[Game] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure: Celadon City Vandel

[Dragonstrike]

Reiner scoops up both Eevee in his arms as Clair wraps up her speech.

"...heh...so you don't fully agree with our grandfather and have your own reasons to do this after all, unless I misheard you..."

...

...perfect.  He has Clair right where he wants her.  If there's anything talking with her has taught him, it's that the fastest way to calm her down...is to get her to just get straight to the point.

"...you know what I didn't hear, cuz?  I didn't hear..."

...

"...you say no to my lunch offer.  Let's take this discussion away from the festival Erika is trying oh so hard to keep relatively peaceful, shall we?  I'm sure the Prim Princess will be more than willing to get us a quiet, private room to talk about my future plans if it means everyone doesn't have to worry about both literal and metaphorical dragons burning down several blocks of the city."

Reiner turns around and starts walking towards the tea shop.

...though he does pause before he starts walking.  Looks over his shoulder to say one more thing to Clair...

"...thank you for actually trying to make amends, cuz.  I have no beef with you, so let's not make this messy.  Our grandfather has done enough of that already, no?  You'll make a fine gym leader."

Reiner does his best to try and calm Ridia down, make sure she knows both she and her brother are in good hands (quite literally currently).

Clair might be a bit rough around the edges, but she has a good heart.  She's got Reiner's attention now, but would she accomodate for him as well and make an effort to not cause any (further) trouble for the festival? If she's really going to be as good of a gym leader as Reiner thinks she'll be, she should...

It's a bold gamble, just like putting Clair as close to the edge of a metaphorical cliff as possible...but bold gambles are what have gotten Reiner this far in the first place.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Post I am referring and replying to

Welp, this was sick, as Mina herself somewhat felt bad now - neither did she wanted to react like this in the first place nor unnecessarily worry her sweetest Bugfairy. But... she knew Master well, thank heaven. ...Heaven! Nope, we won't let that nigtmare/dream being reviewn by her inner eye now, better concentrate on the paper now, all while giving both Navi and Momochi occassional strokes through their fur. The first resting on her head meant more Shield Dust covering her hair, but for now Mina does not care. Maybe she was even appreciating it.

It seems like if given enough time, rest, distraction and a chance to try out her new inherited powers in a battle, Mina will eventually cope. Someday. Eventually. Maybe in a month or so.

After spending a few hours doddling whatever came to your mind in the hopefully not vain pursuit of working through some of your grief over Cirno's.....sacrifice, you and your Pokémon had attained a certain measure of peace. Navi fell asleep on your head shortly after devouring their sweet treat, as the subsequent sugar rush then crash tuckered the pixie right out, since it had no target to release all those pent up energies on. Momochi was resting by your side, providing additional comfort while every so often nudging you to see how you were doing on your sketches, or for more attention. It was....relaxing, really. All gain 5 XP !

When you completed yet another picture and showed it off to your fairy dragon, both of you heard footsteps approaching , causing you to look up and find a little girl wearing sunglasses and black gloves standing a respectable distance away, carrying what looked to be a letter and a bottle of water. "H-Hello, Miss Mina. I'm sure mister has told you about me, but my name is Emily! I just....wanted to check up to see how you are doing, and see if you needed anything. Did Mr. Mime return all your stuff and Pokémon to you like he said?"

All that drawing and sketching completely free did indeed help in some way to get along and reenergize. The remaining two Pokemon Mina currently has with her added their not subtle part, their closure and acre was just...sweet. Calming. But why did Mina end up adding stylized snowflakes on almost every sketch?! D:

Eh, probably just a side effect of her...I mean, the inherited traits from her icy fox. There was still a hint of a hailstorm with her wherever she went, indoors it has decreased into some sort of mist softly swirling around her being. To be honest, this was preyy beautiful, Mina was enjoying this. What...other things is she able to do now? Should she attempt a self-portait, actually, a comparison of now and then? Should she look into buying Alolan-Ninetales-ears on a headband to wear and match? Has she possibly even gained the power to do moves Pokemon usually perform now on her OWN? Simply the thought of this was incredibly irrational, but nevertheless it was NOT that irrational if thought about it one more time. The thought about battling HERSEEELF... Cool. Weird. Hilarious. Silly. Doable.

