[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

When Floette leaves to see the Guildmaster, Kee gives her a gentle-tender smile. "Yes thankies, 'n do take yar time as I'll just linger 'round here in tha meantime! Will eagerly wait for yar retuhuuurn~" ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ☆ Kee, please stop flirting and sweet-talking like this

...No he won't And when Pyra and Karen aim to walk off to the Gastrodon Shop, he gives them the same smile. "Oh, and same for yar return of course!~ Come back 'n case moar cash is needed, 's I'd be happeh to chip in~~" (Since he has enough from selling his Gold Band and he's still got his Big Nugget unsold)


He himself will check out:

- the large notice board that the three striped pokemon are standing at

He gives them a kind-friendly greeting and joins in looking and reading what's pinned on that notice board. If it is what I think it is - and if Kee in-chara as well understands that those are job requests - he'll check whether there any with the location being 'Dry Forest' OR any that have a Sylveon OR an Absol as client, and asks the three striped Pokemon whether it's legal for not-yet-guildmembers to accept any of these requests.

[Spiritmon]

Kogeki nod his head. However, he see one of the tunnels silent and dark. He felt...something compelling him to check it in...he doesn't know if it his instincts of a Ghost-type, but he curious to check.

Action: Check the dark and silent tunnel. I will try to hide in the darkness as best I can. Kogeki Anticipation trigger something?

[no one]

Dax thinks about staying with Kee to wait for Floette, but then thinks better of it and decides to go with Karen. Floette said their shop is right next to the water, so he might be able to take a dip. And he might be able to ask the Gastrodon if it was possible for a beachside location.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

(...)

Floette floats over to the tunnel that smalls a bit like the ocean and points down it.  "...if you're looking for the Gastrodon Shop, it's down this tunnel.  Careful, it's right next to the water!  All right, I'll be right back, so wait right here!"

Floette eagerly floats down the tunnel that the Braixen walked into earlier on an unseen air current.

Karen, meanwhile, has been inching closer and closer to Pyra, trying to stay out of Arcanine's line of sight even though they're not paying any attention to her at all.  "...I'm...uh...sure they're n-nice and all, b-but...is it okay if I go to the G-Gastrodon Shop w-with you, P-Pyra?"

So, what's everyone do in the meantime while they wait for Floette to return?  Some notable features:
- There's several tunnels that lead out of the lobby and to other parts of the facility 
  > two of them smell like food (Pignite came out of one and went into the other when they walked past)
  > one smells like the ocean, and is where the Gastrodon Shop is 
  > the one that Floette went in has a large metal torch above the entrance above the entrance
  > one of them sounds like there's a group of pokemon somewhere in it
  > one is completely silent and rather dark 
- the large notice board that the three striped pokemon are standing at 
- Floette's counter
- some benches and cushions that look like they were placed there for pokemon waiting in the lobby

(Ack, ack, sorry for being so tardy to post, but I woke up really late in the evening due to my little second cousin coming over to my place and keeping up until around 5:00 in them morning, and I was busy catching up on chores afterwards. Again, sorry mates!)

The lil' demoness clapped her hands thrice in rapid succession at Floette's prompt answer, giving her a wide closed eyed smile as she beamed at them in delight.

"My many thanks and multifold gratitude, Floette, The Manager Director! Wish you great haste and greater success with your roles here, yes, within the guild and the ones you hold ot yourself!"

Kee's temporary farewell is meet with a a light smile and fond ruffling of their furry head, followed by a sweet and chipper comeback.

"Of course, of course! Why would I not seek your aid, with finances and all other things, my dear friend Kee? Regardless and anyway, thank you for your kindness, yes yay~!"

Just as she was about to walk off to Gastrodon's Shop, Karen's and Dax's sudden desire to join her came each came as an unexpected surprise that differed between the two. With the aquatic salamander, she was a bit startled but perfectly alright to let him tag along, as she didn't think he wanted to spend much time with her alone/without the rest of the group based on his previous opinions towards her behavior (Which she doesn't really understand but accepts regardless). Karen's, though.....she was both confused and concerned. The sparkling fae's ever gradual approach towards her didn't go unnoticed by the fiery fiendess, despite acting ignorant of it while chatting with the floating flower being (She figured pointing it out would cause some sort of trouble right now, she felt), and neither did her ever increasing levels of anxiety and fear.

She didn't have the foggiest notion of what was driving them to such a near panicked state enough to overcome their reservations about herself and being coddled/defended, but.....well, what sort of friend would Pyra be if she didn't do something about it? So she closed the remaining distance between herself and the shiny savant, standing right in front and to the side of them and conveniently (and unknowningly) blocking of their line of sight with that Arcanine, and reached down to take one of their tiny hands in her claw with a gentle smile.

