[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Platina takes the lead for a bit as everyone continues marching down the corridors of the Mystery Dungeon.  The scenery continues to not change much, making it difficult to gauge how far exactly they've traveled, so when it does finally change notably, it's quite the sight to see.

To the party's right, a large, gaping chasm that the water rushes towards, spilling over the cliff and into the dark abyss below.  On the party's left, waterfalls continue to blanket the tall walls, but a perfectly carved stone staircase is cut into the wall, the water cascading down the steps.

And straight ahead, the corridor continues onwards, the water flowing out of it and towards the center of the room, then the chasm below.



Espeon and Umbreon both perk up when they see the stairs.

"Ah!  There's the exit!"

"We're almost out of here.  Maybe there wasn't anything to worry ab..."

Umbreon's gaze snaps to the opposite corridor, interrupting the end of his sentence.  Three pokemon have appeared from it, and they're watching the group carefully.  An Arrokuda and a Horsea hang back as a Poliwhirl steps forward, arms crossed.

"Guess we did alert some wild pokemon after all.  I think we can get to the exit, though."

"Hmmmm...they're just...standing there.  Curious..."

The eeveelutions wait for Platina's move, and the wild pokemon continue watching silently.  The dungeon may be exited now, but there's still more adventure to be had if desired.

The stunning, picturesque cascading waterfalls and currents.....absolutely fail to impress the metallic avian, as she was too focused on trying to be vigiliant as she lead the group onwards to really take the sight in. Her own personal disdain for the MD's aquatic environs also played a strong role in said aloofness, which she made no attempt to conceal judging by her slight grimace. She, for one, has had enough Water in her life at the moment, thank-you-very-much!

The Stairs didn't interest her much either until the Eeveelutions started to get excited about them, though she didn't voice her own opinion on them. Too soon after her faux pass with her Metal Sound, and more to the point she didn't really feel like chatting with Lord Umbreon all that much at the time. It didn't prevent her from noticing said nightly scholar abrupt silence and subsequent pointing out that the group had company. 

And what bunch they were! A stoic Horsea, and Arrokunda, and Poliwhirl, who appears to be their spokesperson, oh my! 

This time Platina glanced at the foxes to try and discrene how they wanted to play things out, but upon finding they were for her reaction she simply gave the two a tilt of her head before redirecting her attention towards the company. Taking a few careful hops forward toward them, done with just the exact amount of finesse and force require to shatter her Shiny Sparkles most dazzlingly, she gave the Poliwhirl with deep-but-not-too-deep bow before she opened discussions.

"Greetings, Poliwhirl. My name is Platina, and this *Motions towards everyone else* is my group of companions. All of us are just passing through this area, and we mean to cause no harm or difficulties to you or your own. We'll just continue on our way down these Stairs and leave you all be...."

*Tilts head*

"....Unless you want otherwise?"

Orders: Try an Etiquette Roll to either get the group out of the MD's current Floor unmolested, or at the very least prevent Poliwhirl's Gang from trying to jump the gun on the group ASAP. Not too sure about the root of the roll, but unless you say otherwise I will continue trying to use her Beauty Stat in most of her social interactions, as it's by far her strongest trait she brings to the table Encounter-wise!

Potential Roll: Beauty (3) + Contest (2) + Etiquette (2) + Bonus (3) = 10D6 Base Roll ?