18-1) = 17]

Black:
"Pony lands?! This is ours!"

Brown
"You can start by getting off of our ship"
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172634
172635 172637 172639
>>172633
They both pass.
Posey recognizes the sight of creates NOT falling for her charms and moves for Plan B: terror.
Posey steps closer, until she's just 10 ft away from the dogs. Her horn crackles with red lightning, and ghastly images whirl around her head like a crimson halo as her expression grows fierce.
"I am on an important mission. I'm not going home empty handed. We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way."
Her horn sparks, and she casts one of her favorite spells, Aching Dread:

1st level:
Aching Dread
Necromancy [Fear, Mind-Affecting]
Level: Cerebrant 1
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: 10 ft.
Targets: All enemies in a 10-ft. radius burst centered on you.
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
Your mere presence alters the psychological landscape of the surrounding aether, injecting it with unseen phantasms and suggestions of danger born of cyclopean vistas. All creatures within the area are stricken with a feeling of horrible dread that causes them to become shaken for the duration.
Cerebrotic Escalation: Instead of merely attempting to shake your foes, on a failed save they are frightened (for 1 round/level). However, if you attempt this escalation, you must succeed on a DC 13 Will save. On a failed save, the spell fails and is lost, and instead you are frightened for 1 minute.

Saving throw DC 18 (boost to fear and necro DCs)

This also triggers her Frightful Presence, they need to make an additional DC 19 Will saves or be shaken (or, further escalate the fear effect, if they fail their saves against the Dread)

She escalated the spell to increase it's power, prompting her own save.
[1d20+11 = (10+11) = 21]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172635
172636 172639
>>172634
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
[1d20+2 = (4+2) = 6]
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172636
172639
>>172635
They both need to make a second save as well.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172637
172638
>>172634
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
[1d20+2 = (2+2) = 4]
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172638
>>172637
The first guy is rolling like a champ. He's completely unaffected.
The other guy should be panicked.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172639
172640
>>172634
>>172635
>>172636
Black: "Back the fuck off our ship, pony"
He levies his rifle directly at Posey

Brown: "I... I should check on how Dutchess is doing"
He takes a step back, and is very obviously running towards the door
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172640
172641 172642 172643
>>172639
Posey steps even closer, within 5 feet. Am imperious aura creeping over her.
"No."
Rolling initiative. I already had my surprise round
[1d20+9 = (6+9) = 15]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172641
172642
>>172640
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172642
172643 172644
>>172641
>>172640
Bang
[1d20+6 = (15+6) = 21]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172643
172644
>>172640
>>172642
That hits, and if it doesn't, your character is now modified so that Posey's AC is lower

[2d8 = 14]
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172644
172645 172646 172649
>>172642
That's a-
>>172643
Reeeee
Fine
"Oof!" Posey exclaims in surprise, as the bullet tears through her torso
"~Let's dance!"
Posey draws her sword, and slashes
[1d20+9 = (14+9) = 23]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172645
>>172644
And that's a hit
Anonymous
02c88bf
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No.172646
172647 172648
>>172644
[1d8+9 = (4+9) = 13]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172647
172648
>>172646
He's definitely hurt
[1d3 = 2]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172648
172649
>>172646
>>172647
But he shoots at her again, after cycling the bolt
[1d20+6 = (15+6) = 21]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172649
172650
>>172644
>>172648
And again
[2d8 = 7]
Anonymous
02c88bf
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No.172650
172651 172653
>>172649
Muh AC
Oh well. It triggers masochism.

I'm taking my attack of opportunity to Sunder his weapon though
[1d20+10 = (9+10) = 19]
Anonymous
02c88bf
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No.172651
172653
>>172650
Rifle is two-handed, so he should get a +4 on his roll
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172652
172653
(idk how many HP a rifle has, but it has to be less than a longsword, so I think I can break it with one hit)
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172653
172655
>>172651
>>172650
If you want to use your attack to sunder, then use it. But you can't sunder on an attack of opportunity, and more importantly, simple use of a ranged weapon doesn't provoke an attack of opportunity. Reloading does, but not just using one.

>>172652
Rifles are heavier than longswords with more steel and a hell of a lot more wood
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172654
I need to sleep pretty soon...
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172655
172656 172657
>>172653
>simple use of a ranged weapon doesn't provoke an attack of opportunity
It doesn't? I'm too tired to check, so I'll just attack him on my turn then.
[1d20+10 = (1+10) = 11]
Anonymous
02c88bf
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No.172656
>>172655
Well fuck
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172657
172658
>>172655
Posey swings, misses, and accidentally swings her sword into the ground

ching chic chic chac
Bang
[1d20+6 = (14+6) = 20]
Anonymous
02c88bf
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No.172658
172659 172660 172661
Spoilered
>>172657
Posey strikes back, this time with her charnel touch
[1d20+6 = (7+6) = 13]
Also, not to argue, but I'm pretty sure I get an AoO...
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172659
172660
>>172658
Idk what his touch AC is, but i'll roll damage preemptively.
[1d8+1 = (2+1) = 3]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172660
172661
>>172658
She touches the diamond dog

>>172659
The dog whelps,
[1d3 = 3]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172661
172663 172664 172690
[1d3 = 3]

>>172660
>>172658
But levels his rifle, cycles the bolt, and Bang
[1d20+6 = (9+6) = 15]

>>172658
If we're going to argue then I'm reviewing the AC, because a 20 should hit basically anything
Anonymous
02c88bf
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No.172662
Posey takes no move action. Dog's turn
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172663
>>172661
And does not land a hit...
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172664
172665 172667
>>172661
Posey goes for another boop
[1d20+7 = (7+7) = 14]
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172665
172667
>>172664
[1d8+1 = (6+1) = 7]
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172666
172667
>>172631
Kira waves at the police mare and smiles.

"Hello! We have our identification, if that's what you're about to ask about."

She shows the police mare her bracelet.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172667
172668 172669
>>172664
>>172665
Ruff!

The dog barks, then squeals in pain, then makes every effort to move backwards through the door, possibly stumbling and falling in the process.

>>172666
She looks at it, then up at Kira, then back at it, and then gives that ubiquitous pony smile showing her teeth, and says
"Have a nice day" raising a hoof
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172668
172670
>>172667
"You too!"

With a wave goodbye, Kira continues on her way with her deer companion.
Anonymous
02c88bf
?
No.172669
172670
>>172667
Posey grins, a bit too widely, in sadistic glee, she giggles in pure menace, as corrupt icor leaks through the spot where she was shot through the cheek. Her laughter escalates into a deranged cackle.

And while Posey is definitely sadistic enough in character to pursue and finish off the victims of her home invasion, I'm a bit too tired RP that tonight, so I'll leave it at that for now.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172670
172671
>>172668
The two continue along, until they come to a brown, three story building that looks no different from the others, but is significant to Neela

"This one here... Second floor."

