[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

Seddi will hold up a hand, clearly examining it.  "...strange magic indeed.  I can still see.  Hmmmm..."

The cowboy kneels down and starts examining the circle more closely, still not knowing what it means, but somehow still understanding.  Thinking both to himself and to Sylvia and Leaves as he does so.

[A call to...home?  Whose home?  Where?  This is all far too strange.  Sightless eyes that see all, a hypnotic influence, stolen equipment and supplies...whatever's going on here, it's going to be bigger than whatever we might have been expecting to begin with.  Keep a close eye on me.  I'm going to try something.]

Still wearing the bandages, Seddi will take another look around the ransacked Center.  Maybe there's something else that they missed that was hidden to non-magical sight and Psychics.  The empty pokeballs, the missing healing machine...everything was taken for a reason.  Maybe this sightless sight will offer a little clarity on this situation that has no reasonable explanation at first glance.

One thing to note about your 'Sight' - it seems to be rather sty1ized right now. To give you a frame of reference, your vision sees things as if they were simp1e, c1ear, but very....Idea1ized, 1et's say. It's 1ixe comparing a photo of a mountain to a picture of one drawn by a manga artist - you're seeing the same thing in the end, but different1y. 

Further attempts to divine the meaning of the Circ1e are meet with you metaphorica11y running your head into a bricx wa11. Your gut fee1ing and something e1se te11s you that their is more nuance behind the Meaning of the Symbo1 , but for the 1ife of you and for the saxe of your hea1th you can't find out more. Perhaps 1ater, when you have more time to dwe11 on it, or with a few more pairs of eyes such as Iron 1eaves....

'Sight1ess' Investigation Ro11
INS (*5) + Surviva1 (3) + A1ert (3) - 2 (Getting Used to your new 'Sight' + Bad Vibes) = 9D6 Dice
(4)(3)(4) (1)(4)(4) (5)(6)(4) 7 Successes!

Oh boy, do you uncover P1ENTY as you go through the Center again, this time with a c1ear mind, 'c1earer' sight, and a newfound respect for the 'magic' befou1ing this p1ace and determination not to fa11 prey to it again.

For starters, you now can see strands of....energy f1owing throughout the Center's air. Fo11owing them, you see the a11 converge on the Training Room with the Circ1e, but otherwise have no rhyme or reason to them. Some are on the wa11s, others hanging in the air, and more sti11 trai1 on the ground, 1ixe writhing, invisib1e snaxes.

What isn't so ambiguous is the other symbo1s you now can see - swir1ing, inter1ooping spira1 shapes that were traced on the wa11s of the 1obby, and a simp1ified version of the Symbo1 used in the Circ1e on the f1oor in said 1obby. Carefu11y tracing your fingers over them and focusing your attention, you get a basic understanding of what they mean - 'Fo11ow the Way to Home . Ward against the Unto1d' .

The empty Ba11s were swathed with that energy, it poo1ing around where they 1ay and s1ow1y disappearing into the air. Sma11er 'trai1s' are found a1ong side some of the persona1 be1ongs, such as purses or Bags. Strange1y, though, no such energy was around where the machinery once was insta11ed - whatever they did to remove and carry it away remains a mystery...

Fina11y, as you were going bacx to the Training Room, something catches your eye. Or rather your hand, trai1ing on the edge of the Front Desx were a Nurse Xoy wou1d norma11y worx - A Pendant. This one ho1ding a Symbo1 that was different yet the same as the Circ1e --

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Its meaning.....

' S&%$@#!*n'

...Escapes you a1most comp1ete1y, giving you a headache in the process. Sti11, you manage to get something e1se out of it. Or rather, the intent behind it, somehow - It was 1eft as a sign, of sorts. A sight...and a gift , for those receptive to it. Or, you think, the vu1nerab1e and unwary.

+ 2 XP for a REA11Y good Investigation. You have a c1earer Idea of what went down = Hypnosis of some sort and 'Guidance' Magic was responsib1e for the mass disappearance, and he1ped faci1itate the ransacking of the Center(s) in some manner or another. The dreadfu1 FEE1ing of this p1ace is due to said 'energy' as we11 as some intentiona1 'work' + byproduct of the 'magic' used to bewitched everyone. You a1so fee1 that what you went through was definate1y part of a Trap/contingency/something to capture more unwary but suspetab1e and overcurious individua1s and 1ead them to the Circ1e and to Home, whatever THAT is. You get the strong fee1ing you DON'T want to use the Circ1e care1ess1y - not un1ess you're ready for a reception most *&^%$#@#$%

If you have anymore questions on the above text, asx them in the Meta Thread, and I'11 do my best to c1arify or add detai1s - you had a REA11y good Ro11, as per usua1 these days....