[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Mikaruge108]

[...]"Does that mean that, whatever is BEHIND that door and possibly with the Artifact, is even more scary and dangerous than this Cofagrigus?"[...]

Spira shrugs; "It's highly possible." he cracks his knuckles, "But if it comes to a fight, I'm sure we can handle it!"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Original Posts

Shiva gently nudges Spira and whispers a questioning and worried "Does that mean that, whatever is BEHIND that door and possibly with the Artifact, is even more scary and dangerous than this Cofagrigus?" to him. Cold shiver run down her spine at the though of WHAT it could possibly be, ugh.

Spira shrugs; "It's highly possible." he cracks his knuckles, "But if it comes to a fight, I'm sure we can handle it!"

She faces the spectral coffin once more, the fire and determination within her eyes rekindle. "Noble Cofagrigus, what would you say if we all...would challenge whatever lurks behind the door?"

In response he opens one spectral palm, face upward, revealing one golden key. He quickly puts it away again, waiting for you to fulfill your end of the bargain.

To say Terra was surprised by Shiva's response was an understatement - he was visibly taken aback by it, caught completely off guard as he instinctual took a half step back and looked at her with a wide eye, dulled gaze. He had known that the mystical lass had been growing increasingly confidant and brave over the course of her journey, and had seen her demonstrate such improved qualities on multiple occasions, but.....not to the extent displayed right in front of him now. Were it any other person suggesting what she did, he'd consider them reckless or brazen fool (As one does not openly challenge something as dangerous looking as that Coffin Ghost and their cohorts), but from her....

The sagely monk couldn't help but smile a moment later, and let out a light chuckle.

"Heh.....bold spirit. Happy to see that, and you becoming so fierce. Very happy and proud to see such......improvement, Shiva." (...)

In respone to the spectral coffin, Shiva gasps sharply as they reveal a single golden key, she immediately understands that this one is holding some highly significant meaning and importance. Which this is in particular, she's innocent about though, but one thing is as certain as the creepyness of the Odd Keystone: Shiva wants to obtain and earn this golden key, regardless the cost. Regal Reshiram knows what secrets lie behind the door that matches this key!!! "Noble Cofagrigus, leader and caretaker of this Fossil Garden....", she adresses them reverently, "Are you telling us that if we deal with WHATEVER is behind the door down the path *points to it*, you'll let us have this key, yes? No tricks or lying on that?"

In response to the spectral breeder, the fire and willpower dormant within her starts to flare up even more fiercely. THAT is the determination and encouragement Shiva wants to see! "You.... You're right, I'm all willing for a good fight against the Ominous and Unknown!" Senpai's so cool!

In response to the mountain of a man, Shiva's pretty startled at first as he backs off of her, fearing that she said something innacceptable without realizing it. But just as her inner voice atarts to scold her for her mistake, Terra smiles and chuckles, which causes her give him a confused look. His words of praise however - they make her blush faintly and lightly punch his massive shoulder as if to say 'Stop flattering me like this, you...!' (>///<) Still, she gets the feeling that Ventus would be proud and impressed by his fae fancy if he'd be to see her now.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

(...) "We can get past the Ghosts and door by Digging. Go back a little, then start Digging under and past them. Should not take long, or get caught if we Dig deep enough. Saves our Strength and trouble from them too. *Looks at everyone* Well?"

As Terra speaks up to voice his thoughts, Shiva brings her full attention to him and almost stares at him with eyes that have a hard time concealing the sparkles and fire behind the lens. It's rare and strange to see her that fierce and determined, but there's no denying that she's itching heavily to do something.

A few moments pass in thick silence between mountain of a man and natural fae-ethusiast, but eventually the latter lets her head hang a little and tries to avoid the former's gaze by observing the super-interesting floor. "That's an idea, Terra... But..... We've already bypassed THAT darkest of all ghosts, we can't do exploit the same strategy forever. What if we dig past and beneath them, end up at that Egyptian Door and find it locked, or if while we're on it these Ghosts notice that we're after their treasure and decide to attack us, seeing us as intruders? I don't want to get caught, don't want them to be the aggressor - I wish to EARN this Artifact, I wish to see what treasures that spectral coffin and their kin has harbored there." She clenches her fist involuntarily, then boldly faces Terra in a sudden gesture. "Even if this means that we'll have to defeat them all."

As suddenly as she faced Terra however, as suddenly she averts her gaze again to peek once more at what's lying behind that Cofagrigus. "But these 2D Gengar and the Clefable Statues worry me, these poisonous shadowy ghosts - if we could dig beneath them and destroy them by a controled cave-in or well-placed RockSmash, we could minimize the amount of foes we'd have to face." There's still that Odd Keystone that's giving her a headache however, she feels if she would bring up her fairies to deal with IT fast, these Gengar would deal with them just as fast. "We... we should try avoiding direct contact with these Yamask as well, you know... their curse, their infamous Ability called 'Mummy'."


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Mechanics:
Is that possible/doable? I kinda want to have a dramatic boss-like battle to obtain this Artifact and perhaps one or two of the things Cofagrigus and Co. have harbored there, too curious to let things pass. BUT I don't want to leap head-first into a fight either, would rather do so with a plan. Iron, can you tell how many foes we'd have to face if it comes to a fight?