Some footsteps ended her developing train of thoughts and the pondering about where to get such ears, and Mina gave another pet to Momochi as that little girl came into sight, concentrating on her now. Mina greeted that young girl with a warm smile. Or, the most warm smile that was possible with her icy traits. "Oh, ya don't have to be afraaaid of me, Emily!~ Yeah, that non-angelic Dragon-Tamer Guy has told me about you. Mimy has done a fine job, he brought all my stuff 'n Pokemon back. See?" She's pointing to her Ribombee snoring on her head, occassionally letting a cloud of Shiel Dust rain down onto her Master. Mina didn't mind, it seemed like this was a normal thing for her. "Hmmm... I'm doing.... Ugh, I actually dunno how I'm doing, to be honest." *shrugs* "Been a pretty exciting night and day so far. But, eh, 'nough of that! Do tell meh instead, what's with these sunglasses and black gloves? ...Is that some sort of new trend for kids here in Celadon?"

[Spiritmon]

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When both of them finally touch the ground Arial show a tong in the direction of the place and make some obscene moves in his fingers. "Hah! No one can hold Arial Copycat Schrodinger for to long! Nor one can boss me around for to long! So long suckers!" Them Arial walks but he notice the heavy atmosphere. "Damn, this place looks empty. Really dark I guess." Them Arial looks to one police officer walking around in that place. "Huh, some thievery its not a bad idea." Them Arial looks to Gligar and Gaspar and have a great idea. "Gligar, Gaspar I have bigger idea. I will need you both to do something. I need you both distract that police person so I can go behind them and hit them with a good stealth Bludgeon and knock him down. We will not kill him, only knock him down. Since you are a shiny Gligar, that will make the guard be greaty distract. And you Gaspar into a Shiny Gligar Gliscor. That will make the trick." Them Arial equip the Bludgeon and was ready to begin the plan.

Action: Ambush Policer Azazael with the Shiny combo and use the Bludgeon to knock him down! But if he is together with other person dont do any of this!

Gaspar is all for causing some mischief and profiting from it at the same time, and so readily agrees to the plan with a quiet but happy nod of his head and a delightfully wicked expression. You tag along scorpiobat looks pensive for just a moment when you declare your bold as brass intension to assault a man of the law, but he ends up shrugging the news off and nodding his head. After being treated to a nice meal and having a safe (if slightly noisey) place to sleep/explore, helping you nick someone's hard earned belongings didn't sound unreasonable compensation. That, and he likes you too, so pluses in that field as well!

Fortunately this Police Officer is patrolling near a low traffic area by himself, so you are a-ok for:

Gaspar's and Shiny Gligar's Tag Team Pranking (Distraction)!: Insight (*3) + Knowledge (4) + Perform (1) + Oh, Shiny! (2) = 10D6 Dice!
(1)(5)(5)(2)(6)(6)(1)(6)(4)(1) 5 Success!
Azazael's Reactions: Insight (3) + Knowledge (3) + Empathy (1) = 7D6 Dice
(1)(5)(2)(4)(3)(5)(1) 2 Successes

You mimic sibling transforms into Shiny Gligar, and together they both fly over and end up hovering above lawman, causing him to do a double take at such a phenomenally RARE sight and be utterly captivated by it! With him successfully distracted, you pull your hat down over your eyes and raise the built in cloth face mask to obscure your identity, then pull out your Iron Pipe and quietly make your way behind them!

Arial's Ambush Attempt! : DEX (3) + Survival (2) + Stealth (*2) = 6D6 Dice
(6)(1)(4)(5)(2)(5)(4) 4 Successes Winner Winner!
Azazael's Alertness: Insight (3) + Survival (3) + Alert (*0) = 6D6 Dice
(3)(1)(5)(3)(1)(5) 1 Success

With quiet grace that would get you a grudging nod from Reiner's felines, you successfully maneuver yourself right behind the Police Officer while he's still distracted, heft your Iron Pipe to get a good feel for it, before swinging it straight at his unsuspecting skull!

