[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

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"Ah, of course.  The children who ran across you were probably Sandshrew and Hippopotas.  They're practically always together, and they spend a lot of time on that beach outside of town, so they should be easy to find.  And the sheriff is currently standing guard outside the guild's main entrance.  He'll be even easier to spot, what with his badge and those large wings of his."

Audino pauses his note taking and declines to take the money.  "I'm just doing my job, miss.  The guild provides the funds for my services, so you need not worry about me."  He goes back to scribbling notes, muttering to himself.  "Lightning...storm at sea...hmmmm..."

He looks back up, somewhat startled by his patient's sudden outburst.  "Calm down, calm down.  You're still recovering from your current injuries.  We don't need you hurting yourself even more now.  You were traveling with someone?  I'm afraid the children only found you this morning, miss.  I can see if the Guild can send out a search party soon, though.  Maybe your companion washed up elsewhere nearby."

The majority of the guild's rooms are based underground (not that your character would know that), so the crowd outside the guild wouldn't be audible from here, but there is suddenly a commotion as several sets of footsteps clatter past the door to the room.

"Ah, that'll probably be one of the Teams on their way to the Grand Hall.  The Guildmaster has called an emergency meeting with the local Teams.  I don't know why exactly, but she stated it was very urgent and that every team needed to be sent notice to send a representative to the guild ASAP.  I had to deliver the notice to Team Slink this morning, in fact.  That was right before you were brought in by the sheriff.  Hmmmm..."

Audino walks over to a side counter and pulls a drawstring hanging from the ceiling, ringing a bell somewhere.  A moment later, a Drilbur burrows through the wall!

"What?  Can't you hear we're busy, doc?"

"My apologies, but can you inform the Guildmaster that our guest wasn't traveling alone?  They were apparently at sea when a storm separated them from their traveling companion.  We may need to send out a search party to look for another pokemon."

Drilbur salutes.  "Roger that!"  Then they disappear back into the wall, filling the hole behind them.  A few minutes later, they return, looking somewhat flustered and out of breath.

"The Guildmaster...wants to see you and your patient immediately...Audino...phew...you all are going to kill me one day with all this urgent back and forth message delivery..."

"Thank you Drilbur.  You know where the restoratives are.  Take two of them, and no more.  Well then, it seems we have been summoned, miss.  This is somewhat unexpected...I needed to give my report to the guildmaster anyways, though, so I suppose this works out.  Let me escort you to the Grand Hall.  The guild can be a bit of a maze if you don't know your way around."

"*Happy chirp* Thank you very much, healer! I'll search for them post haste....once I fix my bedraggled appearance, that is. First impressions are worth their weight in Poke, and I want mine to be priceless to my heroes!"

The metallic avian good mood was somewhat spoiled by the medic refusing their patronage, looking a bit irritated they did it so easily, but they bit back their rebuke with a *Sigh* . Well, if he wouldn't accept due compensation for healing them, they'll have to take up the matter with the Guild itself. Hopefully the organization wouldn't be so churlish to reject their gratitude and a chance to repay the debt to them.

The pink healer's demands at first made the Shiny Bird bristle and ready to start making some of her own, but his swift reply to them concerns quickly quelled their irritation with him. Their worried energy only abated somewhat, however, yet they tried their best to mask it with an imperious look and a Cool/charismatic tone.

".......Please see that you do. If the Guild need further incentive to do so quickly and thoroughly, tell them I'm willing to......expedite things with some Poke or favors. He's......important to me, so I want him found quickly."

From there things happened in such quick enough succession that the flustered fowl couldn't get in another word edgewise, until they last the chance to do so when the Audino sent off that....Drilbur to contact the Guild Master of this place. Those minutes the mole was away were a tad bit tense, as they wanted the search for them companion to happen NOW, though they did take the opportunity to try and do their best to preen and clean her dirty/damaged feathers to look more presentable.

Once they came back with word that the Guild Master wanted to see them the metallic avian immediately straightened up in surprise, before they coughed and recomposed themselves.

"*Ahem* .....Yes, I didn't imagine I would get the chance to meet them so sooner either. Right then, lead the way healer."

Looks like they're getting a meeting with the local Leader here early, though they wonder what difficulty has riled them up enough to mobilized their followers and entreat vagabounds to deal with it in mass.....