>>29178235
Reporting for duty!

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oh yeah!

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>Pick the Eevees, breh.
>They're manly as fuck, breh.
>Chicks dig Eevees, brah.

So they are building their little dome.

Goddamned hypnos.

I think we should bug out right now. Report back before we get discovered.

We aren't at all suited for recon on a village OR attacking them. This needs Rangers, not trainees.

>>29178388
Chicks actually dig Snubbull

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>>29178388
I hope there's someone like that in the quest.

>>29178388
>They send that guy to attack the esper village

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>>29178388

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Oh and prof, I got you that spoon you wanted

You see a village.

The cawing of pitch black birds resounds throughout the old wood, the sounds of the night and the monsters that lurk.

You see a village beyond the veil of obfuscation. A shoddily built palisade, houses on the ground and in trees made of wood in an extremely unusual log-cabin fashion.
Back in the dome, homes aren't made of wood. The thought never even really occurred to you.

There's nodes lining the palisade, making your eyes have trouble focusing in on the place, your body desiring to turn away in your subconscious mind.
No doubt about it, this is repel technology. But why is it outside of the wall?

"Devon," You point, your finger trembling. "Look there. Really look." You whisper so as to not upset the other residents of this place.
"What..." Your partner growls low, leering at the blank space, his eyes focusing before he can really see it.
"What in the reverse. There's something like THIS here?!" He looks to you, his teeth pulled back into a snarl. He's on edge here, ready to lash out and attack the first thing that jumps out at him.

The palisade is open in a spot... You could walk in if you wanted to. The place looks deserted, but the technology is on. They've got to be here.

>[] Investigate the village.
>[] Climb trees and take pictures from above.
>[] Have Devon burn the place to the ground.
>[] (Other)

>>29178611
>>[] Climb trees and take pictures from above.

>>29178611
Let's take pictures first before entering and invetigating.

>>29178611
>>[] Investigate the village.

>>29178611
[x]climb and take pictures from above

Get a good view of the village and take some cartographical pictures to determine our exact location relative to the dome.

Also get some pictures of the settlement.

>>29178611
>>[] Climb trees and take pictures from above.
We need all of the evidence of everything about this place.

>>29178611
>[x]We need reinforcements for this
>[x] Climb trees and take pictures from above.
>>29178649
>>29178660
Are you stupid or something why would we go into the village?
That's suicide.

>>29178611
>[] Climb trees and take pictures from above.
Gotta play it safe.

>>29178611
We need evidence.

We can then report to giovani and come in with reinforcements

>>29178611
>[] (Other)
Retreat. This is above our paygrade

>>29178694
the only reason would be to get evidence of the device they are making.

Which, I admit, is really damn good stuff to get intel on.

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>>29178611
>>[] Climb trees and take pictures from above.

>Recon time.

Danger zone. Threshold increased to 5.
1d100.

>>29178712
It's not worth dying for.

>>29178611
Why would we bother climbing?
[ x ] Take pictures and report back.

Rolled 62

>>29178739
This'll be good.

Rolled 53

>>29178739

Rolled 68

>>29178739
Rollinb.

Rolled 88

>>29178739

Rolled 17

>>29178739

Rolled 76

>>29178739
in b4 consecutive 1s

>>29178611
Pictures. As I recall, repel tech doesn't work on cameras. Relevant landmarks, what technology we can see from here, relative distance to the dome, and probable route taken to Dome. Clearing everyone's name is top priority.

If they try to run or fight, we should come back with livefeed video, and have an operator supervise the fight to counter their repel tech.

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>>29178741
Didn't know I was scraping the bottom of the barrel when I recruited you.

>>29178750
Vantage points, getting a better look.

>>29178669
Night is very dark. Night-mode pictures won't exactly make out any landmarks. Devon and Ceru are fine here because they both have eye enhancements.

>>29178777
Cool. 88.

>>29178783
>clearing names
You mean Goldie and Sanna? I'm pretty sure this is the kind of thing we've gotta keep a secret.

I thought we agreed to blame irresponsible pet owners and their pet eevees?

>>29178611
>[x] Climb trees and take pictures from above.

>>29178809
whichever plan we take is up to Giovanni, but right now, we can either blame pet owners, or reveal the existense of enemy Psychics. Both will reliably clear Goldie and Sanna.

>>29178802
do our night-mode pictures have flash? how fast can they take pictures if they do, and how fast can we start running after doing so?

>>29178761
>>29178768
>>29178773
>>29178777
>>29178780
I am surprised. I was pretty sure we were gonna crit-fail here.

>>29178802
>no long range pictures
Is it at least long range enough to get good shots of the village?

If not, we may have to go inside.

>>29178873
He told us to keep this to ourselves, revealing the enemy can get into the dome doesn't reflect well on the rockets.

>>29178873
Night mode enables you to take pictures of things in the dark without a flash.
A flash is not standard for the index as it's gotten rangers killed before.

>>29178906
You can't take pictures of distant mountains or trees, You're close enough to the village that you can take some decent photos.

>>29178914
Should we tell them that we found an entire pack of Espeons?

>>29178873
No, revealing the psychics is a non-option for us to take. That sort of decision is left to the higher-ups.

