[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Powder Snow doesn't reveal anything, as the room is rather barren aside from the chest.

As soon as Randolph and Brigid walk into the room, though, they trigger a trap that the blacksmith hadn't spotted!  Two sets of icicles drop from the ceiling!

Icicle Crash Trap
(1)(6)(5)(1)(5)
(3)(6)(1)(5)(3) 2 hits, one on Randolph, one on Brigid
6 - 1/4 - NVE = 5/2 D6
(2)(2)(5)(3)(4) Randolph takes 2 damage 4/6 HP -1 Pain
(6)(5) Brigid takes 1 damage

*rolls*

Checking the room for hidden passages turns up nothing except a barren room.  The chest (which is wooden) is also frozen shut.

(If Randolph had entered this room by himself, btw, he would have fainted from how well I rolled for that trap's damage)

(I cal bs, btw, as Catherine should by all rights have triggered that trap by entering the room first from sweeping it)

Solution for Opening Chest: Puck Power-Up Punching it open, either by breaking the Ice that's sealing it or just repeatidly hitting the chest until it cracks open. Ran will be at the door/entrance BEFORE he get's his Pokemon to open the chest, and this time he ain't budging from there (He'll have his Pokemon take whatever Items there to him, first stopping to check with Diam, who'll check each Item(s) behind a Detect barrier by thoroughly fiddling about with it

[Mikaruge108]

Spoiler

The Snover carefully eye three trainers who revealed themselves, then turn and appear to discuss something, the wind and hail howling around both parties all the meanwhile.  After several minutes of this, they nod in unison, and the one that's apparently the 'leader' steps forward.  It raises its arms above its head, trying to look taller, then points to the group and mimes punching something.  It then points to the hallway with the sunset glow, and the whole group of Snover move so the three trainers can pass.

Okay, that worked pretty well.
Karen puts her palms together and mouths "Thank you" and heads on toward the light, readying for a potential fight.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The Snover carefully eye three trainers who revealed themselves, then turn and appear to discuss something, the wind and hail howling around both parties all the meanwhile.  After several minutes of this, they nod in unison, and the one that's apparently the 'leader' steps forward.  It raises its arms above its head, trying to look taller, then points to the group and mimes punching something.  It then points to the hallway with the sunset glow, and the whole group of Snover move so the three trainers can pass.

Yaaay, that worked out perfectly! But before they'd move on and towards that sunsety glow, Kee would clear his throat and catch the Snover's attention. "You deserve thanks for letting us pass like that, your generosity is thankfully notic'd. B'fore we, I, go though, will you allow me to propose one or two questions to ya? Just...some that are of curious and interested nature towards this place and this glow." He waves to it, and awaits the Snover's reply before asking those questions because 1. they were acting extremely wary and hussh-hush before, and 2. he feels that being too forward in this case might change their mind and trigger their aggressive nature.

He also takes a moment to turn around, just to get the joy of seeing Ran being wrong and the pacifistic way has worked in the end. Ah, but he's not there. σ(￣、￣〃) Eh.... his closest guess is that he was so mad that he turned into steam or has gone off on his own. ..........He's a grown adult and doesn't look like someone who'll get in trouble easily, so Kee's positive that he'll get along on his own - for how long though, he's completely innocent about.

That's STILL not everything the colorful musician does before moving on, as with a gentle gesture to not accidently startle her, he places a whitish-purple feather behind Karen's right ear/into her hair, it's obviously one Yurei once shed (he keeps those). When asked what the heck that's for, he just displays a telling smile: "Just a reminder. A reminder for you in particular, as I owe you somethin' for having saved the situation when Octavia would have been most certainly attacked and at worst fainted by these large Snover. You d'serve thanks for that, I insist on repayin' ya for that act sometime and somehow, just lemme know how."
(Means, you practically have a figurative coupon for a favour from Kee now. Use it well for anything you like and think of: Stuff like a friendly training battle, asking him or his Pokemon a personal question, free tickets to Roxie's next concert, holding + playing a few riffs on his own electric guitar [that'd make him a nervous mess though given how protective he is over that guitar] Can be anytime, at any place, just come to him reminding on that favour)


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Edit of the current situation:
   
(That's just my guess, I take no responsibility that it's 100% correct)

[Dragonstrike]

(I assumed Catherine used Powder Snow, a ranged attack that covers a wide area, to sweep the room from the doorway without entering it)

When Puck punches the chest...

Power-Up Punch
(4)(5)(5)(2)(5)(6)(4)(3)(3)(3) *crunch!*  That's a crit!
(6)(6)(4)(6)(1) 5 damage

...the ice shatters, and so does the lock on the chest!  It looks like the chest is barely being held together by old, fragile, rotting wood.  If the attack had been any stronger, the whole chest might have fallen apart.

The chest itself is not trapped.  Inside it is a TM for Calm Mind!

