[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Well, after digging around in the cardboard box, Nathan pockets the disposable camera and takes the leather gloves as well.  As he stands, he quietly says (mostly to himself, Calam, and Gallade), "...well, guess we'll just have to finish what Hans started, won't we?"

Nathan turns to Heart and Spira.  "There's a Scimitar robe in the box.  One of you could take it.  Shiva and I already have robes we can use to blend in if we need to.  An important thing to note if you're trying to blend in, though: Scims don't typically let their pokemon out of their pokeballs unless it's absolutely necessary."

After saying that, Nathan approaches the edge again.  Looks to Gallade, Calam, and the rest of the group, then looks down at the floor.

...it's a good thing Nathan isn't afraid of heights.  That's a loooooonnnnnnggggg fall if you slip.

"...ready when you guys are.  We aren't going to get anywhere if we don't move on from this room and start exploring, and soon."

Nathan's suggestion to use Gallade and/or Liliths' Telekinesis to more carefully float down to the basement floor still stands.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Well, after digging around in the cardboard box, Nathan pockets the disposable camera and takes the leather gloves as well.  As he stands, he quietly says (mostly to himself, Calam, and Gallade), "...well, guess we'll just have to finish what Hans started, won't we?"

Nathan turns to Heart and Spira.  "There's a Scimitar robe in the box.  One of you could take it.  Shiva and I already have robes we can use to blend in if we need to.  An important thing to note if you're trying to blend in, though: Scims don't typically let their pokemon out of their pokeballs unless it's absolutely necessary."

After saying that, Nathan approaches the edge again.  Looks to Gallade, Calam, and the rest of the group, then looks down at the floor.

...it's a good thing Nathan isn't afraid of heights.  That's a loooooonnnnnnggggg fall if you slip.

"...ready when you guys are.  We aren't going to get anywhere if we don't move on from this room and start exploring, and soon."

Nathan's suggestion to use Gallade and/or Liliths' Telekinesis to more carefully float down to the basement floor still stands.

Heart look the box and see a disgusting face. "Irk. Can't believe I have to use the same robes as those monsters and assassin's. Guess we have no choice then." Heart take waste no time. "Nathan, how much Gallade and Lilith can carry with Telekinesis? We are four after all."

[Dragonstrike]

Heart look the box and see a disgusting face. "Irk. Can't believe I have to use the same robes as those monsters and assassin's. Guess we have no choice then." Heart take waste no time. "Nathan, how much Gallade and Lilith can carry with Telekinesis? We are four after all."

"You don't have to wear the robes, but taking them along probably wouldn't hurt.  Besides, unless we either split up to cover more ground or find a 4th set, the disguise might not be all that effective.  If only one or two of us do happen to be spotted, though, it might be most effective if Spira wore the robes since he's more likely to be noticed than you and I."

When asked about how much weight Telekinesis can hold, Nathan simply responds with, "Enough.  They'll have to focus on one target at a time, though."

(OOC: Iron's previously stated that Telekinesis can lift most targets as long as they aren't as heavy as a Snorlax or similar. Weight isn't an issue at all.  The idea is also that the Telekinesis users focus on one target each at a time so as to cause less noise that might be noticed.)

[Mikaruge108]

((I was thinking about doing a "Metal Gear" joke with the cardboard box, but nah.))
"Nathan's right about the robes, y'know, Heart, it'd be better, for now at least, if I was to use them." Spira also takes a look at the moldy "Creshire Clash" cards, out of curiosity and pockets the decaying snacks (wonder what he wants those for...)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Yum, decaying snacks.~

The basement definitely extends beyond the crates, bcut it's too dark to see anything more, and the crates impede line of sight.

Oh.... OHHHH! Now Shiva happens to see it, the basement doesn't end with the crates, now she can see where they should very likely go on. How lucky!~ Excitment also flares up within her once more at the chance to get closer to these curious crates, the Eevee within has figuratively figured out a way to get these Evo Stones. Shiva's not that sure why, but these crates catch a lot of her curiosity especially since they're closed. 'Hopefully I'll make it to open at least one without too much noise!', she thinks to herself as she gazes at them.

Shiva refuses to react to Heart calling the Scims and Almanacs 'monsters' and 'assassins', now isn't the time to get into a moral conflict. She's a patient young woman if the situation calls for it.