>>29178974
Why a pack? One is enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_ZpHgiIKo

BOOYAH! Prof your awesome

>>29179010
We need to make it sound severe enough to justify reinforcement

>>29179073
Dark type reinforcement preferably

>>29179073
One is dangerous enough. Or rather, it's not like the civilians would understand the scale of threat that just one monster exudes.

>>29178944
All we need are a few decent photos to prompt a more in-depth investigation and increased security measures.

We must absolutely *not* move in tonight. It's essentially suicide.

>>29179073
>reinforcement
What? Are you a pussy or something?

>>29178982
>whichever plan we take is up to Giovanni
I just said that?

>>29178944
so we don't have flash, even if we can maximum repel out of there.
do we have a map to trace a route?

>>29179073
It's not like we have to justify reinforcement to them.
Giovanni can just send a team of rockets out of the dome and say it's a standard mission.

This is a bigger problem than Giovanni initially thought it was. Allocating more Rockets to deal with this village is not outside the realm of possibility.

The important thing is that the civilians, especially the dome government, do not find out about this. Tight-lipped, loyal Rockets learning should not be an issue.

>>29179138
there is nothing bad about admitting that we might need a little back up, especially when dealing with obviously intelligent foes.

>>29179201
there IS something wrong with misinformation in our reports though.

>>29179230
It's the civilians that'll be lied to, not Giovanni.

"Devon, we need to take pictures. We'll need to tell others about this." You tap your sleeve and your index slides into place, at the ready for camera mode, swapping it over to nocturnal viewing. A black and white parallax.

You and Devon dig your claws into the trees, scaling them to get better shots with your index, taking pictures of the entrance, the houses in the trees and on the ground.
The larger cabin in the middle even, though that one is kind of blurry from the distance.

As you climb, the two of you work around the trees and their residents. The trees here are tall and many, large and thick. Some even as wide as houses.

It's careful work between you and Devon to avoid them. A glance at your index's battery once the two of you are about done show that an hour has passed since you've come to this location.

Your volt orb's at about half charge at the medium setting. At the very least, it's keeping these bugs from seeing you.
Kakuna resting in the trees, Beedrill sleeping amidst the canopy.
There's even a large shiny creature attached to a tree that you pass around, the thing latched and sucking deeply at the tree's sap.

For a moment, you see Devon about to spit fire at it, the glow of his embers within his mouth, yet he thinks better of it and ignores it to stay on task.

When the two of you are finished, Devon comes near to you on a branch.
"Hey Frosty, I wanna go in there, these pictures aren't good enough."

You look down, flipping through yours with a frown upon your lip as you keep your mouth pressed shut.
"They should be okay, why do you want to go in there?" You look to him, and he looks away, looking hard at the place beyond its veil.
"It's been bothering me for a minute. I smell something that shouldn't be here. Thought you might get it too, but my nose is just better than yours I guess."

>>29179283
>There's even a large shiny creature attached to a tree that you pass around, the thing latched and sucking deeply at the tree's sap.

A Heracross? Might make for a good ranger implant later.

>>29179283
>"It's been bothering me for a minute. I smell something that shouldn't be here. Thought you might get it too, but my nose is just better than yours I guess."
That definitely needs some investigating.

>>29179283
>"It's been bothering me for a minute. I smell something that shouldn't be here. Thought you might get it too, but my nose is just better than yours I guess."
What are you smelling?

>>29179230
what misinformation? we have a settlement outside the dome, with multiple houses, which are using stolen repel tech.

that implies multiple intelligent foes, and since we are only a 2 man team, it would be suicide to go in without backup.

>>29179283
of course, a little recon wouldn't be too bad. as long as we get ready to haul ass if we get spotted.

>>29179283
>"It's been bothering me for a minute. I smell something that shouldn't be here. Thought you might get it too, but my nose is just better than yours I guess."

Nnehhh

I'm pretty sure this is the 'Don't fuck up' button.

I don't know if we should.

>>29179283
No Devon, hold your pants. We need to report.

>>29179283
That settles it. We're going in!

>>29179312
Heracross is pretty badass especially since it can throw 100 times it's own weight

>>29179283
Whether it is or isn't, we're already at high risk just sticking around. We need to go back. If he had capable hiding skills, I would suggest leaving him there to stakeout, but it's a little too risky like this.

Going straight in is the worst though. Do not engage!

>>29179337
I meant the post about a pack of espeons. We haven't confirmed that yet.

Rolled 19 + 6

You raise a red eyebrow to him, his dusky maw glimmering from the subdued light of his own index,"No, I don't smell it."

He sneers again looking at the village, toying at his lip with a canine fang,"It smells like human. There's people in there."

You blink at him."What?"
"My nose doesn't lie. I smell people here. Not back at the tracks, rain, wind, and fire must've washed it away. There's people here. I smell humans. I want to look inside."
Devon stares at you now, a dog challenging his temporary master, he might just do it whether you permit him or not.
Charm Roll
C +3 R +2
Vs
Devon
Evil +4 R+2
>[] Let's go.
>[] I'll wait here.
>[] No, we go back to the dome.
>[] I am your leader, you will do as I say. You're coming back with me.

>>29179283
actually, while were here, let's take a picture of the thing sucking sap with our index.

>>29179375
God damn that thing can toss cars

>>29179375
>it can throw 100 times it's own weight
>throw 100 times it's own weight
>it's own weight
>it is own weight

>>29179337
They more likely to sense us than spot us.

Rolled 1 + 5

>>29179393
Let's go.