Bludgeon Strike!
Accuracy: DEX (3) + Fight (2) + Brawl (2) + Single Action (2) = 8D6 Dice
(1)(3)(4)(5)(6)(3)(4)(6)(2) TWWWWWAAAAACK! Critical Hit!
Damage: STR (2) + 2 + Crit (2) - Vitality (4) = 2D6 Damage
(4)(4) Azazael takes 2 Damage; 7/9 HP, - 1 Pain!
Instant KO: (5)(2)(4)(6)(3) Yeap.

The Police Officer has no chance to react before he drop like a stone in a pond, and you catch him and drag him into the nearby alley to riffle through his belonging uninterrupted! Said belongings include $2500 Poke, his Smeagle and Gogoat (Value 1 for Smeargle, Value 2 for Gogoat) , and 2 Pairs of Hand-Cuffs (- 4 DEX on Target  when they use their hands unless they have at least 3 Points in Athletics, acts as part Bind if one hand is cuffed to a sturdy enough object)!

The (now that you have a closer look) fabulous looking lawman is going to be knocked out for roughly the next Encounter, whereby he'll cause a ruckus and cause the other Police Officer(s)/Gym Acolates to be EXTREMELY vigilant due to being mugged in such a brutal manner. However, you can opt to use one pair of handcuffs to keep him pinned here if you can find something sturdy enough for 1D4 amount of Encounters after he wakes up to give yourself/Reiner more breathing room.

What will it be?

Arial was wicked smiling now. "Now thats works." He spined around the pipe in his hands like a boss again. "That failed ambush looks like ages ago heh. Now lets see what goods you have there law man". Arial snach the 2500 Pokedollars (8480 pokedollar now! Awesome), and he snach the Smeagle and Gogoat. "Huh, not everything awesome as I imagine. Welp, at least these two will serve well." He take the Hand-Cuffs. "Now when he awake it will be a problematic to to me and Reiner. Time to some plans." Arial takes two scarves in his pounchs of his jacket and he put one in his eyes and another one his mouth. "That way, it will take a time to anyone find you." Arial take care to put the body in some solitary place in this alley and use one of the Hand-Cuffs to chain the officer in strong place [Leave the decision to you Windos about the strongest part of the alley to chain the officer]. "Now where I should go. Perhaps I should buy some Pokeballs after that." Then Arial go to some close place to buy some pokeballs. He hate have no pokeball with him. He decided to buy 6 Pokeballs, 2 Great Balls and 1 Ultra Ball. Just in case something happens. Then when he do that, he decided to walk for a while. He catch the glimpse of something strange. A Muk, but this looks....strange to say at least. He decided to take a look in that pokemon.

Action: Buy some pokeballs (it was about time) them go in the direction of that odd Muk!

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Reiner scoops up both Eevee in his arms as Clair wraps up her speech.

"...heh...so you don't fully agree with our grandfather and have your own reasons to do this after all, unless I misheard you..."

...

...perfect.  He has Clair right where he wants her.  If there's anything talking with her has taught him, it's that the fastest way to calm her down...is to get her to just get straight to the point.

"...you know what I didn't hear, cuz?  I didn't hear..."

...

"...you say no to my lunch offer.  Let's take this discussion away from the festival Erika is trying oh so hard to keep relatively peaceful, shall we?  I'm sure the Prim Princess will be more than willing to get us a quiet, private room to talk about my future plans if it means everyone doesn't have to worry about both literal and metaphorical dragons burning down several blocks of the city."

Reiner turns around and starts walking towards the tea shop.

...though he does pause before he starts walking.  Looks over his shoulder to say one more thing to Clair...

