[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

Speedy rushdown it is, whatever that corresponds to. Charge em before they have time to react and knock the buckets on them. No hurting them though, just gotta embarass em bad.

Aggro Then! Lani hops down from your backpack and blitzes over to the two punks with fists balled up! 

Intercept and Deny Roll: DEX (6) + Fight (3) + Brawl (3) - 2 Difficulty - 4 Actions (Trying to Knock both buckets down at once on them!) = 6D6 Dice
(3)(1)(5) (5)(3)(6) 3 Successes, Win!
Alertness Roll: INS (*2) + Survival (*4) + Alert (*2) - Distracted (2) = 6D6 Dice!
(2)(2)(1) (3)(4)(2) 1 Success, Suck to be yous guys!

Lani is able to get the jump on the pair of neardowells, darting before them and causing them to stop in surprise and a panic before *SMACK!* Honey and Red Food Coloring is all over them, their buckets tumbling to the ground and staining their shoes as well!

"WHAAA!"
"FUCK!"

The young lady startles and rapidly spins around, and gasps as she sees what became of her two would be Pranksters, who were now growling at your Pseudo and giving it Glares, one of the smacking a fist in one palm and the other bring out what appears to be a Spike Bats out from his Inventory.

"YOU! YOU STUPID LIZARD! I'M GOING TO POUND YA!"
"FUCK YOU CUNT! THIS HERE IS GOING UP YOUR ARSE!"

Both of them throw out Pokeballs, Summoning a modestly sized black sheep (a black Flaffy?) and what looks to be a miniature ogre! All of them look ready to gang up and wail on Lani!

The advertiser is paralyzed by things about to turn violent, holding both hands to her face and looking very worried and concerned. Not for Lani, but for the Punks - she recognizes what sort of Pokemon they're facing, and KNOWS whatever they're trying won't end well for them!

...

[Lord Windos]

Darren does catch the mystery 'mon (Net Balls until success or he runs out, whichever comes first, Seal 8 if it is indeed a bug type, like Darren is assuming)

Darren pets Glomena, and gives him a premium Poffin.

Seal Strength 8 vs 8 - 1 Badly Poisoned - 5 Fainted = 2D6 Will
(1)(6)(1)(4) (2)(1)(4)(3)
(4)(2)

Gotcha, Sandugg ! 
Type: Ground/Bug
XP Held - 15
SPE: 1 (Cap 2), VIT 2 (Cap 4), Rest of Stats Irrelevant
Skills: 1s across the board, except Survival (2)
Specialties: 2 Channel, 2 Brawl, 2 Alert, 1 Evasion, 1 Nature
Moves: Everything up to Sand Tomb; Has Drill Run and Gastro Acid as Egg Moves
Ability: Sand Stream* - This Ability is Locked until its Special is Leveled Up or it Evolves!
Surprises!: Has its HA! and 2 Egg Moves

Glomena happily chows down on a well earnt treat, eye smiling the whole time!

[Redstone]

Spoiler

Aggro Then! Lani hops down from your backpack and blitzes over to the two punks with fists balled up! 

Intercept and Deny Roll: DEX (6) + Fight (3) + Brawl (3) - 2 Difficulty - 4 Actions (Trying to Knock both buckets down at once on them!) = 6D6 Dice
(3)(1)(5) (5)(3)(6) 3 Successes, Win!
Alertness Roll: INS (*2) + Survival (*4) + Alert (*2) - Distracted (2) = 6D6 Dice!
(2)(2)(1) (3)(4)(2) 1 Success, Suck to be yous guys!

Lani is able to get the jump on the pair of neardowells, darting before them and causing them to stop in surprise and a panic before *SMACK!* Honey and Red Food Coloring is all over them, their buckets tumbling to the ground and staining their shoes as well!

"WHAAA!"
"FUCK!"

The young lady startles and rapidly spins around, and gasps as she sees what became of her two would be Pranksters, who were now growling at your Pseudo and giving it Glares, one of the smacking a fist in one palm and the other bring out what appears to be a Spike Bats out from his Inventory.

