[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

(My deepest apologies for the delay! I've been rather busy lately, but now I got the time to make a post! Hopefully it'll have been worth the wait....)

Platina almost boggled as the majestic looking Ninetales corrected her mistaken assumption. This entire Mystery Dungeon was under the Domain of the Dragon God Kyurem?  She knew the Pokemon Gods laid claim to all sorts of things and vast swaths of territory for their own Purposes, but she didn't expect one to want an area like this. Yet another revelation that take her somewhat off guard - hopefully one day she'll be able to weather such and more with a bit more grace and decorum.

By the time she managed to center herself Keldeo had already finished his reply, and thus decided that a little more haste and clarification on her part was due to ensure this conversation continued smoothly.

"To clarify, our group is currently on a quest to find this Raichu after I received a Dream Revelation from Dragon God Kyurem. They showed me they meet or were meeting with Raichu in his Domain, so my and their own Teams came together to both investigate and meet with Them in the process, as they ordained. We know the dangers and perils of this place, but we have no choice but to brave them if we wish to see our goals through to the end. *Bows* In light of all this, I humbly request you lead us to your Master, Madame Twintales. Or, at the very least, grace us with some guidance, so that we can make that journey by ourselves much more smoothly. The sooner we can meet with Them, the better for all of us, or so I can hope."

Upon being informed about the messages, the shiny bird goes.....stiff for a brief moment, her pupil shrinking ever so slightly, before she slowly nodded to the mix'n'match crittercoon.

"Duly noted. Let us continue our quest post haste then and pray that this....Pokemon doesn't harry us along the way."

(As a reminder for @PhantomUnderYourDesk, each team got a single Connection Orb to use to stay in contact with the other teams)

The icy fox seems to take great interest in Platina's statement.  "A vision from Master Kyurem, you say?  That is...unusual.  It has been many moons since Master Kyurem has requested that they meet with another pokemon.  And here of all places..."

She stops and thinks for a moment.  "Very well.  Come with me.  If it is as you say, then you must reach your destination with all haste."

She gives Platina an icy glare next.  "But know this.  If I find that you are lying about your reasons for being here, then there will be immediate repercussions."

She then turns and continues along the path to the left of where the party entered the room.  "Come along now.  The exit is this way, along with the treasure that I have collected from the immediate area to safeguard."

Glacial Approach

Madame Twintales guides the party down the path, which leads behind the ice wall that Team OS encountered earlier.  Further down the path, they reach the huge pile of money and a Kangaskhan Statue.

"You may take 5000 poké from the pile.  I am not so unkind as to not offer something to adventurers who need funds for supplies."

Past the statue, the group can see a huge cavern.  It's almost like...

"Yup, we're definitely inside the Great Glacier now.  And if you look real carefully, you'll see..."

"What's left of the Glacier Palace.  Even in ruins, it's still a breathtaking sight..."

Glacial Ruins: Glacier Palace Reaches - PMD: Gates to Infinity

Almost blending in to the walls of the Great Glacier's interior is a castle made entirely of ice.  However, it's clearly in disrepair.  Many of its spires have either collapsed or their tips have been broken off.  Cracks run along the frozen walls, threatening to collapse the entire structure.

The Unruined Glacier Palace

This is the Glacier Palace as it appears in GTI, before it fell from the sky and subsequently fell into disrepair.

"Kyurem should be in there, in the deepest reaches of the palace."

"You are strangely confident about that."

"What do you mean?  Everything we've heard so far suggests they should be."

Madame Twintales shakes her head, seemingly confused.  "It has been many moons since I saw Master Kyurem last.  I cannot fathom why they would have returned here when they should still be meditating at the Altar of Ice."

Her words are suddenly interrupted by a flurry of snow brought on by a sudden, freezing wind.

It doesn't stop either.

"...strange.  We should be protected from the elements here.  Why is there...?"

Kee and Kogeki both hear that familiar voice in their heads again as Hoopa nags them.  Hey, there's a really strong pokemon in the area, right?  You should let me out of my bottle so I can help you fight it when you go into that castle!  Seriously, you won't regret it!  C'mon, please?  I've been stuck in this bottle for so long...

"Brrrrrrrr!  Where'd this snowstorm come from?"

"Well, at least it isn't hail.  And it started while we're in a rest area too, so we can prepare accordingly.  We'll move when you're ready, Omega Seekers."