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(05-08-2025, 10:31 AM)Lord Windos Wrote: ----
Citrine looks somewhat admonished despite your good cheer and understanding, but simply nod back. However, once you reveal who you are you them go stiffer than Stone, taking a half-step back in surprise before aburptly stopping and getting themselves under control. You don't see it but can feel their stare of dazed disbelief as you casually shauntered off - no doubt they were questioning your choices even more now and how on Earth were they going to spin this to their fellows and superiors...
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That was absolutely and utterly intentional, and Bernhard takes some glee in having triggered THAT reaction from Citrine. Good luck in explaining that situation to your fellows and superiors then - you don't run, and even less interact, and even LESS less make business with none else than The Untouchable Breeze, the Master Mythical-partnered Sky Scimitar Alchemist Council Member, and Acrowl's former but still highly-valued personal apprentice.

(05-08-2025, 10:31 AM)Lord Windos Wrote: Modest Encounter 2

*Rolls* Hmm
*Rolls* Well well well....

After some thorough sweeping of the soaked and drenched streets you find a troop of Rattata, lead by a few Raticate and what appears to be some....tall, lanky, and robbed rat creature leading them through the downpour to somewhere more dry and safe.

Said creature takes a quick notice to you and halts the entire troop, their and dozens of beady and wary eyes digging into you as they take your measure...
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...?

...???

A troop of Rattata, lead by a few Raticate? Now if that doesn't sound like an all-you-can-eat buffet for Myra~. That tall, lanky, and robbed rat creature however is what spikes's Bernhard's interest and curiosity - though more in a morbid sense of 'I wonder what body parts I can extract from it to use for alchemy' than 'I wonder what sort of creature that is', and it couldn't be even more far from 'I wonder if this may be a new Pokemon companion'

Dozens and dozens of beady eyes don't impress or falter the Stoic Magus, not in the slightest. For a split second though, there's sort of a... smile on his face, one that means NOTHING good. In his tone of voice adressing the troop of rats, some amusement rings back. "Looking for a place more dry or safe, don't you?~ Well... You're in luck - or perhaps Y O U A R E N O T. "

With an overly dramatic snap of his Gauntlet'ed hand - compare Igor in this scene - Bernhard would trigger Myra's Drought Ability. She remains within her Dusk Ball however, we'll handle this via Evocation Spells from both Myra and Spritzee (the latter having his premiere of Bernhard using moves as spells from. If Morgana sure did know how to pick that particular Spritzee [a 'Mon from her very own fairy kin after all!], Bern cannot help but to be quite curious about how things go and what effects the unique moves proove to have).

(Init Rolls please!~ Battle via Scimitar Magic premiere, yippee! I'll follow anything I've written in chara sheet's 'Magic and Alchemy'-tab; if I happen to make any mistakes or something doesn't work like that, please do not hesitate to correct me!)

CANCELLED EVENTS DUE TO A BAD FORTUNE EVENT

Lord Windos · (This post was last modified: 05-09-2025, 02:38 PM by Lord Windos.)

(05-09-2025, 02:00 PM)PhantomUnderYourDesk Wrote:
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...?

...???

A troop of Rattata, lead by a few Raticate? Now if that doesn't sound like an all-you-can-eat buffet for Myra~. That tall, lanky, and robbed rat creature however is what spikes's Bernhard's interest and curiosity - though more in a morbid sense of 'I wonder what body parts I can extract from it to use for alchemy' than 'I wonder what sort of creature that is', and it couldn't be even more far from 'I wonder if this may be a new Pokemon companion'

Dozens and dozens of beady eyes don't impress or falter the Stoic Magus, not in the slightest. For a split second though, there's sort of a... smile on his face, one that means NOTHING good. In his tone of voice adressing the troop of rats, some amusement rings back. "Looking for a place more dry or safe, don't you?~ Well... You're in luck - or perhaps Y O U A R E N O T. "

With an overly dramatic snap of his Gauntlet'ed hand - compare Igor in this scene - Bernhard would trigger Myra's Drought Ability. She remains within her Dusk Ball however, we'll handle this via Evocation Spells from both Myra and Spritzee (the latter having his premiere of Bernhard using moves as spells from. If Morgana sure did know how to pick that particular Spritzee [a 'Mon from her very own fairy kin after all!], Bern cannot help but to be quite curious about how things go and what effects the unique moves proove to have).

