[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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When Kee question Kogeki why he would keep such thing as a piece of a god, he was silent. Like a predator waiting the prey to do a mistake. He then look to his own hand and said. "Not for treasure. More like...Revenge. Not because of my arm or face...but for someone I lost long ago. Someone that I love more than Earth and Heaven itself...and it was taken away from me..."

"And when you lost everything you care, you beg for god. Or gods. To have that person back. Even willing to offer your own life..."

Then Kogeki turn his back and look at Kee. Eyes filled with sadness...but also wrath against all creation.

"You know what was the answer Aotios and Mutios gave me?"

He drawn his sword, and then destroy the closest statue head. "Silence. Only silence."

He then return the sword in his belt. "...If I find the bastard responsible, I will make him scream in agony. And then pierce my blade in his heart...Whatever he is. Human. Demon. God. Doesn't matter...And if I can't save her...Not even Gods will be safe from my hatred. I will sent all of them to hell."

He then try to find a place to rest and recover his strength.

When Kogeki gives Kee, that actually happy-go-lucky and dandy raver of muscian, that sad and wrathful look, he returns it with one that appearantly(?) mirrors the sadness within; there's a a faint hint of understanding and insight too that only the most attentive ones would catch on. Kee's quick to break eye-contact again, however.

Also, he's INCREDIBLY relieved that the beautiful and useful Kanga-Statue is unharmed! Phew. Eventually, when Kogeki finished his story, Kee replies in a rather calm way: "WRONG. Not everyone would turn towards the gods. Silence from their side however... Well, ya ever thought 'bout them wanting ya to get along 'n get over things YOURSELF ? They MAY be Pokemon worshipped as gods... But it's NOT their duty t' make sure that everyone's happy 'n joyful like the most upbeat happy-hardcore-tracks ever produced. Think about that aspect."

And when Kogeki leaves, Kee gives him a quiet "But if ya feel like you gettin' yar revenge will make ya a better person, I won't stop ya" as a last greet for the day.


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Karen definitely pets Octavia.  She purrs appreciatively.

Kee's mention of finding 'nice stuff' jogs Karen's memory.  "Oh yeah!  We met a really nice gentleman, and he gave us some rewards for saving his life!  Here, this one's for you!  I have one for you too, Kogeki!"
Karen hands both Kee and Kogeki a Big Nugget.
"We also got some TMs, and Randolph got this really weird looking, red tablet...I think it was important, but I'm not sure why..."

AAAAHHHHHHH way too cute, purring Octavia...♡♡♡ Kee's heart is endangered to melt away in an instant.

That's prevented from happening when Karen (figuratively) throws some found loot directly into his face, efficiently making him return to the safe haven of a cave they're all dwelling at right now. He gazes at that Big Nugget in a rather puzzled manner at first, but eventually caughts himself and gives Karen ANOTHER fond and appreciating ruffle though her hair. "How very dear 'n generous of ya, if ya're CERTAIN that I shall keep that then I'll gladly do, many many thanks!~~ Will come in handy the next time I run 'cross some Breeders~" No side thoughts on that weird red tablet! That's Ran's business.

Absol is very groggy when Kee summons her.  She weakly nods in response, slowly eats, and carefully drinks some water, but Kee's not entirely sure she's completely put together right now, as she doesn't seem to be reacting very strongly to anything in particular right now.  Maybe some rest will help her recover her strength and senses.

Ah, that poor one... But Kee's very delighted that she at least 1. doesn't seem too hostile towards him and 2. eats and drinks a little. He very VERY carefully pets the white fur of her head a little after being patched by the thankfully-accepted Heal Pulse. "That'll do it - for now. Ya don't seem to have any injuries that'd need some medical treatment of nurses 'n doctors, thankfully. Some after-effects of being fred from that shadowy black aura perhaps? Well... Ya'll stick with me for now, and yes ya shall get plenty of rest 'n sleep now. T'morrow, we'll see... But for now, rest 'n recover, alright?" He hands her a Ranc Berry as a Held Item (means as a snack shall he get hungry during her rest), then Ex-Shadow Absol is withdrawn into her Heal Ball, and she stays within Kee's party in return for the Lapras that joined him earlier.


Before the Day ends, he's also checking on the Berries planted, curious whether there are ripe ones already and how many - the planted one was a Petaya Berry, and the one that'll be planted NOW is a Sitrus Berry.

