[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

(I didn't decide yet the offense team but I have a suggestion toward everyone)

Kogeki look towards the group of Snovers foes. "Even for us it's gonna be difficult in defeat such powerful and large number foes. My suggestion is divide to conquer. My suggestion is me sneak behind them, and lure most of them no another place." Kogeki then points towards Susano'o. "Susano'o is capable of Mega Evolve, and Gama can change types at his will. And even without a Pokemon, I can fight." He Pat his sword. "You have my word as a ninja I will come back alive with the Snovers defeated. That way the battle will be easier."

To save time and avoid being overly wordy, Ran would consent/be fine to Kogeki's own plans for helping deal with the Snover masses. He's not too thrilled about the idea (He considers Ambushing/Stealth to be unecessarily risky, in most cases), but he's confidant enough in the one armed ninja's and his Pokemon's Skill in Stealth to not complain/object to it. That, and because he trusts them and respect their capabilities too, after the small but momentous number of times they've bonded with each other.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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That earns Ran a poisonous glare from the colorful musician, and an answer spit out so neutrally that it's painful and ringing back in one's ears for a while longer. "NO. Ran, just battlin' and faintin' every 'Mon ya come across is NOT THE WAY TO GO, these Snover in particular might KNOW stuff, stuff I WANT TO KNOW TOO. If they're beaten 'n burnt to a freakin' crisp, they CAN'T answer us and by no way they'll want to either, at worst we'll start a damn commotion in that icy hellhole, Zephy knows what the freakin' heck is waiting behind those doors."

He has to take a deep breath after these tempered words. "Let's just...... only attack if we need to d'fend ourselves from 'em, OKAY ?" Kee's looking like he won't accept a 'no' as an answer.

Something Kee is also up to do is send Octavia to meet them and inquire them about stuff additionally to Karen's empathic guess, as Sylveon are known to read feelings simply by making contact with their ribbons. She's a brave faeeveelution that'd do that simply because Kee's asking for that.

*Flashback - I say this happens after he gave his opinion on which way to go forward and his stance on their idea of peace with the Snover in response to Kee's own suggested course of action, and that the above response occurred afterwards (If that makes sense)*

Ran returns their animosity FULL FORCE with a positively molten and mean look of his own, marching right up to them and jabbing a finger into their calf, his own tone quiet, even, but shimmering with frustration.

"Get off ya fucking high horse and stop acting like such a nitwit, Kee. Down here, in this blatantly and dangerously twisted up place and in any other wild and untamed lands, NOBODY can afford to take such fanciful and hopeful risks like ya one you're proposing, unless they know beyond ALL REASONABLE DOUBT that'll it work out or won't be utterly screw them over if it doesn't. All the potential, POTENTIAL intel we could squeeze out of those Snovers by trying to ain't worth the possibility of them just getting the jump on us and freezing us all solid with Powder Snows or Blizzards if they don't want to play nice and friendly with us OR if things go awry, so better we just Faint the lot and not invite that disaster upon us. If that Attracts any more trouble to us, then we'll take care of it like what we should do with those Christmas trees: with full force."

The dwarven craftsman shakes his head, and then jerked it back towards the direction the stairs were at, his face hard as a rock and just as unyielding.

"No. N. O. If ya want to do be an idiot and have us try to be peacekeepers here, I will have no part in such a foolishness. I'll leave ya to deal with the Snover by yourself, and conduct my own investigations independently from ya, as I rather risk it going it alone than abide by what you're trying to sell me on. That is that, end of discussion."

His word were less hostile/contemptuous this time, but they were far more firm and unyielding. If Kee was going to try Diplomacy, then Ran was out of there and would go off to investigate the Room past the first set of Doors the group came across in the previous room, with or without anyone else joining him. The bristly blacksmith plain refused and STRONGLY disagreed with the sour dandy's proposal/plan/stance/counterargument, so if they want to try their hand at peace with the Snover, then count him out.

(It's fun to image Ran hissing at Kee like that when the latter is probably about twice as big height-wise. ^^)


As potential and venomous Ran's reply was, musical rave-guy was not as impressed or intimidated by it as the blacksmith would have wanted him to be, for the simple reasons that he won't let a smol man mess with him like that and he's not really up to accerate and light this already heated clash of opinons even more, even if it'd warm him up in this icy hellhole. Oh, and because he actually likes Randolph so far and doesn't want to burn bridges with him before they've gotten to that job the good professor has thrown onto them all just because.

That means, the only thing Kee's doing is give Ran a glare that a Mega Arbok would be proud of, then turn his gaze away and neutrally declare something along the lines of "Nope, I'm not coming down from that high horse of mine, never!, because it's much more fun to ride it through the clouds 'n rainbows while blasting some hard trance and be free from all the problems and fights down on earth than being semi-forced to deal with nasty stuff and family issues the system's throwing at ya with utmost joy. *smug smile*" Give or take it, but that's suprisingly deep when coming from him.

