Tell me friend, have you ever heard of Hollow Shades? No? Passing the Foal Mountains, east of Canterlot, you will find the town. It started as a single mushroom farm, having the perfect conditions to grow them. Have you seen the mushrooms that grow there? Some of them are bigger than you and I! But thats not the point! I'm here to tell you about what happened there a few weeks ago.
It is a normal night in the town of Hollow shades A few ponies are enjoying a good drink at the inn, while others are outside enjoying the cool night air.
As the town hall bells start ringing, everyone in town starts gathering around. You can see Mayor Ebonhoof and his councilmare Stardust. He clears his throat before talking to the crowd: "Citizens, we have a problem. Farmer Puddle has spotted a pack of wild beasts! I know we are no warriors, but we have to rise up and defend our village! Grab your weapons and prepare!"
You can heard a loud howl coming from the left part of the town.
>>260619 "Oh gosh, beasts! Ohhh I'm ready for em!" I hit my sword against my shield, making sure to not make any dents I stand still and look for anyone else interested slapping some beasts around
>>260746 I'll shrug and put away my cudgel. Searching amongst the remains for interesting things. '1d10' Interesting being oddly shaped twigs, bits of shiny stone, or anything out of the ordinary.
>>260755 "Typical, just typical. Classic case of exploitation by the ruling classes. We risked our lives to save all of you, when we could have just made off with the doilies and silverware and horseshoes and ran! I think we're entitled to some payment! Or at least some form of compensation!"
>>260764 "ZEBRA? What does my heritage have ANYTHING to do with this? I don't need any of your racism, Imperialist scum! I demand satisfaction. Either pay us, or at least give us some more work with REAL pay."
>>260777 >>260785 "I think that might be our paying work Mwa…" I fly over to the bear and try to figure out what's wrong with him. Bears don't normally attack ponies like this… '1d10'
>>260840 I'll give the bear's corpse a little kick as I wait for the mare to make her intents known. Not like I can walk off with all these things happening.
>>260848 Hmm…~ >>260854 "This was still our job, before you barged in! We could've handled it ourselves!" I move beside her and throw a hoof over her shoulder. "Though… maybe you can be my payment instead~"
>>260854 I'll unconsciously wag my tail at being called a good dog. "Don't think it's more than a few scra-" >>260855 "Ouch!" Growling at the goat, I'll amend my statement. "More than a scratch now."
>>260861 "I helped! I clap my hooves together happily "Now why are we in danger? I mean I just took out that bear with my own two horns while the rest you watched! I'd say we're pretty much the opposite of being in danger…"
>>260883 "We're just ponies who want fair and just compensation for our services! It's you Mayor who's the greedy one! Hoarding all the town's taxes for yourself… were you even democratically elected? I highly doubt it at this point!" >>260887 "Exactly!"
>>260884 >>260886 "You can stay in our inn for a few days and eat for free."
>>260887 "You are not good enough to be fertilizer stripy."
>>260888 "I run this town because I was hoof picked by Princess Celestia! And you and your friend can fuck off if you dont like!"
Ladimore stomp her hoofs on the ground "ENOUGH! I dont have time for this, mayor gather your soldiers we have to find them before they cause a real damage to this forest."
>>262319 >>260909 "O-Oh! I'm Loquat!" I get closer to the cute mare "And I'll follow you to Canterlot. Heck, you don't even have to pay me!" I smile and drool a bit
>>262328 "We can take money from the beast and put it right back into the revolutionary coffers. And, by aiding the people, we'll further undermine this authoritarian regime."
>>262330 "Or we get arrested again for 'disrupting the peace' or some shit like that… at least this time we won't have to pawn our stuff to pay bail. Whatever. I'm in. Revolutionaries until the end!" I hold out my hoof.
>>262340 I take the time to offer the pretty mare some of my exotic candy which I totally bought and in no way found just sitting there on a store shelf.
>>262348 Aw yiss. I gave that mare some lemon drops. Mares love lemon drop~ "Yeah! They're the best!" Sit next to her and try not to drool or look goofy
>>262372 I chuckle and elbow Mwa in the side. "Yeah, sure. Like they know about sharing." >>262369 "A crypt? You think that's where the undead bear came from?"
