[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Spiritmon]

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*rolls*

The cathedral looks amazing in the dark, with all the candles lit. Sure enough there are a lot of strange shadows and sculptures looking eerie in the dark. But as far as you can tell, the number of gargoyles on the edifice is the same as it was last night. You spend some time crawling and prowling around out there, (this whole thing will use an Encounter slot), but all you find is a pair of Murkrow, a Golbat, two Venomoth, and you almost bump into an Ariados that seems as surprised as you are. Inside the Cathedral, you hear a rhythmic ticking noise.

Heart was tempt to capture a Murkrow, but have decide to not do that since its far from what he is looking for. "Damn. Even now, I wasn't able to find that stupid Gargryph. *Sigh*." Heart almost give up when he have heard that ticking noise. He have decided to take a look.

Mechanic: Check strange sound.

The door is locked, but you find that it was locked improperly, and it comes right open upon a harsh pull. Inside the chapel, its back to you, is a Hypno. The Hypno is shuffling around in the Cathedral, starting at every noise in such a way that he dramatically points his fingers at each source of noise. He's also picking up a lot of items like the incense and chimes, and examining them. He hasn't seen you yet.

Heart starle out from that vision. A thief Hypno huh? Heart decide to go to a friendly aproach from that Hypno. No need to receive a psychic attack in the face. "A bit late for comming to the Cathedral dont you think? Relax, I not going to attack you. Just want to chat a bit."

Naturally, Hypno points both fingers at you, ready for a defensive strike!

Heart lift both of his hands in signal of peace and mean he dont want any harm. "Peace, noble psychic pokemon. I will not harm you or attack you. I was just searching this cathedral trying to find a certain gargoyle pokemon with no success and I heard the noise around here. If you dont believe, you can read my mind." Say Heart he mean for real. He dont care much if that Hypno is robbing some incense and the chimes. He not in the mood for today. Besides, he is a little tired. "Are you searching for something Hypno? I may help perhaps. The name is Heart. ArcHeart. I a trainer. And I come to not cause no harm."

[Iron]

*rolls*

Heart suddenly wakes up. He finds himself locked inside the Cathedral, though as the lock is on the inside, this is not really a problem. All the lights are out within the room, except for the living embers of the Pahar. By their dim red light, Heart can see some sort of chalk dust on his hand. All the incense and items in the room have been disturbed, and some have chalk dust on them as well.
Especially all the doors into side rooms have chalk dust on them, and human handprints!

The door nearest to Heart, slightly ajar and leading to a caretaker's room, has writing on it in a sloppy version of Heart's own handwriting. It just says "FRIDAY."

[Spiritmon]

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*rolls*

Heart suddenly wakes up. He finds himself locked inside the Cathedral, though as the lock is on the inside, this is not really a problem. All the lights are out within the room, except for the living embers of the Pahar. By their dim red light, Heart can see some sort of chalk dust on his hand. All the incense and items in the room have been disturbed, and some have chalk dust on them as well.
Especially all the doors into side rooms have chalk dust on them, and human handprints!

The door nearest to Heart, slightly ajar and leading to a caretaker's room, has writing on it in a sloppy version of Heart's own handwriting. It just says "FRIDAY."

Damn son of a Magikarp! Heart decided to search though his bag to see if his items and pokemons its okay. After searching that he decided to murderer badly that damn hypno!

[Iron]

Everything Heart owns is all present and accounted for.

Where are you searching for Hypno?

[Spiritmon]

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Everything Heart owns is all present and accounted for.

Where are you searching for Hypno?

(But Heart have his items such as potions, pokemons and everything or did Hypno rob everything?)

Heart decided to see what kind of present is that. And he decided to search around the Cathedral. No ONE mess with his mind and escape with that.

[Iron]

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Everything Heart owns is all present and accounted for.

Where are you searching for Hypno?

(But Heart have his items such as potions, pokemons and everything or did Hypno rob everything?)

Heart decided to see what kind of present is that. And he decided to search around the Cathedral. No ONE mess with his mind and escape with that.

"Present and accounted for" is a saying, meaning Heart finds all his potions and Pokemon right where he left them. Hypno didn't take anything.

Alert roll, -3 for darkness: (5)(5)(4)(6)(6) Critical success.
Heart finds footprints, leading toward Celebi Park.

[Spiritmon]

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Everything Heart owns is all present and accounted for.

Where are you searching for Hypno?

(But Heart have his items such as potions, pokemons and everything or did Hypno rob everything?)

Heart decided to see what kind of present is that. And he decided to search around the Cathedral. No ONE mess with his mind and escape with that.

"Present and accounted for" is a saying, meaning Heart finds all his potions and Pokemon right where he left them. Hypno didn't take anything.

Alert roll, -3 for darkness: (5)(5)(4)(6)(6) Critical success.
Heart finds footprints, leading toward Celebi Park.