After Nathan has spoken up about Telekinesis, Shiva carefully does so as well. By now her gothloli fortuner teller is out of her Ball and beside her again. "Uhm, may I... add something, please? Lilith here has carries me with her psychic powers a once or twice already, it's an unchallenging action for her and safe thing for us. If we'd like to save time, you could also use your own Pokemon instead - maybe Rose could climb down with you, Heart, or Toya could carry you, Spira? My Tropius could also easily carry you two down while Gallade and Lilith take care of Nathan and me."

(If an Accu Roll is needed for Lilith's Telekinesis, it's 12d6 minus successive Actions if she has to perform it twice. As soon as Shiva's in reach of the crates, she'll look out for one that seems 'interesting', out of place or in some other way suspective.)

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Yum, decaying snacks.~

The basement definitely extends beyond the crates, bcut it's too dark to see anything more, and the crates impede line of sight.

Oh.... OHHHH! Now Shiva happens to see it, the basement doesn't end with the crates, now she can see where they should very likely go on. How lucky!~ Excitment also flares up within her once more at the chance to get closer to these curious crates, the Eevee within has figuratively figured out a way to get these Evo Stones. Shiva's not that sure why, but these crates catch a lot of her curiosity especially since they're closed. 'Hopefully I'll make it to open at least one without too much noise!', she thinks to herself as she gazes at them.

Shiva refuses to react to Heart calling the Scims and Almanacs 'monsters' and 'assassins', now isn't the time to get into a moral conflict. She's a patient young woman if the situation calls for it.

After Nathan has spoken up about Telekinesis, Shiva carefully does so as well. By now her gothloli fortuner teller is out of her Ball and beside her again. "Uhm, may I... add something, please? Lilith here has carries me with her psychic powers a once or twice already, it's an unchallenging action for her and safe thing for us. If we'd like to save time, you could also use your own Pokemon instead - maybe Rose could climb down with you, Heart, or Toya could carry you, Spira? My Tropius could also easily carry you two down while Gallade and Lilith take care of Nathan and me."

(If an Accu Roll is needed for Lilith's Telekinesis, it's 12d6 minus successive Actions if she has to perform it twice. As soon as Shiva's in reach of the crates, she'll look out for one that seems 'interesting', out of place or in some other way suspective.)

"I think its wortly a chance. Rose its pretty atletic even she was a Monferno back in the beggining of our journey. As a Infernape, she is more than capable of hold me and be atletic."

Heart gave Spira/@Mikaruge108 the Scimitar robes. "Here. If you two say its better in your hands, I trust that to you."

[Iron]

Any roll to get down will need 3 successes to be stealthy, just one success to reach the floor safely. Heart can use Athletics with a bonus because Rose effectively has 4 hands.

For some rolls I may ask for Stealth as a second action, but in this case it's easy enough that a single action can take care of it.

Shiva:
(4)(4)(4)(4)(6)(4) (1)(2)(2)(1)(5)(2)

Nathan (and Spira):
(4)(3)(5)(5)(6)(1) (2)(4)(5)(3)(5)(4)
(2)(6)(5)(2)(1)(2) (1)(5)(5)(5)(1)(1)

Heart:
(6)(3)(1)(2)(6)(2) (4)(3)(4)

You reach the bottom safely and quietly. Gallade perks up: he's sensed another Warren! He points straight down, several times, emphasizing he's deep below the party.

Shiva specifically looked for a crate that's out of place. In fact, she finds three. They're the only crates with labels on them, and they have no dust on them at all. The labels look new, but the crates look old.
"UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)"
"DISHES (ALMANAC)"
"DYE"

The warehouse-like basement extends another 40 yards in that direction, as you can see by Rose's light.

*roll*, *roll*, *roll*, *roll*

Luckily, Heart spots the glint of a lens in that direction - a security camera, pointed away from you currently. It looks like the kind that can rotate, though, so you cannot linger here for long.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Any roll to get down will need 3 successes to be stealthy, just one success to reach the floor safely. Heart can use Athletics with a bonus because Rose effectively has 4 hands.

For some rolls I may ask for Stealth as a second action, but in this case it's easy enough that a single action can take care of it.

Shiva:
(4)(4)(4)(4)(6)(4) (1)(2)(2)(1)(5)(2)

Nathan (and Spira):
(4)(3)(5)(5)(6)(1) (2)(4)(5)(3)(5)(4)
(2)(6)(5)(2)(1)(2) (1)(5)(5)(5)(1)(1)

Heart:
(6)(3)(1)(2)(6)(2) (4)(3)(4)

You reach the bottom safely and quietly. Gallade perks up: he's sensed another Warren! He points straight down, several times, emphasizing he's deep below the party.

