[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

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Paula yawns and blinks a few times, but when she sees the bow, her eyes light up!  Ooooooo!  Yup, she likes it!

Putting the bow on her should be easy enough, I think.  No roll needed.

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"Yeah, hang on, let me get some..."  Karen digs through her bag and pulls out some basic bandages that she keeps on hand.  "Just in case I end up scraping my knee or something, I always carry a few around.  Here, let me help."

Karen will attempt to bandage Randolph's hands, since that'll probably be easier than Randolph trying to bandage them himself.  She spends some exp to increase her Knowledge to 3 and Medicine to 2 as well.

1 Dex + 3 Knowledge + 2 Medicine = 6
(6)(5)(4)(6)(4)(2) 5 successes.  Nice!

And ya know what?  She actually doesn't do a bad job, either.  Despite her clumsily fumbling with the bandages while unwrapping them, she actually manages to wrap up the cuts very neatly and tightly.

While she's sitting with Randolph, wrapping the wounds, she starts a little Insightful fireside chatter.  Doesn't seem like she's brushing it off.  "...so, I'm guessing this is something you don't want to talk about either?"

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Lucas raises an eyebrow, curious about what Randolph intends to do when he walks over to Sally, but he doesn't stop the small man, as Sally can handle herself if needed.

Ditto's definitely groggy at first, but also isn't nearly as off balance as Kee's Absol was since it wasn't actually a Shadow Pokemon.  Ditto has no Loyalty and no Disobedience, so it'll do as Randolph asks, but as soon as it Transforms into Sally...

Ugh, fine.  I'll take over for now to give her a break.  There better be something in this for me later, though.

Sally looks very confused for a moment when an exact duplicate of her starts back talking to Randolph.  She and Ditto have a short conversation about...something (Randolph can't hear it), and then Sally looks to Randolph, sighs, and thanks him...sort of.  Well, this is a surprise.  Not an unpleasant one, either, oddly.  I suppose if I'm going to get a chance to get away from this madness, I can go do more productive things.  Did you need me for something, or is this just a rare moment of generosity?

"Hehe, glad ya do, Paula! Now, it's time for you to rest. Tomorrow's another big day, and we need to be ready for it!"

And that should be all between Ran and his sea sprite!

(...)

Ran looks over the bi-chromatic eyed girl's handy work on his injures for a few seconds, before looking over to her and gracing the girl with a rare warm smile.

"Nicely done. Thank ya, lass."

He calms up like a Cloyster when she lightly prods him about what caused him to self-mutilate himself, his expression going very still and pensive. A minute passed in silence before he heaved a long, low *Sigh and glanced away, once more looking at the cave walls.

"....It's not a pleasing tale for the ears, Karen."

Light rebuke from the stern midget, but not an outright refusal to answer her.

(...)

The dwarven craftsman nearly deadpans as he realized Ditto copied more than just Sally's form and capabilities as they 'spoke' to him (In hindsight, maybe he should have expected such shenanigans from a Transforming Pokemon....) , but instead gives them a nod and sends them off to relieve the Fighting canine. When the real deal 'thanked' him, he took it with the good grace and calmness he's exhibited towards her since this morning.

"I did promise ya that I'd help you out with translating for Scizors, and I'm a man of my word. *Scratches beard*....Did it in a round about manner, but you get a break to do what you want all the same."

He paused when she asked why he aided her (in her own obtuse, indirect way), before shaking his head.

"No, I don't need ya to do anything for me. But if you want, I'd like to chat with ya later. Been thinking we need get to know each other better, you know? Got some stories about your dad too I believe you'd like, if you want to hear them."

If Randolph's polite behavior before didn't already confuse her, this unexpected offer for some friendly chit-chat will probably thoroughly baffle her.