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

[Lord Windos]

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Filing away that information on Dodger's ride and gun purchases for potential use later!

The cowboy would absolutely take a moment to skim through both of those books they find on the second floor.  If there's any mention of Paradoxes in them, they're absolutely of interest to him.


As for a more general question: "So, how long is that discount on a purchase for the tour being delayed valid for?  Probably not buying anythin' right now, but might be doin' some buyin' soon."

Spoiler

"For the location, how would one go about finding the Picaros Mangroves? It's a place of great importance to me."

He inspects the ferrothorn but then shakes his head. A steel type would be nice but this one is looking to be much more trouble then it was worth, the rest of his party was hard enough to deal with.

At the end when nobody else was looking he'd hand the guide a note with his number. She was free to call though he was busy today.

He'd turn to Seddi after leaving the building,

"I know you're a busy man but if you do have the time I'd be up to start our training. I understand if you don't but this is a good opurtunity."

If he is indeed busy Akamu would use encounter 3 to check the surrounding district and maybe find a nice lost item or the like to take with him.

Seddi would nod in agreement.  "It is indeed a good opportunity.  Specifically took a little time out of my schedule to squeeze that training in before tonight.  Need to properly introduce Kusanagi to the rest of my team too."

Before Seddi can continue that line of thinking though, the sounds of three phones receiving a notification simultaneously goes off!

"Huh, that's probably our group chat.  Let's see what's goin'...Vaulting Veluza!"

Hey. Oz here. Got some terrible, terrible encounter with a group of people. A guy called “John” looks like the leader of the group. They are like this (insert description of the guys). I'm gonna go to the Koffee Kafe for a meeting with Bernard. Gonna get some help with the cops before I do something.

Seddi immediately sends a reply in the group chat.

That no good varmint...!!!  Are you okay???  Do you need me to meet up with you in case there's more trouble?

(...)

Goodra gives Seddi a concerned look as well.  He knows very well what that kind of reaction from Seddi means, given he's heard it a fair few times during their sparring sessions whenever that opponent got the drop on him in a new and unusual way.  He peeks over Seddi's shoulder to take a look at the message on the Rotom Phone...

(This is before Oz met the cafe's owner iirc, so Seddi would still be talking with a worried Oz.  If Oz says she won't need Seddi's help due to the police presence and Bernhard presumably being on the way though, then we can continue to sword practice with Akamu and Kusanagi!)

Skimming through both books....

The Book on the Calamities is simple and straightforward as it can be - it details what is known about commonly Known about them, the legends surrounding them as a whole and individually, and that which Forces of Nature they govern. Their are Five Known Calamities, as they are known and their Titles, are as follow:

- Relshie: Grandfather of the Cyclic
- Feyette: Shepard of the Æthereal 
- Devoere: Dictator of the Firmament
- ??? : Known to exist, but details scarce; they are said to govern Confluence
- ??? : Known to exist, but details scarce; they are said to govern Exudation 

In depth Knowledge on the Calamities is lacking; you find nothing concrete about their overall capabilities, Locations, and Power beyond the vague but clear 'Beyond You' . From your own experience in governmental affairs, you find this to be more of a deliberate choice on the Powers that Be to keep those Key Details out of the public purview , lest some idiot with more Guts than brains decides to exploit it to literally disasterous ends . If you dedicate some more time and try to read between the lines with a little help from Leaves, though...maybe you could come to some Insightful Conclusions of your own about each Calamity. 

As for the worn journal, you discover it to be a re-bound copy of 'A Madman's Sorre: The Official Guide to Sutalör' by Christian Handerson , detailing the various Locations, Landmarks, Settlements, People (Groups, Organizations, Individuals), Pokemon Classifications, and more. The tone of the writing is blunt as a hammer, critical to the point of scathing, and thoroughly 'done' with the topics at hand and the patently insane and/or idiotic; this writer does not mince words. From the well worn pages, the care put into the book, and that a quick check on the local web showed that the Book has been through at least though 8 different printing waves and sold tens of thousands of copies, it seems to be quite beloved indeed. A handy reference for most of the 'common' stuff found in Sutalor, and a great many other things beyond based on the author's own experiences .

The Discount has been made Indefinite, both on account of the delay and the news they've received of each of yours Good Deeds done the day prior - the expected and unexpected benefits of compensation for Unplanned Interruption and Heroism!

It takes a few seconds to parse everything about that message from the sweet lady, but the moment it al *Clicks* your huggable friend seriously frowns. That....is something it almost never does unless Taunted or it is displeased . The air around them doesn't quite lose it's friendly charm, but it has a edge to now, as if ready to display what happens when one provokes Sleeping Dragons...

The tour guide is rather confused and Unnerved by this commotion - not helped by the earlier Question you posed.

"What...what has gotten you all so Worked Up for? Don't tell me you got an Alert for some sort of problem happening somewhere..."

As mention in the Meta Thread, it'd be easy for you and Akamu to get a private room for yourselves for Training and famaliarizing yourselves with your Pokemon; a quick sweep of the Room show zero signs of cameras or other forms of monitoring.

(Ready anytime for your 3rd Encounter together, Dragonstrike and @Redstone ! )