[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

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Kogeki's and Keldeo's heroic tag team blitz was quite the sight to behold for the shiny birdie. The defiant shouting, the fernetic energy, the sheer spirit to power through and conquer they most dreadful foes....it all reminded her of the all stories and plays she grew up with. The ones about Heroes, Human and not, defying all odds, overcoming great hardship and adversity to see their quests done,  and by the end of it all standing triumphant.

Seeing the soulful ninja, tired from his near untraceable assault yet so full of resolve and willing to continue and put everything on the line for victory. Seeing the punk star Kee, standing nearby with fur abristling yet strangely joyful, ready to Clash with the Wind God again and again to defend her and everyone else. Seeing everyone else's unrelenting force, the certainty they were righteous in their Actions and that they would win. Seeing it all, seeing the whole group usurp The Therian Tornadous and the explosive outcome....it filled her with wonder. It made her wonder:

'Is this...what it means to be an Adventurer? No...to be Great? To be bold, brave, and Heroic? No matter the odds, no matter the blasphemy, no matter the cost, no matter what?  Or is it more simple? Just standing up for what you believe in, and standing up for others, even if challenges that which should not be challenged? Both? More?

'I...I don't know. Not now. I need time to ponder all this. I do know this for certain, though....'

Platina gazed upon her teammates, panting as she regained her breath and settled herself, not with reverence or awe, but with respect.

'I will learn much from these Heroes. '

In the direct aftermath of the Fight against a God, Platina glances over Kogeki briefly before leaving him alone for the time being. A medic or cleric she is not, and dealing with Exhaustion was an especially tricky matter even in the most ideal of circumstances, let alone out in the Wilds. 

Hoopa's comments earns him a curious and slightly suspicious look, though it's all colored by a sense of ingrained belief and a bit of cowed hesitance. 

"...Not quite how I would put it, but I suppose you are right in the end, oh Great Genie of Portals. That aside, and forgive me for saying this, but are you certain it is a good idea to steal the Divine Power of another Legend? Especially when it was so...corrupted and chaotic? I know not the full extent of your Domains, Authority, and Powers, but surely it would be wiser to not push things so.....brazenly?"

After speaking with Hoopa, she would, after a moment of indecisiveness and worry, puff herself up resolutely and waddled over to the Therian Tornadous, standing before Them with a look of concern and expectation.

"Oh Therian Tornadous, are you well and sound of mind at last? Or are there yet other forces lingering that trouble you so? Please, answer us all..."

(The matter of the Door is being ignored for the time being by Platina, if one is wondering.)

Hoopa simply chuckles in response to Platina's uncertainness.

"Oh, little birdy, you have no idea what I am truly capable of.  It isn't just the powers of Legendaries I can summon, but the Legends themselves as well!  Or I would be able to, if my powers hadn't been sealed by some meddlesome force.  Ooh, but I can feel it starting to come back now.  I'm this close to having a suitable portion of my power back to start performing great feats!  And the more power I regain, the more helpful I can be for your team.~  Win-win, right? You should remember that, because I guarantee that you'll want to call on my aid at some point.  I highly doubt that this'll be the last you see of Legendary pokemon.  Oh no, the adventure is just beginning!  Hehehehe.~"

After that Tornadus pulls themselves up enough to look at Platina directly.  He seems to be...puzzled.

"...after nearly blanketing this continent in an unending blizzard and threatening you and your friends, you choose to show me compassion?  Ha...haha...it's almost enough to make me laugh..."

He shakes his head, trying to clear his thoughts.

"...I am fine now.  Weakened, but I will recover before long.  There are no more forces influencing my actions, whatever they may have been.  I am more concerned about another."

Spoiler

Only when it's silent, completely silent again, Ziggy Kee dares to move a single muscle and unglue his eyes from the now-defeated Legendary. Only then he allows himself to loosen his stance a little, allows himself to take a deep and relieved breath. And then -



- he slumps down to lay on the side, exhausted and depleted from the itense battle. He ENJOYED it, definitely, but it's also draining him, it's the aftermath of such fights and adrenaline- and emotional rush that he needs to work on getting used to if he wants to be become an experienced and admired Adventurer.


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.................................................................................................THEN, within the blink of an eye, he's back on all fours again, vividly awake, alarmed, and ANGRY. FURIOUS.

He rushes over, past the unconscious Kogeki, past the safe Platina, past the defeated Torny, past everyone and crashes his claws the ice-walls where the dark, shadowy wind just vanished into. He begins to angrily scratch and claw the cracks in the walls especially. "Get outta there, YA COWARD!!1 GET OUTTA THERE and DARE t'face yar d'feat!!1 (`皿´＃) What's da matter with ya t'just escape, are ya too scared t'face consequences of yar doing?!!1? Come dafaque OUTTA THERE an' face us!!"


Kee's violent outburst does last for a while, in which he does throw in some - censored - curses and may or may not use an actual attack of his onto the cracks of the wall. (mainly Tackle and Headbutt, not going to mind posting dice rolls as that's not much of the point here)


Only when Kee's paws and claws start to hurt or threathen to suffer frostbites, he slowly calms down and looks around. But he still throws VIOLENT LOOKS TM at the walls he just clawed dead. That'll be when he discovers the BIG DOOR that Tornadus bursted through at the start, and begins to eye it suspiciously. ".....Hey there, dear M'dama Twintales...", he tries to catch the snowy vixxen's attention, "...Is THAT where said Palace lies b'hind? ...Now that we've won, are we 'llowed to...enter said place? D'ya...grant us permission, can ya lead us to Kyurem then? ...Please?"

Madame Twintales, Emolga, and Keledo watch as Kee suddenly loses his cool, and aren't quite sure what to make of it.

As for Kee's question, Madame Twintales seems to be a bit confused by everything that's going on.

"We've been in the palace this entire time, Kee.  It's all just...ruined, from when it fell out of the sky and crashed here.  As for that big door...well, it leads to the palace's treasure room, though there shouldn't be much left in there.  That was where Master Kyurem was housing the Bittercold while it was gaining strength.  It is a forbidden place, filled with many bad memories."

"As for Master Kyurem's whereabouts, if what the frism earlier said is accurate, they simply are not here.  The Altar of Ice...it certainly sounds like a place where Master Kyurem would be.  I'm afraid I don't know where it is, though.  I was simply tasked with guarding this place.  I am sure there was good reason for that, though that is something I have not been able to determine during my time here.  Master Kyurem specifically advised me to not venture into the palace's depths unless it was strictly necessary."

"Well, I think checking out a treasure room is a fantastic idea!  Who's with me?"

"No Bittercold anymore, and we've beaten Tornadus, so it should be safe to explore a little more.  Count me in.  Though we should probably try to wake Kogeki up first."

Madame Twintales sighs.  "...I suppose these are extraordinary circumstances.  Checking the treasure room is likely advisable given that is where Tornadus appeared from.  The door being behind us instead of Tornadus now is rather troubling, though..."

Hoopa floats over to interject.  "Well duuuuuhhhhh, of course the door's behind us now.  Didn't you hear me say we're in the Mirror World?  This is the domain of the Four Therians, the Seasonal Winds.  Everything here is reversed.  And very similar to my situation, the Therians' true powers are sealed here.  And as if that wasn't enough, we have one teensy little problem: we're stuck here.  Only the Therians are able to manipulate what comes and goes from their realm.  And I don't think Tornadus is any condition to send us back to the real world right now, sooooo..."