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>>37484689

Hey everyone and welcome back to P:SS, Suffering Edition! Because being Grey is suffering!

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>>37484689
>You'll set up camp out here and sleep in nature's "comfort." Yeah. Comfort.
No more risks.

>>37484689
>Insist Ness go on ahead and get some supplies. Maybe she won't be recognized?

>>37484689
>Insist on the station tonight. Screw the possible risks.

>>37484689
>You'll set up camp out here and sleep in nature's "comfort." Yeah. Comfort.

>>37484743
>>37484751
>>37484796
>>37484842
>>37484710

Roll me 1d100 to get through the night without too much SUFFERING. Low difficulty.

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>37484877

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>37484877

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>37484877

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>37484877
We are going to have to do the brunt of the work Ness is injured pretty badly right?

>>37484689

>67 - 17 = 50.
>Success

"I understand, Grey. This body, too, is in pain."

You stop your little tantrum and look to Ness. She's bandaged, too. She doesn't show it, but she's suffering too.

"You're right." You drop the twisted, shredded fibers and let them fall to the rain-soaked ground. "I'm sorry, Ness. I need to better control myself. Going off isn't going to help either of us..."

You find your center; it's more difficult to do now than ever, but you've trained enough to overcome the pain and anguish on the surface. You're able to find the calm underneath.

"Let's set up camp and get taken care of; we can figure out how to proceed in the morning." Ness simply nods before standing up and beginning to work on clearing a campsite. You pull out your container balls (thankful you still have those, yeah?) and set to producing your camping supplies. A thought does strike your mind, though:

"Are we... Hm. We'll be safe for the night, you think?" Ness doesn't say anything. She only continues to work. "Something could attack the tent..." You shrug it off. You got the Poke-proof one for a reason. The night has been quiet and empty, anyways. No sense in mindless worrying.

You produce the tent. You expect it to come out already set up; unfortunately, it's been disassembled to a degree. This was confusing and then maddening. You had to fight off another tantrum after Ness explained she and Kal had investigated most of your belongings for tracking devices or other points of interest.

You get it set up, though. You're soaked to the bone but at least you have a tent...

>cont.

>>37485216
>Spooning for warmth incoming!

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>>37485216

You and Ness get inside and eat a warm meal; you got your stove up and some soup going. That and a couple simple sandwiches was enough to fuel you for the night.

You still had to change and tend to your wounds, though. You looked Ness over again... She was soaked, too. And her arm and torso needed attention. Both of you will need some help in properly tending to your wounds. You mention this, and Ness agrees.

"Yes. It would be prudent to see ourselves tended to before sleep. Contracting infections would be disastrous, currently." She rummages through the medical supplies before turning to you. You stare at her, slurping soup as you do so, and listen to the sounds of water drip off her form.

She stares at you with confusion.

"Yes, Grey? We should see to your wounds immediately. Please undress."

You shake your head.

"I'm not done eating. And, besides, you're soaked. We both need to dry off and change."

She looks down at herself, eyes running over the wet clothes sticking to her frame. She looks back up with a bit of aggravation in her eyes.

"You don't have any spare clothes, do you?"

"No. I do not have many of 'Seline's' personal belongings on my person, Grey."

"Ah."

>Provide her with a change of clothes.
>Offer to help her tend to her wounds in return for helping you with yours.
>Leave the tent while Ness is changing. Insist she wait in the rain while you do the same.
>She doesn't care. Stay in the tent while she changes.
>Ask her about Seline. Ask her about herself.
>Write-in

>>37485288
>>Provide her with a change of clothes.
>>Offer to help her tend to her wounds in return for helping you with yours.
>>She doesn't care. Stay in the tent while she changes.
>>Ask her about Seline. Ask her about herself.

>>37485288
>Provide her with a change of clothes., turn around while she changes
>Ask her about Seline. Ask her about herself.

>Avoid being a perv?
>Y
>N

Should I make you roll for not perving...? Hm...

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>37485343
1=perv
2=not perv

>>37485343
It's only perverted if we stare. Certainly Grey knows enough not to do that, right?