Do we need to roll if we agree?

Rolled 5 + 5

>>29179393
>that roll

Rolled 17 + 5

>>29179393
>>[] No, we go back to the dome.
To get reinforcement

>>29179312
>A Heracross
Wanted to note here. When I said large, I meant larger than Ceru. The thing is actually 7-8ft without the horn.

>>29179393
HUMANS, you say?
We need to get this info back to giovanni, but having humans captive here would allow a full rocket mobilization.

I say
[x]let's go
perhaps with a side of
[x]one of us needs to go back

>>29179394
sounds good

>>29179393
I was worried about this. Devon rolled a damn 19. Let him stay, but he is not to engage until he has daytime pictues.

Rolled 11 + 5

>>29179393
Let him go, just tell him to be extra careful and not to torch anything.

also, while we're at it, let's take a quick picture of the thing sucking sap with our index, since we've never seen it before.

>>29179393
>[x] I am your leader, you will do as I say. You're coming back with me

Rolled 13 + 5

>>29179393

>>29179422
Welp
We aren't gonna stop him.
>[] Let's go.

>>29179393
Having humans here might actually be good for us.

It means that this is not the fault of the rangers or rockets since they aren't allowed to police pure humans.

If we prove that this place has race-traitors, Goldie and Sana are off the hook.

>>29179493
Or....mind controlled servants.

>>29179493
Pure humans don't wipe minds. At best they'd still be rouge rangers.

>>29179393
>>[] Let's go.

>>29179422
Alright then, guess we're going to investigate this jazz.

It's better than him going alone, but worse than not going at all.

Rolled 6 + 5

>>29179472
Jeez what the dumb shit am I doing.
> I am your leader

>>29179472
>>29179433
we are NOT relying on rolling a 20.

>>29179393
Best we can hope for is proof that there are humans in there before he starts torching everything.
adding to my vote >>29179447
when asked why we left him there, tell Giovanni that there is the possibility of the psychics moving and that there may be humans there.

>>29179510
1) The humans didn't need to be the ones wiping minds. The monsters could have done it all and the traitors would still be at fault if they cooperated.
2) Unmodded espers are considered pure humans according to Sabrina.

>>29179508
A legitimate concern. Hopefully, they're not. Them being traitors would make this a much cleaner and clear-cut operation.

>>29179393
>[x] Let's go.

Are you positive that you'd like to leave Devon here alone?

You're both 3 hours out and it took 2 hours of running on a 6 hour charge to get here.
You each have a spare orb, though it will take time to mobilize legitimate reinforcements.

>>29179651
I do not want to leave him here alone.

Rolled 5 + 5

>>29179651
Lets go in with him

>>29179651
We're not going to leave him alone.

>>29179515
>It's better than him going alone, but worse than not going at all.

The worst thing would be to just turn back now. While we are here we should investigate as much as possible instead of whimping out immediately, especially since Giovanni told us to deal with this ASAP.

>>29179651
No, I want us to go with him.

>>29179651
What? No

We go in with him. If we aren't there, he'll probably do something impulsive and stupid. If we stick around, then maybe we can get out undetected.

Either way, I don't intend to leave anybody behind.

Also, please, PLEASE tell me that switching out the orbs does not require the repel gear to go offline. That would be dumb.

>>29179651
Most people either wanted to go with him or tell him to not go in.

>>29179651
fuck you prof we got this onward into the village!

>>29179651
don't leave him here alone. go in with him.

Also, I'm serious about indexing that huge shiny bug thing. either it's a Pinsir or a Heracross. either way, both pretty good bug pokemon.

>>29179690
>Deal with what maybe a group of espers alone.
Are you stupid or something?

>>29179651
If we give him our spare orb, that's 10 hours to get all the paperwork done. Plenty of time to me. The question is whether he can survive.

Personally, he signed his death warrant when he rolled a 19. I just hope he'll make it out of this alive WITHOUT torching the whole damn place. do it. It's the smart decision, even if it sounds bad.

>>29179704
>Also, please, PLEASE tell me that switching out the orbs does not require the repel gear to go offline. That would be dumb.

That's so though. The volt orb is the power source for all of your gear. Only the index has an independent secondary power supply to sleep indefinitely.

>>29179651
How does Devon appear to espers that aren't explicitly aware of him?

Would he seem like a big blaring beacon of hatred? Would he be something that's not really much of anything until they look right at him and then it gets unpleasant for them?

Does Ceru even know how he's perceived? Does Devon know how he's perceived?

>>29179651
I intended to go in there from the start, so I'll just keep voting for that.

>>29179651
Yea, lets not leave the psycho hellhound in a forest with his unique type of victims to bully alone. That Heracross might escape before we can bring it back for Bruise

>>29179752
>>29179704
I never said anything about letting Devon engage them alone. Watch them. Get more proof, and make sure they don't move, otherwise the whole plan falls apart. He wants to stay, he has to show that he can work alone. He's already proved himself capable so far.

>>29179755
That is completely stupid.

I mean, you have absolutely no idea.

This would be the first thing a competent science division would fix because it's such a completely glaring and utterly retarded design flaw. Do all the engineers have brain damage?

>>29179770
like Bruise would ever take an implant.

>>29179651
go with

>>29179757
>Would he seem like a big blaring beacon of hatred?
Yes, and so much more.

