[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

The reveal of their.....Dream Giver, Kuyrem, brought no small amount of shock along with the chill It's Name brought, causing her to look upon the two Dragons with disbelief and a little fear. Still, when Hyrdegion asked if they could move out she hesitantly nodded, almost daintily hopping off the bed and beside them, still looking somewhat out of it from her Dream and the recent news dumped upon her.

"Yes.....I believe I can move again. We need to meet with everyone quickly, share this Revelation, and plan out our next course before.....before anything more can surprise us."

On the way to Paradise, she has this to say to the axe drake and black 'n blue hydra, looking between the two with confusion and worry.

".....A Dragon God contacted me. Me, a simple....Rookidee, to share such an unbelievably important Message. In all of creation why? I'm not yet - I mean, what purpose do They have giving me this....this portent of Theirs? Instead of you, your.....Partner's friend, I guess? Or you, oh great Guardian? It....it doesn't make sense. Even the most aloof and illusive of the Gods would commune with It's followers or old rivals first than entrust such an important Message to a.....nobody like me."

She says the last part with more than a bit of distaste, but that was what she was now. A nobody, looking to make her way in the world and prove she can stand tall in it on her own merits.

A moment later she lets out a small *sigh* , before looking back to Haxorous.

"You....had some questions yourself earlier you wanted to ask, if I recall correctly? Speak them now, if you may. I.....perhaps it would take my mind off things. Anything to me center myself better after my.....Dream would be good, yes....."

Hydreigon closes his eyes and gives a very thought out response to Platina's wondering.  "As I mentioned earlier, Kyurem is able to see the future and predict its most likely course.  If he sent you a message, he likely thinks you have an important role to play in the coming events.  At least, that's how I see it."

Haxorus nods in agreement.  "And that likely also means something needs to be done to alter the current course of events.  We'll have to ask Kyurem when we find him."

Silence settles in as the trio continues towards Paradise, until Platina reminds Haxorus that he had questions to ask her.  "Hm?  Oh, right, I was about to ask you some questions.  Sorry, your revelation threw me for a bit of a loop.  To tell you the truth, though, most of my questions have been answered already.  Since your team just came from the Sand Continent, I was going to ask if you'd happened to have heard anything about Sue being in that area.  I think we can rule that out if she was meeting with Kyurem, though.  Makes me wonder if he summoned her too..."

He shakes his head, trying to avoid getting too lost in thought.  "Regardless, I do still have one question for you.  Your team is here to investigate strange weather patterns, yes?  Lately, we've had a lot more snow in the southern areas of the Mist Continent than usual.  Do you think that might be related to your team's own goals?"

After Platina answers that question, the trio continues onwards, eventually reaching Paradise.  After Haxorus inquiries with Quagsire where everyone is and gives Platina a quick rundown of who's who in Paradise, they head to the forest plaza to meet up with everyone.

Spoiler

...Heck, Kee would not have imagined in his wildest dreams that there would be something more beautiful than Virizion, but there reality is to teach smol him otherwise: Yes there IS something more beautiful than Virizion, which is a sweetly smiling Virizion !!~ Kee's blush intensifies for short as he admires this beauty! and elegance! before the crittercoon manages to clear his mind enough to pay attention to more pressuring matters. Focus, Kee stay focused !! (>0<; )


He gives off his trademarked 'No big deal'-wave with a paw of his towards the green musketeermon for their words of it being very kind to take the time to help with the issue about missing Sue. "Ah please, now ya're flatterin' me!~ Gotta hang on to hope, and to dear-me it's only natural t'help where I can!!" He coughs, somewhat proud of himself now. How lucky that he managed to team up with the two Eeeveelutions, heck knows what would be the case if he would not have done so. In his mind he thanks Arcanine for encouraging him back there at Delphox's Guild.

With lots of attention and though Kee listens to what Dunsparce and Emolga tell him... And toput it frankly, he's kind of alarmed about it. "So dat means that lovely Sue has probably wandered of finto an 'specially dangerours AND far away Mystery Dungeon, most likely into an icy one...? 'Great Glacier' doesn't sound like tha most pleasant or chilled place t'be, but then again if Sue managed t'save y'all and restore hope, I bet she's strong and 'xperienced enough t'make it. I...Uh, DO wonder why she'd opt to GO ALONE h'wever, why she'd NAT take Haxorus with her...?" Kee throws questioning looks to each of the three Pokemon, knowing they're pressumably just as puzzled about this as he is. "Hydreigon mention'd somethin' 'bout the 'Bittercold'. Said 'it' was defeated an' all. Ya say this 'Great Glacier' is destroyed after 'its' defeat? Huh well... YOU and WE think that there's no reason for Sue t'go there, but I bet the purple highlights in my fur that she DOES have any reason t'go there if that's where she headed to, even if only SHE knows said reason. If training an' mere adventure or dungeoncrawlin' would be what she aimed for, she could 'ave chosen any hard Mystery Dungeon and NAT a destroyed an' significant one like that one, ya understand what Imma tryin' t'say...?" Ugh, nope, Kee does not like the feeling and foreshadowing he's getting here, it causes him to shiver and grimace for a moment.

Again he shakes himself, stretches his furry body, then eagerly nods towards Virizion. "'F course I will let ya know of any update, yessss! Happeh to join ya to that forest plaza too!~ *cue wide smile* Ah well, my an' Team OS's special mission... *cough* Basically, we're on that lookout for a specific runaway 'Mon: Braixen. A rather sassy one even. For her own reasons tha dear daughter of our Guildmaster Delphox has chosen t'turn her back to that Guild, betcha that's anythin' but good news to our Guildmaster. Has there, by mere chance, any sightings or word of that teenage fox 'round Paradise? And while we're on it, did ya notice any weird strorms plaquing the area as of lately? One of our Guildmaster' best Team's been sent out t'investigate, but they've disappeard into tha void nat t'be heard or seen from 'gain. Very weird an' unnatural for 'em."

