[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

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Pyra's Intimidate: (6)(1)(1)(3)(1) 0 Successes
Marcus's Will: (6)(2)(1)(2)(3)(2)(5) 2 Successes

It's not that Pyra's Intimidation attempt doesn't have an effect.  Marcus does wince a little when Pyra scowls at him, visibly hurt to be the target of such aggression, but the Cubone stands firm.  He calmly lowers his bone weapon, and his response is very measured, calm, and Logical.



"If you all want to go after that creepy pokemon, by all means, I'll follow you.  But this is going to need to be a group effort.  That bat's clearly up to something, and he apparently didn't need much time to do whatever it is if he was only telling that Nohface to stall us, not stop us.  I suspect the Nohface is retreating to rejoin him, having finished its task.  If we go after it now, we're probably going to run into its master too, and I doubt such an encounter would end well for us.  If you go alone, even less so.  And if you walk down that tunnel to the next floor of the dungeon...well, there's no turning back."

Marcus also has a question, however.



"This...Darkness...what is it?  Do you know something about what kind of attack that was?  I've never seen anything like that before."

"...........Fine. I will follow your advice on this. Mark my words, though: I shall not let The Darkness rest for long. If allowed to it will only grow stronger from this Fight, and it will become a bigger threat than you can possibly imagine. All traces of it need be dealt with quickly, harshly, and with no hesitation. Remember this, Marcus."

Pyra, after staring holes into Marcus and thinking hard on what he said, grinds out a agreement to his suggested course of action, though not without informing him the the none-to-pleasant consequences of his decisions.. She isn't pleased with it at all, but she was not so far gone into her SEETHING HATRED of The Darkness as to ignore perfectly sound Logic (even if it was coming from someone she was well disinclined to like at this point). Nothing is going to improve her mood at ALL, though, until that Creature of Darkness is decisively taken care of.

His questions about it don't do much to settle her down, though they do give her enough pause as to how to answer him based on what she knows-not yet knows-deeply alongside her God Given Purposes.

"I....do not know much about it. All I can say now that it is Evil. Evil beyond the Light of the heart, and more vile and cold than any natural Dark. Evil that must be stopped at all costs. It's attacks.....watch out for them. They are most unpleasant to experience, and have a chill that pierces through you. This....this I know very well, somehow."

The fierce demoness seemed almost perplexed at the Knowledge she was sharing, yet equally adamant about it too. Call it all wisdom born from a deep-seated gut feeling, but what she's said she believes to be 100% The Truth.