[b]"YOU! YOU STUPID LIZARD! I'M GOING TO POUND YA!"
"FUCK YOU CUNT! THIS HERE IS GOING UP YOUR ARSE!"

Both of them throw out Pokeballs, Summoning a modestly sized black sheep (a black Flaffy?) and what looks to be a miniature ogre! All of them look ready to gang up and wail on Lani!

The advertiser is paralyzed by things about to turn violent, holding both hands to her face and looking very worried and concerned. Not for Lani, but for the Punks - she recognizes what sort of Pokemon they're facing, and KNOWS whatever they're trying won't end well for them!

...
[/b]

He rushes to the scene, motioning for the advertiser to move to the side, he was going to teach them a lesson.

''Three on one isn't fair you punks, you'll regret trying to mess with these 2 ladies. Kayla its showtime!''

Sending her out maybe gets them to back off, if not he wouldn't mind a double battle to make em regret trying this. He stands ready to evade shall the guy wielding a bat try anything funny.

[Lord Windos]

Seddi's smile turns into a smirk.  "You still don't know the half of it, Dodger."

He firmly grips Dodger's hand and shakes on it.

"You're a good man.  Will be a pleasure to work with ya.   If you're free tomorrow night, we got a mystic settin' up a test for everyone to ensure we're ready for this hunt.  Can get ya introduced to everyone and we can start makin' plans.  I will say though that it would ideal if we did the hunt within the next 5 days.  I'd be fighting with suboptimal conditions if we waited until after the festival, regardless of whenever the suits would prefer us to fight it."

"Now, back to what I was sayin' before: mind if I spectate your upcoming battle?"

The Dandy Man grips your hand hard and fast, give it a pump that nearly pulls the arm out of your socket and causes him to let go with an apologetic smile.

"Likewise, mate, likewise! Sorry 'bout almost yanking your arm off too - guess I'm not 'tirely keyed down yet, eh he.."

Your offer gets a thoughtful chin rub, before he shrugs.

"If you haven't heard - and if you sought me out for that, I have my suspicions... - I've 'ready taken down several Malefics. 'Cluding one of that God's kin, though it was a small fry compared to it. Don't really need to be tested when I've 'ready aced ones like'em , savvy?

"Still, I get what ya saying - I'll pop up 'round that time if ya like. Be good to know whos all on the Hunt and get feel for them too, and see if they're up to snuff or would be snuffed out. I'll make no bones about - you and your mates very easily could die on this job, even with me pulling my weight. Can't protect everyone all at once and focus down the big'un's and it's weakpoints, to say nothing of how hectic it'd be. And if I have to break out the Big Guns....well, everyone but me is fucked, most likely."

He doesn't have much to say on the time limit but raise an eyebrow and then scoff at the mention of the suits, but he smile against at your other request.

"Sure can, cowboy! A good audience make a tango all the snazzier! Just stay out of sight if ya can - don't want you to spook and scare off my date, or 'worse', get dragged into the shuffle, heh!"

If you're going to spend your 1st Encounter Watching Oz's Fight, you'll get a INS Training Roll for you and Ceruledge for Battle Analysis. Oz also wouldn't know you're there until you reveal yourselves or they decide to do a Spot Check for some reason. 

[Lord Windos]

He rushes to the scene, motioning for the advertiser to move to the side, he was going to teach them a lesson.

''Three on one isn't fair you punks, you'll regret trying to mess with these 2 ladies. Kayla its showtime!''

Sending her out maybe gets them to back off, if not he wouldn't mind a double battle to make em regret trying this. He stands ready to evade shall the guy wielding a bat try anything funny.

Once you come running onto the Scene and summon a HUGE Mudsdale, who takes one look at the pair and plods on forward with heavy *STOMPS*, giving the the lazy stink eye. 'Causing trouble, are we? Git, or git mulched.

The two and their Pokemon suddenly look a lot more apprehensive, now that such imposing reinforcements arrived!

