(11-05-2020, 04:25 PM)no one Wrote: "Thanks for letting us use this lovely fighting room Master Poliwrath. Mind if I ask what other options of training there are? I'd like to come here every now and then to use your facilities to get stronger. And uh, there's another thing if you don't mind me asking. Guildmaster Delphox mentioned something about humans turning into Pokemon turning up around here, so we told her that we'd look into it. Got the strange feeling that she wasn't telling us everything though. I decided to ask around a little, and I'm asking the more experienced Pokemon who've been here the longest. Would you happen to know anything about that? I can't report back to her without knowing all the facts, right?"

Spiritmon Wrote:After returning to the Guild, and hopefully meeting Kee, Karen and Pyra. Is Kogeki able to find anyone in the Guild? Who was inside the entrance of the Guild? Braixen, Floette or anyone?

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(11-09-2020, 10:46 AM)Dragonstrike Wrote:

(11-05-2020, 04:25 PM)no one Wrote: "Thanks for letting us use this lovely fighting room Master Poliwrath. Mind if I ask what other options of training there are? I'd like to come here every now and then to use your facilities to get stronger. And uh, there's another thing if you don't mind me asking. Guildmaster Delphox mentioned something about humans turning into Pokemon turning up around here, so we told her that we'd look into it. Got the strange feeling that she wasn't telling us everything though. I decided to ask around a little, and I'm asking the more experienced Pokemon who've been here the longest. Would you happen to know anything about that? I can't report back to her without knowing all the facts, right?"

Poliwrath has a lot to say about his dojo.

"My dojo's primary means of training is in various type themed mazes.  They're similar to mystery dungeons, except I have a few rules in place while you're in there."

"#1: You don't get to bring any items with you.  You can leave any you have on hand with me, and I'll give them back to you when you're done training.  There's items in the mazes that you can pick up, and anything you find, you can keep if you don't use it."

"#2: Each maze focuses on one or two different types.  You tell me which type you want to train against, and every pokemon you encounter in there will be that type.  Dual type mazes are more difficult than single type.  There's also one maze that has completely random types, the Final Maze, but that's for more experienced adventurers if the name didn't clue you in on that already.  If you want to access the Final Maze, your team will need to work its way up to the Gold Rank."

"#3: No recruiting any of the pokemon in the mazes.  They're members of this dojo's staff.  Wouldn't be able to run this operation completely by myself.  I just call all the shots around here.  And punch slackers and rule breakers."

"#4: If you faint, there's no penalties.  Well, you'll be thrown out of the mazes like you were in a Mystery Dungeon, meaning you'll have failed the training's main goal of reaching the end of the maze, but aside from that, don't worry about failure.  You can always try a maze again."

"If you want to head into one of my dojo's mazes, make sure you set aside plenty of time.  The training's intense, and exploring the mazes usually takes most of a day.  If there's any idle recruits in your team that you don't want slacking, I can help whip them into shape while you're away as well.  I'd recommend sending them here in groups of 3-5, same as with any mystery dungeon."

Poliwrath looks curiously at Daxter and crosses his arms when asked about humans turning into pokemon.  He's got much less to say about that topic.  "Can't say I've ever met any myself.  Was plenty of talk at one point about how everyone ending up in that barren, rocky, wasteland was the fault of a human, though.  But that was awhile ago."

Spiritmon Wrote:After returning to the Guild, and hopefully meeting Kee, Karen and Pyra. Is Kogeki able to find anyone in the Guild? Who was inside the entrance of the Guild? Braixen, Floette or anyone?

Floette is always in the lobby at the reception desk, and is always greeting everyone with a smile.  The team consisting of Arcanine, Lurantis, and Barbaracle is also by the job board, its members seemingly in some kind of discussion.  Kee, Karen, and Pyra aren't in the lobby as of this point.

(11-09-2020, 02:43 PM)no one Wrote: Dax nods as he listens to Master Poliwrath's rules. They all seem fair and make sense, so he's fine with it. He's intrigued about what the master said about the humans though.

"Wait a second there. What do you mean by everyone ending up on a rocky wasteland?" He asks interestedly.

(11-09-2020, 05:15 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: "Ah, right, you're a bit too young to have been around when that happened, aren't ya?  Well, one moment I was here, the next, I was somewhere else, getting chased by weird shadows!  Woulda fought them, but there were too many for me to hold off.  Don't remember what exactly happened after that, or how I ended up back here, but there's plenty of talk around town about how a human appearing was the reason why that happened."

(11-09-2020, 10:16 AM)Dragonstrike Wrote: After Kee and Pyra are finished with their business at the bank, they begin making their way back to the guild to look for everyone else.  On their way there, they run into Karen in the main plaza of Sahra Town.  She smiles and waves, then runs over to them.  The sun looks down upon the scene, radiating heat and light from its position overhead.  From the position of the sun, it looks like it's almost midday.

"Oh hey, there you are!  What have you guys been up to?"

(11-09-2020, 05:57 PM)no one Wrote: Dax looks for Kee, Pyra, Karen and Kogeki before asking them all the same thing. "Hey guys. I've just been asking Master Poliwrath about the Training Dojo. Apparently, it's like a Mystery Dungeon on the inside, and you can go through it just like you would go through any Mystery Dungeon. I'd like to take Lumia and the Klink on one of those, just to break the ice and stuff. You lot are welcome to join in too, if you'd like."

