[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

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With the battle ended, Kogeki clean his hand and then talk to Platina. "Good call Platina. A indeed good strategy. I just gonna check the fallen enemies to see if they have something interesting."

Action: Check the fallen Pokemon to see what they have.

*rolls*

Unsurprisingly, Kogeki finds that Trubbish was holding a lot of smelly garbage.  Mienfoo and Chandelure don't seem to have much of any note on them either.

Further examination of Trubbish's belongings though yield a Black Sludge! (can be used as a held item or as a crafting material)

Cubchoo was also hiding an Aspear Berry in its fur, and 1 unit of tufts of Cubchoo fur can also be gathered from it.  It's very warm and insulating, but also partially stuck together by thick, cold mucus.  The mucus itself seems like it could be an interesting crafting material.

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As Mienfoo's hands and Kee's forehead collide in a rather forceful manner, a low hiss emits from the crittercoon's bared teeth - no one, NO ONE dares to mess with those he considers friends and allies like that! (ﾒ` ﾛ ´) For the split of a second where both battlers glance into each other's eyes, Kee cannot help but to smirk over both having succesfully crossed Mienfoo's plan to hurt Platina and saved from any harm; before he leaps out of the way to let Emolga display some masterly gracefulness in his attack. Another pleased smirk from Kee, this time for the electric squirrel - now THAT's some classy fighting style straight up his alley!~

As quickly as the battle started it ended, even if how they've managed to win over Trubbish wasn't very...pleasant to watch, he suddenly feels somewhat bad for them. There's little he can do about that feeling however, and no way he'd use any precious remedy of his to make up for the wild 'Mon - in fact, Kee much rather takes some steps back from the fainted mess that Trubbish is, grimance over the stench and compulsively clean his fine fur. Platina's semi-complaint about Emolga having knocked Trubbish out in the way he did receives a comforting glance and wave of his paw in his trademark 'no big deal'-manner. "It's fine, it's fine... Couldn't have 'xpected us t'win over tha trashbag like that, could we? Let us nat give it too much thought, rather move onward."

...Or not, as Kee's head makes a u-turn in direction of Keldeo as the waterly horse mentions 'acid' - and what he sees makes Kee grimance just as much (if not more) than he did just before. (°ロ°) ! "These are some, uh, nasty burns ya got there, K'ldeo...", he speaks up in worried manner as he steps closer to Keldeo. "D'ya allow me to try soothin' that pain for a ya 't least a little ? Can't stand seein' ya like that. Do tell if I make it worse or 'f it pains, will ya..? I gonna be gentle though, promise."

Medicine check from Kee go! What he'll gonna do is take some loose fur of his, lick over is ('Lick' as in the move he knows) for the hair to somewhat stick together via saliva - it doesn's have to be much - and gently put it on the most serious-looking burns of Keldeo so that the wounds are at least a little covered. this very simple impromptu-bandage doesn't have to remain on the wounds aka cover them, pretty sure it won't stick to them anyway, but Kee at least want to take some remaining acid off he wounds to prevent it from eroding more tissue. Roll's going to be 2 Smart + 1 Knowledge (raised for 8 XP) + 0 Medicine + 3 Logic = 6d6, not that bad. Raising Medicine Skill would make more sense, but I can't before Knowledge as the correspondenting Skill hasn't been raised after all.

This is gonna be a pretty hard check to make, but let's see what happens!

(6)(5)(1)(5)(2)(2) 3 successes.  Not enough for the intended effect, but it's not a fail either.

Keldeo cringes as Kee attempts to create an impromptu bandage with fur and saliva.  That doesn't seem to have much of an effect on its own.

But what does have an effect is Kee licking off some of the acid.  It burns his tongue.  Keldeo seems to be in a little less pain, but now Kee is sharing in it!  Now Keldeo and Kee both have -1 Sp Def instead of just one of them having -2.

Keldeo looks grateful but confused.  "...well, thanks for trying.  That was uh...creative.  Is that something that humans do normally, or...?"

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Platina eyes briefly shrunk to pinpricks when the Fighter aburptly targeted them with a blisteringly fast attack, when Kee with equal swiftness intervened and took it for her! Momentarily she gave the punk star a surprised glance, before she hardened herself and tried to focus on the battle once more. It was to no avail, however - that whole sequence threw her entirely off her game and prevented her from accomplishing much, and she wouldn't get a chance to prove herself otherwise when that pile of trash puked itself to Faint. She only only had one thing to say about that:

"Ugh! Revolting!"

The shiny avian recoiled away from the sordid mess with a look of pure disgust and one wing covering her nose, before she turned to Emolga with a somewhat disgruntled expression.

"No offense to you Emolga, couldn't you have found a way to Knock this......thing out without it making such a horrible mess? *Sighs* The cold at least blunts the stench of it, mercifully."