>>172669
For now, Posey is master of the deck
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172671
172672 172745
>>172670
It just occurs to Kira, ponies build houses. She presumably follows Neela as she climbs the first flight of stairs to the second floor, slithering deftly up the steps.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172672
172745
>>172671
That should say, "really big houses", I just had a brain fart moment.
Anonymous
e4ba5d4
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No.172690
172691
>>172661
Posey's AC is calculated as follows:
>10 + 4 Armor (Chain shirt) + 4 Dex + 3 Natural + 1 Shield (Dastana) = 22
Anonymous
e4ba5d4
?
No.172691
172692
>>172690
If that's too much, I could remove the Skin Thickens corruption symptom, to cut her AC down to 21.

I was in the middle of updating the sheet anyway.
Anonymous
cda0764
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No.172692
172693
>>172691
May as well post the sheet in its current form:
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/?id=2789871
Anonymous
cda0764
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No.172693
>>172692
I've been forgetting to subtract the Phobia penalties for Posey fighting above running water and in daylight, and for her light sensitivity. She should have had a -5 penalty on those attack rolls, because of her phobias.
Idk why I gave her those extra weaknesses back then. I guess I just thought it would make her more vampire-like.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172745
172746 172747
>>172534
He can feel her chest rising up and down with her breathes and the feathers that cover her, until he reaches the white fur of her belly

>>172671
>>172672
Neela takes Kira through an entrance, though she times it for Kira to be unseen. Then she takes her up a set of stairs to the second floor, and to a door
"To the best of your ability, try to remain in one room" she says. Then she finds a door, says "this is it," and starts messing with the handle, then the lock
"It's locked... I wonder who did that... I know how to pick this one. Let me find a pin..." she moves forward and back, until she finds some item, and starts jiggling with the door
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172746
172749
>>172745
Kira watches with interest, perhaps needing to be reminded by Neela to give her some space and light.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.172747
172748
>>172745
But Silver doesn't stop there. He keeps kissing downward, tickling her belly, planting a kiss on each of her small nipples, and going all the way down to plant the biggest kiss down on the winged lioness's kitty.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172748
172750
>>172747
She giggles, with a simple "hehehe," and at the end, gently taps the edge of Silver's head with her thighs, then lets go of him. She slowly starts to moisten
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172749
172751
>>172746
Neela fiddles with the door until

Someone opens it. Looking through the crack, Kira can see an orange beak, golden feathers, slit green eyes...
She knows what this is. It's a griffin. A female, not terribly large.

"Neela?" The griffin says. "You were picked up with the others. What are you doing here?"
"I should be asking you the same, Girka. What are you doing in my apartment?"
"it isn't your apartment. Dehan's name is on the lease and he was picked up by the raid."
"I've been living there!"
"Well now we are"
"The lease will be up in two months"
"That's two whole months that are paid for"
"You know what, whatever, just let me come get my stuff"
"You don't have any stuff, it was taken before we got here"
"The fuck it was. Let me come in and look around"
"How did you get out anyways? Are you an informant for the police? What bargain did you make"
"No, they let me out, now let get my stuff and go-"

This goes on in a heated argument
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
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No.172750
172752
>>172748
Silver gives her vulva big, long licks, flattening his tongue to maximize surface contact. Lick, lick, slurp, lick. He grabs onto her toned flanks and gives them a nice firm squeeze.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172751
172752
>>172749
Kira has some experience with griffons coming to take what isn't theirs. She flicks her tongue, wondering if/when this Girka will notice that she's right there witnessing the argument.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172752
172753 172755
>>172750
The buttocks are slim and muscular, but they are at least fluffy and fully capable. He can feel her contract, then open again. Jubilosa moans, though she keeps it down

>>172751
The griffin has not fully opened the door, but rather has the chain on the door and is talking through it. Kira could stand behing Neela and be seen, but otherwise is out of sight.

From the edge of the door, Kira sees a new dark brown figure as talk as the griffin with a lighter beige belly. Kira can see that it is a stag.

Neela says
"Awwwww" Lowering herself
"Not you with her, Lash?"
The stag replies
"No, I'm just staying here a few days while my place is unsafe."
"Yeah, sure you are"
-
This continues
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172753
172754
>>172752
Kira continues to flick her tongue. She's not sure when she should intervene, but she is sure she's never heard so much arguing in her entire life.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172754
172756
>>172753
"Yeah, call the landlord! What's he gonna do? Kick you out as well?"

And... They just shut the door. Or at least, try to
[1d20 = 9]
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172755
172757
>>172752
Silver smiles internally, and decides to try his best to make her moan aloud. He cups his mouth around her vulva and, when he feels her open, dives his tongue inside, licking all along her walls and while sucking in.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172756
172757
>>172754
Dexterity: Kira also tries to stop the door from closing.

[1d20+3 = (12+3) = 15]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172757
172758 172759
>>172755
Soft, moist, reasonably tight. Almost like kissing the mouth. Silver can taste, rather unpleasantly, What he left last night. But Jubilosa has her own unique taste, as more liquids pour in

>>172756
Neela fails to put her hoof in, but Kira manages to get her tail in.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172758
172760 172764
>>172757
She hisses slightly as the door closes on her tail, the sensation similar to a pony stubbing their hoof on something. She's not sure what the griffon or deer think of a sudden snake tail wedging itself in the gap of the door, but she's sure to make the most of the opportunity as she puts her face in the crack of the door to say,

"Hi! Hello, I'm Kira! I'm the one who freed Neela from Customs. Can we just come inside to check if she really doesn't have anything of hers in the apartment? Then we'll leave you be, honest."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172759
172763
>>172757
The taste of his own leftovers isn't great by any means, but he's used to it. The unique taste of Jubilosa's own sex more than makes up for it, as he laps it up eagerly. She can feel as the flat of his tongue runs up and down the entrance to her love tunnel.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172760
172761
>>172758
"What the fuck!"

Roll die. Diplomacy here
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172761
172762 172763
>>172760
[1d20-1 = (11-1) = 10]
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172762
>>172761
Whoops, Kira making that roll, not Silver
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172763
172764 172765
>>172759
He can only make it a little ways in, But her feels the walls press against his tongue, and the liquids slowly build up and pour out

>>172761
[1d20 = 5]
[1d20 = 6]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172764
172767
>>172758
>>172763
"It's a giant snake..."

"Uh... Okay? Who are you, exactly, the griffin says"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172765
172766
>>172763
Silver does his best to not miss a single drop, and he tries to cover every inch of her walls that he can reach with his tongue, over and over again until she reaches climax first.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172766
172768
>>172765
"Uh, uh..." She flexes upwards "Ah!" and tries to clench down, with a new wave of liquid upon Silver
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172767
172769
>>172764
"Lamia, actually. Neela called me a Naga...something or other. I'm Kira. Kubana Kirafiki. I'm a friend!"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172768
172769
>>172766
Silver eagerly laps up as much of it as he can before lifting his head up. Jubilosa can see how much of herself got plastered all over Silver's face before he sticks his tongue out and licks all around his mouth.