Intimidation Roll: STR (Combined 12/3 = 4) + Fight (*5) + Intimidate (*4) = 13D6 Dice
(5)(5)(1)(2)(1) (1)(3)(4)(1)(3) (1)(5)(6) 3 Successes, Tie goes to the Akamu with the Scarier Mons
Courage Will Roll!: Will (Combined 20/4 = 5) + Fight (*3) + Brawl (*3) + Slight Numbers Adv (+1) = 11D6 + 1 Dice
(4)(6)(1)(2)(1) (4)(1)(1)(1)(3) (4)  3 Successes

Both Punks let out pissed off growls, giving your lot nasty looks as they begin to back away.

"Fucker! This ain't the last you've seen of the Breakneck Boys, ya twiddy tink!"
"You CUNTS better sleep with one eye open, 'cause we're gunning for ya now!"

The two then proceed to high tail it outta here, their Pokemon guarding their escape as they did so as they jogged backwards - must have had plenty of practice doing that!

The school woman let's out a small *Sigh* of relief, glad nothing bad happened to anyone, and walks up to you, giving you a Sunny smile while both of her arms were linked behind each other.

"Thanks, sir! Those punks from the BBs must've been trying to sabotogue the swim meet - they want their favorite Track Team to get all the spotlight, even if I know they don't approve of strong arming! Name's Penelope - what's all of yours?"

[Mikaruge108]

Spoiler

Darren does catch the mystery 'mon (Net Balls until success or he runs out, whichever comes first, Seal 8 if it is indeed a bug type, like Darren is assuming)

Darren pets Glomena, and gives him a premium Poffin.

Seal Strength 8 vs 8 - 1 Badly Poisoned - 5 Fainted = 2D6 Will
(1)(6)(1)(4) (2)(1)(4)(3)
(4)(2)

Gotcha, Sandugg ! 
Type: Ground/Bug
XP Held - 15
SPE: 1 (Cap 2), VIT 2 (Cap 4), Rest of Stats Irrelevant
Skills: 1s across the board, except Survival (2)
Specialties: 2 Channel, 2 Brawl, 2 Alert, 1 Evasion, 1 Nature
Moves: Everything up to Sand Tomb; Has Drill Run and Gastro Acid as Egg Moves
Ability: Sand Stream* - This Ability is Locked until its Special is Leveled Up or it Evolves!
Surprises!: Has its HA! and 2 Egg Moves

Glomena happily chows down on a well earnt treat, eye smiling the whole time!

(OOC: New fangame get!)
The Sanddug is promptly sent to the PC to be healed.

Darren, still somewhat fatigued from the weirdo lady, makes his way to the Afterlife club. If they're closed/don't let him in, he'll find something else in that area to do.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

The Dandy Man grips your hand hard and fast, give it a pump that nearly pulls the arm out of your socket and causes him to let go with an apologetic smile.

"Likewise, mate, likewise! Sorry 'bout almost yanking your arm off too - guess I'm not 'tirely keyed down yet, eh he.."

Your offer gets a thoughtful chin rub, before he shrugs.

"If you haven't heard - and if you sought me out for that, I have my suspicions... - I've 'ready taken down several Malefics. 'Cluding one of that God's kin, though it was a small fry compared to it. Don't really need to be tested when I've 'ready aced ones like'em , savvy?

"Still, I get what ya saying - I'll pop up 'round that time if ya like. Be good to know whos all on the Hunt and get feel for them too, and see if they're up to snuff or would be snuffed out. I'll make no bones about - you and your mates very easily could die on this job, even with me pulling my weight. Can't protect everyone all at once and focus down the big'un's and it's weakpoints, to say nothing of how hectic it'd be. And if I have to break out the Big Guns....well, everyone but me is fucked, most likely."

He doesn't have much to say on the time limit but raise an eyebrow and then scoff at the mention of the suits, but he smile against at your other request.

"Sure can, cowboy! A good audience make a tango all the snazzier! Just stay out of sight if ya can - don't want you to spook and scare off my date, or 'worse', get dragged into the shuffle, heh!"

If you're going to spend your 1st Encounter Watching Oz's Fight, you'll get a INS Training Roll for you and Ceruledge for Battle Analysis. Oz also wouldn't know you're there until you reveal yourselves or they decide to do a Spot Check for some reason. 

