[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Spiritmon]

Need you to pick just one pokemon, @Spiritmon.  Riolu and Rotom are ineligible as well.  The adapted Monferno and Prinplup are also still available.

Could I trade Sandslash for Chinchar and Snover for Prinplup? Or I could only choose one of then? If not possible, I trade Snover for Elekid and A-Sandslash for Gastly. Having more ghosts is always good to have more Stealth options! And curious to see those adapted Chinchar and Prinplup.

A-Sandslash is only a fair trade for one of the adapted starters, but it is worth enough for one of them!

Snover may be traded for an uncommon or common pokemon.

Is the A-Sandslash can be traded for the Adapted Chinchar? If yes, I trade for the Adapted fire Pokemon.

Could you remind me again what is the common and uncommon pokemon I can trade for?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The venomous feline debut and little show with the Abomanite......completely fails to catch either Ran's OR Beethoven's in any way, as the buddy duo were super absorbed in their own activities by/at that point that the outside world might as well been a dream, for all that it mattered to the two. Not even waving the Mega Stone in front of the midget man's face registers on his personal radar. Talk about Laser Focus!

His cup of cocoa (yes, it's there) is completely unguarded, though, so Draven could do who knows what with it unmolested.

Oh. Seeing that this small semi-old man as well as their musical parrot are completely ignoring him either by force or accidently (he himself is not sure about that), Draven SO feels like showing that that he doesn't appreciate being looked over by sinking his fangs into Ran's arm to inject jis poison directly into his bloodstream, but one gaze over his shoulder to Kee is enough to know that his caretaker will NOT allow such behaviour. Okay then... Letting out a disapproving huff at Ran and Beethoven, Draven packs the Megastone away again and helps himself with the cup of cocoa, adding some acidic crystals into it that he kept from breakfast (it's something that Kee regularly adds to his share of food to keep his poison potent and strong) before starting to sip on it with expressive joy.

Now there's a lilac catbat wearing a monocle that all happily enjoys a cup of cocoa sitting on the table a small man with his Chatot are working at with laser focus, what a sight.

Kee, aside at his own table, facepalms over that exact sight. Well, fine then, he turns off his laptop, packs it away, picks up all his stuff and gets himself over to that table, Draven gives him a chirp as a greeting that would loosely translate to 'Hello! Task you gave me failed successfully, but I got what I wanted anyway, so don't care at all!~~' Kee gives him a look of 'Not your fault' in response and clears his throat to adress Ran directly then: "ERDE AN RANDOLPH, IST JEMAND ANWESEND? We gotta have a word, stuff for ya that I'll just sell if you choose to not respond. WAS MACHST DU DA ÜBERHAUPT, UND NOCH ZU SO FRÜHER STUNDE?" He doesn't sound mad, just loud and clear.

If this doesn't catch Ran's attention, then striking up a guitar cover of 'Through The Fire and Flames' should do.

[Dragonstrike]

Is the A-Sandslash can be traded for the Adapted Chinchar? If yes, I trade for the Adapted fire Pokemon.

Could you remind me again what is the common and uncommon pokemon I can trade for?

It can indeed.

On the list you have, the valid options are Shellos, Murkrow, Gastly, Misdreavus, Sneasel, Houndour, Elekid, Magby or Snorunt.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Is the A-Sandslash can be traded for the Adapted Chinchar? If yes, I trade for the Adapted fire Pokemon.

Could you remind me again what is the common and uncommon pokemon I can trade for?

It can indeed.

On the list you have, the valid options are Shellos, Murkrow, Gastly, Misdreavus, Sneasel, Houndour, Elekid, Magby or Snorunt.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Oh. Seeing that this small semi-old man as well as their musical parrot are completely ignoring him either by force or accidently (he himself is not sure about that), Draven SO feels like showing that that he doesn't appreciate being looked over by sinking his fangs into Ran's arm to inject jis poison directly into his bloodstream, but one gaze over his shoulder to Kee is enough to know that his caretaker will NOT allow such behaviour. Okay then... Letting out a disapproving huff at Ran and Beethoven, Draven packs the Megastone away again and helps himself with the cup of cocoa, addicing some acidic crystals into it that he kept from breakfast (it's something that Kee regularly adds to his share of food to keep his poison potent and strong) into it before starting to sip on it with expressive joy.

Now there's a lilac catbat wearing a monocle that all happily enjoys a up of cocoa sitting on the table a small man with his Chatot are working at with laser focus, what a sight.

