[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

It just depends on what you ask her. For now, she just looks at you, ready for you to get on with it.

Was kinda waiting to see if Juni reacted to Nathan's jab at her and further assertion that she's very much not the one in control here, tbh.  But eh.

In any case, Nathan will let Terra ask most of the questions for now.  He might chip in depending on what's asked/said, though.

She's not being very reactive. She's playing it cool. Calam alone should be enough to give someone pause, even though she doesn't understand why he's so mad at her.

[Lord Windos]

It just depends on what you ask her. For now, she just looks at you, ready for you to get on with it.

Was kinda waiting to see if Juni reacted to Nathan's jab at her and further assertion that she's very much not the one in control here, tbh.  But eh.

In any case, Nathan will let Terra ask most of the questions for now.  He might chip in depending on what's asked/said, though.

(Oh! Well....alright then! Time for Terra to begin the interrogation!)

Since Nathan thus far didn't seem like he wanted to question Juni (For now....again), Terra took that as permission to get started on interrogating her himself.

"What was your......reason for chasing that man deeper into Skull Ruins, and trying to....get him killed? Why did you......kidnapped Thrawn and others, and try to harm my group? Where did you take the other people you kidnapped? What did you do to Thrawn's and other people's Pokemon? Where are your bases? .....Are you a leader of the Water Scimitars? Who are the leaders of the Water Scimitars? "

*Beat*

".....Why are you a Scimitar? What reason do you have doing such bad things, and being so.........mean? How do you.......know about time travel?"

That should do it for a first round of questioning!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Calam HATES Juni. It takes Shiva and Terra and Nathan, all three, to keep him from tearing her to shreds. He's managing to keep his face close to her, making her look him in the eyes, as part of his ongoing Taunt.

Shiva notices nothing about what Juni carries with her, does not carry with her or doesn't even own, and it's maybe even better as otherwise she'd be incredibly sorry for Juni lacking a hand and perhaps have that much mercy with her that she would abstain from clipping the cables of her gauntlet. She's practically the villain and leader of a small group of Water Scimitars and a disrespectful person, but Shiva just has a soft heart. :C

However, she's trying hard to prevent Calam from slaughtering her for his personal reasons, as that's just not necessary and would provide a horrible and disturbing view for everyone. The whole time she's talking the dark feline to senses, begging him to stop, appealing urgently to his better nature.

An extremely confused Thrawn has backed up behind Arcanine. Arcanine keeps shooting glances over his shoulder at his trainer, awaiting the moment they can have their reunion. But for now, he's busy growling at Juni who he knows to be a very big threat, and a personal one!

Haha, there aren't any qualms from the natural fae enthusiast for the good detective for taking cover behind his loyal fierly canine, she can understand this action throughtly. She has asked Arcanine to provide some cover to her and his rightful owner after all!~

Seeing how Arcanine wasn't happy at all to see this blue-haired woman but abstained from attacking her luckily, Shiva all carefully and softly lays a hand onto Arcanine's side, catching his attention this way. "Arcanine, stop.", she'd tell him in a gentle voice, "That woman is dealt with and taken care of well by all of us already. She IS quite the threat, you're right on this, but it is handled throughtly by us, we all are making sure that she's not getting a single chance to engage in some tricks." Her expression hardens for a moment: "IF she does, she will regret it with every fibre of her body." ... "Now then, please calm down. Look, as promised your owner's safe and sound, thank you for your trust to stick with me until being back by his side." She gifts the fierly canine a fond smile which simultaneously serves as a goodbye, it warms her heart to know that Arcanine and Detective Thrawn are reunited again. Aww!~

Concerning the latter, Shiva's the closest to him at the moment as the others are focusing more on Juni, so she'll speak up towards him as the first one. Her voice is careful, hesitant and gentle as she can sense his confusion very directly, it's almost tangible for her. "D.... detective? You're doing okay, you...maybe want a Persim Berry to help with overcoming the dazzle? All's well, everything's okay and fine now. Why you're here and what has happened will be explained to you, but at first: What has happened with you, where did the Scimitars took you, what have they done to you?"


Anything concerning the Megastone comes in a seperate post in a little.)

[Iron]

Bit of a flashforward:

Thrawn would say the money belongs to the Scimitar organization, and could be subject to criminal asset forfeiture. Of course, that wouldn't give the money to you guys, it would give the money to the League. His opinions on the morality of the situation would depend on your explanation of the time travel. The laws in 1000AD are a little different.

And bear in mind he's not a League representative. He's a private investigator, but he does have a law enforcement degree and a variety of licenses that let him do things that might be illegal to someone else.

[Iron]

Juni again tells the story of the artifacts. It matches up with what Geordie said. She knows a little more about them:

"The Four artifacts, hidden deep within the Skull Ruins. Forged from the steely flesh of Keenglaive. A helm to outrace the wind, a hauberk to protect and empower, a sword to pierce any defense, and a shield to weather any attack. They can only be wielded by warriors who are 'more than human.' Soon, our mystical arts will grant us that title, and we will carry the weapons against the Threat, which we expect to come sometime this decade. Ideal situation: that hotshot trainer gathers the weapons and dies, and we recover them from his corpse. More probably, he dies in there without finding them, and in our new forms we are able to find them ourselves."

