[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Brigid obviously has no problems with those orders from Randolph.  Belladona, however...

L: (5)(6)
D: (2)(1)

Yeah, yeah, whatever.  She doesn't seem to particularly care about those orders, but at least she isn't being entirely dismissive of them, either.  She begins to pace around Randolph, keeping an eye on anything around that catches her interest.

Ran lets out a small *sigh* of relief that Big Bella was going to follow his lead on this, and nodded back to both his girls.

"Good. Now, let's begin searching the first floor for anything interesting, before we move on to the next floor. Longer we linger, the more time something comes round to Hail on our parade."

Karen heading on ahead earns her a rather sharp frown, but he doesn't stop her. He doesn't like the wee girl going off by herself at all in this place, but she proved that she was capable of kicking some serious tail, so he'll trust that she can keep breathing by her lonesome until he/the rest of the group catches up.

[Dragonstrike]

Okay, so what I have so far is:

- Karen will go down the stairs before Randolph
- Kee is staying behind Karen
- Randolph is investigating Floor 1

Some questions before I can continue things:
- Is the group sticking together or splitting up?
- If the group is splitting up, what is Kogeki doing?  And if he's going downstairs, is he in front of Karen or behind Kee? (The marching order may or may not be important)

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Okay, so what I have so far is:

- Karen will go down the stairs before Randolph
- Kee is staying behind Karen
- Randolph is investigating Floor 1

Some questions before I can continue things:
- Is the group sticking together or splitting up?
- If the group is splitting up, what is Kogeki doing?  And if he's going downstairs, is he in front of Karen or behind Kee? (The marching order may or may not be important)

First of all, go use 12 XP to increase Kogeki Brawl from 0 to 2, and using another 12 Xp to increase stealth from 2 to 3. Gonna need everything I might need.

"I think we should stick the group together. We have no idea what kind of dangers is ahead."

For Pokemon choice, Kogeki summon Gama-no-senin and Izanagi. "Gama, use Camouplage to hide yourself. With such place like this, a invisible ally is a big advantage. Izanagi, stay with me. Your Prankster ability can be useful in case of desperate times." Kogeki also decided to stay behind Kee. Someone to stay alert against surprises is very much important.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Okay, so what I have so far is:

- Karen will go down the stairs before Randolph
- Kee is staying behind Karen
- Randolph is investigating Floor 1

Some questions before I can continue things:
- Is the group sticking together or splitting up?
- If the group is splitting up, what is Kogeki doing?  And if he's going downstairs, is he in front of Karen or behind Kee? (The marching order may or may not be important)

(Preferably, I'd want the group to stick together too IC, but OOC I don't mind the group splitting up, if everyone wants to do their own thing without getting in each other's way. More dangerous, but greater freedom of action for each of us. Plus, Karen and Kee might find something before Ran by pushing on ahead!)

[Dragonstrike]

So that's one vote to not split up, one neutral.  Need input from Kee and/or Karen before I can continue.

[Mikaruge108]

Basically, my opinion OOC/IC is similar to Windos' opinion

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Kogeki also decided to stay behind Kee. Someone to stay alert against surprises is very much important.

Octavia hisses and waves her sparkling ribbons wildly at that ninja and his Pokemon (especially at that leviating scorpion holding a fireball), but quickly calms down as Kee gently quiets her. She dives back into the hood with only he head sticking out to keep a good watch at everything. The colorful musician himself lets Kogeki stay behind him after having given him a sharp staaaare: "Try the same trick you played on Randolph with me, and I'll program the AI of your arm so that it'll automatically slap your face once ever hour, including at night. Understood? (￢ ￢) Good."

Is the group sticking together or splitting up?

Humm, how does it sound if we do our own thing until reaching the floor where this ominous wind starts blowing (the third or fourth as stated by that female Ace), and from that point we stick and investigate together. That way all parties should be happy. If I had to decide, I'd vote for splitting up in general as we'll semi-glue on each other once leaving Snowpoint anyway, but doing so in the more dangerous layers of the Tmple already calls for trouble.

