[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

*rolls*

The geology of the mountain's interior doesn't seem to be out of the ordinary when Randolph checks it.  However, when Randolph checks a few of the darker corners of the room, he finds what appears to be...diamond dust?  Tiny, sparkling particles glitter along the edges of some of the tunnels, only visible because the group's light sources cause the to light up amidst the darker rocks they're scattered across.  It's too small and scattered to be of any real value unless significant time is spent gathering it up, unfortunately.

Other than that, the geology of the area seems perfectly ordinary.

*pulls random cards out of hat*
*rolls*

Randolph's party finds a series of steep cliffs and ledges in the next room.  Small streams decorate the floor and create small waterfalls when they reach an edge.  The room is teeming with wildlife.  Water pokemon seem to be living alongside the typical inhabitants of cave environments.  However, very few of them appear to be native to Sinnoh.



1. Tyrantrum
Difficulty: Tough
Cap: 2
Note: Looks hungry.  Veeeerrrry hungry.  Not mandatory and is easily avoidable, but it's roaming around, looking for its next meal.

2. Selkid*
Difficulty: Moderate
Cap: 1
Note: Appears to be shy, and will flee if approached by more than one party member.

3. Relicanth
Difficulty: Moderate
Cap: 2
Note: Just chillin' in one of the deeper streams, seemingly not a care in the world.

Note on Scizor: just like Lucas (and Karen), he counts towards an encounter's cap, so Randolph has to choose who he wants help from should he desire it.

Before moving on, Ran has this response to Diam's....exburance to his demands is just to stare at her for a few seconds, before reaching up to drag his hand across his face, pinching the bridge of is nose as he did so and letting out a long *Siiiiiiigh* .

"....You're an utterly, utterly unrepentant and shameless little imp, you know that? *Sigh* Guess that won't be a problem, so long as you do as I damn well ask, damn it. *Wave her over* Well, come'on Diam. Let's get back to the other 'fore they start getting nosey as a curious Nosepass."

He looked and sounded very much aggrieved and put upon by his wee anklebitter's evervesent nature, but if one were to examine him more closely, they'd see his posture is relaxed (well, as much as it can be right now) and a corner of his lip was quirking upwards so very, very slightly. Despite how easily aggravated he was about the tendency of Diam to get up to trouble or cause no end of mischief or colorful incidents, it seemed he didn't mind it nearly much as he appeared to. Sometimes.

Regarding his Geology findings, he's somewhat reassured that not too much has changed with the old mountain, but the abundance of powderized diamond causes him some confusion and concern none the less, and he's quick to bring it up to the rest of his mini-group.

"In case you haven't noticed, the tunnel we're in is rich with diamond dust. Not too sure of the reason why or if that's a problem per say, but thought I let you know. Forewarned is forearmed, as they say."

The steep cliffs he, Scizors, Lucas, and Sally soon discovered and presence of non-native Pokemon around them had the midget miner frowning - well, frowning more - mainly for two reasons. One, it was yet more proof that this cosmic disaster was indeed pulling Pokemon here, there, every-and-anywhere into Mt. Coronet, and that it didn't seem too picky about who or what it warps away. And two, those cliffs were going to be a pain in his rear to scale, as he doesn't have any Pokemon that can scale them that he or anyone else can ride on, nor does he have the equipment necessary to do so himself. He does have his Scarmory Stymph he can ride upwards, but that has it's own host of problems, and it doesn't solve the issue of how to get his partners up there with him (Both were probably a bit too heavy to fly on Stymph).

Before he had a chance to ruminate on these issues, and third reason for him to be displeasured and concerned with came in the form of a what appeared to be a bloody damn Tyrantrum roaming around in the distance, appearing to be on the hunt and positively starving for some attention. His expression quickly became surprised and then alarmed, before he let loose a incredibly uhappy growl that no doubt caught the attention of everyone else. If not, then him pointing straight at it would do the trick!

"By my pickaxe and boots, what's a Tyrantrum doing stomping around here?! *Pinches nose* Don't answer that. Think we can all guess the gottverdammt reason."

He lets out another growl, looking at the ironclad Explorer and boy hero with grim determination.

"I'm going over to take care of it. We could possibly steer clear of it or make a distraction to keep it occupied, but I don't want even the slightest chance that predator taking any notice of us when we least want it. That, and there's a chance it could waltz on off and meet the rest of our partners, and I don't want them saddle them dealing with it then when I could do so myself now."

Ran pauses for a second, looking at his min-group carefully, before he speaking again.

"....That being said, I wouldn't be adverse to anyone of you helping me out. I'm confidant my own partners can lay that overgrown chicken out, but having some backup in case things go wrong or it ends up picking me as its prey would be nice to have."

(If he has to go alone, he'll choose Diam and Zorn as his Pokemon against Tyrantrum. If any of his partners accept his offer to come with him, he'll only field Zorn against the prehistoric beast)