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>37485358
1 = Turn around and be completely silent
2 = Nervously cough when she dresses our wounds while half dressed

>>37485343
Y

>>37485288
>Provide her with a change of clothes.
>Offer to help her tend to her wounds in return for helping you with yours.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>37485288

You put on a bit of a smile. She has... seemed to do a lot to help you, thus far. You're certainly in a better position than when you were getting beaten, right?

"It's okay. Borrow some of mine, okay?" You pull out an outfit and she, uh, decides to immediately change into it. You quickly turn away and remain silent, ignoring the sounds of rustling to the best of your abilities. You start, flinching a bit, when she taps you on the shoulder. You look over to see her half dressed, and you quickly look away again. You assume a calm, tense silence once more.

"Grey? Grey. Please put this outside." She taps you again before handing you her wet clothing. You fumble for it, eyes glued to the tent wall. You bring it towards the flap and try not to look too carefully at her undergarments.

Damn you, male-ness. Damn you. Even when you're battered, bruised, and recently tortured.

You take a step outside and lay the clothing over a branch. Back inside, you set to changing out of your own wet clothing. You turn away and start undressing, but a feeling on your back...

"Ness?"

"Yes, Grey?"

"Please don't watch me change."

"I'm looking at your body for wounds."

You sigh and hike your pants back up. "Please? Just turn around. You can help me with my wounds in a minute."

"As you wish."

You grumble and grunt as you finish peeling off the wet fabrics and tossing them outside. A dry set of undergarments and pants on, you turn back to Ness-

"Fuck, Ness!" You cover your eyes quickly. "Put a shirt on, please? Why aren't you wearing a top?"

"I need you to bandage my torso an arm, Grey. It would be inefficient to attempt this with a shirt on."

"You, just, uh, you..." You sigh. "Just turn around and, here: put this over your chest. Please? For my sanity?" You toss her a towel and get to work.

"If it would improve your emotional stability than I shall oblige."

>cont.

>>37485705
>Damn. Even I rolled 1...
>Dice are gentlemen, it seems

"Thank you." That bit of relief aside you have your hands full. Her arm is still bad, and rudimentary medical care is only going to do so much... The Rangers should be able to help, though.

"How are you feeling? How is your arm?' You look over her body carefully, noting lacerations, bruises, the tiny freckles... Not the freckles. No. Medical shit.

"Painful. Further treatment necessary. I shall guide you, yes? Application of healing-stimulation injections will be necessary, as well as bandaging that does not constrict vascular function..."

You follow as she drones on a bit about basic medical care, though in greater detail than you would have understood on your own. You work as she guides you, listening carefully.

At least with your hands moving with purpose you can ignore her... The clinical nature, unfortunately, is bothering you. Eventually she doesn't have anything else to say, too, and the sounds of rain are nice but you could use some human conversation. Some sort of connection, after being locked up for a week. Something non-work-related.

"Tell me about Seline."

"Hm?" That caught her off guard. "Combat capabilities? Skills? Knowledge of TITAN's inner workings?"

"No. Personal stuff."

"Current body temperature seems optimal. Slight goose bumps due to the cold and wet. Satiety and energy levels sub-optimal but sufficient. Heart rate and blood pressure may be abnormal due to hormonal influences at having you touch this body-"

"Damn it, Ness. I meant like... memories. Happiness. What makes 'you,' well, 'you?'"

"...." She goes quiet, hands running over one another in a nervous twitch. "That is a good question. I suppose meeting you turned Seline into Ness, and formed what Seline is today. My life and desires center around you."

>Write-in

>>37485805
>"so no brain damage then?"

was seline married did she have a family

>>37485805
"Do you have free will? Is there anything you wish you could be?"

>>37485805
Nothing beyond me? You don't have any hobbies? Like collecting stamps or bird watching?

>>37485805
Do you remember your old self much? Like why you joined Titan, your family and friends?

>>37485805
>What is Titan?

>>37485854
she's only a little bit older than us, i'd be very surprised if she was married

>>37486036
what? I though she was like 30 something

Herald can we get ages for all the main characters? I don't even know how old we are.

>>37485805
ALso
>"How did you know that other guy?"
Can't remember his name, the one she shot

>>37486090
We're 18 I think

>>37485805

"Your life centers around me? Grey?" You ask, incredulous. "I'm done, by the way. Let's get me bandaged up and then go to bed?"

