01-25-2020, 11:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-25-2020, 11:08 PM by Dragonstrike.)
Karen's current team for the record:
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The group packs up camp and recalls their pokemon, ready to begin the perilous climb to the top of Mt. Coronet and the Spear Pillar. Ominous thoughts of what may await inside the mountain abound, and the very air seems charged with a nervous tension...
As soon as the group steps outside of the cave, everyone can see that it's fortunately daytime this morning. Hooray!
Unfortunately, there's still a black shadow clearly darkening the surrounding area. Those who look up see...
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...a dark vortex swirling above the peak of the mountain, blotting out the sunlight. The surrounding area is eerily silent, as if nature itself is holding its breath in anticipation of what's to come...
"...that doesn't look good. Last time I saw something like that...well, let's just say things weren't very pretty. Come on, we should hurry."
Understatement of the year, Lucas.
The group hurries into the mountain, a strange, unexplainable feeling passing over every single person and pokemon as they walk through the opening in the cliffside...
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The Caves of Sinnoh: Cave - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Mt. Coronet 1F
Lucas leads the way into the mountain itself. As soon as everyone enters though, he holds up a hand to indicate that everyone should stop. "...wait a second...this isn't right...this entrance is supposed to be a long corridor with a single turn and a side room..."
What everyone sees before them though is far, far different.
A large room with a small body of water in the middle and many paths branching off from it greets the party as they enter the mountain, the entrance they just walked through nowhere to be seen. A rather unremarkable place at first glance, were it not for the fact that Lucas claims this should look entirely different.
Scizor glances down at his bag, then grabs it in one claw so he can get a closer look at the badge pinned to it, as said badge has begun to glow with a soft light.
Scizor lets his bag hang loosely by his side again and pushes toward the front of the group. He tries to converse with Lucas, but upon remembering that the humans can't understand him, resorts to pointing at Lucas's pokeballs instead. Karen nervously takes a step back as Lucas nods in understanding, and Sally is summoned once more. The Lucario definitely looks a little annoyed at first. What now? Seriously, can I not rest for 10 minutes without...*sigh*...fine, I'll act as translator again. What's going on, Scizor?
Scizor points to the badge, then at the room as he explains to Sally. She looks thoroughly confused by what she's being told, but she conveys the message anyways. Ooooookay...Scizor says that we've just wandered into a Mystery Dungeon. Apparently, we need to find the stairs in order to proceed to the next floor, but there's no telling where they might be. There's also no telling what we're going to find while we're searching for the stairs...treasure, wild pokemon, traps...anything could be in here.
Lucas scratches his head as he thinks about what that means. "...soooo...we're stuck in a maze now? Great...and I thought Mt. Coronet was hard enough to navigate already..."
Karen nervously speaks up to ask a question. "Do you think this m-might have something to do with the t-temporal distortions?"
"...maybe...can't rule it out, anyways..."
Scizor converses with Sally again. Are you sure that's a good idea? Scizor nods, and Sally sighs. Scizor recommends that we split up if we want to find those stairs more quickly. And he highly recommends we don't linger for too long, lest...the wind finds us. I...have no idea what he means by that, but he seemed serious about the danger it poses.
"I'm not sure about splitting up, honestly. We do that, and we'll be more vulnerable to whatever immediate dangers are in here."
Scizor's confident that we'd be able to handle it in this case. Parties of Explorers in Scizor's world typically travel in groups of 4-5 pokemon, apparently. Given that humans can command two pokemon at a time, 2-3 humans per group would be more than adequate for tackling a Mystery Dungeon according to him. He also claims that things can get...weird if too many explorers are in the same general area in a Mystery Dungeon, and that's primarily why large exploration teams tend to travel in smaller groups.
"I dunno...what do you guys think? If what Scizor says is true, it's probably going to be risky either way." Lucas looks to the rest of the group to hear their opinions on the matter.
Do you want to split the party into two groups to search for the stairs more quickly, or travel as one big group?
Notes:
- The difficulty of encounters will be adjusted accordingly for whichever decision is made.
