>>3002323
After battling some trainers, they Gym Leader, Dr. Henry Ford decided to accompany you to meet the ancient Golurks living deep in the ruins, you’ll be playing the role of a translator to get as much info as possible before you return to your journey.
You told your traveling companions about this detail, Eli sounded pretty displeased, Gareth didn’t care much, and Dick insisted on coming with. Right now, you are on your way to the ruin.

Meanwhile, at Silverpoint city, a detective finds himself in a crime scene. A series of heinous murders have terrorized the already dilapidated community, and it seems like the culprit behind those has finished with its latest victim

>Keep playing as Percy
>Play as the detective trying to crack down this case [Special-Halloween session]

>>3002328
If we play as the detective, can we know what's happening on Percy's side?

>>3002373
It would just be a pause to Percy's escapades, after we are done with the detective we would return to the ruins with Percy and co.

>>3002328
>>Play as the detective trying to crack down this case [Special-Halloween session]

>>3002328
>Play as the detective trying to crack down this case
What the hell, let's do it.

>>3002328
>>Play as the detective trying to crack down this case [Special-Halloween session]

>>3002328
>Play as the detective trying to crack down this case [Special-Halloween session]

As much as I'm interested in Ford's reaction to what the Golurk has to say, a Halloween Session sounds too good to pass up.

>>3002440
>>3002468
>>3002482
>>3002495


You’ve been on the line of duty for a long time now, thought you’ve seen it all.
All the crimes caused when organized crime and Pokémon trafficking run wild trough the nation, hit hard Silverpoint, you were just a rookie when the wave of violence drowned the city, you’ve seen feuds between trainers that got out of hand, Pokémon abuse, illegal battling to the death rings. But all of those cases had a clear motive. This, this is different.
The lifeless body of a young man lies on his apartment floor. 7 iron nails are deep into his body, 3 on each arm and single one on his forehead. The cause of death were the injuries caused by that last one. They are bent out of shape, and his body sports various bruises on the spots were the nails are located.
Strangely enough, there’s no signs of resistance.
It’s the fourth body found this way on the last 3 months, this case has just been assigned to you, the previous detective went missing a couple of days ago.
The body was found by the victim’s roommate a couple of hours ago.

[Ignacio]: Hey chief, seems like one of the neighbors heard something going on last night, but I’m having some trouble getting the info out of her. Care to give me a hand?

>Go interrogate the neighbor
>Let the kid handle it, he needs to learn how to do stuff on his own.
If so:
>Let’s go over the apartment, try to find anything out of place
>Interrogate the roommate, he’s the primary suspect
>Let’s blow this joint, you need a drink.

>>3002580
>>Let the kid handle it, he needs to learn how to do stuff on his own.
>Interrogate the roommate, he’s the primary suspect

>>3002587
+1

>>3002587
Supporting

>>3002587
>>3002606
>>3002628
You tell the Rookie to buzz off and continue interrogating the neighbor, you can't be doing his job for him.

You'll take this chance to get some info out the roommate, he's the only one with a key to the apartment, besides the deceased and there's no signs of a forced entry.

>>3002580
Besides the rookie, you got an actual useful partner who is: (Pick one)


>A Xatu, you use him to teleport around as a means of transports, also to escape situations that get too ugly. Sometimes, he points you into the right direction when you are stumped.

>A Gumshoos, strong, intimidating and a damn good tracker, you've kept him around from your trainer days, it's the only Pokémon you've bothered to actually train to fight

>A Slurpuff, screw what the guys at the station think of a grown ass man with a fairy type. She has the best sense of smell of all Pokémon, can pick up the faintest of scents. Make other lower their guard around you.

>You have no need for critters, you carry around a double barreled, sawed-off shotgun that's more than capable of dealing with man and mon.

>>3002657
>>A Slurpuff, screw what the guys at the station think of a grown ass man with a fairy type. She has the best sense of smell of all Pokémon, can pick up the faintest of scents. Make other lower their guard around you.
Pink puff best puff

>>3002657
>>A Slurpuff, screw what the guys at the station think of a grown ass man with a fairy type. She has the best sense of smell of all Pokémon, can pick up the faintest of scents. Make other lower their guard around you.

>>3002657
>A Xatu, you use him to teleport around as a means of transports, also to escape situations that get too ugly. Sometimes, he points you into the right direction when you are stumped.

Even away from Percy, we need to abuse the power of teleportation.

>>3002657
>>You have no need for critters, you carry around a double barreled, sawed-off shotgun that's more than capable of dealing with man and mon.

>>3002657
>A Xatu, you use him to teleport around as a means of transports, also to escape situations that get too ugly. Sometimes, he points you into the right direction when you are stumped.
Xatu r smart

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3002666
>>3002673
>>3002677
>>3002703

Rolling to break this tie

1: Slurpuff
2: Xatu

>>3002863
Your psychic partner is standing still as usual, unmoving and serene. He tends to weird out others with his fixed gaze.

You go towards the roommate, a young man of small frame, he doesn’t seem particularly shaken upon the death of his co-habitant, he’s nervous because of the murder, but it looks like they weren’t particularly close. From what he told you, they met each other at the local community college this semester, the victim needed someone to help pay the rent.

He negates firmly having anything to do with the death of the victim, the worst thing he ever did was neglecting to do the dishes. He had no reason to murder him in such fashion.

The college student tells you he left for a couple days for an intensive study session at an acquaintance house, his roommate didn’t care much for studying so he declined his invitation.

The student tells you he has no idea what did the victim due over the course of yesterday. They didn’t know each other very well, besides both being in the psychology course. What he can recall is that he worked part-time in a run-down bowling alley near here.

