[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

EDIT: However, he's not going to let anyone go off on their own with Absol seemingly lurking around.  When they go back, it's as a group.

It's not even clear whether there really is an Absol... And Shiva is very well capable to take care of her own. She's also just going to city, not deeper into the woods or mountains! :C

There is a problem with your character going off into town alone to do events, now that I think of it. If both me and Dragon elected to auto-train/berry hunt for however long it takes for Ventus to earn 2 Willponts, and you are off in Corsage exploring the place and doing encounters, both of us are essentially going to be locked out for that span of time. Unless Iron make interesting stuff happen to us (Which is 50/50, given that this was supposed to be a relaxing camping trip), you are going to be playing the game alone for however many in-game day it takes until Ven finally leaves.

If Nathan ends up going back to town to follow after you, I'M going to be locked out for who knows how long. Since we only clear about 1/2 - 3/4 or a in game day with each passing IRL day, it would be a better part of a week or so until everything is wrapped up. Talk about the campaign lagging behind!

[Lord Windos]

Will Points also have diminishing returns. You'd need to be camping for a full week (total) to reach 2 Will points, and even longer to reach 3.

Really now. Corsage sucks even worse now in my opinion, since it took only a day for it to remove something that is extremely rare or time consuming to restore. Well, I guess Ven stay until he gets 2 Will points total then, since I don't want everyone else to have to wait on me and/or work around my character enjoying camping for 3 weeks straight.

[Iron]

Yeah don't split the party for long, due to exactly what Windos said. If we must, we'll vote in a poll.

Or what if you can simply borrow a Teleporting Slowpoke from the Aquarium order, Ventus?

[Iron]

Will Points also have diminishing returns. You'd need to be camping for a full week (total) to reach 2 Will points, and even longer to reach 3.

Really now. Corsage sucks even worse now in my opinion, since it took only a day for it to remove something that is extremely rare or time consuming to restore. Well, I guess Ven stay until he gets 2 Will points total then, since I don't want everyone else to have to wait on me and/or work around my character enjoying camping for 3 weeks straight.

Will points come more commonly from heroism than from rest, but they're still a bit rare!

[Dragonstrike]

They have a Teleporting Slowpoke? Well, ain't that special since that's a move the line can't normally have. Must be reeeaaaalllly slow as far as Teleports go, though...

[Lord Windos]

Yeah don't split the party for long, due to exactly what Windos said. If we must, we'll vote in a poll.

Or what if you can simply borrow a Teleporting Slowpoke from the Aquarium order, Ventus?

I'm willing to accept a Teleporting Slowpoke on loan if it means that Ventus never has to spend a night in Corsage again. How exactly that my character gets a hold of it, though, remains the question.... Well, I would still like to spend the rest of the in-game week camping, but if Nathan and Shiva want to head back into town tomorrow, I can swing with that decision and stop by the Aquarium to have Ven 'check up' what has been occurring there.

EDIT: @Iron = So, what happens now? Do we move on to the next day, auto-poliot until all of our chara regain one Will, or just want around until an event happens? Given that everyone has finished all available encounters today, I'm at a loss for what to do, really.

[Iron]

Are Nathan and Shiva willing to camp another few days before visiting Corsage? Or is Ventus willing to spend his days but not his nights in Corsage for the rest of the week? Either of those possibilities would mean the game can move on.

[Lord Windos]

Are Nathan and Shiva willing to camp another few days before visiting Corsage? Or is Ventus willing to spend his days but not his nights in Corsage for the rest of the week? Either of those possibilities would mean the game can move on.

I'll take the second the option if it means we can immedianlty get started on the next in game day. As I said, as long as Ven doesn't have to sleep in the town anymore, he's a-Ok making day trips to the place. He'll just pack up with the group, head into town, visit aquarium and get his teleporting sloath, and go about his business (Such as training Michael and getting offers for that Shiny Stunky of his!).

[Iron]

He wanted to help Shiva.  He really did.  But he didn't think the risk was worth it.  At least Kirlia confirmed for him that Shiva wasn't mad about his decision...

It was Kirlia's turn to sigh, though.  Again with the Double Team usage?

"Come on, ya lug.  You've been lazing around all day.  It'll do you a little good, I'm sure.  Extra training never hurts, and we'll be relaxing later anyways, and it's another way we can make up for the refusal to help with Helios and Cottonee."

Kirlia reluctantly agrees, not willing to argue with both Nathan and Shiva.

(Any chance this can count as a training session for Kirlia since Shiva's only got two pokemon training with her, @Iron?)

Go ahead and take 1XP for Kirlia.

[Dragonstrike]

Hold on one moment! One more thing before we auto resolve any further camping days or head back to Corsage: Nathan still has a plan for that third encounter slot at the end of the day!

That downtime spent with all his pokemon! (and now Shiva's. And maybe Ventus's if he happens to wander in on it.)

Nathan happens to have 8 Honey, so he's gonna be splitting that among the pokemon as thanks for all their hard work. He has 6, Shiva has 5, and Ventus has 5 (technically. 2 of them are brand new and haven't really seen much action). That's 16 pokemon total. Enough for each pokemon to get half a jar of honey if all of them want some. (he can get two more the next day so he has some for Porygon and Helios when the group gets back to Corsage. Can't leave those two out, after all! Valder probably won't mind, right?)

What better way to bond than a semi-party with some sweet treats and some nice time spent doing nothing but relaxing?