"Yes. Please allow me." She turns around and moves towards the medical supplies-

"No, nope, and nope. Put your shirt on first, Ness..." You sigh and put your palm to your face once more. She's highly intelligent, but like a kid in some ways...

"Ah. Yes. Excuse me." She throws your shirt, rather baggy on her, onto her body and then starts working. You wince and groan as she goes over ever bruise and cut. "And at answer your question: yes. This existence is defined in large part by your presence and continued wholeness."

"Ah. So... You have brain damage? Maybe major brain damage?" You start laughing.

"No? Brain function seems to be normal, no lasting negative side effects of coming into contact with your consciousness..."

"It was a joke, Ness."

"Ah. Yes." She puts a hand to her mouth mechanically. "Ha ha. Hahaha."

"Other than that, though... Did you have family? Did Seline, I mean. Family? Friends? Loved ones? Why did she join TITAN?"

"Ah. Yes, I have access to many of such memories; compartmentalizing and understanding them in this new mental framework has been difficult, though... The human mind is so complex, amazing in its inefficiencies."

"Thanks."

"You are welcome. Ah, yes. Seline did not have much in the way of loved ones. She was a clone, and the figure most prominent and emotionally important in her life was killed by a Pokemon. I am sensing deep grief and anguish from this thought. It is troubling to me. I also understand that TITAN preys on such individuals. Kal, for example, had two children than were killed by Pokemon. This hatred for Pokemon is what spurs many of the more fanatical members of the organization."

"I see..." You think on that for a moment.

>cont.

>>37486133

This is the most you've learned about your new companion by far. She's definitely opened up quite a bit.

"And why doesn't your mind feel that way now? Are you incapable? Do you have free will, or do you have to help me BECAUSE you have to? Are you... compelled to? By something outside your body or something?"

Ness thinks on this for a few moments while idly running her hands up and down your shoulders.

"Could you, uh,... not do that? Please?"

"Ah. Yes. Apologies." She clears her throat a bit. "To answer your question... Yes? That is possible, albeit unlikely. Behavior is shaped by knowledge and experience. This mind has seen an influx of such that was sufficient to change behavior drastically. I 'saw the bigger picture,' if you will."

A few moments of quiet before she continues in a whisper.

"Perhaps I was made or forced to." She clears her throat. Her behavior is odd... More human-like, now? Different. Obvious, and yet subtle. "Perhaps something was lost in the process. Regardless, that is no longer the case. I am still human, just... more knowledgeable. I have gained so much from this." Her hands stop, this time at the small of your back. You cough and shift, causing her to move away from you.

"Estimates indicate a slight increase in intelligence as well. The component parts that made up Seline are still present, although slightly reorganized in some cases."

You nod along. You don't fully understand, but...

"And so you don't hate Pokemon anymore?"

"No. That would not be sensible. What benefit does hatred bring me as an individual? Nothing of value comes from it. Whereas assisting you brings great value to the whole world."

"Why? Why is that? What is TITAN and why do they need me...?"

"I do not sense it is a good time to tell you this. Grey."

Again with her stonewalling... You can sense apprehension, though. As if it's more of a struggle for her to resist telling you.

>Insist
>Talk about something else
>Write-in

>>37486239
>Insist

>>37486239
>Insist

>>37486239
>Talk about something else
I don't want her to feel uncomfortable

>>37486239
>Insist

>>37486239

Ask when it will be a 'good time to tell me', and if it is a reasonable time-frame, we can talk about something else...

>>37486297
I don't think she's capable of that emotion, yet.

>>37486514

Not a good time...? When has that mattered for any of the things that has happened to you? You were on your Tour. Didn't matter! Got captured and beaten! You needed a mother. Didn't matter! Not a good time to need one! Got ignored!

You breathe through your nose slowly, forcefully, and deliberately. Calm. You need calm, not anger. As Ness just said... What does anger and hate give you other than emptiness?

"When, Ness...?"

"When? What are you referring to, Grey?"