And that does it, that's all for this Day from Kee's side.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Okay, going in order they happened in....

- Ran's obviously relieved that his little sea sprite is alright, gracing her with a warm smile and patting her on the head. "That's good, very good. Thought for a moment all those hard 'n brutal fights I put you through 'caused ya some serious fatigue and strain, but I'm glad to see it didn't. *Chuckles* You're quite the hearty for little girl like yourself, aren't ya? Well, that'll serve you greatly, as we're not done yet with this mountain full o' madness. The challenges and beasties ahead will be getting tougher, so best prepare yourself for it, Paula. *Smiles* I'll be there for you as always, rest assure of that."

He'd finish up his check up/small pep talk with another friendly/comforting head pat before returning her for some rest (or leaving her out, if she prefers sleeping around Ran for the moment). If he has the time and material for it, though, I'd like Ran to make a nice pretty red bow accessory for Paula, as the thought struck him she'd look all the more precious wearing something like that, and it be another way to show he cared about her.

- The scruffy smith's thoughts on his old friend Alman's message got a happy, fond chuckle out of him, glad to hear that his gift brightened their day. Their reminder of that elicits a scoff and a snort, as of course he would. How'd he forget something important as that? Still, its good to have that on the forefront of his mind going forward, so he's still grateful for the minder they gave him all the same!

Roark's message's first few lines gets more chuckles out of him, this time accompanied by a grin. He knew they'd love those earthen beauties he sent him. His expression quickly shifts from delight to intrigue and then excitement as they told him his Amber ended up bearing a Aerodactyl just as he wished! For so long he'd wanted one of them prehistoric flying lizards for ages ever since he decided to become a Trainer, and now he's got one! Sweet ! Getting it to listen to him without it trying to maim or eat anyone was going to be a bit of a ordeal, but if he could become close partners with Zorn and....whatever you call his relationship with Diam, he sure as hell can tame one of the meanest Fossil Pokemon that's known to have exist!

(...And que it's Stat Block, Dragonstrike, if you haven't already gotten it made out in the Game/Meta Thread!)

Lastly, his friends response to the lovely necklace he sent them was to *Tsk* at their feigned cluelessness of what to do with his gift ('Wear it, ya silly librarian!') and the high probability they will work themselves to the Cubone (Again) , but he's smiling as he does. To this day, he still doesn't know why his friend decided to....well, befriend a grumpy bastard like him, but he's glad that they did. Who knows where either of them be without each other in their lives? He'd certainly have no clue how to deal with shy, timid sorts of people like Paula and Rui, that's for sure!

He wishes he can message all of them back, but alas he can't, so all he can do is wish that they're doing well, and that after all this job is DONE he can return to them all, safe and sound (or mostly so) ! 

- Seeing that the Statue Room has trace amounts of coal alone would have piqued Ran's interest (and make him even more concerned and irritated with what this cosmic disaster was doing to Mt. Coronet), but coupled with the reminder from Alman and all the stress he's been through lately sparked a certain memory that made eyes widen then darken as he remembered that day. That terrible, horrible day. That day, when that black abomination.....!

The dwarven craftsman's hands tighten like vice grips as he remembered, his nails digging into the palms of his hands and causing them to bleed as he stared at the specks and flakes of coal in the walls. 

Alman told him those creatures dwell in spots where coal is. The mystery has be causing all kinds of changes in Coronet, and dragging every and any sorts of Pokemon here. Maybe....just maybe, it or its kind will be here. Maybe, just MAYBE, he would finally, finally, FINALLY have his revenge on it.....!

Ran would remain like that for a bit until he either snaps out of it on his own or someone notices how odd he was acting, in which case he'll go about treating his self-inflicted injuries and seclude himself a bit to calm himself down before going over to talk with Lucas. In the later case, he might have responses to whomever brings him out of his remembrance, depending on who they are.

- Last but not least, Ran's upcoming conversation with Lucas. Before that, though, since he'd notice Sally on translation duty for Scizors and her usual disdain of it, he'd suddenly get the idea of having his Ditto Transform into her and take over that task for the just anubis for a bit, giving her a break for it. Question is, would Ditto be Revived by the Nurse when Ran goes to have his talk with the champion? (If so, I have a scene planned in that event before that talk)

Awwww, that sounds adorable.  Randolph can absolutely try to make a simple red bow.  This is a relatively simple task, but Randolph is feeling the exhaustion start to set in, so there'll only be a -1 D6 penalty for this roll.