Shiva specifically looked for a crate that's out of place. In fact, she finds three. They're the only crates with labels on them, and they have no dust on them at all. The labels look new, but the crates look old.
"UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)"
"DISHES (ALMANAC)"
"DYE"

The warehouse-like basement extends another 40 yards in that direction, as you can see by Rose's light.

*roll*, *roll*, *roll*, *roll*

Luckily, Heart spots the glint of a lens in that direction - a security camera, pointed away from you currently. It looks like the kind that can rotate, though, so you cannot linger here for long.

Nathan definitely perks up a little alongside Gallade when it becomes clear that Oscar is indeed here.

There's still a looooonnnng ways to go, though.

Nathan looks to Calam and quietly asks, "...know if there are any ways down to those lower floors from this basement?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Shiva specifically looked for a crate that's out of place. In fact, she finds three. They're the only crates with labels on them, and they have no dust on them at all. The labels look new, but the crates look old.
"UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)"
"DISHES (ALMANAC)"
"DYE"

She takes care to not trip as she wanders from crate to crate in search for one that captivates her, the Baashaun Boots are doing an excellent job on silencing her steps in this somewhat scary basement. It's frigid and moist down here, which she doesn't like too much. 

Oh the excitement as she finds even THREE 'special' crates!~ Humm, why Almanac would store dishes and dye she can understand, but she's a bit perplexed why it doesn't say "(ALMANAC)" on the one holding dye as well as she associates the content with the kind used in lab experiements to tinge cells and such. And why the heck would Almanac store umbrellas of all things?? Maybe they're trying to recreate Eletruxo's Umbrella??? Perhaps not, but that's the only thing she would guess.

She'll investigate these three crates a bit closer, starting with the one saying "UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)" - can they be opened easily ( = by hand/without the aid of a Pokemon) or are they nailed shut? If the former, she'd like to take a look at these umbrellas and see if there's anything special about them or whether they're just ordinary ones. Depending how many there are and whether they seem extraordinaire in a way, she'll decide whether to take one or not.



++Assuming Heart tells us others about the security cam he spotted (Spirit, your call!~ I may edit this appropriately.)++


Shiva perks up in faint fright as the PUNisher tells them about this nasty cam. 'I knew it, the first safety measures!', she thinks to herself as she gazes in the directon Heart saw it. "Ah, people, I don't see any other way we could go unless back up, which is no option I...guess", she whispers to the others in a hurry, "Means we have to outwit it somehow to continue. Just destroying it would be waaay too suspicious, they could know immediately. Lilith, you think a Magic Room casted by you could shut it down for just a few seconds, long enough for us to pass it safely? Of course, if it happens to be an automatic camera, that won't work."

A second and alternative idea she's having has to do with Spira's Ghost Types, in particular the smallest one currently has on hand. "Spira, which of your ghosts you're having with ya at the moment? I'm asking because the smallest one in size could try to get as close to that cam as possible while keeping itself semi-hidden in the wall and figure out whether this cam features any blind spots, with that info we could try to exploit these. However, if this is one of those expensive cams that react to movements and sounds, that'll be quite a hard thing to do." Maybe Shiva has seen and read too much crime fiction.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Any roll to get down will need 3 successes to be stealthy, just one success to reach the floor safely. Heart can use Athletics with a bonus because Rose effectively has 4 hands.

For some rolls I may ask for Stealth as a second action, but in this case it's easy enough that a single action can take care of it.

Shiva:
(4)(4)(4)(4)(6)(4) (1)(2)(2)(1)(5)(2)

Nathan (and Spira):
(4)(3)(5)(5)(6)(1) (2)(4)(5)(3)(5)(4)
(2)(6)(5)(2)(1)(2) (1)(5)(5)(5)(1)(1)

Heart:
(6)(3)(1)(2)(6)(2) (4)(3)(4)

You reach the bottom safely and quietly. Gallade perks up: he's sensed another Warren! He points straight down, several times, emphasizing he's deep below the party.

Shiva specifically looked for a crate that's out of place. In fact, she finds three. They're the only crates with labels on them, and they have no dust on them at all. The labels look new, but the crates look old.
"UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)"
"DISHES (ALMANAC)"
"DYE"

The warehouse-like basement extends another 40 yards in that direction, as you can see by Rose's light.

