[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

Daxter looks at the items carefully before his eyes fall on the Swift TM. Swift? That was a... good move? He could remember something about it, but not anything specific because of his garbled memories. He grits his teeth in annoyance. It was probably best to try and grab the TM anyway. "Just one moment, lads. Just need to visit the bank. Hopefully, they'll let me withdraw money I deposited back in Sahra Town."

Daxter runs off towards the Duskull Bank withdraws all of his money and returns to the Kecleon brothers. "How much for the Swift TM, friends?"

A/N: I know I've delayed a lot on my side, so I'm gonna do the next part of the post too so that we can get moving. This transaction can just be finished up with flashbacks. Super sorry guys!

After finishing his business with the Kecleon Brothers and depositing all of his remaining money back into the bank, Daxter makes his way towards the Café in order to meet up with Ampharos and the rest of his team. "Alright, I think I'm done in town for now, Ampharos. What's the plan? Ready whenever you are."

Before Daxter can withdraw any money from the bank, he has to interrupt the conversation the Ghost is having with Meowth.  Well, I say conversation, but it's more like Meowth is ranting to a brick wall given how non-chalant Duskull seems to be about the affair, and the banker is more than happy to serve a customer and continue ignoring the cat pokemon, who promptly storms off in a huff.

The Kecleon brothers are downright pleasant by comparison, if still a little weird.

"That TM for the wonderful Swift is yours for only 1500 Poké, friend!"

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Ampharos is sitting at a table with Rowlet and Snom when Daxter walks into the Café.  "Ah, there you are, Daxter!  I just finished showing your recruits around the town.  We're ready to head over to the Expedition Society's HQ when you are.  And I presume since you're here, that means you're ready, so onwards!"  He strikes a completely unnecessary pose, then leads Team NW to the northern end of town.

The building that the group approaches looks quite grand and flashy.  The blue stone walls surround a central tower capped by a dark blue dome.  Gold and yellow trimming decorate the walls and roof, even weaving through a few decorative blue orbs.  A large telescope can be seen poking out of the domed roof, and water can be seen to either side of the entrance in a sort of half-moat.  Were it not for the completely open front door, this place looks like it could be a fortress!



Ampharos shows everyone inside, accompanying it with a proclamation of their arrival!  "Welcome to the Expedition Society proper, Night Wardens!"

The Expedition Society: Onward, Expedition Society! - Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon

Inside the building, the team initially finds itself in a large, circular lobby of sorts.  To the left, there appears to be living quarters.  The right, a doorway to another room.  And straight ahead, up a flight of stairs, a large, glowing orb appears to be spinning slowly.

Mawile leads a few pokemon down from the upper room and greets everyone.  "Ah, welcome everyone.  All done touring the town I take it?"

"Indeed, Mawile!  So, care to introduce our new friends to the rest of the crew?"

Mawile nods, then turns to the rest of the pokemon and begins introducing them.

"First up, Buizel, our marine specialist."



"Hey there everyone.  Anyone gives you any trouble around here, you let me know, alright?"

"Then we have Archen, our aerial specialist."



"Greetings!  Happy to be working with ya!"

"Dedenne here is our communications expert.  You'll likely be speaking with her a lot since she relays messages between our members."



"Hello there!  It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Bunnelby, as our land specialist, handles the legwork if we need to do any digging in our expeditions."



"Howdy folks."

"And then next we have..."

"Wait for meeeeee!"  A small, fluffy, pink pokemon runs in from the side room to the right of the lobby, panting and slobbering all the while.

"...huff...huff...I can't believe you'd start introductions without me, Mawile..."

"Tsk.  Late again, as usual.  This is Swirlix.  She's our steward and cook."



"Happy to be of service!  And to eat good food of course!  Ooh, I can't wait to eat what I'm preparing today!"

"And then finally we have...hm?  Oh, it must be that time again..."

Ampharos looks a little confused at first.  "Wait, are we missing someone, Mawile?"  He looks at the assembled pokemon, counting heads, and then he seems to realize something.  "Oh.  We're missing them...I see..."

He turns to Daxter and his recruits.  "Might I ask a favor of your team, Daxter?  Could you go upstairs and fetch the last member of our crew, please?  They seem to be a little late, and it'll be faster if you introduce yourselves directly to them.  They're probably just working really hard on something, I'm sure."