Dexterity Based Crafts
(5)(5)(2)(2)(1)(1)(3)(6)(6)(3)(6) 4 successes.

The day's definitely starting to wear thin on Randolph as he tries to tie a simple ribbon into a simple bow, but his skilled hands allow him to make a bow that's as pretty as it is simple without much trouble.

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Aerodactyl Stats

Attributes: 3 Health, 3 Strength, 2 Special, 3 Dex, 3 Defense, 3 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: your choice
Skills: 3 Fight, 3 Survival, 2 Contest
Specialties: 3 Brawl, 2 Channel, 2 Intimidate
Level: 30
Moves: Iron Head, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Wing Attack, Supersonic, Bite, Scary Face, Roar, Agility, Ancient Power, Crunch, Take Down
Gender: your choice
Happiness: 2
Loyalty: 2
Disobedience: 4
Current Ability: Pressure
Other Abilities: Rock Head
HP: 9/9
Will: 6

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Karen notices Randolph's hurting himself and carefully approaches him, rather concerned once more.  "...are you okay, Randolph?  You're, uh...bleeding..."

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Unfortunately, Ditto is completely unconscious still.  It'll take some time for it to heal in the PC.  (Unless Randolph wants to use some items?)

[Spiritmon]

He was about to say something to Kee...until Kogeki decided to ignore him completely. He was though once about the Aotios and Mutios give him silence because its not their duty...but when you have godly powers, and have powers beyond imagination, it is not your duty to help those in need? If you are a god, its your duty to help.

Of course, he was no intention in fighting arguments with Kee. He never lost anything. He would never understand. 

Kogeki focus in other things to do. He summon three of his Pokemon: Kirlia, Larvitar and Pochyena.

"Alright you three. We have a long training to do. Things will be difficult when you begin to fight on a more serious manner. This time you will have different mentors."

Then Kogeki summon other two Pokemon: Hime (who I think it get recovered from last battle) and Izanagi. 

"Larvitar, I suppose you still remember Hime. She was the one who fight the last time. Ed, meet Hime. The training of your two is the same: Trying to keep up with Hime speed, and fight together as a Team. There are times you might need to fight alonside other Pokemon, so today we will be training that."

"As for you Kirlia. Your training will be with Izanagi. Fairies and Ghost have something in common: They have a more prankster nature and rely in more special powers instead of more physical. So thats your training for today. Lets begin."

Also, you didnt said anything about Karen interested in get the Blubelrog for trade that Alpico.

[Spiritmon]

Also, how much value is the Big Nuggets?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...) Of course, he was no intention in fighting arguments with Kee. He never lost anything. He would never understand. (...)

Wrong, VERY VERY wrong, he DID, but he prefers not to talk about it. That's why he gave Kogeki that short gaze full of understanding and insight.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Awwww, that sounds adorable.  Randolph can absolutely try to make a simple red bow.  This is a relatively simple task, but Randolph is feeling the exhaustion start to set in, so there'll only be a -1 D6 penalty for this roll.

Dexterity Based Crafts
(5)(5)(2)(2)(1)(1)(3)(6)(6)(3)(6) 4 successes.

The day's definitely starting to wear thin on Randolph as he tries to tie a simple ribbon into a simple bow, but his skilled hands allow him to make a bow that's as pretty as it is simple without much trouble.

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Aerodactyl Stats

Attributes: 3 Health, 3 Strength, 2 Special, 3 Dex, 3 Defense, 3 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: your choice
Skills: 3 Fight, 3 Survival, 2 Contest
Specialties: 3 Brawl, 2 Channel, 2 Intimidate
Level: 30
Moves: Iron Head, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Wing Attack, Supersonic, Bite, Scary Face, Roar, Agility, Ancient Power, Crunch, Take Down
Gender: your choice
Happiness: 2
Loyalty: 2
Disobedience: 4
Current Ability: Pressure
Other Abilities:
HP: 9/9
Will: 6

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Karen notices Randolph's hurting himself and carefully approaches him, rather concerned once more.  "...are you okay, Randolph?  You're, uh...bleeding..."

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Unfortunately, Ditto is completely unconscious still.  It'll take some time for it to heal in the PC.  (Unless Randolph wants to use some items?)