>Info acquired!
>Victim: John Moore
>Male 22
>Psychology student at Silverpoint community college
>Worked at a bowling alley

Your instincts tell you to:

>Press further.There must be something else! (Intimidate? Friendly approach?) Requires roll
>Examine the apartment closely, maybe there's something in the room of the victim that could give you a lead?
>Let's look for a lead! Go to: (College? Bowling Alley?)
>See how the rookie is doing with the neighbor
>Other/ write-in

>>3002876
Have Xatu read the dude's mind.

>>3002876
>Examine the apartment closely, maybe there's something in the room of the victim that could give you a lead?
While we snoop around, let's see if we can recall anything about the previous victims.

>>3002911
+1

>>3002911
>>3002928

Snooping around the apartment while recalling info about the previous victims.

You jog your memory to try and recall all the info you got of the previous four murders.

2 female and 2 males, all of various ages and different backgrounds.

The only thing they got in common is, that the 4 of them owned Pokémon, but 95% of Aztlan owns at least one Pokémon.

Two of the victims, the second and this one attended the same community college.

The first body only had a single nail driven into her forehead, she was found in the first days of april at the old mines a couple of days after her death.

The second victim was found almost 3 weeks later, with 3 nails on her forehead an one in each arm, floating at a public swimming pool.

The third one was found a month later buried in a dumpster with 5 nails in a similar way than this victim.

There seem to be no pattern in the timing of the attacks, and even though he tried to hide the body at the mines and in the dumpster, this and the public pool display are screaming for attention.

Time to snoop!

DC: 55
Better rolls will lead to better leads!

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>3002985

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3002985

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>3002985

Rolled 72, 32, 17 = 121 (3d100)

>>3002987
>>3002989
>>3002996

While you remember more about the previous cases from what you read from your predecessor notes you can determine that no victim put resistance.

>Failed roll

You decide to snoop around the room of the victim, there's not much to give you a hint. It's just a normal, albeit messy room. There's various notebooks with notes from university lectures, seems like he did some reviewing for the last test of the semester that his roommate was preparing for, so the unlikely case of suicide has become even more unlikely.

Besides that, there's just trash and dirty clothing laying on the floor. There's nothing really important in the rest of the house. There's not even any useful trace in the crime scene.

Seems like the rookie is returning once again...

Let's see how he did with his questioning
DC: 75

>>3003033
No dice, the only things that he could get from the neighbor was that, the guy arrived home in the early morning, he had trouble opening up his own door, and his steps were loud and irregular, and he wouldn't stop slobbering incoherently, seems like he arrived drunk or at least intoxicated from a substance.

The neighbor negated to answer more question as "You pigs are only harassing her, if you did your job properly, this kind of things wouldn't happen" She threatened your partner with "legal trouble" if the police kept harassing her.

The Rookie didn't know what to do so he returned back. He's pretty useless.

You still have time to conduct some investigation, the forensics team will notify you if there are any findings in the body.

You should:

>Let's go to the community college, try to get some info on the victim
>Go to the bowling alley where he used to work
>Try to get the neighbor to answer more questions (Intimidate? Try to convince her?)(requires roll)
>Inquire with Xatu
>Coffee break
>Other/ write-in

>>3003051
>Go to the bowling alley

>>3003051
>Go to the bowling alley where he used to work

>>3003055
>>3003059

With no more leads to go by, you decide to go the Anthony’s Bowling Alley. You'll leave the Rookie behind just in case he notices something you've missed.

You enter the run-down establishment, the stained carpet with psychedelically patterns exudes a certain unpleasant smell that fills the place, young workers wait bored to death behind the counter, there’s an old a dirtied snack bar that offer overpriced greasy food. Tattered billiards tables, old vending machines. In the wood floors, old men with nowhere else to go play various rounds while drinking beers, they are probably regulars among here.
A couple of teenagers are playing in another lane, they seem to be regretting coming over. The owner of the place should be lounging about in his office.

You should:
>Question one of the victim’s coworkers
>Go straight to his boss
>The nervous worker seems more likely to squeal, get some info out of him
>Talk with the regulars, they shouldn’t have nothing to hide.
>Other-write in

And, this is important.
>Tell them about the murder
>Just ask them about the victim, keep his death to yourself until you end your questioning.

>>3003113
>The nervous worker seems more likely to squeal, get some info out of him
>Just ask them about the victim, keep his death to yourself until you end your questioning.

Last 4 posts without trip

>>3003123
+1

>>3003123
>>3003132


You go over the counter where a lanky employee in a red polo shirt that has long ago los it’s natural color greets with you with a very obvious uneasiness.

[Employee]: G-good afternoon, mr. Policeman, you are in luck, until 7:00 pm, renting a lane for an hour it’s only $350, pretty cheap right?

[Detective Belascoaran]: I’m not here to bowl, I just want some info in one of your coworkers. John Moore, student at Silverpoint community college, 22 years old, about 6 ft tall, sounds familiar?

[Employee]: Sure, I know him, did he get in trouble with the law?

[Detective Belascoaran]: I’ll tell you about it after you answer me, I just want some info on the guy, nothing more.

From what you can gather by the nervous 20 something, Johnny Moore was quite the social fellow, well known by the regulars here. Had a girlfriend who went to the same college as him. And apparently, he wasn’t in good terms with his family.

Loved to party and loved to drink, always blew a big chunk of his meager paycheck to indulge in it. He was working here yesterday afternoon, they just got paid and Johnny didn’t want to wait until the weekend to throw his money away. So, he went to Silverpoint’s main night-life attraction. “Penumbra Theater” a Nightclub/ Pokémon-Gym, he left with his girlfriend yesterday.

He knew a lot of people, but the employee tries to assure you he wasn’t involved in anything illegal as far as he knows.
For some reason, Xatu keeps his gaze fixed behind the counter.

