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[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows
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Our story begins with what feels to everyone like a dream...silhouetted against a backdrop of rainbow colors, the form of a pokemon wavers into existence...

Welcome to the World of Pokemon!: Personality Test - PMD: Explorers of T/D/S

The form of the pokemon is hazy, unclear...their mouth is clearly moving, but the sound is difficult to hear.  It's hard to tell what species they are, let alone what sounds they're trying to make.

After a few minutes(?), though, the hazy form starts wavering a little less, and it becomes possible to make out what they're saying.

...is......working?  H...lo?  Can.........me?

It wavers again, stabilizes, and the voice becomes clearer.

Ah, there we go!  I finally got through!  Hello, everyone!  You were contacted by Arceus, right?  Yes?  Perfect!  No need to say anything!  I can tell that you're the humans I've been looking for!

I'm afraid our world is in a great deal of trouble, and I cannot thank you enough for agreeing to help.  Now then, as for what exactly it is you need to do...well, obviously you can't do it unless you're in the right world!  I'll zap you on over lickety split, no problem!  We can discuss details further once you've arrived.  Now then, I need to do this, that, and the other thing...

The wavering form begins gesturing wildly with their arms(?), for Arceus knows what reasons.

Then they stop and suddenly turn around.  They sound surprised.

...wait, what?  What are you doing here?!  Oh no no no, that won't do at all...

They turn back around to face towards the ones they're speaking to again, this time more urgently.

I'm afraid I need to cut our meeting short!  We'll meet again later!  I wish you luck on your adventures!

The rainbow colored background starts getting brighter and brighter, and the entire dream (if it even is one?) becomes a bright, white light.  It's impossible to see anything...

An unknown amount of time passes...

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And so the story begins...: Intro - PMD: Explorers of Time/Darkness

...a rift opens in the sky, and 5 bright lights begin floating down from it towards the land below as the rift closes behind them...

They pass by a flock of Pelipper as they continue towards their destination.  The Pelipper look curiously at the lights, then at each other.  One of them nods to the rest of the flock, and turns to follow the lights.  The rest split off in various different directions, flying over both land and sea to reach their destinations...

A land watched over by the clouds themselves, which Pelipper takes extra care to avoid when flying past them...

A land covered in greenery and flowers that has only grown more beautiful with time, which Pelipper admires as they soar overhead...

A land shrouded in a mist that gives anyone who lingers too long in it chills, even the rugged and determined mailpokemon...

A land of communities that have sprung up around large bodies of water, ones that built their hard working lifestyles around easy access to the resource.  Pelipper prepares to land in one such body of water near a busy settlement...

And finally, a barren land that's perpetually underneath the sun's watchful eye.

The fifth and final continent is where our story truly begins.  As the lights approach the ground, the Pelipper following them flies off into the distance, towards a destination unknown as they scan both the land below them and the horizon...

...and the lights themselves seep into cracks in the barren ground amidst many brittle, dry trees...

A lone Cubone looks up at the Pelipper flying overhead and raises a hand to shield his eyes from the harsh sunlight.  He looks in the direction Pelipper has arrived from, takes note of what he sees, and then looks back at the mailpokemon as they continue to fly away...

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In a dark, underground cave, the five lights settle on the floor, each pulsing with energy and glowing with a soft light.

The lights dim and begin to fade, and laying on the floor in their wake are five pokemon, all unconscious initially.  What little light is in the room is provided by two sources: the slivers of light filtering in through the cracks in the ceiling above, and a small flame being produced by one of the five pokemon.  There's just enough light to make out the surroundings.

The room is empty, aside from the five pokemon.  Loose rock and dirt is scattered around it, and there's but a single exit out of the room.  The ceiling may be cracked, but both it and the walls look tough.

One by one, the pokemon come to.

A Devimp, the flame between their horns one of the sources of light in this dark cave.  They appear to be wearing a glove of some kind on one hand.

A black and white Zigzagoon with a handful of tufts of fur that are hues of yellow, purple, and violet instead of their usual colors.  A large, empty bag of some kind is laying next to them.

A black furred Riolu, their mask-like pattern on their face a dark red.  The pattern looks like it's torn, however, and a bone white coloration can be seen around their left eye instead of the dark red one.  Their blue eyes only seem to get brighter in the darkness, and the white scarf around their neck strangely seems to help them blend in with the shadows better than would be expected...

A strange looking Charmander, primarily blue in color.  No flame burns at the tip of their tail, and it instead ends in what appears to be a fin of some kind. A collar of some kind is around their neck.

And lastly, a Ralts that sparkles in the dim lighting provided by the slight beams and the fire.  Their horns are golden, and their eyes are obscured somewhat by their silvery hair.

These five pokemon all have one thing in common: they are all human.

Or at least, that's what they remember, some better than others.  Besides that detail, all they remember right away when they wake is their names.

The first to wake is the shiny Ralts.  She sits up a clutches her head, as she's got a bit of a headache.  "...oowwwwie...my head...why does it hurt so much...?"

The Ralts leans against a wall as she tries to gather herself.  She looks around the room as the other pokemon begin to come to.

"...where am I...? And why are there so many unconscious pokemon here...?"

@Lord Windos, @PhantomUnderYourDesk, @Spiritmon, and @no one, you are now free to post your characters' initial reactions to waking up in a dark cave with some degree of amnesia!  (Remember that those of you with only 1 Logic may remember less than those with 2)  The initial scenes prior to waking up in the cave are purely for introductory purposes, and are not meant to be reacted to.
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RE: [Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows - by Dragonstrike - 04-07-2020, 02:49 AM
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