[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

For a moment, Kirlia almost thinks Ventus screwed up...

...Raphael's presence and the...brutal honesty seem to work though.

(...)

...thanks to Raphael's soothing presence, the time spent simply thinking and trying to remain calm, and Nathan's ever strengthening bond with Kirlia, his memories don't return.  Which is a good thing.

"...ah.  That's..."

...

"...it's just...so...unnerving...to think about...maybe?  I can't recall...this happening before, though...aside from...that one time..."

If anything,  Nathan feels...at a loss.  He's unsure about what to say...

Kirlia, for his part, does a double take at Ventus's brief description of Shadow Pokemon.  Pokemon that don't care, have no emotion?  That kill without a second thought?!  He shudders.  The thought of a being incapable of feeling...it's terrifying for one so sensitive to emotions...

Without even thinking about it, Nathan and Kirlia end up hugging each other, the movements being perfectly synced once more.  Kirlia to assure Nathan that he's not alone in this and has a solid foundation to stand on, Nathan to try and ease some of Kirlia's worry and fear.

Ventus, in linue of  interrupting the touching/consoling moment between Nathan and Kirlia or interjecting a potentially mood ruinous comment about either Shadow Pokémon, elected instead to close his eyes and puff on his lavender incense in silence, almost abscent mindly stroking Raphael's feathers while doing so. This earned him a delighted co from the archangel, as they leaned into his touch and seemingly basked in the contentness and warmth their father's affections brought them. 'I'll let the boy dictate the pace of this conversation for the moment, so long as he tries not to over extend his boundries and starts prying for unsolicited information. Rushing things now will only lead to the teneous calm his experience to break in the nasty of ways, and giving him more control over the proceeding this time should give him a small measure of stability and confidence.....' he thought, letting things goes as they mean to for long as necessary. He was perhaps a bit disappointed in Kirlia lack of confidence in handling matters, but then again the reverse could be said for many other things as well, so he'll leave well alone.

[Iron]

Viktor's Inititive is (4), which is a tie. As an athlete and a higher evolved Pokemon, Poliwrath is a little faster. He'll go first.

[Dragonstrike]

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Ventus, in linue of  interrupting the touching/consoling moment between Nathan and Kirlia or interjecting a potentially mood ruinous comment about either Shadow Pokémon, elected instead to close his eyes and puff on his lavender incense in silence, almost abscent mindly stroking Raphael's feathers while doing so. This earned him a delighted co from the archangel, as they leaned into his touch and seemingly basked in the contentness and warmth their father's affections brought them. 'I'll let the boy dictate the pace of this conversation for the moment, so long as he tries not to over extend his boundries and starts prying for unsolicited information. Rushing things now will only lead to the teneous calm his experience to break in the nasty of ways, and giving him more control over the proceeding this time should give him a small measure of stability and confidence.....' he thought, letting things goes as they mean to for long as necessary. He was perhaps a bit disappointed in Kirlia lack of confidence in handling matters, but then again the reverse could be said for many other things as well, so he'll leave well alone.

They stay like that for 10 minutes or so.  Once they break the hug, they both sit there quietly, trying to figure out what to do or say next...what kind of pace to set...

"...emotionless killing machines that don't even care for themselves...creatures of pure hatred, fury, and insanity...humanity has done some awful things to pokemon recently..."

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Viktor's Inititive is (4), which is a tie. As an athlete and a higher evolved Pokemon, Poliwrath is a little faster. He'll go first.

"Lets do our best then Viktor. First of all use Leech Seed! Then go ahead with Phantom Force! (Give me strengh @PhantomUnderYourDesk!) Then go ahead and use Feint Attack! If you got hurt I use a potion! "

Leech Seed Acuracy: Dex (3) + Fight (3) + Canalize (3) - Acuracy (1) - Actions (4) = 4d6
Notes: Each end of the round 1 Dice damage to the foe and restore 1 HP from the user

Phantom Force Acuracy: Dex (3) + Fight (3) + Canalize (3) - Actions (5/6) = 4d6/3d6
Damage: Power (3) + STR (3) + STAB (1) = 7d6
Notes: Charge Move

Feint Attack: Dex (3) + Fight (3) + Brawl (3) - Actions (7) = 2d6
Damage: Power (2) + STR (3) - NE (1) = 6d6-1
Notes: Never fail

[Iron]

Counselor Core Round 2

"You have a lot of Pokemon who are great against a Poliwrath, don't you! Ice Punch is our only option!"

Ice Punch 1
7 dice -1 pain -2 actions = 4d6
(4)(6)(6)(4)
4 Str + 3 power -3 vit = 4d6+1
(4)(1)(1)(6) Phantump takes 2 dmg 4/6hp -1 pain
(4)

Leech Seed 1
(2)(4)(1)
Poliwrath was seeded!

