[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Lucas: "Didn't find anything particularly interesting, honestly.  Just a Relicanth.  Seemed harmless.  Well, let's keep going if you've finished up here."

Randolph's group climbs the big cliff with the largest waterfall, created by the largest stream in the room.  They follow said stream into the next room of the dungeon...

*rolls*  (Huh.  Well, that's interesting.  Fun thing about Mystery Dungeons: even I don't know exactly what might happen until it does!)

*places tiles on map*



...which turns out to be a large, underground lake that's apparently the source of said stream.  Immediately, two things stand out as the group looks around.

1) The stairs are on the opposite shore, in the next room over!  *places stairs tile on the map, 1 tile away from the current one*

           


Randolph's group will need to cross the lake to reach the stairs.

2) An Espeon is looking out over the water from the near shore, standing protectively over a woman with orange, short, pig-tailed hair who's seemingly collapsed near the shoreline.  They look...out of place, to say the least.  It looks like Espeon is focused on the water's surface, facing away from everyone else, so it hasn't noticed the party yet.

Upon entering the room and seeing the waylaid woman, Ran's first instinct is to immediately rush over to see what in Heatran name happened to her and if they're okay, not paying the Stair any mind at the moment. He's halted in his tracks, however, once he sees the Espeon guarding her, letting out an audible "Grk!" and taking a few steps back, while Diam quickly peddles in front of him, looking unusually serious as she stared at the telepathic fox.  Given his less than favorable experiences and Knowledge with/or their species, including the time one tried to give him a terminal headache for trashing their Trainer, he has good reason for his sudden hesitation.

With that being said, the dwarven craftsman turns to Lucas/Sally and Scizors, a uneasy grimace plastered across his normally neutral/grumpy face.

"Err....would you two mind dealing with that Espeon first before we check out that ginger woman? I'm not too keen with messing with the purple kitty cat over there for....reasons, but we can't just ignore them and the woman. So....?"