Humm, heavily wary could make them prone to attack if hit a sensitive nerve, but Kee's got a potential plan how to bypass that: He'll let Octavia approach these Snover while mimicing a hurt and hungry Sylveon that got lost in this Temple and is desperately looking for help, and see how they react to that. If they give themselves helpful, he'll reveal himself first towards them to speak with them and hopefully get some answers about that sunset-glow, then the others could do so. If the Snover attack Octavia either way (she's asked to clash any attacks with a Disarming Voice and leap back to Kee the moment they take an offensive assault), that not only proves that they are cruel but also that nothing speaks about fighting them then.

I'd like to wait and see what Mika's suggestion to do in that scenario before engaging in anything though please.

[Mikaruge108]

"Uhm the Snover don't seem hostile, at least at this moment, but no guarantees that they'll remain that way." Karen brushes her bangs out of her face (again?!) "Let me try something as well, go Lopunny." Lopunny appears, and after a little bit of preening, gives a look that says 'How can I help you?' her basic orders are to add to Octavia's act and to be backup for her in case things go wrong. If needed, perform and allure rolls are 6D6 and 8D6, respectively.

[Dragonstrike]

Two Insight + Contest + Perform checks versus a group Insight + Survival + Alert check for the Snover.

Lopunny: (5)(1)(3)(6)(3)(5)(4)(4)(3) 5 successes
Octavia: (6)(6)(2)(3)(6)(6)(5)(1)(4)(2)(4) 7 successes
Snover: (5)(4)(3)(2)(1)(5)(2)(3)(5)(6) 5 successes

When Octavia wanders up, looking lost and confused, the Snover ALSO look rather confused once they notice her.  A shiny Sylveon isn't a common sight in the Temple.  And neither is the Lopunny that follows.

Unfortunately, Lopunny also appearing is a little TOO suspicious, and the Snover don't buy the act at all.  The Snover all turn to face the newcomers and the direction they came from, immediately even more wary and suddenly a lot more quiet now that they're on the lookout for possibly unwelcome company.  They aren't attacking right away since Octavia and Lopunny haven't, but they definitely look like they're ready for a fight.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

*insert lots of mental cursing from Kee here, because it's been sooo close to working*

Very well. Octavia's got clear orders to not attack unless she has to defend herself (that defense is said clash), so she won't as these Snover aren't either for now. She stops approaching them the moment they turn to face her, and instantly takes the stance of a very scared and fearful feline, kinda like this cat, all in the meanining of 'Please dontchu attack, we mean no harm! >.< "

She also waves her ribbons widely, scattering fairy dust an sparkling scales everywhere as a Sylveon is able to calm fights and hostility by doing that especially and/or simply by 'being there', see some Pokedex Entries. Depending what an effect that has on the Snover, she'll either leap backwards to disappear behind the corner and back to Kee, or he'll reveal himself and start proposing questions about that orange glow.

From the look of it though, he starts to feel that the chance of the Snover NOT freezing him into an ice block upon doing that are low, rather low, so that'd be the moment to prepare Pokemon to  fight them, aka setting up the party with the Portable PCs and choosing (not yet summoning) battlers.

That leads me to a question: Will it hail in that fight too (that influences my choice of 'Mon for that Encounter), how many Pokemon can each of us send out in the space we have in that corridor?

[Dragonstrike]

That leads me to a question: Will it hail in that fight too (that influences my choice of 'Mon for that Encounter), how many Pokemon can each of us send out in the space we have in that corridor?

It will be hailing, yes.  There's enough space on the 'stage' for everyone to summon 2 pokemon each if you come out of hiding, but only enough space for 4 human sized pokemon in the corridor.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Neither Octavia, Draven, Core (as long as he's not a Paraboom) or Yurei count as human-sized, so I'm passing on a wild card to the others on that instance.

[Mikaruge108]

*mental facepalms* "Well that was botched." Well for starters, Karen tries to (discreetly) call Lopunny back over to her. Now for the fun part; "I hope I don't regret this..." She goes out to the Snover, her palms up in the universal gesture meaning 'I mean no harm' then soothingly addresses the Snover; "Woah, woah, don't attack! My friends and I just want to get through to investigate something and don't want to bring you harm, so could you let us pass without incident?"
Time for her top-tier empathy roll! Insight(3)+Contest(5)+Empathy(5)= 13D6

[Lord Windos]

Since Dragonstrike moved on without waiting for my input, I'll say that Ran doesn't run off and does his own thing/investigations for now (Kee managed to 'convince' him to linger, if only out of exasperation with their behavior), but in NO WAY offers them ANY help or assistance with what he now rightly believed to be a hopelessly optimistic and bad idea. Not even when they failed in it their ruse, as he's content with leaving his partners and their Pokemon to deal with their the bed they've made as a harsh lesson for not listening to him and acting more cautiously/pragmatically . If those peaceniks want to do things their foolish way, he's bloody going to let them and hold the accountable when the outcome inevitably goes sour like spoiled Moo Moo Milk.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Ah.... Karen went off a tad bit too fastly for the colorful musician to have him wish her good luck on that action and ruffle her hair additionally because that's fun, but she surely has some guts and courage within her. That's cool! She gains a few sympathy points for that.

The least he can do is give Octavia a handgesture of 'Protect her from being harmed by the Snovers'.