Ice Punch 2
(2)(1)(1) Poliwrath misses, giving Phantump a frosty haircut!

Phantom Force 2
Phantom Force 3
(4)(2)
(5)(4)(1)(5) Poliwrath takes 3 dmg 1/7hp

Feint Attack 4
(6)
(4)(6)(6) Phantump phases through Poliwhirl and strikes from the other side. It's a swift KO!

Poliwrath faints.

By this time, Tynamo has swum back to his Pokeball.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Kadabra sleeping so peacefully under a tree gave Shiva a content feeling as soon as she spotted him, on the outside this was expressed by a slilent 'Awwwcute!' expression. It reminded her strongly on the time when he was still and Abra and when she has put so all that care and effort into him to to work on his psychic powers with her until he eventually evolved.

Before she could even nudge him to tell and gesture him that it's time to go, she noticed that.... uhm..... okay, where has SHE gone? The pasture is secure, she can't just have escaped her, can she?????!!! Nyeeerrgh!

After that small instant moment of shock, Shiva practically forced herself to stay calm. It doesn't help either her nor Gothy if she would make a scene now out of that. Instead, in another flash of white light, Kyuu is summoned right beside her! He gave a melodic 'meow!' as a greeting to his Master, causing her to knee down until she was around eye level to him. "Okay, dear one... you know, the Pokemon I let you get to know yesterday - yes, the one that len you her tinfoil hat, you're right! - is pretty surely lurking around here somewhere, just out of sight. Can you smell or sense via detecting her immense psychic power in which direction she approximately went, or rather she's near at all?"

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Counselor Core Round 2

"You have a lot of Pokemon who are great against a Poliwrath, don't you! Ice Punch is our only option!"

Ice Punch 1
7 dice -1 pain -2 actions = 4d6
(4)(6)(6)(4)
4 Str + 3 power -3 vit = 4d6+1
(4)(1)(1)(6) Phantump takes 2 dmg 4/6hp -1 pain
(4)

Leech Seed 1
(2)(4)(1)
Poliwrath was seeded!

Ice Punch 2
(2)(1)(1) Poliwrath misses, giving Phantump a frosty haircut!

Phantom Force 2
Phantom Force 3
(4)(2)
(5)(4)(1)(5) Poliwrath takes 3 dmg 1/7hp

Feint Attack 4
(6)
(4)(6)(6) Phantump phases through Poliwhirl and strikes from the other side. It's a swift KO!

Poliwrath faints.

By this time, Tynamo has swum back to his Pokeball.

Heart pat the head of the little tree pokemon. "Awesome. You mastering very well the power of Phantom Force Viktor. (Thank you for lend me your strengh @PhantomUnderYourDesk ( ´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`) ) Anyway, to answear your question, yeah, I have many types of pokemon with me." Then Typhon return and Viktor decide to watch the battle from the shoulder of Heart. "Well then, lets do our best shall we Tynamo? I ready when you are sir!"

[Iron]

Kyuu lets out a burst of psychic energy, but it's not yet controlled enough to find Gothitelle. Instead, he lowers his nose to the ground and bares his teeth to access all his scent receptors. He sniffs his way all around the Falls, all the way to the pool at the base of the big waterfall, where he loses the trail. He sits down abruptly and stares about him with wide eyes.

[Iron]

Tynamo comes back out! And he'll be fighting Sandslash! (2)+5 = 7 Tynamo goes first with 9.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Shiva's been following her psychic kitten all the way down to the Falls, and now she was down there staring at the crashing wall of water in awe. The trail of Gothy ended here... She must have crossed or at least got into contact with the water. Hummm. Extending one hollow hand into the pool or the waterfall itself, Shiva catches up a bit of the water, then ends up drinking it from her hand.


Some thankful pets for a job well done for her psychic kitten later, Shiva does pick him up to keep him close to herself in her arms. It's obvious that she's worried, and the psychic waves her Espurr emitts have always been subtly calming for her unless they're coming from a startled feeling.

A quick check in Himonlee's Guide confirmed that Vapor Falls are a great hideout for rarer Pokemon, but it's kinda difficult to actually get in there. 'In there' - this hinted to a cave or such, doesn't it? H-how and why would have Lilith went in there? IF she did, that is? She could also be... Another Pokemon of hers is send out, this time it's her familiar Cottonee. She looks up to her Master expectandly, immedately receiving a stroke through her fluff. "Okay, well... Listen up, Cottonee, can you do me a favour and float up a few meters until you have a good vision of this place, and let me know if you spot Lilith somewhere around? You know, you met her yesterday, just look out for a black figurine or similar."