>That’s good enough, you’ll go to the club before it opens its doors and fills to the brim
>Ask what’s behind the counter, take it forcefully if he’s lying
>Send the Rookie to the club, you’ll go to the college and search for his sweetheart.
>Enough detective-ing, coffee break.
>Other/ Write-in

>>3003169
>Ask what’s behind the counter, take it forcefully if he’s lying
Probably unrelated to the case, but we're a cop so it's still our business.

Need some sleep, will return at 11:00 am-12:00 pm MDT
Probably earlier

>>3003169
>Ask what’s behind the counter, take it forcefully if he’s lying

>>3003169
>Ask what’s behind the counter, take it forcefully if he’s lying

>>3003169
>>Ask what’s behind the counter, take it forcefully if he’s lying

>>3003169
>>3003192
>>3003213
>>3003755
+1
>inb4 poképr0n

>>3003180
>>3003213
>>3003344
>>3003755
>>3003849

You cut the chase and ask him what he is hiding behind the counter, you take a peek to notice a medium sized bag, he claims to have nothing to hide, it just his change of clothes, you don’t buy it and neither does Xatu.

“Then, you should have no problem if a take a quick look”

Without any regards for the employee, you push him aside, take the bag an examine it’s contents. He wasn’t lying about having a change of clothes, it, besides that, he’s carrying various plastic packets filled with various colorful pills with caricature depictures of electric type Pokémon.

The young man flips out and starts ranting about how those aren’t his, he was just taking care of them for Johnny, all the other employees notice his discomfort and they’ve notified the owner of this place.

You recognize this, stun spores mixed with who knows what other shit, they call it “Nuzzle”, it became popular among young people recently, he tells you that if you let it slip he’ll give you more info regarding Johnny and the drugs. He tells you to act quick since his boss is probably coming to check on the two of you.

>Accept, get him to talk and let this go
>You are arresting this chump, whatever he’s hiding you’ll question him back at the station
>Make him sweeten the deal, rent is overdue, and you need as much cash as you can

>>3004107
>>Accept, get him to talk and let this go

>>3004107
>>You are arresting this chump, whatever he’s hiding you’ll question him back at the station

>>3004107
>Accept, get him to talk and let this go
I’m not sure about letting him off the hook just yet, but let’s hear what he has to say first.

>>3004107
>Accept, get him to talk and let this go

>>3004157
>>3004196
>>3004258
Poooossies

>>3004107
>Accept, get him to talk and let this go

>>3004157
>>3004196
>>3004258
>>3004349


>>3004167

Right now, your main focus is solving this case, got no time to waste arresting potential pill-pushers. Besides, it seems you’ve racked enough attention from the rest of the employees as well as the patrons of this establishment.

[Employee]: Alright. Johnny’s been working her for a long time now, he started bringing this stuff here after hanging out with some sketchy bunch.

[Detective Belascoaran]: Would he be the kind of guy to get involved with a gang?

[Employee]: Probably not a gang, those guys don’t seem like thugs, but they are definitely pushing the pills. There’s something off about them. Can’t quite describe it, like if there weren’t “there” most of the time, probably cuz they are drugged out most of the time. I didn’t want to mention them, getting involved in that kind of business is dangerous in Silverpoint.

Johnny told the employee to hold onto his pills since he was going out with his girlfriend last night and she disapproved very heavily of his habit. This, and his recent acquaintances have caused a lot of trouble between them.

He goes on to tell you a bit more about them, there’s three of them, they seem 20-ish, 2 guys and a girl. They seem like normal college students besides that strange absent look they sometimes sport. John was closest to the girl, much to his girlfriend distaste.

>A tall, dark skinned youth, muscular complexion, shaved head, named Marcus apparently, has a Voltrob tattoo on his left arm.
>A short, skinny dark hared man, wears glasses most of the time, has a noticeable scar on his neck
>A short haired girl with purplish tint, occasionally dresses in a gothic Lolita fashion. Named Alexis.

You thank the guy and leave the establishment, you aren’t sure if you should tip another officer about the employee with the pills.

Before leaving you reveal to the employee that this questioning is because of the murder of his co-worker. He seems visibly scared and surprised, he can’t believe someone would straight up kill him, sure he got some problems with his girlfriend and his friend seem weird but they don’t seem like murderers.

As you leave the establishment you feel eyes on your back. It’s currently 7:30 pm. How you should go about your investigation. Also, you got a new message. The Rookie was handed some of the notes of the previous detective leading this case, they seem to be incomplete and aren’t particularly useful, it’s just a bunch of dates and seemingly unrelated notes, maybe he got more notes back in his house

>Focus on finding the girlfriend for further questioning.
>Try to find one of the members of the group
>Go to “Penumbra Theater” see if you can get some info on the victim
>Try to get into the missing detective’s house for the rest of the notes.
>Other-write/ in

Also:
>Take the Rookie with you
>Get the rookie to do something else (What? Needs roll)
>Get the rookie to get you some coffee

>>3004496
>Go to “Penumbra Theater” see if you can get some info on the victim
Get the rookie to do something else (Try to get into the missing detective’s house for the rest of the notes.)

>>3004496
>Try to find one of the members of the group
In particular Alexis, considering their connection.
>Get the rookie to do something else
Have him get the notes and get back to us with them.

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>>3004496
Backing >>3004511

Mediocre, I'm surprised you got the drugs' description right. Even in real life they're contained in weird packets, with weird pictures to entice children and retards to take them, and named shit like "herbal potpourri" and all sorts of other misleading words riddled with typos.
In reality, anything you ingest from a packet like that is most likely some fucked designer drug or a mixture of chems that will almost certainly leave you on the ground with a stopped heart (along with other nasty symptoms) within at least 20 minutes. Pic very fucking related, taken at a visit to a local ME's lab.

