[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"Okay, I guess I'm going to have to give this my all as well!  Come on, Karen, focus..."

Karen glows with psychic power as she tries to focus her energy!  Karen spends 20 exp to increase her Fight to 2, Allure to 1, and Channel to 1!

"Whoa!  I don't think I've ever seen a pokemon grow stronger that fast before!  Well, unless they were a human, I suppose...does that count?  Anyways..."

(...)

Bite 1
(3)(2)(1)(6)
(5)(5)(4)(4)(3) Nohface takes 5 damage!! 32/60 HP -1 Pain
(-)(-)(-)

Pyra bites into the layer of ice encasing Nohface, and experiences subzero temperatures for the first time!  She instinctively recoils from the sudden shock of her fangs making contact with the frigid air, but huge bit marks can be seen in the ice where she hit Nohface.

The glow surrounding Karen starts to fade a little, but not before she starts attacking just a liiiitle faster than she was before.

Confusion (Karen) 1
(6)(5)
(6)(3)(2)(2) Nohface takes 1 damage. 31/60 HP -1 Pain
(5)

(...)

Mlem!  Kee's extra impassioned Lick powers through the freezing cold seeming to have a significant effect on Nohface!  However, Kee's tongue does stick to the ice, leaving him unable to pull away from the creature temporarily.

(...)

Ember 2
(6)(5)(3)
(4)(6)(4)(5) Nohface takes 4 damage and is defrosted!! 22/60 HP -2 Pain
(4)

Pyra's second lesson about ice: Fire + Ice = Water.  The layer of ice encasing Nohface instantly melts as soon as her Ember makes contact with it, freeing the creature within to take action again!  Coincidentally, this also instantly gets Kee's tongue unstuck.

"Well, I suppose we couldn't have exactly planned for Freezing them, but at least they didn't get to attack us while they were Frozen!"

(...)


And then Nohface suddenly starts to slink backwards, returning to the shadows from whence it came.

"Hey, come back here you coward!  We still have to finish this!"

Marcus holds his bone club sideways, thrusting it in front of Hoopa to pause the djinn's advance.  "They didn't return to their original position.  I think they're going to let us pass now, and we have bigger Magikarp to fry than them right now.  I think we should save our strength for what's up ahead."

"Grrrr...much as I hate to admit it, you're right.  If I was at full power, this would be a breeze...*sigh*...but I'm not.  And that black and red bat pokemon...he was giving even me the heebie jeebies!  Me!  Whatever's coming up, I've got a bad feeling about it..."

"Me too.  Everyone in agreement?  Though I suppose we'll have to wait for Kogeki to catch up first..."

"Maybe we can try and figure out a way to get through that collapsed tunnel in the meantime?"

Everyone (including Kogeki) gets 3 exp for fending off Nohface and surviving an encounter with a powerful adversary.

Where it not for the near seething RAGE at discovering and Fighting a Pokemon using The Darkness, Pyra might have noticed Karen's rapid growth. Alas, her focus was completely absorbed by that beast, with not even the sharp-cold feeling of Ice doing much more than keeping her from going totally berserk. A small part of her mind did note down the sensation for later investigation, but that's besides the point.

Seeing one of her occasionally erstwhile friends trap themselves onto the frozen faceless fiend irritates the fiery demoness even more, prompting her scathing retort and subsequent discovery on thermodynamics and irritating her even more. Oh goody, her Fire can have downsides to its usage - another little detail she has to keep in mind!

By the time Nohface decided to retreat Pyra had worked herself up to a near frenzy again, chomping at the Pokebit and ready to pursue after the Nohface and finish it off. So Marcus' denial of such earned him a face full of scowling demoness as she rounded on him, the full brunt of her almost alien and Intimidating Stare.

"No. Nothing that uses The Darkness should be allowed reprieve. The Bat Lord can wait - we must find and end that wretched creature before it can recover. If you don't wish to, I'll do it by myself."

(Possible Intimidation Check here, maybe?)

The sheer intensity and coherence of her words should be a major warning sign to everyone that this Encounter has majorly upset her well beyond her usual tolerances and previous outbursts. Already she looked like she was ready to walk past the bones craftsmon and chase after the beastly spirit, with only the brief mention of Kogeki giving her pause long enough for anyone to get a word in edgewise against her....