"...thank you for actually trying to make amends, cuz.  I have no beef with you, so let's not make this messy.  Our grandfather has done enough of that already, no?  You'll make a fine gym leader."

Reiner does his best to try and calm Ridia down, make sure she knows both she and her brother are in good hands (quite literally currently).

Clair might be a bit rough around the edges, but she has a good heart.  She's got Reiner's attention now, but would she accomodate for him as well and make an effort to not cause any (further) trouble for the festival?  If she's really going to be as good of a gym leader as Reiner thinks she'll be, she should...

It's a bold gamble, just like putting Clair as close to the edge of a metaphorical cliff as possible...but bold gambles are what have gotten Reiner this far in the first place.

Your bolder than brass, draconic in both definition of the world cousin Clair was taken aback by not only by how you deflected/ignored almost her entire impassoned rant , but how you slyly cherry picked pieces of it to turn back around on her and instead reintorrated + built on your offer instead. All dividing his attention between those two Eevee he by all appearances seems to own ('How in Rayquaza's name did he manage THAT?!') , and nonchalantly walking away toward his intended meeting ground without even waiting to see if she agreed. Like she was just some Growlithe, blithingly following after him like a good little girl.

How fucking ballsy and brazen can you be, Reiner?! (This is both mine and Clair's thoughts, btw) She was extremely tempted at that precise moment to go 'Fuck it, I tried!' and summon a Dragon to KO her overly cocky cousin's ass and drag him back home that way, but.....she hesitated as a hand went to her Pokeballs.

Sure, how he was treating her and the severe charges the Elders have leveled against him was highly insulting and not a little bit cocky (and just asking her to annialate him on the spot) , but that didn't mean he wasn't seriously considering her words/offer, judging his comments . On the contrary, given his eagerness to hold their......'friendly discussion' somewhere private and clear of civilians AND his desire to preserve the sanctity/peace of the Flower Festival, it demonstrated qualities she thought was still present within him, but was unsure of until now: a sense of compassion and decency for others. The fact you also didn't immediately tried to book it (sorta) or whole reject their Offer spoke volume about their little dragon's character.

 Its just that he worded it in....well, the most roundabout yet blunt and infuriatingly way possible. ......Which didn't seem all that Farfetched coming from him, now that she thought of it. This is Reiner Arendse we are talking about; being an annoying little shit in even his most well intensioned actions sounded just like him, really.

For a brief instant, two options stood out in her, each earnestly vying for her endorsement/Initiaitve: To stop Reiner in his tracks and force him to make a decision right here, right now or face he in battle, or to follow after him and listen to what he has to safe in privacy and delay the inevitable. Her Gym Leader and more vindictive/hurt/distrusting side of her obviously rallied against ANY form of mercy as is, let alone THIS , but her Personal side championed of giving them this additional chance to prove themselves just , and not a totally unrepenting and shameless outlaw.

Clair's mind raced and conflicted with itself over these two option, trying once and for all to choice the right course of action.....

Reiner's Persuassion: Insight (*3) + Knowledge (*4) + 1/2 Empathy (5) (She doesn't have THAT much of a reason to trust you ) = 12D6 Dice
(3)(2)(2)(6)(5)(6)(2)(3)(6)(3)(2)(1) 4 Successes
Clair's Lawful Nature: Will (5) + Knowledge (3) + Brawl (5) = 13D6
(3)(2)(2)(6)(1)(1)(1)(4)(1)(2)(5)(1) 1 Success

.......before her outstretched hand dropped to her side, gritted her sharp teeth, and she let out a heavy, frustrated sigh , and followed after you, loudly complaining along the way. "Arceas damn it Reiner, you never listen to me unless its something you like, you know that? *Sighs and Grumbles* Alright, lead the way to this 'quiet, private' place you are so intent of dragging me to, and by the Dragons and our Ancestors above you better have a some Solid Rock explainations and answers for me when we sit down and talk . " The draconic woman then notices the crowd that have formed and surround her/you due to her.....dramatic flair , and gave them all her newly minted, pants shitting terrifying scowl. "You are in our my, spectators. Begone."