>>3004511
>>3004581
You tell Ignacio to head out to the Detective’s house and try to get the rest of his notes, if there’s any.

Xatu teleports you to the entrance of the club, there’s a line forming already. All the youngster with no discernable future in sight spend their nights fling the premises of the stylized buildings.

Groups of beggars try to get a coin out of the attendees, most of them are met with views of disgust, pity at best. Security doesn’t wait long to drive them off the place, their mons intimidates them and keeps them out.

Even in the most prominent business in the city, the specks of poverty and misery are ever-present.

You try and get some info out of the security guards, but all of them work looking outside of the building, having no luck you go to the bouncer who’s guarding the front door with his Pangoro, the burly man accedes to talk after showing him your badge.

“Yeah, the guy is a regular here, came with some friends around 11:00 pm, left with a short haired girl in one of those weird black dresses with frills at around 3:00 am”

According to the bouncer descriptions, John was with the group mentioned by his co-worker, strangely enough, there was no mention of his actual girlfriend whom he left the bowling alley with last night. The victim was acting serious and a bit aggressive when he arrived, but he left in his usual carefree self.

You would like to question the security guards inside of the premises, maybe see the recordings from last night. But the bouncer tells you off, just letting you enter by the front door, or even using the employee’s only back door, would cause an uproar with the line of attendees. If you want to get in, you’ll need to get in line. Or come back tomorrow morning

>Get in line, wait to get in
>Stake outside of the premises, maybe the group will show up again.
>Try to convince the bouncer otherwise (intimidations, needs roll, Hard)
>Get Xatu to teleport you inside, you have been there before (Being discovered would lead to a shit load of trouble, get your badge suspended)
>Go to the college
>Try to locate the girlfriend of the victim for further questioning.
>Other/ write-in

>>3004755
Find the girlfriend

>>3004755
>Stake outside of the premises, maybe the group will show up again.

>>3004755
>Try to convince the bouncer otherwise (intimidations, needs roll, Hard)
Tell him that you know assorted inspectors and that you could put a word in to be a bit more lenient or go all out on their license inspections. Everyone has violations, you could shut this place down for days or longer.

>>3004755
What? They won't let us in even when this is a murder case? Fucking hell.
>Try to convince the bouncer otherwise (intimidations, needs roll, Hard)
>"This is a murder investigation and you're still not letting me in? There's a serial killer and this is their FOURTH fucking murder in three months. The latest victim was a kid from YOUR club. What'll your boss say when he finds out about this obstruction of justice? What'll your boss say if the next murdered kid is also from here, and you could've prevented it? I just need to look at those tapes of last night, nothing else.

>>3004825
+1 this, if fails leaning towards bustin/teleportin in

Rolled 96, 53, 86 = 235 (3d100)

>>3004825
>>3004946

You bring out a pretty compelling case, a serial killer is serious business. And if you don't catch the killer quick, it wouldn't be long before you find another victim.

>Lowered DC: 65

----------------
Rolling for the Rookie, his DC is 70

OOC: Sorry for the lateness, unexpected business I need to tend to.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>3004997
Maybe there's hope for the rookie yet.

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>3004997
You done good rookie. You done good.

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>3004997

>>3005022
We done even better.

>>3005010
>>3005022
>>3005050

Just who the hell this punk think he is, obstructing the way of the LAW.

[Detective Belascoaran]:This is a murder investigation, there’s a serial killer on the loose and his latest victim was a kid from this club. FOURTH fucking murder in the last three months. I’m just trying to do my damn job here, to make the city a less shitty place to live, to put a stop to the lunatic doing this, bring him to justice.

[Detective Belascoaran]:What'll your boss say if the next murdered kid is also from here, and you could've prevented it?

[Detective Belascoaran]:We have enough problems in this city as it is. Just let me look at the damn tapes, nothing more, nothing else.

[Bouncer]: You sound pretty idealistic for a rugged detective, I can respect that. Everyone just gives up on this shithole. And we both know the Gym Leader couldn’t care less about this.

[Bouncer]: Alright, I’m not an asshole, just enter quickly and watch out for the crowd.

Xatu makes a strange motion, pointing to the ground, is he saying there’s something you need to check down in the basement? He has a unexplainable sense to detect leads.

Someone flung a rock at your head, there’s a sharp pain followed by the warmth of fresh blood. It’s nothing serious, you’d had worse.

Xatu was telling you too duck.

The crowd is stirring some trouble, pissed that they let a “pig” enter first.
There’s no respect left for the armed forces.


You are directed to the surveillance station, for the next pair of hours you examine the video tape. Everything is pretty normal, you can see Johnny enter the bathroom and come out with janky movements but somehow more relaxed. He left his stash with his coworker, so he must’ve gotten more “Nuzzle” after leaving work and before arriving at the club.

These guys are definitely the ones supplying him.

The group of four mostly keep to themselves, the victim and the girl with purplish hair are the only ones dancing, they seem way too close for just casual acquaintances, slobbering over each other. Strangely enough, Johnny seems like the only one under the influence of the pills.

Around 1:00 AM a strange man approaches the other two, who’ve kept to themselves drinking alone. He’s wearing jeans and a grey colored hoodie that obscures his face. They exchange words for no more than 5 minutes and then the guy simply walks out of the frame and is never seen again. It’s the only time these two interact with anyone else.

The security guards tell you that the four of them come quite frequently, and there’s a good chance they’ll be here tonight since they never miss Thursday’s happy hour.

You searched for more footage containing the guy, but he simply isn’t there. From sundown to sunrise, those five minutes are the only moment he appears on video. While searching for him you find another familiar face, it’s the girlfriend, she only stays for a brief while before leaving.

>>3005123
The silent pair of men are the first to leave the premise, while Johnny and the girl kept dancing trough the night before leaving at a later hour.

