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

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"A 'mon that's on the market.  Specifically one that knows Foresight, Odor Sleuth, or Soak.  What kinda price we talkin' about for info like that?"

Anyone watching Seddi carefully might notice that he's not exactly uncomfortable with this kind of talk in this kind of environment.  He's keeping a careful eye on his surroundings, but he's still as calm and collected as ever.

The bartender's surprise at him ordering the drink themed around Creshire's infamous Champion doesn't faze Seddi at all either.  Her comment about him knowing how to stand out gets a chuckle from him though.  "Folks like me thrive off of the reputations we earn.  I think it won't take ya long to find out I'm no ordinary cowboy."

...and Goodra's entrance hammers that point into the ground!  Seddi will ignore the patrons staring hungrily at Goodra for the time being, though he's still keeping them in his peripheral vision, and motions for Goodra to be watchful as well.  Notably, he's also saving the Fairy King's Retort for later.

[Gonna keep my wits about me for the time being.  'Preciate the concern though, Leaves.]

Grabbing a regular drink he sits down next to Seddi at the counter.

''It goes way back. In the morning today I saved a girl who got harrassed by two of their goons. When the big news hit I was offered to take care of exactly that gang in a place called Dusk Gloom Park. What a coincidence wasn't it. When stealth didn't end up working I ended up using rushdown scare tactics, unfortunatly it got a little more violent then expected.''

He glances to his backpack.   ''She was taking these guys out faster then I've ever seen her move before. Might have gone overboard but it sure did work in motivating them to leave.''  He sighs.

''After the boss goon fled with the rest I found this in the mess they left. No clue how a steet goon would even think about getting this.'' He points to the katana at his side next to the finshing rod. ''Maybe someone will know how to translate the markings on it tomorrow.''

''After a quick heal I initially returned to test one of the curious items I found in their stuff. The wild pokemon I ended up finding was unlike anything natural here, and really dang strong to boot. Now check THIS out!''

He would show Seddi the garbage data about the Pokemon in his Dex/Its ultra ball.

Type: D*&% / |)7@8o^
HP: ???
STR: 3? out of ???
DEX: 2? out of ???
INS and VIT: 3? out of ???
Moves: Crunch, Crush Claw, INFERNO, Feint Attack, Dragon Rage, *^#%)!?>+ 
Learnset: ERROR
Ability: ERROR
Traits: Pain_value(n)=+(n)Accuracy_Moves ? , Damage+3->Moves? , #$%^&* , THREAT LEVEL *&%^$# ???
Happiness: 2?
Loyalty: 1?
Disobedience: 3 - ???

''Now what shall we do about this thing? I've never seen that happen before.''

Seddi listens intently, noting down anything he thinks might be important.

"Well well well, sounds like you're also starting to build yourself a reputation.  Might want to watch your back in the future though.  I've heard the boss of that group is a nasty piece of work."

Seddi will raise an eyebrow when Akamu shows he has a katana of all things.  "Ain't that somethin'.  I'm not really an expert on old writing myself, but maybe someone in our circle is.  I'd say it's worth askin'."

The moment Seddi laid his hand on the Ultra Ball and the Data File from it transfered to his Dex for analysis Iron Leave's Beast Ball started to shake like it was possessed by the Groovy Ghost of 87 , looking about ready to pop off your belt and bust a Move on the dance floor! His ever present Bond with the cybernetic Mythic, once only tinged with previous worry about his Special Drink, was now filled what you could only describe as Full Blown Alarm and Panic.

'S3DD1 , B3\/\/@R3 ! 7H@7 P0k3w0^ ....17 1$ H1H7Y D _ A - N ___G><>OU SSSS! 17 1$ fR0w mY 3R@ ! 0^3 7H@7 SH0v1&^"7 E X I S T   @^Yw0R3 . 7H3Y w3R3 @11 $vPP0$3D 70 B3 D3[0w1$$3D ! H0w D03$ 0^3 $71{{ 3X17 ?!?!'

She was actually using her natural telepathy to quickly send her direct response to Seddi - much more secure than the regular means of communication, but harder to understand due to the quirks of her 'voice' .