Everyone begot. Quickly.

The both of you eventually headed towards Erika's favorite? Tea Shop, and found them sitting in their usual spot with a couple of her acolaytes hovering nearby by, both of them conversing to her about something important judging by their emotional states/worried expression. You had a pretty good idea just what the topic of interest is..... Oh, and you could tell Angelica was nearby, out of your current viewpoint, but still pinging the mental radar you share with your servant.

[Lord Windos]

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Some footsteps ended her developing train of thoughts and the pondering about where to get such ears, and Mina gave another pet to Momochi as that little girl came into sight, concentrating on her now. Mina greeted that young girl with a warm smile. Or, the most warm smile that was possible with her icy traits. "Oh, ya don't have to be afraaaid of me, Emily!~ Yeah, that non-angelic Dragon-Tamer Guy has told me about you. Mimy has done a fine job, he brought all my stuff 'n Pokemon back. See?" She's pointing to her Ribombee snoring on her head, occassionally letting a cloud of Shiel Dust rain down onto her Master. Mina didn't mind, it seemed like this was a normal thing for her. "Hmmm... I'm doing.... Ugh, I actually dunno how I'm doing, to be honest." *shrugs* "Been a pretty exciting night and day so far. But, eh, 'nough of that! Do tell meh instead, what's with these sunglasses and black gloves? ...Is that some sort of new trend for kids here in Celadon?"

Your silly and naturally laid back demeanor shined through your words/body language, causes Emily to let out a few giggles and a cute, tiny smile of her own. "That's great-opps, that's great! . Sorry about almost yelling, Ms. Mina. Your.....Ribombee? Umm....is that what they are called? Well....I don't want to interrupt their nap, so I'll keep my voice down, ok?" At you 'eeeehhhh.....' response to your relative wellbeing her smile threatened to flicker out, but it was your comment on her choice of appearal that cause them the push them to become very interested in their feet as they scuffed the floor. "....Not that I know of, Miss. I wear these because I look......weird without them, and I don't want people think I'm....freaky without them, or asking uncomfortable question about....mmmm."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Oh... You've never heard of the species of Ribombee? Hmmmm... Well, to make it short, they're a species from Alola, where I come from. Very sweeeeet Bug 'n Fairy Types, and the Pollen Puffs they create are simply tasty. My exemplar -" She points up to her head with a HB-pencil still in hand, "- does craft 'em occassionally too and we share them together. Though, seems like there are no meadows with 'nough flowers to collect pollen, so we're outta luck here." *shrugs*

Mina does lower her voice a little as well for the next words, but her Ribombee actually is a relatively heavy sleeper. Heavier than other exemplars of the species at least, and she motions to Emiliy through a thumbs-up that she appreciates her stopping with yelling either. Right before eyeing Emily in a confused-wondering-curious expression and a tilted head. "Aha.... Well, if ya're thinking you look weird, take a look at me! I'm much taller than b'fore, my hair's pure white now and people are always asking me why I've painted that pink line across my face. Duh, I just like it, that's why. Now now, I won't ask any uncomfortable question, little one, but if you feel uneasy here in tha Lobby, we can go to my Studio up on the....which floor was it again? Ah, [enter floor her Studio is located at]! I could use a little change of surrounding as well."

She then smiles faintly at Emily, but keeps that tilted head while she waits for a response on that offer. Oh, Mina also has noticed that letter in Emeily's hand. Was that one adressed to her?!

[Lord Windos]

Emily looked fascinated and intrigued by your brief and colorful description of the pixie like Pokémon still snoozing on your head, and gains a much more thoughtful expression as you distracted her by bringing up your own odd appearance/physique/abilities. The little miss also gave you a relieved smile when you choose to drop the topic altogether just a few seconds later, saying to you in response: "Thank you. I'll....tell you later about them, once I talk to Mister about it first to see if its a good idea or not, ok?" . She was then quick to enthusiastically nod her head up and down like a spastic bobble head, eager to spend more time with their idol in their own Art Studio and room, eeeeeeehhhhh! "Yes yes yes, I love to Ms. Mina! Oh, eh.....I mean, only if that is ok with you that is...."