(Init Rolls please!~ Battle via Scimitar Magic premiere, yippee! I'll follow anything I've written in chara sheet's 'Magic and Alchemy'-tab; if I happen to make any mistakes or something doesn't work like that, please do not hesitate to correct me!)

(...)

The rat creature frowns, meeting your insincere and sugary cheer with blunt, bitter displeasure. Your casual display of POWER, the sheer flagrant disregard you had not only towards it and its own but the very forces of Nature itself....you were not a mere nuisance. You were a Threat. One that must be dealt with promptly. It grips the piece of rebar - long as it was tall - it was using as a staff hard before slamming it down a couple of times on the rain drenched street.

"Rat rat, Rattarule."

From the rat troop 2 Raticates joined it, crouched beside and angrily bruxing their huge teeth at you in a clear display of Intimidation.

The Heavy Rain abates as you bring a modest sum of your Arcane MIGHT to Trigger Drought via Myra -Weather has effectively been neutralized in this Encounter.

Will this be a good opportunity to vent your ire at all the CHAOS that has happened to you lately? Or have you Bitten off more than you could chew?

How about some experimentation to find out?

Initiatives:

Rattarule: DEX (5) + Survival (5) + Alert (5) + (6) = 21
Ratticate 1: DEX (3) + Survival (3) + Alert (3) + (5) = 14
Rattocate 2: *9 + (4) = 13
You: 4 + 2 + 2 + (10) = 20

Rattarule goes first, then You, then R1, and last R2

Let's Begin: Magi Fight.

(I'll get to the rest of your Post in a seperate one. Just want the Battle to be in its own thing for clearness' shake!)

Lord Windos · (This post was last modified: 05-09-2025, 03:02 PM by Lord Windos.)

(05-09-2025, 01:53 PM)Spiritmon Wrote: She then return Fortuna to her Pokeball, and look at Bethy. "Excellent job too. The Life Dew not only is set, but is even stronger. I did not know Life Dew would become stronger in the rain, but it is a pleasant surprise nonetheless. The fight is not over, and I fear the Old Lady is beggining to see though our trick. Time to bring some serious power."

Oz grab a Duskball from her belt, and throwing in the air, the little trickster witch in person come to the battlefield, some music coming from her mouth due to train a little more in her perfomance skills. She looks at the field, to the old lady and then to Bethy and Oz. A big grin in her face while looking at Oz with eyes who could ask if it is time to land chaos?

"Persephone, do what you do best: Seed chaos in the enemies lines and show them why some hexes. Are you ready sisters?" Oz said, looking at both of her ghost sisters.

The old sailor did not overly react to the appearance of your ectoplasmic sibling and the clear air of wicked amusement about them. Just studied them with that same intense look as she puffed away on her cigar, then to your 'Hattarene' Bethy, and finally at you.

"....I think I know what's going on. Hmpt....I underestimated you."

She took a long drag of her cigar....before deftly flicking it away.

"That won't happen again."

Reaching into her coat - an in a flash of moment a Net Ball comes flying out! In an instant a Daikatuna is Summoned, who stands tall and menacingly as he crossed his arms and studied his foes. Hmm...looks like tricks and trouble. Hmpt, nothing he couldn't cleave through.

Then, as you were waiting for her to send out her next Pokemon....she didn't.

Oh no.

Instead, this old woman walked onto the battlefield, standing side by side with her sword.

"I will be joining. Do not make the same mistake I did. Anything you have....."

She expels a thick plume of smoke, before bringing her two fists together with a sharp *BANG!* , her skin now taking on a metallic, blue sheen.

"I WILL handle."

