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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

DAY 7: THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL!!!

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I've been SOOO looking forward to that day and festival WOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOO~~*sound of utter excitement* ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆ I shall and will THE MOST of this day and enjoy it at max capacity, thank you for the serotonin, Windos! <3


Quite fittingly, with the +1 heartbeat Willpoint, Bernhard's Will is at 5/5, aka at max!! WOHOOOOO, he's SO ready for a day of excitement and a festival!! ...Sorta. He does still prefer quiet times and rest and solitude, but a bit of fun and festivities was very nice at times. A nice change of pace, he'd say. 


Gauntlet Stress has been reduced to 6 due to nighttime rest - or is it 12? I'm not too sure anymore, I should really keep better track of this - still not optimal, but good enough to cast a few spells if needed. And if it makes Bernhard's life easier. The joy of being a Scimitar!

What about Myra, Nirix and Spritzee being at 0/5 Will from the events of the previous day? Do they remain like this on the current day or are they feeling better in these terms too? (Asking to know how much I can do with them)

(...) For Bern: You wake up in the Embassy....spooned between Zephy and your newest Team Member Umbrelong (What WOULD be a good name for this...minx), the later of which had you in a literal Grapple as they snoozed peacefully beside you. They/she felt quite cuddly, surprising - their/her skin was like sleek, furry scales that easily deformed to the touch, and they/she were pleasantly warm and emitted vibrations of sort that relaxed as much as they tingled. By now your Paralysis had cleared up (as was the right state of mind you were in) and Myra had been returned (what a frantic and almost tearful reunion THAT was), and the rest of your Mons were feeling better and Refreshed from a good night's sleep. Oh, better remember to get your Ingredients for the day from them too, if you deem them ready for extraction!

You got a message from Morgana, yet again a text: she said that she'll be ready to join you for an outing at around mid-day or so (Spend at least 1 Moderate Encounter and 1 Minor Encounter) , but that you shouldn't wait on her to 'fully indulge in summertime festivities of hardy recollections' . No message back yet from your Mentor either - which was not unusual, considering how busy he was and this time of year/recent events no doubt keeping him well distracted and thoroughly vexed.

Finally, you got a message and request from the Bayhama government of all people: they wish you come to the City Hall - where the Festival is officially and traditionally started from - and give a small speech as a sign of mutual solidarity, support, and honor/Happiness between the Settlers and Mageocracy to help kick things off. Given your station and rank as one of the highest ranked Magi and Scimitar in these lands it should come as no surprise that the city had the idea to latch onto your continued presence and try to capitalize on that to bolster relations and ease troubled minds. Whether you humor them or not is up to you.(...)

For the oh-so-calm and kuudere Magus, the day of the festival day starts... awkwardly and with max embarassment plus a mild surge of panic, given the situation/position he found himself in. (///_///; ) He would much rather be cuddling and spooning with Morgana now, wouldn't you know!!!!!

Zephy being cuddly is fine, Bernhard's used to that (and if being completely honest to himself, he enjoys it too) - but it's an entirerly different can of worms if it's a big chimera of a Pokemon that may or maybe not should exist in the first place. We're giving Umbrelong - 'Nox' - a look of disapproval that quite literaly conveys 'What the heck are you doing in my bed, huh?? (≖､≖╬) ', before... Uhm... Well, at second glance...? "Weeeellll.... I gueeessssss a tiny little bit of cuddling in the morning is fine after all~~" Bernhard does enjoy the touch of these furry scales, how warm she/they are, and what sort of vibe she's giving off. Special emphasis on 'tiny little bit' and 'only cuddles' - the very moment Umbrelong tries to go for more, Bernhard will cast a Protect via Evocation over himself and flee into the bathroom.


Onwards to the current day!~ After how vexxing the past few days were, we're set on enjoying ourselves today. Or TRY to do so, at least, may heaven have mercy with Bernhard if Miss Fortune and Lady Luck throw more 'suprises' at him.

Morgana's message - it does wonders to his mood. He's meekly smiling to himself, feeling like a jolly teenager once more, hehe~~ She receives a simple '♡⌒ヽ(*'､^*)' as a response, while the invitation to come to the City Hall to kick the festival off - Bernhard couldn't help but to chuckle about that. "Clever move there indeed, very clever~" He's feeling utterly honoured about the invitation actually, his 'you flatter me so~'- senses are going off, why humour them for latching onto this opportunity!~ The Bayhama government receives a simple 'With great pleasure I shall come to the City Hall indeed, give me a bit of time to properly get ready please~' as a response. Double so if they reward him for granting them some of his time, but Bernhard's way to humble to ask for that directly. (Out of curiosity - will any of the party members actually come to see that speech? No hard feelings if not - just curious!~)


Now, Bonus Slot time for the current day!~

Bonus Slot 1

Making sure our Pokemon partners are in good condition, making sure they're fine and everything. WITHOUT the love and care that a Trainer would provide and display, because that is not what Bernhard is.

Time to gather magical crafting materials for alchemistic shenanigans from them too - 3 units of Toxic (Kitsune-)Sludge, and 3d6 of Veil Color from Nirix. Benhard's quite curious about Equinox too... Her/their saliva appears to be quite potent, would she/they let him collect some of it?

During collecting, now at least Nirix shall learn Sketch for 50XP - and promptly sketch Zephy's Blizzard. More icy powers, yes please.

Bonus Slot 2

USUALLY I would prefer to do something related to magic for this second Bonus Slot, like training some spells or tinker with my Gauntlet - but not so today. Nope, Bernhard needs and wants to do somethingelse - utterly and completely spruce himself up for giving a small speech at the City Hall and meeting with Morgana later!~ Like, the entire programme please: Shower, shave, perfume oneself, practice his speech and manners, pick his best Scimitar robe, et cetera.

Dear Zephy receives a small request too: She is asked to let her artistic skills shine and draft up a small speech for Bernhard to recite (just a few bullet points, he will fill the blanks). She shall spend a Willpoint on this, which will trigger her NoticeMe!-plotdevice and automatically grant 2 Successes if the drafting up of a speech will be rolled. We're all alone with our 'Mons, so no need to worry about drawing in all sort of attention now.

EDIT: After that, he will make his way to the City Hall! I'll let you intoduce the scene first, @Lord Windos