[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Spiritmon]

Kogeki feel his wounds get better after such terrible wounds, but he was capable to resist. He force his teeth and launch at the battle against Litwick.

Action: Target Litwick A or B if they didn't faint by Kee Snarl. If not they already faint, Kogeki will target Litwick C.

Bite: Dex(2)+Fight(2)+Brawl(2)+Single Action (2)=8D6
Damage: Power(2)+STR(2)+SE(1)=4D6+1
Effect: Flinch.

[Dragonstrike]

Litwick Ambush Round 2

Kogeki Snarls again, obliterating the Litwick with a loud, almost maniacal vengeance!

Snarl
(2)(2)(3)(1)(5)
(6)(6)(5) Litwick A and B both take 4 damage and faint!
Kee is freed from the Fire Spin!

The surviving Litwick in the first half desperately tries to catch Kogeki off guard and KO the Riolu! One moment, it's in front of him...the next...BOO! It's behind you!

Astonish C
(6)(5)(6)
(3)(3)(1) Kogeki takes 1 damage 3/4 HP
(2)(3)(3)

But with one mighty heave, Daxter blows another round of devastating bubbles, this time fueled by the natural Torrent of Water deep inside himself! Pain only makes him stronger!

Bubble
(6)(6)(3)(4)(4)
(6)(1)(2)(6)(4) The remaining Litwick all take 4 damage and faint!

The hallway goes dark once again as the last enemy faints, but the few remaining torches on the walls become lit once more when the Ghostly presences are defeated, casting a dim glow on the scene.

With the danger of the Litwick overwhelming the party past, Kogeki and Pyra are able to take a moment to snap out of Confusion, and everyone's able to help Kogei put out the Burn that he was inflicted with.

One of the flames on a Litwick's head flickers a little more strongly than the others, however.  It seems they're still conscious, however barely. The flame lights a small area around them that the torches are struggling to reach.

"...strooooooong...veeeeeeery stroooooong...weeeee shaaaaall...leeeeeeave..."

However, this doesn't just seem to be a simple declaration of the wild pokemon's intentions...in fact, everyone has a strange feeling that they could actually try to talk to that Litwick now...

(And here we have the first opportunity to try recruiting a wild pokemon!  So, anyone want to give it a shot?  Or does the group have other plans?)

[no one]

Dax looked over at the Litwick. They were all a little mischievous, and they did just try to eat his soul, but he found himself feeling bad for them. He and the rest of the gang did intrude on their turf. And they were all weakened which would have made them a ripe and juicy target for another Pokemon. How about he try some recruiting then?

"Hey, all of you. You guys are great at battling, and it'd be a shame to put all of that to waste by just ambushing unsuspecting Pokemon. Maybe come along with us? We could give you food and a safe place to sleep at night and in return, you go out on adventures with us. You'll become way stronger too. What do you say?" Dax offered.

Action: Recruit the 5 Litwick using the Tough social attribute and use 1 Will to ensure 1 Success

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Kogeki Snarls again, obliterating the Litwick with a loud, almost maniacal vengeance!(...)

Pssst, that's Kee, not Kogeki ^^


HAH, finally fred from those mean swirling flames around him!! Ziggy Kee takes a lot of joy to claw and bite them in order to tear them into a shower of embers to go down around him; hooray for dramatic and semi-creep effects. And he can feel his blood boiling and fueling him still, he only slowly comes down from his adrenaline rush, he wants more more MOOORE ! Oh, and chances are that one Litwick's still there, their flame flickering and casting a faint eeeeeerie light into a dark spot...

...Kee smiiiiiiiiiles at them, it's a proud and rather toothy smile, his stance is one that implies that he'll pounce any moment, a thrilled glimmer in his deep-red eyes...