Seddi shakes his arm to readjust it after that extra firm handshake!  "No harm done.  Can't say I'm not tense either, even if I don't look it.  Got a lot on my plate trying to find my footing while the suits want me to hit the ground runnin'!"

Dodger's comments on his resumé get an eyebrow raise from Seddi.  "I hadn't heard that yet, actually.  Though knowing you've been eyeballing this issue, I can't say I'm surprised.  Should be good for instilling a bit more confidence in the rest of the folks who'll be joining us on the hunt.  I'll send you the details of where we're meeting for our planning session a little later."

Back to the friendly smile for spectating!  "Wouldn't dream of scarin' her off.  We'll be sure to stay quiet and outta sight.  Lookin' forward to seein' a little of what you and your partners can do."

Can Seddi add other pokemon to the Battle Analysis training, or is it just going to be the one?

[Redstone]

Both Punks let out pissed off growls, giving your lot nasty looks as they begin to back away.

"Fucker! This ain't the last you've seen of the Breakneck Boys, ya twiddy tink!"
"You CUNTS better sleep with one eye open, 'cause we're gunning for ya now!"

The two then proceed to high tail it outta here, their Pokemon guarding their escape as they did so as they jogged backwards - must have had plenty of practice doing that!

The school woman let's out a small *Sigh* of relief, glad nothing bad happened to anyone, and walks up to you, giving you a Sunny smile while both of her arms were linked behind each other.

"Thanks, sir! Those punks from the BBs must've been trying to sabotogue the swim meet - they want their favorite Track Team to get all the spotlight, even if I know they don't approve of strong arming! Name's Penelope - what's all of yours?"

''Akamu, and these two ladies are Lani and Kayla, reliable in combat and spontaneous justice as well.'' *gives both some pats* ''I'm currently trying to familliarize myself with the city, after all it's way larger then what we have back in Alola.'' he says, cracking a smile.

''Sports fans sure can be a handfull, though those two were a bit more then that. Here's hoping they won't bother ya again for a while, trying to come after me is something they'll learn to regret.''

''That being said I am interested in what you were proposing. It's probably obvious that I have a bit of a connection to the sea and even if im not a swimmer myself I'd like to watch the competition, maybe even send my more swim happy partners if they feel like it.''

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Oooh, I like that idea! Classical dancing to the beat of techno pop! + 1 to Perform to Persaphone for this Dance Off - she also takes cue from you, adding your Perform (2) to her Performance!

Muse smirk deepens at what she sees, and with a surprisingly BOOMING laugh she begins to do her own dance, twirling 'round and 'round striking whatever pose she pleased!

LET THE DANCE OFF BEGIN!

ROUND 1!

The chimeric boozer strut on air toward Pers, giving her a sultry look before winking - !

CAPTIVATE EX !
(6)(6)(2) (3)(4) + 1 X2 = 8 Successes!!, (4)(4)(2)(5)(1) + 1 X2+ *1 = 9 Successes!!
Persaphone suddenly gets hot under the hat, becoming SUPER Flustered and Interested!: - 3 SPE, Moves deal 1 Less Damage and have - 2 Accuracy on Moves [Not Perform]! Muse's other Moves gain additional Accuracy and Effectiveness!

The crowd goes hoots at the show Muse is putting on, while cheering and *Aww...*ing at how adorable your normally spooky sis is! 

Quickly and furiously she tries to shake it off the feeling (to no avail) and lets loose a sonerous wail, calling forth the Fates to watch over her this waltz! 

Lucky Chant!
(3)(2)(4)(5) (4)(5)(6) CRIT! , (5)(6)(2)(1) + (6)(1) + *3 = 6 Successes!

Her voice rings beautifully, overpowering the beat of the song with its errie yet bewitching tune - the crowd bangs their heads as they try their best to sing along! Negate (1)s in ALL Rolls and Reroll them Once, Prevent Future Enemy Crits, and Decrease Fortune by 1 for this Encounter!

ROUND 2!!

The fuzzy wonder doesn't take this change of beat lying down, oh no - she swoops in front of your coven member, eyes smoldering with desire, before blowing them a kiss, a heart appearing and barreling straight at them!