"When would it be a good time to tell me?" You turn and look her in the eyes. She's flustered, upset. She's avoiding your gaze just a bit. It's an odd response on her. "I need to know. It's important and... would help me. You want to help me, right?"

"Grey, I..." She starts, voice quiet and weak. "Please understand, I believe it would be a long time until you are ready. You must be suitable emotionally and mentally. It cannot be now, and cannot be for a long time... Not while you have so many things you keep in your 'heart,' as it were. So many things holding you back."

"That's bullshit, Ness. I'm already wrapped up in this; I can't ignore it. I'll figure it out or something even if you don't tell me." You bring a hand to her wrist, urging her to look at you. "I need to know what's going on. Don't you care? About what I'm going through?"

"Yes." She looks up at you, now. "I do. Very much. Grey, you must understand me. Physiological forces in my body are pushing me to tell you despite my reason and logic. As 'robotic' as I may seem, this one is still human."

"... What?" Your mind runs over her words, but despite your efforts to translate they seem alien. "I don't understand. What are you saying?"

She pulls away from you, focusing now on the ground and her deep, heavy breathing. "My body is having a physiological response of attraction, stress, and perhaps the need for socialization."

>cont 2/3

>>37486570

You look at her, still confused. She coughs and then continues. "Yes, ah, and, on top of the other stressors currently affecting me... This is resulting in my mind desperately wanting to tell you. To make you happy no matter the cost. A side effect, perhaps, of my greater understanding of your life and your mission. My two mental blocks, now more completely assimilated and synthesized, have come together to form a more human personality. This personality is more human because..."

You look at her, waiting. You gently urge her to finish.

"I thought you would be happier and more comfortable with greater humanity. I endeavored, succeeded, and now am having a tougher time controlling my stronger human impulses. Please do not push my mind further. It is weak. I will tell you, Grey, if you must know. I... I wish to see you happy and healthy. Not just logically but emotionally I wish for this."

"Ah." You're kinda speechless. That's understandable, right?

"TITAN wants you because..." She seems so conflicted. You don't stop her, though you strongly consider it. "Because you are a human specially designed and selected, capable of either repairing or destroying the ARC."

"Designed...?" You think. So many thoughts... You slip past them, trying to focus on what you imagine is most important. "But why destroy the ARC? Why repair it? What IS it?"

"The ARC is responsible for creating the signal that affects Pokemon and, in a psychological sense, keeps them from reverting to their more destructive nature. TITAN has tampered with this signal, resulting in global conflict with Pokemon. You are capable of addressing this problem."

You nod quietly. It's amazing... It's terrible. You look to Ness and she is rather distraught. You see what looks to be small tears in her eyes.

"I apologize. I will seek better control of my emotions regarding your person in the future, Grey."

>Roll over. Go to sleep.
>Get angry. Stew. Maybe yell.
>... Hug?
>Ask more questions (what?)

>>37486588
>>... Hug?
hmmmmm... Maybe this is why mom is so distant.

>>37486588
>hug
"Thank you, for being human."

>>37486588
>... Hug?

>>37486588
>alright, how do I fix the ARC?

>>37486588

>...Hug?
thank her for telling us this much, possibly comment on that being a reason to return as the Professor has been researching into this 'signal'...

>>37486588

"Sure, Ness." You tuck away your anger, your confusion. Your doubts. Someone's been lying to you your whole life, maybe the whole of society has. Whatever. Fuck'em. "Sure... Thank you. For telling me, even if it required trusting in me a lot."

"...Trusting in you?"

"Yes. By doing something for me that you had doubts with you trusted in me. That's one of the most..." You think for a moment on what the right words are. Best? Beautiful? Honorable? "It's really great for a human to do that. Beautiful of them."

"Ah. Thank you. Yes, I... Must trust in you, Grey." She smiles a bit before giving a very stiff thumbs up. "And perhaps you will trust me as well."

"Well, yeah. I guess I have had to trust you a lot in this whole thing... I'll do a better job of it." Your words helped, but she still seems shaken up. "Ya know what? Come here."

"Hm?" She looks at your outstretched arms with confusion. Uncertainty.

"Come here!" You drag her into a hug, which she learns how to properly reciprocate in the process. "Thanks for being human, I guess."