The Rookie messaged you, after talking with the wife of the missing detective and gaining permission to search his studio he found the missing notes and he is trying to piece it together, besides he’s offering some protection to the distressed wife, who swears something is around the house.

He would like you to come over and help him interpret this mess of scribbles, it seems that the detective was researching ancient Aztlantian history, specifically it’s calendar.

It’s getting pretty late and the club is getting pretty crowded. You should.

>Stay at the club, be on the lookout for these three
>Go with the Rookie, let’s help him put the pieces together
>Other/ write-in

>>3005124
>Go with the Rookie, let’s help him put the pieces together
Let's study, and if we're (un)lucky, someone will come to us.

>>3005124
>Go with the Rookie, let’s help him put the pieces together

>>3005158
>>3005166


You’ll leave the club for the night. The Rookie could use some help and if the previous detective was in the right track before his disappearance this could prove vital to the case.
You waste no time to get there. Nice house, Detective Veicht left it with an emotionally unstable wife and a pair of children, reminds you of your own family before the divorce. There’s been no signs of him for a week now. Some say the case was getting to him and offed himself, others, that he escaped with his lover leaving the family behind.

Anyways, Mrs. Veicht is glad you came, ever since her husband disappeared she has been feeling insecure, as if something was watching over her at every turn.

You conduct yourself to the detective’s old studio.
Damn, you knew that guy could get obsessive, but not like this.
There’s tons of papers and notes left behind, a good chunk of them are pinned on the walls forming endless lists of locations and names as well as a map of Silverpoint marking the sites where the murders occurred.

You and the rookie discuss his findings, during the last weeks of investigation, Detective Veicht researched thoroughly about the beliefs of ancient tribes, their astronomy and rites, as well as a list of various missing persons who Veicht believed were also victims of the serial killer that had yet to be found. Another interesting finding was an extensive list of the killer next victims, it included John Moore’s, the victim’s name.

Marked in red letters, appearing in many of his notes there’s something called “The Feast” but there’s not clear explanations of what it is.

There’s also a phone number belonging to “Professor Cornelius”, It seems like he was he contact to research all of this.

As you and the Rookie try to make more sense out of this mess there’s a blackout. Seems like it’s going on in all the block. The sound of crystal breaking is followed by shriek coming from the living room, it’s the wife. You can hear steps around the house. Trough the window you can see a humanoid figure make his way through the streets hurriedly. It seems to be fleeing the scene.

>Go with the wife
>Go after the fleeing figure.
>Stay inside the room.

The Rookie should:
>Come with you
>Go after (The wife? The fleeing individual?)
>Stay in the room?

>>3005408
>Go after the fleeing figure
>Rookie stays in the room

>>3005408
>Go after the fleeing figure
>Use Xatu's Kinesis on the runaway to hold them in place!
>Rookie stays in the room

>>3005482
Wait no Xatu cannot learn Kinesis. Tailwind then?

>>3005452
>>3005482
>>3005492

You sprint outside the house to follow the figure and instruct the Rookie to stay back and guard the documents.

[Detective Belascoaran]: Silverpoint Police Department! Drop to the ground!

Shouting at the suspect while raising your gun, even if he can’t see it in the darkness. He has no intentions of slowing down.

You tell Xatu to stop him using Tail Wind to catch up to him and hold him in place. Your Pokémon obliges and with a flap of his a current of air rises, improving his speed greatly, the Pokémon flies through the darkness aiming at the fleeing figure.

DC: 60

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>3005543

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>3005543

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>3005543

>>3005551
>>3005552
>>3005558

>Failed roll.

As your partner flies to catch up to the to figure a series of loud *BANGS* can be heard, the hunched figure turned it’s back in the nick of time and emptied his gun onto your partner.
The light from the shots briefly illuminate the scene, it’s not a hunched man, it’s a Pokémon. A Smeargle wearing human clothes.
His aim is far from good, almost all his shots miss Xatu, asides from the last two that injury his wing. The Pokémon flees the scene, but in the commotion, he dropped something to the ground.
You call Xatu back to his ball, you better get him to a center as quick as possible, in the meantime, being in his Pokéball should keep him from bleeding out.

The object dropped to the floor seems like a small video camera, it broke down because of the fall but its memory seems to be fine.

You try to look for the Smeargle with no results, soon after, the power returns, the light from the various houses turn on, you return to the house to see if Mrs. Veicht and the Rookie are all right. The Wife is unharmed, just scared by the whole event. Seems like Ignacio did a good job guarding the documents left by the previous investigator, everything is just as just left it, besides for one thing. The rookie is missing.

Soonish, policemen are flooding the precinct. Neighbors reported the gunshots to the authorities, after clarifying everything you are left to your own. You go to heal your partner in the nearest center.

The nurse removes the bullets from his wings, he's not in a worrying condition but he shouldn't fly for a while.

The Rookie assigned to you is currently missing, there’s an armed Smeargle on the loose and your partner is injured.

>Join the Rookie's search-party, various officer with tracking mons are looking for Ignacio
>Keep analyzing all the info collected by the previous detective
>Go back home, see what's in the memory the Pokémon dropped
>Other/ write-in

>>3005628
>Go back home, see what's in the memory the Pokémon dropped
RIP Rookie. Be sure we jot down Professor Cornelius' number for later.

>>3005628
>>Go back home, see what's in the memory the Pokémon dropped
>>Other/ write-in

>Talk with Xatu & make sure she’s ok, Partners trust each other in this line of work, just going home and looking at the memory might be bad.

>>3005643
>>3005658

It’s getting late, better return home to examine the contest of the memory. It must be something important if that Smeargle tried to steal it. His trainer must be the culprit behind these series of murders, or could it be that more than one person is involved?