ATTRACT EX!
(1)(5)(2)(1)(4) + 1 X2 = 4 Successes! , (1)(6)(6)(3)(3) + 1 X2 + 1 = 7 Successes!

The heart lands on Persaphone's lips, causing her existing blush to become downright luminous as a shy, coy look appears on her face, her eyes glowing Pink with the Enchantment and Supernatural Charisma on her! 

Persaphone has is Besotted with Love! :  [(Will + INS)/ 2 ] - 3 (Min 1) for her to Attack ! If Unsuccessful, Persaphone shall do whatever Muse wishes! Even if Successful, due to Captivate EX her Attacks are now Less Effective on Muse! In Addition, Perasphone now has 3/3 Loyalty and Happiness towards Muse, while her Disobedience towards you is now 5! Due to Captivate EX, a Loyalty vs Disobedience will be forced for every Roll that isn't phrased as 'loving' or 'beneficial' to Muse (Need to make a convincing Lie, or Else!) !

Your now witchy maiden in Love looks uncertain...

My Love ~<3 ! = (1)(1)(2)(3)(6) Success! But will she do it?

L: (6)(3)(2)(2)(2) Goes to Oz!
D: (1)(2)(3)(3)(6)(2) 

She snaps out of it for a moment, sending a POTENT glowing and dazzling orb of light at her pretty foe...

Confuse Ray!
(1)(1)(5)(3)(5)(2)(4) (5)(5)(3)(4)(2) (4)(5)  , (6)(1)(3)(2)(6)(4) + *3 = 6 Successes

Muse's eyes bug out, now becoming quite dazed herself as she drunkenly teeters mid-air! Muse is now Super Confused!: - 4 Accuracy and INS, among other things! Muse has an INS of 3, so normally she'd have (-1) INS by now, but due to Captivate EX, Attract EX, and her Status as ??? she Ignores the INS Drop!

The boozy ball of fluff tries her dangest to get her head back into the game...!

INS Check: (6)(3)(6) + 1 = 3 Successes!

And she does - her drunken flirtacious stare is back as she does a twirl and crosses her arms! Super/Bad Confusion is Dispelled with the EXACT amount of Successes needed!!! 

ROUND 3!!!

Muse floats on forward to your sister, their paws embracing and softly petting the sides of their face, before she closes her eyes...


Nuzzle ~
(1)*(6) [Spend that Will, Muse!] + 1 X 2 = 4 Successes, (2)(3)(6)(3)(3)(2)(5)(6)(5) + 1 + *1 [Spend MORE Will, Muse!] X2 + 1 = 13 Successes!!!
Damage: Null

...and places a sweet, tender kiss on Persaphone's lips, causing your sister to stiffen up as a electrifying energy courses through her....as well as a almost divine feeling of warmth and contentment that causes her to squeak so cutely! A bright, BRIGHT sparkling glow surrounding the pair, forcibly dragging everyone's attention straight onto them as they held their breath....!

....Before a big burst of steam and sparks erupts from your beloved sister's face, her eyes roll up into the back of her head, and she goes slack in Muse's grip!

Persaphone became Badly Paralyzed due to Captivate EX, but that doesn't matter as she Fainted due to sheer overwhelming Attraction, Captivation, and the PASSION behind that Nuzzling Kiss!

For a moment, their was nothing but silence - even the DJ paused the music and pushed up his shade to get a better look at this. Muse looked at her once opponent with a sort of drunk fondness, before gently placing her down on the floor. She then looked all around her audience, to you, and gave the most shit-eating smirk imaginable as she winked and did the jazz hands with one paw.

"And that, ladies and gents, is how to make a witch melt ~ <3"

*Beat*

*Beat*

The crowed roars a couple seconds later, their cheers turned feverous , ranchous, and near worshipful, with almost all of them throwing heaps of Poke the ground beneath her feat as they chanted "Ghost Charmer, Ghost Charmer, GHOST CHARMER!"  All throughout the dazzling birdmouse bows over and over, drunkenly going "Thankies~<3" all the while! Guess that is how got more Poke to buy those Flash Powders , Camera, and who knows WHAT else....