*roll*, *roll*, *roll*, *roll*

Luckily, Heart spots the glint of a lens in that direction - a security camera, pointed away from you currently. It looks like the kind that can rotate, though, so you cannot linger here for long.

Spoiler

Any roll to get down will need 3 successes to be stealthy, just one success to reach the floor safely. Heart can use Athletics with a bonus because Rose effectively has 4 hands.

For some rolls I may ask for Stealth as a second action, but in this case it's easy enough that a single action can take care of it.

Shiva:
(4)(4)(4)(4)(6)(4) (1)(2)(2)(1)(5)(2)

Nathan (and Spira):
(4)(3)(5)(5)(6)(1) (2)(4)(5)(3)(5)(4)
(2)(6)(5)(2)(1)(2) (1)(5)(5)(5)(1)(1)

Heart:
(6)(3)(1)(2)(6)(2) (4)(3)(4)

You reach the bottom safely and quietly. Gallade perks up: he's sensed another Warren! He points straight down, several times, emphasizing he's deep below the party.

Shiva specifically looked for a crate that's out of place. In fact, she finds three. They're the only crates with labels on them, and they have no dust on them at all. The labels look new, but the crates look old.
"UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)"
"DISHES (ALMANAC)"
"DYE"

The warehouse-like basement extends another 40 yards in that direction, as you can see by Rose's light.

*roll*, *roll*, *roll*, *roll*

Luckily, Heart spots the glint of a lens in that direction - a security camera, pointed away from you currently. It looks like the kind that can rotate, though, so you cannot linger here for long.

Nathan definitely perks up a little alongside Gallade when it becomes clear that Oscar is indeed here.

There's still a looooonnnng ways to go, though.

Nathan looks to Calam and quietly asks, "...know if there are any ways down to those lower floors from this basement?"

Shiva specifically looked for a crate that's out of place. In fact, she finds three. They're the only crates with labels on them, and they have no dust on them at all. The labels look new, but the crates look old.
"UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)"
"DISHES (ALMANAC)"
"DYE"

She takes care to not trip as she wanders from crate to crate in search for one that captivates her, the Baashaun Boots are doing an excellent job on silencing her steps in this somewhat scary basement. It's frigid and moist down here, which she doesn't like too much. 

Oh the excitement as she finds even THREE 'special' crates!~ Humm, why Almanac would store dishes and dye she can understand, but she's a bit perplexed why it doesn't say "(ALMANAC)" on the one holding dye as well as she associates the content with the kind used in lab experiements to tinge cells and such. And why the heck would Almanac store umbrellas of all things?? Maybe they're trying to recreate Eletruxo's Umbrella??? Perhaps not, but that's the only thing she would guess.

She'll investigate these three crates a bit closer, starting with the one saying "UMBRELLAS (ALMANAC)" - can they be opened easily ( = by hand/without the aid of a Pokemon) or are they nailed shut? If the former, she'd like to take a look at these umbrellas and see if there's anything special about them or whether they're just ordinary ones. Depending how many there are and whether they seem extraordinaire in a way, she'll decide whether to take one or not.



++Assuming Heart tells us others about the security cam he spotted (Spirit, your call!~ I may edit this appropriately.)++


Shiva perks up in faint fright as the PUNisher tells them about this nasty cam. 'I knew it, the first safety measures!', she thinks to herself as she gazes in the directon Heart saw it. "Ah, people, I don't see any other way we could go unless back up, which is no option I...guess", she whispers to the others in a hurry, "Means we have to outwit it somehow to continue. Just destroying it would be waaay too suspicious, they could know immediately. Lilith, you think a Magic Room casted by you could shut it down for just a few seconds, long enough for us to pass it safely? Of course, if it happens to be an automatic camera, that won't work."

A second and alternative idea she's having has to do with Spira's Ghost Types, in particular the smallest one currently has on hand. "Spira, which of your ghosts you're having with ya at the moment? I'm asking because the smallest one in size could try to get as close to that cam as possible while keeping itself semi-hidden in the wall and figure out whether this cam features any blind spots, with that info we could try to exploit these. However, if this is one of those expensive cams that react to movements and sounds, that'll be quite a hard thing to do." Maybe Shiva has seen and read too much crime fiction.

@Mikaruge108
After Heart spoted the camera, he quick hide again to inform his friends about what he see. "People, the warrehouse extends beyond 40 yards and there is also rotate cameras. Our infiltrate mission will not be easy."