"Appetizer was wonderful. Ready for main course, love?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172769
172770 172771
>>172768
She grabs her claws around his shoulders, then tilts her head as she looks to him with lidded eyes

>>172767
Neela "Just let me get my stuff"

Stag: "Are you going to open the door?"

The griffin seems uncertain
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172770
172772
>>172769
"I will take it as yes." He moves back up her body, positioning the large ribbed head of his unsheathed Sword against against her vulva, moistened with a combination of her fluids and Silver's saliva. She feels it rub up and down, lubricating the tip before he presses it into opening. With the lubrication and it being loosened from the climax, it slides in with relative ease, and Silver lets out a happy sigh from the sensation of once against being inside his griffon. He definitely needed this.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172771
172772 172773
>>172769
Kira looks through the crack of the door with big pony/lamia eyes at Girka.

"Pleeeease? We won't need long, then we'll leave you two alone."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172772
172774 172775
>>172770
He can feel her, moist and warm. Once penetrated he feels a firm but not excessive grip around himself. Her embrace is warm, and though she does not quite feel like she was made for him - her parts are too small - he feels welcome. She takes her wings and wraps then around his back and shoulders, and then raises her pelvis, forcing him in more tightly. "Ah!" She cries, hurting herself in the process

>>172771
The griffin looks a bit startled by the size of Kira

Stag "Lash": "Let the Nagini in"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172773
172774
>>172771
Then, she undoes the latch, and lets Neela in
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172774
172779
>>172772
>>172773
Kira smiles brightly, and looks to Neela.

"Well, after you! I'd ask for you to give me the grand tour, but I don't think we'll be here long enough for it."

Once Neela enters, Kira sees if she'll also be allowed in.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172775
172776
>>172772
Silver actually gasps a bit at the sudden, unexpected sensation of her now grasping around a larger portion of his length. He gives her a moment to catch her breath, and asks her, "You okay?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172776
172777
>>172775
Jubilosa closes her eyes and winces, then lowers a claw and waives it off
"Yeah. Yeah. I'm fine"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172777
172778
>>172776
Silver nuzzles her beak, perhaps getting a small bit of, well, herself on it as a result.

"Good. Do not hurt yourself, my silly lovely birdie. I love you."

He begins moving his hips back and forth slowly, starting off in small movements to get her used to his size again. He steadily gets faster, and thrusts both in and out in greater distances as she her walls become acclimated to the amount of pony inside of her.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172778
172780
>>172777
She nuzzles him back with the edge of her smooth beak, and closes her eyes, showing off her eye lashes

But she doesn't keep her mouth closed for long, as it hangs slightly open, and a few moans escape her mouth.

Below, she contracts on him periodically, though she opens somewhat for her stallion
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172779
172781
>>172774
Kira weighs like 800 pounds and more or less can go where she wants. Neela looks back to Kira, and nods her head for Kira to follow her inside

The apartment is cramped with a couch, a table, and innumerable items of clothing strewn about. The stag stands at the edge of the room, staring at Kira, but the griffin moves close to Neela, keeping an eye on her
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172780
172782
>>172778
"You really are most beautiful creature."

He continues to thrust in, and out, in, and out. She can feel his heavy balls, swinging beneath him, begin to slap against her with heavy plaps and slaps as he gets deeper and deeper. He picks up the tempo, and she can start to hear his breath.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172781
172788
>>172779
A fair enough point. She remembers what Neela told her and tries to keep her entire self in the entry room. She waves politely to the two occupants as Neela checks for her stuff.

"So...are you both friends of Neela, too?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172782
172783
>>172780
She lets her wings fall out, and spread out across the bed. She likewise moves her head back against the pillow. But her pelvis, that, she moves to try to rub against Silver, sometimes pressing her vulva against him and forcing his medial ring past it and to rub against it, and sometimes almost pulling him out, before forcing him back in
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172783
172784
>>172782
Silver lets out a low moan of his own before hilting deep inside of her. Jubilosa no doubt feels exceptionally full from having Silver's entire length inside her, all the way from the tip to the wide base of his Sword, and every part in between. He remains there only a short second or two to savor the feeling before resuming the thrusts, in and out, in and out, now much faster and more urgent before. His stallionhood goes out only until his medial ring pops out of her vulva, then all the way back inside to hilt inside of her, over and over and over and over again. His breathing gets heavier and faster, and Jubilosa can feel the pressure building up inside of his cock through her walls. He needs release.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172784
172785
>>172783
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Jubilosa rapidly grabs a pillow and grabs hold of it, placing it between Silver and herself. She pulls it down and claws into it. Her eyes are firmly shut, and her mouth is wide open in a mostly silent scream. Her whole back curves, forcing her belly up and her chest and pelvis down. Silver feels her grab onto him with all strength that she has, with every wall rubbing furiously against him
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172785
172786
>>172784
The sensation of her collapsing in around his Sword like a singularity is more than enough to send Silver over the edge. He gives one, two, three final deep thrusts before...

"Nnnnghhhaaa!"

...all of that built up pressure releases, unleashing ropes of thick foal batter inside of her. Jubilosa experiences a familiar, welcome feeling as her belly slowly begins to expand slightly from the sheer volume of cum. It's a deep warmth that spreads throughout her being. Silver's legs shake and the heavy orbs that are his testicles clench with every shot of baby gravy her injects deep inside of her. Jubilosa can even feel his shaft pulse with each load of white hot spunk.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172786
172787
>>172785
Her eyes shoot open, with another "Ah!"

She moves her wings in, and wraps them over Silver's back, and then moves her eye's towards Silver's with an expression of tenderness. Her lower section relaxes.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172787
172788
>>172786
Silver's ropes taper off into trickles after a time before ceasing outright. Despite her relaxing, the sheer girth of his Sword and his medial ring especially keeps his seed safely locked inside her, making her look like she's in the early stages of showing pregnant. Of course, a griffon becoming pregnant from a ponies is a silly thought. Unless...

Silver looks deep into her eyes, and kisses his griffu just as deeply. Perhaps she can taste some of herself still on his tongue, but perhaps she might also not care as Silver embraces his lover.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172788
172789 172790
>>172787
Jubilosa's wing moves over, and the tip of it caresses the edge of Silver's face. Jubilosa moves her beak to kiss Silver, and kisses him tenderly more so than passionately. Her legs quiver and then relax, and she rubs the fur on his shoulders with her claws

>>172781
Kira's eyes are no doubt attracted to movement, which brings her first to Neela, walking in front of her. But this is a mistake, as Neela's rump, just visible past her blue dress, with it's lighter beige fur, the tiny tail that's dark brown on the top and white on the bottom... is just the right size and shape for Kira to imagine it sliding past the edges of her lips and slowly down her throat... Never mind that.