"Yosh! I gonna punch so hard in that Hypno he will wish he didnt find me! No one, and I say no one, use my goodwill and escape with that! Viktor! Percival! Lets go find that asshole!" Then Heart release both of his pokemons. With no time to waste he mount in the back of Percival the Lairon and order Viktor to hide in the shadows to make some good sneak attack when they find that Hypno. If someone would see Heart now they could see his eyes almost shooting fire. Even Lairon its a bit scared. He is really, REALLY piss of. He not gonna have mercy when finding that Hypno. May Hypno pray for Arceus or any other Legendary because he gonna find a enraged Heart. 

Then they follow the footprints in the direction of Celebi Park.

[Lord Windos]

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Seeing Ventus so...calm during that dinner felt like the ultimate proof that he was alright and was NOT overdoing it with alcohol, all of that did a fine job to visibly and detectable rejoice her. The 200$ he handed her without asking or even pondering only added to that, she couldn't help to hold his hand and give it a dear squeeze in the means to express some deep thankfulness. ....He'd be 'happy to help you grant it and more', though? Huh... She's not quite sure what he meant by 'more', and replied to that with a somewhat suggestive-confused look for him, before she turned to that Luvdisc again. The blissful joy increased to some degree and her smile only grew as she handed the full 500$ to Cherie! "Can I also burrow that fish tank to have it in the room with us? I'll retrive it tomorrow morning. ....I can? Ayyeee, thank you!~" Shiva will let Azumarill carry the tank, as she and her Huge Power will have no problem with that.


The food was incredibly well and good quality, and rather soon it was time to head upstairs again. Along the way, Shiva still had that delight surrounding her, but the nervousness Ventus has waved goodbye too was somewhat coming to her now. Faintly and subtle, but it was there.

Back in their room, Shiva had Azu place the fishtank on the table beside the bed, next to that phone. She couldn't help that smile for the lovely fish coming back to her as she took a seat on the bed and continued 'stroking' it by letting the tip of her finger run over the glass and a few times even feed it some dried berries, delighted over earning some joyful responses from this Luvdisk. She'll probably register Luvdisk to a Ball tomorrow. "We've paid for you, dear one... I hope you'll enjoy coming with me - us - and make good friends with me and my other Pokemon. I own several Grass Types and even a pair of electric rodents, but they're all dear and loyal to me. No need to be afraid! I won't drag you into battling either since that's not your purpose, maybe only once to see what potential you hold. Alright?" (Does Ludsic react in some way to that, Iron?)

Though when Shiva retrieved that handful of dried berries from her stuff, her hand touched something plushlike that she was well aware of, somewhat impercibly sighing over it while these warm feelings that had nothing to do with Luvdisc per se, but also with... Eventually, she turned her head to wherever Ventus was currently in the room, looking at him almost wishfully, and patting the free space of the bed right beside her. She gave him a coy yet dear response as he did, before she slowly averted her gaze to look at the one hand of hers that was resting on her lap, while the other was still near the fishtank. Eventually, she spoke up to break the silence in a rather sot and quiet tone. "Hehe.... Uhm... Ven, I guess I haven't said 'thank you' to you yet for coming with me. This room wasn't too cheap, but I wanted to be here with you... Can you, well, imagine, why this is so?"

She awaited his answer, looking somewhat timid and nervous yet confirmed, and by all means not 'uncomfortable'.

As Shiva reached forward and gripped his hand as a sign of gratitude, Ventus smoothly and easily lift her's and placed a kiss upon it, favoring her with a sweet yet ever so slightly mischevious smile, and stopping just short of roguishly waggling his eyebrows. A bold gesture to show that her joy was well received, yes, how could he not cease upon the opportunity she had presented him so? That, and he felt a like teasing affection wouldn't hurt her at all~

Once his Clawizter Claw was brought to the table, he waited until the server was gone before practically tearing right into his meal, breaking past the shell and right into the succulent meat, dunking it into the butter, and then devouring it with a gusto! It had been far too long since he had any quality Pokémon based meat, so he was going to make up for it by extracting every last morsol from the Clawizter Claw and savoring it all! Yum Yum Yum!!! Didn't stop the empath from glancing up from his meal every now and again to shoot his crush a smile, completely oblivious to her nervousness due to the alcohol in his system numbing his extra sense. Oh well, at least he's not worried she's worried, right?

While Shiva was busy properly introducing herself to their new Luvdisc, the slightly drunken researcher went back over to the mini bar and fixed himself a Peri's Black Russian, taking a tentative sip of the beverage and smiling as coffee, cola, and vanilla vodka flavors came together to form the perfect after dinner drink. He wanted to ensure that he kept himself pleasantly buzzed and insulated from his former stressors and festering negativity, so one last cocktail to slowly put away over the night wouldn't hurt too much, right? Besides, he and Shiva had Antidotes just in case, so cheers mate!

