[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

She doesn't begrudge Nathan for being sceptical, she's somewhat tested in her patience again that he wasn't paying attention and needed a summary dear Ven kindly brought up however. "HOW he's going to find it, is entirely his call. Mr. Finder has that amazing sense of smell that he was able to correctly describe the Medium dwelling in the Violet Tent to me, though it's somewhat...true that he can work faster if he has something with the smell of the Library. Doesn't matter though, he said he can find a path through Mount Sentry to the Library for us when I asked him about it, and whether he still charges when the search turns out not fruitful is something I can ask him later, as I wanted to head to the Tent today again anyway." (Player's Note, to trade Druddigon and meet the Medium) ..."Oh, and simply IF he'd try to betrayal us or something, it'd be us five against him, it wouldn't be that smart to rebel in such a situation."

"...if you don't mind, I'd like to come with you then and hear what he has to say myself.  Besides, there's something I wanted to ask you as well, and I wanted to see what they have in stock at that place anyways.  I've heard it's able to rival the Department Store in some regards."

That, as well as that faint but to her certainly present hint of disbelief, eventually caused caused to slightly frown and keep her gaze on Nathan for a tab bit longer than normal, but all in a friendly and non-intimidating matter. "F...Fine then, surely ya can come with me. Just hang around at the Lobby down this Center or, wait, rather at the entrance of the Violet Tent a little after noon, I'll eventually come and meet you there. Though the Medium I'd still like to see alone with my own Pokemon, please. Oh, and yes, the feemarket in that tent is very amazing, much to my taste, but -" At that point, Shiva throws a subtly concerned and faintly sad glance over to Ventus - "It'd be nothing you'd enjoy, dear."

"You can ask me what you like, Nathan, sure, whether and how I answer depends on many factors. I'm not biting though~" *suggestive smile, and a delighted chirp from Cottonee*
Now now, my dear, don't start to overthink now what he wanted to ask you.
I...I won't... Busy... It could be anything he wants to ask me, from advice on something, tutoring, a trade, over insight on Pokemon Breeding to a date himself.
*snort* Definitely not the latter. Wait and see!~


Then, silence followed and reigned for a little, while the only sounds clearly audible came from the playing Furrets, Shiva was enjoying their happy chirps. Eventually, she was the one who carefully broke the silence. "......*cough* Okay then, uhm, anything else that needs to be said or discussed or said?" (You, @Nylon?) "Because if not... Heart, we can actually go and search a battlefield a little outside of town then. Oh, and yes, I'd like to...swap around in my party by myself a little too."


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Mechanics:
True story, from my side meeting can be finished now, and after both Shiva and Heart have swapped their party a little (Spirit said he wanted to do that too) and she has waved Ventus goodbye with a smile suggesting that she looks forward to the evening, you can outright introduce us to a fitting battlefield please, @Iron. It'll be a Full Team Double Battle, no Potions allowed, other Healing Items are okay if they are not spammed indefinitely, no fainting, no restrainments on moves was Spirt's sentiment (meaning I can/shall(?) use any trick my Pokemon have to my discretion and liking).
I hope your PM-Inbox is ready, I already know which two Pokemon of mine will open the battle, so let's get started! Due to timezone difference, work and stuff this battle will likely take at least a day to be wrapped up, but I've been looking forward to battling Heart!~

[Dragonstrike]

That, as well as that faint but to her certainly present hint of disbelief, eventually caused caused to slightly frown and keep her gaze on Nathan for a tab bit longer than normal, but all in a friendly and non-intimidating matter. "F...Fine then, surely ya can come with me. Just hang around at the Lobby down this Center or, wait, rather at the entrance of the Violet Tent a little after noon, I'll eventually come and meet you there. Though the Medium I'd still like to see alone with my own Pokemon, please. Oh, and yes, the feemarket in that tent is very amazing, much to my taste, but -" At that ponit, Shiva throws a subtly concerned and faintly sad glance over to Ventus - "It'd be nothing you'd enjoy, dear."