Looking over towards the stag, Lash, Kira finds that he appears to be staring directly at her. He breaks eye contact and looks away, but this behavior is exactly the same as what Neela did back in the custom's office. He also kind of resembles those animals back on the savannah... She'd have to remove his antlers to swallow him though. Those are rather big... Nevermind that.

So she looks to Girka, the griffin. She has golden feathers on her head, and rust red wing tips, with a brown color through out. The way she is crouched down to the ground looks very defensive. She's poised towards Neela like she's about to attack. Kira has seen enough aggressive griffins... this too, invites unpleasant thoughts

So she may look to the room. But this just evokes questions like why is there a can of kerosene on the floor? Why is the cushion not on the sofa? How long has that half-eaten pastry been sitting on the table? Why is there a dress lying on the floor? Nowhere is quite good for the eyes here.

Neela would stretch almost to the end of the room if she laid out, so to keep her distance, she'd likely want to coil. Or, she could just, you know, not keep her distance.

Lash answers Kira's question, now looking back at her and making eye contact
"You could say that"
Lash pulls up a hoof and does a half hearted wave in response to Kira's wave. He is expressionless.

Girka answers
"No, but we know the same people."
Girka clearly does not want Neela to be there.

Neela moves about, looking for something specific, and once shooting a displeased expression to Lash, and then to Girka, who has moved to her side and almost behind her.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
a037c71
?
No.172789
172791
>>172788
Sensing the mood, Silver gently strokes his griffon's cheek with a hoof. He lays back down, properly embracing Jubilosa and basking in the afterglow with her.

"Thank you, Jubee. I really needed that...was it as good for you as it was me?"
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172790
172791
>>172788
Of the objects in the room, the kerosene catches her eye the most. To distract herself from the thoughts of being attacked by a griffon or eating the two nearby deer, she asks, "...What were you two doing, if you don't mind me asking?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172791
172792
>>172789
She smiles back to him, takes her left claw down to rub the other side of his face around, and then prrr. She purrs.

"I don't know. How good was it for you?"

She scritches around his chin, and her smile becomes more mischevious.

>>172790
The Kerosene can is not very big.

Kira could take the griffin. Probably. Maybe. Hopefully. And it's not like she could eat both deer... unless... Maybe... Nevermind all of that

Lash answers
"Laying low for a few days. The police have been hitting houses in this area, and we don't think they'll come back once they've been here."

Neela looks back to Kira, mouths "No," and then shakes her head.

Girka answers
"I'm living here now."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172792
172793 172794
>>172791
"Why are the police hitting houses?" The way this question is phrased is ambiguous: while it seems to the griffon and deer that she's asking why the police are raiding the nearby houses, it's quite possible Kira is asking them why the police are literally, physically hitting house.

She looks to Neela, to see if the no was a response to what Lash said, if she was saying that she can't find what she was looking for, or if it was something else.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172793
172794 172795
>>172792
The griffin answers
"Oh, they say a lot of things. Really they don't like us being here. Say we are taking their jobs or whatever."

Lash:
"Some of the griffins who were offering jobs to newcommers were arrested, and since then the police have been aggressive. They call it 'organized crime,' but I think their handlers in crime feel threatened."

Neela, unfortunately, is not attentive to Kira
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172794
172795
>>172792
>>172793
Neela crouches and looks under the couch, extending a hoof which then drags out a book. She also takes a dress.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172795
172796
>>172793
"I'm sorry to hear. I hope you both go unnoticed. You said they took others besides Neela?"

>>172794
Kira seems interested in what Neela is finding, especially the dress.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172796
172797
>>172795
Lash:
"Yes. Dora and Dehan just here."

Girka speaks to Neela
"Hey no. Leave that there. You can't take that."

Neela:
"It's mine!"

Girka
"In Hel it is! That's from Dora and you know it. Put it back."

More bickering
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172797
172798
>>172796
Kira cringes, and her tongue flicks at the resuming of the argument.

"Does that mean they were sent to a work colony, like they almost did to Neela?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172798
172799
>>172797
"Huh?" he tilts his head

"No. They were taken to jail. Or maybe deported."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172799
172800
>>172798
Kira flicks her tongue again, now in confusion.

"Huh...is Dora and Dehan from Lushi, too, like Neela?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172800
172801
>>172799
Lash:
"Huh?"

Neela
"Yes, they were. Or technically Sangee. We came one after the other."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172801
172802
>>172800
"Were you close?" she asks the present creatures.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172802
172803
>>172801
Girka:
"No."

Lash:
"Somewhat"

Neela:
"Yes."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172803
172804
>>172802
She lowers her head in respect to Lash and, primarily, Neela.

"I'm sorry to hear. I hope you get to see them again in the future."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172804
172805
>>172803
Neela:
"Maybe not that close. And with how things are going, well, it depends on how I see them."

Neela moves off to another room, a bedroom, and Girka follows. And starts another argument over what Neela can and cannot take. Joy
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172805
172806
>>172804
Kira looks to Lash now for her next question.

"Are they always like this?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172806
172807
>>172805
"I don't see them together much but... yes."

However, over in the bedroom, it looks as if Girka and Neela may actually physically fight each other
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172807
172864
>>172806
Kira decides it's probably a good idea to check up on the two. She slithers to the bedroom and pops her pony half inside.

"What's wrong?"
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
?
No.172824
172839
>>172495
Amber thought long about what parts of Shornberg's oeuvre would fit this present purpose–there wasn't much. Finally, she decided on this: https://youtu.be/-2SvMeyeOgQ?t=1075

Lacking orchestral accompaniment and being a solo violist, Amber may need to improvise, but she plays this section to evoke tranquility. It is not a long section, as Shornberg's themes often switch themes quickly, but her intent is to both demonstrate her skill and subtly, but more directly, impress non-resistance on the guard.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172839
173076
>>172824
As Amber puts bow to string, she reflects on the piece in question. Shornberg is a fine composer, and the guard in question is likely not a fellow esoterocist; it appears half the plaza will hear a sample. And though she may not commit to a state of rapture, she plays.

The guard sits and listens, claw touching his cheeks. The blackcaps and the bullfinches resting on the trees behind her seem to discontinue their songs, but play the notes of the oeuvre.

When Amber is finished, the guard makes a wide, almost malign smile, and says

"We've been expecting you."

The gate opens, and Amber is allowed entrance.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172864
172865
tumblr_mfd3gwmv9n1s12qyro1_1280.jpg
>>172807
Kira enters into the bedroom to find, unsurprisingly, yet another messy room. Kira can attempt to listen into the increasingly heating argument, but the gist of it is this:

Both creatures lay claim to a number of shirts, blankets, and assorted other items like a lamp, a lighter, a coin pouch and so forth. The true ownership of these items is disputed, ranging from being Neela's, to one of her roommates, to actually Girka's but it was stolen by Dehan who then lent it to Neela... The stories are irreconcilable and neither seems comfortable parting with any items. Some items that Neela expected to be present are missing, and she accuses Girka. This looks like it is going to become violent, and Lash has taken interest in the scene.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
add229f
?
No.172865
172866
>>172864
"Woah, woah, don't fight!". She turns to Lash, who is now present. "Would you mind helping? You might know who owns what."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172866
172873
>>172865
He sighs
"No, I don't know who owns what. I don't live here." Lash comes further into the room, then sees something, and moves to pick up a saddle bag
"But this. This is mine."
He looks accusingly at Neela
"Care to tell us how it got here?"
Neela answers, "That's been here" and "Yes you do know that this dress here is mine" and "This bangle is mine" and then turns into "Why are you here with here?"
Anonymous
4b98f89
?
No.172869
172871 172879
After her little violent altercation, Posey leaves the ship and crosses as soon as possible, wanting to get away from the river.

