[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Terra and Heart walk back to Cress with no more encounters. Ghosts watch you every step of the way, though.

[Dragonstrike]

He fiddles with the PC in the corner and your Pokedex goes BING to indicate an incoming transaction. 

"Very nice! Thank you! Do come again if you find any more collectibles."

You notice he does not ask how you got it.

"...yes, I'll keep that in mind.  Thank you very much."

Easier if no questions are asked anyways...but definitely something to wonder about...

Anyways...that's $50,000 for Nathan, Ventus, Valder, Heart, Shiva,  and Mr. Finder to split!  Cha ching!  Nathan wires everyone their portion of the money: $8335 for Mr. Finder, $8333 for everyone else on the list! (@PhantomUnderYourDesk and @Spiritmon)  What Ventus and Valder do with their shares is up to Iron at this point...

For the sake of pace, if Shiva's battle ends during Round 2, that's all from Nathan for today, folks (which would mean we can get started on the next day right away)!  He did loan Shiva some items in a PM conversation before turning in for the night, though, and also returned the boots she lent him...and that also happened to be when he first noticed that Raphael was left with Shiva, so...yeah.  If Shiva's battle doesn't end in Round 2, though, there might be a little more RP stuff to fill a little time.  Maybe.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

He fiddles with the PC in the corner and your Pokedex goes BING to indicate an incoming transaction. 

"Very nice! Thank you! Do come again if you find any more collectibles."

You notice he does not ask how you got it.

"...yes, I'll keep that in mind.  Thank you very much."

Easier if no questions are asked anyways...but definitely something to wonder about...

Anyways...that's $50,000 for Nathan, Ventus, Valder, Heart, Shiva,  and Mr. Finder to split!  Cha ching!  Nathan wires everyone their portion of the money: $8335 for Mr. Finder, $8333 for everyone else on the list! (@PhantomUnderYourDesk and @Spiritmon)  What Ventus and Valder do with their shares is up to Iron at this point...

For the sake of pace, if Shiva's battle ends during Round 2, that's all from Nathan for today, folks (which would mean we can get started on the next day right away)!  He did loan Shiva some items in a PM conversation before turning in for the night, though, and also returned the boots she lent him...and that also happened to be when he first noticed that Raphael was left with Shiva, so...yeah.  If Shiva's battle doesn't end in Round 2, though, there might be a little more RP stuff to fill a little time.  Maybe.

Heart takes the money and thanks everyone. "Welp, guys. Thanks Nathan. I gonna stay a few days in Star City. Also, I gonna go to Ginger Town. I gonna challenge Zamboni. I remember I didnt properly challenge the Gyms very well so I gonna go there right away. With Terra help, I have caugh a Natu with Teleport. Also gonna make some bussiness and buy a few important TMs." Heart summon Natu and show to everyone. "I will use some of my time to bond with some pokemon of mine. Gonna see you guys around 2 or 3 days."

Before anything, Heart buy the TM-Sandtorm in that market to teach Gargryph very properly @Iron.

[Iron]

Patch Round 2

"Mightyena is a wonderful mutant, then. Pity Vulpix doesn't have Shield Dust..."

Signal Beam 1
(5)(5)(2)(1)(3)(3)(4)
(3)(3)(4) Vulpix takes 1 dmg 6/7hp
CD: (6) Vulpix became confused!

Confuse Ray 1
(6)(2)(3)(6)(2)(4)
Porygon2 became confused!

Insight: (4)(2)(3) Shiva is also very insightful, so she manages to convey the conditional order about Hex.

Ice Shard 2
(6)(3)(1)(3)
(6)(3)(1) Porygon2 takes 1 dmg 4/7hp -1 pain.

Insight -2: (2)(6)(5)

"Confusion is one of the easiest situations to practice for. Porygon2 has tons of data on that condition. Keep it simple, Porygon, and conserve your move slots."

Signal Beam 2
(4)(1)(5)(6)(4)(1)
(6)(2)(5) Vulpix takes 2 dmg 4/7hp -1 pain.

Insight for conditional holding back: (2)(1)(4)

Ice Shard 3
(6)(2)(2)
(2)(4)(3) Porygon takes 1 dmg 3/7hp -2 pain

Signal Beam 3
(4)(1)(5)(1) Phew, Porygon2 barely avoids possibly hurting himself.
(2)(1)(1) No damage for Vulpix.

"If I'd predicted Confuse Ray I'd have asked Porygon to pace itself...oh well, try one more Signal Beam! Count on your Agility upgrade!"

Signal Beam 4
(6)(5)(2)
(1)(6)(4) Vulpix takes 2 dmg 2/7hp -2 pain

Hail: Porygon takes 1 dmg 2/7hp -2 pain.

[Iron]

Sometime after the battle but before the group meeting, Shiva/Nathan/Heart experience another of the weird lurches.

A passing Pidgey near Nathan has a really confused look on its face. Nathan thinks he may have seen a glimpse of the bird while Cress City was flashing around him.