But it's so much that it feels like it's coming from everywhere and creeping up on them.

>Writing.

>>29179770
Wait what if we were to set up a fire to pull out some of the inhabitants of the village long enough to perform some investigation in the village.

>>29179770
Bruise doesn't want to take any other implant.

>>29179817
Two words
>Kamen Bruise
Look deep into your heart and know this is the path of truth

>>29179834
Well, looks like I've been outvoted. Either way, don't forget about the heracross/pincer like >>29179743 said

So much for trusting your teammates.

>>29179884
Yes trust the mentally disturbed adolescent alone in an entire camp full of enemies for hours.
No way that would backfire.

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>we lose our first team member tonight

RIP Devon I guess you weren't such a fag after all

>>29179981
We're going in with him.

>>29179755
I gotta agree with >>29179810
It is NOT very hard to make a secondary input for the other voltorb's power and then just switch which you are using. Very painless and hundred times more safe while out in the field.

>>29179884
It's not so much a matter of trust as not leaving behind your teammate to die.

If he gets caught (And it's Devon, he's going to do something impulsive and he'll get caught, let's be reasonable here), then we'll be there to save his ass.

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>>29179990
>implying that will save him

>>29179883
Every single time I see people try to shoehorn Kamen Rider into quests, it makes me irrationally angry.

Rolled 6

Note to whoever is archiving, stop spelling collective wrong. There are two l's in collective. CoLLective. Not colective.

>>29179998
Pokemon! science/logic.

>>29179810
>>29179998
On the upside, we can totally act all smug when we ask the engineering department about it in that annoying 'But why?' kid tone.

>>29179967
>>29180001
Why do all of you give him so much crap? In case you haven't noticed, Devon is the only one in our ENTIRE TEAM who hasn't screwed up. No matter how hilarious it is to think he's a psychopath, he's still a rocket, a damn good one.

>>29179998
I agree with putting a 5-minute emergency battery for switching volt orbs

AoPH 18: TPK

>>29180037
He barely restrained himself from starting a fire two seconds ago in the middle of a forest while we were attempting to be stealthy.

>>29180037
He's part up the reason why we have only one teammate left and rest are in jail

Rolled 64

>>29180037
Devon's actually my favorite rocket, but I'm an archivefag.

You guys should kiss the shit out of him if he tries to disobey orders, he's still innocent enough that he'll be shocked into following orders, or at least he'll be distracted by us long enough for us to force him into going along with our plan instead of his own.

That said, he's a smart motherfucker with more self-control than anyone else on the team (case and point shy Sanna knocked out a guy because SHE panicked) and you should probably listen to him.

Go inside the fucking dome, he can kick the shit out of any espers and we can put hypnotized humans into a hypothermic sleep with our icy wind long enough for us to finish taking care of the esper.

>>29180094
But he fucking restrained himself. And he have done so every time. Without fail.
We have no reason to doubt him.

Tbh i would be more comfortable with him being angry and knowing he can restrain himself than being like Sanna and suddenly snap.

>>29180037
He's really good at what he does, but he does have some fairly glaring faults. We're covering for them right now, because he's out of his element. Or rather, he's in his element, but far too deep.

>>29180116
Dude what? Devon is the only one not at fault. Sanna knocked out the guard, Ceru ordered mind wipes to fix that, and Goldie botched the mind wipes.

Devon did nothing but take the blame for Sanna's fuckup.

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>>29180137
>Devon
>innocent

>>29180168
>you want the D?

>>29180094
>>29180160
And you think he doesn't do that every other minute in Dome? He restrains himself every time.

>>29180116
no, that's Sanna's fault, and Goldie's failed mindwipe roll/our decision.
Devon frickin covered for Sanna, and she didn't look the least bit grateful for it.

>>29180137
he's already writing though.

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>>29180187

stop arguing about trust.
I trust devon to be a competent member of the team.
I do not trust any team member to not die when infiltrating psychics alone.

>>29180116
In fairness on that one that was all the vine girls fault but still leaving ANYONE here for several hours alone is stupid
>>29180149
He is current arguing with his superior officer and going against direct orders.

>>29180220
Not arguing, since we decided to go along with him IC.

>>29180259
>That crit failed roll had nothing at all to do with that decision

>>29180212
Can't stop picturing Devon as a young dog-man version of Descartes

>>29180220
He is NOT arguing. He is merely stating that he smells people and want to go in there. Neither us nor him has stated anything since then.

>>29180220
We don't know if this is out of emotion, particularly hatred. He just stated that there are humans there, and as a ranger, we can't just leave them there. Many other characters would do the same thing, just not the leader.

>>29180278
Still voted for it.

>>29180259
>Devon stares at you now, a dog challenging his temporary master, he might just do it whether you permit him or not.

True, but he DID give us a challenging look, though.

Rolled 99

>>29180194
On the topic of rocket competencies, I trust Sanna the least. Her specialty is live capture of monsters, but it's not super useful after a certain point. She only has vines to restrain and then sleep agents afterwards to immobilize/anesthetize. Anything she can't wrap with vines she's useless against.

We could kick her ass in a fight (we've got a lot of sharp pointy vine-breaky things on us), Goldy could kick her ass in a fight with mindpowers and teleporting out of her vines, Devon the hounddog could burn them away, etc.

I also absolutely detest her accent. A brash brooklyn accent does not suit a shy character at all.

