[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Everyone heads down the stairs to the next floor, the darkness closing in on them as they descend.

It's quiet at first.  Almost too quiet.  The pitch black cave is impossible to see in, and only the warm light of Pyra's fire provides any illumination to the party as they go deeper and deeper.

Hidden Mine's Depths

Then the silence is suddenly broken by the sounds of a fight ahead, and Team OS suddenly finds themselves walking into a large room lit by the red glow of flowing lava.  More of those strange tracks are running in and out of this room, this time with actual metal carts sitting on them.  Some are empty, some are piled high with coal, and the tracks that leave the room seem to head even deeper into the tunnels.  The sound of fighting ends as quickly as it began, and while the group don't see who he was fighting, they immediately recognize the first pokemon they see.

The Lord of Darkness: In the Future - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of T/D/S (Page 143)

Vilucard stands with his back to the door in the middle of the room, Nohface standing at his side.  He doesn't even turn to look at them as they enter.  "So, you failed to heed my warning, children.  A shame.  It matters little to me, though.  I have what I came for."

He turns around to face everyone, and clutched in one of his claws is a dark, rectangular object that seems to absorb all the light that hits it.



"The Dread Plate now belongs to Darkula.  And with that, I shall bid you adieu.  Have fun playing with the Primal Shadows.  Come, Nohface.  We have work to do elsewhere."

Vilucard snaps once more, and both he and Nohface vanish in an instant, seeming to melt into the very shadows themselves.

And that's when everyone sees the pokemon that Vilucard had been standing in front of.  They push themselves up from the ground using their arms, clearly having just been attacked.  "That was...mine!  Give it back!  Give it back!  Everything in this town is going to belong to me!  ME!"

Four well muscled arms and a golden belt glinting in the light given off by the lava make it unmistakeable.  It's Machamp.  He locks eyes with the party and roars at them.

Immediate Danger: Oh No! - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of T/D/S

"GIVE IT BAAAACK!"

The sound of Machamp's yell seems to be a signal of some kind, as the party also suddenly finds themselves surrounded by five Machop as Machamp starts to stride towards them, an almost murderous look in his eyes.



"What the...?  Machamp, what the hell happened?  This isn't you!  We didn't take that item!  Snap out of it!"

"I don't think he's going to listen to reason Marcus..."

"Hah, Fighting types?  Easy peasy!  They'll be KOed faster than you can blink with me on your side!"



"Gah...I don't want to fight Machamp..."



"But I guess you're not giving me a choice are you?  Alright, bring it on!  I'll beat some sense into you if I have to, Primal or not!"

The Primal Shadows: Rage-Rayed Monsters - Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Primal Shadow Round 1 Initiatives
Hoopa: (5) + 4 = 9
Machamp: (3) + 5 = 8
Kee: (4) + 4 = 8
Karen: (6) + 2 = 8
Kogeki: (4) + 3 = 7
Marcus: (3) + 3 = 6
Daxter: (1) + 4 = 5
Machop Gang (A-E): (1) + 3 = 4
Pyra: (2) + 2 = 4

Pyra was silent as a grave as she descended into the depths of the Hidden Mine's Depths, an utterly intense air surrounding her as she practically lead the group alongside Kee. She was ready to find and end the dual threats of The Darkness, and this time nothing would belay or deter her from doing so.

The Depths themselves were.....almost homely to the brimstone imp, were she in the proper mindset and mood to appreciate it. As it stood her eyes were only on The Bat Lord and his Dark Beast, her pupils shrunken to thin, narrow slits as she glare at the both of them.

"We have come, Bat Lord. Submit and let us destroy The Darkness within you two, or be subsumed by my wrath."

Of course her threat didn't amount to anything in the end as she (and the group, perhaps) was completely ignored as the vile fiend and its minion escaped their grasp with......that Dread Plate that  resonated with her inner Dark and.....something else she couldn't name.

Watching the evil pair fade away, out of the group's reach and denying her God given right to purge them of The Darkness......something snapped inside her. She didn't pay attention to the pre-battle banter or the petty whines of the Machamp as an near indescribable feeling flooded through her as she stared at the spot the two departed from. It felt like hot, sticky tar was surging through her veins and clogging them up, scorching her raw yet thoroughly well done. Her teeth grit from the feeling, the sensation, digging into her gums until they started to bleed, puffs of steam starting to escape her nose. Her claws digging into her palms until blood too starting leaking from them. Her heart, her inner Dark furnace of Fire, beat increased tenfold, striking out like a hammer in her chest and accelerating the spread of that feeling thorough out her entire being. Last but not least, her eyes.....they were completely devoid of any emotion, a dreadful and all too alien blankness to them that was just plain wrong to look at.

Pyra.....didn't know what was happening to her right now.

She did know this: she was fucking done with E V E R Y T H I N G right NOW.

The demoness head snapped to the Machamp and its drones at that realization, the full force of her feelings borring into her with T h a t  S t a r e  of hers. Intimidate Triggered, - 1 STR to Machamp.

Pyra didn't say anything to it or her friends. She just S t a r e d at one of the Machop with a force unrivaled, a promise of untold horror conveyed to him with 100% clarity and sincerity. If this thing wanted to fight for its Master, s o  b e  i t .  L e t  h e r  w e l c o m e  i t s  a t t e m p t  c o m p l e t e l y.

Order: I want to make an Intimidation Check against one of the Machop's Will with Pyra, using a Will Point from her to boost it's success. She's not going to be doing much right now, but what she can do at the moment is just be as menacing as possible. So much so I want to increase her Intimidate Specialty by 1 for 6 XP as well. Let her feelings be known.

Roll should be Tough/STR (2) + Contest (2) + Intimidate (2) + Will (+1), right?