[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Dragonstrike]

Once everyone's finished doing business with Professor Rowan, he opens a second compartment in the briefcase and pulls out a bunch of items.

"Seeing as at least a few of you are probably going to be exploring the Snowpoint Temple tomorrow, and we have reasonable evidence to assume that it might be related to what's going on, I can give you the supplementary supplies now."

Everyone gets:
- 6 Potions
- 3 Super Potions
- 5 Full Heals
- 10 Pokeballs
- 5 Great Balls
- 3 Dusk Balls
- 1 Max Potion
- 4 Revives
- 5 Leppa Berries (50-50 chance of restoring 1 Will Point when consumed)
- Portable PC (Key Item.  Access your PC from anywhere!  But only outside of battle)

Rowan offers a hush hush explanation on that last item, which is a wrist watch of sorts.  "That's some rather experimental tech that Bill, the original creator of the PC system, has been working on for around a year or so.  This seemed like a good opportunity for it to be field tested.  He doesn't recommend trying to use it in battle, as it's a rather large distraction from the action.  And as you probably all know, being distracted from a fast paced pokemon battle isn't usually a good thing.  Oh, and don't tell anyone outside of our little group what those watches do.  Bill wants to make sure they work before he starts to spread the news."

Rowan also pulls out two Berry Pots and hands them to the group to divvy up as they wish.

"You can plant berries in these and grow small berry trees and bushes.  They don't produce as many berries as planting them in a proper berry field, but they can be carried around with you."

Rowan then closes the briefcase, stands, and picks it up.  "Well then, I believe we all need to get a little rest now.  I will see you all tomorrow.  Do be careful if you head to the Snowpoint Temple."

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It is now Day 2.  June 7th, 2018. Every character (both human and pokemon) gains 1 Will Point.

(If you want to Flashback to Kee doing a quick 3rd encounter of some kind before turning in for the night, we can do that, Phantom)

Weather: (5)(2) Average.  Which means the forecast for today is...

Hail.  Lots and lots of Hail.  Be careful if you're battling outdoors, folks!

The encounter list has reset, making it (almost) identical to the one at the start of Day 1, which can be found here.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Ohhhhh, a portable PC as a Key Item - Kee will stay up half the night to implement/synchronize it with his laptop, this can be taken as a 3rd Encounter. (You're a fool, go to sleep.)

I won't respond today anymore, it's getting late - but can you possibly roll a dice to determine how heavy his hangover from last evening is? This will determine the further actions to a degree, but it won't change the plans of visiting the temple.

[Dragonstrike]

I won't respond today anymore, it's getting late - but can you possibly roll a dice to determine how heavy his hangover from last evening is? This will determine the further actions to a degree, but it won't change the plans of visiting the temple.

Vitality Check: (5)(5)(1) 2 successes.  Kee's got a slight headache in the morning.  Nothing too terrible, but he definitely knows it's there.

[Spiritmon]

I take the challenge against Gym. It's time to finally meet the snow princess in person. Gonna change Party later.

[Mikaruge108]

Spoiler

Once everyone's finished doing business with Professor Rowan, he opens a second compartment in the briefcase and pulls out a bunch of items.

"Seeing as at least a few of you are probably going to be exploring the Snowpoint Temple tomorrow, and we have reasonable evidence to assume that it might be related to what's going on, I can give you the supplementary supplies now."

Everyone gets:
- 6 Potions
- 3 Super Potions
- 5 Full Heals
- 10 Pokeballs
- 5 Great Balls
- 3 Dusk Balls
- 1 Max Potion
- 4 Revives
- 5 Leppa Berries (50-50 chance of restoring 1 Will Point when consumed)
- Portable PC (Key Item.  Access your PC from anywhere!  But only outside of battle)

Rowan offers a hush hush explanation on that last item, which is a wrist watch of sorts.  "That's some rather experimental tech that Bill, the original creator of the PC system, has been working on for around a year or so.  This seemed like a good opportunity for it to be field tested.  He doesn't recommend trying to use it in battle, as it's a rather large distraction from the action.  And as you probably all know, being distracted from a fast paced pokemon battle isn't usually a good thing.  Oh, and don't tell anyone outside of our little group what those watches do.  Bill wants to make sure they work before he starts to spread the news."

Rowan also pulls out two Berry Pots and hands them to the group to divvy up as they wish.

"You can plant berries in these and grow small berry trees and bushes.  They don't produce as many berries as planting them in a proper berry field, but they can be carried around with you."

Rowan then closes the briefcase, stands, and picks it up.  "Well then, I believe we all need to get a little rest now.  I will see you all tomorrow.  Do be careful if you head to the Snowpoint Temple."