[Dragonstrike]

Sometime after the battle but before the group meeting, Shiva/Nathan/Heart experience another of the weird lurches.

A passing Pidgey near Nathan has a really confused look on its face. Nathan thinks he may have seen a glimpse of the bird while Cress City was flashing around him.

*blink blink*

"...ugh...did you...feel that, Gallade?"

[Iron]

Sometime after the battle but before the group meeting, Shiva/Nathan/Heart experience another of the weird lurches.

A passing Pidgey near Nathan has a really confused look on its face. Nathan thinks he may have seen a glimpse of the bird while Cress City was flashing around him.

*blink blink*

"...ugh...did you...feel that, Gallade?"

Gallade nods. He's holding his blades out for balance. He seems a little disturbed, but not frightened.

[Dragonstrike]

Gallade nods. He's holding his blades out for balance. He seems a little disturbed, but not frightened.

"...what the heck is that?  I thought that would have stopped after we left Mt. Sentry..."

...

"...we should go get some rest.  It's been a long day, and I don't think there's much point right now in worrying about...whatever that was.  Besides, I'm sure Rhea and the young ones wouldn't mind a little of our company tonight."

He smiles a little, thinking about that. And also while thinking about tomorrow's plans.

"Big day tomorrow. Definitely will want to be well rested for that, too."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Patch Round 3

What a close battle! Both Vulpix and Porygon2 are confused and only need to take 1 point of damage to be out of the battle.
Snowy fox is at 4 Vitality due to Guard Split, good call to break the immense bulk my Ice Types under the hail and Vaporeon after an Acid Armor sport.
It's still hailing.


Her butterwolfly being called a 'mutant' somewhat offended Shiva, with crossed arms and an unimpressed and painfully neutral expression she just STARES at Patch for a little. Though, she decides against backfirering if remembering what Professor Mallorn once told her: 'Mutations aren't a bad thing at all. In fact, they're not a 'thing' at all. They're just a difference.' ...Wise words indeed, words that encouraged her to rethink. Still, this doesn't save from her natural dislike for DeltaPokemon, she's not sure what would be needed to change her mind.

"Vulpix isn't pity! :C Don't listen to him, dear one, we've made it this far and we can go even farther. Hear my voice, concentrate, focus yourself and please end things now, do it!" *dramatic sweeping gesture as if this was a stage play on its final act and Shiva+Vulpix are the female lead*


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Accuracy Roll Single Ice Shard: 3 Dext + 2 Fight + 4 Channel - 2 Pain = 7d6
Damage Roll: 3 Strength + 2 power of the move + 1 STAB = 6d6
Additional notes: +1 Priority on this move, I'd be suprised if the Accuracy fails or Porygon2 sucessfully evades. In order to not risk failure, we will also NOT hold back here. I'm sorry, but I'd rather be safe and accidently faint the foe than lossing the battle!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The wired cash probably doesn't arrive right away/Shiva is unable to accept it right away due to busy rest of day, but for easyness I just added it to sheet now. Payday!~

Heart takes the money and thanks everyone. "Welp, guys. Thanks Nathan. I gonna stay a few days in Star City. Also, I gonna go to Ginger Town. I gonna challenge Zamboni. I remember I didnt properly challenge the Gyms very well so I gonna go there right away. With Terra help, I have caugh a Natu with Teleport. Also gonna make some bussiness and buy a few important TMs." Heart summon Natu and show to everyone. "I will use some of my time to bond with some pokemon of mine. Gonna see you guys around 2 or 3 days."

At the mentioning of Star City, Shiva tilts her head and faces Heart with a look of 'Me not understand', it looks unwillingly cute and highly innocent on her. "Do....you mean Stair City, Heart? I-if so, good luck on your Gym Battle, and please greet Zamboni for me, will you? I'll be busy myself, stay safe and well and message us in case something happens, will you? Take...care of yourself." With a mild smile, she playfully punches him into the shoulder with one fist as a means to say temporare goodbye. Deep inside though, it PAINS her - everyone is either leaving or taking some alone time.... Well, Shiva will just continue following her businesses.

To new Natur, she offers half a cookie crumbled in a cupped hand, the sight of the psychic bird heavily reminds her on Haziel...Wherever her oddball of researcher currently roamed, may he be well and chipper, she could only hope that he's missing her as well and will be able to accept her being more than human over the time.

Sometime after the battle but before the group meeting, Shiva/Nathan/Heart experience another of the weird lurches.

A passing Pidgey near Nathan has a really confused look on its face. Nathan thinks he may have seen a glimpse of the bird while Cress City was flashing around him.

This...overly strange phenomena occuring once more scares the fae enthusiast to the very core, and she makes extra-haste to wrap up her left businesses for the current day. Definitely visiting the clockmaker of Violet Tent tomorrow, as much as she wants to find out more about this, she's unsure who to turn to at best... So far none got harmed, but the more often this lurches hit her, the more Shiva fears to become paranoid over them.