[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Assuming Kogeki doesn't get back before Karen/attempt to get his attention, she'll get Ran's attention; (If he wasn't holding that pencil, and didn't have a short temper, I would have done a 'Guess Who')

"Uhm, Ran?" she taps his shoulder reluctantly, "Ya headed to Snowpoint Temple? 'Cuz I was thinking of goin' there myself." she twirls her bangs (funny how both my charas have the habit of playing with their hair when they're thinking.)  "I'd go by myself, but who knows what is in that temple."

Spoiler

Kee's ending up at the local Lobby of the Center sooner or later with that snowy Delta Grotle by his side and a Vulpix-Egg in an Incubator in his stuff (= in his bag, not outright visible for the others just yet), and the first thing he does is let Octavia heal up for the upcoming trip by the current Nurse Joy in duty. If it's THAT Nurse Joy, Kee'll give her a deadpan look, if it's another he's giving himself all normal and kind.

Eventually he steps by Karen's side who's carefully and currently trying to get Ran's attention who's appearing so focused on his work as if the rest of the world doesn't even exist to him. At first however, he adresses Karen herself "Oh, you're comin' to the ominous Temple as well? Lovely news these are, how rejoicing!~~" and ruffles her hair a bit in a half-teasing and half-affectionate manner while giving her a playfully-alluring smile. Then Kee clears his voice and speaks up towards Randoph in a slightly louder tone: "Hey Ran, woran zeichnest du da so eifrig und so früh am Morgen?~" (Translated: Whatcha drawing there so eagerly and early in the morning?~)

If neither this nor Karen's attempt work, Kee's all up to either summon Core to get Ran's attention with an Uproar, or alternatively get his electric guitar from his dorm upstairs and perform a heavy riff right beside him. Or both.

At the prodigial lass' touch, the bristly blacksmith looked up sharply at her, a sharp glare and frown etch into his face like engraving on dogtags. To his credit, that quickly smoothed out to fairly mild recognition once he realized who was interrupting him from his project designing.

"Was zum - Oh, it's ya lass. Didn't notice you creeping in here and up on me, like me Diam when she's feeling naughty. How was ya jaunt around this blasted winter wonderland? Cool, or cold as hell?"

When she announced she wanted to join him on his investigation into Snowpoint Temple, that earned her a vacant stare and couple of blinks for a few seconds, before he slowly and tentatively answered back.

".....Yeah, I am. If you want to join me, I ain't gonna stop ya lass. Don't think its a bright idea for ya to mosey around Snowpoint Temple, but since ya beat Miss Jackie Frost maybe it won't be an end of the line disaster for you like I think it would be. *Shrugs and shakes his head* Well, we'll be sticking together like a Muk couple making out, so the Temple should be less dangerous for us. If not....guess it'll be our funeral, then. Best make your preparations so that your or mine own time cards aren't punched early, or just in case they are. Now git, and don't come back until your good and ready for the trip."

He waves Karen off as he finishes speaking with her, before turning his attention over to Kee as they made their presence known and inquired as to what he was sketching, which earned them a light grunt, before he took another drag of his cocoa and spoke in an gruff but 'easygoing' tone.

"Schema der Prothese dieses altmodischen Spions. Ich habe es früher für die Hilfskräfte der Krankenschwester modelliert, und jetzt lege ich es auf Pergament, um eine klare Referenz zu haben, wann ich anfange, ihr neues Glied zu bauen. Was a little tricky, but nothing that I couldn't hash out."

Translation: Schematic of that old fashioned spy's prosthetic. Made a model of it earlier for the Nurse's aids, so now I'm putting it to parchment to have a clear reference for when I get started building their new limb.
The sour dandy could read Ran's notes (if he cares to), and would find out that their basically a combination of step by step method to assembling the Robo Prosthetic, a meticulous and thorough description of its design, function, and how those can be bent towards its usefulness, and a bunch of technical jargon concerning hypothesis on how it would work, possible ways to fix stuff that goes wrong, the Neuro Sensors and how to program the arm possibly, etc.. Essentially, design and research docs!

Once he was done jabbering about the Robo Prosthetic, he proceeded to roll up the schematic and stow it away in his Inventory (along with the docs and Pokedex), downed the rest of his cocoa in one long pull and put the cup away, and then hopped down and looked at everyone that wanted to join him on his probably perilous trip into the Temple.

"Welp, I'm ready to head out whenever. Preferably now, since that Temple only gonna grow colder as they day turns to night. Y'all good to go too?"

