[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Mikaruge108]

Spoiler

"Toya! If you can hear me in that ice, use Fire Punch to melt it from within." Now for interrogation time. (This is all directed to the burned Scimitar, if Spira gets satisfactory answers, he'll heal 'em, *spend 6/9 current exp to increase medicine to 1, he'll do basic burn treatment, and if the roll is unsuccessful he'll begrudgingly use a burn heal on the Scimitar) The others can see in Spira's eyes that he did not like them draining his Pokemon's powers. Firstly, he'll appropriate that Scimitar's gauntlet to check out later.
The questions:

• Who are you? (He doesn't mean the group, but rather the grunt's name)
  
• What do you have planned in Cress City?
  
• What is with those magic gauntlets?
  

that's all the questions for now, from Spira, that is.

The only conscious Scimitar is the icy one, so you can just defrost him and ask these questions.

"J...J...Geordie."
"We were summoned to make sure some hotshot trainer doesn't retrieve the artifact armories from the Skull Ruins before we're ready. That went well, and n...n...now we've defeated most of the investigators too..."
"The gauntlets help us focus our Spells. We don't teach outsiders our ways...it would take years of training anyway."

Spoiler

Dizzy leaps into the air to show he's healed. Then he begins trying to communicate something to Shiva - he's going somewhere to fulfill his duty as Infiltrator. If Shiva wants to try to guess his destination or quest, he can answer yes or no. Dizzy's mind is filled with determination, and Calam looks on approvingly.

Nathan, you can still see the tingle of time magic around Dizzy.

The trainers are nowhere in sight, and Juni led you to believe they'd been subdued and kidnapped. You're not sure about their Pokemon's mental state, but it seems likely that fainting would reset them to normal.

You can't use persuasion rolls on party members - or rather you can, but they don't have to obey them if they don't wanna.

When you remove a gauntlet, you find that a thick wire bundle runs up their sleeves and under their cloaks, securing them so they can't be removed so easily.

(Can't very well interrogate someone passed out, now for the part where I'm assuming the target of questioning was changed to the conscious, half-thawed one, if not Spira finds those answers satisfactory enough to warrant healing the Scimitar.)
"Hmm... Interesting." Spira then attempts to break the rest of the Ice by hand (Strength+Brawl 9D6)/(Medicine check/Burn Heal on Burned one.)Seeing as Spira too was wanting one of those gauntlets to study later, he has some slight frustration at seeing the cables running up the sleeve. time to see how far those cables go. Bye-bye robe! (The way the cables are attached will affect how Spira will attempt removing them. A "blowtorch" from Hida oughta be enough to scare the Scimitar into taking the gauntlets off willingly{spending 5/8 of Hida's exp to have him learn Ember}.)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(Happy that you remembered that Primal Glaceon has drank that drink for increased gain of Happiness!~ I'd like to try going for the Primal Eeveelution evolved by Happiness and sunshine. I'm a bit tired, so let me make things short: )

Yes, I'm aware that Rolls to determine a player chara's actions/reactions are actually illegal, hence why I added 'if there's consense with a Roll'. No answer is taken as a 'no' by me.

Aaaaahhh, if the Burn's so serious, Shiva will show some compassion and use a Burn Heal on the Scimitar in fire. He's still a human, burns are nasty, Shiva's no murderer, she has 3 Burn Heals and enough cash to stock up on them. But by doing that, Shiva expects an answer by him what it means 'before they're ready'.

Hummm. Shiva has full trust in the soon scarred Dizzy, she increases the embrace around him for short before letting him go. Gazing deeply into his eyes, she'd guess his destination is where Juni went or into the future to Golda and Wir - if Dizzy answers a 'No' towards both, she'll be very fine with not knowing until meeting him again. She looks after him with a smile radiating compassion, care and loyalty, feeling that she'll see him again. I will remove Dizzy from my chara-sheet then until it'll be stated that he's with us again.

Subdued and kidnapped sounds horrible and Shiva can't help but to feel sorry for the Pokemon left behind here, especially for Detective Thrawn's precious Arcanine. I'm only having 1 Hurtloam left, if anyone has more and could/would let me have one to revive Arcanine I'd be grateful; but if not Shiva will use her last one on the fierly dog. How's he/she doing, behaving, reacting to Shiva? She's also pondering about that Nidoqueen.