"Certainly, Karen. Your wish is my desire. Come, then, walk with me to a future that could be ours...."

And that should be that, at least for now!

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

He himself will check out:

- the large notice board that the three striped pokemon are standing at

He gives them a kind-friendly greeting and joins in looking and reading what's pinned on that notice board. If it is what I think it is - and if Kee in-chara as well understands that those are job requests - he'll check whether there any with the location being 'Dry Forest' OR any that have a Sylveon OR an Absol as client, and asks the three striped Pokemon whether it's legal for not-yet-guildmembers to accept any of these requests.

The Arcanine gruffly grunts in response to Kee's greeting.  Doesn't seem like the striped pokemon have much to say to the Zigzagoon.

It's not hard to figure out that these are job requests.  Almost all of them say something about a pokemon going missing, someone needing to be escorted through a dungeon, an item needing to be found or delivered, or an outlaw needing to be captured.  All of them have a ranking listed as well.

The majority of the jobs posted are C Rank.  There's not many jobs posted with a lower rank, and it's difficult to find anything specific in the mess.  At a glance, there don't appear to be any jobs listed involving Dry Forest, a Sylveon, or an Absol, though.

After looking at the jobs for awhile, Barbaracle points to one of the B rank ones with a Toxapex pictured on it.  Arcanine nods in approval, and the 3 pokemon take the paper to Floette's counter and wait for her return.

[Dragonstrike]

Kogeki nod his head. However, he see one of the tunnels silent and dark. He felt...something compelling him to check it in...he doesn't know if it his instincts of a Ghost-type, but he curious to check.

Action: Check the dark and silent tunnel. I will try to hide in the darkness as best I can. Kogeki Anticipation trigger something?

Kogeki's Anticipation does not trigger, even when he's entered the dark tunnel.  He doesn't get very far into it, however, as a Drilbur pops out of one of the walls and stands in Kogeki's way!

"Hey!  This area's off limits to those who aren't members of the guild!  Shoo, shoo!"  He unceremoniously ushers the Riolu out of the tunnel.

[Dragonstrike]

Meanwhile, Pyra, Karen, and Daxter make their way down the tunnel that smells of the ocean.  After walking for a ways, they come to a large, underground cavern.  Half of it appears to be filled with sea water, too, even though there's no obvious tunnels that would lead outside in sight.  Various water pokemon are swimming around in it, some of them talking to pokemon on the land.  There's another notice board down here, and some of the Water types seem to be examining it closely.  A Qwilfish floats by the notice board, and it appears that they have a similar role to Floette.

On the land, though, right next to the water's edge is a shop that's being manned by two Gastrodon.  A Female West Sea one and a Male East Sea one.  They smile when the trio of newcomers eventually walk up to them.  The male one does the greeting.

"Welcome to the Gastrodon Shop!  How can we help you?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh... Well, then Kee's going to leave Arcanine alone, despite he can feel an involuntary and strong desire to pick up a fight with them in the tips of his claws, he prefers to not cause a ruccus here. Not at this place, nope!

The majority of the jobs posted are C Rank.  There's not many jobs posted with a lower rank, and it's difficult to find anything specific in the mess.  At a glance, there don't appear to be any jobs listed involving Dry Forest, a Sylveon, or an Absol, though.

'Not many' - that sounds like there still are a few job requests below C Rank. Is there one with E or D? Or anythingelse that just catches his interest and curiosity? Kee's going to glaaaaare and staaaaare at the notice board with his deep red Ziggy eyes narrowed to make sure he doesn't oversee anything...!

(If you want to roll to check whether Kee finds something, you absolutely can)

If there's really nothing, he just strolls the room the notice board is hanging. Maybe he comes across something cool via PickUp that none's going to miss.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Meanwhile, Pyra, Karen, and Kee make their way down the tunnel that smells of the ocean.

(Psst, it's Dax, not Kee)

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Kogeki nod his head. However, he see one of the tunnels silent and dark. He felt...something compelling him to check it in...he doesn't know if it his instincts of a Ghost-type, but he curious to check.

Action: Check the dark and silent tunnel. I will try to hide in the darkness as best I can. Kogeki Anticipation trigger something?

Kogeki's Anticipation does not trigger, even when he's entered the dark tunnel.  He doesn't get very far into it, however, as a Drilbur pops out of one of the walls and stands in Kogeki's way!

"Hey!  This area's off limits to those who aren't members of the guild!  Shoo, shoo!"  He unceremoniously ushers the Riolu out of the tunnel.