"Yes." Her voice is so tiny, now. "You are hugging me."

"Yes, I am. People do this when they are upset or see someone who is upset."

"Grey, I wish to have more physical intimacy with you."

"Uhhh, sure. We can hug... more...?" You just shake your head, chin brushing the top of her hair. She's such a weirdo...

"No. My body strongly desire to be further intimate with you, and I sense this would help me to feel better emotionally in the short term. You hugging is not helping. It is making me feel better in terms of trusting you, but making it more difficult to ignore my body. Please consider this in future attempts to engage hugging."

>Break the hug and back tha fuck out
>"Just shut up and go to sleep with me. Come on."
>Continue hugging!"
>Write-in

>>37486751
>Break hug
>Sigh
>"Just go to sleep, ness."

>>37486751
>"Just shut up and go to sleep with me. Come on."

>>37486751
>"Just shut up and go to sleep with me. Come on."

Assuming this is just sleeping while hugging and not 'more'.

>>37486751
>Break the hug
>"Just shut up and go to sleep with me. Come on."

>>37486751
>"Just shut up and go to sleep with me. Come on."

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>>37486751

You sigh and move away, slightly breaking the hug so that you can better get at your sleeping bag and blankets.

"Come on. We're going to sleep, Ness."

"I am sensing this an invitation for sexual reproduction, Grey?"

You freeze. Then you remember it's just Ness and, well, she doesn't count for being embarrassed. Maybe you're just getting used to it.

"Just shut up and go to sleep with me, Ness."

"I see. I was correct in my assumption." She moves to undress at that but you practically tackle her, grabbing her hands and whisper-screaming at her.

"NO, you dumb ass! There is no such invitation! I have a girlfriend!"

"I do not follow that point to the same conclusion as you."

You throw your hands up and climb into the mish-mash of sleeping cushions grumpily. "Obviously."

"She is not present, and both of us have needs that need attending to. I would not compete with her emotionally or physically for your attentions were she available or present. Nor would she know about tonight to be upset. Perhaps... she would understand or invite me to accompany the two of you in future endeavors. I understand that the majority of young males such as yourself are attracted to such arrangements."

You cough violently at that. "Fffffat chance, Ness. Now PLEASE let me get some rest... Fires below, you've got to be the horniest young woman I've ever met. Keep it in your pants!"

"Perhaps I am simply the most forthcoming."

"Sleep."

"I am sensing I will be unable to persuade you and must remain unsatisfied."

"..."

You feel her arms wrap around you and her body push against yours, fitting into the curve of your back. You stiffen.

"I am sensing it would be impolite albeit not outside the realm of possibility to pleasure myself. May I do so?"

"God no. Please. Please just go to sleep you damn robot."

>Tell her to stop spooning you.
>IGNORE, Captain! IGNORE!
>Roll 1d100 to seduce ;)
>write-in

>Time skip to morning next post unless there is mass protest.

>>37487024


This is fun to write. Sue me.

>>37487024
>Be big spoon

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>37487024
>iGNORE! No sexytimes without the say-so from our girl Dan Dan.

>Rolling to resist male impulses

>>37487024
>IGNORE, Captain! IGNORE!

>>37487024
>GNORE, Captain! IGNORE!

>>37487066
>that's at -80 because she wants the D

>>37487024
>iGNORE, Captain! IGNORE!

Can we use a brownie point to have a TOTALLY NON-CANON lewd scene here?

>>37487121
I'd be down for it.

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>37487024
Rollin to resist erection

>>37487024
"Ness if you want to do anything like that, You'll have to ask Dani for permission yourself."

>>37487153
This. I like this.

>>37487121
Yeah.

We have to hurry, though. I want to get to the Ranger station and I leave in an hour and a half.

>>37487153
let's go with this, there is literally no chance that it'll backfire at all ever.

>>37487179
Pastebin it for us?

>>37487153
Yes. This please.

>>37487179
Nobody said you had to do it now.

>>37487179
yeah do it later

Once we reunite with Dani, we are going to memorise her number so this shit never happens again...

>>37487024
Wow, refusing her AND telling her she can't handle it herself? Grey is terrible at women.