Innerly, Shiva curses that she can't really take a gauntlet from them. But if it's that wired, she would probably think twice before trying one on herself. But could Raphael cut these wires with a well-placed Air Slash, or could Delphox with a Mystical Fire do so to make sure these captured seven Scimitars won't be able to use their powers anymore that fastly? Shiva would also collect the removed gauntlets for containment.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

EDIT: We'll work together on what Spira is planning to get a gauntlet before cutting the wires! Good call.

She covers her eyes initially though.

[Dragonstrike]

While that's going on, Nathanhas another justification for Teleporting to fire at Terra and Shiva.

"At the very least, I need to get to Cress to get the authorities so we can lock up these Scimitars.  And make sure nothing bad happens to these trainer owned pokemon."

He thinks for a moment...

"...get Arcanine standing again.  He can probably track his owner's scent.  Then we can leave the rest to the authorities."

Nathan has a Hurtloam he can use on Arcanine if nobody has any revival items of their own to offer.



Nathan also gives Dizzy the one Sitrus Berry he has.  "If you're going after them, Dizzy, be careful.  You might still be connected to us via the threads, but that won't mean much if you get yourself killed.  Whatever these Scimitars are trying to protect, they're willing to kill to keep it a secret.  Any more Lethal damage, and you'll need professional care to recover fromit."

Nathan also has one question for the Scim Spira is interrogating since the Scim is still aware enough to answer.  "That hotshot trainer you lot attacked.  What'd he look like?"  There's a certain...fire to his words that put a heavy emphasis on how seriously Nathan is asking the question.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(It looks like my internet connection's a bit buggy tonight. Means, I'll keep things short.)

- Dizzy's already carrying an Oran Berry, but it'll be swapped with the Sitrus Berry Nathan offers then. Am waiting on the response about the destination.

- Shiva will use her last Hurtloam on the fainted Arcanine of Detective Thrawn then. She likes this 'Mon and would like to return it personally to him - if that won't end up happening too soon, she'd keep the noble dog in her care for so long, but only if they agree to that. If they don't, that's fine too. Before asking Arcanine for anything or similar, I'd please like to see how they're doing and reacting, explaining things to them or any actions will be based on this.

-Fine, if Nathan will teleport to Cress City only to call up the cops for the sake of them heading to the campsite to arrest the seven Scimitars, that's okay and agreeable to Shiva - but nothing more shall be done, and he'll return right after that. She and me would rather get a move on please once everything here on the campsite is settled instead of waiting too long in- and outta-chara.

- Concerning the Scimitars themselves, Shiva asked them something in an upper post and will, if it's okay with him, work together with Spira to try obtaining a functioning gauntlet or at least find out more about how they function.

That'll be all for now.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

While that's going on, Nathanhas another justification for Teleporting to fire at Terra and Shiva.

"At the very least, I need to get to Cress to get the authorities so we can lock up these Scimitars.  And make sure nothing bad happens to these trainer owned pokemon."

He thinks for a moment...

"...get Arcanine standing again.  He can probably track his owner's scent.  Then we can leave the rest to the authorities."

Nathan has a Hurtloam he can use on Arcanine if nobody has any revival items of their own to offer.



Nathan also gives Dizzy the one Sitrus Berry he has.  "If you're going after them, Dizzy, be careful.  You might still be connected to us via the threads, but that won't mean much if you get yourself killed.  Whatever these Scimitars are trying to protect, they're willing to kill to keep it a secret.  Any more Lethal damage, and you'll need professional care to recover fromit."

Nathan also has one question for the Scim Spira is interrogating since the Scim is still aware enough to answer.  "That hotshot trainer you lot attacked.  What'd he look like?"  There's a certain...fire to his words that put a heavy emphasis on how seriously Nathan is asking the question.

Terra took a moment to mull over the boy's freshly minted incentive to Teleport to Cress City, before closing his eyes and letting out a *Sigh*, and nodding.

".....Very well. But only just to do that. Don't go......hunting for Juni there. .......Please."

Dizzy's upcoming departure earns them a frown too, but this one is much more sad than firm or angry. He walked over to the young doomsayer, ,couched down to give him a pat on the head and a wane smile, before handing them one Oran Berry (Pokemon can carry multiple Items, but not use them all in Battle, but nothing says he can't use both Berries outside of combat, eh?).

"Here. Don't want to see you go, Dizzy, but if you must........then you must. Be well, and stay strong."

As for the ongoing interrogation of the Scimitars, he doesn't have anything to ask them (Yet), but he doing his part by 'favoring' the one(s) conscious with a deep and ominous Glare that promises worse to come if they choose to keep their lips sealed. If needed, he can also call out Yogi to get a general impression on their thought processes/feelings, but that might not be much help in this instance.

