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Occupied Equestria - Ride the Tiger
Anonymous
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No.131000
131005
Occupied Equestria is an RP campaign set in a post-Equestria Equestria, where the princesses are gone, as are the Elements of Harmony. Gone, temporarily at least, but not by any means forgotten.

New players are welcome.

Fantasy Play has a few "kitties" to cuddle with
Brie has a Changeling Queen to negotiate with
Iron has some gangsters to beat
Silver has some follow up to do
Amber is exploring her new home
Spark is either looking for forest demons, or negotiating the fate of a tribe of Wolves
Midnight has more cultists to kill
Onyx has a colt to look after
Dark Star has some communists to kill
1930 replies and 60 files omitted.
Anonymous
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No.131156
131157 131158
>>131153
"Some of you are alright. Don't fly American Airlines on the 24th."

She stares at him for a moment
"It's... it's calmer. Nothing like Manehattan or even Baltimare. Or at least the city is calm. The countryside has more resistance and fighting. More than most places, probably."

>>131154
"Oh. Alright, then."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131157
131159
>>131156
He smiles, and looks at her.

"But still not as calm as it was before War?"
Anonymous
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No.131158
131159
>>131156
"Do you think I could cause so much fear that I could basically scare all these griffins off through physical force?" Iron asks in mild disbelief.
Anonymous
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No.131159
131160 131161
>>131158
"Probably not. Either it'll bring them to negotiate, or it'll require a follow up force. Either way, the hope is that they don't send more."

>>131157
She has a more calm and somber expression
"I don't believe so. But I didn't know it well before the War."
Anonymous
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No.131160
131162
>>131159
"Right," Iron answers with a nod as he aligns his body towards Salty's Sardines "we try to encounter a sizable group of thugs, we goad them into a nonlethal fight and then we tell them who owns this land. The more group I knock out, the better."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131161
131162
>>131159
He nods, his smile fading.

"Yes...I do hope it will be that calm again, soon."
Anonymous
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No.131162
131163 131164
>>131160
"Sure"

Past a set of shops and homes, they get back towards the waterfront, and the piers

>>131161
"I don't know. Calm breeds lethargy, indifference to others, selfishness, wastefulness. Squabbling and infighting. Ponies need some struggle against something external to define themselves, or even to build themselves. Both individually and collectively."
Anonymous
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No.131163
131165
>>131162
Iron scans the area of obviously battle-hardened griffons to challenge their authority, knowing they will be most likely doing some harrassment to the local worksponies.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131164
131165
>>131162
"Maybe. Then again, these past few years have been nothing but struggle, and it feels like we will sooner tear each other to shreads than try to rebuild what we once had."
Anonymous
8d5b21c
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No.131165
131166 131167
>>131163
No outdoors griffins on the streets. Or at least, not yet. But looking onto the docks, there are a pair of griffins. It looks like they are doing something with the pier itself, and the boats

>>131164
"I don't know. The struggle is supplied by ponies themselves, not so much by other things. Other things outside of ponies. We have less disease now, less work, more conveniences, less poverty. I know ponies complain about poverty now, but I've seen my grandmother's farm. I know it used to be worse. I remember how in that relative peace after the Storm King's defeat, it began, slowly. Bickering over politics and who gets money, that sort of stuff. Then when the Changelings started to make their return. It was a great difference. Ponies would work together, donate for war bonds. Start to be united as one. Then other ponies invaded, the Changeling threat receded... There are no fewer problems, but they are of our own making. Like, when we don't have problems, we don't know what to do with ourselves and make our own problems. It's not conducive to good character. Not at all."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131166
131168
>>131165
He begins to nod after a couple seconds of silence.

