[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

'....So that ice cream sweet persona of hers was a ruse all this time. ....Heh, she fooled me pretty good, so I say it must be working out for her exceptionally well. Vielleicht ist das Mädchen doch frostig...."

He has to try hard to smile at her change in attitude. It wouldn't give the right impression, after all.

Unlike her, he doesn't need to think over his decision, only giving Candice a solemn nod.

"Fair enough. I accept your bargain. My investigations won't do me any good if I get myself or my partners killed while snooping around, so making sure I can handle the wee beasties of the Temple by having a row with ya is a sound idea. Can ya promise me this, though, Candice: If I can't explore that place for answers, you'll get someone to do it at some point. This is problem with Mt. Coronet is a bigger problem than anyone of us, I fear, and it'll need to be dealt soon if we don't want our homelands to go hell in a hand-basket. Or worse."

*Shakes head* 

" If ya can't do that, however, I understand. This whole rotten deal ain't your problem unless you're begging for it, and I shan't force it on ya if you don't want anything to do with it.
Frankly, I wouldn't blame ya if you told me to fuck off now and stop bothering you or Snowpoint about this. I certainly don't want to deal with this myself, but I have to, 'cause if nobody does anything about it, nothing is going to get done about it but jack all."

Well, this is....uncharacteristically diplomatic of Randolph. He's pretty much giving her an out dealing with this whole mess. Guess despite his desires to solve this problem and get his job done, he doesn't want to drag anyone else into it unless they're good, ready, and willing to.

If she still wants to battle him, though, he'll make his way to his side of the arena, and his first choice of Pokemon will be Puck. Ready to begin when you are.....or not!

"If you're accompanied by someone who's proven to me that they're able to handle themselves already, I can maybe let you into the Temple even if you don't defeat me, so long as I feel you can also handle yourself.  I'll go and check it out myself later when I have the time as well.  I don't want to see something causing Sinnoh trouble any more than you do. And if something might be affecting the Temple, it's definitely my problem, given the Snowpoint Gym Leader traditionally watches over it."

Pretty reasonable, right?

Candice makes her way back over to her side of the arena and gets ready for battle!

Given that you specifically approached her to try and get access to the Snowpoint Temple, Candice is gonna be starting off with a slightly more difficult pokemon than usual. The rules are the same as before!

Music: VS Sinnoh Gym Leader Remix by Bliitzit


Gym Leader Candice would like to battle! (Fun Fact: her sprite from Diamond and Pearl is different from her Platinum one)

Candice's first pokemon is a Glalie!  "Show 'em how we run things around her, Glalie!"

Round 1 Initiatives
Glalie: (2) + 10 = 12
Puck the Mawile: (3) + 6 = 9

Puck's Intimidate activates, decreasing Glalie's Strength by 1!