>>37487045
It's times like these that make me sad that we waifu'd the first girl we met

>>37487252

and by 'this shit' I mean not knowing the status of our friends and Poke's...

>>37487261
Why? She's miles better than Ness anyway.

>>37487268
that and the only person we have to talk to being an attractive woman practically salivating all over our dick

>>37487024

"You are rather selfish, Grey."

"You have to understand, Ness..." You stifle a yawn. "Relationships are built on trust. Dani trusts me not to sleep with women when she's not around. I don't. We go on living. That's how society works; basic economics."

"Basic economics dictates that there if there is

"Ness?"

"... a supply and demand the two parties-"

"Ness."

"...may agree on a pric-"

"Ness, you're gonna have to get Dani's permission. She's the boss, understand? It's out of my hands. Discussion over."

"I... I do not have the number to her cellular device with which to contact her."

"And I don't have it fully memorized, so give it up for now. Sleep."

She goes quiet, and you sense a simmering, hot, angry determination emanating from her. You just focus on the cool of your pillow and drift to sleep...

>Non-canon route continues from here (later)
>Fast-forwarding to Station....

>>37487324
I hope it doesn't take too long for us to get back to Dani. I doubt my own and my fellow players ability to resist Ness for long

>>37487393
I think noncanon lewds will help us resist. Especially if Dani and Ness figure something out between themselves...

>>37487324

The day is still drying out, still shaking itself free of the work of night and rain, when you approach the Ranger Station.

The first thing you note is the smoke. Faint hints of it everywhere as you get closer, and perhaps wisps of it rising in the distance. The smell permeates everything, putting you on edge. It seems... odd. Even for a fire-type stampede or something. Maybe some Arcanines built up a mating inferno. Ness doesn't say much other than to "keep on your guard. Watch the trees."

You do so, pulling Sprig out just in case.

Still, the way there is quiet. Eerily quiet. Deathly quiet.

You find that death to not only permeate the silence: the smoke, the signs of burnt underbrush and knocked over trees? All the signs point to a great, vicious battle. And they all point towards the station.

>How do you approach?
>From the treeline. Scout the perimeter first.
>Head straight in.
>Write-in

>>37487393
Then you're just like Grey. Better keep rolling to resist...!

>>37487441
>From the treeline. Scout the perimeter first.

>>37487441
>From the treeline. Scout the perimeter first.

>>37487441
>From the treeline. Scout the perimeter first.

>>37487441
>From the treeline. Scout the perimeter first.

>>37487441

"Ness? Forces or Pokemon, we're walking into either a trap or danger. Or neither, but that doesn't seem likely..." You kneel down and wipe away a bit of ash on a small form... You can't make much out, but you find it very likely it was alive at some point.

"Let's move through the tree cover. Sparse as it is, it's better than walking in through the front door..."

"Agreed. Let's move. I'll lead the way; watch yourself, Grey." She approaches you at this, going for a hug.

"Ness...? What are you doing?"

"I, ah." She backs away a bit. "I sense this situation to be troubling and found, ah, a hug appropriate to remedy any emotional stress you may be experiencing."

You chuckle a bit. "Thanks. Come here." You hug her, happy until you have to push her hands aside."Yeah... Don't grab my ass. I know you understand basic social niceties, Ness."

"That was for my own emotional security."

Bullshit.

>>>>

You approach quietly and low, moving through soot, ash, and the skeletal remains of a lush treeline towards the perimeter. You move along the circumference, watching for any obvious signs of opposition, danger, or threat. There's... nothing. The only thing you see in the trees or around the compound is one man. Sweeping and directing a few injured Pokemon around in basic activities.

He looks like a Ranger.

>Send Ness in
>Talk to him together.
>Write-in

>>37487393
I don't know about you, but I'm fully hoping Dani agrees to allow it. Constantly denying Ness isn't going to end well eventually.

>>37487632
>Talk to him together.

>>37487632
>Talk to him together

>>37487632
>Talk to him together.

>>37487632
>Talk to him together

>>37487632
>Talk to him together.

>>37487632
>Talk to him together.
"Ness, please stop sucking my dick."
"It's for my own emotional security."

