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

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Vernon deploys his sled and places three meals spaced out on the sled. Each meal is two Oran Berries and a Gourmet Food - exactly the same amount of each. There's a little extra space between the meal for the left head and the next one.


Whistling a tune ("Eye of the Flager"), Vernon ambles into the room (not trying to go for stealth, obviously) and presents the tray as if he were a butler. Assuming Dodrio is awake at this point, Vernon is just going to lock eyes with each of the edge-heads in turn (skipping middle). Vernon's body language says he would never back down from this challenge. Even if Dodrio were to lunge, he won't flinch. It's one piece of the camo-man's advice he's not taking - he's not ready to run. He has a separate plan if things go wrong.


"Hi, Dodrio. Sorry they've got you all pent up in here. I know what cabin fever is like - My name is Vernon, and I get antsy if I have to stay in one place too long. Sitting in a chair for half an hour, sleeping in the same bed a few nights in a row, taking the same path home from work... I don't vibe with any of that."

He points to his shoes. He's wearing his travel-worn shoes and outfit, their soles worn nearly smooth and with little holes in them. Munchlax of course has the boots.

"I'm a big traveler. I imagine you're a big runner? Most Dodrio are. Well, I *love* to work with fast Pokemon or far-traveling Pokemon. I was just surfing through the streets on a Lotad this morning! If you and I were buds, I'd enter you in every race, and if none were available, we'd invent our own! So that's the proposal I have."

"Join me in my journey, and I'll train you to race. I'll get you out of here and into a world where you have plenty of time to run every day. The food is yours either way."

Vernon has a hand on one of the Pokeballs on his belt. His other hand holds an empty Pokeball.

Your attendant raises an eyebrow at your Bold decision, but simply chuckles and shakes his head before unlocking the door to the Big Dodrio's Room.

"Going for force of personality? Maybe that'll work. Best Wishes, mate."

The ostritch of bigger-than-usual proportions immediately scrambles to her feet as you made your slightly bombastic entrance, the left head looking rather irate, the middle cautious, and the right one....still snoozing by the looks of it. Until the middle one Pecks them awake, which causes them to spazz out for a second before they look at you with mystification.

Threat?
Danger?
Pre - Wait, food!

They notice the smorgous board you've prepared, and rush forward before the middle head freezes just in range for them to reach you, causing the rest of the body to halt. The reason? Your posture: it screamed 'I'm not in Danger, but I can become Dangerous if you make me.' The three heads size you up for a moment...

Intimidations vs Will Roll!
STR (3) + *Fight (3) + Intimidate (1)
(5)(6)(2) (3)(5)(2) (3) 3 Successes

Will: 8 - 2 (FOOD, Bold Entrance Making the Cautious)
(1)(5)(6) (5)(2)(4) 4 Successes...

Rolling Fortune: *Rolls* Well shit but alright? 4411

...Before the left head lets out an angry 'CAW!' , infuriated by the sheer gall of you trying to pretend you're mightier than she is without proving yourself! The other two heads, however, seem to be of differing opinions: the middle one skeptical and on the fence, while the right one appeared to buy what you're selling and looked eager to get a nicer breakfast this morning.

You barely can finish your first paragraph before the left head reared back, their beak glowing with energy: they're preparing to Attack you....

INS + Survival + Alert
(1)(5)(5)(3) (3)(5)(3)(5) 4 Successes

...and you immediately are able to pick up a couple of things. One, the rest of the heads don't seem to be all too thrilled about 'attacking first, ask questions MAYBE' without much more to go on, which is causing the left head to unconsciously Hold Back juuuust a little. Two, the other heads are carefully observing you now: you are easily able to discern they're using their 'sister's' RAGE induced Attack as a sort of 'Litmus Test' to see if you're all talk or someone they actually have to take seriously.

One way to do it is Tank the Attack and Roll with the metaphorical Punches to try and impress them that way, but another way is try to execute some sort of maneuver to avoid the damage without looking 'weak' . Or maybe focus only on dealing with the head that has a problem with you, if you want to risk a more 'dominate' way of proving yourself while sparring your squishy body harm. 

Many more Actions are possible; the above are just the ones that spring readily to mind, based on previous experience with big birds and Mons with attitude problems.