On your way back, you have a talk with your partner, to see if he’s doing fine. Xatu is not used to battle against other mons, but he has seen his fair share of injuries on this line of duty. He doesn’t seem to hold it against you, you had no way to know that the Smeargle was armed with a gun.

Returning to your small apartment, you feed Xatu , make some instant ramen for yourself and pop up the memory card in your computer. There’s too many videos, at least a hundred of them. Divided by categories, most of them are just the detective Veicht Staravia flying around the city. The ones filed under “Suspect ” show a particular man, you can’t make out his facial features as Staravia doesn’t get to close to him, his unkempt appearance and worn out hoodie suggest he may be a hobo. Staravia tails him for hours at the time. But he doesn’t seem to stay long in any specific location. Begging at public parks, outside hospitals, the community college, Penumbra theater, Poké-marts and Pokémon centers.

And somehow, every time Staravia loses track of him, like when he enters an abandoned building, gets on a bus, or a public restroom, he never comes out, never appearing again in the videos.

There’s another file, filled with shorter albeit still long recordings. It’s the inside of an abandoned building, Detective Veicht seems to be filming, he rarely speaks a word during the whole thing. The place seems in a really bad state, there’s short stretch hallways filled with various rooms, perhaps a hotel of sorts. He goes around the place at a slow pace, examining every room thoroughly.
Beside the occasional homeless and wild Pokémon littering the place, there’s not much going on there. Until, he arrives at a certain floor. The stairs seem to be inaccessible to some of the rooms, and the elevator has long ago stopped functioning. So, he sends Staravia with the camera to find an entrance to the next floor.
The flying type finds a broken window where he can fit, he explores the for a bit before stumbling upon a strange scene. A group of people, all wearing similar long garments, dirty oversized robes sit around surrounding a bigger figure wearing a similar attire. They notice his presence and start moving towards him, judging by the way they move, some, if not most of them aren’t human.

Staravia rushes to the nearest window, breaking it with his beak and returns with the detective, squawking to alert his partner. Both of them rush to the exit as fast as the can as the hooded figures start giving them chase.
The video becomes janky before it ends.

It's really late now. But at the very least you've done some progress in the case.

>>3005813
Tomorrow, as soon as you get back you are....

>Going to the college to question: (the girlfriend of the victim/ his strange acquaintances)
>Returning to Veicht studio to keep analyzing the info he left, maybe he has the location of this place written down somewhere
>Call and meet Professor Cornelius, the man aiding Veicht
>Search for the Hobo who appears on the videos
>Call your son, you haven't done that in a while
>Other/ write-in

>>3005825
>Search for the Hobo who appears on the videos

>>3005825
>Call and meet Professor Cornelius, the man aiding Veicht
Best arm ourselves with knowledge before pursuing the hobo cult.

Also, we should probably make sure this stuff is being kept safe somewhere, or that someone knows about what we're doing.

>>3005825
>Call and meet Professor Cornelius, the man aiding Veicht
>Make copies of the memory card and keep copies at police headquarters
If we get hobo'd, let's make sure that others know what the hell happened

>>3005859
>>3005905

The morning sun rises, staying up late watching all that footage makes the morning feel like shit. As soon as possible you call Professor Cornelius to put him up to date with the situation. He’s actually glad to hear from the police department, ever since Veicht disappearance, no one has tried to contact him regarding this case, but that didn’t stop him from investigating on his own.

The two of you agree to meet at a dinner near the community college so you can brief each other on your latest findings before his lectures.

The detective and the professor rendezvous in the small but cozy establishment, got some bacon & egg and currently downing a cup of black coffee to get some energy back.

Professor Cornelius is an history major, and old short man, with a particular interest on ancient Aztlan history, mainly, the culture of the tribes living in the southern and central parts of the region. According to him, Veicht believed the victims weren’t chosen at random. At first glance there was no correlation between the deceased, but, by mere chance discovered something.
The birthday of the victims were 48 days apart, at first, he thought it was some sort of sick mathematical puzzle and consulted it with a colleague of mine, but there seemed to be no answer to this problem.

If there were truly two missing victims as many believe, the ones with 2 and 4 nails. Going by logical assumptions there should a period of 24 days between the victim’s day of birth, this matches the calendar used by various ancient cultures of Aztlan, they divided the year in 15 periods of 24 days, with a final five-day long celebration. Saying that every victim was born on the first day of the month going by ancient Aztlantic standards.
These 15 “months” correspond to a different type of Pokémon. The first one is “Rock”, the victim with one nail on her head was found in the old mines.
The third one would be “Water” the victim with three nails, was found in a public swimming pool.
The fifth one is “Poison”, the victim with five nails was found in a dumpster.
The seventh one “Normal”, the last victim was found in his apartment, it may be a stretch, but it checks out.

While it was rare, some ancient cultures realized human and Pokémon sacrifices in order to appease their “deities”. The Professor has been trying to find any examples of the current situation in one of the various tribes that inhabited Aztlan ages ago.

He would like to share with you some of his research with you, he has an organized compendium of his notes back at his office at the college. The man seems a little too enthusiastic about the whole situation, considering this is a murder case. As you and the Professor walk out of the establishment a body falls from the roof of 12 stories tall building.

A suicide?

>>3006071
The body crashes on the ground. It’s bruised and broken from the fall, the face is unrecognizable, but it appears to be an older woman. In her twisted arms there seem to be nails driven into them. 4 in the right one, 3 on the left one. If your suspicions are correct she should have one on her forehead, but her head became a mess after the impact.

Onlookers scream or gather around the scene, the professor is vomiting his guts out. Xatu fixes his gaze towards the building the women fell down.

The eight month was “Flying”.