She's also a bipolar bitch who blames Devon for knocking out an old dude (she knocked out an old man, seriously guys, she's that bad) and then five minutes before or after tells Goldy to lay off him because 'YOU DON'T KNOW WAHT HE'S GOIN' THRU'.

I hate Sanna and plan on staying in this thread just to add a vote to tell Giovanni that Sanna was the worst member of the team and would not suggest sending her out on a mission involving humans anytime soon. She needs some fucking sensitivity training or something.

>>29180345
Eugh.....it's a bad sign for this thread if someone is spazzing out this badly so early.

>>29180345
but her powers are so cool

>>29180345
And you sir can go suck a dick.

Rolled 92

>>29180345
Dice gods agree, a 99 supporting the condemning of Sanna.

But seriously, she's worst tier everything forever. Fuck her. I wouldn't even take her on a live capture mission because we can just ice up whatever it is and make it so sluggish Goldy could teleport behind it and throw a rope to Bruise (who is on the opposite side of the creature) and just tie it up. Simple enough.

>>29180384
>>29180375
>>29180364
My dice overrule anything you say to the contrary. A 99 and a 92. Fuck you.
Oh hey it rhymes that means it must be true

>>29180323
and that's Ceru's perspective. What do you think it looks like to Devon whenever Ceru gives him an order? First person perspectives are subjective, and either way, Devon's constantly fighting with his evil side to stay ELITE.

>>29180388
I wouldn't go that far. She will still be the best at captures.

>>29180388
>>29180345
pls stop wasting the high rolls

I have a feeling we will need them tonight

>>29180345
Jesus christ man. Relax.
Although Sanna is a total bitch, you don't need to spaz out that heavily.

>>29180415
The dice gods support the redicule of Sanna.

I will participate with my dice, but if you truly don't believe Sanna is a problem, the dice will reflect it.

>>29180388
Are you done sperging out of your ass?
Your dice rolls mean nothing in an argument.

>>29180388
you see, the problem with icing things up is that they might not necessarily survive being frozen. because, you know, water expands when frozen and practically everything living has water in it.

So really, Sanna is still the best at live capture.

>>29180427
I have no one to vent to when reading the archives. I'll be chill now dun wurry. Best to get it out early so I'm not poisoning the quest for the next several hours.

>>29180456
Too late. You've soured the mood a bit. It's not good to do this kind of stuff, especially at tense moments. It's just good etiquette.

>>29180435
I don't give a fuck about Sanna.

Rolled 18

>>29180388
>>29180411
May I point out the most likely to get us killed is Devon

>>29180456
There's the QTGs. We sometimes discuss characters there.

>>29180456
good, as long as you realize that we will more than likely not be calling out Sanna in front of Giovanni. Because that would make Cerulean look like a total bitch.

>>29180456
Alright i see where you are coming from. If you absolutely had to write it you could have written your reason for writing it at the end. Would have justified the fucking long text more and attracted less shitposting and derailing.

>>29180455
It's not sheer cold, Baka. It's just making the target area real cold. No one is going to get frozen solid, we're just making the monster really sluggish and slow so our team has plenty of room to get it secure.

Now that I think about it we don't really know the extent of our fellow rocket's skills. We haven't seen Goldy or Bruise's repertoire in over a year. Goldy can probably use telekinesis by now, and tie up mobs from a safe distance. I'm interested to see where Bruise got though. Machop biology may or may not mean that he can use actual pokemon moves.

>>29180509
This is literally the way to go if you wanna shit up the entire QTG

>>29180549
No. That's discussing pokemon parts. Talking about characters is fine.

Rolled 96

>>29180512
We should take the blame since most of that was our fault.
And just realized that it happened because Devon was pushing too hard

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Holy shit this looks retarded.

>>29180549
>shit up the entire QTG
How is that even possible?

>>29180493
And?

>>29180509
reading through the QTGs gets boring after a while, though.

>>29180527
I can see Bruise putting pokemon into chokeholds.

>>29180456
I get that feeling. You didn't go too far over the line, anyway.

>>29180580
His horns curl low and around his ears. They come back around right at his jaw-line. Hair is also short and black.

>>29180580
I knew Descartes was a horndog.

>>29180345
way to stick around JUST to make us look like a chode in front of giovanni.

A leader that blames their subordinates seems like a fuck to any observer.

>>29180589
>reading through the QTGs gets boring after a while, though.
Yeah, but if all you want to do is discuss a character, then it's a fine place to do so.

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>>29180582
You have not seen the things i have. Specifically the time when we were chased out of the QTG into a thread dedicated to discussing AoPH

>>29180652
We weren't really chased out so much as this one guy decided to create a thread and Prof not letting it go to waste.

>>29180512
That's something else I wanted to mention, actually.

We've been with Ceru's early years up to this point and have only really seen her cute and cuddly aspect, so many of the longer runners have defaulted into thinking Ceru is max cute cuddly no fangs no danger.

Ceru is elite now, and mission Ceru doesn't give a fug about appearances, only efficiency. We've got the kitty cat graphs to make it so. Cute and cuddly appearance and the cold heart to use it to our advantage.