You Lost, but Spectacularly so! You and Persaphone gains 5 XP, and Persaphone gains a crush/grudge against the one that beguiled her so! You also gain $1500 Poke, both as a result of the good Fortune Lucky Chant is giving you and some admirers of your sis wanting to give you due compensation for her bewitching singing and light show.

Dodger walks up besides you at this point, takes one long look at your sister, then back to you, before smirking and shaking his head.

"Welp, you two just got creamed and steamed like pasteurized Moo Moo Milk! Eh, but you can't win them all, and you got to admit - that pixie over their put on a damn good show."

Speaking of which, said pixie finished up bowing and collecting her winnings, before giving the crowd one big wave!

"Thankies, thankies everyone~<3 *Looks to you and Pers* And thank yous for making an old woman feel young and spunky 'gain! Be seeings you twos laters - I gots a town to paint in my colors!!! THANKIES EVERYONE, AND GOOOOOOOOOD NIGHT ~~~ !!!"

Muse then started twirling fast, becoming a sparkly blur in mid-air....before *Zooooom!* Off and out of The Afterlife she goes, a wave of cheers and fond farewells from her admirers! Thus endth what would become known as Muse's  and Your Sister's 'Bewitching the Wicked Witch!' Dance Off Performance, a local Legend within the underground clubbing community and a fond favorite story the regulars share in the Afterlife!

And there you were, wondering how in the fuck did you sister end up getting so thoroughly smitten by another lady of all things. And a cougar at that! Will she ever live it down? Or worse - would she want to Pursue a fling with that mischievous rascal?! 

*Flashback: Continues...*

Oz surprised and...kinda of confused by everything that happen right now? Whatever the case, she get closer to Persephone, and pick up her. "Well...one thing we can pick up from this weird day: We found someone more chaotic than you sister, heh." She pat the head of Persephone and smile at her. "You did your best, and thats what truly matters sister." Oz look at Dodger and nod her head. "You can speak that twice Dodger. Noneteless, it was a really fun battle. One that I will not forget!" Oz strech her arms, feeling a bit sore by the dancing. "But damn. I feel like someone drop a mamoswine on me! Its been years since I pratice my dance skills. Whatever she was, she was strong and stylish." She looks at Persephone. "Well, at least you found someone interesting sis, hehe. She doesnt look a bad person, but she is a mischievous creature. More chaotic than you. Better to be careful around her sis!"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Regarding the Letter: It gets sent off without a hitch, as whatever delievery man/Mon knows any missive by you is Top Priority Mail that needs to be delivered ASAP and NO screw ups allowed! Sadly, you know from experience that your Mentor takes awhile to get back on correspondence - being the head honcho of the whole Magi Nation is BUSY and hard work, and he wouldn't have his underlings send a reply in his stead when it comes to you. Prepare for waiting time, as usual.

Oh, Bernhard doesn't mind the waiting time. It will be all worth it, certainly so, and they greatly appreciate Acrowls personally(!) continuing to keep close ties to his treasured former apprentice. Fond memories indeed, all the training under his guidance.


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For washing up Zephy, Let's do a Cleaning Roll, DEX + Survival + Perform - 2 for being VERY STINKY, ew! 
(1)(2)(4)(4)(6)

You manage to get the worst of the mess out of her fur and freshen her up a bit, but even afterwards she still faintly reeks of alcohol and looks a bit scuffy. Also, she sleeps through it, and that a wet Zephy is VERY silly looking, he he!

Hmm... Not clean and fresh enough. Bah, and that reek of alcohol is particularly unpleasant and not very 'I am the mythic partner of a high-ranked Scimitar!'-like. Mind your attitude, lil' flying artist! Casting a minor spell onto Zephy to overlay it for finishing is it then, and then we're ready to go! Sleep and rest up, smol birdmouse, for you do deserve it from the look of you... Highly doubtful that Bernhard will draw any of her powers for the 1st Encounter, if that unpleasant shiver upon withdrawing her is any sign.


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*Time Skip - TM Shop!*

Original post

The salesman eagerly takes all the artwork, giving you 2X the total Value of it all! 