Kee, aside at his own table, facepalms over that exact sight. Well, fine then, he turns off his laptop, packs it away, picks up all his stuff and gets himself over to that table, Draven gives him a chirp as a greeting that would loosely translate to 'Hello! Task you gave me failed successfully, but I got what I wanted anyway, so don't care at all!~~' Kee gives him a look of 'Not your fault' in response and clears his throat to adress Ran directly then: "ERDE AN RANDOLPH, IST JEMAND ANWESEND? We gotta have a word, stuff for ya that I'll just sell if you choose to not respond. WAS MACHST DU DA ÜBERHAUPT, UND NOCH ZU SO FRÜHER STUNDE?" He doesn't sound mad, just loud and clear.

If this doesn't catch Ran's attention, then striking up a guitar cover of 'Through The Fire and Flames' should do.

Okay, hollering right at him in German catches and drag Ran's attention from the miresome depths of his mind and design doccos, causing him to almost smack into his table and involuntary give it french kiss and automatically belt out a response! Beethoven also let out an undignified squawk at the interruption, the Bach composition he was play cutting off with an audible *Screeeeeech!* and a flutter of his wings!

"Schrott, Hammer und Löten, ich bin HIER!"
Translation: Scrap Metal, hammer, and soldering, I'm HERE!

He rest a hand on his chest to calm the sudden jack-hammering of his heart, and looks to the person that 'greeted' him, whereby his expression goes from 'startled/verge of a heart attack' to 'deadpan frustration.'

"Oh, du bist es."

Uh uh, a night's rest was not enough to clear the air between them, or at least on his end. His bird buddy (one he too recovered) had a much more polite and chipper greeting for the colourful musician, smiling and waving at them......before he noticed Draven the vampire cat, and lets out a noise that sounded like a car alarm and makes a beeline to hid in his partner's Inventory.....somehow. Nope, nope nope nope, nopety nope nope! Not dealing with wicked kitty cats, nope nope nope!

That aside, it takes the bristly black about a half minute of frowning and internal grumbling before he lets out a short, irritated *sigh* and gestures at what he was studying with a wave.

"Wie sieht es für dich aus, Kee? Kunst und Handwerk? Ich überprüfe meine Notizen und Entwürfe für Kogekis Prothese. Ich habe die Neurosensoren vor einiger Zeit und die Materialien letzte Nacht bekommen, also bleibt mir nur noch, das verdammte Ding zu bauen, es dann zu programmieren und es dann mit ihm in Verbindung zu bringen. Das ist es, oder so hoffe ich.
Translation: What does it look like to ya, Kee? Arts and crafts? I'm reviewing over my notes and designs for Kogeki's prosthetic. I just got the Neuro Sensors a little while back and the materials last night, so all's that left is for me to build the damn thing, then for you to program it, and THEN getting it hooked up to him. That's it, or so I hope.
It was at this point he notices Draven drinking his cocoa, and has a relatively minor conniption fit over that, shaking his angrily at them!

"Oy, ya snaggle toothed goth kitty cat, hand off me cocoa! You shouldn't be drinking ANY of it anyway, 'cause the chocolate in it is poisonous to....dogs.....and....."

Ran trails off as he remembers that this particularly feline smugly enjoy his deluxe dark chocolate cocoa was part Poison Type, and therefore virtually Immune to such petty concern as 'allergic reactions' and 'cross species Poisons.' He stares at them for a few seconds, before pinching the bridge of his nose letting out a *Hiss* of resigned frustration.

"Fick und verdammt noch mal, dann kannst du es haben. Probably did something nasty to it anyway, either by accident or design....."
Translation: Fuck and damn it to hell, ya can have at it then
His focus is subsequently back onto Kee an instant afterwards, giving him a dull glower and tight frown that spoke no joy from the wee little man.

"Alright, if ya done trying to give me a heart attack and having your bat cat stealing my drinks, what is it that you wanted to bother me with? Don't have the arm built yet for ya to tinker with it yourself obviously, and that concert for Catherine ain't happening until later, so if it related to either of those too things, kindly leave me alone until I call you."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Haha, that worked perfectly. It looks like Kee now knows how to catch Ran's attention if he has too, how fortunate!~ Or unfortunate depending how to look at this matter. He looks pleased of himself over Ran's reaction and 'I'm sorry for that' towards Beethoven, he would even go so far to offer him some birdseeds as an apology if he wouldn't have fled so fast from the toxic catbat: About that, Draven actually didn't care, he appears to not be interested in hunting birds. Must origin from the two birds Kee's keeping, he made extra-sure that Draven knows for certain that it is NOT appreciated to prey on companions.