>Go into the building, try to catch the perpetrator
>Too risky, may be a provocation, you need more info first, go with the professor
>Other/ write-in

Last post of the night will be back at 12:00 pm MDT

>Other/ write-in

Look for anyone leaving the scene suscipiously(Tell Xatu to keep her eyes peeled)

>>3006078
Backing >>3006242
Fucking death murder cultist assholes and their ritual killings

>>3006242
This, plus call in backup

>>3006078
also backing >>3006439 about calling in that backup
notifying the police of the future targets of the cult (specifically victim number 9) to get surveillance on them should also be attempted
>inb4 the police don't give a fuck or are too understaffed etc. to care about securing the next victims

>>3006242
>>3006287
>>3006439
>>3006450

You call in the station to let them know of the current situation, and to get some backup. They shouldn’t take long to arrive.
You and your psychic partner are searching for any suspicious individuals trying to flee the crime scene. Most people gather around the scene as onlookers while others or take a quick glance at the sinister occurrence before going on their way.
Xatu points to two different persons making their way out of the street rather hurriedly, without wasting time to look at the body. You can recognize one of them, is the tall dark youth who was seen with John (the victim) at “Penumbra Theater” the night of his death, the other is an unkempt, homeless-looking man, could he be the one that appears in the videos Veicht took?

They are walking rather fast, and they’ll probably try to run off if they notice you chasing them. You could try to follow one and alert the incoming officers to be on the lookout for the other.

>Follow the previous victim’s acquaintance
>Follow the hobo
And
>Chase him, try to catch him
>Follow him discreetly, trying to not be noticed.

>>3007430
>Follow the hobo.
>Alert incoming officers to the tall dark youth suspect.
>Follow the hobo discreetly, trying to not be noticed.
>Attempt to get Xatu into range to hit the hobo with a Confuse Ray, buying you time to rush close and down them. You CANNOT let this high-value suspect elude pursuit again.
The hobos keep disappearing when they shouldn't. If this is a human, a Confuse Ray should be a nice nonlethal opener for a safe apprehension. If this is a Pokemon like the Smeargle from last night, it will still affect them and allow for a tactical takedown with a follow-up move like Thunder Wave (if Xatu knows it from TM)

>>3007430
>>3007469
Seconding.

>>3007469
Supporting

>>3007430
since its becoming kinda rlevant do we know xatus moves/ability?

also backing >>3007469

>>3007469
>>3007505
>>3007518

As you and Xatu move towards the homeless man, you send a message to the incoming units to be on the lookout for another suspect heading towards the intersection of Corona and Shelley streets.

Xatu can't fly to get close to the suspect, but a long range Confuse Ray may do the trick to stop this disappearing Hobo.

DC: 55

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>3007558

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>3007558

>>3007538
Sure


>>3007538
Sure, Xatu, as a law-enforcement Pokémon knows various moves that can be used non-lethally on humans.

>Teleport
>Confuse Ray
>Tailwind
>Thunder Wave
>Psycho Shift
>Guard Swap
>Miracle Eye
>Leer
>Peck
>Air Slash
>Psychic
>Ominous Wind

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>3007558

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874 KB GIF

>>3007563
>>3007569
>>3007581

>>3007581
>>3007569
>>3007563
Escaped again, huh. Maybe other officers had better luck with the other guy.

>>3007613
>>3007580
too bad we could have used miracle eye to ensure the hit

>>3007625
They would probably run away when detected by Miracle Eye, depending on how it looks to the person being hit by it.

Rolled 36, 77, 65 = 178 (3d100)

>>3007563
>>3007569
>>3007581

You tail behind the suspect as he makes his way through the street, keeping close to the buildings. He doesn't seem to notice you right away, so you press your luck to get closer and assure that Confuse Ray of hitting him.

He doesn't seem particularly cautious, or conscious at all. You command Xatu of using his move, the strange ball of light goes toward the suspect, he turns his head to see Xatu firing his attack and starts running.

It's like if something warned him of what you were doing at the last moment. You give chase to him, he's not very fast, it's like if something was weighing him down.

He makes a turn in a small alley, you and Xatu pursue, your companion is firing Thunder Waves at him but he's a bit too far away.

His body starts disappearing, you think your eyes are playing tricks on you. But that's what it is, as he runs from you, his legs, arms, torso and head disappear, leaving behind a strange red zig-zag pattern where the body parts should be.

Those Zig-zag patterns disappear shortly after, you can only hear the steps of the suspect, you try to follow him by sound to no success.

Were those Kecleon? That hobo should have half a dozen over him to pull that kind of shit. Maybe, you could try to use your devon scope you got laying around in your apartment

The suspect escaped, you hope the reinforcements got more luck with the other one.

Rolling for them, their DC: 60

Giant Kecleon? Nah doubt it

>>3007660
Man, the cops in this quest are really good at their job when we're not playing as them.

>>3007660
Seems like they got him, they are currently driving him up to the station for some questioning, you could go and interrogate him personally or leave it to the other officers, they'll send you the info later.

>Go back at the station, interrogate him personally
>Go back to your apartment, try to see if you can use the Devon Scope with the recordings from Veicht
>Go back for your Devon Scope, use it to search for the Hobo
>Catch up with Professor Cornelius, to get his notes of the case
>Stay at the crime scene, get info on this new victim
>Other/ write.in

>>3007671
good thing we only play as one of them

>>3007676
>Catch up with Professor Cornelius, to get his notes of the case
He clearly had something he wanted to show us before this mess happened, so let's do that and grab our Devon Scope later.

>>3007676
>Stay at the crime scene, get info on this new victim

Inspect the roof she fell of for any clues

>>3007660
>Catch up with Professor Cornelius, to get his notes of the case
Knowledge is power right now, especially now that we're getting close to the cult.