Initiatives:

???: 4 + 5 + 5 + (18) = 32
Diakatuna: 4 + 5 + 4 + (9) = 22
Persaphone: 4 + 2 + 2 + (6) = 14

??? goes first, then Diakatuna, then Persaphone, then Bethy

Ladies, Steel, Spirit, and Waves Round 2

Pokekitty2 · 05-09-2025, 04:00 PM

(05-09-2025, 12:50 PM)Lord Windos Wrote: Whether or not Sylvia notices Seddi's Confusion I'll leave it to her!

Sylvia will not notice @Dragonstrike's confusion, no. Her empathetic abilities are still on shutdown for the time being.

Lord Windos · 05-09-2025, 04:37 PM

(05-09-2025, 04:00 PM)Pokekitty2 Wrote:
(05-09-2025, 12:50 PM)Lord Windos Wrote: Whether or not Sylvia notices Seddi's Confusion I'll leave it to her!

Sylvia will not notice @Dragonstrike's confusion, no. Her empathetic abilities are still on shutdown for the time being.

Speaking of which, even with them locked down you can FEEL that [D a r k ] Entity’s presence brushing against your Mind, the barest flickers of [C u r i o u s i t y ] bleeding through your barriers. Brrr……

Dragonstrike · 05-09-2025, 05:26 PM

(05-09-2025, 12:50 PM)Lord Windos Wrote:
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It's not a mushroom, but a hat with eyes on it, though with how weird it is such a mistake could easily be forgiven!

Seddi takes a gander at both, comparing them to the stuff he does know and trying to get a 'feel' for them wit his burdgening S.T. sense. Iron Leaves not being here to Assist puts a severe hamper on his efforts - he's not the greatest Researcher to begin with and this stuff is well outside his expertise, but surprisingly Sylvia chips in a bit to help. Pokemon studies is more her thing, but her mind is Sharp as a sword - Honed all the more by what she has recently Endured.

Seddi's Investigation Roll Per Item!
INS (3) + Knowledge (2) + Crafting and ST (4) - 1 Successes (INS Malus) - Not My Expertise (3) + 4 Dice (Willful Wisdom + 2 INS and 1 Knowledge - 1/3 of her Scores, Rounded to Down)
??? Cap : (5)(5)(5) (5)(3)(1) (1)(4)(6) (2) 5 Successes!
??? Device: (1)(5)(3) (1)(2)(5) (1)(2)(1) (3) Doh! Crit Fail!

You're (@Dragonstrike) able to determine and share that the Red Cap is something akin to a Capture Device like a Pokeball, but seemingly MUCH less effective if the readings you're getting on its 'Seal Strength' compared to regular Balls is any indication. That, and from what you can feel, their seems to be some sort of....fundamental incompatibility between it and regular Mons? However, you discovered one crucial thing about it: it doesn't interface with the Party Limit correctly; what that means is Unown, but you DO know it doesn't decrease said P.L. .

The Broken Device's purpose and design, however, completely mystifies you. The odd energy it was putting out was not helping the headache it was causing by trying to figure it out. So much so, in fact, you're actually left Confused (- 2 INS) and immediately begin spacing out. You're not quite out of it, but it is SO hard to focus and maintain composure now and you're Unaware of your current Status....

Velzuna doesn't seem to notice his Master's vexation, his attention still glued on Akamu and that D a r k Ultra Ball of his....

Whether or not Sylvia notices Seddi's Confusion I'll leave it to her!

On the hat with eyes:

"Well Akamu, looks like you found yourself a...cap-ture device, based on its appearance."

*crickets*

*Ahem*

"Don't reckon you can use that on a normal pokemon. Though if you do somehow catch somethin' with it, maybe you could use it to have an extra critter on hand? Can't imagine what it'd be useful for catchin' though. And I still don't really understand exactly how it works. Doesn't really look all that mechanical, honestly."

On the strange handheld device:

(As a certain yellow character once said...Doh, I missed!)

It's at this point that Seddi's inexperience with his undemonstrated until now skill bites him in the rear end. He was trying to interface with it using his Spiritual Technomancy, but the strange workings of the device are just too confounding! Akamu and Sylvia would see him fiddling with the handheld, trying to turn it on somehow, only to suddenly bring a hand up to his forehead in response to the onset of a killer headache.