Musical rave-guy himself crosses his arms comfortably and gives the blacksmith a direct stare in return for that deadpan frustrated one. "Yes, ICH BIN ES. *cough* Wouldn't have approached ya if I wouldn't have something to handle out with ya, it's lucky for both of us that we didn't miss each other as otherwise...~" He goes ┐(︶▽︶ )┌ "Otherwise, I'd have some more cash to spend and you'd have one possibility to further evolve a companion of yours less. Draven, if you may...." Said vampire takes the time to have a deeeeep sip of the cocoa before huffing, putting a paw into his wing-cloak and pulling out a small round stone from it, he tosses it for Ran to catch in a swift Here you GOOOO!~''-movement before overly demonstrative holding out the same paw to Kee. Who understands quickly and pulls out a small paperbag from his bag that appearantly not only holds a laptop and a ton of bandpatches but also carries a whole assortment of Pokemon Food and respective supplements: Some more acidic crystals are handed, which Draven EXPRESSIVELY sprinkles into Ran's his cocoa. 'Yes, right you are, that's my chocolatey stuff now. MINE, you hear? *joyful cackling à la plotting villain*'

Kee sounds somewhat indifferent as he speaks up. "Take this stone, that's the Mega-one from one of the Abomasnow yesterday. Use it well or sell it yourself, I don't care, but you at least HAVE a Snover AND a Keystone, and you don't look like you'd catch a ton of Pokemon just because and then never use them. Those poor ones, crammed together in a PC Box, stuck there like in limbo! (ノ_<。) .....*cough* Could have sold it to buy nice stuff, but abstained because I've chosen so." He takes a deep breath and discreetly looks around to see whether Kogeki/@Spiritmon is around, he'd lower his voice a little if he is. "'Cuz you know, it's PRETTY devious and sneaky to go 'Here, that's for you because you appear to be not bad in the art of Pokemon Fighting and seem to be a cool guy' one moment and then change your mind to 'Actually, no, give me that item back, my words a few minutes ago meant nothing', that's HURTFUL on top of that. And somewhat illogical. It's like..... Oh yes, like being gifted selfmade chocolate on V-Day from a girl you're actually not indifferent about, only to be rejected an hour later if you ask whether she wants to hang out after school because she doesn't quite get that platonic love is the highest I feel." That pouting expression Kee's displaying suggests that this may not be a made-up story. Octavia's with Karen at the moment, so no comfort-cuddle from the faeeveelution.


"ANYWAY", he continues boldly, not up to deal with aromatic misconceptions now, "That's all already, enjoy your new Megastone and do stuff with it that someone that can and likes to use this power would do. Or not, up to you. I was about to head to town for some restocks and trades... Do you still want me to program that AI of that....arm? I assume so since you said 'program it'." He holds back for a moment before outright opening up that he'll do that if desired. "Once I am back, that is. Programming and scripting isn't done in five minutes - not...normally - so I'll do that once my other business's finished, 'kay?" He begins to picks up his stuff at that point, Draven made haste to empty the cup, then Kee hesitated for a moment. "Wait, you dropped 'concert'. For Catherine. What.... do you mean by that?" For now, he actually sounds curious and 'tell me more~', but he thankfully spares Ran an alluring smile to get him to spill the beans.

[Dragonstrike]

1/6 chance for Gastly to have a Surprise since it's Uncommon.

(4) Nope.

"I was mostly studying this Gastly because of how reliant the species is on physical moves while they're still young.  It's a trait that still baffles me to this day, however, given their far superior ability to deal damage with Special attacks."

Bye bye Snover!  

Take good care of Gastly!

Gastly

Attributes: 2 Health, 2 Strength, 3 Special, 3 Dex, 2 Defense, 2 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: Tough
Skills: 2 Fight, 2 Survival, 3 Contest
Specialties: 2 Brawl, 2 Channel, 2 Stealth, 2 Alert, 3 Intimidate
Level: 31
Moves: Hypnosis, Lick, Mean Look, Night Shade, Spite, Curse, Confuse Ray, Sucker Punch, Payback
Gender: Your pick
Happiness: 2
Loyalty: 2
Disobedience: 2
Current Ability: Levitate
Other Abilities: None
HP: 6/6
Will: 7

Monferno has predetermined stats.

"Monferno is the starter pokemon that had to adapt the least to living in a cold environment.  Being a Fire/Fighting type after evolving, they were already well equipped to handle the situation and thrive without having to worry too much about defending themselves.  The only problem for them was the constant hail they were exposed to, which they quickly adapted to in order to avoid taking damage from it.  However, I'm afraid the ease of adapting to their new environment made them quite lazy, though I have seen them throwing the occasional snowball at those who bother them.  But don't let that fool you: they're a devious little monkey, and always will be."

Bye bye A-Sandslash!

Take good care of Monferno!