Sadly, the tough smol girl didn't notice the meaningful glance you gave to the letter, as they were FAR more enamored with you than her given duty at the moment! If you want it, you'll have to ask!

[I'll let you transition the scene to Mina's Art Studio, Phantom. So feel free to described the room/set the atmosphere/your character's thoughts however long you wish!]

[Dragonstrike]

Reiner doesn't even hesitate.  He walks right up to Erika.

"Erika, my cousin and I need a place to talk privately.  I'd rather not cause any...disturbances for the festival by drawing any more attention to our discussion.  If we could use that soundproofed back room, that would be lovely."

[Lord Windos]

Reiner doesn't even hesitate.  He walks right up to Erika.

"Erika, my cousin and I need a place to talk privately.  I'd rather not cause any...disturbances for the festival by drawing any more attention to our discussion.  If we could use that soundproofed back room, that would be lovely."

The Gym Acolaytes give you dirty looks for interrupting their private and tantamount conversation with their Leader, and were none to subtly about to tell you to buzz off or wait until they were finished ......until they froze when they spotted your cousin hovering behind you , casting upon them a glare that beats up their puny Intimidation specialty. Clair was already pretty grumpy for being  dragged along by you, since her ideal plan was the polar opposite of what ended up happening, so her patience for bullshit of anykind, no matter where it comes from or why its laid at her feet, was thin.

Erika for her part, already familiar with the Arendse brand approach to negotiation tactics , finished her cup of macha tea and let out a sastified *sigh* , before they placed her cup down and regarded you with an pleasant smile, and dismissed her acolaytes with a casual wave of her hand. "Its nice to see again, Reiner. From what I've heard, you've been making quite a name for yourself since we last spoke. Subduing Romeo and Juliet, and rumored to have put a stop to the Vampire, since their were no murders or victim reported last night and reduced entire street reduced to rubble in some epic conflict around the same time period as well, but of course this is unsubstaintiated. Regardless, you've done the city and the Police several favors despite having little obligation to do so, so on their behalf I would like to humbly thank you from the bottom of my heart for protecting Celadon, and doing your part to make sure the Flower Festival proceeds as intended. Thank you for all you have done, Reiner..."

Erika's closes their eyes and formally bows their head in a gesture in a sigh of deep respect, but due to her remarkable skill in maintain her composure even under the most adverse circumstances (With exceptions, of course) you couldn't honestly tell it was genuine, a thoughtful but still a formality, and/or what she said was more for your still extremely irritable and somewhat estranged family member hanging back (Who's eyebrows were knitted together and seemed even more pensive than before) . Still, you do know she held no ill intention towards you, and was remarkably relaxed despite two of the most powerful people hovering over semi-menacingly her. Either her ovaries are reinforced with steel, or she's still high from the other day, but I suppose it doesn't matter which one is the cause at this point.

The Prim Princess then evenly returned their gaze with you, and share another warm smile. "In light of light of your service, I am more than willing to honor your request for privacy with your esteemed cousin Clair. Wouldn't want anybody easedropping on matters best heard by as few ears as possible, yes? We'll settle the matter of further compensation (Read: Our prior arrangement) due to you after you have finished your reunion with your cousin, so without further delay...."

A couple of moments later, and you are sitting with Clair in that sound proofed backroom of the tea shop, you favorite drink and snacks sitting in front of you while had Blackthorn Style Tea spiced with sweet cinnamon and nutmeg (Think Irish Breakfast, but stronger) and currently untouched sushi platter. She was in the classic Gendo Pose you Boss is so fond of, before both hands slammed into the table and a light (but still scary!) scowl was on their face. "Alright, you've lead me here to this 'private' location, cousin, so cut the Tarous shit and explain yourself . You've wasted enough of our time dodging me like my own acolaytes when I'm in a bad mood and generally being your irratible self, so start talking about messes you are in now, and don't stop until I tell you. Got it? I'm already going well beyond reasonable doubt by offering to stick my neck out for you again and coming here to this shop that snooty bitch probably owns, so what you have to say better damn well be critical, Reiner....."