' 7H@7 CR3@7vR3 .... 1T 1$ @ B.O.W. . D3$1g^3D F0R \/\/@R . 7H1$ 0^3 ... 17 w@$ D3$1G^3D 70 B3 7H3 . [B.O.W. Special Series #4 : B I O  -  A B A D D O N] '

Then, they seemed to calm down for a moment, 'looking' over the Data on the.... B.O.W. again , and sends you a wave of feelings full of.... Confusion and Uncertainty.

[REVERIFCATION....COMPLETED. CONCLUSION...UNCERTAIN? : ....Yet this B.O.W. is Unlike Others of Its Kind. It is Supposed to be Bigger, Deadlier, and Near Uncontrollable. Instead, This One is....Small. Playful. Docile...Relatively to Its B.O.W.  Lineage. How ? ]
[HYPOTHESIS: This May Be a Younger Specimen? Unknown - All B.O.W.s  Were Made Full Grown - Data on Hypothetical Younger Forms Non-Existent. Extrapolating and Retuning Data for 'younger form' , tenitive Designation: Bio - Fang. Please Hold.]

...And back to Soul Comms once more. From what he could tell your trusty blade and steed was ' furiously' working to calculate, process, and obtain Data on this Bio Fang , almost completely shutting him out in the process. One thing was certain for now: Akamu had managed to Capture one hell of a Pokemon, one that was capable of freaking out Iron Leaves .

Presumably Seddi shares enough information to let you know you had a potential landmine on your hands, but how much is Dragonstrike 's decision.

The summary of the strange pokemon and Leaves's secret analysis of it almost seems to cause his eyes to pop out of their sockets.  "What in tarnation..?  I've never seen anything like this before..."

He'll hand the pokeball back to Akamu.  "...and I thought Sand Crawler was gonna be a handful.  You seem to have caught yourself a Paradox.  And a young, potentially impressionable one with a lot of powerful tools it probably has no experience tempering to boot.  If the pokedex has no data on it, it's likely an entirely new specimen.  The Professor is gonna be very interested in seeing it if that's the case.  Maybe Ianai would be interested too when we meet back up with her.  Those moves though...it'll need to be treated with extreme caution no matter who's lookin' at it.  Best I can tell from that move lineup and the data that's present, it looks like a Dark/Dragon type.  That's the most I can get out of that summary right now though."

Seddi does not elaborate on any of the other specifics that Leaves just told him (for now).  There's a thoughtful frown on his face though.

That very specific request gets a thoughtful 'Hmm' and a appraising gleam from the drink master, canting her head and sizing you up more so than ever.

"You're going Ghost Hunting, buster? Or are you trying to scrounge up some quarry that's hard to pin down or too hot to handle normally? Hmm....my intuition is telling me it's a bit of both and then some. *Chuckles* And since you're all buddy buddy with Dodger and seem to be on the same wavelength as that cassanova....heh. *Smirks, lowers voice* You're going after one of big spooks, eh? *Shakes head, rueful grin* Cowboy, you might be packing some serious firepower, but that sort of Big will make you the dearly departed one. 'Specially if its a certain....King we're talking about."

Yikes. This woman is sharp as one of your Blade Pokemon! 

"I'd tell ya to holster ya guns and beat it....*Shrugs* but it ain't my job being your life coach. If you want to Hunt those fiends, it's you're funeral, and I'll be happy to make you pay for it a little. One moment."

The bartender holds up their arm, and a holographic display pops right out of it, complete with some sort of floating keyboard! She takes a few minutes typing stuff up and searching, 'Hmming' at this and that, until at last she gives a decisive nod and turns back to you. With a wave of her hand three different holographs of Pokemon Pop up: A monstrously tough looking Diggersby, a old, Dark[/b] coloured Samurott that appears to have its eyes covered, and what you think was a bizarre variant of a Furret.