Up to this point Sanna hasn't been very helpful on the investigation, contributing the least (making no discoveries on her own, and the piece of evidence she gave us was probably found by Devon and then he told her to lift it off him with her vines or some shit). It's our duty to inform our boss fully of what happened. No, we aren't going to go full potato and go on a rant in front of the whole squad about it, but we are going to let him know in a report or something.

with that roll he's going in there no matter what. I say we back him up.

>>29180694
We only started investigating today.

We chose her because she would be useful in capturing, not for her investigative abilities.

>>29180694
>cold heart
ahahahahahahhahaha

You wish, Al.

>>29180694
chill the fuck out bro.
We'll give the full and truthful report.
We won't say any of our subordinates was a failure or whatever.
She didn't happen to be useful for this case. Its nature turned out to be different than what we expected. That's not a big deal.

>>29180748
It's a matter of overall contribution.

Devon sniffed out the gun, a bunch of other stuff, found a full trail to the esper monsters, blah blah whatever, he's good

Goldy got us a lot of info out of people and was useful in helping us stay incognito with his teleports and mindwipes and stuff.

Ceru got lucky and ran into the suicideguy, interrogated people, found the hair sample, whatever

Sanna...beat up an old guy and got the attention of the Civic Guard, reducing our effective strength by half.

Maybe its our fault for picking someone that wouldn't be very useful, but Sanna's worth isn't really in question, she's been dead weight. Can't even redeem herself at this point, both her and Goldy are locked up until after this shindig is over.

>>29180788
Our physical chilliness has to have some sort of deeper meaning.

We took our grafts from a deceptive cat with evil tendencies, it's in the records.

We take after our grafts.

>>29180864
It doesn't really matter since that's not the reason we picked Sanna out?

It's like if you're going to the beach and you bring along your gaming console, you don't think "Ah, this thing is useless, better sell it" just because you can't use it at the beach. Sanna was a tool that we didn't get to use this time. We just accept it as it is.

It's like you're trying to be professional, but being overtly critical is just overcompensation.

>>29180918
You put too much stock in how much non-Evil grafts affect the psyche.

You give Devon a slow nod, looking him deep in the eyes," Alright, we'll go inside. If there are humans." You look away, squinting to see through the hazey field of the repel-tech. "We need to know what's going on in there."

You avert your eyes and take a look at the large shiny bug from before. "Can we take pictures of that first though? We haven't seen it before."

Devon blinks and follows your vision," Right, that thing. I got a bad feeling from it earlier. It's strong. really damn strong. I snapped a shot of it though, archived that it likes to suck the sap from trees. Don't worry about it."

Devon rears up and leaps onto another tree, closing in on the village,"Let's go. They should be less aware if it's from above."

You thought that you were giving the orders here, biting the inside of your cheek softly, you taste a bit of copper in your mouth Your teeth are way too sharp.
Following after him, you enter the village at its upper level.

=============================================

The village is quiet, though the wooden housing is open. There are nets woven of vines that lead to some of the upper levels in some areas, and others used to keep out bugs that might somehow slip past and through the repel field.

The two of you lurk through the night, taking pictures here and there of the buildings with a much clearer resolution. It's in here that you too catch the scent of human near the buildings.

Though there's no one standing guard in the night, you start to feel watched after some time here.. It's not quite as dangerous as you had suspected.

It's quiet, and the gentle hum of the mass repel field nearly nullifies the sounds of the village.

>[] Follow the Repel Nodes back to their source.
>[] Check out the large building.
>[] Slip into a tree house.
>[] Check the fire pit in the square.
>[] (Other)
>[] Leave.

>>29180864
>beat up an old guy
Devon made the man fucking paranoid kind of like what we almost did, all she was trying to do was restrain him.
Technically they both fucked up

>>29180864
sanna's a specialist we decided to bring along in case we ran into something we could capture.
We didn't.
It isn't as big a deal as you are trying to make it out to be.

>>29180961
>[] Check out the large building.
If humans were being held captive, it'd be here.

Rolled 21

>>29180961
Split up. Send Devon to find the power source and Ceru goes into the Large Building.

>>29180961
follow wherever the scent is coming from.
>>29180992
I sort of agree with this guy. We need to investigate the power source AND the humans. But I worry about them taking us one by one if we split.

>>29180961
[X] Check out the large building.

Stay quiet, have Devon check for the Repel Nodes and then we meet back up at a predetermined location.

>>29180961
>>[X] Check out the large building.

>>29180961
[ x ] Leave.
While we still can.

>[X] Follow the Repel Nodes back to their source.
Devon
>[X] Check out the large building.
Ceru

Split up, two people together are more noticable then one.

>>29180961
>Devon blinks and follows your vision," Right, that thing. I got a bad feeling from it earlier. It's strong. really damn strong. I snapped a shot of it though, archived that it likes to suck the sap from trees. Don't worry about it."
He really is the best squadmate.

>[] Check the fire pit in the square.

>>29180961
>>29180991
>>29180992
Oh, this makes sense.

Changing my vote to splitting up.

>>29180961
>[x] large building

>>29180961
>>[x] Check out the large building.

>>29181022
homo alert!

>>29180961
>Check out the large building

We haven't been attacked and an audible alarm hasn't yet been raised.

So that seems good, right?

>>29181028
I like this.

>>29181063
No need to act like an ass.

>>29181028
We'll actually be twice as noticeable because we're dealing with espers here.

Rolled 3, 5, 6, 2, 6, 5, 4, 6 = 37

>>29180961
>>[] Check out the large building.

