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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Original Post, basically anything about Spritzee

It is indeed possible to Register it to you and your Guantlet, though integrating their Special Power will take some take. Fortunately you have all Dawn for that to happen while you get to know your new pink lil perfumer!

Since you didn't specify where or how you Summoned them, I say Bern does what is simpliest yet most convenient and enticing: Right in front of the remaining fruit 'n cream salad that Morgana?/Zephy? !

They blinked and fluttered around a bit, getting used to the new environment and all the smells, but their attention honed in on you the second you made yourself known. The puffball sprite looked upon you with no small amount of awe and wonder, before they let out a melodious and bright *Chirp!* and floated up to nuzzle your Guantleted hand, completely unphazed and unbothered by both it and you. Aw...

A nod is given to your question along with another *Chirp!* , and they did a little twirly bob on the table at the mention of wonderful adventure and FUN abroad ! *Eyes Sparkle* Maybe their new Master will help them find LOTS of pretty shiny gems and Stones, and maybe maybe let them play-admire them! *Flutters Happily* Oh yes oh yay!

All the Moves Spritzee can use (sans Acid) won't cause much of a mess at all, so the both of you are free to experiment as much as you like as you get to know each other in and out. Something the smol guy takes full advantage off, showing off its Moves in as fanciful and darling of a manner as its Queen and former owner! Spellbind is particularly interesting, causing whatever object it targets to be wreathed in a dusty, flower scent glow that seems to wear away at it at a decent pace, sparking intermittently at random with all sorts of elemental energy.

Their After You produces a invigorating burst of pink perfume that gives you a momentary bit of extra pep, almost enough to cast a small Spell even in your diminished state! Sweet Scent nearly causes you to sway and collapse once you get a full whiff of it, and it very nearly leaving you sick too, much to the horrified and apologetic surprise of the cute lil' fellow.

Aromatherapy seemingly does nothing more special than its main effect, but you do feel more relaxed and focused after breathing in the floral air for a bit; maybe its effects would be more potent if you were actually suffering a ailment or similar. You think it serves fine for helping others calm down, however - a valuable niche in of itself.

The rest of its Moves do as well as standard (unless I'm missing something or you are looking for something in particular from them), but they perform them with such ethusiasm its hard not to find their efforts endearing and Special regardless.

A little time spent you discover a particular Trait of theirs : they LOVE gems of all kinds. They coo and fixate on every little piece of jewlery or gem encrusted furniture/artwork in the household, they seem especially Captivated when you told him about Myra and the Fire Stone you used to Evolve her, and you had to scold them once or twice not to take any of it (the household gems) for themselves (much to their dismay at that and displeasing you). They are able to find 'gem' and 'mineral' Items much more reliably than other Pokemon, and get a little more use out of them too! Find/Using/Playing/Receiving with 'gems' also makes them VERY Happy in general.

Their other major Trait you saw was quite obvious: They could produce Magic-infused Perfume! What kind depended on what 'scents' they had on record or what 'Scent' Based Move they used, but with enough time and effort on their part they could produce just about any aroma you wish that could be bottled away for later! New Alchemic/Crafting ingredient source get!

The last thing you note may be of minor concern - they seem to be rather clumsy. Not enough to be a general hinderance or when they are focusing on a task at hand, but when they are not is when they end up getting tripped up by something catching their fancy, something neat/shiny distracting them, or simply getting lost in their own thoughts and energy. This Mon is a bit Misfortunate, have a 0 Fortune Cost but having slightly worse Fortune Rolls for itself when they come up.

That's all on my end, for now - anything else to do is on Bern's shoulders!

(Busyyy taking notes about new Spritzee and taking in all the new information about it, so please apologize if I shorten up the response on that here!)
(Mika, I've got the response to you in-game message typed up and saved as a draft, but if it's fine I'm saving it for now aka later when I'm done with more Encounter Slots!)


How that smol little Spritzee appears...not just unfazed but truly PLEASED over having a new gauntlet'ed Master and Wielder earns him an tender headpat and endearing look - one that Bernhard feels comfortable enough to express here; given he's all alone, hecking exhausted, semi-magic-locked aka vulnerable, and his mind and emotions being an utter mess because the former run-down with Morgana has been a willlld emotional rollercoaster once more in a bad and good sense. Thankfully though, he's got all the time now to unwind, savour the by now probably cold tea himself, feed Spritzee whatever treats are left on the breakfast table, and integrate their SPE to the Gauntlet - all while acknowleding and appraising them displaying their moves and powers.

How they, however, are utterly fixated and enticed by gems is not missed by Bern, it is in fact curiously noted. "Having an eye and love for the prettiest of stones, haven't you? Well..... Consider yourself quite lucky, blessed if you wish, for I DO have a quite particular one in my posession that might satisfy and capture you..."

Carefully, meaningfully and theatralically so to ensure he's got Spritzee's FULL ATTENTION, Bernhard reaches into the inside-pocket of his fine Sky-Scimitar-robe, and what he pulls out from there to carefully present to Spritzee...

Spoiler

...happens to be the Astral Stone in the shape of a stylus, having obtained right when this story and jouney unfolded.

It is placed down with utter care in front of the smol pink pufball. "Say, wouldn't you...wish to hold onto that for me and in my name? If you are willing to promise me that, whatever may happen and occure, you shall not ever loosen your grip on it, never misplace it, not avert your watchful eyes from it. Keeping a tight hold on this...treasure in my name, ever and ever please you shall, and you are allowed to be its holder - if you wish and desire to be, that is."

(Note: Spritzee didn't came holding an Item, did he? But if he did, we could just swap it.)