Also, I updated my sheet.
I removed Defiler, just because the Dragon magazine "all your spells are quickened, heightened and maximized for practically free" defiler rules were too overpowered for me to comfortably use. I replaced it with Corrupt Arcana, which does nothing for Posey right now unless she finds a time full of the most forbidden spells.
Anonymous
4b98f89
?
No.172871
172872 172879 172881
>>172869
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/?id=2789871
Posey does not bother to check if the diamond dog is still alive, so long as he's out of her way. Due to being in the sun, over a river, and technically inside someone's home uninvited, she's not as confident as she would normally be.
In fact, after having stood over the river in the sun for more than a minute, her knees start buckling, and sweat begins to pour from her brow as she silently curses the sun. Her cheeks up up, as if nauseous from sea sickness, and a trickle of rotten black bloop oozes from her lips. Even her fur appears to be be affected, as it begins to look less like perfect snow white and more dirty and blotched, and the color begins to fade from mane, which appears to be blowing in the same direction that the river flows, taking bits and pieces of her with it. Even her eyes, normally so golden and perfect, appear sunken in their sockets and begin to glass over with necrosis.
"B-b-buck..! I need to get out of here...!" she curses to herself, not caring if the dogs are listening. She doesn't seem to mind the various rifle wounds have have been shot right through her barrel, and she canters across the deck to escape the river below that threatens to wash her away and the sun above that threatens to burn her.

Once she's left the river, she proceeds until she's several hundred feet away from the ship, out of the range of rifle fire.
Anonymous
4b98f89
?
No.172872
>>172871
After she puts distance between herself and the ship, she looks for a shady spot beneath the tree to nurse her wounds. If no trees are available, she looks for a stagnant place in the bog that isn't flowing to immerse herself in to escape the light.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172873
172881
>>172866
Kira looks from Lash, to Neela, to Girka, and speaks up again.

"It's clear that you two aren't exactly on the best of terms...I'm not sure exactly who owns what, but it seems like at least some of what Neela is asking for is hers, and surely not everything you're disagreeing about is a hill worth dying on. Maybe it's best to make some concessions rather than get into a fight with each other. Especially if someone outside hears the fighting going on and they call the authorities."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172876
172877 172881
[1d20-1 = (20-1) = 19]

Whelp, here goes nothin'
Anonymous
4b98f89
?
No.172877
172878
>>172876
Lucky
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172878
>>172877
I know! Very happy about that
Anonymous
4b98f89
?
No.172879
>>172871
>>172869
After Posey is done healing up, she proceeds on her mission.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172881
172882 172883 172885
>>172873
>>172876
Neela and Girka are silent for a moment. Equestria is after all a land of magic, harmony, and ultimately friendship. And perhaps Kira helped them see that. When the 800 lbs snake blocking the only exit to the room asked them if they really wanted to die for a few shirts, it seems to have left an impression. That, or they really would rather the neighbors not call the police over their loud arguing.

Girka: "Oh... Okay... Fine, you can take some things. But if Dehan asks what happens to his things, I am going to tell him the truth."

Neela: "You can keep this... let me get a few things and get out of here."

Neela takes a bag, gathers a few items, then tries to go to another room. She avoids physically contacting Kira if she has to walk over her, or just waits for her to move.

>>172871
The diamond dog is defeated, and while Posey could try to finish off the hovel, the trinkets inside seem hardly worth it.

Moving across the ship, Posey goes past the axels and down a ladder and off the ship, onto a birm of dirt.

As everyone knows that the maximum effective range of .303 British is 200 yards tops, Posey presumably travels at least that distance. While the canopy is thin, Posey does find a large tree with hanging branches and small green leaves to rest under, positioned on a small rise in the soil away from the moving water. She can hear the sounds of the birds and the insects, and perhaps thankfully, not that much else.
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172882
172883
>>172881
Posey heals herself up, gathers her wits, and plans her next course of action. She looks rather gray, not taking the sun well.
"Get a hold of yourself, Posey. You're supposed to be the one who'll bring Equestria to its knees. You're a daytrotter, a little sun won't hurt you..." She mutters, flattening her sensitive ears to mask the sounds of running water.

Posey continues her search for the tank.
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172883
172884
>>172882
>>172881
Does Posey need to roll anything to keep searching?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172884
172886
>>172883
To search? Not necessarily, if she assumes that just going to the left she'd eventually find that same path from earlier. Probably.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172885
172887
>>172881
Kira's not rude, she lets the deer leave the room to go to another. She smiles to herself, satisfied that she's already fitting into the ideals of how Equestria should be.
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172886
172887 172888
>>172884
Then that's what she does, marching onward to the battlefield.
"I should've come at night..." she complains to herself

What does she find?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172887
172888 172889 172890 172897
>>172886
A rustle, and

[1d20+8 = (1+8) = 9]

[1d20+8 = (5+8) = 13]
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]

>>172885
Neela goes into another room and takes a bag, gathering more things. Girka watches, but now things are more silent. When Girka is not looking, though not bothering to hide from Kira, Neela stands upright on a bed, moves a vent in the ceiling, and looks in, taking out a couple items. She looks around to make sure the others are not looking, and stuffs it in a saddle bag.

Neela comes to Kira and says
"Could you help me carry these things?" She looks around
"It's a shame we have to leave the furniture behind. These are good pieces. I may want to come back for them later if we get find an apartment without it."
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172888
172891
>>172887
>>172886
Posey is jumped from behind by something large, though it fails to penetrate her chainmail armor.
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172889
172890
>>172887
If those are attack rolls, Posey's new flat-footed AC in chain shirt is 17.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172890
172892
>>172889
>>172887
Except for a claw
[1d3 = 2]
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172891
172893
>>172888
I'm going to just assume it passed Posey's passive perception and got the surprise round.
Rolling Initiative
[1d20+7 = (12+7) = 19] (-2, because sunlight phobia)
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172892
172893 172894
>>172890
>1d3 with no mod?
The claw takes across Posey's body and does no damage.
Posey gasps, and suppresses a laugh
"Ahaaaieee! That tickles!"
She squints, still dazzled by the sunlight, and tries to make out her assailant.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172893
172894
>>172892
>>172891
There's a +1 but eh

[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]

She can see it's some sort of opportunistic predator who likely smelled the carion
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172894
172895
>>172893
>>172892
But she does win moving next
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172895
172896 172898 172899
>>172894
She begins with a free action knowledge check to identify the organism (bird, reptile, mammal, wtf is it?)
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]

And then she follows up with a charnel touch
[1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7]
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172896
172898
>>172895
>Failing a touch attack
Well fuck
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172897
172898
>>172887
Kira nods and slithers in as best as she can. Neela discovers one of the many benefits to having a lamia around, as she is indeed quite strong and is able to help her carry a good many things. Kira shows interest in what Neela grabbed from the vent, if she can see what it was.