... And then he simply begins to laugh and to chuckle, but in a different tone now: It's more of an eager and joyous laughter, and rather mellifluous on top of that. It's adressed to the Litwick. "'Very stroooooong', ya're sayin'? Who, us?~ AHAHAHAHA c'moooooon, DONTCHA SELL YARSELVES SO SHORT!!~ Ya mauled us rather d'cently, 'nd that even if the Type Advantage's on our side! That Ambush, that Fire Spin ya trapp'd me in.... My, those are some NEAT tricks, I like yar style!" ( ÒωÓ)و☆ He's being honest (not sarcastic) here.

On top of what Dax already said: "Ohhhh, yesyesyes, t'gether we shall groooooow in strength, and ya can b'come just as 'very stroooooong' like us!~ Ah, and.... *winks* let's nat forget that there might be chances for ya to leech just a tiny tiny bit on the sweeeeet life force of mean individuals, if that's what ya'd wish for!~"

"Shall ya refuse however...~" Suddenly his complimenting and delighted smile becomes a scary one, "Then I miiiiight 'ave no other choice but to snaaarl ya into oblivion. Yar choice here!~~" (As in, not snarl them into death but chase them away)

If lighting up their flame again is what little Litwick wishes, then Ziggy Kee will immediately ask Pyra for that. IF they come along, then he'll ask Pyra for that before they march onwards as a small service.


In short, Ziggy Kee's approach on this is to compliment and praise the Litwick, showing that it's not as weak as it may think. And tell that he likes their style and way of battling! All with a mildly maniac glance in his eyes and posing as tough as he can to emphasize the 'we may be strong in your view, but you can become just as strong if you come with us'- point. Tough Attribute please.

[Dragonstrike]

The single conscious Litwick weakly looks at Daxter and Kee and staaaaares...

Since you just dominated the Litwick horde in battle, I'll definitely allow ya to use the Tough social attribute in this recruitment attempt.

3 Tough (as Daxter's is the highest) + 2 Instinct + Will = 5D6 + 1
The Litwick has 4 Will.

(3)(1)(3)(6)(4)(6*)
(3)(3)(1)(1)

Daxter, doing his best to appear competent and powerful with Kee backing him up, cuts a rather imposing figure for the Litwick.  Such a strong opponent it couldn't possibly hope to defeat, especially when allied with a Dark type as well...

"...shaaaare...streeeength...?  Hooooow...?  Curioooooous...only meeeee, thooooough...oooothers neveeeer curiooooous..."


This Litwick doesn't seem to be as smart as the one that spoke to Pyra, or at least not able to speak as fluently.  And only they seem to be interested in listening to the recruitment offer as well (not that the unconscious Litwick can respond to the question anyways).

Before anything else happens, though, the Litwick looks at Kee, then at Daxter, a questioning look in their eyes.  "...will otheeeers...saaaaafe?  Theeeeey leeeeeave wheeeen waaaaake...wooooon't boooother strooooong..."

[Spiritmon]

Kogeki simple defend against that Astonish, and when the battle is over, he let Daxter do his thing. Then when Litwick ask what will be the fate of the others, Kogeki speak. 

"As long as they dont bother us again, they are free to go. You already surrender, so I will not do anything against them. Accept that as a tokken of confident. But if the situation was different, I would drain some of your friends energy and you guys try to us, but a little more paintful. I also a ghost, and I can drain Auras. Welcome to Team Omega Seekers Litwick."

Kogeki look at Kee and Daxter. "Excellent job you two. I still feeling a bit daze, but I guess we will survive. Lets just return to the previous room and just go forward to continue our path. We still have a lot of thing to do."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Before anything else happens, though, the Litwick looks at Kee, then at Daxter, a questioning look in their eyes.  "...will otheeeers...saaaaafe?  Theeeeey leeeeeave wheeeen waaaaake...wooooon't boooother strooooong..."

