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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

It's not a mushroom, but a hat with eyes on it, though with how weird it is such a mistake could easily be forgiven!

Seddi takes a gander at both, comparing them to the stuff he does know and trying to get a 'feel' for them wit his burdgening S.T. sense. Iron Leaves not being here to Assist puts a severe hamper on his efforts - he's not the greatest Researcher to begin with and this stuff is well outside his expertise, but surprisingly Sylvia chips in a bit to help. Pokemon studies is more her thing, but her mind is Sharp as a sword - Honed all the more by what she has recently Endured.

Seddi's Investigation Roll Per Item!
INS (3) + Knowledge (2) + Crafting and ST (4) - 1 Successes (INS Malus) -  Not My Expertise (3) + 4 Dice (Willful Wisdom + 2 INS and 1 Knowledge - 1/3 of her Scores, Rounded to Down) 
??? Cap : (5)(5)(5) (5)(3)(1) (1)(4)(6) (2)  5 Successes!
??? Device: (1)(5)(3) (1)(2)(5) (1)(2)(1) (3) Doh! Crit Fail!

You're (@Dragonstrike) able to determine and share that the Red Cap is something akin to a Capture Device like a Pokeball, but seemingly MUCH less effective if the readings you're getting on its 'Seal Strength' compared to regular Balls is any indication. That, and from what you can feel, their seems to be some sort of....fundamental incompatibility between it and regular Mons? However, you discovered one crucial thing about it: it doesn't interface with the Party Limit correctly; what that means is Unown, but you DO know it doesn't decrease said P.L. .

The Broken Device's purpose and design, however, completely mystifies you. The odd energy it was putting out was not helping the headache it was causing by trying to figure it out. So much so, in fact, you're actually left Confused (-  2 INS) and immediately begin spacing out. You're not quite out of it, but it is SO hard to focus and maintain composure now and you're Unaware of your current Status....

Velzuna doesn't seem to notice his Master's vexation, his attention still glued on Akamu and that D a r k Ultra Ball of his....

Whether or not Sylvia notices  Seddi's Confusion I'll leave it to her!

On the hat with eyes:

"Well Akamu, looks like you found yourself a...cap-ture device, based on its appearance."

*crickets*

*Ahem*

"Don't reckon you can use that on a normal pokemon.  Though if you do somehow catch somethin' with it, maybe you could use it to have an extra critter on hand?  Can't imagine what it'd be useful for catchin' though.  And I still don't really understand exactly how it works.  Doesn't really look all that mechanical, honestly."

On the strange handheld device:

(As a certain yellow character once said...Doh, I missed!)

It's at this point that Seddi's inexperience with his undemonstrated until now skill bites him in the rear end.  He was trying to interface with it using his Spiritual Technomancy, but the strange workings of the device are just too confounding!  Akamu and Sylvia would see him fiddling with the handheld, trying to turn it on somehow, only to suddenly bring a hand up to his forehead in response to the onset of a killer headache.

"...okay...lesson learned...don't try that on complex devices without Leaves next time.  Owowowowow...what even is that thing made of...???"

Surely, that headache will go away on its own if he just gives it a moment, right?

Right?

>_>

"Alright, maybe we just...look at that one again tomorrow.  You had, uh...two critters you caught, right?  Hang on, before you send either of 'em out...let me prepare."

Seddi's intention is to have Rabsca set up Safeguard (oh, the irony...), Light Screen, and Reflect just in case the protections are needed, but Confused as he is, there's a non-zero chance that he doesn't even grab Rabsca's Pokeball in the first place...