Ran grumbles a bit at as the weight of his day's exertions fumble his fingerwork more than a little bit, and a couple of times he had to rework a couple of steps to get Paula present looking just right, but in the end produced a cute, pretty little red bow. He held it in his hand and gave it one final inspection for good measure, before nodding, satisfied with his work. It's not his best work, but it should be a good enough gift for his smol siren!

He'd waste little time giving it to Paula, releasing her from her Ball and presenting it to her with a tired but happy smile. 

"Paula, here. Though you'd look pretty wearing a bow, so I made one just for you. Do you like it?"

If she does, he'd get it fixed to head in a (hopefully) non-painful fashion. Rarely does he accessories his Pokemon and he's tired from a long day, so the possibility of messing such a simple task up is there!

(...)

When the bristly blacksmith takes a look at his Female Aerodactyl's Pokeball Summary, he's pleasantly surprised how decently strong and the large variety of Moves the untrained dino already has post its recent resurrection, and the fact it appeared to be much less of a hostile threat as he'd expected it to be. Raising and taming the great flying predator might be easier than he first thought, with a great exemplar of the species like her!

Normally, Ran would want to introduce himself to his newest partner, but given that they what they were and them only being halfway docile/'nice' towards him, he wisely decides to hold off doing that until later when he's far enough away from his group to minimize any possible trouble. Safety first!

(...)

At first, the scuffy smith wouldn't notice the wee lass slowly encroaching into his personal space, too lost in remembering that awful, horrible day. When she spoke, though, Ran's head would snap right onto her like a Magenton's Lock-On, his dark, Mood eye borrowing into her for a couple of seconds. He'd then blinked a couple of times as his mind recognized her and was brought back to the present, his entire expression lightening as he looked at her with mild disorientation and confusion.

"Hrm? What's that, lass?"

He'd then recall what she said and quickly looked down at his bloodied hands, and quietly swore at the sight.

"Damn it, not again....."

Ran would then focus his attention back onto Karen, looking apologetically at her.

"Sorry about worrying ya, Karen. Just was.....reminded of something unpleasant, is all. Could ya give me some bandages, so I can wrap my hands up? Can't be leaving bloody handprints everywhere 'round camp, right?"

He'd weakly chuckle at his somewhat tasteless joke, trying to make light of what happened to the worried girl and get her to brush it off. Up to her whether that works or not, though....

(...)

Ah drat. Ran (and me) was hoping the Nurses would have healed up Ditto by now, but if they haven't he'd has to do the job himself. The dwarven craftsman would let out a little *sigh* and tell the boy hero "Hold on a second, lad" , before he'd walk a bit away, swtich his Ditto into his party, summoning them, and promptly used a Revive and Potion on the unconscious pink blob, restoring them to almost max HP (8/9) . Once their post summoning + Revival haze disorientation was cleared, he'd not waste much time with introducing himself to them and appointing his newest partner to their first task.

"Ditto, my name's Randolph Schmidt, but you can think of me as Ran if ya prefer. The ninja fellow that Caught ya Traded you to me, so I'm your new Trainer now. Like with the rest of my partners, I promise to take good care of you, and bring out the most of your potential."

"Now first, I'd like to apologize for the sudden healing and introductions, but I got a task that's time sensitive that only you can possibly do."

The bristly blacksmith would then point to Sally, who was likely still unhappily translating for Scizors, and give them a calm but authoratative look.

"I need ya to Transform into that Lucario, and take over 'Translating' that Scizor conversations for her tonight. She's been doing it for awhile now with her Telepathy and I think she deserves a break from it, so if you could do that for us I'd appreciate that, Ditto."

(Alright, let's see how this turns out, before Ran gets back to Lucas)

[Dragonstrike]

Kogeki focus in other things to do. He summon three of his Pokemon: Kirlia, Larvitar and Pochyena.

"Alright you three. We have a long training to do. Things will be difficult when you begin to fight on a more serious manner. This time you will have different mentors."

Then Kogeki summon other two Pokemon: Hime (who I think it get recovered from last battle) and Izanagi. 

"Larvitar, I suppose you still remember Hime. She was the one who fight the last time. Ed, meet Hime. The training of your two is the same: Trying to keep up with Hime speed, and fight together as a Team. There are times you might need to fight alonside other Pokemon, so today we will be training that."

"As for you Kirlia. Your training will be with Izanagi. Fairies and Ghost have something in common: They have a more prankster nature and rely in more special powers instead of more physical. So thats your training for today. Lets begin."

Also, you didnt said anything about Karen interested in get the Blubelrog for trade that Alpico.