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It is now Day 2.  June 7th, 2018.  Every character (both human and pokemon) gains 1 Will Point.

(If you want to Flashback to Kee doing a quick 3rd encounter of some kind before turning in for the night, we can do that, Phantom)

Weather: (5)(2) Average.  Which means the forecast for today is...

Hail.  Lots and lots of Hail.  Be careful if you're battling outdoors, folks!

The encounter list has reset, making it (almost) identical to the one at the start of Day 1, which can be found here.

Firstly, Abilities!

Spoiler

• Magneton: Sturdy
  
• Nidorina: Rivalry
  
• Lopunny: Cute Charm
  
• Aspid: Storm Drain
  
• Lotus: Natural Cure
  
• Mightyena: Moxie
  
• Rapidash: Flame Body
  
• Mr. Mime: Filter
  
• Noivern: Frisk
  
• Botan: Snow Cloak
  
• Skorupi: Sniper
  
• Wooper: Damp
  

As promised, Karen shows Rowan a few things Gastrodon seems to be exhibiting first thing for the day.
-The purple goop that he's hyper-secreting
-His Sludge attack
-His Hidden Power

[Dragonstrike]

Firstly, Abilities!

Spoiler

• Magneton: Sturdy
  
• Nidorina: Rivalry
  
• Lopunny: Cute Charm
  
• Aspid: Storm Drain
  
• Lotus: Natural Cure
  
• Mightyena: Moxie
  
• Rapidash: Flame Body
  
• Mr. Mime: Filter
  
• Noivern: Frisk
  
• Botan: Snow Cloak
  
• Skorupi: Sniper
  
• Wooper: Damp
  

Ah yes, good reminder.  Everyone, make sure you remember to set your pokemons' abilities for the day if you wish to change them!  This must be done before Encounter 1 for the day.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Once everyone's finished doing business with Professor Rowan, he opens a second compartment in the briefcase and pulls out a bunch of items.

"Seeing as at least a few of you are probably going to be exploring the Snowpoint Temple tomorrow, and we have reasonable evidence to assume that it might be related to what's going on, I can give you the supplementary supplies now."

Everyone gets:
- 6 Potions
- 3 Super Potions
- 5 Full Heals
- 10 Pokeballs
- 5 Great Balls
- 3 Dusk Balls
- 1 Max Potion
- 4 Revives
- 5 Leppa Berries (50-50 chance of restoring 1 Will Point when consumed)
- Portable PC (Key Item.  Access your PC from anywhere!  But only outside of battle)

Rowan offers a hush hush explanation on that last item, which is a wrist watch of sorts.  "That's some rather experimental tech that Bill, the original creator of the PC system, has been working on for around a year or so.  This seemed like a good opportunity for it to be field tested.  He doesn't recommend trying to use it in battle, as it's a rather large distraction from the action.  And as you probably all know, being distracted from a fast paced pokemon battle isn't usually a good thing.  Oh, and don't tell anyone outside of our little group what those watches do.  Bill wants to make sure they work before he starts to spread the news."

Rowan also pulls out two Berry Pots and hands them to the group to divvy up as they wish.

"You can plant berries in these and grow small berry trees and bushes.  They don't produce as many berries as planting them in a proper berry field, but they can be carried around with you."

Rowan then closes the briefcase, stands, and picks it up.  "Well then, I believe we all need to get a little rest now.  I will see you all tomorrow.  Do be careful if you head to the Snowpoint Temple."

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It is now Day 2.  June 7th, 2018.  Every character (both human and pokemon) gains 1 Will Point.

(If you want to Flashback to Kee doing a quick 3rd encounter of some kind before turning in for the night, we can do that, Phantom)

Weather: (5)(2) Average.  Which means the forecast for today is...

Hail.  Lots and lots of Hail.  Be careful if you're battling outdoors, folks!

The encounter list has reset, making it (almost) identical to the one at the start of Day 1, which can be found here.

Ran, after he collects his share of supplies with an appreciative whistle - "Well, ain't this a bountiful Skyfall? Probably going to need it all where I'm going and what I'll be doing, so appreciate dolling out the supplies early, Professor." - lets out a small, tired *sigh...* and nodded back to Old Fashion.

"Couldn't agree with ya more. See ya in the morn, everyone. I'll be up and about bright and early for the trip to the Temple, so anyone tagging along with me better get rise and shine with me, 'cause I don't like being kept waiting, in case ya didn't figure that out already. Rowan, I'll get back to ya later with my questions, so for now I'll say good night, and that I'll try my best not to get eviscerated during my investigations."

