[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

The old man wanders back into the room, pushing a cart with 4 bowls of stew and 5 cups of hot chocolate.  He leaves it in front of the chairs, grabs one of the cups of hot chocolate, and sits down.

"Aaaaahhhh, that feels so much better than standing.  Help yourselves.  Two of those bowls and cups are for your friends when they arrive."

He chuckles when Karen asks if they're in Sinnoh.  "Oh no, I'm afraid we aren't in Sinnoh, my dear.  Ohhohoho."

Now that Karen looks around and smells the food, though...some of it seems familiar. As in, it's the same style of food and decor found in Johto.  But it's not entirely the same, and Karen can't quite put her finger on why...

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

"Ah, there they are now.  Excuse me for a moment."

The old man gets up, walks to the door, and opens it.  The noise caused by the howling snowstorm (which completely drowned out Randolph's exclamation and speculation) returns, but the old man can be heard clearly above the din somehow.  "Come in, come in.  I've been expecting you.  Make yourselves at home.  There's some warm stew and hot chocolate by the fire for you."

When Kogeki and Randolph have entered the building, the door is shut once more, and the snowstorm is left outside once again (and Abra is still somehow sleeping through it all).  The group's host then makes his way back to his seat and sips on his hot cocoa, waiting for the inevitable questions.

Kogeki quietly takes a seat and some of the provided refreshments.

The elder's comment briefly earns them a suspicous raised eyebrow from the wee little man, but in the end he just *Sighs* and accepts it as 'more Mystery Tauros shit' and nods back to them.

"Very well. Thank ya for your hospitality, sir."

He enters and takes a seat at the table, picking up the provided cup of cocoa and nearly downing half of it in one go, sighing with mixed relief and pleasure as the tasty liquid's warmth flooded his body. Ah.....that sure hit the spot!

Then, the bristly blacksmith sharply turns his head at Kee/Karen, and bluntly says this to them, his stare flat and unamused, and his lips thinner than a penny.

"Don't want either of ya talking to me now, so keep your comments to yourselves and zip it. "

Yeap, he's still ticked off at the two of them. Oh Ran....

After taking the time to warm up and enjoy the stew/cocoa the elder provided him, the dwarven craftsman turns to face them and crosses his arms, his expression sternly inquisitive.

"Alright, let's Cut to the chase here: who are ya, how did you know we'd end up here, why we are here, and do you know anything about bleeding insanity is plaguing the Temple for it to warp us all the way to this section of the frozen north? Oh, what can be done to fix this whole sordid mess, if ya happen to know."