[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

No visible cameras down here. You still aren't sure if your Unova scanner works on Creshire electronics, but it detects no bugs.

[Spiritmon]

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Heart when noticing the police he simple join with Shiva without changing his team. Is better be in group for any problem. "Shiva! I think there something wrong in the tower. There are some police there!" Say Heart when finally reach Shiva.

Shiva stays relatively calm about this Heart comng to her, visibly in an uproar. "Hello at first, Heart. Yes, I've noticed that too - I've told a League Official, but they seem to know about that already. They can probably handle things on their own, no reason for us to intervene. Want a soda?"

"Ah. Sorry about that^^" Hello to you too Shiva. Great battle out there. Even if you do not win you make a great battle. I didnt win too but it was awesome experience for me and my pokemons. And yes, I accept some soda." Heart accept the offer. "So...what you gonna do now?"

[Lord Windos]

No visible cameras down here. You still aren't sure if your Unova scanner works on Creshire electronics, but it detects no bugs.

Nodding his head, Ventus proceed to a bathroom stall, enters and securely closes the door behind him, before couching down and pulling out his cellphone and checking to see if he has any cellphone reception down here.

If he does, the first thing he does is immediately calls Dagney, quietly whispering under his breath into the recieiver: "Dagney, Ventus here. Urgent Situation in the Department Store Basement. Two Scimitars are here, and have been plotting to disrupt The Little Cup with a blackout. They are using it as a distraction to find and interrogated Shiva about the location of a 'Secret Library' . Currently I and Valder have them fooled as members, but I do not know for how long such a ruse will last. I am authorized to use Pokémon to forcibly subdue them, or should maintain concealment while waiting for reinforcements? I'll brief you of the full details I learned later regardless."

If he doesn't, he silently swears to himself, before he puts away the phone and heads back to the Labroom, before going over to help watch with the cameras for a bit like he was asked to earlier.

(More Orders will be forthcoming after this post is resolved!)

[Iron]

Dagny curses. "You too? There were more coming from underneath the Battle Plateau. Wait for reinforcements. I don't think we need to rush this one. IF you can manage to keep them occupied until my other work at the Little Cup is wrapped up, then we can catch them in the act. Much easier legally speaking."

"We'll have some bright floodlights, a backup generator, and lots of bright Pokemon there ASAP. If you can keep them from pushing the button, great. If not, that's fine too. I'd say..." you hear the sound of buttons being pressed from Dagny, "I'd say you need about ten minutes of delay. Starting now. If you get four text message buzzes in a row, that's me telling you reinforcements were delayed. A buzz, delay, and two more quick buzzes means it is time."

[Lord Windos]

Dagny curses. "You too? There were more coming from underneath the Battle Plateau. Wait for reinforcements. I don't think we need to rush this one. IF you can manage to keep them occupied until my other work at the Little Cup is wrapped up, then we can catch them in the act. Much easier legally speaking."

"We'll have some bright floodlights, a backup generator, and lots of bright Pokemon there ASAP. If you can keep them from pushing the button, great. If not, that's fine too. I'd say..." you hear the sound of buttons being pressed from Dagny, "I'd say you need about ten minutes of delay. Starting now. If you get four text message buzzes in a row, that's me telling you reinforcements were delayed. A buzz, delay, and two more quick buzzes means it is time."

Ventus' nodded his head to himself in response, as what the Steel Wonder said aligned with what intel he had gathered from the Scimitars thus far, before he quietly said: "Affirmative. Will maintain disguise until it proves to be impossible, and at that point I will most likely have to act in self defense. I have a Breloom that knows Spore, however, so he can keep them sedated if necessary until reinforcements to arrive. I'll play my part and delay them as much as I can without breaking cover. If I get 4 buzzes, do I continue to maintain cover? If I get the later signal, should I exit the area and let reinforcement come in without my interference?"

[Dragonstrike]

Indeed, Nathan can hear a megaphone directing people to step away from the door, then a harsh knocking. "Stair City Police."

Assuming Grid lets them in:

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Officer Jenny takes your statement. Let me know if you 'editorialize' anything or if you just tell things as is.
A Shieldmaiden remains behind in case anyone follows through here. 
The police and League officials gather up all the debris into evidence bags: scraps of gauntlet, lots of wiring, robes, a weird ash, and several scraps of what appears to be Pokeballs. They also take a lot of pictures.

What happens next will depend on Ventus+Valder's actions and Nathan's responses, so the police are not yet leaving with the captives.

Which Grid does.

Nathan's got quite a few cuts and scrapes on his face and hands from the 'sandstorm' caused by the burst rafters.  It hurts a little, but he does his best to hide the pain.

"Officers.  Glad to see you.  Careful coming in.  Some of the rafters were busted during the battle."

Nathan doesn't really 'editorialize' the story aside from excluding Dagny's involvement and his...righteous fury.  Tells it as it is, tells them to keep an eye on Shiva in case anything more happens, has Kirlia and Calam to back up his claims...

Even if they don't fully believe his story, the scimitars' intent should be fairly believable. Only part the officers need to believe, really.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Ah. Sorry about that^^" Hello to you too Shiva. Great battle out there. Even if you do not win you make a great battle. I didnt win too but it was awesome experience for me and my pokemons. And yes, I accept some soda." Heart accept the offer. "So...what you gonna do now?"

That praise about her having made a great battle out there coyly made her smile. "Th...Thanks for the sentiment!~ I'd like to return it, but sadly I was busy and didn't manage to view any of your battle... Sorry for that."