- If the party splits, only one group needs to find the stairs for everyone to be able to advance
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SpoilerThe group packs up camp and recalls their pokemon, ready to begin the perilous climb to the top of Mt. Coronet and the Spear Pillar. Ominous thoughts of what may await inside the mountain abound, and the very air seems charged with a nervous tension...
As soon as the group steps outside of the cave, everyone can see that it's fortunately daytime this morning. Hooray!
Unfortunately, there's still a black shadow clearly darkening the surrounding area. Those who look up see...
...a dark vortex swirling above the peak of the mountain, blotting out the sunlight. The surrounding area is eerily silent, as if nature itself is holding its breath in anticipation of what's to come...
"...that doesn't look good. Last time I saw something like that...well, let's just say things weren't very pretty. Come on, we should hurry."
Understatement of the year, Lucas.
The group hurries into the mountain, a strange, unexplainable feeling passing over every single person and pokemon as they walk through the opening in the cliffside...
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The Caves of Sinnoh: Cave - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Mt. Coronet 1F
Lucas leads the way into the mountain itself. As soon as everyone enters though, he holds up a hand to indicate that everyone should stop. "...wait a second...this isn't right...this entrance is supposed to be a long corridor with a single turn and a side room..."
What everyone sees before them though is far, far different.
A large room with a small body of water in the middle and many paths branching off from it greets the party as they enter the mountain, the entrance they just walked through nowhere to be seen. A rather unremarkable place at first glance, were it not for the fact that Lucas claims this should look entirely different.
Scizor glances down at his bag, then grabs it in one claw so he can get a closer look at the badge pinned to it, as said badge has begun to glow with a soft light.
Scizor lets his bag hang loosely by his side again and pushes toward the front of the group. He tries to converse with Lucas, but upon remembering that the humans can't understand him, resorts to pointing at Lucas's pokeballs instead. Karen nervously takes a step back as Lucas nods in understanding, and Sally is summoned once more. The Lucario definitely looks a little annoyed at first. What now? Seriously, can I not rest for 10 minutes without...*sigh*...fine, I'll act as translator again. What's going on, Scizor?
Scizor points to the badge, then at the room as he explains to Sally. She looks thoroughly confused by what she's being told, but she conveys the message anyways. Ooooookay...Scizor says that we've just wandered into a Mystery Dungeon. Apparently, we need to find the stairs in order to proceed to the next floor, but there's no telling where they might be. There's also no telling what we're going to find while we're searching for the stairs...treasure, wild pokemon, traps...anything could be in here.
Lucas scratches his head as he thinks about what that means. "...soooo...we're stuck in a maze now? Great...and I thought Mt. Coronet was hard enough to navigate already..."
Karen nervously speaks up to ask a question. "Do you think this m-might have something to do with the t-temporal distortions?"
"...maybe...can't rule it out, anyways..."
Scizor converses with Sally again. Are you sure that's a good idea? Scizor nods, and Sally sighs. Scizor recommends that we split up if we want to find those stairs more quickly. And he highly recommends we don't linger for too long, lest...the wind finds us. I...have no idea what he means by that, but he seemed serious about the danger it poses.
"I'm not sure about splitting up, honestly. We do that, and we'll be more vulnerable to whatever immediate dangers are in here."
Scizor's confident that we'd be able to handle it in this case. Parties of Explorers in Scizor's world typically travel in groups of 4-5 pokemon, apparently. Given that humans can command two pokemon at a time, 2-3 humans per group would be more than adequate for tackling a Mystery Dungeon according to him. He also claims that things can get...weird if too many explorers are in the same general area in a Mystery Dungeon, and that's primarily why large exploration teams tend to travel in smaller groups.
"I dunno...what do you guys think? If what Scizor says is true, it's probably going to be risky either way." Lucas looks to the rest of the group to hear their opinions on the matter.
Do you want to split the party into two groups to search for the stairs more quickly, or travel as one big group?
Notes:
- The difficulty of encounters will be adjusted accordingly for whichever decision is made.
- If the party splits, only one group needs to find the stairs for everyone to be able to advance
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