>>29181087
That's assuming they have the ability to sense ambient thought.

>>29181014
>follow wherever the scent is coming from.
Amendment:
The scent is all over this place.

>>29181148
Well, this place has dirt ground. Can we investigate for human footprints?

>>29181130
Do you want to risk it?
>>29181148
Ara ara~
It seems we really have a traitor.

I really, really dislike the idea of splitting up. Devon is acting as esper repellent. They probably don't want to come anywhere near so long as he doesn't start burning shit.

Rolled 68

>>29181175
>>29181161
Guys, it's a village. I doubt the multitude of houses are for monsters. It's probably at least a group of normal humans, another group of mindfucked humans, and an esper pokemon or two.

>>29181148
>>29181161
This makes sense. Before we go enter anything, let's check the footprints first.

>>29181175
Er.....we can't really risk it since, if they were capable of sensing ambient thought, they would have sensed us already. It's a non-issue because it's a forgone conclusion.

And why would you think we have a traitor just from the scent being all over this place? Isn't it just as likely that any humans here were kidnapped and brainwashed? Perhaps to construct the repel nodes in the first place?

>>29181161

Checking the ground, you see that the loamy earth has trails from house to house and other various buildings here.
Various small to medium-sized Human footprints seem to be the majority of footprints here.

There is one though that stands out. There are no toe-prints like a monster would have, though it's noticeably wider and flatter than all the others.

>>29181063
gangraped in childhood by dad and friends homophobic alert!

>>29181258
>>29181063

Cut it out.

>>29181223
Oh shit. Drowzee.

>>29181268
I was gonna say Mr. Mime.

>>29181223
>>29181268
Theory: Drowzee has been kidnapping humans so that he could feast on their dreams.

Also, I guess this just means we're probably dealing with only one monster here.....with a small group of brainwashed slaves.

>>29181286
that makes it SIGNIFICANTLY less horrible. let's hope you're right.

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>>29181268
>>29181223

this better not be a child sex slave ring. cuz if it is...

after the kids are evacuated first of course

>>29181223
huh, interesting.
Are we still set on investigating hte big house?

>>29181283
Yeah, but Mr. Mime doesn't have any brown hair.

>a single fine, almost silky brown hair

This was what we found in the warehouse.

>>29181286
It's not Drowzee, it's Hypno. The evolved version, Drowzee's feet are like a tapir's, Hypno has humanoid feet with 3 really big toes and a wide print.

>>29180415
damnit, it's practically lunch time over here and I have to go soon.

>>29180961
If we find the Repel Nodes, that's some damn good proof, but not very helpful for finding out what's going on.

>>29181028
splitting up makes sense. I'll go with this too.

>>29181286
Drowzee colony.

>>29181400
Er....

>>29181223
It says that the toe prints are missing, so Drowzee's feet fit the description better.

>>29181268
>>29181286
We could try capturing it since it has no teleport.

>>29181342
>>29181223
I was going to say:
With that information, what is your course of action?

>[] Investigate the large house.
>[] Follow the nodes to the source.

>>29181400
Hypno doesn't have brown hair.

>>29181428
investigate it. Split up though ofc

>>29181428
>[] Investigate the large house.
And don't split up.

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>>29181418
Look at the feet. It fits the footprint as described. It doesn't have monstrous toe-prints, just normal person toe-prints, but wide and flat.

>>29181429
Shiny hypnos are kinda brown

>>29181428
[X] Investigate the large house.

I'm not against splitting up.

>>29181436
This. Though it's mainly the 'don't split up' thing that I'm seconding. Seriously, if we were gonna leave Devon to go it alone, we would have been better off heading back to the dome. Please stop voting to undo our previous decisions.

>[] Investigate the large house.
very well, investigate the large house.

>>29181468
They're pink

>>29181223
>Various small to medium-sized Human footprints seem to be the majority of footprints here.
Oh shit. I just realized.

There must be children here too.

>>29181458
Ah, I get what you mean.

Although, if that was the case, that must mean that it had evolved since the time it had started infiltrating the Dome.

>>29181468
Thats their skin.

I'm kinda glad it's hypnos / drowzees. They can't teleport.

We can kill every single one of them and make the boss proud.

>>29181428
>Large house, stay cool

This is not nearly as bad as I was suspected.

I was afraid that we were dealing with a full-fledged colony of the Abra race, since I'm still pretty sure those fucks have their own society.

>>29181428
>>[x] Follow the nodes to the source.

stick together

Rolled 2

>>29181283
We found a golden hair at the warehouse. It's Drowzee.

>>29181500
Not EVERY one of them.

If it's Drowzees, we can keep them as graft fodder.

Also they don't know Miracle Eye, so they can't bypass Devon's immunity.

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>>29181429
Drowzee does.

>>29181504
Well, hopefully next time, you won't spam the thread and the QTG.

>>29181511
>a single fine, almost silky brown hair
It was brown.

>>29181511
Stop rolling, you fuck.

>>29181519
But they are decent at physical combat according to their stats.
Hypno is even capable of swagger and psych up

>>29181573
>Getting into physical combat with Ceru or Devon.
Sounds like a good way for Hypno to get its throat torn out and then set on fire / frozen solid.

Going to go with Large House, splitting up.
Devon's going to find the source of the nodes.


>Roll 1d100 Threshold 20.