[Iron]

Spoiler

"Toya! If you can hear me in that ice, use Fire Punch to melt it from within." Now for interrogation time. (This is all directed to the burned Scimitar, if Spira gets satisfactory answers, he'll heal 'em, *spend 6/9 current exp to increase medicine to 1, he'll do basic burn treatment, and if the roll is unsuccessful he'll begrudgingly use a burn heal on the Scimitar) The others can see in Spira's eyes that he did not like them draining his Pokemon's powers. Firstly, he'll appropriate that Scimitar's gauntlet to check out later.
The questions:

• Who are you? (He doesn't mean the group, but rather the grunt's name)
  
• What do you have planned in Cress City?
  
• What is with those magic gauntlets?
  

that's all the questions for now, from Spira, that is.

The only conscious Scimitar is the icy one, so you can just defrost him and ask these questions.

"J...J...Geordie."
"We were summoned to make sure some hotshot trainer doesn't retrieve the artifact armories from the Skull Ruins before we're ready. That went well, and n...n...now we've defeated most of the investigators too..."
"The gauntlets help us focus our Spells. We don't teach outsiders our ways...it would take years of training anyway."

Spoiler

Dizzy leaps into the air to show he's healed. Then he begins trying to communicate something to Shiva - he's going somewhere to fulfill his duty as Infiltrator. If Shiva wants to try to guess his destination or quest, he can answer yes or no. Dizzy's mind is filled with determination, and Calam looks on approvingly.

Nathan, you can still see the tingle of time magic around Dizzy.

The trainers are nowhere in sight, and Juni led you to believe they'd been subdued and kidnapped. You're not sure about their Pokemon's mental state, but it seems likely that fainting would reset them to normal.

You can't use persuasion rolls on party members - or rather you can, but they don't have to obey them if they don't wanna.

When you remove a gauntlet, you find that a thick wire bundle runs up their sleeves and under their cloaks, securing them so they can't be removed so easily.

(Can't very well interrogate someone passed out, now for the part where I'm assuming the target of questioning was changed to the conscious, half-thawed one, if not Spira finds those answers satisfactory enough to warrant healing the Scimitar.)
"Hmm... Interesting." Spira then attempts to break the rest of the Ice by hand (Strength+Brawl 9D6)/(Medicine check/Burn Heal on Burned one.)Seeing as Spira too was wanting one of those gauntlets to study later, he has some slight frustration at seeing the cables running up the sleeve. time to see how far those cables go. Bye-bye robe! (The way the cables are attached will affect how Spira will attempt removing them. A "blowtorch" from Hida oughta be enough to scare the Scimitar into taking the gauntlets off willingly{spending 5/8 of Hida's exp to have him learn Ember}.)

Dissecting the Scimitar's equipment, you see the cable runs from the wrist of the gauntlet all along their skin. It's been stapled surgically to the skin. Then it runs down his torso and to a special belt made of webbed wires and studded with six weird gray spheres. You can't break those wires with main strength, but any sort of Pokemon move can break it at any point. The belt can be clipped on or off with a little plug, and it looks like the same is true for the spheres.

You also manage to remove the ice and stop the fire - that just takes an action. No Burn Heal is necessary, I just needed to know whether anyone is putting the fire out. (Remember, the Burned guy is not conscious.)

[Iron]

As for Dizzy, it definitely has something to do with the Scimitars, but it's not Cress City proper.

Severing the gauntlet connection might be a good idea, and doesn't take any rolls while they're unconscious. It'd be really tough/almost impossible to do while they're conscious though. Let me know how many you sever.

Arcanine regains consciousness with 1HP and whimpers. He runs around licking everyone he has attacked, and eventually rolls belly-up in submission/asking for forgiveness. Seems like he'll be willing to obey simple orders, though he's in no shape to fight nor to race the wind.

Dizzy gives Nathan and Gallade a quick lick too, and runs off to the north along the Route.

"The trainer? He's a tall guy with a Skarmory and a Luxray."

[Dragonstrike]

"The trainer? He's a tall guy with a Skarmory and a Luxio."

OOC question: Luxio, not Luxray?

[Iron]

"The trainer? He's a tall guy with a Skarmory and a Luxio."

OOC question: Luxio, not Luxray?

Meant Luxray, sorry. It's been evolved for a couple decades at this point I'd imagine.