I did indeed forget about the Alpico trade.  Karen might be interested, but she has a few questions, as she knows very little about the species being offered for that skiing bunny.  "Sooo...how strong is this Blubelrog?  What kind of pokemon are they?  Are they obedient?  Anything special about them?"

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Everyone's starting to feel tired, and training is hard work.  If anyone gets training rolls, they'll have a -2 D6 penalty.

Let's see how well Ed and Larvitar work together, first.  One's a really young pup, the other a rather independent individual who's used to fighting alone.

L: (6)(4)
D: (3)(3)(1)

L: (1)(3)
D: (6)(3)

Ed's more than happy to chase Hime around, trying to catch her.  That'll earn him a training roll!  However, he tires out rather quickly, which severely limits the effectiveness of the training.
2 Dex + 2 Survival + 0 Athletics - 2 = 2
(4)(3) Ed gets 1 exp.

Larvitar, however, doesn't seem to be inclined to put in very much effort to help Ed.  He lazily throws a few rocks in Hime's path, but doesn't do much more work than that since he doesn't want to run around himself.  Larvitar gets 1 exp.

Kirlia, meanwhile, has started to get a little more rebellious now that she's evolved from a Ralts.  There's a chance she might not listen at all.

L: (5)(5)
D: (6)(1)

She pays attention this time, however, and Nagi shows her a few cool tricks that she could potentially use one day.  The nature of Nagi's tricks are rather different from the ones Kirlia can use normally, but Kirlia seems to be particularly fascinated by Nagi's Hypnosis, and she gets him to use the move over and over.  She gets a training roll!  But once again, everyone's tired, which limits the effectiveness of the training.  Nagi struggles to keep up the demonstrations after awhile, and Kirlia begins to nod off while watching them.

2 Insight + 2 Fight + 2 Channel - 2 = 4
(5)(5)(6)(2) Kirlia gets 3 exp.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Ran grumbles a bit at as the weight of his day's exertions fumble his fingerwork more than a little bit, and a couple of times he had to rework a couple of steps to get Paula present looking just right, but in the end produced a cute, pretty little red bow. He held it in his hand and gave it one final inspection for good measure, before nodding, satisfied with his work. It's not his best work, but it should be a good enough gift for his smol siren!

He'd waste little time giving it to Paula, releasing her from her Ball and presenting it to her with a tired but happy smile. 

"Paula, here. Though you'd look pretty wearing a bow, so I made one just for you. Do you like it?"

If she does, he'd get it fixed to head in a (hopefully) non-painful fashion. Rarely does he accessories his Pokemon and he's tired from a long day, so the possibility of messing such a simple task up is there!

(...)

When the bristly blacksmith takes a look at his Female Aerodactyl's Pokeball Summary, he's pleasantly surprised how decently strong and the large variety of Moves the untrained dino already has post its recent resurrection, and the fact it appeared to be much less of a hostile threat as he'd expected it to be. Raising and taming the great flying predator might be easier than he first thought, with a great exemplar of the species like her!

Normally, Ran would want to introduce himself to his newest partner, but given that they what they were and them only being halfway docile/'nice' towards him, he wisely decides to hold off doing that until later when he's far enough away from his group to minimize any possible trouble. Safety first!

(...)

At first, the scuffy smith wouldn't notice the wee lass slowly encroaching into his personal space, too lost in remembering that awful, horrible day. When she spoke, though, Ran's head would snap right onto her like a Magenton's Lock-On, his dark, Mood eye borrowing into her for a couple of seconds. He'd then blinked a couple of times as his mind recognized her and was brought back to the present, his entire expression lightening as he looked at her with mild disorientation and confusion.

"Hrm? What's that, lass?"

He'd then recall what she said and quickly looked down at his bloodied hands, and quietly swore at the sight.

"Damn it, not again....."

Ran would then focus his attention back onto Karen, looking apologetically at her.

"Sorry about worrying ya, Karen. Just was.....reminded of something unpleasant, is all. Could ya give me some bandages, so I can wrap my hands up? Can't be leaving bloody handprints everywhere 'round camp, right?"

He'd weakly chuckle at his somewhat tasteless joke, trying to make light of what happened to the worried girl and get her to brush it off. Up to her whether that works or not, though....

(...)