"...okay...lesson learned...don't try that on complex devices without Leaves next time. Owowowowow...what even is that thing made of...???"

Surely, that headache will go away on its own if he just gives it a moment, right?

Right?

>_>

"Alright, maybe we just...look at that one again tomorrow. You had, uh...two critters you caught, right? Hang on, before you send either of 'em out...let me prepare."

Seddi's intention is to have Rabsca set up Safeguard (oh, the irony...), Light Screen, and Reflect just in case the protections are needed, but Confused as he is, there's a non-zero chance that he doesn't even grab Rabsca's Pokeball in the first place...

Spiritmon · (This post was last modified: 05-10-2025, 05:50 PM by Spiritmon.)

(05-09-2025, 03:00 PM)Lord Windos Wrote:
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The old sailor did not overly react to the appearance of your ectoplasmic sibling and the clear air of wicked amusement about them. Just studied them with that same intense look as she puffed away on her cigar, then to your 'Hattarene' Bethy, and finally at you.

"....I think I know what's going on. Hmpt....I underestimated you."

She took a long drag of her cigar....before deftly flicking it away.

"That won't happen again."

Reaching into her coat - an in a flash of moment a Net Ball comes flying out! In an instant a Daikatuna is Summoned, who stands tall and menacingly as he crossed his arms and studied his foes. Hmm...looks like tricks and trouble. Hmpt, nothing he couldn't cleave through.

Then, as you were waiting for her to send out her next Pokemon....she didn't.

Oh no.

Instead, this old woman walked onto the battlefield, standing side by side with her sword.

"I will be joining. Do not make the same mistake I did. Anything you have....."

She expels a thick plume of smoke, before bringing her two fists together with a sharp *BANG!* , her skin now taking on a metallic, blue sheen.

"I WILL handle."

Initiatives:

???: 4 + 5 + 5 + (18) = 32
Diakatuna: 4 + 5 + 4 + (9) = 22
Persaphone: 4 + 2 + 2 + (6) = 14

??? goes first, then Diakatuna, then Persaphone, then Bethy

Ladies, Steel, Spirit, and Waves Round 2

Oz at first someway confident in her skill. But then, she see the battle once again swift to another angle. Seeing the old lady coming to the battle, and not only that, but making her skin become some kind of blue steel skin, was enough to buckle some of her pitful courage.

What is this? Is she a magi? A Scimitar? A Earthpower user? What the-

Oz back of a few steps, feeling anxiety in her back, her courage begin to falter. She still have time to give up...But then, she remember Bethy words.

"Ugh. Quit overthinking things then, lady. This was supposed to be a get-a-know together, a small but fun time, not mooning over pretty boys and feeling sorry for yourself over being 'less' than them, feh."

Oz stand up and gritt her teeth, and clench her first.

No. I can't give up now.

"You're plenty Special yourself, you realize that right? Mom wouldn't have let me go with a boring or weak Trainer, or if she didn't see something in ya. Greatness, potential, affinity, whatever! And while I may not know ya well enough yet, from what little I chatted with your sisters? You're anything but a plain Jenny."

Oz, begin to straigh, her fear still gripping in her back.

I may not strong as Seddi. Nor wise and intelligent as Mr Samsara. But...

"So Knock it Off with the pity party and enjoy the actual one you set up, k? *Smirks* It'll do you good too, as well as more self confidence. Just a bit."

She looks at the Old Lady and Daikatuna. Not the scared girl she was a few seconds ago. But a girl who still is a little scared, but found some courage to try to be strong. A fierce look in the direction of the Old Lady.

"I don't know how you do that...If you are a Scimitar, Magi or some kind of superhuman. I am scared...but...I know fleeing and hide is not the solution. If I want to be strong like my friends. I must be brave too." She looks at her gloves, with the letters O and Z. That name hold a meaning to her. And she refuse to shame that name. "I am Dark Cleric Oz. And I refused to be a coward any longer!" She step her foot in the ground, clearing still shaking, but trying to found courage.