[Dragonstrike]

Sounds like the majority would prefer to stick together for now, so I'll hold off on posting the Floor B1 stuff until everyone's ready.

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Randolph combs the ground floor of Snowpoint Temple for anything 'interesting'.

*rolls*

The most 'interesting' thing that Randolph finds here is the statue.  Being a craftsman, he has a fine eye for detail, so he notices that the statue's features and decorations, while generally vague, still have a pattern to them.  Two particularly long strings of these patterened dots are engraved at the base of the statue.

⠎⠊⠭ ⠙⠕⠞⠎ ⠕⠏⠑⠝ ⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑ ⠙⠕⠕⠗⠎

⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑ ⠑⠗⠁⠎ ⠎⠓⠕⠺
⠞⠓⠑ ⠺⠁⠽ ⠞⠕ ⠞⠓⠑
⠃⠑⠛⠊⠝⠝⠊⠝⠛ ⠕⠋
⠞⠓⠑ ⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙

In addition, on the wall next to the ice in the upper left corner is another series of lines of the patterned dots.

⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋
⠛⠓⠊⠚⠅⠇
⠍⠝⠕⠏⠟⠗
⠎⠞⠥⠧⠺⠭
⠽⠵

Some of the patterns of dots are definitely identical between the two.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Sounds like the majority would prefer to stick together for now, so I'll hold off on posting the Floor B1 stuff until everyone's ready.

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Randolph combs the ground floor of Snowpoint Temple for anything 'interesting'.

*rolls*

The most 'interesting' thing that Randolph finds here is the statue.  Being a craftsman, he has a fine eye for detail, so he notices that the statue's features and decorations, while generally vague, still have a pattern to them.  Two particularly long strings of these patterened dots are engraved at the base of the statue.

⠎⠊⠭ ⠙⠕⠞⠎ ⠕⠏⠑⠝ ⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑ ⠙⠕⠕⠗⠎

⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑ ⠑⠗⠁⠎ ⠎⠓⠕⠺
⠞⠓⠑ ⠺⠁⠽ ⠞⠕ ⠞⠓⠑
⠃⠑⠛⠊⠝⠝⠊⠝⠛ ⠕⠋
⠞⠓⠑ ⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙

In addition, on the wall next to the ice in the upper left corner is another series of lines of the patterned dots.

⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋
⠛⠓⠊⠚⠅⠇
⠍⠝⠕⠏⠟⠗
⠎⠞⠥⠧⠺⠭
⠽⠵

Some of the patterns of dots are definitely identical between the two.

Being the well studied and scholarly individual as he was (hard as that was to believe, at times), Ran would recognize these string of dots on the statue/walls as Braille, which would certainly pique his interest. However....

"Bah, can't understanding a sodding bit of this!"

....Just because he knows what's he reading doesn't mean he comprehends it. His area of expertise lay lay mainly in blacksmithing and general crafting, not symbolic languages, so all the Braille he was reading was just gibberish to him.

Still, he dutifully records every bit of it in his personal notes, as while he couldn't understand it now doesn't mean he couldn't has out a translation of it later. After that, he returns/rounds up the group, and simply says: "Alright, finished me investigation of this floor. Let's move on to the next."

[Dragonstrike]

The group heads down the stairs to Floor B1.  The temperature drops a little bit as you head deeper underground.



The first of Snowpoint Temple's 5 basement floors has many rocks scattered around it, both small and large (the image is a simplified reference).  Wild pokemon and items alike are hidden among them, as well as patches of slippery ice.  The group will have to navigate their way through the maze of rocks, not knowing what may be around each corner.

Each character must take one of the following encounters as they make their way to the next set of stairs.  Each one represents a different section of the maze-like room. Unlike in the image, there are multiple ways through the maze on this floor, and it's easy to get separated from everyone else while wandering around, so these encounters are all separate from each other.

1. Large Rock
Difficulty: ?
Cap: 1

2. Cluster of Small Rocks
Difficulty: ?
Cap: 1

3. Slippery Ice
Difficulty: ?
Cap: 1

4. Northern Wall
Difficulty: ?
Cap: 1