>>37487632

"I shall speak with him, Grey. Appearance would suggest he is an official Ranger, and usage of Pokemon suggests this as well... Regardless, no member of TITAN should have reason to suspect me or recognize me as it stands."

"Why wouldn't they recognize you?"

"Seline was a new recruit, and they do not socialize much."

"Sure." She moves towards a hole in the wire fencing and you follow, tapping her shoulder. "I'm coming with you, though. We haven't seen anyone else and he could still be dangerous. I insist."

She looks as if preparing a protest, eyes twinkling with a cold flame... But then she nods and moves forward at your side. You call Sprig after you.

"Hello?" You call out. The man throws his head up, body tensing. "Are you a Ranger? What happened here?"

"Hold it! Hold it!" He throws his hands up, dropping the broom and backing up a bit. His eyes scan your forms fearfully, lingering on Sprig for some time. "You... Safe... Are there any out there? Did you see any?"

"Any what?"

"POKEMON! Wild 'Mons, damn it! Going crazy, killing and destroying!"

"No, we... No. Just one, but it's been empty otherwise."

"Yeah... yeah..." He goes to muttering and rubbing his head, cursing and rubbing his head. "Where did you come from?"

"South. We were in the wilds.... Training>"

He buys it with no issue.

>What happened?
>Can we all head inside?
>Are you okay?
>We need medical attention. We were attacked.
>Write-in

>>37487795
>What happened?
>Can we all head inside?
>Are you okay?
>We need medical attention. We were attacked.

>>37487795
>Can we all head inside?
We can tell what happened

>>37487795
>Can we all head inside?

>>37487795
>What happened?>>Can we all head inside?
>Are you okay?
>We need medical attention. We were attacked.

>>37487795
>Can we all head inside?
>We need medical attention. We were attacked.

>>37487795

"We were attacked. We need supplies." You gesture to your group and then towards the compound. He nods, a deep... sadness in his eyes? "Can we head inside?"

He sighs. "Yeah. I'm telling you now, though... The main line was damaged. Badly. Not getting much electricity; much of the backup generation was targeted too. Damn fuckin' fucks... Fuckin' 'Mons just tore us to shreds. Knew where to hit us: right in the civilization. Power, water... Listen," His shoulders slump.

"Listen, we don't have much. And the few of us here are mostly wounded. Rest headed for the city: 'Mons hit us first but... We figure they moved to the city. More people. Had to be deliberate..." He groans before collecting himself. Then he leads you inside.

You push past and climbe over a makeshift barricade. The main, tiny lobby of what would be a Medical Wing is sooty and torn to shreds. You head deeper into the compound...

A piercing tone goes out from a small radio in a corner of the room.

"ATTENTION! ATTENTION! This is a public radio broadcast. ATLAN CITY HAS BEEN LOST. Repeat: ATLAN CITY HAS BEEN LOST. DO NOT HEAD THERE FOR SAFETY."

There's static, and then a human voice takes over.

"People of Southern Shores... This is Konstantin Basorovich. As I speak, members of the group TITAN are working to re-secure our streets and homes against this new threat."

A bit more static. The room is quiet. You're trembling.

"Many have spoken of the day that Pokemon might once again be used to kill and destroy. We know now said day is upon us."

"I welcome you to join us, and as leader of operations in Southern Shores recommend we all band together so that peace might be restored once more."

"Like the mythical Atlas, we shoulder a great burden today. I know, however, that humanity is capable of mustering the strength necessary. I, here now as Prometheus, promise I shall bring the light to our world once again."

"Let the flame of humanity ignite."

>END OF THREAD

>>37488095
Official quest theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBnDRN6bbUM


>Questions or concerns? Q&A Session open now.

Thank you for playing! I'll be back tomorrow for a LONG thread. Hope you had fun today!

>>37488095
MY DIIIIIICCCCCK

Thanks for running, Herald. Bricks have been shat.

>>37488416
This is why I consume a healthy dosage of fiber before running this quest.

>>37488095
It's that damn Russian scientist...

Awww hell I got here late....

Curse you work! I miss another thread!

I find it highly hypocritical that these assholes are causing all these deaths while playing up being good guys. Wanna punch them in the face.