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

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Oz freed both Fortuna and Persephone. She looked at the Priestess, and she finished the symbols she concentrated on and then started the ritual. The three sisters nod their heads, and then each one starts the job of the restoration of Lozpzu.

Fortuna closes her eyes, and her wings start to glow a dark light, and some of that dark light comes to Oz. Persephone starts to sing a beautiful song. One that Oz requested.

Oz did remember that song…It was an old song that both his grandparents told her. A song from ancient times, who said Legends they heard a long time ago. The music in the stories could heal the souls of those who could hear.

A song of the Guardian of the seas.

Oz knows it was just a song, and holds no real power…But if belief is what is necessary to bring back Lopzu, then belief will be used here.

Oz then start the chant:

“Earth. Water. Sky. Fire. Elements of this world, hear my call…I beg of you…Please, heal dear Lopzu. He is an innocent who was caught in this battle, wounded by a terrible enemy. By the Will of the planet itself, I beg of you…Heal that soul…restore his vitality to what was before! I Oz, the White of Destiny ask thee. In exchange I offer this: The defeat of the dark master of this chaos…and this music, more Ancient than the Magis themselves…A music who was born from the heart. A song who believed could heal even the soul…Hear this song, Will of the Planet…The result of the love and peace between Human and Pokemon.”

(I didn't know what version of the music to choose so here two versions of the music I have vision Oz to do, since a classic always deserved more than one version)

Lugia's Song (Pokémon 2000) [2016 ver.] ~ Flute & Piano cover ft. ‪@stahrmie‬!

Pokémon – Lugia’s Song | Very EMOTIONAL Tribute Cover

As if a cue, her other hands were shiny, and two other instruments were summoned: A instrument similar to a keyboard piano guitar…and a violin. They float close to Oz by magic.

The flute floats around Oz. The keyboard piano floats towards Oz, and she starts the music, each piece of the keyboard showing a single melody, a symbol of the peace and love Oz has for this world. After a few seconds, the violin came to her other pair of hands and she used it, doing a harmonious song with the keyboard piano guitar.

Both Oz, Persephone and Fortuna begin to sing in unison, focusing on reinforcing the ritual as best as they can, singing to heaven, earth and sea…no…to the planet itself to restore little Lopzu. A soul who was caught in the middle of this conflict. A soul who deserves to live as many others.

She then begins to use the flute, singing the most ancient part of the song…While doing that, she dances, letting her body while using each of her instruments, letting her body, soul and spirit go free. The Most free she ever was in her life. Free as the Guardian of the Seas, is. She wanted to help the people of this world. And wants to free poor Lopzu from this torment.

Action: Save Lopzu Life!

Dexterity(12)+Contest(3)+Perform(5*)=18D6

Fortuna will keep Super Luck active using her wings.

Persephone will summon Lucky Chant to prevent the worse from happen.

Oz, Fortuna and Persephone will keep singing, as a token for the world.

I will also say Oz Pokemon are outside of their Pokeballs to see this event and prevent something worse from happen.  They are invited to sing along too if they want. With exception be Dite since she could run away because of her negative Loyalty.

For RP reasons, due to Oz be a Sky Scimitar, I will say she unconsciously summon air around her, but not strong enough to blow away the symbols of sand the Priestress lay out in the ground.

With your determined answer from you and your sisters the strange woman gave a solemn nod back, clasping both hands and bowing to you as she did. Then, as you summoned/shaped your instruments and prepared with your Sisters, so too did they as they moved over to a large, smooth expanse of clear sand and began their work.

The circular diagram the Priestess formed was a looping, almost chaotic weaving at first glance. As she ever danced her fingers through the sand, her eyes closed as she added, removed, smoothed, and connected the disperate curves and pieces....



...A lovely Star of a flower came to be, ringed and bound by circles and petals through and throughout. 

From there you and the Priestess carefully placed Lopzu in the very center, taking great care not to disrupt the diagram or Flinch from the G r u d g i n g  C U R E that threatened to lash out the confirms of the bestial swordswoman's form. The Priestess then took her place outside the circular diagram, crouching down on the sand on her knees and facing the direction the moon was it, a crescent shape now wreathed in aurora borealis. She clapped her hands together once, the sound now oddly reverberating and causing Lopzu to twitch, closed her eyes, and said a short prayer:

"Time. Space. Heavens and Earth. Hear our plea. Lend thy Power, thy Grace, thy Absolution. Aid us in Cleansing and Purifying this poor woman's SOUL. Sinner as she may be, she has done no Wrong deserving the foul Fate inflicted upon her. Please, please, please, hear us now. Grant our Prayers, Grant her Mercy, Grant us Your Will ."

The air became charged in a.....dare you say it, sacred energy as her arms and eyes flew wide open towards the moon. Then, she opened her mouth and s a n g. Wordless, toneless, yet oh so m e l o d i u s, the reverberations send your flesh, bones, and even spirit a-buzzing as she s a n g  and s a n g  and s a n g  for the SOUL of Lopzu. Lopzu, who began to violently jerk in place, eyes flying open in a blank yet frenzied stare as she Thrashed against an unseen force, a savage *SNARL* tearing from her vocal cords as she - or rather, the CURSE - fought with vile, sorcerous fury against the efforts of Exorcism and Purification.