"Hmm, what to do..." Shiva avertes gaze from Heart now, to take a look at Tanuki up in her Tower, at that League Official she informed about things who told her to move on, at that 'commotion', then at Nurse Joy who was currently adjusting the scarf Kyuu was wearing. Shiva drew that Pink Apricorn Nut from somewhere and handed it back to him, she seemed...absent-minded, pondering about something, not quite sure what to do, comparing this situation with past experiences... Decisioooooons....


A part of her wanted to flee, follow that bad feeling she had.
Another part of her didn't wanted to leave. Not without...

Very faintly and almost unnoticably, Shiva got a hold of one of Heart's sleeves with only the tips of the fingers of her right hand - nevertheless it was clear that she won't let go. She also lowered her voice so that only Heart would hear her words: "I have a bad feeling about this. Something's wrong. Believe me... Let us keep watch over things... Stay here. With me. Nathan's absent. He came here with me though - I'm not trusting this. At aaaall. From here, we have a point to see what is going on there... Why there's police..." There was no fear in Shiva's voice though - more uncomfortableness. A feeling of not knowing what was going on.

"Uhm, Nurse Joy... ", she said in a normal voice again, not showing any discomfort in it neither in her expression, "...can we stay with you for a little longer, please? I'd be happy to stay close to my Pokemon while you care for them. Both are rather close to me, Kyuu is just learning to control his psychic power with me and might release some of it without warning if he's uncomfortable, it's more safe if I'm near him to provide the security of a familar face to him."

[Spiritmon]

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"Ah. Sorry about that^^" Hello to you too Shiva. Great battle out there. Even if you do not win you make a great battle. I didnt win too but it was awesome experience for me and my pokemons. And yes, I accept some soda." Heart accept the offer. "So...what you gonna do now?"

That praise about her having made a great battle out there coyly made her smile. "Th...Thanks for the sentiment!~ I'd like to return it, but sadly I was busy and didn't manage to view any of your battle... Sorry for that."

"Hmm, what to do..." Shiva avertes gaze from Heart now, to take a look at Tanuki up in her Tower, at that League Official she informed about things who told her to move on, at that 'commotion', then at Nurse Joy who was currently adjusting the scarf Kyuu was wearing. Shiva drew that Pink Apricorn Nut from somewhere and handed it back to him, she seemed...absent-minded, pondering about something, not quite sure what to do, comparing this situation with past experiences... Decisioooooons....


A part of her wanted to flee, follow that bad feeling she had.
Another part of her didn't wanted to leave. Not without...

Very faintly and almost unnoticably, Shiva got a hold of one of Heart's sleeves with only the tips of the fingers of her right hand - nevertheless it was clear that she won't let go. She also lowered her voice so that only Heart would hear her words: "I have a bad feeling about this. Something's wrong. Believe me... Let us keep watch over things... Stay here. With me. Nathan's absent. He came here with me though - I'm not trusting this. At aaaall. From here, we have a point to see what is going on there... Why there's police..." There was no fear in Shiva's voice though - more uncomfortableness. A feeling of not knowing what was going on.

"Uhm, Nurse Joy... ", she said in a normal voice again, not showing any discomfort in it neither in her expression, "...can we stay with you for a little longer, please? I'd be happy to stay close to my Pokemon while you care for them. Both are rather close to me, Kyuu is just learning to control his psychic power with me and might release if without warning if he's uncomfortable, it's more safe if I'm near him to provide the security of a familar face to him."

Heart nod his head. "I agree. But I think we should change a bit our Pokemons. Make a few changes in ours pokemons. I have the same bad feeling. Nurse Joy can we use the PC to change our pokemons?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"...Change our Pokemon? Why shall we do that? I'm happy with the Pokemon I currently have on hand."

In a more quite voice, so that again only Heart can hear her words: "Honestly, why shall we do that?! You think there'll be a battle? Uhm, aside from the matchup battles I mean? Nope. Nope, nope, nope, I won't battle. Not until it's really really urgent. You can do, but I don't think it's a good idea to intervene with the League Officials."

[Iron]

Dagny curses. "You too? There were more coming from underneath the Battle Plateau. Wait for reinforcements. I don't think we need to rush this one. IF you can manage to keep them occupied until my other work at the Little Cup is wrapped up, then we can catch them in the act. Much easier legally speaking."

"We'll have some bright floodlights, a backup generator, and lots of bright Pokemon there ASAP. If you can keep them from pushing the button, great. If not, that's fine too. I'd say..." you hear the sound of buttons being pressed from Dagny, "I'd say you need about ten minutes of delay. Starting now. If you get four text message buzzes in a row, that's me telling you reinforcements were delayed. A buzz, delay, and two more quick buzzes means it is time."

Ventus' nodded his head to himself in response, as what the Steel Wonder said aligned with what intel he had gathered from the Scimitars thus far, before he quietly said: "Affirmative. Will maintain disguise until it proves to be impossible, and at that point I will most likely have to act in self defense. I have a Breloom that knows Spore, however, so he can keep them sedated if necessary until reinforcements to arrive. I'll play my part and delay them as much as I can without breaking cover. If I get 4 buzzes, do I continue to maintain cover? If I get the later signal, should I exit the area and let reinforcement come in without my interference?"

"Definitely maintain your cover as long as possible. When reinforcements arrive you may choose to get out of the way. That would probably be easiest for all."