Rolled 71

>>29181609
Roll!

Rolled 79

>>29181609

Rolled 40

>>29181609

>>29181573
>Capable of Swagger
....Probably best we keep Devon away from them. You just know it'd be auto-effective on him.

Rolled 73

>>29181609
Aww shit nigga

Rolled 83

>>29181573
Oh fuck they have poison gas too
>>29181609

Rolled 47

>>29181609
elite?

>>29181609
Threshold 20, huh? SAFE

wow, no critfails. How is that possible?

Rolled 81

>>29181609
>splitting up
FUCKING SHITBALLS

>>29181622
>>29181625
>>29181627
>>29181629
>>29181631
What the fuck? No danger? Amazing.

This was a luck roll, right? Not for danger?

Rolled 5

>>29181609
O ye men of flesh and blood
Be protected in this dire hour
From the foul beasts of our nightmare sleep
And let us eat them because we're fucking badasses

>>29181647
SAFE!

>>29181654
and this is why we don't do poetry. Still safe though.

>>29181654
I think this is a role for luck? So it'd be first 7.

Good thing you were 8th.

Rolled 92

>>29181654
HOLY FUCK AM I GLAD I WAS EIGHTH

Rolled 46

>>29181631
Since the threshold was 20, is this a crit success?

>>29181688
STOP ROLLING DAMNIT

>>29181609
This is for BOTH characters, right? Not just Ceru?

>>29181701
It might be!

Rolled 16

>>29181688
Now you're just being patronizing dicelords.

>>29181609
>>29181701
Oh yeah. I've been wondering about that.

Does the threshold apply to successes?

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Rolled 44

>>29181723
I'm going to keep rolling to get the rust off, don't mind me.

>>29181748
No. Threshold is danger level. It causes an encounter when the roll is under.

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Rolled 81

>>29181758
Tell me which curved sword you like best.

The Kilij is my personal favorite.

>>29181762
Ah, so only the first 5 rolls count for this, huh?

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Rolled 11

>>29181789
Final practice roll.

>>29181789
I prefer the shorter curved swords, like the kukri. Sacrifice reach for cutting power and durability.

The two of you split up in the village, you instruct Devon to find the Repel-tech's power source, while you investigate the longhouse.

Devon was wary of the findings with the footprints. That larger print seemed solo. All the two of you can tell is that there's at least one thing here that's not human. Which is... odd for being outside of the dome.

You'd think that there'd be reports of missing people.
Those footprints though... They were really small almost like-

You step on a branch as you're lost in thought, and it sends your fur to standing at end. Did something hear? Did whatever's watching you hear that? Did you wake anyone? Anything?

Your pulse quickens, and your breath hastens as you wait for something, anything to respond.

You're not in the dome. You're not in the dome. You're not in the dome.
It is not safe here.
The moment passes and you relax. Need to watch your step.

You peer inside the longhouse, within there are tables and chairs with enough seating for at least half of this village. It's huge, positively huge.
It's kind of surprising now that you see it up close. There are old smells from meat and other cooked things here, though outside it seems to be covered up by other fragrances.
They covered up the smell there too.

You glance around for any eyes that might be watching you. Finding none, you clamber inside through an open space that they're likely using as a window.

Within you find far more smells of human. Sweat, joys, laughter. They all seem to linger here.

Strolling around, you eventually make your way to the back where there's a door. The lack of draft implies that it is not an exit...

You get a foreboding feeling coming from here. A crawl through your mind and veins gives you pause as you even attempt to reach for the handle, turning away your claws much like the repel tech that would have turned you away from this village.

There's an odd, musky, heavy smell coming from beyond this door.

>>29181850
Kukri isn't a sword, nor is it a primary weapon. It's a dagger. I agree the Kukri is the best dagger in the terms of killing potential, but if you fought someone using a sword you'd get absolutely destroyed. They'd use their reach to cut your arm off before you got close.

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>>29181850
I'm a fan of the Dao.

Just look at that gentle and elegent curve.

>>29182000

>[] Open the door.
>[] Leave well enough alone and leave.

>[X] Open the door.
Fuck it

>>29182031
>[] Open the door.

Keep our eyes peeled and be ready to bolt.

>>29182031
>[x]OPEN SESAME

>>29182031
>>[x] Open the door.

>>29182031
>Open the door
We can't turn our eyes away from this.

>>29182031
>>29182000
Leave well enough alone.

Guys, we have to regroup with Devon before we take on the monster. We have to. HAVE TO. We're still at like half stamina and it's an esper. We shouldn't be stupid and take it on alone.

[x] Leave and get Devon

>>29182000
If this is a goddamn nest of hypontised kids being used as dolls, Ygg, I swear to god

>>29182031
>[] Leave well enough alone and leave.
Find Devon. We NEED to have him with us when we engage espers.

>>29182031
[x]take pictures of everything
[x]open the door and take pictures before you even react to what is inside of it

>>29182031
[x] Open the door.

Actually, can we take a second and listen at the door for any unusual or familiar sounds on the other side?

>>29182031
Keepy a snarl in the back of our throat.

Maybe keep one of our hands primed for a water gun.

>>29182067
What do you think it is? Hypno/Drowzee are infamous for kidnapping children and farming their dreams.

>>29182062
>>29182071
actually these two have a good point. I change my vote from go inside to go get devon and THEN go inside.