She then look at Persephone and Bethy. "Persephone. Bethy. I know our situation is not the best, but...can you two still give trust? Lets do our best, and win this battle! Please, lend me your strengh!"

After such words she begin her round of orders.

"We must act quick and strong! We don't know what the Old Lady can do, but we must beat that Daikatuna as quick as possible! We must debilitate him as best as we can!"

"Persephone! We have no time to buffs! Confuse Ray on Daikatuna! Then use Hex on Daikatuna, then Ominous Wind and finally Shadow Ball all on Daikatuna! on Daikatuna! If Daikatuna fall focus your attacks on the Old Lady! If possible hold the power of your attacks to avoid faint the foes!"

"Bethy! Curse on Daikatuna! Then use Hex on Daikatuna! Then use and Copycat+ on Daikatuna! If Daikatuna is defeated use the remained attacks on the Old Lady! Don't faint any of them!"

Confuse Ray: Special(6)+Fight(4)+Channel(5)-Actions(2)=13D6
Effect: The enemy become confused.

Hex: Special(6)+Fight(4)+Channel(5)-Actions(4)=11D6
Damage: Special(6)+Power(2)+STAB(1)+Spell Tag(1)+Status on Daikatuna(2)=12D6
Effect: In case enemy have any status, increase damage by +2 dice.

Ominous Wind: Special(6)+Fight(4)+Channel(5)-Actions(6)=9D6
Damage: Special(6)+Power(2)+STAB(1)+Spell Tag(1)=10D6
Effect: 1D6 to increase user Strengh, Dexterity, Special, Special Defense and Defense all by 1 stage.

Shadow Ball: Special(6)+Fight(4)+Channel(5)-Actions(8)=7D6
Damage: Power(3)+Special(6)+STAB(1)+Spell Tag(1)=11D6
Effect: 1 dice chance to reduce enemy Sp. Defense.

Curse: Will(5*)-Actions(2)=3D6+Using Will Point from Bethy to make sure it will work!
Effect: Add two '1' to all rolls of the target. Normally it would had to half user HP but due to special abilities of Bethy she doesn't need to half her HP a few limited times.

Hex: Special(3)+Fight(3)+Channel(3)-Actions(4)=5D6
Damage: Special(3)+Power(2)+STAB(1)+Spell Tag+(1)+Status on Daikatuna(2)=9D6
Effect: If enemy have any status ailments, +2 dice damage.

Copycat+: Same accuracy as enemy
Damage: Same as enemy.
Effect: Copy and use right away the last move used by the enemy.

Lord Windos · 05-10-2025, 12:14 AM

(05-08-2025, 01:20 PM)Mikaruge108 Wrote: Minor Slot for Minor Jobs, coming right up!

1. Some Trainers are looking for someone to give their Pokemon some exercise, and you could devote Darren's time to leading a big group session. The Old Gentlemen vouches for you in this task, so you'll be able to draw a good crowd to teach (and learn from yourself).
2. Grunt work for the Staff at the Center, which include basic housekeeping, cafetria duty, and janitor responsibilities. Its not glammorous, but you'll be doing your part to make everyone jobs a lot easier and earn further goody points with the Center
3. Bug your Mentor for something to do. Aaron has mostly been snoozing in the lobby throughout this day, waking up occassionally to keep an eye on you and to see if anything would require his assistance. He'll find some way to keep you occupied meaningfully, though it'll no doubt put you through the ringer (again).
Let's do 1

(Sorry for the delay!)

Gotcha! First, let's see how many Trainers you manage to 'sign on' ...

2D4 + 2 (Old Gent) = (3)(3) + 2 = 8!

Each Trainer, after some deliberation with you and everyone, decides to release 2 Mons each for the Training, for a total of 16 Mons!

Exercise Training with Darron!
INS (3) + Survival (2) + Athletics (2) - LARGE AUDIENCE (16/4 = 4) = 3D6 for Each Mon!
(2)(1)(2) Derp

You were making zero progress the crowd, as you struggled to coordinate and had to split your attention too many ways. After taking the Trainers to the side and explaining things everyone decided to see if halving the number of Mons would help, even if some of the energy and JOLLY cooperation was lost.