"Here ya go: Three Mons that have Odor Sleuth, Soak, and Foresight respectively, and are the cream of the crop when it comes to seasoned brawlers. You won't find any better deals without having to sell your organs or go on the deep net with a squad of Porygon. Tap the holographs for more details, think it all over, and tell me if any one of these interest you - or more, if you a big spender and want all the security you can get, heh. You're already proved to be more interesting than a typically newbie or law type - let's see if you can keep that hotstreak of yours going. "

In reverse Order of listing:

The Odd Furret

Type: Ground/Psychic
Nickname: Jeepers
Gender: Your Decide!

Ability: Filter - Instead of - 1 Damage from SE Moves, Negate All Damage Done by SE Moves and non-Pseudo Type Move this Target is Weak too; in turn, this Mon's Damaging Moves are Negated against Types that are Super Effective Against it, unless a Move or Move interaction states otherwise. Pseudoes instead deal 1/2 Damage to this Mon with SE Moves at only + 1 Damage. 'Barrier' Moves are More Effective when used by or against this Mon. Filter also lets it survive and use all its Moves in hostile environments such as Underwater, Vacuum, and other extremophile locations at the cost of - 1 to - 3 Penalties to Rolls.

Moves: Foresight, Coil, Blind Side (Psychic, DEX Roll, STR + 2, Ignores Barriers and Protect), Fake Tears, G-Stomp (Ground Version of Stomp), Mean Look, Mach Punch, Will-o-Wisp, Rest, Stomping Tantrum, Psychic Fangs, *Astral Dream (Priority + 5, SPE and Channel Roll, Psychic, + 3 to All Stats, - 5 Damage to User the turn it's Used, but the user has to be Asleep to use it and subtracts 1 Successes + increases the Wake Up Requirement by 1 from Total Wake Up Roll), Me First, Protect, Wide Guard, Detect (Works as a Round Wide Passive Evade for the User that gets Worse the More Attacks they auto-Dodge)

Surprises!: + 1 INS added last , + 1 Alert and Empathy; Knows Foresight and use it to bypass it's Ability for Fighting, Normal, and Contact Psychic Moves

INS (Greater Defensive Stat): 3 - 6 [Currently Base 4), SPE: 2, Base HP: 5 + 3 = 8
Specialties: 2 for ALL Fight Specialties, 1 for Everything Else except  Perform and Stealth (4)

Happiness and Loyalty: 2

Disobedience: 2

Can learn Low Kick for 20 XP, Bulldoze for 30 XP, Dig for 48 XP, Close Combat for 56 XP, Subduction for 60 XP, and Psystrike for 80 XP

Tutor Moves: All Kick Moves, all Punch Moves, All Fang Moves, Rapid Spin, Wish, Tidy Up, Future Sight, Doom Desire, etc.

TMs: All that Furret can learn, same goes with HMs

Starts with 20 XP and is holding a Wide Lens

Cost: $17500

Fortune: 2

What the Bartender has to Say: "This is freaky, lanky looking Furret, but I have it on good authority it sharp as a knife and lets nothing escape it's creepy lil' gaze. Mischievous as hell, though, and that's part of the reason why it's Trainer put it up on the market - the other was they managed to get a real mean snake Mon and don't want to risk them getting eaten, or worse, the snake getting twisted into a permeant knot. They're even throwing in a Wide Lens and some effort to get it to like ya off someone off the bat."

The Old Dark Samurott

Type: Water/Dark
Nickname: Kusanagi
Gender: Female

Ability: Sharpness*

Moves: All its Level Up Moves, Taunt, Torment, Knock Off, Upper Hand, Detect, Smart Strike, Swift, Snarl, Soak, Surf, Dive, Waterfall, Strength, Rock Smash, CUT (Legendary Version - Spread, Extra Lethal by Default [can be made Non Lethal or Lethal] Typeless, DEX Based Roll, Base STR + 3 Damage, Ignore Target's Everything, Including Defense, when calculating this Move's Damage, Crits add 1/3 of the Move's Max Damage to Move's Final Damage + 4 Crit Dice; No Accuracy Penalties when made Egregiously Lethal)

Surprises!: Knows CUT, and Egg Moves Detect and Knock Off, Moves Affected by Sharpness Ignore All Damage Reductions, including from Type Match Ups, Abilities, and Pseudo Bonuses