Ah drat. Ran (and me) was hoping the Nurses would have healed up Ditto by now, but if they haven't he'd has to do the job himself. The dwarven craftsman would let out a little *sigh* and tell the boy hero "Hold on a second, lad" , before he'd walk a bit away, swtich his Ditto into his party, summoning them, and promptly used a Revive and Potion on the unconscious pink blob, restoring them to almost max HP (8/9) . Once their post summoning + Revival haze disorientation was cleared, he'd not waste much time with introducing himself to them and appointing his newest partner to their first task.

"Ditto, my name's Randolph Schmidt, but you can think of me as Ran if ya prefer. The ninja fellow that Caught ya Traded you to me, so I'm your new Trainer now. Like with the rest of my partners, I promise to take good care of you, and bring out the most of your potential."

"Now first, I'd like to apologize for the sudden healing and introductions, but I got a task that's time sensitive that only you can possibly do."

The bristly blacksmith would then point to Sally, who was likely still unhappily translating for Scizors, and give them a calm but authoratative look.

"I need ya to Transform into that Lucario, and take over 'Translating' that Scizor conversations for her tonight. She's been doing it for awhile now with her Telepathy and I think she deserves a break from it, so if you could do that for us I'd appreciate that, Ditto."

(Alright, let's see how this turns out, before Ran gets back to Lucas)

Paula yawns and blinks a few times, but when she sees the bow, her eyes light up!  Ooooooo!  Yup, she likes it!

Putting the bow on her should be easy enough, I think.  No roll needed.

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"Yeah, hang on, let me get some..."  Karen digs through her bag and pulls out some basic bandages that she keeps on hand.  "Just in case I end up scraping my knee or something, I always carry a few around.  Here, let me help."

Karen will attempt to bandage Randolph's hands, since that'll probably be easier than Randolph trying to bandage them himself.  She spends some exp to increase her Knowledge to 3 and Medicine to 2 as well.

1 Dex + 3 Knowledge + 2 Medicine = 6
(6)(5)(4)(6)(4)(2) 5 successes.  Nice!

And ya know what?  She actually doesn't do a bad job, either.  Despite her clumsily fumbling with the bandages while unwrapping them, she actually manages to wrap up the cuts very neatly and tightly.

While she's sitting with Randolph, wrapping the wounds, she starts a little Insightful fireside chatter.  Doesn't seem like she's brushing it off.  "...so, I'm guessing this is something you don't want to talk about either?"

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Lucas raises an eyebrow, curious about what Randolph intends to do when he walks over to Sally, but he doesn't stop the small man, as Sally can handle herself if needed.

Ditto's definitely groggy at first, but also isn't nearly as off balance as Kee's Absol was since it wasn't actually a Shadow Pokemon.  Ditto has no Loyalty and no Disobedience, so it'll do as Randolph asks, but as soon as it Transforms into Sally...

Ugh, fine.  I'll take over for now to give her a break.  There better be something in this for me later, though.

Sally looks very confused for a moment when an exact duplicate of her starts back talking to Randolph.  She and Ditto have a short conversation about...something (Randolph can't hear it), and then Sally looks to Randolph, sighs, and thanks him...sort of.  Well, this is a surprise.  Not an unpleasant one, either, oddly.  I suppose if I'm going to get a chance to get away from this madness, I can go do more productive things.  Did you need me for something, or is this just a rare moment of generosity?

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

I did indeed forget about the Alpico trade.  Karen might be interested, but she has a few questions, as she knows very little about the species being offered for that skiing bunny.  "Sooo...how strong is this Blubelrog?  What kind of pokemon are they?  Are they obedient?  Anything special about them?"

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Everyone's starting to feel tired, and training is hard work.  If anyone gets training rolls, they'll have a -2 D6 penalty.

Let's see how well Ed and Larvitar work together, first.  One's a really young pup, the other a rather independent individual who's used to fighting alone.

L: (6)(4)
D: (3)(3)(1)

L: (1)(3)
D: (6)(3)

Ed's more than happy to chase Hime around, trying to catch her.  That'll earn him a training roll!  However, he tires out rather quickly, which severely limits the effectiveness of the training.
2 Dex + 2 Survival + 0 Athletics - 2 = 2
(4)(3) Ed gets 1 exp.

Larvitar, however, doesn't seem to be inclined to put in very much effort to help Ed.  He lazily throws a few rocks in Hime's path, but doesn't do much more work than that since he doesn't want to run around himself.  Larvitar gets 1 exp.

Kirlia, meanwhile, has started to get a little more rebellious now that she's evolved from a Ralts.  There's a chance she might not listen at all.