If they are and don't have anything else to add that would force the scene here to continue, proceed to Snowpoint Temple and begin the investigation!

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Spoiler

Assuming Kogeki doesn't get back before Karen/attempt to get his attention, she'll get Ran's attention; (If he wasn't holding that pencil, and didn't have a short temper, I would have done a 'Guess Who')

"Uhm, Ran?" she taps his shoulder reluctantly, "Ya headed to Snowpoint Temple? 'Cuz I was thinking of goin' there myself." she twirls her bangs (funny how both my charas have the habit of playing with their hair when they're thinking.)  "I'd go by myself, but who knows what is in that temple."

Spoiler

Kee's ending up at the local Lobby of the Center sooner or later with that snowy Delta Grotle by his side and a Vulpix-Egg in an Incubator in his stuff (= in his bag, not outright visible for the others just yet), and the first thing he does is let Octavia heal up for the upcoming trip by the current Nurse Joy in duty. If it's THAT Nurse Joy, Kee'll give her a deadpan look, if it's another he's giving himself all normal and kind.

Eventually he steps by Karen's side who's carefully and currently trying to get Ran's attention who's appearing so focused on his work as if the rest of the world doesn't even exist to him. At first however, he adresses Karen herself "Oh, you're comin' to the ominous Temple as well? Lovely news these are, how rejoicing!~~" and ruffles her hair a bit in a half-teasing and half-affectionate manner while giving her a playfully-alluring smile. Then Kee clears his voice and speaks up towards Randoph in a slightly louder tone: "Hey Ran, woran zeichnest du da so eifrig und so früh am Morgen?~" (Translated: Whatcha drawing there so eagerly and early in the morning?~)

If neither this nor Karen's attempt work, Kee's all up to either summon Core to get Ran's attention with an Uproar, or alternatively get his electric guitar from his dorm upstairs and perform a heavy riff right beside him. Or both.

At the prodigial lass' touch, the bristly blacksmith looked up sharply at her, a sharp glare and frown etch into his face like engraving on dogtags. To his credit, that quickly smoothed out to fairly mild recognition once he realized who was interrupting him from his project designing.

"Was zum - Oh, it's ya lass. Didn't notice you creeping in here and up on me, like me Diam when she's feeling naughty. How was ya jaunt around this blasted winter wonderland? Cool, or cold as hell?"

When she announced she wanted to join him on his investigation into Snowpoint Temple, that earned her a vacant stare and couple of blinks for a few seconds, before he slowly and tentatively answered back.

".....Yeah, I am. If you want to join me, I ain't gonna stop ya lass. Don't think its a bright idea for ya to mosey around Snowpoint Temple, but since ya beat Miss Jackie Frost maybe it won't be an end of the line disaster for you like I think it would be. *Shrugs and shakes his head* Well, we'll be sticking together like a Muk couple making out, so the Temple should be less dangerous for us. If not....guess it'll be our funeral, then. Best make your preparations so that your or mine own time cards aren't punched early, or just in case they are. Now git, and don't come back until your good and ready for the trip."

He waves Karen off as he finishes speaking with her, before turning his attention over to Kee as they made their presence known and inquired as to what he was sketching, which earned them a light grunt, before he took another drag of his cocoa and spoke in an gruff but 'easygoing' tone.

"Schema der Prothese dieses altmodischen Spions. Ich habe es früher für die Hilfskräfte der Krankenschwester modelliert, und jetzt lege ich es auf Pergament, um eine klare Referenz zu haben, wann ich anfange, ihr neues Glied zu bauen. Was a little tricky, but nothing that I couldn't hash out."

Translation: Schematic of that old fashioned spy's prosthetic. Made a model of it earlier for the Nurse's aids, so now I'm putting it to parchment to have a clear reference for when I get started building their new limb.
The sour dandy could read Ran's notes (if he cares to), and would find out that their basically a combination of step by step method to assembling the Robo Prosthetic, a meticulous and thorough description of its design, function, and how those can be bent towards its usefulness, and a bunch of technical jargon concerning hypothesis on how it would work, possible ways to fix stuff that goes wrong, the Neuro Sensors and how to program the arm possibly, etc.. Essentially, design and research docs!

Once he was done jabbering about the Robo Prosthetic, he proceeded to roll up the schematic and stow it away in his Inventory (along with the docs and Pokedex), downed the rest of his cocoa in one long pull and put the cup away, and then hopped down and looked at everyone that wanted to join him on his probably perilous trip into the Temple.

"Welp, I'm ready to head out whenever. Preferably now, since that Temple only gonna grow colder as they day turns to night. Y'all good to go too?"