Traits:

- Most Fortunate Woman: + 1 Fortune Cost

- Old Mon in a Young Mon's Field: 1/2 XP Gain, - 2 to DEX and STR, - 3 Base HP, + 1 INS and SPE, + 2 Intimidate and Alert, Gives Bonus Tutoring in Moves, Training Mons, and is Tutored Moves Quicker

- Blind: - 5 Accuracy to All Non-Always Accurate Moves; Sound, Spread, and AoE only have a - 3 Accuracy Penalty instead. CUT and Soak are the sole exception to the Blind Penalty - instead, you have to make a check to ensure it isn't Lethal on accident for the former and you don't end up getting others caught in the Soak for the later. Is Immune to Move that require Eye Contact or Sight

- Stubborn Old Coot: + 1 Disobedience and Exhaust easier, but is Immune to Will Debuffs or any Intimidation Based Anything; does not ever give in anything it does

- Fall With Thy Blade: This Mon does not want to be Revived from Death, and Wishes to Die in Glorious Combat; if Revived without a extremely compelling reason, it will gain + 5 Disobedience and loses All Happiness and Loyalty.

INS (Better Stat, without Surprises!): 7 out of 7 , SPE(w/o Surprise!): 3 out 6, Base HP: *2 + 7 = 9
Specialties: Clash 5, Brawl 5, Channel 3, Intimidate *5, Empathy 2, Allure 2, Medicine 2, Alert *5

Happiness: 1* - Will increase if you show it all the Sword Based Pokemon and let her spar with them

Loyalty: 2* - If you provide her a great enough Battle, increase by + 1; if its a battle to the death, + 3

Disobedience: *5
Base Fortune: 3

Cost: $10000

What the Bartender has to Say: "If you want a cheap and fairly 'disposable' Mon for whatever you're risking your neck on, I recommend this ol' roninl. Their Trainer - an Old Sword Master that cut his way out of Unova during Enigma's takeover - died a little while back after a storied career, but this blind sword sheela was not happy to retire to a quiet life with his family. Almost managed to run off into the Wilds before one of my Bounty Hunters caught it, and they've been a grumpy, discontent asshole ever since. Family at this point would rather it do what makes it happy, I want to get rid of this pain in my neck, both us parties get paid for it, and you get an experienced warrior you don't have to care too much about dying on ya. *Snarks* Is that a deal or what?"

Big Bad Burly Diggersby

Type: Normal/Ground
Nickname: Hercanan the Bar-Bunnian (Hercan for short)
Gender: Male

Ability: Huge Power EX - This Pokemon uses both it's Trainer and its own STR in Move Calculations and in the Field; Double STR Score after all Bonuses Applied, and grant the Mon the Move STRENGTH
Moves (Using ONLY Gen 9 List): Lv 1 Moves, Odor Sleuth, Double Kick, Bounce*, G-Stomp, Swords Dance, Brutal Swing, STRENGTH (In this Campaign - Normal, Lethal, STR Based Accuracy Roll, STR + 5; Can Double STR while using this Move, but force 2 Turn Recharge, Inflict Recoil, and - 3 Will if done so; Out of Battle can be combo with Bounce to grant pseudo Flight or demolish just about anything with Rock Smash), Rock Smash, Defense Curl*, Rollout*, Spikes*

Surprises!: Knows HA, Knows STRENGTH, Knows All Egg Moves, + 1 Fight and to Fight Skill Cap
Traits:

The Mightiest Hare on Earth - Can use STRENGTH's Effect with only 1 Turn of Recharge, No Recoil, and at a - 1 Will Cost; STRENGTH is even more of a PD for this Mon outside of Battle

SUPER Fortunate - + 2 Fortune Score; this is applied DIRECTLY to the Trainer's Score, so it can't be Concealed normally

Hare-robics! : Super bouncy and energetic - resists Paralysis and Will Reduction effects, + 1 Base HP; Additionally, it can 'Fly' mid battle by utilizing it's Huge Power and Bounce passively, letting it get up and close with those pesky Flying and Levitating Types (Does not grant Type Immunity to Ground)! Huge Power + Quick Attack also makes it go brrrrr out of Battle!