L: (5)(5)
D: (6)(1)

She pays attention this time, however, and Nagi shows her a few cool tricks that she could potentially use one day.  The nature of Nagi's tricks are rather different from the ones Kirlia can use normally, but Kirlia seems to be particularly fascinated by Nagi's Hypnosis, and she gets him to use the move over and over.  She gets a training roll!  But once again, everyone's tired, which limits the effectiveness of the training. Nagi struggles to keep up the demonstrations after awhile, and Kirlia begins to nod off while watching them.

2 Insight + 2 Fight + 2 Channel - 2 = 4
(5)(5)(6)(2) Kirlia gets 3 exp.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Paula yawns and blinks a few times, but when she sees the bow, her eyes light up!  Ooooooo!  Yup, she likes it!

Putting the bow on her should be easy enough, I think.  No roll needed.

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"Yeah, hang on, let me get some..."  Karen digs through her bag and pulls out some basic bandages that she keeps on hand.  "Just in case I end up scraping my knee or something, I always carry a few around.  Here, let me help."

Karen will attempt to bandage Randolph's hands, since that'll probably be easier than Randolph trying to bandage them himself.  She spends some exp to increase her Knowledge to 3 and Medicine to 2 as well.

1 Dex + 3 Knowledge + 2 Medicine = 6
(6)(5)(4)(6)(4)(2) 5 successes.  Nice!

And ya know what?  She actually doesn't do a bad job, either.  Despite her clumsily fumbling with the bandages while unwrapping them, she actually manages to wrap up the cuts very neatly and tightly.

While she's sitting with Randolph, wrapping the wounds, she starts a little Insightful fireside chatter.  Doesn't seem like she's brushing it off.  "...so, I'm guessing this is something you don't want to talk about either?"

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Lucas raises an eyebrow, curious about what Randolph intends to do when he walks over to Sally, but he doesn't stop the small man, as Sally can handle herself if needed.

Ditto's definitely groggy at first, but also isn't nearly as off balance as Kee's Absol was since it wasn't actually a Shadow Pokemon.  Ditto has no Loyalty and no Disobedience, so it'll do as Randolph asks, but as soon as it Transforms into Sally...

Ugh, fine.  I'll take over for now to give her a break.  There better be something in this for me later, though.

Sally looks very confused for a moment when an exact duplicate of her starts back talking to Randolph.  She and Ditto have a short conversation about...something (Randolph can't hear it), and then Sally looks to Randolph, sighs, and thanks him...sort of.  Well, this is a surprise.  Not an unpleasant one, either, oddly.  I suppose if I'm going to get a chance to get away from this madness, I can go do more productive things.  Did you need me for something, or is this just a rare moment of generosity?

"Hehe, glad ya do, Paula! Now, it's time for you to rest. Tomorrow's another big day, and we need to be ready for it!"

And that should be all between Ran and his sea sprite!

(...)

Ran looks over the bi-chromatic eyed girl's handy work on his injures for a few seconds, before looking over to her and gracing the girl with a rare warm smile.

"Nicely done. Thank ya, lass."

He calms up like a Cloyster when she lightly prods him about what caused him to self-mutilate himself, his expression going very still and pensive. A minute passed in silence before he heaved a long, low *Sigh and glanced away, once more looking at the cave walls.

"....It's not a pleasing tale for the ears, Karen."

Light rebuke from the stern midget, but not an outright refusal to answer her.

(...)

The dwarven craftsman nearly deadpans as he realized Ditto copied more than just Sally's form and capabilities as they 'spoke' to him (In hindsight, maybe he should have expected such shenanigans from a Transforming Pokemon....) , but instead gives them a nod and sends them off to relieve the Fighting canine. When the real deal 'thanked' him, he took it with the good grace and calmness he's exhibited towards her since this morning.

"I did promise ya that I'd help you out with translating for Scizors, and I'm a man of my word. *Scratches beard*....Did it in a round about manner, but you get a break to do what you want all the same."

He paused when she asked why he aided her (in her own obtuse, indirect way), before shaking his head.

"No, I don't need ya to do anything for me. But if you want, I'd like to chat with ya later. Been thinking we need get to know each other better, you know? Got some stories about your dad too I believe you'd like, if you want to hear them."

If Randolph's polite behavior before didn't already confuse her, this unexpected offer for some friendly chit-chat will probably thoroughly baffle her.