"You can ask me what you like, Nathan, sure, whether and how I answer depends on many factors. I'm not biting though~" *suggestive smile, and a delighted chirp from Cottonee*

"I'll meet ya there, then.  I'll find something to do with Furret in the meantime since we have a couple hours."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Fine." ^_^ "Cress City is wonderful, there are so many places I want to see and investigate before we'll head to Mount Sentry again for seeking the Library!~" After a short dwelling in this sensation, Shiva goes a bit meek upon having aired her feeling so openly. "Uhm... K, Come on Furret, we'll get going then." She waves him over, where she'd stroke over his ears in delight and offer him the rest of the fruit and berries on the plate. "Here, you can have these, for you. Enjoy!~ You too, Cottonee. Yes, surely you can stay up there on my head if you like, you're not too heavy for me."

[Iron]

The incense and chanting seems to do very very little to the Haunter, except possibly make them laugh.

Haunter A: (4) + 4 Dex + 1 Survival = 9
Michael: (3) +6 = 9
Haunter B: (3) + 5 = 8
Apsis: (1)

Skull Ruins Haunter Round 1

Shadow Ball 1
4 Dex + 4 Fight + 3 -3 actions = 8d6
(5)(1)(2)(5)(4)(4)(3)(4) Critical hit
6 Str + 1 STAB + 3 power +2 crit -5 vit = 7d6
(4)(4)(6)(4)(3)(2)(2) Apsis takes 4 dmg! Both Haunter are hurling globs of shadowstuff at her. Every strike makes the room a little colder.
CD: (6) -1 Def

Spore 1 on Haunter B, I suppose would make the most tactical sense.
(6)(1)(2)(6)(4) - 3 successes
9 evasion dice, -3 actions = 6d6
(5)(5)(2)(3)(2) Haunter B fell asleep! It just hangs there in the air, mouth slightly agape and teeth askew.

Haunter B is asleep!

Leer 1
(4)(2)(4)
Both Haunter lose 1 Def It almost looks like the sleeping one is having a nightmare of its own!

Shadow Ball 2
(3)(4)(5)(4)(2)(2)(3)
(3)(3)(3)(1)(5)(2) Apsis takes 1 dmg

Spore 2
(4)(4)(5)(6) - 4 successes
9 evade, -5 actions = 4d6
(2)(2)(1)(5) Haunter B fell asleep!

Haunter have 2 Insight so it takes them minimum 3 rounds to wake up. They are now KO'd, Glared, and Grappled! Both sets of teeth clatter to the ground as the Haunter's energy levels fade to nothing. They float slowly to the floor as two wisps of shadow...still smiling.

Steel Ball: (5)(2)
Will remaining: (3)(1) Haunter A was caught

Steel Ball: (6)(6)
Will: (4)(5) This one is not caught.

Haunter A has Levitate, 4 disobedience, Mean Look, Curse, Night Shade, Confuse Ray, Sucker Punch, Shadow Ball.

Apsis is acting like she is chilled to the bone, lethargic, though examination reveals no frost. Her scales feel cold to Ven's empathy but not to his touch. Michael and Ventus are a little cold too, but don't really show it.

Apsis and Michael and Ventus gain 5XP each.

[Iron]

Shiva and Heart go north looking for a battlefield. But they can see the Skull Ruins from there, and it makes Cottonee a little uncomfortable. Heading south instead, you come to the western edge of the vast meadows and forests that fill southern Creshire. You find a nice clearing where some logging has been going on. There are many stumps, a few overhanging limbs, and some logs, plus what I find on every single logging job I've ever been on: old canned meat tins. The clearing is nice and flat and clear of trash though.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(Curse those people that just leave their trash in the forest, especially tins! It's not to hard to put it away to take it back with you instead, ya know!)


The Skull Ruins.... Shiva casts a half-worried, half-expectant glance that was subtly filled with fear over to it a sit came into view. Naturally that she picks up her dearest Pokemon's discomfort over battling, so she opts to try a different direction.... The edge of these MEADOWS and forest were much more to her liking, which showed on her expression and bodylanguage if Heart's paying attention, before she can't help but to investigate a few stumps in curiosity over the annual rings possibly visible now, kicking a few metal tins in the process. White Forest was much cleaner and free of trash in her memory. :C

Eventually, Cottonee had to remind her by nudging her with a leaf that they were here to BATTLE! Even against a small green dragon!!, so eventually Shiva brought her attention back to Heart - she was facing him in somewhat timidly, insecure whether she'll be able to stand a chance against him... But with her defeating of Dagny, she feels like she CAN at least give Heart a good battle? Or do a good performance? Or learn something from this friendly battle for testing strength and training? Probably all of that in a nice assortment.