He then hops down from his seat and heads for his room, fiddling with the Portable PC he strapped to his wrist as he did so. To say he wasn't interested in this cutting edge piece of tech from the great Bill himself was untrue, but given its experimental nature he wanted to test it out in and out of the field before he got too worked about it. If it turned out to be a dud sooner or later, he'd try to tinker with to see what its all about, and determine if he couldn't get it to work again. PC Tech is not his field, but he was a smart and good with his hands, so he had good odds figuring out it worked regardless.

As for the Berry Pots, Ran obviously would want one to himself, plainly stating "Over half me partner uses Recovery Moves or the like, so I think I'll be needing that Pot more than most of ya." If he did end up getting one, he'd immediately plant one of his Leppa Berries in it and do what's necessary to start the horticultural process. He has a feeling he'll be needing a lot of Leppas in the coming days ahead, so best start on building the Berry Larder now rather than later!

Day 2

The first thing that Ran does in the morning is getting tangled up and hog tied in his sheets, courtesy of a prank by Diam and Puck last night, causing the short little man to curse loudly and profusely as he struggled to get out!

"DIAM, PUCK, YOU LITTLE *HEAVILY CENSORED*! WHEN I GET MYSELF FREE, TAN YOUR SCRAWNY HIDES LIKE A *HEAVILY CENSORED*!!"

Oh jeesh! Good thing all the rooms in a Center are soundproofed, right? Right?

After that and a round of breakfast for himself/his Pokemon (+ a stern scolding for his troublemakers, bah!), the bristly blacksmith goes to the Nurse Joy and asks if she knows where he can find Neuro Sensors for sale in Snowpoint, or at least give him a location he can start looking for them. He got sidetracked in his hunt/search for parts to build Kogeki's Robo Prosthetic, but he won't let that happen again so easily!

Before leaving the Center, his current line up of Pokemon are Diam, Beethoven, Brigid, Stymph, and Mystery Mons 1 and 2 on his team. Brigid will have her Charcoal replaced with a Fire Gem, Stymph will get Zorn's Life Orb, Mystery Mon 1 (B) will get Puck's Leftovers, and Mystery Mon 2 (S) will get the Rocky Helmet. Everyone but Zorn will and maybe Brigid will keep the Abilities they had yesterday for today, with Zorn getting to try out Rough Skin today and Brigid switching to White Smoke if and only if Drought would not work inside Snowpoint Temple (If that be the case, I'd be severely disappointed that realism had reared its ugly head here, but I'll live with it).

Next, he heads back to the jewelry store, and picks up the Alman Bangle and Dragon Gem Bling her ordered if possible (Or checking up on it if not). He'll send Byron his gift ASAP, while he keeps Zorn's gift to himself for now. He'll wait until later to give it to the scaled terror, right when they're in the most receptive mood for gift giving (and not liable to snap at him irritably).

Finally, he'll head to Snowpoint Temple, and either wait for anyone that wanted to join him to get there already, or heading straight in if they tagged along with him for the whole time. Old Wolfe would walk straight up the guard and look him sternly/seriously in the eyes, and plainly, concisely, but not impolitely say thus:

"Name's Randolph Schimdt. Here to investigate Snowpoint Temple with my partners *Jerks a thumb back at them*. Got permission from Candice to do so. We cleared for entry?"

[Spiritmon]

Ah yes, good reminder.  Everyone, make sure you remember to set your pokemons' abilities for the day if you wish to change them!  This must be done before Encounter 1 for the day.

Hmm for abilities for today:

• Susano'o: Sheer Force
  
• Izanami and Izanagi: Illusion and Prankster
  
• Gama-no-Senin: Protean
  
• Hime-no-Hachi: Speed Boost
  
• Aspidocheles: Harvest
  
• Larvitar: Guts
  
• Cleffa: Magic Guard
  
• Ralts: Trace
  
• Heracross: Guts
  

While Kogeki was testing his new portable PC he was with all his Pokemon with him: Including Hime-no-Hachi who once again leave to Dragonstrike introduce. He begin to make a research of his own. "Hmm, so to get access to the Snow temple, we need to beat the Gym Leader...she has a strong ice types, and even a Medidite with Ice Punch. This will requires strong strategy."

"Susano'o. You will be necessary in this battle. You Steel types along with Mega Evolution will be necessary in this battle."

"Izanagi and Izanami. Both of you will be necessary to super effective attacks, deceive and set defenses. Be aware though, she have a Sneasel, so be careful of her Dark-type moves."

"Gama. Abomasnow is the strongest Pokemon of Candice. Your Poison type moves could lend a hand in this battle in case Susano'o or Nagi get fainted. Can I count with you old friend?"

"Heracross. Your Fighting moves is a great weapon against such strong foes, so you are coming too."