*Flashback!*

To say Terra was surprised by Shiva's response was an understatement - he was visibly taken aback by it, caught completely off guard as he instinctual took a half step back and looked at her with a wide eye, dulled gaze. He had known that the mystical lass had been growing increasingly confidant and brave over the course of her journey, and had seen her demonstrate such improved qualities on multiple occasions, but.....not to the extent displayed right in front of him now. Were it any other person suggesting what she did, he'd consider them reckless or brazen fool (As one does not openly challenge something as dangerous looking as that Coffin Ghost and their cohorts), but from her....

The sagely monk couldn't help but smile a moment later, and let out a light chuckle.

"Heh.....bold spirit. Happy to see that, and you becoming so fierce. Very happy and proud to see such......improvement, Shiva."

Despite his praise, he never the less shakes his head in disagreement a second later.

"....Still, don't think it good idea to Fight Ghosts.....directly. If we can....go around them without much trouble, we should. That is my opinion.....But if we do fight.....would not mind too much now. Should have good......tactics for battle, though."

Before he could outline said tactical actions, though, he saw the fae lady advise Lilith to Telekineticly snatch a fossil from the museum, causing his eyes to widen before he quietly and quickly retreated a far distance back + away from the main group, taking Angie and Oinari with him. The thought of leaving the group to handle what he believed to be an upcoming fiasco made him grimace, but he consoled himself with the fact that in that event he'd Ambush/Pincer Attack the Coffin Monster and the Gengar/Celfa. Statues in a surprise attack. If nothing bad happened after all, though, his flight would have no lasting consequences. 

Such was the rationale he used to assuade his guilt. Not the finest logic, but it worked.

*Flashback End!*

[Iron]

Original Posts

Shiva gently nudges Spira and whispers a questioning and worried "Does that mean that, whatever is BEHIND that door and possibly with the Artifact, is even more scary and dangerous than this Cofagrigus?" to him. Cold shiver run down her spine at the though of WHAT it could possibly be, ugh.

Spira shrugs; "It's highly possible." he cracks his knuckles, "But if it comes to a fight, I'm sure we can handle it!"

She faces the spectral coffin once more, the fire and determination within her eyes rekindle. "Noble Cofagrigus, what would you say if we all...would challenge whatever lurks behind the door?"

In response he opens one spectral palm, face upward, revealing one golden key. He quickly puts it away again, waiting for you to fulfill your end of the bargain.

In respone to the spectral coffin, Shiva gasps sharply as they reveal a single golden key, she immediately understands that this one is holding some highly significant meaning and importance. Which this is in particular, she's innocent about though, but one thing is as certain as the creepyness of the Odd Keystone: Shiva wants to obtain and earn this golden key, regardless the cost. Regal Reshiram knows what secrets lie behind the door that matches this key!!! "Noble Cofagrigus, leader and caretaker of this Fossil Garden....", she adresses them reverently, "Are you telling us that if we deal with WHATEVER is behind the door down the path *points to it*, you'll let us have this key, yes? No tricks or lying on that?"

In response to the spectral breeder, the fire and willpower dormant within her starts to flare up even more fiercely. THAT is the determination and encouragement Shiva wants to see! "You.... You're right, I'm all willing for a good fight against the Ominous and Unknown!" Senpai's so cool!

Nod. 

The crown comes out again, making just a brief appearance.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Nice!!! ( ÒωÓ)و☆ "And... you and your kin will leave us alone in the means of you won't backstab and start attacking us in any way, right? That'd be mutiny and betrayal, and it will discourage us from keeping our word to you. A deal is a deal, there are two sides involved in this."

Shiva would hold out her hand for Cofagrigus to shake with a ghostly of their own, but she doesn't do so for two reasons: 1. Touching this spectral coffin will spread Mummy over to her. 2. She does not want to arrange this possible deal without the other's opinion and agreement, so she turns her head to inquire Cosh, the Scimitars, Nathan and Heart: "Are you all...fine with this agreement? The moment whatever is behind that strange door is set loose, we're all in it."


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Mechanics:
Guess I'll get that dramatic bosslike battle I semi-wished for? However, are you fine with what's been negotiated with Cofagrigus at all @Dragonstrike and @Spiritmon? You haven't really given your thoughts yet.
Also, Iron, do we have to summon the Pokemon we'll use for this fight now or can we do so once it's revealed what the foe actually is? And can Terra participate in this potential battle at all since he backed off in the first place (Assuming you WANT to do so, @Lord Windos?)

[Iron]

You're not on the battlefield yet, so there's plenty of time for Windos to catch up. Likewise, you can't buff yet, and there's no reason to choose your pokes yet.

[Dragonstrike]

"...Cofagrigus didn't attack us on sight, so I don't have any complaints about helping.  Particularly if it gets us closer to what we're looking for."



Nathan does have another question for Cofagrigus, though.

"...if another king were to show up, though, someone worthy of pulling the sword...would you follow them?"

[Iron]

"...Cofagrigus didn't attack us on sight, so I don't have any complaints about helping.  Particularly if it gets us closer to what we're looking for."



Nathan does have another question for Cofagrigus, though.

"...if another king were to show up, though, someone worthy of pulling the sword...would you follow them?"

Every seam on the sarcophagus opens to emit a hideous laugh. That is your only answer!

[Lord Windos]

(Since Nathan has agreed to Shiva's Action, so does Terra [as soon as he gets back], so that means it's a majority vote to do as she planned! No more dithering around is necessary, in that case! Onward with the plot!)

[Dragonstrike]

Every seam on the sarcophagus opens to emit a hideous laugh. That is your only answer!

...that's definitely not creepy and open to interpretation at all...

...what kind of emotions does Gallade pick up from that, though?