"We only interfered with meddlers. We hid the eight trainers in our warehouse base and a base we have in Lake Chicory, which was recently excavated. As for the Scouts, I had them dropped deep within Earthstar Forest to test their skills! Hahaha!"

"The investigator's Pokemon were targeted by a magical spell based on the Confusion effect, heightened by our arts. It's only temporary. Aside from our two permanent bases, we have a moving camp along the Great River Greenbriar. Soon we will have a base on Cress Cliff, hidden within a building belonging to Almanac. Should be completed by early 2016."

"I lead this clade of Water Scimitars. My superior is named Coral. His superior is a woman with immense power and knowledge, but I don't know her name. She lives alone, separate from the rest of the group. She runs the entire organization. I should point out that these two will not risk much to save me, but they WILL try to silence me. In fact, only the time shift prevents my equipment from self-destructing. I can further tell you that I have friends in high places, and my mother in particular will stop at nothing to see me freed. I'll put in a good word if you let me go."

"Nice? You can't get anywhere in life being nice, big guy. That's why you're here threatening me with your Pokemon like cowards. That's why Almanac is rich and you are a destitute wanderer. But bad? I don't know if there is such a thing. It's really none of my business what you think of my methods, but surely you have to see avoiding the end of the world as a good thing?"

"Anyone would be a Scimitar if they could. Our methods are far superior to Pokemon battling - safer, more versatile. More connected. And the world respects us. As for time travel, I already told you I sensed it with Alakazam's Trace."

[Iron]

Calam HATES Juni. It takes Shiva and Terra and Nathan, all three, to keep him from tearing her to shreds. He's managing to keep his face close to her, making her look him in the eyes, as part of his ongoing Taunt.

Shiva notices nothing about what Juni carries with her, does not carry with her or doesn't even own, and it's maybe even better as otherwise she'd be incredibly sorry for Juni lacking a hand and perhaps have that much mercy with her that she would abstain from clipping the cables of her gauntlet. She's practically the villain and leader of a small group of Water Scimitars and a disrespectful person, but Shiva just has a soft heart. :C

However, she's trying hard to prevent Calam from slaughtering her for his personal reasons, as that's just not necessary and would provide a horrible and disturbing view for everyone. The whole time she's talking the dark feline to senses, begging him to stop, appealing urgently to his better nature.

He turns his scarred face to you, Shiva, and you see his scar is in the EXACT same place as Dizzy's wound from Nidoqueen. His look says "How can you ask me to stand down after what this woman has done TO ME?"

[Iron]

Arcanine doesn't stand down while Juni is conscious.

Thrawn: "I'm unharmed. Just...very confused? With Arcanine...oh, Arcanine!...I will be alright. Those robed men and women knocked me out and hid me in a room, where I recovered consciousness. Next thing I know, I'm here. That's it. I wasn't interrogated, though I'm sure it was on their agenda."

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Juni again tells the story of the artifacts. It matches up with what Geordie said. She knows a little more about them:

"The Four artifacts, hidden deep within the Skull Ruins. Forged from the steely flesh of Keenglaive. A helm to outrace the wind, a hauberk to protect and empower, a sword to pierce any defense, and a shield to weather any attack. They can only be wielded by warriors who are 'more than human.' Soon, our mystical arts will grant us that title, and we will carry the weapons against the Threat, which we expect to come sometime this decade. Ideal situation: that hotshot trainer gathers the weapons and dies, and we recover them from his corpse. More probably, he dies in there without finding them, and in our new forms we are able to find them ourselves."

"We only interfered with meddlers. We hid the eight trainers in our warehouse base and a base we have in Lake Chicory, which was recently excavated. As for the Scouts, I had them dropped deep within Earthstar Forest to test their skills! Hahaha!"

"The investigator's Pokemon were targeted by a magical spell based on the Confusion effect, heightened by our arts. It's only temporary. Aside from our two permanent bases, we have a moving camp along the Great River Greenbriar. Soon we will have a base on Cress Cliff, hidden within a building belonging to Almanac. Should be completed by early 2016."

"I lead this clade of Water Scimitars. My superior is named Coral. His superior is a woman with immense power and knowledge, but I don't know her name. She lives alone, separate from the rest of the group. She runs the entire organization. I should point out that these two will not risk much to save me, but they WILL try to silence me. In fact, only the time shift prevents my equipment from self-destructing. I can further tell you that I have friends in high places, and my mother in particular will stop at nothing to see me freed. I'll put in a good word if you let me go."

"Nice? You can't get anywhere in life being nice, big guy. That's why you're here threatening me with your Pokemon like cowards. That's why Almanac is rich and you are a destitute wanderer. But bad? I don't know if there is such a thing. It's really none of my business what you think of my methods, but surely you have to see avoiding the end of the world as a good thing?"