Trained Bouncer: Has been Trained by the Afterlife to be a perfect Bouncer/Guard , the most elite of drunken and violent deterrence. Can also do party tricks and mix drinks!

Luddite: This Pokemons SPE Score is set to 0, and can't be raised in any shape or form; Targets of Spread Moves fixed to 2.

Base STATs: STR 4 out of 4, VIT 4 out of 5 (Better Defensive Stat), SPE *0, Base HP *5 + 4 = 9
Specialties: Brawl 5, Evade 3, Clash 3, Intimidate 3, Alert 5, Knowledge - BG 5
Happiness: 3
Loyalty: 4
Disobedience: 0
Base Fortune: 2
Cost: $30000 + Owing a Favor

What the Bartender has to Say: "This, right here, is one of my premium boy, straight from my Bad New Bunny Squad. Specially breed and trained to be tougher than Adamantine and able to treat it life salt water taffy too, never slacks offs and is always ready for the job, and is an all around nice, if silly, bunny to be around! If you want to absolutely ensure whatever you want guarded stays guard and almost any trouble taken care of, this fluffy fellow is the rabbit for you....if you're willing to shell out all the gold and owe me for it. *Shrugs* Hey, I got to cover my costs with this one of a kind stonking hare - heck, I normally wouldn't even think to put one of my best buns on offer, and I'd charge even more for it too. Since you seem to be real buddy buddy with Dodger and about to take care of one royal pain in Bayhama's butt, however, I'm willing to discount it if you are willing to own Afterlife a big Favor down the line. How's all that grab you, cowboy?"

Your most huggable draggo gives you a bright smile and salute before plopping themselves right down beside you, hmming a catchy tune and tapping their mitts along with the music. You spot a few brave souls get close to your Pseudo, but nothing comes amiss of it: they either wanted a closer look to gawk/study it, or in one case with a goth girl get a hug and picture with them (which was happily reciprocated, with your permission). Even the most headstrong, Tough, or 'Gritty' Trainer/Merc knows not to mess with a Pseudo, no matter how innocuous it may seem. 

Notably nobody bats an eye when Akamu pulls out the very real and deadly sword - the bartender doesn't even glance over as she cleans a glass. The bears, however, looked over your way while it was out.

The Dex Entry for the 'Bio - Fang' does update around the time you explain things to Akamu, which include it's 'official' name and Type (Indeed Dark Dragon); you (and Akamu, if you wish to share) also get some data about it's Genetic Profile - it's a mix of the Chimical Line, Hydregion, Dusknior (Somehow), Tyrantrum, Snorlax, Xenoqueen (YIKES!), what appears to be a couple of Malefic Monstrum: Barishisska  and Roaring Moon, and many, many other apex predators and phenomenally Lethal Pokemon.

Their Gender was also defined as Partho (F) - For Mechanics purposes they can be treated as Female, and they are entirely capable of reproducing without another Partner, though this individual is still too young to do so. Small blessings indeed - if they were, Sutalor might just had gotten another Malefic Monstrum on its hands!

@Redstone Nalu is doing just fine on the dance floor, though plenty of people are giving him space despite his attempt to be his friendly, Jolly self. 

You get the oddest sensation someone is laughing at your expense as you think of your Patron, which all but confirm your suspicions. Though they are far from....capricious as their 'sister' , your 'Lady of the Lake' is known to have fun at the expense of others every now and then.

(5)(3)(4)(5)(5)  Akamu
(6)(3)(3)(3)(2) Seddi
*Rolls* Goodra

....You also notice someone eyeing you up now, and so does Goodra (and subsequently Seddi), who discretely looks over while still hanging out with the aforementioned goth girl. You can't quite tell what they look like, since they're in a fairly shady corner, but they seem to be a guy wearing a worn, dark blue kimono of sorts with white trim on the inside.

Goodra is able to discretely convey they didn't seem like they were going to start anything - they have been quietly observing Akamu a little while after they revealed their katana.