[Lord Windos]

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Arial was wicked smiling now. "Now thats works." He spined around the pipe in his hands like a boss again. "That failed ambush looks like ages ago heh. Now lets see what goods you have there law man". Arial snach the 2500 Pokedollars (8480 pokedollar now! Awesome), and he snach the Smeagle and Gogoat. "Huh, not everything awesome as I imagine. Welp, at least these two will serve well." He take the Hand-Cuffs. "Now when he awake it will be a problematic to to me and Reiner. Time to some plans." Arial takes two scarves in his pounchs of his jacket and he put one in his eyes and another one his mouth. "That way, it will take a time to anyone find you." Arial take care to put the body in some solitary place in this alley and use one of the Hand-Cuffs to chain the officer in strong place [Leave the decision to you Windos about the strongest part of the alley to chain the officer]. "Now where I should go. Perhaps I should buy some Pokeballs after that." Then Arial go to some close place to buy some pokeballs. He hate have no pokeball with him. He decided to buy 6 Pokeballs, 2 Great Balls and 1 Ultra Ball. Just in case something happens. Then when he do that, he decided to walk for a while. He catch the glimpse of something strange. A Muk, but this looks....strange to say at least. He decided to take a look in that pokemon.

Action: Buy some pokeballs (it was about time) them go in the direction of that odd Muk!

Finding Sturdy Object: Insight (2) + Knowledge (4) + Alert (2) = 8D6 Dice
(4)(4)(4)(5)(2)(4)(3)(3)

You managed to find a solid and thick piece of piping connected to one side of the alley, faaaaar away from the streets so that passerbys can't hear him scream for help and come to their aid! You slip the cuffs on his wrist and the pipping, and give it a few tugs to gauge it relative strength.

How Long Will It Hold? : (2) It will hold for 2 Encounter after he wakes up, which means he escapes at the Night Time Encounter Slot!

Hmm.....strong enough to keep him tied up for awhile, but not too long that the poor police officer is at risk of being nibbled to death by a feral Pokémon and/or dying of exposure. Perfect!

With the lawman taken care of for quite awhile, you, Shiny Gligar, and Gaspar exit 'Thief!' mode and the dark allyway , and head towards the Department Store since the Merchant banned you for life for threating their's . Not your finest moment , but eh, live and learn right? From their, you make all your preplanned purchases, spending a grand total of $3600 Poke on all those given Items , and promptly leave the store before either : A) Gaspar or Shiny Gligar get up to any mischief that'll land you in hot water or B) You end up doing something that will put YOUR feet close to the fire, if you get what I'm saying!

Exiting the store, you decide to do some wandering around the Festival , since you currently didn't really have any solid plans in mind after making your daring escape from the Aurum Vex , other than to try and avoid Reiner and any Gym Leaders you see , since Encountering them all but spell your DOOM. Eventually, you find your feet leading you away from the main Festival Area, and to one of the many scrapyards that are spread throughout Celadon City:



While you walking around it, you manage to spot something that makes you stop in your tracks: a great big old Muk, happily chomping away and dissolving a pile of scrap metal just a few dozen meters away from you. Even from that distance, you can tell that something is......off about it, compared to the rest of its ilk. The obvious sign was how LARGE it was, but you could also tell that its coloring is weird as well. Purple.....with silver greys trimming on them? What? Besides that, you can't tell WHAT is up with this pile of sentient toxic sludge....

Right now you are on the other side of the fence away from the Strange Muk. You can either opt to scale the fence (In whatever manner you chose), but practically give away your position, or you can try to find an entrance and spend a longer amount of time tracking it down. Or something else, if you want to be especially creative!