"Anyone would be a Scimitar if they could. Our methods are far superior to Pokemon battling - safer, more versatile. More connected. And the world respects us. As for time travel, I already told you I sensed it with Alakazam's Trace."

"Yeah. Veeeery superior battle battling. So much superior that you and your subordinates get beat by a group of young trainers. Well, you could we have a...extra pair of HANDS to beat you?" Heart chuckle. "Don't feel bad like that old lady, need a...HAND to stand up? I only begin lady. I have a LOT of...HANDful puns with me."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Shiva looks up when Nathan unexpectedly comes over to her, she figuratively shrinks a little in size due to being startled before figuratively growing to twice her height due to the strong sense of protection she feels towards Arcanine and Detective Thrawn. Vaporeon still by her side takes the opportunity to let out a held-back hiss towards Nathan, just in case.

When being offered something, she more automatically than consciously accepts it in a cupped hand, but she completely fails to mask her suprise and confusion. "Alaka-what? For me? Well, thanks, but.... ?????? Did Juni carry this with her? Is it...really okay that I'll take it then? Is that....a real Megastone? T....thank you....!!" A true and honest smile towards Nathan, an amazed look at this stone, and it's securely packed way.

She's not very familar with how Megastones and Megaevolution works though, given she's a born Unovian. She has seen Pokemon megaevolving on screen already and has some theoretical knowledge from books about this, like she knows there's need for a matching 'Key Stone' to have Helios become a curious Mega Alakazam. Eh.... Now it'll be a sort of side quest for her to get her hands on one.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Juni again tells the story of the artifacts. It matches up with what Geordie said. She knows a little more about them:

"The Four artifacts, hidden deep within the Skull Ruins. Forged from the steely flesh of Keenglaive. A helm to outrace the wind, a hauberk to protect and empower, a sword to pierce any defense, and a shield to weather any attack. They can only be wielded by warriors who are 'more than human.' Soon, our mystical arts will grant us that title, and we will carry the weapons against the Threat, which we expect to come sometime this decade. Ideal situation: that hotshot trainer gathers the weapons and dies, and we recover them from his corpse. More probably, he dies in there without finding them, and in our new forms we are able to find them ourselves."

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Spoiler

"I lead this clade of Water Scimitars. My superior is named Coral. His superior is a woman with immense power and knowledge, but I don't know her name. She lives alone, separate from the rest of the group. She runs the entire organization. I should point out that these two will not risk much to save me, but they WILL try to silence me. In fact, only the time shift prevents my equipment from self-destructing. I can further tell you that I have friends in high places, and my mother in particular will stop at nothing to see me freed. I'll put in a good word if you let me go."

"Nice? You can't get anywhere in life being nice, big guy. That's why you're here threatening me with your Pokemon like cowards. That's why Almanac is rich and you are a destitute wanderer. But bad? I don't know if there is such a thing. It's really none of my business what you think of my methods, but surely you have to see avoiding the end of the world as a good thing?"

"Anyone would be a Scimitar if they could. Our methods are far superior to Pokemon battling - safer, more versatile. More connected. And the world respects us. As for time travel, I already told you I sensed it with Alakazam's Trace."

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Terra's expression hardens as Juni describes their callous plan for Nathan's father, but beyond that he doesn't comment, save for this: ".....How would your.....mystical arts make you More Than Human? Seem to make you Scimitars less than human instead..."

Oh, burn!

As for the fate of the rest of the campers/Scouts, that earned her an even darker glare as he clenched his own fists to restrain any.....ungentlemanly conduct on his part and keep his voice an even tone.

"Where is the location of the base in Lake Chicory? How would we find it, and get in? What are the....defenses of it, and how many Scimitars are......housed there? Is the.....Scimitar leadership there too? Or are they somewhere else?"

He's relieved that the Mind Control Spell wouldn't have lasted forever, but doesn't show it as he continues to interrogate the witch woman.

"Moving camp? Who leads it? What are its numbers? Its.....common travel routes and......operations. Are their any.......secret ways planned to get into future cliff base?"

...

"....Tell me more about Coral and......his boss. Power.....personality......capabilities......locations of them.......ties with groups outside of Scimitars. Everything you can about them. ....If you know your bosses would......kill you, why do you work for them? .....And who are your 'friends' and mother? What......resources and powers do they have, and.....what can they do to us?"

As to Juni's comeback to the group's treatment to her, he doesn't get even slightly angry, and only calmly retorts with this:

"Yes, you can. It is hard, but not impossible. We are only treating you like this because you deserve and earned it. Like my mother says: 'Do unto others, as they do unto you.' And you have done very bad by me, my friends, and many others. I warned you not to try and harm my group. Gave you chance to leave in peace. Told that you would regret it if you did not listen. Now....you do. You can not blame us for you treatment. Only yourself. Simple as that."

*Beat, then glares at Juni*

"I don't want to be a Scimitar. Neither do my friends, or anyone that knows how bad you all are, or can be. Saving world is a good thing, yes, but you don't have do evil to do it. That is what I believe."