[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

Quote PhantomUnderHerDesk:

...But Pyra's change of mood and hearty words cause the crittercoon to halt, his furry head now jolting in HER direction to staaaaare at her with a gaze that's gleaming of concern, seriousness and determination: Every single hair of his black-and-white fur seems to be glowing of pure agreement of what she said, her desire and will to NOT let The Darkness rest and therefor grow for too long underlined twicely and boldly.

Unglueing his eyes from the fierly demoness, Ziggy Kee slowly looks over to Marcus, his gaze toning down only little so. He nods to the craftsman of a Cubone to express how WHOLEHEARTILY he agrees to Pyra here. He'd be giving her a gentle nudge or nuzzle to express it further, but he kinda feels that's, uh, not really the moment to do so, and he doesn't want to rruin the mood and tangible seriousness looming in the air right now.

Pyra…..hardly pays any mind to Kee and his sudden spike of interest in her. The most she gave him was a cold, hard stare before focusing on the path ahead. Before this job she’d probably take the opportunity to tease or be playful with him, and even after all the recent drama the smol demoness would’ve humored him with a smile and head rub. Not now. Not after the group’s first unambiguous run in with a minion of the Darkness. It needs to be found and taken care of quickly, and she brooks little disruption in the way of those goals.

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Quote Dragonstrike:

While the group is waiting for Kogeki, a light wind suddenly blows through the tunnels without warning, ruffling fur and catching the embers of flames.  (Kogeki feels it blow past him too as he travels through the corridor on his return trip)

The lil’ fiendess shivers ever so slightly as that wind rushed past her, and it was not from the flighty ‘chills’ it gave her. An……omen was carried in that air stream. One of premonition, urgency, and……rejection. More than ever, she wanted to make haste for that Dark Beast and its Master, before the portent of that wind came to pass….

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Quote PhantomUnderYourDesk:

Ziggy Kee follows her to the collapsed tunnel and starts to scratch a bit on some of the rocks, then gives the psychic fae an eager nod. " Ahaha Karen-dear, nat only 'almost certain' but rather 'certain' 'ndeed!~ That wae must be the shortcut to the curious! pink! light-thingies! we've seen earlier!!~ ( ÒωÓ)و☆Thing is, how d'we open that pathwae...?"

“We don’t have TIME to investigate that. We NEED to pursue and SUBDUE The Darkness minion and it’s Bat Lord,” was Pyra’s curt remark on the subject, getting increasingly irritated, but of course she’s ignore in his exuberant curiosity and the rest of the group’s desire to see what was causing that Pink Light. Eventually, though, she relents and agrees to help clear the tunnel once Dax proposes a plan to do so, if for no other reason than to get it done quickly so that the group can Inferno damn MOVE ON AND GO AFTER THE DARKNESS LIKE THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO. 

She isn’t happy about this delay, to say the least.

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As the Nohface flees, Daxter is with Pyra as he rages at its cowardice, but that quickly turns into puzzlement and mild discomfort as she starts ranting about the Darkness. He had no idea what exactly it was, but it didn't sound good. Then he remembers that it was Pyra who was describing it, and begins to grow deeply troubled. Pyra had shown a warped sense of right and wrong, so he had no bloody idea what to make of something she considered evil. Was it evil in the same way that Pyra didn't think that Team Artificers as so bad, in which case it wouldn't be that bad? Or should he be very concerned at something that disturbed someone with such a distorted perception of morality? Daxter grows quiet for several seconds as he tries to make something of this, but fails to do so. He stares at Pyra in concern, but chooses to side with Marcus. "Listen, love. If this Nohface is just a puppet and was using this Darkness stuff you're talking about, then that's all the more reason to chase after Count Dracula there. If the underling used it, then I'd wager that the boss would too. Come on, let's get after him. Gotta make sense of whatever has that Conkeldurr chap so spooked."

Pyra, focused on vanquishing the Darkness as she was, was not yet blind to the happenings of her friends and allies. She caught the aquatic salamander’s reaction to her impassioned rant, and how it shook him for some reason. It was just that she did not care about it. Bigger, GRAVER things needed her AND the group’s full and undivided attention (that they were not giving), not frivolous introspection or any sort of hesitation. Honestly, if he and everyone was not her dearest, most cherished and beloved friends she’d probably SNAP at them by now – and even then her patience was growing ever thin.

She was forced to respond, however, when he directly brought up the matter of The Dark Beast, turning to face him with that intense, alien, and very Intimidating Look she gave Marcus.

“……..I have already agreed with Marcus to wait and go after the Bat Lord and his Dark Beast minion, so we have no…..conflicts of interest. Once Kogeki comes back, we hunt them down and end their Dark threat. That should be ALL we should be concerned about.”

The brimstone imp gives a scathing glare over to were the rest of the group was investigating the blocked off tunnel, before turning away to stare at the path forward once more. Ms. Social she was not, which is saying something coming from HER of all Pokemon.


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Kogeki’s return to the group is meet with a small *sigh* of satisfaction and relief from the on edge demoness – good, he has returned unharmed and well – and gives a nod at the information he had about The Dark Beast. Anything that can help track and put it down was a something to note. It was when Dax lit into him about fleeing the battle and Kogeki shot back that she got MAD. She stomped forward and grabbed both of them by the arm and pulled them to face her, a GLARE on her face full of unbridled irritation just for the pair, sparing them none of her natural Intimidation in the process.

“We. Do. Not. Have. Time. For. THIS. Save your squabbles for LATER. Clear this tunnel, investigate that Pink Light if we can, then FINALLY continue our hunt for The Darkness. Those are our goals. G E T  T H E M  I N  O R D E R  . “

She hissed out the last part out in a unholy tone before she roughly let go of them, marching over to do her part in following Dax’s plan. Oh by the burning abyss why can’t her friends focus on what matters right now?!