"Yes. I see your point. Let us just hope these problems we've created do not end up destroying us."
Anonymous
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No.131167
131168
>>131165
Humming softly, Iron decides to close in on the griffons, only to loiter 100 ft away in a challenging fashion by exhuding a pretentious, defiant attitude, to see if anypony would react to such scornful and disrespectful act.
Anonymous
8d5b21c
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No.131168
131169 131170
>>131167
It looks as if the griffins are working. One is on the closer end of the pier, minding a mooring around an unoccupied space on the pier. The other is further away, also tending to a mooring, but with a faded white trawler next to it

>>131166
She nods, and gives a subdued smile, the first one in the time Silver has spoken with her
Anonymous
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No.131169
131171
>>131168
Not seeing any indication of gangster griffons, he turns to Sands in a whisper motion. "Should I try loudly complaining about the gang's occupation to lure a group of these thugs to me?" he asks softly.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131170
131171
>>131168
"So, Review and his cohort are doing...something, in their tent. Duster and Grant are examining outside. What are you and other pony doing here inside?"
Anonymous
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No.131171
131172 131173
>>131169
"If you just act like a drunk, they might ignore you. Go right up to them."

>>131170
"Peer Review and Loans are mapping out the site, trying to get a view of the larger history, and have a location to analyze any physical artifacts brought up to them. Extra Pair and I are examining the interior of the building. Grant and Feather duster will too, when they get done outside. This room here seems to have been a library. So I am examining books. What remains, at least"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131172
131174
>>131171
Silver looks at the ruined, burnt books.

"It does not appear than much has."
Anonymous
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No.131173
131174
>>131171
Iron considers this alternative, which would make it easier to define these griffons as thugs for the family, but feels there is a risk of actually upsetting some random civilian.
Figuring it would be better to start a direct confrontation instead of standing in the sidelines like a wimp, he starts to menacingly approach the griffion without the trawler.
When he reaches the 30ft mark, he stops, sizing him up impersonally. "Are you part of the griffons that came from Manehattan?" he asks in a stoic, demanding manner, looking down at him.
Anonymous
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No.131174
131175 131176
>>131172
"No... it doesn't. Fire got 'em. A shame. Or maybe for the better, hard to tell."

>>131173
He stops. He turns around, and he looks up to Iron in slow, deliberate movements
"Who wants to know?"
The accent is hard to place, but definitely there
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131175
131177
>>131174
"It is shame we may never know which."

He picks up and looks at one of the destroyed books.

"Know what Extra Pair is look through now? Or have you both been working separately?"
Anonymous
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No.131176
131177
>>131174
"Their welcoming ceremony," Iron answers coldly, subtly craning his neck, awaiting either a scratch or further questioning.
Anonymous
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No.131177
131178 131179
>>131175
Not much is readable on this book portion, though it seems there may be some readable pages inside

"He has been gathering items in the hallway. There is much on the floor"

>>131176
He stares at Iron for a moment, before answering
"You are a few hours early. They are not here yet."
Anonymous
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No.131178
131180
>>131177
I'll roll a sense motive just in case he's lying.
[1d20+2 = 19]<Sense Motive
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131179
131180
>>131177
"I wonder what he found."

He sets the book down, and turns to Professor Faucet. He offers her a hoofshake.

"It has been pleasure meeting you, Faucet."
Anonymous
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No.131180
131181 131183
>>131178
Exactly what he means is subject to interpretation, but he seems to think Iron is some kind of worker, or a part of some party arranged to meet with whoever is coming

>>131179
She looks to him, and shakes his hoof. Her shake is firmer than any of the others thus far
"Who are you? Or were you, exactly?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131181
131182
>>131180
"Silver Sword. I was pony who cleared undead from here two days ago."
Anonymous
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No.131182
131185
>>131181
Her eyes get bigger
"So that's it... Tell me, what happened?"
Anonymous
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No.131183
131184
>>131180
"I see," Iron remarks, nodding softly "I will stay here in the meantime, then."
With that, the native promptly sits on his place, looking as stoic and cold as ever, staring forwards and awaiting the incoming group.
Anonymous
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No.131184
131189
>>131183
"Okay" he answers. He seems to be wrapping line around a mooring
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131185
131186
>>131182
He rubs the back of his neck.