If they are and don't have anything else to add that would force the scene here to continue, proceed to Snowpoint Temple and begin the investigation!

Kogeki appear behind Rans, like the boss ninja he is. "Howdy. I takedown the Gym Leader too it seems. Had problems, but for the most part was pretty much smooth."

Kogeki put Heracross in his PC and put his wounded Pokemon to heal.

Kogeki party will be...lets see...

Gama
Susano'o
Ralts
Nami
Nagi
Hime

Changes in my char sheet will be done when I got home since I not using PC right now.

[Lord Windos]

Kogeki appear behind Rans, like the boss ninja he is. "Howdy. I takedown the Gym Leader too it seems. Had problems, but for the most part was pretty much smooth."

(Normally I'd ask for a Stealth Roll for such a stunt, but I enjoy a good comedic set up!)

"GAH!!!"

Randolph shot up in the like a bottle rocket the moment Kogeki 'made manifest his presence' (Read: Appear right out of thin air) and let out a shout that would get some friendly and cheerful praise/back up from Beethoven, before he rounded on the now conspicuously visible ninja with a positively blistering scowl firmly afixed beneath and irate pair o' eyes, one hand hovering over his Pokeballs and another clenched into a fist being waggled at them threateningly!

"Höllenfeuer und Schwefel, DON'T DO THAT, YA CREEPING SNEAK!!! Have it bad enough with my own pair troublemakers pulling jumpscares on me, and I do NOT need YOU to join in with them! Or worse, start giving them NEW ideas!!! So quit that ninja teleporting shit on me, or the next time you do it I'll sick MY fiendess pests on ya! And believe me when I say they'd relish a new, free target to practice their mischief on. Got it?!"

Clear as day, it was obvious that the one armed spy got the midget man good and startled with their Stealth Hi, and what a treat it was to see from a normally hard tac man! It was also easily apparent that it riled him up something fierce too, and that he would indeed make good on his word if they scared him like that again, so that put a bit of a damper on things - or not, if depending on your perspective. An angry little dwarf guy getting angier at a good spooking is pretty funny in of itself too, for some!

Once he was done venting about that, Ran closed his eyes and took a deeeeep breath, before letting it out as an irritated *Sigh* , crossing both arms and giving Kogeki a fairly no-nonsense look (but not a unkind one).

"...So ya beat the Frosty Princess too, eh? *Nods* Well, good job. Now I know for sure ya have a better chance then hell freezing over surviving the big and bad malevolents or just plain inconveniences ahead of us. Now, are ya joining up with us exploring the Temple, or are you going to stick around the city finishing your preparations? Oh, and I got your prosthetic all designed now, and I'm getting the Neuro Sensors for them soonish too. After that, all's left to do is getting the parts to build it, get Kee to program the AI, and finally get the Nurse or some doc to attach it safely to ya. Sound good so far, Kogeki?"

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Kogeki appear behind Rans, like the boss ninja he is. "Howdy. I takedown the Gym Leader too it seems. Had problems, but for the most part was pretty much smooth."

(Normally I'd ask for a Stealth Roll for such a stunt, but I enjoy a good comedic set up!)

"GAH!!!"

Randolph shot up in the like a bottle rocket the moment Kogeki 'made manifest his presence' (Read: Appear right out of thin air) and let out a shout that would get some friendly and cheerful praise/back up from Beethoven, before he rounded on the now conspicuously visible ninja with a positively blistering scowl firmly afixed beneath and irate pair o' eyes, one hand hovering over his Pokeballs and another clenched into a fist being waggled at them threateningly!

"Höllenfeuer und Schwefel, DON'T DO THAT, YA CREEPING SNEAK!!! Have it bad enough with my own pair troublemakers pulling jumpscares on me, and I do NOT need YOU to join in with them! Or worse, start giving them NEW ideas!!! So quit that ninja teleporting shit on me, or the next time you do it I'll sick MY fiendess pests on ya! And believe me when I say they'd relish a new, free target to practice their mischief on. Got it?!"

Clear as day, it was obvious that the one armed spy got the midget man good and startled with their Stealth Hi, and what a treat it was to see from a normally hard tac man! It was also easily apparent that it riled him up something fierce too, and that he would indeed make good on his word if they scared him like that again, so that put a bit of a damper on things - or not, if depending on your perspective. An angry little dwarf guy getting angier at a good spooking is pretty funny in of itself too, for some!

Once he was done venting about that, Ran closed his eyes and took a deeeeep breath, before letting it out as an irritated *Sigh* , crossing both arms and giving Kogeki a fairly no-nonsense look (but not a unkind one).