>>262380 >>262381 >>262384 "Lets go then." After walking for a few minutes you can see the trees change, almost all of them are gray with only a few leaves on them, near the mountain you find a big stone door, its open."
>>262388 Not really sweet, it seems like you pick a old one.
>>262526 You notice a big statue in the room, it almost looks like a diamond dog but different and it doesnt have a tail, you can see a hole in his face.
>>268872 What kind of moron try to fight with one leg? You grab it with your bear hands and throw it on the ground!
>>268875 She is but you are too busy eating candy, why?
>>268878 >>268879 >>268880 Melody was pretending to be crushed by the golem when she suddenly play a powerful tune with her mandolin. +2 to everyone actions.
>>268900 "I'm… not quite sure. An animated statue of some sort. Probably related to this cult and their worship of Grogar." I try to catch the gem. '1d10'
>>268908 "F-Fine! I'm fine!" I get up and rub my butt, then head to the door. "Shall we get moving? Ladies first!" Open the door for her and bow '1d10'
>>268908 "It's not a creature though, it's an animated statue. Me and Mwa have dealt with this before, haven't we Mwa?" I offer her the gem. "For you, Ladimore. Have I mentioned how cute of a name that is, by the way?"
>>268909 You open the door and present your butt to her. She just past away without looking at you.
>>268910 You find a room, some kind of storage with all kind of stuff. Considering you rolling a 9 you can pick anything you want.
>>268912 "You have? Your knowledge can be useful to me and my friends in canterlot." She take the gem "We should study this gem, no doubt they trapped souls in here."
>>268913 You find some quality items inside, you can even take something.
>>268916 You find a spooky cultist hood with a goat-like mask and weird drum, probably made of skin. +1 to terrify. >>268916 "I know but this one is… Diferent."
>>268924 "Different? How? Isn't dark magic just… dark magic? Unless you can like, detect the Grogar influence on it or something. …Can you?" I try to pull my eyes away from her and her cute butt and look for something neat. Maybe… a new instrument. Something that has a real nice clear, ringing tone aka +1 to attack. '1d10'
>>268926 You pick a goat shaped hammer, it was a black faint aura.
>>268927 You find a pink pogo stick, it has ballons stickers all over it and yes she is staring at it.
>>268925 You find a small golden triangle, and you decide to 'test' its resonance by knocking it against Ladimores butt! Needless to say she break it with her hooves and slap you right in the face.
>>268932 "OW- I just wanted to see how it sounded! I don't have a metal stick or anything, so how else was I supposed to test it?!…" I rub my face where she slapped me.
>>268940 You are trained in the art of the pogo stick! You find another grand hall, you can see a few tents and a campfire and two more corridors in the sides.
>>268935 I give Mwa a half-glare for that chuckle. >>268938 "…" >>268941 I poke at those tents. Anything? '1d10' "Tents… this must be an old place then that they just found. What do you think Ladimore?"
>>268936 "Ha ha ha! It was a good plan, Mel. Just try to do it on someone a bit less frigid next time — she's so cold she might shatter if you smack her butt too hard!"
>>268988 I give the crushed skull and my mandolin a stunned look, slowly backing away. Uh. Hit something else? That's maybe trying to attack Ladimore? '1d10'
>>268996 "Uh I swear I can explain! I saw a cultist coming for you Ladimore and I hopped on your back to protect you! Yeah!" '1d10' to Bluff I hop off her.
>>269004 You try to but they already jumped in, they dissapear in front of you.
>>269005 >>269006 >>269007 You peek inside and watch a vortex of souls swirling around. "Is a portal to the realm of the death goat, I dont know how but this monsters activate it, Just watch my back while I finish the ritual.
>>269009 >>269010 >>269011 >>269012 Her eyes and horn start glowing as she start focusing her magic on it. Everything looks fine until you heard a shrierk coming out from the pool, a storm of bones erupts from it forming a monster made of bones and dark magic!