Ziggy Kee returns the Litwick's look with a now confidant and delighted smile, a smile roughly like that one that shows nothingelse than 'I mean it' and 'You have my word on that'. "... The others WILL be safe indeed. They can leave if that's what they wanna do, it's c'mpletely up to them like it's compltely yar choice t'come with us or nat. But nor I and neither we others-" Ziggy Kee turns his head to give a GLAAAAAANCE to Kogeki with narrowed eyes- "Will do ANYTHIN' to 'em. Definitely."

That means NO aura draining as otherwise this Litwick seems unwilling to join us.

[no one]

"They'll be fine. They can go, no harm done. We're gonna have a lot of fun together, friend!" Dax says with a smile.

[Dragonstrike]

"...goooood...gooooood..."

Litwick then finally passes out, the flame on its head temporarily extinguished like the rest of its kin.  The Team's badges begin to flash, indicating that they can be used to Teleport exactly one pokémon out of the dungeon.  Karen looks at her badge thoughtfully.  "I guess that means we can only have a maximum of 5 pokémon traveling together at a time?  We should probably send Litwick back to the guild..."

Litwick has been recruited!
Attributes: 2 Health, 2 Strength, 2 Special, 1 Dexterity, 2 Defense, 2 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: Cute
Skills: 2 Fight, 2 Survival
Specialties: all 0
Level: 11
Moves: Ember, Astonish, Fire Spin, Confuse Ray
Gender: Female
Happiness: 2
Loyalty: 2
Disobedience: 2
Current Ability: Flame Body
Other Abilities: Flash Fire
HP: 0/5
Will: 4


Everyone gets 5 exp for this encounter.

(GM's Note: Not all wild pokémon will be recruitable if KOed.  Less aggressive species may only be possible to recruit if they're defeated without KOing them.)

Alright, encounter cleared!  Where to next/what now?

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

With the danger of the Litwick overwhelming the party past, Kogeki and Pyra are able to take a moment to snap out of Confusion, and everyone's able to help Kogei put out the Burn that he was inflicted with.

(....)

"...goooood...gooooood..."

Litwick then finally passes out, the flame on its head temporarily extinguished like the rest of its kin.  The Team's badges begin to flash, indicating that they can be used to Teleport exactly one pokémon out of the dungeon.  Karen looks at her badge thoughtfully.  "I guess that means we can only have a maximum of 5 pokémon traveling together at a time?  We should probably send Litwick back to the guild..."

Litwick has been recruited!

.....And that was when Pyra finally managed to get over being Confused, shaking her head to clear the last of the sensations it caused her with a rare grimace. Despite that she still felt somewhat......off kilter from the experience, and had little idea of what truly happened to her. Trying to analyze and decipher the symptoms just brought back shades of that utter sense of disconnection and disorientation , forcing her to abandon that train of logic before those horrid feelings crippled her again. Urgh.....well, whatever infliction that waylayed her wouldn't get another chance to do it so easily if she had anything to do about it......

Incidentally, the lil' fiendess almost completely missed the entirety of the post battle recruitment of Litwick, blinking Noctowlishly as her friends stared down somewhat amicably at one of the Litwick (Oh, that was what they were!) and then at her Badge when it started flashing. In other words she had no idea of what has happened, and this whole scenario was completely lost on her.  At Karen's comment she blinked again in mild bewilderment before slowly nodding her head with a frown.

"Yes.....indeed, let us.....spirit away this Litwick. We all should stick together forever if we can, unless one of us can no longer go on."

Now better, Pyra would resume her duties as sentry/vanguard, but for the time being she was......pensive and non-cheerful in her duties, the remnants of Confusion and its consequences still haunting her. Also, she was sticking closer to Kee (practically pressing herself against his side as they walked), for reasons she didn't entirely understand other than his presence comforted and soothed her for some reason. Discombobulated or not during that time, it seems she had some vague recollection of the furry punk star defending her when she was at her most vulnerable.

As for direction, the only directions left was doubling back and taking the only route the group hasn't explored yet. Pretty simple decision, really, unless the Hall of Magic decided to change its layout in the meantime....