"...So ya beat the Frosty Princess too, eh? *Nods* Well, good job. Now I know for sure ya have a better chance then hell freezing over surviving the big and bad malevolents or just plain inconveniences ahead of us. Now, are ya joining up with us exploring the Temple, or are you going to stick around the city finishing your preparations? Oh, and I got your prosthetic all designed now, and I'm getting the Neuro Sensors for them soonish too. After that, all's left to do is getting the parts to build it, get Kee to program the AI, and finally get the Nurse or some doc to attach it safely to ya. Sound good so far, Kogeki?"

"Sorry Master Blacksmith Randolph. I was just trying to show my stealth skills in case we might need some scout mission around the Temple. Promise to avoid that in the near future."

"Yep. Was a pretty challenge. My ghosts had some problems, but Izanagi and Izanami get used to such kind of thing."

"Sounds awesome. I going with you guys to search the temple. With some luck, we might able to discover a clue about this walls mystery."

"Thanks for helping with making a new arm Randolph. I hope I someday be able to thank you enough in the near future."

Now for items:
Gama: Kings Rock
Daikatuna: Life Orb
Ralts: Exp. Share
Hime: Shell Bell
Nami: Quicly Claw
Nagi: Leftlovers

Also, gonna teach Nami Recover. And how it works the Exp. Share effects in this campaigh my friend?

[Dragonstrike]

Once everyone has arranged their teams, the group heads to the entrance of Snowpoint Temple, where the female Ace Trainer is standing guard.

"Okay, so there's four of you going in?  Alright then...just be careful if you're headed to the lower levels of the building.  The wild pokemon get stronger the deeper down you go.  And that strange wind, too...but don't tell anyone about the wind, alright?  We're waiting on Candice to check it out herself.  I wouldn't venture that far down if I were you.  The temple has 5 basement floors, and the wind starts to pick up once you've reached the third or fourth basement floor from what I could tell."

The Ace Trainer takes a record of who's entering the building, then lets the group enter the Snowpoint Temple proper.

The first room of the Snowpoint Temple is simple.  A large statue with indistinct features, decorated with patterns made of dots, stands tall against the wall, formless arms crossed in front of it.  Pillars hold the ceiling up all throughout the room. Ice covers the ground in the back left corner as well as a few seemingly random locations as well.  There are stairs leading down to the first basement floor in the back right corner.



Snowpoint Temple: Eterna Forest Remaster by Zame - Pokemon D/P/Pt

If you have any questions to ask the guard before heading deeper down of wish to investigate this first floor, feel free to do so now.  Otherwise, let me know when you're ready to move on, as well as what order you're going down the stairs in.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Kee does indeed have a question for that female Ace (haha), as wind within a building is.... He doesnt even know, but it's sounding crazy as heck, like some weird stuff is going on down there. He gives that Ace a strange look from the side, one that would prehaps translate to 'Did you hear yourself what you were just saying, 'cuz what you say doesn't make some sense to me' "'Kay, so you say a strange wind that hasn't been down that Temple *he knocks at the wall* before is blowing in the lower floors. Alright. How do the wild Pokemon are reacting to that, any changes in their behaviour since that.....wind picked up that we should be 'ware of? Good and bad changes, if any." He keeps that indifferent look while he waits for her to answer, struggling to believe her words until having experienced that breezes down there by himself.


When they're ready to move on, colorful musical-guy will stay behind young heterochromia-girl so that he and Octavia - who is resting on his shoulder and half-cuddled up in the hood of his hoodie, her sparkling ribbons waving gently even if there is now ind at the moment - can catch her up shall she fall.

[Dragonstrike]

Kee does indeed have a question for that female Ace (haha), as wind within a building is.... He doesnt even know, but it's sounding crazy as heck, like some weird stuff is going on down there. He gives that Ace a strange look from the side, one that would prehaps translate to 'Did you hear yourself what you were just saying, 'cuz what you say doesn't make some sense to me' "'Kay, so you say a strange wind that hasn't been down that Temple *he knocks at the wall* before is blowing in the lower floors. Alright. How do the wild Pokemon are reacting to that, any changes in their behaviour since that.....wind picked up that we should be 'ware of? Good and bad changes, if any." He keeps that indifferent look while he waits for her to answer, struggling to believe her words until having experienced that breezes down there by himself.

"I'm not entirely sure, to be honest.  I don't usually go that deep into the temple.  I typically just stand here at the door, keeping an eye on who goes in and out.  The wild pokemon in the upper basement floors didn't seem to be changing their behavior much when I checked the upper areas yesterday.  I did notice they were avoiding the lower areas, though..."

