[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

Kogeki leads the group down the left path, and...



...Team OS walks into another dead end.

There's no apples to greet them this time, however.  Only that ominous feeling that's been hanging in the air ever since they arrived...

Oh, and all of the torches are extinguished simultaneously as soon as the group realizes that they need to turn around again, and everyone hears cackling coming from somewhere in the pitch black darkness that's now engulfing them completely.  That too.

So, I ask: how does everyone immediately react to this turn of events?  Keep in mind that nobody can see anything.  Even the light of Pyra's ever present flame isn't enough to pierce this darkness.

For her part, Karen speaks up, sounding really nervous now instead of excited.  Even her shiny sparkles are impossible to see in this darkness.  "...d-do y-you th-think that w-was a...g-g-ghost?"

*Briefly flashing back to the Apple Scene* : Pyra was not totally okay with Dax's solution of splitting the food between them - she admired his thoughtfulness but objected to the idea of him not fully satiating his Hunger, and the concept behind said thoughtfulness was.....strange, to her - but between the kind gesture and her Leader's insistence and rationale she reluctantly scarfed down her half of the Apple. While she personally would've prefer to go hungry for a little while longer for her friends shake, if eating it would not cause them to overly fret or worry about her like when she broke her arm (which she was still coming to grips with) , then dine on the flesh of the fruit she would. The lil' fiendess was all for some chaos, discord, and mischief, but not when it involved her friends!

Entering recent events, the fiery demoness was not scared by the sudden darkness nor the mysterious laughter, though like with everything unexpected it did cause her some measure of surprise. As a creature of the Dark, pitch blackness hardy phased her beyond the lose of her vision, and even that didn't bother her much when she could still hear loud and clear. Case in point, the moment Karen spoke up she immediately shiveled in their direction and carefully marched that way until she gently bumped into them, placing a claw on her shoulder and mummuring comfortingly.

"Perhaps, perhaps, but this mayhaps not be vile or bad. Could be a fae trick, a spooky scare to beguile and rile those that trespass here, by Pokemon or this place itself. Worry not, though, for I will be here for you, dear Karen...."

She'd then look upwards and around, and rather plainly declare thus: "Spirit, specter, magician, mystic, vector, or other, please reveal yourselves to me and we, or let us pass back through here to the room before unmolested. If you need exchange, I offer a fraction of my life to you, or take a small task that must be done."