"That's the million Poké question, isn't it?  Why would she go adventuring by herself?  'Course, she's human and all, so I can't really claim to entirely understand her.  Maybe she really does know something we don't?"

"I'm not really worried about her safety, to be honest.  She's plenty confident and experienced.  But do you really think she'd go to the Great Glacier?"

Virizion shakes her head.  "As far as we know, there isn't anything there besides ice, ice, and more ice.  Nobody's seen Kyurem since the Bittercold's destruction, after all.  And as Emolga said earlier, she'd need Entercards to be able to reach that remote location, and Espeon and Umbreon don't know her whereabouts either."

"I suppose you're right...it'd sure be a lot easier if we had any kind of clues about where she went, though."

Virizion moves the topic right along to Kee's questions as they walk towards the forest plaza.

"A Braixen and a high ranking Team from Delphox's Guild...?  Hmmm....neither of those ring any bells, if I'm being honest."

"Oh, but there has been more snow in this area than usual lately.  Do you think that counts as a weird storm?"

"Yeah, you can still see some of it around the residential area.  We don't usually get snow this frequently, especially at this time of year.  It's kind of weird that it's snow and not rain."

"It's definitely been a bit colder than usual.  I couldn't possibly imagine why, though.  Maybe it's related to what you're looking into, Kee."

The group of pokemon eventually reaches the forest plaza, chatting along the way.

Kogeki was speechless toward such spectable of music and dance from the mysterious singer. He silent for a while after such performance, until Espeon and Umbreon call him. He was a bit unprepared for such talk, but then he decided to go to their direction. "Yes. I did see the perfomance. Pretty awesome. Sorry if I not...good in looking relaxed or good in show emotions. As a warrior, I get used to show as little emotions as possible. It help to keep the mind focus in other things." Despite saying such things, he does eventually go in the direction of Umbreon and Espeon and see the introductions.

Friends in Paradise: Our First Meeting - PMD: Gates to Infinity

"So, formal introductions.  Meloetta, Keldeo, this is Kogeki, a member of Team Omega Seekers from the Sand Continent."

"And Kogeki, this is Meloetta, a very talented songstress and dancer.  And the Water type over here is Keldeo, our primary partner in Entercard and Magnagate research."

Meloetta claps her hands in excitement and smiles.  "Oh, how nice to see you've made a new friend, Espeon and Umbreon.  It's a pleasure to meet you, Kogeki.  And my prince feels much the same way."  She shifts forms suddenly, and the dancer is bowing to Kogeki in greeting moments later.  "As my princess said, it is a pleasure to meet you, noble Riolu.  Though you are unlike any Riolu we have seen before, you are welcome here at our Musical Paradise."

Keldeo looks up from his work.  "Hm?  Oh, hi.  Didn't see you there.  Sorry, I was caught up in my research.  I'm on the verge of a breakthrough!  It could change Magnagate travel as we know it!"

"You keep saying that, Keldeo, but you haven't actually shown us anything yet."

"Well it's almost ready.  Just imagine being able to go anywhere via Magnagates, but without having to go through a Mystery Dungeon!  I'm so close to figuring it out!"

Singer Meloetta is back now, and chuckles.  "Isn't it wonderful getting to be among friends in this peaceful time?"

This is around when Kee and Virizion's group arrive at the scene, and the two members of Team Omega Seekers are introduced to everyone they haven't met yet.

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After the members of Teams OS and Paradise have had a chance to chat, that's when Platina, Hydreigon, and Haxorus arrive.  Most of the members of Team Paradise perk up as soon as they see Haxorus.

"Haxorus!  You're back!"

"'Bout time.  What took you so long?"

"Sorry if I worried anyone.  Searching for clues about Sue took longer than I was expecting."

"Did you find anything out?"

"Yeah, did you learn anything?  We're all dying to find out where she is!"

"Initially, no.  Nobody in Noe Town had seen her, and there aren't any records of her having taken the Lapras Travel Liner from there either.  It's almost as if she'd vanished into thin air.  But thanks to this little bird here, we might finally have something substantial to go off of.  It's just a hunch, though."

"A hunch is better than nothing.  So, what'd you discover?"

"There's a chance that she might have gone to talk with Kyurem."

The entire group falls silent until Meloetta breaks it.

"As in the same Kyurem that was bent on aiding the Bittercold in destroying the world?  That is how it went, right, my prince?"

"That is what I recall as well, my princess.  Hmmmm...how curious..."

The entire group begins conversing amongst themselves, wondering what this revelation might mean.

*rolls*

Note For Platina

Platina notices something odd in the middle of the ensuing discussion thanks to her experience with Etiquette: there's one pokemon that isn't talking with anybody at all about it.  The Colt pokemon, Keldeo.  He seems to be trying to avoid conversation, in fact.  Rather odd behavior, considering the situation.

"Nobody's seen Kyurem since the Bittercold's defeat and the destruction of Glacier Palace, though.  How would she have learned where he's hiding?"

"I don't know.  We have a name for the location, though: the Glacial Ruins."

"Glacial Ruins?  Is that a Mystery Dungeon we've explored already?"

"I don't think we've been there before, Emolga..."

"Do you suppose it's a new Mystery Dungeon, Umbreon?  It's definitely not on any of our maps."

"We can probably work on an Entercard combination that'll get us there, but we need to know where it is first."

Hydreigon interrupts the discussion.  "Everyone settle down.  I'm sure we can figure out where it is and how we can get there.  We just need to think about it as a group.  Maybe our guests have some ideas as well."