His drunken contemplations were interrupted when his most blessed and cherished crush beconned him to her side, and so with a serene smile he glided over and took his place right beside and right where he belong, his mixed drinking in one hand and the other by his side. The fae woman's timid thanks and her question was meet with a thoughtful, questioning look as he pondered it over, taking another sip of his PBR as he did so. Then, a rougish smile appeared on his face as he smoothly replied, leaning closer to Shiva as he did so.

"Hmm.....if I'm allowed imagine anything, I would say you wished to propose to me. A evening of luxury and fine dining, followed by popping the question and a night full of cuddling, yes? Am I right, dear~?"

[Iron]

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Everything Heart owns is all present and accounted for.

Where are you searching for Hypno?

(But Heart have his items such as potions, pokemons and everything or did Hypno rob everything?)

Heart decided to see what kind of present is that. And he decided to search around the Cathedral. No ONE mess with his mind and escape with that.

"Present and accounted for" is a saying, meaning Heart finds all his potions and Pokemon right where he left them. Hypno didn't take anything.

Alert roll, -3 for darkness: (5)(5)(4)(6)(6) Critical success.
Heart finds footprints, leading toward Celebi Park.

"Yosh! I gonna punch so hard in that Hypno he will wish he didnt find me! No one, and I say no one, use my goodwill and escape with that! Viktor! Percival! Lets go find that asshole!" Then Heart release both of his pokemons. With no time to waste he mount in the back of Percival the Lairon and order Viktor to hide in the shadows to make some good sneak attack when they find that Hypno. If someone would see Heart now they could see his eyes almost shooting fire. Even Lairon its a bit scared. He is really, REALLY piss of. He not gonna have mercy when finding that Hypno. May Hypno pray for Arceus or any other Legendary because he gonna find a enraged Heart. 

Then they follow the footprints in the direction of Celebi Park.

You find Hypno in a tangle of underbrush. He's intently watching a metronome tick back and forth - there's chalk dust on it. 

Obviously a charging Lairon is something he will notice!



Let's see if he spots Phantump, who gets a +1 bonus.
Sneak: (6)(4)(6)(2)(3)(5)(6)(3) +1 = 6
Alert: 5 Insight + 3 Survival + 1 Alert = (6)(3)(2)(3)(3)(6)(5)(2)(2) = 3

Phantump gets an action against him in the Surprise Round. (Just one action, not multiple)

Initiatives: 
Hypno (6) + 3 Dex + 3 survival = 12
Lairon (4) = 10
Phantump: (3) = 9

[Spiritmon]

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You find Hypno in a tangle of underbrush. He's intently watching a metronome tick back and forth - there's chalk dust on it. 

Obviously a charging Lairon is something he will notice!

Let's see if he spots Phantump, who gets a +1 bonus.
Sneak: (6)(4)(6)(2)(3)(5)(6)(3) +1 = 6
Alert: 5 Insight + 3 Survival + 1 Alert = (6)(3)(2)(3)(3)(6)(5)(2)(2) = 3

Phantump gets an action against him in the Surprise Round. (Just one action, not multiple)

Initiatives: 
Hypno (6) + 3 Dex + 3 survival = 12
Lairon (4) = 10
Phantump: (3) = 9

"Okay Hypno. I really, REALLY dont want to did this to you. But you use that dirty trick in my mind AND almost use me as some decoy to your crimes. You can run as much you want. But..." Then Heart make a scary face. "TOY WITH MY MIND IS GOING BEOYOND MY GOOD WILL! I hope you enjoy piss me off, because I gonna make you pay ten thousand times! Percival! Use Protect against if you feel a attack from Hypno Hypno! Then retaliate with three Iron Heads! If not use four Iron Heads! If you be hurt I gonna use a potion!" Heart then make a gesture to Phantump prepare the Phantom Force (If not possible then a suprise Feint Attack). He prepare a Pokeball to capture Hypno when he be faint.

Protect: Dex (3) + Fight (3) + Canalize (3) - Actions (4) = 5d6
Effect: Priority 5. Shield. Reduce 3 Dice from the foe damage pool. Negate effects of suport moves that target the user. Reduce to zero set damage from a move the user would take.

Iron Head: Dex (3) + Fight (3) + Brawl (3) - Actions (5/6/7) = 4d6/3d6/2d6
Damage: Power (3) + STR (3) + STAB (1) = 7d6
Effect: Flinch

Phantom Force: Dex (3) + Fight (3) + Brawl (3) - Actions (2/3) = 7d6/6d6
Damage: Power (3) + STR (3) + STAB (1) + SE (1) = 7d6+1
Effect: Power+3 Charge Move. While charging this Move, other moves will not affect the user. If the target is Shielding, the shield is destroyed

In case to not be possible to use Phantom Force:

Feint Attack: Dex (3) + Fight (3) + Brawl (3) = 9d6
Damage: Power (2) + STR (3) + SE = 5d6+1
Effect: Never fail.