Monferno

Attributes: 3 Health, 3 Strength, 2 Special, 3 Dex, 3 Defense, 3 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: Smart
Skills: 3 Fight, 3 Survival, 3 Contest
Specialties: 3 Brawl, 2 Channel, 3 Evade, 3 Alert, 3 Intimidate
Level: 45
Moves: Mach Punch, Scratch, Leer, Ember, Taunt, Fury Swipes, Flame Wheel, Nasty Plot, Slack Off, Ice Ball*
Gender: Female
Happiness: 2
Loyalty: 2
Disobedience: 0
Current Ability: Blaze
Other Abilities: None
HP: 7/7
Will: 8
SURPRISE: Knows Ice Ball, is immune to Hail damage

[Dragonstrike]

*rolls*

Absol tilts her head curiously when Randolph asks if she'd like a nickname, her purple eyes dimly shimmering.  Randolph suddenly has her full attention.

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I don't think Diam currently knows what Karen's greatest fear is, but I'll roll to see if she picked up any context clues.

Empathy: (5)(5)(2)(4)(4) -1 for not being present when Karen used her Mightyena in battle

3 successes.  Diam somehow did!  Unbeknownst to Randolph, she's been carefully watching everyone in the party...

Which means when she does this:

Night Shade
(6)(3)(6)(5)(1)(6)(1)(1)(1) +1 Will = 3 successes (spend that Will point!)

...everyone sees the image of a Houndoom suddenly appear in the room, a pokemon that Diam had seen accompanying a random trainer in the Pokemon Center, and a pokemon that Karen was trying her best to subtly avoid.

Fortunately, it's easy to tell it isn't an actual Houndoom, as the image is transparent. But in the heat of the moment, that might not be very obvious at all when Karen turns around and sees it...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

...everyone sees the image of a Houndoom suddenly appear in the room, a pokemon that Diam had seen accompanying a random trainer in the Pokemon Center, and a pokemon that Karen was trying her best to subtly avoid.

Fortunately, it's easy to tell it isn't an actual Houndoom, as the image is transparent.  But in the heat of the moment, that might not be very obvious at all when Karen turns around and sees it...

Eeeehhh! Octavia's still enjoying Karen's company, and in the heat of the moment her desire to protect the young lady is stronger than her wariness and skepsis of Fire Types: She takes a defending stance in front of her and sharply hisses at that make-believe-doomdog, but her ears are lowered as a sign of subtle fear. Probably won't make a move herself unless that 'dog' comes too close. Or until Karen herself asks her to deal with it.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

1/6 chance for Gastly to have a Surprise since it's Uncommon.

(4) Nope.

"I was mostly studying this Gastly because of how reliant the species is on physical moves while they're still young.  It's a trait that still baffles me to this day, however, given their far superior ability to deal damage with Special attacks."

Bye bye Snover!  

Take good care of Gastly!
Attributes: 2 Health, 2 Strength, 3 Special, 3 Dex, 2 Defense, 2 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: Tough
Skills: 2 Fight, 2 Survival, 3 Contest
Specialties: 2 Brawl, 2 Channel, 2 Stealth, 2 Alert, 3 Intimidate
Level: 31
Moves: Hypnosis, Lick, Mean Look, Night Shade, Spite, Curse, Confuse Ray, Sucker Punch, Payback
Gender: Your pick
Happiness: 2
Loyalty: 2
Disobedience: 2
Current Ability: Levitate
Other Abilities: None
HP: 6/6
Will: 7


Monferno has predetermined stats.

"Monferno is the starter pokemon that had to adapt the least to living in a cold environment.  Being a Fire/Fighting type after evolving, they were already well equipped to handle the situation and thrive without having to worry too much about defending themselves.  The only problem for them was the constant hail they were exposed to, which they quickly adapted to in order to avoid taking damage from it.  However, I'm afraid the ease of adapting to their new environment made them quite lazy, though I have seen them throwing the occasional snowball at those who bother them.  But don't let that fool you: they're a devious little monkey, and always will be."

Bye bye A-Sandslash!

Take good care of Monferno!
Attributes: 3 Health, 3 Strength, 2 Special, 3 Dex, 3 Defense, 3 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: Smart
Skills: 3 Fight, 3 Survival, 3 Contest
Specialties: 3 Brawl, 2 Channel, 3 Evade, 3 Alert, 3 Intimidate
Level: 45
Moves: Mach Punch, Scratch, Leer, Ember, Taunt, Fury Swipes, Flame Wheel, Nasty Plot, Slack Off, Ice Ball*
Gender: Female
Happiness: 2
Loyalty: 2
Disobedience: 0
Current Ability: Blaze
Other Abilities: None
HP: 7/7
Will: 8
SURPRISE: Knows Ice Ball, is immune to Hail damage