"You said the lease for this place was up in two months, right? I'm guessing that means they only have two months left to live in this apartment. Maybe we can get the furniture back when they're ready to leave?"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172898
172900 172901 172915
>>172895
>>172896
The creature jumps back, having itself failed a basic touch attack, and in this moment, Posey can recognize it as a female Panthera Onca, or jaguar. It again attempts to bite and claw at Posey

[1d20+6 = (15+6) = 21]

[1d20+6 = (10+6) = 16]
[1d20+6 = (5+6) = 11]

>>172897
A coin pouch, something wrapped up... It appears she had several items in there

"In two months?"
Neela tilts her head
"What are we going to use in the mean time?"
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172899
>>172895
Posey ends her turn with a 5 ft step away from whatever she's looking at.
"I'm not quite dead yet!"
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172900
172901
>>172898
The bite hits
Let's see if it can pass Posey's DR
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE bad kitty!"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172901
172902 172903 172904
>>172898
>>172900
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
Roll opposed grapple
[1d6+3 = (5+3) = 8]
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172902
172903
>>172901
[1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20] (in the sun)
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172903
172904
>>172901
>>172902
Looks like Posey is now grappled

It's her turn though
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172904
172906 172907
LeopardGazelleInTree_04109.jpg
>>172901
Posey is finally bleeding, and she is angry.
Also, I completely forgot about her frightful presence, that could come in handy now...
It only activate when she attacks, charges or casts a spell though, so she'll have to win a grapple first.
This is embarrassing...
>>172903
Posey rolls to break the grapple, cursing as her body dangles limply by her neck.
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22] (+1 Masochism)
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172905
172906
"I. AM. NOT. PREY!"
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172906
172907
>>172904
>>172905
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172907
172908
>>172904
>>172906
She does at least break free from the jaguar's hold
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172908
172909 172910
>it would take this cat 13-15 rounds to kill Posey
>somehow Posey is still losing
I'm merely pretending.
>>172907
Posey is missing a chunk of her throat.
Having spent her standard action, Posey takes a 5 ft step back.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172909
172911
>>172908
The cat stands for a moment, staring at Posey, then lunges to bite again
[1d20+6 = (13+6) = 19]
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172910
>>172908
(Turn over)
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172911
172912 172913 172914
>>172909
Aha! Miss, even with my newly reduced AC
"Take this, you overgrown familiar!"
Posey makes a charnel Touch, which this time activates her Frightful Presence (Will DC 21)
[1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19]
Boop!
Anonymous
8c2a72c
?
No.172912
172913
>>172911
[1d8+1 = (4+1) = 5]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172913
172914
>>172911
>>172912
[1d20+4 = (1+4) = 5]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172914
172916
>>172913
>>172911
The creature hisses, flails, and runs off into the undergrowth
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172915
172918
>>172898
"Well, how much does furniture cost here in Equestria?"
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172916
172919
>>172914
"Aha! Sweet victory!" Posey shouts, still sweating from the sun, and now covered in bite marks and scratches.
She takes a moment to stitch herself back together, and continues on her journey.
I will note for future reference that Posey's Unnatural Aura trait makes animals not like her (the buff to fear DCs is good though).
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172918
172924
>>172915
"It can get expensive. Hundreds of bits." She answers
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172919
172920
>>172916
Now where is that trail?
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172920
172921 172922
>>172919
Rolling Survival with revised lower Wisdom score and penalty to doing literally anything in the daylight
[1d20-1 = (1-1) = 0]
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172921
172922
Ehoi2ucWsAEbsG8.png
>>172920
Why the fuck did I roll unprompted?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172922
172923
>>172920
>>172921
Well that's easy. Just go right.
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172923
172925
>>172922
>right
................. Okay, Posey goes right, until she sees tanks, or discovers a reason not to do that.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172924
172925
>>172918
"Well..." Kira makes a motion with her head towards the bags on the back of the lamia's tail, now laden with many Bits.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172925
172926 172927
>>172924
Neela looks at the bag, then back up at Kira

>>172923
Posey happens upon a wide lake. The question is, how to cross it? And surely those machines have to be around her somewhere
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
?
No.172926
172935
>>172925
She motions again to her bag.

"You know...with what we did before we came here?"
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172927
172928
>>172925
Is the lake running water?
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172928
172929
>>172927
Not by much
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172929
172930 172933
>>172928
Posey walks into the lake, walking along the bottom of it.
With her low light vision and Darkvision, she should be able to see a considerable distance.
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172930
172933
>>172929
Forgot link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xbU2rmujons
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172931
172932 172933
Gonna roll search, to find any extra buried pirate treasure
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
No penalty, because no longer in direct sunlight.
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172932
>>172931
No treasure for me
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172933
172934
>>172931
>>172930
>>172929
In the crystal-clear waters, Posey can see far ahead, seeing stumps, more than one school of fish, a snake, a small sunken boat...

Just kidding. It's a fucking swamp. Visibility extends a few feet out, but not by much. There is algae in the water, and debris of many dead plants and trees
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172934
172936
>>172933
A bog. One of the preferred slumbering zones of feral vampires.
Posey keeps walking and searching, until she's confirmed that there's no tanks, and then turns around, shakes like a dog, and gives a frustrated sigh.

(Btw, Posey has never seen a tank irl)
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172935
172950
>>172926
"Wait, really?" Neela says, evidently missing something
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172936
172937
>>172934
Well, roll spot
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172937
172938
>>172936
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172938
172939
>>172937
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3xe7OVLHxj4
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172939
172940
>>172938
>>172938
Further away, the ruins of something metal. But rising in the fore, a serpent. Then a whole pit of snakes, two, three, four, five of them. Then a body, and that's not a snake.
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172940
172942
>>172939
*hastily checks rules for underwater combat*
I need to check if not needing to breath lets me use verbal components...
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172942
172944 172945
>>172940
Well, Posey did want to go Hydra hunting. I just didn't expect it to be so soon.
Cowabunga it is then!
Rolling Initiative.
[surprised underwater pony noises]
[1d20+9 = (12+9) = 21]
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172943
172944 172945
(how deep is the water?)
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172944
172945 172947
>>172943
>>172942
~11 feet
[1d20+1 = (2+1) = 3]
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172945
172946
>>172944
>>172942
>>172943
It does not appear to have obtained the first move from the vigilant Posey
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172946
172947 172948
I already know what it is, but I should roll an Arcana check for Posey, to follow the rules.
[1d20+6 = (18+6) = 24]
>>172945
I need to know how deep the water is.
Anonymous
24aec86
?
No.172947
>>172946
It appears to be a hydra. Just a little one

See >>172944
Anonymous
5db58d5
?
No.172948
172949 172951 172952 172955 172957
Okay, looks like I can't speak verbal components while holding my breath, but Posey isn't holding her breath, so she can cast a spell underwater, fuck yeah!
[Garbled arcane nonsense]
>>172946
With this check, Posey recognizes a hydra, one of the most coveted corpses among Necromancers. She knows that it's powerful enough to actually destroy her despite her DR, her frightful presence is unlikely to scare it away (although just barely strong enough to shake it, iirc), and that it's a monster that heals so quickly she can't possibly out-damage it.
In these conditions, she can't run away either.
Only solution? Save-Or-Die Attack.