"Ha ha, my deepest thanks, to you and them! Don't deal with artists much, but I've heard they're all headcase or eccentrics, so I believe what you're telling me! Still, if it allows them to make works this fabulous I don't mind if they're crazier that a rabid and confused Growlithe!"

He goes about hanging the art pieces all over his store, giving the shop a very cozy yet mystical vibe. Already customers around and entering take note, making nods and noises of admiration as they look at them in between shuffling around for TMs.

The guy then motions for you to a cleared out area in the middle of the store, a sorta-stage in the middle and a chair off to the side, complete with a bottle of water and some snacks.

"Right, I got everything prepped on my end for ya, so go up their and get ready for whatever act or Magic you want to Perform! The bigger and more spectacular, the better, but careful not to blow up the shop!!"

Hmm...go wild, in other words. What's your plan here, mate? You have a Portable Cauldron and Mini-'Lab' on your Person (as well as plenty of Empty Bottles) to do Potions/Brews Alchemy , as well as a portable stand/table to make a temp work area for everything (Bern comes prepared!), but you could also elect to do Magic of some sort, have your Mons put on a Performance, or even try some Performing yourself if the whim takes you. Story time can also be done too, if you want to go the' Wise Old Wizard' route and 'remember' some details about Magi Culture , Lore, and History! You get 3 Different 'Slots' to fill with Any kind of Performance/Magic to be done, so pick carefully now!

That makes... *calculates*...$4500 Poke in total for all artworks, greatly appreciated! It's kind of flattering to see them all in the TM Store, and Bernhard certainly takes notice of customers taking a positive note of them.


And now: Showtime!!1 No particular Music in mind, anything that's ominous and not too oppresive to work as a background theme would so. But for the first Slot, I know exactly what to do.

Bernhard does an acknowledging and appreciating bow to the crowd as a greeting, then position on one end of the sort-stage - and to the other end, their second partner-Pokemon is summoned from a Luxury Ball: It's Nirix, turning out to be...

Artwork

...a VERY proud and majestic looking Galarian Rapidash, surely a sigh to behold.

Perhaps a rare sight outside of Galar, or perhaps a rare sight at all, but a a prize addition to any mage's arsenal definitely - if one can get a hand on an exemplar. Bernhard did so, and greets his treasured stallion with a respectful bow.

(Rambling: Yes that's a drawing I made myself. It was...so very much outside of my comfort zone to draw a horse, put reference images and anatomy together with studying the coloring of original artworks on bulbapedia greatly helped, plus me feels I learned a lot about shading via airbursh. Win-win!)

For what we'll do: Practicing some Spells to make something invincible or shielded from damage for a limited timeframe, with the goal of keeping the Invincibility up for the duration of roughly one Round in combat. Taking turns, we'll toss some minor objects (the empty bottles, used Single-Use TMs, anything the crows hands the pair) in direction of Nirix, who is requested to slash and break the object with a wellplaced trademarked Psycho Cut, with Bernhard aiming to keep the object intact via a well-timed Invincibility Spell. "For those informed folks or fans of unique and powerful Pokemon among you - *very carefully strokes Nirix's forehead* - his Psycho Cuts are strong enough to cut through sheet and sheer metal, like nothing. Oh, their horns are also highly sought out to prevent and cure poison too, a potential life saver indeed..." If the cast Spell is successful and the object is still intact upon Nirix slashing it, we'll count that as a win and proudly present that to the crowd. And in between it all, taking some breaks to dramatically wave hands through his precious pinkish and cyan mane full of psychic power, harvesting Veil Color (3d6 units, harvested once a Day, grants +1 Success to any Arts and Crafts Rolls made with it, can be sold for 500$Poke)

Yes people may take pictures if they like. Yes people may come to the stage and toss an object themselves. Yes Bernhard will answer any questions concering himself or his Pokemon partner. Yes Bernhard will present their Gauntlet if asked for it. No they cannot take it off for the cables are surgically connected to the veins of their hand (well, he COULD remove it, but that'd be a gore-y mess, painful as heck and would break the Gauntlet). No no one is allowed to touch or pet Nirix, for he disapproves of strangers coming close.