[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Dragonstrike]

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(Neat!)

Yeap, he'd initially be displeased that he'd end up leading his mini-group into what amounts to a dead end, but that clear away once he spots all the loot scattered throughout it, and becomes especially intrigued when he spots what he thinks is a Fire Plate among all the Items. [b][b]He would DEFINITELY want to grab that for himself, and examine it in closer detail to see if it was really the real deal (and if it had anything interesting on it).

As for the other Loot Items, Ran would be interested in getting the Red Top Hat, TM Sword Dance, and the Fire Journal, as well as one Big Nugget. He's willing to give up getting a Big Nugget for himself or even Sword Dance if he can get the R.T.H, Fire Journal, and Fire Plate, though[/b]!
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Of course, who gets what can't be done until the mini-group starts squabbling over , so let's get that out of the way first and see if Ran would have to make concessions or not to get the Items he's interested in....

Lastly, the bristly blacksmith would take one good look the avalanche pile, before after a moment's thought summoning his Excadrill, giving it a calm, expectant look before pointing over to said pile.

"Excadrill can ya Dig out a path through here? If ya need any convincing to do it, I'll let you have a rematch with Zorn later, and you give you an edge up over him so you can whomp him. How about it?"

Karen seems more initially concerned about the implications that these scattered items might have, while Rui stands behind everyone else.  "...do you think someone got caught in this avalanche?  I thought we were the only ones up here, though..."

If Randolph is going to take the Swords Dance TM, then Karen will take the Fire Blast TM.  (Rui certainly has no use for it since she isn't a Trainer, and none of the pokemon traveling with her can even use that TM in the first place)  Karen also suggests that they split the Big Nuggets with Kogeki and Kee.  She's also wondering what the heck Randolph intends to do with the top hat and journal...

Normally, I'd roll a Lore check to see if the Plate is the real deal, but Randolph doesn't need to because he can feel the power in it resonating with the power of the Azure Flute he's got in his bag.  It's real, 100%.

Excadrill narrows its eyes and crosses its arms.  What kind of an edge are we talking about here?

Then the avalanche happens, catching everyone off guard and interrupting whatever Randolph would have said in response.

(Well, if Ran hears the avalanche go off, is it possible he can send up Stymph and Beethoven to see where it's going, what's it going to hit, and what causes it? Because I think he'd be rightly worried about all that, triple especially since he doesn't know if his partners are going to be caught up in it)

Using the portable PC takes time, so while Randolph can absolutely do that, by the time he's gotten them out of the PC (I checked if they were in Randolph's default lineup for the floor), the avalanche has reached its destination.  Stymph and Beethoven didn't see anyone got caught in the avalanche, which was headed southeast from the current location of Randolph's group.

As for what's caused it, Randolph and co. would have heard the exact same dismal, off-key singing(?) that the other party did right before the avalanche happened.  The fact that the singing stopped right before the avalanche started is a little suspicious...particularly since the birds don't see anything obvious at the top of the peak that might have caused such a large disaster.

Excadrill takes one look at the mountain above after that ruckus, and is definitely factoring that into whether it wants to dig through this first avalanche's aftermath now...