[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

So, the next question is: where to now?  There's 6 different paths leading out of this room.  Karen, Lucas, and Scizor will follow what the players in their respective groups wish to do for the time being.

(On the topic of Pre-Buffing, would Scarmory's Tailwind to speed up group travel speed only constitute as it? Just asking, not going to do it now, since the group is split.)

Hmm....in that case, Ran elects for his group to take the Center North Path, as it's good direction as any (or more likely, bad) to choose if he has no way to determine the individual/merits qualities of each Path. While the group is walking, he'll pay close attention to the topography and overall composition of the cave to see if it matches up with his Knowledge about Mt. Coronet and its Geology. He's curious ( almost dreadfully so) to see what ways the interior of the sacred mountain has changed because of its change into a Mystery Dungeon, if any.

His chosen partners out with him for now are Zorn and Diam. Speaking of which, he'll pull aside the little gemlin from the mini-group declare to them that their punishment is over, and catch them up with what happened these past couple of days. He would then give her a very stern and humorless expression that she'd be quite familiar with by now, given her mischievous nature.

"....Now, you may be wondering why you're getting off early and easy for that stunt you pulled. Simply put, it's 'cause your power and talents is now worth more than my desire to keep you locked up in the PC or put on a non-gemstone diet. Our job has gotten more complicated and disastrous than the wildest schemes you and Puck have ever come with, and the deadline for is tighter than the Coils of a Serviper, so I want all the help I can get to survive and escape the utter mess we're pronto. Keeping you detained longer and then giving you a proper scolding is time and manpower I don't want to waste right now, so consider this a rare, lucky break. "

*Stern Expression Intensifies!*

"If, though, IF you get up to trouble again while on this job, you can say Auf Wiedersehen to the rest of your diamond meals. That, and Zorn and Sekhemt will be using you as a stress toy for the remainder of it every time we camp, and I'll tell them they can be as rough as they like with ya. Bet they'd relish the chance to pay ya back with interest for all the pranks and irritation you gave them and put you through the wringer until you're flat as a Stunkfish. So if ya don't want to give them that golden opportunity, be on your best behavior until the job is done. Am I crystal clear, Diam?"

Well, is he? (Reactions from her please, mate!)