ET w D Part 2!
8D6 Base - 2 - 1 (Little Tire)
(1)(3)(3)(5)(3) 1 Success

....It didn't seem to work that well regardless - you're just not used to teaching classes, huh? Or maybe not without a bit more practice and prep time under your belt. Still, at least it got the Mons limbered up and spared a lot of Trainers and them alike of boredom so it was not a complete bust.

You gain 4 XP (1 * 8 / 2 ) for helping others kill time with exercise!

Lord Windos · 05-10-2025, 12:57 AM

(05-09-2025, 05:26 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote:
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(...)

On the strange handheld device:

(As a certain yellow character once said...Doh, I missed!)

It's at this point that Seddi's inexperience with his undemonstrated until now skill bites him in the rear end. He was trying to interface with it using his Spiritual Technomancy, but the strange workings of the device are just too confounding! Akamu and Sylvia would see him fiddling with the handheld, trying to turn it on somehow, only to suddenly bring a hand up to his forehead in response to the onset of a killer headache.

"...okay...lesson learned...don't try that on complex devices without Leaves next time. Owowowowow...what even is that thing made of...???"

Surely, that headache will go away on its own if he just gives it a moment, right?

Right?

>_>

"Alright, maybe we just...look at that one again tomorrow. You had, uh...two critters you caught, right? Hang on, before you send either of 'em out...let me prepare."

Seddi's intention is to have Rabsca set up Safeguard (oh, the irony...), Light Screen, and Reflect just in case the protections are needed, but Confused as he is, there's a non-zero chance that he doesn't even grab Rabsca's Pokeball in the first place...

(Well shoot, wish I waited to see if you were going to put up safety measures, but I guess I got too eager!)

The headache was lessening, yes, but in its place was a fuzzy-headedness that heavily reminded you of having one too many shots of whisky with your Mentor. Not that it bothered you overly in the state of Confusion you were (unknowingly) in - if anything you kinda feel better and less stressed from it! Then again ANYTHING could make one feel better after having such a dramatic 'tea party' with The Fairy Queen herself....

You fumble with your Pokeballs, trying to think HARD about which one would be best for helping ya out against these mysterious critters Akamu wrangled up!

INS Check
INS + Knowledge Check - 1 Success (INS Malus) = 3D6 - 1 Dice; Need at least 3 Dice to get Rabsca on your first go!
(1)(2)(4) 0 Successes!
*Rolling to see WHAT You Do...* Oh boy, something FUN.

...Nobody knows HOW, but you ended up with Sylvia in your hands, hoisted into the air over the table everyone was sitting in like Frikitiki held up Cindba the Litleo in the hit movie The Pyroar King, shouting at the top of your lungs:

"BY MY DECREE, USE YOUR AWESOME POWER TO PROTECT US ALL!!!"

Luck Dice: (2) Nope!
Luck Dice (Sylvia): (6) YES.

What happened from there was you ended up squishing the sunny esper a bit too hard in a ticklish/sensitive area, causing her to let out a squeak and a subsequently a small glimmering burst of light from her gem!

???
*Rolls...* 3 Successes, 2 Fails, Snake Eyes....

*Ping!* A Safeguard sprung into existence?!
*Zing?* You're Trapped in a Semi-permeable (Air) Barrier with Sylvia?!
*Fwop* Sylvia grows in size and ends up completely smothering you beneath her!?! + 1 Difficulty to any Checks involving Movement or Figuring out WHAT is going on!

If Sylvia is ticklish then any movement on Seddi's part is going to be hilarious - well, more so than they are now anyway!

Akamu is just left sitting their with Lani, both probably wondering what in the heck is happening now....

Mikaruge108 · 05-10-2025, 09:13 AM

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Despite the difficulties, Darren is satisfied in the ability to clear some boredom. After all is said and done, he looks/listens around for any interesting rumors

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