(11-10-2020, 03:19 PM)PhantomUnderYourDesk Wrote:

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(11-09-2020, 10:16 AM)Dragonstrike Wrote: After Kee and Pyra are finished with their business at the bank, they begin making their way back to the guild to look for everyone else.  On their way there, they run into Karen in the main plaza of Sahra Town.  She smiles and waves, then runs over to them.  The sun looks down upon the scene, radiating heat and light from its position overhead.  From the position of the sun, it looks like it's almost midday.

"Oh hey, there you are!  What have you guys been up to?"

The smol psychic fairy gets a cheerful wave and trademark two-claw-salute from Kee in return for her smile and wave - and a gentle nosebump as a greeting. "*singsang-voice* Oh hellooooo, dearest Karen!~ (^o^)/ Nice t'see ya on this bright briiiiight sandy day. *cough* Well, me an' dearest Pyra *nudges her* were just 'bout to find the others as there's pleasant news... News of LOOT t'share in particular!"

*potential cue for Pyra to tell Karen of said loot?*

(11-09-2020, 05:57 PM)no one Wrote: Dax looks for Kee, Pyra, Karen and Kogeki before asking them all the same thing. "Hey guys. I've just been asking Master Poliwrath about the Training Dojo. Apparently, it's like a Mystery Dungeon on the inside, and you can go through it just like you would go through any Mystery Dungeon. I'd like to take Lumia and the Klink on one of those, just to break the ice and stuff. You lot are welcome to join in too, if you'd like."

The waterly lizard gets the same welcome and nosebump from Kee as Karen did before, and a response in a less charming~ singsang voice but instead an eager and passionate tone; complete with a wagging tail and everything. "Oh how c'nvenient of ya t'ask as I was kinda thinkin' of gettin' some good training since we're not out on adventures t'day!~~ I gladly join, yes pwease!"

(Which Type Maze were you thinking of in particular? Anything but Fighting is fine to me, no preference)

(11-11-2020, 06:04 PM)Lord Windos Wrote:

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*With Karen!*

The brimstone imp mirrors her fuzzy friend's wave along with giving Karen one of her joyously and cheerfully effluent smiles. Being a Fire type - and a quite odd one at that- the harsh rays of the sun did nothing to damper her recently regained cheery mood!

"Dear Fae Karen, it is wonderful and great to be reunited with you this lovely-nice Sunny Day, yes yes! How goeth your morning, what have you experienced in your early hours?"

It took Kee's prompting to get her to open up about her day thus far (excluding her early morning moodiness and meeting with Blitzle - she didn't feel the need to share those things with them, for one reason and another), as she was a bit distracted with her earlier exchange of affections with Kee, pondering the matter of currency, and happiness at being with the smol lil' fae again.

"Oh, indeed you are right and correct, my dear Ziggy Kee! *turns to Karen* You see, hear it now, I left the Guild early in the morn, yes, to go forth and sell our Treasures and divide the profit between all! But on the way to the Merchant Masters Keckleons, I was waylayed by Machop, accidently pushed to the ground, and all our and mine own glittering gold spilled  forth from my bag! He helped me up and pack away our Treasures once again, yes, but he started acting most suspiciously and suspect before he made haste and leaved, indeed. Made me scared and paranoid, concerned for the safety of our gilded babbles, so I made most carefull yet fast pace to the coin chameleons to.....convert their worth into Poke to safely store away in Banker Duskull's care. They even escorted me to Kanguskhan place of eatery and chatting at my request, for which they had-have my deepest thanks and gratitude, yes yes yes! And as my dear Ziggy Kee allude to and hinted at, I decided to acquire a lot of goods and valuables from them!"

Pyra then proceed to list out her purchases again to her fellow female friend, finishing it off by gesturing to the Pecha Scarf she was wearing and pulling out the TM Swagger for her to see.

"....and lastly a Pecha Scarf and this TM for Swagger! All of this and that will be most useful to our Mystery Dungeoneering, I do believe indeed! *Gaze turns curious* To whom do you think the Pecha Scarf and Swagger be best suited for, who will get the most and proper use out of them, Kind Karen?"

*With Dax!*

Later on, the mischievous fiendess was also quite happy to see Dax once more (and gave a little smile at seeing Kogeki again), but his suggestion was meet with neutral disinterest at first. She had little interest in getting to know Klink or that pest of a Ghost, as at this point in time she had no reason to care for or invest much care in her Team's newest recruits. The only reason she was accepting/tolerating their existence and status was because that was the wish and desire of her friends, and she didn't feel inclined to do more than that. Besides, she had other plans she had to attend to, particular about a certain Team whom has a confusing rivalry with her own.

Key words: At first, and had. Once Kee and Kogeki expressed their interest in trying out the Guild's own 'Training Dungeon' , the fiery demoness frowned extremely briefly before she smiled and promptly changed her mind.

"Me three, you can include myself in this testing-tempering trip! Ready to go whenever you are, my friends!"

....It seemed like Pyra didn't like being left out of such a expedition, or she didn't necessarily trust her friends to be completely safe around what amounted to strangers they roughed up and press-ganged into Team OS. Either way, she was now with them on this!

(Welp, there goes our plans for a 'free day' , but given the lack of gameplay for quite some time I can forgive that I suppose. Don't care about what Maze type we go through, so I'll let everyone decide that! Oh, and assume that Pyra has shared the news about her scary Encounter with Machop and all the goodies she bought once she has meet everyone, for time's sake!)