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Once everyone has arranged their teams, the group heads to the entrance of Snowpoint Temple, where the female Ace Trainer is standing guard.

"Okay, so there's four of you going in?  Alright then...just be careful if you're headed to the lower levels of the building.  The wild pokemon get stronger the deeper down you go.  And that strange wind, too...but don't tell anyone about the wind, alright?  We're waiting on Candice to check it out herself.  I wouldn't venture that far down if I were you.  The temple has 5 basement floors, and the wind starts to pick up once you've reached the third or fourth basement floor from what I could tell."

The Ace Trainer takes a record of who's entering the building, then lets the group enter the Snowpoint Temple proper.

The first room of the Snowpoint Temple is simple.  A large statue with indistinct features, decorated with patterns made of dots, stands tall against the wall, formless arms crossed in front of it.  Ice covers the ground in the back left corner of the room as well as a few seemingly random locations as well.  There are stairs leading down to the first basement floor in the back right corner of the room.



Snowpoint Temple: Eterna Forest Remix by Zame - Pokemon D/P/Pt

If you have any questions to ask the guard before heading deeper down of wish to investigate this first floor, feel free to do so now.  Otherwise, let me know when you're ready to move on, as well as what order you're going down the stairs in.

Randolph gives the guard a short nod back.

"Will do, mam, and thank ya for the warning. We'll keep mum about this fae breeze blowing through the Temple too. No need to stir up a frenzy about it, after all. *Sighs* Afraid I'll have to ignore ya advice, though, as me and my partners will probably end up having to do a full investigation of this place to find what we're looking for.....or not. Hopefully not, and in a good way not too. *Mumbles to himself* Knowing my luck and what I know about that, it ain't going to be in the same postcode of that easy. Bah....."

*Shakes head*

"Enough of that. Focus on task now, grumble about it later. *Looks back at guard* We'll be on our way in now. Keep up the good work, and again thank ya for warning."

With that said and the rest being done shortly, he enters Snowpoint Temple and immediately summons Brigid and Mystery Mon #1 to his side, who is revealed to be none other than a Skuntank! A rough and tough one at that, who's also packing an sassy, 'I'm da boss!' attitude to match! I'll leave anymore descriptions/instant reactions to Dragonstrike.

The dwarven craftsman crosses his arms as he address his smelly partners (One of soot, the other of natural pungence!), giving them a look that meant all business.

"Alright, listen up Brigid and Belladona. We're in Snowpoint Temple, one of the most hazardous places this side of Sinnoh, and it's chock full of some of the meanest, most orney, and downright wickdly strong Pokemon around. Normally, I wouldn't even set foot near here, but I need to do a proper and thorough investigation of the Temple, and that's were you two come in. Simply put, I need ya two to guard me while I'm snooping around the place, and keep an eye and ear for anything that looks troublesome, strange, suspicious, or some pain in the ass combination of all of the above. If something happens, I want the chance to put the brake on it if its bad for me or my partners, or take a look at it if seems like it isn't. That, and if something wants to try and give us a right nasty time, I want us to be ready to blast 'n bash it til it resembles a badly made biscuit. Can I count on ya to do that for me, girls?"

He places a little emphasis as he finishes his small debriefing and speech, eyeing his fragrant skunk in particular. She was always troublesome to work with, as unlike with most of his other partner she was just too dang Willful and headstrong for her own good. It was just as likely she'd do stuff her own way as opposed to want he wants out of her, even with (and perhaps in spite of  ) the respect and Loyalty she holds for him. Belladona believed ARDENTLY that she was Da Boss no matter what, so authority has always been a point of contention for them. Hopefully now she wouldn't throw her weight around here, but he was prepared if she did. Live, learn, leverage, and all that.

[Mikaruge108]

Karen doesn't have anything to ask the Ace trainer before going into the temple. On to the inside of the temple!
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Karen is staring at the strange statue intensely, there's no way that she'd know anything about it, but she feels like there is something... off about it. Oh well... Karen doesn't wanna be downwind of that smelly-looking poison Pokemon, so she'll head down before Ran.

[Dragonstrike]

Brigid obviously has no problems with those orders from Randolph.  Belladona, however...

L: (5)(6)
D: (2)(1)

Yeah, yeah, whatever.  She doesn't seem to particularly care about those orders, but at least she isn't being entirely dismissive of them, either.  She begins to pace around Randolph, keeping an eye on anything around that catches her interest.