Posey bubbles some arcane nonsense and uses Versatile Spellcaster to cast Ghoul Touch. She doesn't attack with it though, as that would be a waste of time. No AoO, because she won initiative and it's flat-footed.
She holds the charge, taunting the serpent to bite her as she holds onto the spell, daring it to devour her.

This activates her Frightful Presence (DC 21)
Anonymous
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No.172949
>>172948
If GM rules that I can't cast spells underwater, Posey instead uses her move action to put her head above water, before doing the same thing.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172950
172959
>>172935
Kira whispers to Neela.

"The Bits? The ones we got from the pawn shop?"
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172951
172952
>>172948
Wait
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172952
172953
>>172948
>>172951
I have fucked up. Ghoul Touch only affects humanoids.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172953
>>172952
Posey should know that with her knowledge check.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172954
172956 172957
(panics to think of a plan B)
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172955
>>172948
[1d20+3 = (5+3) = 8]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172956
172958 172959 172963
>>172954
Okay, new plan B: Calm Amoebic Crawler
Posey summons her puppies, with escalation.
Rolling Will to see if one of them turns on her
[1d20+11 = (11+11) = 22]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172957
>>172948
>>172954
The good news, it appears frightened. The bad news, it doesn't like Posey in its lake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXVohhNenGo
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172958
172959
>>172956
Amoebic Crawler
Large Ooze (Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: 4d10+32 (54 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 9 (-1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 9
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+7
Attack: Tentacle +2 melee (1d6 plus 1d6 acid)
Full Attack: 2 tentacles +2 melee (1d6 plus 1d6 acid)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Acid, improved grab, vile touch
Special Qualities: Blindsight 60 ft., immunity to electricity, ooze traits, translucent
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +1, Will -4
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 11, Con 26, Int -, Wis 1, Cha 11
Skills:-
Feats:-
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 5-12 HD (Large); 13-24 HD (Huge)
Level Adjustment:-

A wriggling shape pulses forward, at least 10 feet in length. It is a nauseatingly textured translucent worm whose head gradually narrows into two ominously long, questing tentacles.

Condensed from the hidden marrow of a cerebrotic blot, amoebic crawlers are clots of alien space-time concentrated into awful ravenous, self-propelled motes. Amoebic crawlers partake somewhat of the realm which is ultimately responsible for their existence, and thus exude a palpable dread. An amoebic crawler is 10feet long, although its tentacles can stretch further. It weighs about 1,000 pounds, although much larger specimens are known to exist.

Combat
An amoebic crawler attacks with its lashing tentacles, attempting to grab and slowly strangle helpless foes. Subdued foes are absorbed into the crawler’s body in an horrific external digestive process.
Acid (Ex): An amoebic crawler’s acid does not harm metal or stone.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, an amoebic crawler must hit with its tentacle attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it established a hold and deals damage automatically every round (those grappled are affected by its vile touch ability).
Vile Touch (Su): Those grappled by the slimy tentacles of this creature sometimes glimpse images from the Far Realm, and the sight sends them into screaming, explosive convulsions of nausea. Each round a creature remains grappled, it must succeed on a DC 12 Will save or be nauseated for that round.
Translucent (Ex): Amoebic crawlers are hard to see, even under ideal conditions, and it takes a DC 10 Spot check to notice one. Creatures who fail to notice a crawler and walk into it automatically take acid damage.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172959
172963 172970
>>172950
She blinks
"Oh, you will buy some furniture for your apartment."

Neela attempts to use cutesy deer eyes on Kira, but anything that makes her look weak and helpless just makes her look... appetizing. She rectifies the mistake quickly enough.

>>172956
Posey is fortunate, as the creature is small and only has 5 heads to bite with
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
[1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17]
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
[1d20+4 = (6+4) = 10]
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]

>>172958
[1d3 = 2]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172960
172961
The Amoebic crawlers are largest enough to stand on the bottom of the late without swimming.

On Posey's Turn, her puppies attack the hydra. They flank the head nearest to Posey and attack it.
No AoOs, because Posey won initiative
Puppy 1
[1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14]
[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]
Puppy 2
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172961
172962 172965
>>172960
Two of the attacks hit. Because they have stable footing, the bludgeoning damage isn't halved.
Damage to the first head, half of it is acid.
[4d6 = 7]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172962
172964
>>172961
What a shit roll.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172963
172964
>>172959
>>172956
Only two bites make it through to her armor
[1d20+4 = (8+4) = 12]
[1d10+3 = (1+3) = 4]

[1d10+3 = (9+3) = 12]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172964
>>172963
>>172962
16 HP damage to Posey

Her turn
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172965
172966
>>172961
Oh wait, that's a crit.
Rolling to confirm threat
[1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172966
>>172965
[2d6 = 6]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172967
172968
So far, Posey's puppies have dealt 13 damage to one of the heads. Idk how many HP each head has, but that might be enough to remove it.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172968
>>172967
>>172967
>An amoeba can perform a sunder
No. If Posey wishes to attempt a sunder, she can. These amoebas damage the body

[1d3 = 3]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172969
172971 172972
Okay, on Posey's next turn, she takes the withdraw action, moving back 30 ft, while her puppies dogpile the hydra.

...Wait a minute, do I need a slashing weapon to remove a head? If so, Posey's puppies would have had to attack the main body.

Oh fucking hell, I'm going to have to attack on this turn to make her puppy's attack count.
Posey moves in, draws her sword, and slashes, attempting to sunder the head that her puppies attacked.
[1d20+10 = (13+10) = 23]
Hydra gets an attack of opportunity.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172970
172973
>>172959
Kira nods as she tries to fight off the urges.

"That was my plan! Does that sound okay to you, or no?"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172971
172972
>>172969
[1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20] bites u
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172972
172973 172974 172975
>>172969
I forgot a mod, but whatever.
[1d8+9 = (1+9) = 10]
Slashing damage.
>>172971
That hits, Posey slashes it nonetheless.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172973
172975 172976 172985
>>172970
She looks excited, and jumps up slightly by moving her spread legs closer together

"Oh yes!"