"And finally...Hime." Then Kogeki look to his loyal fellow bug Kunoichi (Kunoichi is the name of females ninjas). "You will act as our last resort. Candice is a strong Ice Gym Leader, and Ice type is one of your weakness...but I know we can beat her. Dont forget you also have Final Gambit, so in case the situation prove difficult, we gonna gamble with such move. Can I count with you?"

"If everyone is ready, lets go!"

Also Dragonstrike, here the list of items each one will hold:

Gama: Shell Bell
Hime: Life Orb
Susano: Daikatunite
Heracross: Kings Rock
Izanagi and Izanami: Leftlovers and Quick Claw

These is also my party.

Any reaction of Kogeki Pokemon @Dragonstrike?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Given that none raised their hand and screamed 'Here!' about the second Berry Pot the professor offered, Kee eventually took that one - he has adapted his grandparent's preferance for healing Status Alignments with Berries and Pokemon Moves instead of with these human-made medicine, so that actually comes in handy. Up in his room while waiting for his laptop to boot, he carefully planted a Ranc Berry into it - Yurei watches with interest and silent delight. (How long does it roughly take until a new Berry can be harvested @Dragonstrike, is any special care required?)

What he also does is summoning that new Grotle in his care - he does not do more than leaving her food and water at the moment though. She shall get used to his presence at her own pace while he is busy there at his laptop. Being a nightowl surely's coming in handy as after having received a PORTABLE PC invented by BILL himself(!!!), he definitely does not yet feel like sleeping!~



++The next Day++

Mechanical things

All Pokemon's Abilities stay the same. Delta Grotle's will be Thick Fat indeed.
Do we get that heartbeat-XP here as well? (That free 1XP each Day)

When our local musician and colorful Trainer-guy eventually wakes up, he immediately feels like just staying here in bed and not even consider going outside. It's way too cozy and it's way too early, and he's suffering fron slight headaches. 'Slight', he has had worse and this doesn't feel like anything a 500mg pill of aspirin©, and extra-glass of water and Octavia's Heal Bell can't cure. But, he'll abstain from blasting some hardcore vibes into his head via headphones, at least for half the day. What's bothering him more is that he actually can't clearly remember HOW and WHEN he turned in for the night, the last thing he does remember is that sweet feeling of having made it to synchronize the Box-Viewer on his laptop with this special portable-PC-watch. He can't retrieve Pokemon from his laptop like he can with this watch - but it auto-updates itself now everytime a change either in his party or his assigned PC Boxes is made. Oh.... He should have taken that watch off during the night probably, damnit.

Eventually though, he somehow DOES make it out of bed more because he has to than because he wants to, before making his way down the Lobby he just watches the hailstones crashing into the street from the window of his room for a little and turns towards that snowy turtle the good professor has given into his care yesterday evening. He gets down to be on/around eye level with her and speaks in a gentle tone. "Well, good mornin', you... Having made yourself a home here? You know who I am as I told you yesterday evening, and I know who YOU are as well. Stay with me, listen to me - or not, I won't force ya to do so ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌ - and see how we work out together, shall we? We'll be heading to some snowy place together...."

"....But before that, eat and enjoy." Kee offers that Delta Grotle one Ranc Berry and a handful of Gourmet Food, curious to see whether she takes food from the hand. "Y'also need a name. Yesyes, you do need one even if you'd be to make your way back to the professor...." He looks and watches that special turtle for a while, mumbling more to himself that to them. "You surely are pretty in that white color... It's reminding me on colder nights, that chilling fresh breeze and that pleasant silence when stepping out of a noisy place. ....Juhani, that will be your name now. I like that ring - sounds good to ya too?"


When he finally goes down to the Lobby of the Center, the first thing he does is pick up his healed Pokemon, then find Karen down there (because I guess if she'll meet up with the Prof. due to Aspid, she'd wait for him in the Center): "Soooo... Will you come to visit and explore that temple here in town with me and Ran? Speaking of him.... *looking around* ...He probably already went outside, have ya seen him by chance?"

[Dragonstrike]

As promised, Karen shows Rowan a few things Gastrodon seems to be exhibiting first thing for the day.
-The purple goop that he's hyper-secreting
-His Sludge attack
-His Hidden Power

Professor Rowan can definitely meet Karen right away in the morning.  And he's definitely very interested in the traits that Aspid the Gastrodon is exhibiting.

"Curious...he definitely has many of the typical traits of a Poison type...Shellos and Gastrodon are commonly known to have more than a few venomous traits, as are Wooper and Quagsire, but this is certainly quite extreme...could you ask him to demonstrate his Ancient Power, please?"

Assuming Karen does, nothing about the Ancient Power seems to be out of the ordinary this time.

"...strange.  How did he learn that move, out of curiosity?  That's not a move that Shellos and Gastrodon are able to typically learn from what I know."