[Meta Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...) Honestly I'm not too sure what I want to go with of these options, or if I should develop some other idea that might be the proverbial 'golden mean' . Thoughts, mates?

Huh. Sounds like a tricky situation indeed... Obviously we could use as much firepower as we can get to stand a change against Toradus in the battle, BUT
1. we have the aid of the Alolan Ninetales lady, Keldeo, Emolga and - after Round 1 as I need to let them out of the djinn's bottle first - Hoopa already
2. this is still a relatively early-game battle, so while it shouldn't be too easy understandably I doubt it'll be an unwinnable or even unfair(!) one
so I'd guess there's definitely some room for staying in-chara for Platina. Or in other words I at least would understand if she doesn't partake in fighting on the front and/or takes actions other than throwing off moves from what you're describing of her.

Trying to reason or talk with Tornadus doesn't sound...like a fruitful idea to me, as from their in-game appearance and wording I'm not getting the impression that they can be reasoned with and at worst will react violently to any attempt of negotiation (the least I want is a dangerously hurt Platina, ya know). Her 'wasting' the first Round in panic and indecision would be a, well, waste, though if absolutely no other way around that could be found due to in-chara reasons I'd feel inclined to stick to her character - on the other hand, her figuring out some justification for the fight against a Legendary later on could also be part of some character development, can't forget about that!~

Two idea for that 'golden mean' for Platina I can think of would be

1. not attacking Torni directly via moves but instead trying to clash some of their moves (with the reasoning that while she is panicked and confused af about the Legendary's aggression, she still wants to protect herself and/or her allies, but acts more intuitively out of an instinct of self-preservation)

2. basically letting you do the actions I wanting Kee to do (letting Hoopa out and using a Quick Orb). That way you could leave Platina undecided and pondering what to do in-chara BUT I'll have Kee snap her out of that stupor by yelling at her to get his bag and use the djinn's bottle and Quic Orb from it instead of him doing that. Bonus on that would also be that I/Kee can attack Torni while Platina gets my supportive Item-usage actions = no action on anyone is wasted!~