And wags her small tail slightly

>>172972
Not bad

Three heads bite at Posey
[1d20+4 = (8+4) = 12]
[1d20+4 = (4+4) = 8]
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]

Two at Pup 1
[1d20+4 = (1+4) = 5]
[1d20+4 = (6+4) = 10]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172974
>>172972
Wait, I forgot the +1 to damage rolls from Masochism.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172975
>>172973
>>172972
Just one hits
[1d10+3 = (7+3) = 10]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172976
172977
>>172973
One of those bites hits
However, I think Posey's just did enough damage to remove a head.

Posey's Puppies attack on her turn

[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]
[1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14]
[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
Their avid should be enough to cauterize the wound.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172977
172978
>>172976
Rolling damage to the main body
[4d6 = 13]

Also, I forgot that the Hydra should be making Will saves vs their Vile touch

And I fucking forgot that they have improved grab
[1d20+9 = (2+9) = 11]
[1d20+9 = (19+9) = 28]
Grapple checks.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172978
172979 172980 172996
>>172977
I swear, I'm gonna die because I keep forgetting my abilities.
Posey is down to half health. Her fast healing kicks in.
Idk who's turn it is, but since the hydras already attacked, Posey should have a turn.
The Hydra is needs to make opposed grapple checks. If it's grappled, it gets no AoO.

Posey makes another Sunder, this time not forgetting her fetish bonus.
[1d20+12 = (11+12) = 23]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172979
172981 172996
>>172978
Damage
[1d8+11 = (2+11) = 13] which shou be guaranteed to take a head.
Thank Orcus for Archaic weapons proficiency in modern games.

Now her Puppies move in, cauterizing the wound of the head as she cuts it off.
[1d20+4 = (1+4) = 5]
[1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17]
[1d29+4 = (6+4) = 10]
[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172980
172983 172988
>>172978
That's more math and looking at multiple rule books than I really want to do right now
I'm skeptical of attacks to the body by a different attacker cauterizing wounds made by one, but's that's a matter for later
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172981
172982 172996
>>172979
Only one hits
[2d6 = 6]
The Hydra still needs to make Will Saves vs Vile Touch. Nauseating it could make all of the difference in this fight.
DC12 Will. Don't forget Shaken Penalty

Ngl, I'm very confused with this initiative order.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172982
>>172981
Also grapple check
[1d20+7 = (8+7) = 15]
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172983
>>172980
>I'm skeptical of attacks to the body by a different attacker cauterizing wounds made by one, but's that's a matter for later
Idk, her crawlers aren't capable of precise instructions, but their attacks are acid based, and they damage him by grappling. Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but idk what else to do.
If Posey doesn't cut off and cauterize a head every round for the next three rounds, the Crawlers vanish as her spell expires, and the Hydra wins.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172984
172988
GM, if you want to pause to figure out wtf is going on, I wouldn't blame you. I'm juggling terrain effects, modular damage bonuses, flanking, action economy, 3.5e grapple rules (ugh), save DC mods, underwater AC mods, and three different creatures acting on the same initiative.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172985
172990
>>172973
Okay, that is exceptionally cute, and not even Kira's predator instincts can ruin that.

"Alright. Is that all of things you can think of, or is there more?"
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172986
1990.05.0243.jpeg
A hydra is a beast that can only be defeated with the power of friendship, particularly if your friend has fire/acid attacks and you have a slashing weapon.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172988
GM, I may have to sleep soon. If you want to pause, just say so.
>>172980
>>172984
I'm really excited to fight this Hydra though.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172989
172993
Whelp, the page for the amoebic crawler on the forgotten realms wiki won't load (despite having loaded in the past) and it ain't in the SRD. So I think that means the "Vile Touch" ability doesn't exist

As for grapple checks,
swoosh
[1d20+16 = (18+16) = 34]
[1d20+16 = (5+16) = 21]
[1d20+16 = (20+16) = 36]
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172990
172991
>>172985
She tilts her head
"Think of more things to take? Well, it would almost be nice to take the whole apartment. But I'd rather be away from this place. I do not think it is safe. Not that I really feel safe... you know... but... Let's find another place."
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172991
172992
>>172990
Kira nods.

"Hopefully we can make you feel safe once again. Let's go, I'll carry all of this for you."

She offers to take the items Neela grabbed as she gets out of the way for her to leave.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172992
172994
>>172991
It's not perfectly easy, as it requires finding a way to latch the bags to her body, on top of what Kira is already carrying. It's best done with a belt. Neela takes several items in two saddle bags.

"Good enough" she says, and walks towards the door, leaving unceremoniously after shooting a disapproving look to Lash. Girka says, "If Dehan gets out, he'll be looking for you." Lash stares at Kira as she leaves. But otherwise, they are able to leave
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172993
172995
DragonMagazine330_0022.jpg
DragonMagazine330_0023.jpg
>>172989
Those all pass.

Idk who's turn it is, but I do believe that Posey has taken two heads so far.
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172994
172996
>>172992
Kira gives Lash and Girka an awkward wave goodbye as she follows her deer friend out the door. As they leave down the stairs to ground level, Kira says, "I'd say that went well!"
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172995
>>172993
Vile touch only applies to foes it successfully grapples, so it doesn't come up yet.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172996
172997 172998 172999
>>172981
>I'm very confused with this initiative order.
There are two combatants

>>172978
bites u
[1d20+4 = (18+4) = 22]

>>172979
>+11 damages
Presses X to Doubt

>>172994
Neela says,
"I wasn't expecting them to be there. I will say that less was stolen than I expected. Probably because the thieves didn't bother to leave. Still, I wish I had... more"
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.172997
172999
>>172996
Which would be
[1d10+3 = (4+3) = 7]
Kubana "Nope Noodle" Kirafiki
a037c71
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No.172998
>>172996
"Is there something in particular you're missing?"
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.172999
>>172996
>Presses X to Doubt
+7 Str longsword in two "hands" (can I do that?), +2 Enhancement bonus, +1 circumstance Masochism for having taken her character level in damage the previous turn, +1 circumstance Sadism for having dealt her character level in damage the previous turn.
Oh wait, -1 Alchemical Silver...
>>172997
Ouch.

Pretty sure it's the Hydra's turn now.
Anonymous
5db58d5
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No.173002
82b.jpg
At this point, Posey is half eaten, her foul innards polluting the water around her.

In spite of that, she's never had more fun in her life. She puts on a manic expression as she grips her sword and revels in the exquisite pain.
Anonymous
24aec86
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No.173003
NEW THREAD

>>173000 →
Amber Sunset
e5d580b
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No.173076
173082
>>172839
Amber nods and continues on, but she is left pondering what he could possibly mean by that. A wide smile by a griffon is always something to be concerned about.
Anonymous
db33010
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No.173082
>>173076
Wrong thread. There's a new one.