"There is not much to tell. There were at least two dozen undead, maybe more. I partially drained water in quarry, then went inside and fired my rifle near quarry enterance to get horde's attention and use myself as bait to lure them outside. I brought them over towards unexploded bomb from War stuck on quarry wall, shot it with rifle, and blew most of them to pieces. Those that survived I just finished it off with my rifle from range. All except mummy, and armoured ghast this sword came from. They were attracted towards bait I used just when giant bird came out of nowhere and fought them for it."
Anonymous
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No.131186
131187
>>131185
"Do you know what happened here? In here?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131187
131188
>>131186
"You mean...in this library?"
Anonymous
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No.131188
131196
>>131187
"Well, yes. Or what happened in this place, this underground... thing"
Anonymous
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No.131189
131190
>>131184
Iron decides he might as well learn about the gang. "I have not been told much about the client," he preludes stoically with the slightest of shuffling closer in order to see the line wrapping even clearer. "Do you happen to know what is the occassion?"
Anonymous
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No.131190
131191
>>131189
It's a simple tying of the line around the mooring, at least right now

"They are arriving"
Anonymous
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No.131191
131192
>>131190
"Who is the one that asked for it?"
Anonymous
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No.131192
131193
>>131191
"For what?" He continues
Anonymous
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No.131193
131194
>>131192
"The ceremony."
Anonymous
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No.131194
131195
>>131193
"You tell me" He says "I haven't heard anything about a ceremony"
Anonymous
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No.131195
131197
>>131194
"I see," Iron replies "do you happen to know one of the more famous griffons in this town?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131196
131197
>>131188
"Ohhhh. I gave all information I had on this place to Peer Review as he was first I came across. This is personal labratory of one Joseph Curwhinny, who took to practicing necromancy after death of his family to plague. He wanted to find way to bring them back, but never found way to. He did, however, create large number of animated skeletons of ponies, zebras, wolves, and even chimera, as well as more zombie-like undead called ghasts to serve him, and supposedly even reached lichdom. Eventually, he found new love, but mare he would marry was originally betrothed to sailor named Whipperwhill. Angered and having learned of Curwhinny's practices from one of Curwhinny's former friends, he formed militia to storm catacombs. They sealed Curwhinny away in his chambers, but they released his experiments and none of militia ponies survived.

"As for library, that is more...unfortunate story. Before I came by myself, I had been in here previously with other group, which included kirin. She became angered by what she thought were necromantic tomes, and...she set fire to library."
Anonymous
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No.131197
131198 131199
>>131195
"You sure do ask a lot of questions" he says

>>131196
She listens to Silver as he tells the story
"Necromancers... About what I figured this all was... Interesting, though to see one here. To be in their lair." she pauses for a moment "Kirin... were dragons not enough?"
Anonymous
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No.131198
131200
>>131197
"It comes with the job."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131199
131200
>>131197
He smiles.

"I do not mind kirins. Though, perhaps it is wise to keep fire extinguisher around when dealing with them."
Anonymous
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No.131200
131201 131204
>>131199
She looks around in the room
"I would have been interested to see what books he had"

>>131198
He shrugs, and finally ties a knot around a mooring
Anonymous
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No.131201
131202
>>131200
Scooting about 10ft closer towards the griffon, Iron seems to keep watching the griffon do his thing. "Why are you working alone at this time of the day?"
Anonymous
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No.131202
131203
>>131201
"You think I am alone?" He answers
Anonymous
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No.131203
131205
>>131202
"I only see two of you."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.131204
131207
>>131200
"From what very few we managed to recover before having to flee because of carbon monoxide, many were on occult practices, histories of various civilzations, or were hoof-written books. None were actually necromantic in nature. Many were rare...some irreplacable..."
Anonymous
8d5b21c
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No.131205
131206
>>131203
He turns around, and stares at Iron