Music: Lugia's Song (Pokémon 2000) [2016 ver.] ~ Flute & Piano cover ft. ‪@stahrmie‬!

You and your sisters needed no further prompt - together, As One, you added your own song to the Priestess' , your own Promise and Prayers added to their own as you began calling the Elements and the Guardians of the Sea, beseeching them for their Aid. Then, with a grace and rhythm that was all too natural yet surprising, you began to lithely dance around the circle, your instruments doing their own little jigs too. Prancing, leaping, twirling, yet never missing a beat. Your song s a n g  with the Priestess' own, the sonorous melody suppressing the foul miasma of the environment and making its Power known. Though you wouldn't know it your song reaches as far as the camp itself, catching the attention of all as they find themselves keenly listen with bated breath...

The question now remains: Will it be Enough ?

***

Purification & Exorcism Roll vs G r u d g e  F i l l e d  C u r s e 
DEX (*12) + Contest (3) + Perform (*5) + Song of Sea and Elements (3) + Freeform Dance (2) + Super Luck and Lucky Chant (Negate (1)s ; Convert Half into (6)s)  = 25D6 Base Dice

G r u d g e  F i l l e d  C u r s e
Will (*10) + RESISTENCE (5) + Bestial Nature (3) + CURSED ( (1)s Count as Successes )= 18D6

{ 5, 4, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 4, 6, 6, 1, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 2, 2, 1, 5, 6, 2, 2, 5  }

{  6, 6, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2, 5, 3, 5, 2, 2  }

13 + *2 vs 6 + 2 

Winner: Oz by Seven Success.

Your Prayers have been HEARD. Lucky Critical Performance . Cost of Priestess Prayers will be Halved; added Successes to her Roll[. Decrease DC of Curse.

The Priestess's Prayers
Fortune (7) + Will (*10) + Channel (5) - Imperfect Conditions (5) - Difficulty (*2) + *7 Successes = 15D5 + 7 Dice

G r u d g e  F i l l e d  C u r s e d  DC:  *15  -  Need to meet or exceed this threshold to cleanly Succeed ; the lower the Roll, the worse outcome and more Will/stress the Priestess will have to Endure.

(3)(6)(-)(6)(5) (6)(-)(2)(4)(6) (-)(2)(6)(5)(-)

8 + 7 = 15 Success

DC: EXACTLY Meet.

***

The ragged woman spasmed, thrashed, and a point let out a H O R R I F Y I N G  wail that sounded like a dying rabbit's squeals. At one point her body even leapt up and tried to tackle the Priestess, only to rebound off an invisible barrier, knocking them flat on their back, where they began to froth and foam at the mouth. 

Your own attuned senses could feel the C U R S E  bitterly RAGE against you and the blessed woman's efforts to rid and eradicate it. Several times you could detect it tried to lash out and latch onto YOU, as your own messy and warped SOUL was a most alluring Target , but the combined efforts at Purification and the circle kept it well at bay and tightly in check.

Eventually, the ritual reached a boiling point as Lopzu started to scream in earnest, the piercing sound threatening to shatter your eardrums and disrupt the harmonious melody. Before it could even began to do any harm, however, the Priestess thrust her arms at the Curse-wracked woman, her gaze blazing intense as she grabbed onto something - IT - and yelled:

"NO MORE, NO MORE. BY THE POWER OF THE EARTH, THE SEA, AND THE STARS - BEGONE!"

She wretched her arms back - !

- and from their mouth and pores a black, red smoke was EXPELLED from Lopzu, collecting above the woman to form a twisted Eye, tentacles and TEETH lining its miasmic IRIS. IT GLARED at the Priestess, at YOU, and seemed poised to do something TERRIBLE ...!

Until, with simultaneous FORCE, you and the Priestess reached out to the CURSE and C L E N C H E D - ! 

*RRRRRRRAAAAAARRRRR!*

- and the CURSE was Destroyed by your combined Power! !!!

Immediately Lopzu shot up, wide awake with even wider eyes as she panted and heaved great breaths, sweet covering every visible portion of her body as she looked around with bleary eyes, tense. Aside from that, she was perfectly okay, if Exhausted from the ordeal (- 5 Will) .

The Priestess slumps on her side, her face touching the sand as she looked spent herself. Despite that her proud, happy, and grateful smile remained undiminished. The Priestess, after Cost Reduction,  has her Will Reduced to 10/30 and is Exhausted , her form now nearly translucent as if ready to fade away entirely. 

Due to the Priestess shouldering most of the Burden, Oz and her Sisters suffers no negative side effects from her part in the Ritual.  

As a Fortuitous side effect of the Purification and Exorcism Ritual the entire camp has also been purified and the morale of everyone their raised - mechanically this means the people there are now more hopeful and resilient than ever and more willing to help the War Band out.

Overall Outcome: Successful. Not perfectly so, but considering how wrong things could have gone.....good enough for everyone.