[Dragonstrike]

The Snover don't seem to have any objections to being questioned.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

When Puck punches the chest...

Power-Up Punch
(4)(5)(5)(2)(5)(6)(4)(3)(3)(3) *crunch!*  That's a crit!
(6)(6)(4)(6)(1) 5 damage

...the ice shatters, and so does the lock on the chest!  It looks like the chest is barely being held together by old, fragile, rotting wood.  If the attack had been any stronger, the whole chest might have fallen apart.

The chest itself is not trapped.  Inside it is a TM for Calm Mind!

When Puck waltzed up and presented to him the TM for Calm Mind, Randolph was at first confused, as why in the world would such a technological Item be doing in such a decrepit chest deep down in an ancient Temple? Then he remembered that this place was currently a hotzone for the sort of supernatural activity that would allow for such out-of-place artifact, and shrugged off the discovery, giving his ironclad fae a pat on the head for his handy work.

"Nicely done, Puck. You've been a lot of help to me here, and I just want to say I appreciate it. Thank ya."

Randolph then returns Puck and makes his way back to the stairs, and once there (and making sure nothing unfriendly had wandered by in his abscene), he'll teach Diam Calm Mind! Now she has a method to hone her senses and intellectual in order to do even more tricksy things, we he he!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The Snover don't seem to have any objections to being questioned.

Alright. He takes a deep breath before voicing the thoughts: "This stage-thing up there-" He points to it, "It is used for things a stage is normally used for? You probably understand. Additionally, have you just been on your way to this stage, having prepared yourself for a performance on it or similar?" That sounds very weird to him, but it's a valid thought given the observations?! "You gave yourself louder, much louder than normal Snover also are, and you're coming from the room ahead where that orange light and icy wind's comin' from. I take.....all of this, that glow, this wind, your increades size and volume is all connected with each other?"

[Dragonstrike]

The Snover don't seem to have any objections to being questioned.

Alright. He takes a deep breath before voicing the thoughts: "This stage-thing up there-" He points to it, "It is used for things a stage is normally used for? You probably understand. Additionally, have you just been on your way to this stage, having prepared yourself for a performance on it or similar?" That sounds very weird to him, but it's a valid thought given the observations?! "You gave yourself louder, much louder than normal Snover also are, and you're coming from the room ahead where that orange light and icy wind's comin' from. I take.....all of this, that glow, this wind, your increades size and volume is all connected with each other?"

Stage question: the Snover shake their heads.

Connection question: the Snover look at each other, not sure how to answer it.  A simple yes or no doesn't seem to be enough.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Ah. What a stage is used for otherwise than the obvious, Kee's completely lost about.  ".....Okay. Okay then." He gives off a handgesture of 'calm down again', takes a deep breath and appreciates Octavia's soothing. "Then, uh.... How to d'scribe it... Do you KNOW what this stage's used for, is it a stage in the first place? A simple 'yes' or 'no' 's sufficient for me. Some Unown Text told us to go 'n find a stage, that's why I'm so persientent, ya know...." He struggles a bit to find proper words how to continue.

Eventually, he brings the Snover's attention back to him when they are lost about his further question. "Then...lemme paraphrase things: Have you interacted with this orange glow to become so large 'n loud, stepped through it or so? You are coming from the room it is coming from after all. Can you maybe... No, do you have any idea WHO or WHAT is causing that glow or that icy wind down here? Just a 'yes' or 'no' will do it, that's all I'd like to know from ya."


Do the others have any questions towards the Snover too actually or is Kee solely questioning them? If they have, he'll give them time to propose them in between or after his own.

[Dragonstrike]

Ah. What a stage is used for otherwise than the obvious, Kee's completely lost about.  ".....Okay. Okay then." He gives off a handgesture of 'calm down again', takes a deep breath and appreciates Octavia's soothing. "Then, uh.... How to d'scribe it... Do you KNOW what this stage's used for, is it a stage in the first place? A simple 'yes' or 'no' 's sufficient for me. Some Unown Text told us to go 'n find a stage, that's why I'm so persientent, ya know...." He struggles a bit to find proper words how to continue.

Eventually, he brings the Snover's attention back to him when they are lost about his further question. "Then...lemme paraphrase things: Have you interacted with this orange glow to become so large 'n loud, stepped through it or so? You are coming from the room it is coming from after all. Can you maybe... No, do you have any idea WHO or WHAT is causing that glow or that icy wind down here? Just a 'yes' or 'no' will do it, that's all I'd like to know from ya."


Do the others have any questions towards the Snover too actually or is Kee solely questioning them? If they have, he'll give them time to propose them in between or after his own.

The Snover shake their heads in response to both questions.

They do nod when asked if they know who's causing the frigid, howling wind, though.  The 'leader' stretches its arms above its head again, trying to look larger.