"Uhm.... Okay then, Heart, you....wanted a battle 'gainst me, so you'll get one, I guess... My first two Pokemon of choice are ready, H-how about we send them out at 3? 1..... 2.... well, 3!" (First PM incoming, Iron.)



(Also, since I know Heart is seeing my chara as a Dragon Slayer Trainer, I've picked a theme from Fairy Tail for my side of the battle. C: )

[Dragonstrike]

Well, meeting done, Nathan swaps some pokemon around at the PC (Orthros is exchanged for Charmeleon), waits for Forthright to be fully healed by the Center's healing machine, and heads back out into Cress City with his pokemon!  First off, he sends the bees to go look for some more honey!  (He also quietly tells them to keep an eye out for anyone with a Pinsir, and to keep their distance and notify him at the soonest opportunity if they do.)

It's probably about time that Nathan ventures into Celebi Park himself to pay Celebi's shrine a visit.  So that's where he's going to go for the time being. Not sure if he'll encounter anything interesting there or if it's just going to be a simple visit to the small structure, but hey, guess we'll find out soon enough, right?

[Iron]

Want me to roll for it, or does Nathan purposely seek out places Pokemon might be?

[Dragonstrike]

Want me to roll for it, or does Nathan purposely seek out places Pokemon might be?

Nah, not purposely seeking anything out.  Just headin' to the shrine with a Furret, Ralts, and Castform in tow. A roll will be fine if anything does show up.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Skull Ruins Haunter Round 1

(...)

Haunter have 2 Insight so it takes them minimum 3 rounds to wake up. They are now KO'd, Glared, and Grappled! Both sets of teeth clatter to the ground as the Haunter's energy levels fade to nothing. They float slowly to the floor as two wisps of shadow...still smiling.

Steel Ball: (5)(2)
Will remaining: (3)(1) Haunter A was caught

Steel Ball: (6)(6)
Will: (4)(5) This one is not caught.

(...)

Apsis is acting like she is chilled to the bone, lethargic, though examination reveals no frost. Her scales feel cold to Ven's empathy but not to his touch. Michael and Ventus are a little cold too, but don't really show it.

Fueled by MUCH more than healthy level of RAGE, Ventus and his family proceeded to roundly beating the ever loving ectoplasm out of the would be soul devouring Haunters once they were sent to dreamland by Spore, giving them a lesson from the school of hard knocks they would never forgot. Apsis in particular was especially viscous to the shade duo as she tore into them with her Bites, as having the life blasted out of her with their Ghostly powers and being just as incessed as her master was over the stunt they tried to pull did nothing but make her mood even fouler than before!

Pragmatically minded and not completely consumed by his WRATHFUL feelings, the empath decided to 'spare' both Haunter the fate of being doubled deadified and simply capture them instead, as if nothing else he could turn a quick profit off them and put them in the hands of someone that could discipline them.

That, and murdering Haunter around his mercenary (who presumably is just letting Ven run the show while he acts as bodyguard just in case) who OWNED one himself wasn't particularly a considerate or nice thing to do, even if they DID nearly froze his dear sister's soul with their Shadow Balls....

The first fiend was capture without a fuss, but when the second one defiantly popped right back out, Ven - who was left panting and sweaty after letting loose all the pent up RAGE at the Haunter and just being in Barrow Downs - gave that one a extremely nasty glare, before he shook his head and let out a foul curse under his breath and retrieved the Steel Ball, put it away, and tossed out a regular Pokeball instead. If that fail and broke the ball, then he would aim his Great Ball at it next. Fail THAT, and Ven would just swear even more profusely and storm out of Barrow Downs and back to the Candelabra, not wanting to linger in that PLACE any longer than need be, in case something like a Duskinior or Mismagius decided stroll on in and make his life interesting. He had enough of that with Chandelure, thank you very much!

Order: Collect and store last Steel Ball, toss a regular Pokeball at it in the hopes that it will catch them, and then toss the Great Ball if that fails and breaks the Pokeball. If both attempts fail (IE both balls break) then Ven's just going to cut his losses and regroup with Valder at the Candelabra, leaving the remaining Haunter 'alive' for self evident reasons. At the Candelabra, if its possible and Nylon is not around to explicitly authorize it, have them send out their Haunter to skulk around in the various planes of the room to find/drive out Chandelure. If that fails, just stop it right there while I decide if Ven's willing to do the worst.