Keldeo's complaints earn a sympathetic wince from her - she's suffered from burns of various kinds before herself, and none of them were particularly pleasant - but to his inquiry she could only shake her head.

"Regretfully no, Keldeo. I was never.....taught medicine craft much, so I can't help assist you with your burns. Let us hurry and try to find the Exit to this Floor then, and hopefully you'll heal quickly in the meantime."

While the party was recovering from the skirmish she took the opportunity to take out and put on the X-Eye Glasses again and looked around, and winced at what she saw up ahead. Platina let out a loud 'Ahem!' to get everyone attention and looked over everyone, her gaze hovering over Kee a little longer than most, before she conveyed the news.

"....Companions, it appears that we'll have more company in the Room forward. Perhaps they were lured there from the sounds of our battle, or wandered in there recently regardless. *Sighs* Either way it likely spells more troubles for us all. Joy. *Deep breath and sigh* ....Well, nothing can be done about it now, except proceed with caution like we have been. Hopefully they're not as much of a threat as these ones were, or if the Gods permit look friendly enough for parley. Everyone, get ready to move out carefully."

Her decree thus made, she swapped her X-Eye Glasses back with her Persim Scarf and prepared to lead her companions Stealthily forward into the next Room facing up from their tile, trying to be quick yet cautious in her approach. It seemed to be working - she was moving with noticeably more grace and speed as she lead the party forward than before! Increasing Platina's Dexterity by 1 for 30 XP, making it 4 now! 

Order: Have the Party enter the room directly up from their current tile Stealthily/slowly like they did when entering this room, as there be Unknown Pokemon ahead and she continues not to take any risks and chances with everyone's health and safety. Additionally, time for her first Attribute Increase! With it, she's hit her DEX Cap until she Evolves, so the only way she'll be getting faster is improving her Skills and Specialties until then! May it serve her well in the times ahead!

The Hail continues to fall, nullifying the group's passive HP recovery as they move on to the next room.



What they find is a large, icy clearing that doesn't appear to have anyone in it.  And off to the left, there appears to be a path that might go behind the ice wall they saw earlier!  Everyone tries to move as quietly as they can, carefully looking around for potential enemies.

???'s Alert
*rolls* 5 successes

Kee's Stealth
(6)(4)(2)(3) 2 successes

Kogeki's Stealth
(5)(2)(1)(2) 1 Success

Platina's Stealth
(1)(3)(1)(3)(1)(3) 0 successes

(I'm not even going to bother rolling for Keldeo and Emolga, since it's impossible for the group to succeed the Stealth check at this point)

Moving slowly through the cold is starting to get to the group, and the hail and slick terrain are both making it really hard to stay quiet.  Everyone takes 1 damage from the hail.

It doesn't take long for the presence that Platina sensed with the X-Ray specs to notice them, either.  A sudden flurry of snow blows through the room, causing everyone to shield their eyes.  When it passes and they can see again, a snow white Ninetales is suddenly standing in the middle of the ice field.  Their stance is confident, their aura is chilling, and there's no navigating this room without going through them first.

"Well, it's not often we see visitors here at the Great Glacier.  State your business, travelers."

Platina doesn't pay much mind to either of her companion's efforts as she gathers the group and marches ahead. So long as they're not doing anything too objectionable or could involve the party as a whole she's content to leave them to their own devices. No need to micromanage every little thing, especially in such hostile climes!

The party's less than silent march through the snow, however, leaves a lot to be desired for the metallic avian, but it couldn't be help. It was always.....difficult for someone like her to go unnoticed, and the terrain was not helping matters at all! Case in point, the entire group getting caught off guard by a noble, majestic looking Ninetales sudden and dramatic appearance, came as no surprise to her in retrospect.

At that brief moment, though? She was surprised, annoyed, and then awed and intrigued, all in that order. The first three for obvious reasons, but the third? She was intrigued because they decided to make their presence known, instead of attacking or ambushing the group like she heard the a lot of Pokemon from Mystery Dungeons tend to do. While getting caught slinking through someone's terrority uninvited was typically grounds for conflict and/or reprisals, the opposite happening gave her hope that diplomacy could shine through once more.

Immediately after their demand, the shiny bird gave them a one-winged bow before looking up slightly at them with utmost respect.

"Greetings and good day to you, Graceful Ninetales. We are Team Omega Seekers, and all we simply wish for is to pass through the Great Glacier, for it is not our destination but a part of our journey. We mean no harm nor trouble to you, and forgive us if we trespassed into your domain, for we have only done so in ignorance and haste. If you will permit, we shall continue on and leave you be without further bothering you...."

Orders: Attempt to Diplomacy the group's way through this Encounter! Platina has zero reason to start a fight with this Pokemon, especially if they pointedly didn't themselves. Hopefully she won't put her talon in her beak with this!