>>3007687
>>3007693
After that botched capture attempt, you go back with Porfessor Cornelius to get his notes. He made the effort to try and organize all the results from Veicht investigations. His studio was a mess Afterall, and more than professional investigation many of his notes seemed to stem from obsession bordering and an unstable mindset. He thought getting everything in order would make the police take Veicht investigations, that blamed the killings on an ancient cult with a more open mind

Cornelius understands why he acted that way, the third victim was a teen the age of one of Veicht’s sons. And when he discovered that her youngest daughter was a candidate for the 13th victim, Veicht went hard on the case.

“If you’ve seen his studio, you know what mess it was”

The notes contain a list of possible future and missing victims, highlighting every person gone missing on the last few months, as well as to include places where the missing bodies could be located, and possible locations for the appearance of the next victims. Cornelius was right on the money on this last murder.

Seems like none of the potential victims of the 9th murder has gone missing, also. The Rookie, Ignacio Taibo is a potential victim for the 10th murder.

He has to give some lectures so he give you his notes, he says that if you want to discuss them further, he’ll be meeting with a group of his most accomplished students that have been aiding him in this investigations, he apologizes for involving more civilians with this case, but he just want to help as much as possible. He believes finding the other victims could lead to the location of the murderer.

The notes contain information of various culture that practiced human sacrifices, most of them were located in the deep south, and were offered to their rulers or protectors, giant spirits of nature.

There’s some notes of the tribes living in Central Aztlan, where the great breach is located. Either at the start of each month, or when a child was born in the first day of them they would conduit a human sacrifice to a divine being. “The Entombed one”

Right now, most officers helping out this case are currently examining the new crime scene, but there's a small group still searching for the Rookie.

Concerning this search party.

>Keep searching for the Rookie
>Search for the potential victims of the next murder, guard them
>Search for the missing victims using the list of potential locations.

And you should.
>Meet with the Professor and his alumni, they got more info on this case
>Go for your Devon scope and search for the hobo
>Analyze the video's Veicht took with your Devon scope
>Search for the missing bodies yourself
>Other/ write-in

>>3007940
>Search for the potential victims of the next murder, guard them
Preemptive action is key. Their killing are based on the ritual order. Fucking up the order or delaying it significantly might derail their plans hard enough to ruin everything.
>Analyze the video's Veicht took with your Devon scope
The locations the Kecleon hobos disappear off to should be an important location used by the cult. If we can pin it down, we can maybe get together a full-on raid of the place.

>>3007940
>Search for the potential victims of the next murder, guard them
>Go for your Devon scope and search for the hobo

>>3007979
+1

>>3007979
+1

>>3007979
This but you probably should notify HQ about the potential victims list, they can send out more officers to protect them than just you and Xatu

>>3008249
Well yeah, that's the idea.
>Right now, most officers helping out this case are currently examining the new crime scene, but there's a small group still searching for the Rookie.
>Concerning this search party:
So us going with the "search for potential victims and guard them" is intended for us to give them that info so they can find and guard them.

>>3007979
>>3008039
>>3008043
>>3008249

You make a call to give the order to the search party guarding the potential next victims, if Veicht and Cornelius investigation is right this should stop the murders from happening.

Taking the notes with you, you don’t waste time to return to your apartment. Hooking up the Devon scope with your computer and trying to run the marked videos using Devon Scope functions. It takes some time to convert the videos to the appropriate format and the resulting image has lost some quality, but finally you got answers.

The hobo is never alone, a group of Kecleon stays near him wherever he goes, they use their camouflage abilities to cover each other zig-zag spot, when the Hobo goes trough an alley, enters a building, or takes a turn on the streets, the Kecleon cover him and serve as a makeshift camouflage. Making it seems as if he suddenly disappeared or teleported somewhere else.

You guess this is the same trick that hooded man pulled at the night club. There’s only one problem. The Starvaria that was following the Hobo didn’t have a Devon Scope! So most of the subsequent footage after the hobo becoming invisible isn’t particularly useful, still he seemed to get lucky a couple of times and unknowingly filmed glimpses of the suspect actions. Thanks to this you are able to pinpoint a general area where the Hobo is going. One of Silverpoint most run-down districts. There’re few buildings as tall as the one in Veicht’s last video so that’s a good starting point.

Lights have been flickering lately, you really hope there’s no more blackouts happening, that would mess your investigation real bad.

You got some messages, the officers at the station managed to get some info out of the other suspect. He’s a student at Silverpoint university, he claims that he was in a hurry since he was going to be late to class, says he has no relation to the crimes even though he knew the previous victim, John Moore. Didn’t had any Nuzzle on him but later they are going to send any officer with free time to his apartment to search for the pills.

The suspect directed the officers to a girl named Alexis, she was the one to leave the club with the Victim, she’s currently attending a meeting with other students at a Professor’s house. The address he gave is the same Professor Cornelius gave you.

Currently all officers under your disposition are busy guarding potential victims. You should.

>Stay here, keep examining the videos, try to pinpoint the exact building where the Hobo goes
>Go to the area where the Hobo is heading, search for the correct building yourself along Xatu
>Go to the Professor's house to get Alexis so you can question her.
>Other/ write-in

>>3008285
>Go to the area where the Hobo is heading, search for the correct building yourself along Xatu

>>3008285
>Back up all the evidence, notes, and video footage you have and hide them in the usual secret stash. Remember that power went out when you were at the Veicht residence to seize the notes, and the perp with the gun attempted to break in. Could the perpetrators have ties to the recent power outages and issues...?
>Go to the area where the Hobo is heading, search for the correct building yourself along with Xatu
guys
GUYS
THE POWER OUTAGES

>>3008335
>This to.

>>3008285
Sounds good to me

>>3008404
Wrong reply?

Gonna take a break to eat, and do some stuff will be back in 2:00 hours from now on.

>>3008471
Thank you QM。

>>3008335
This, and try to get someone to question Alexis if anyone is available; if not, just leave a message including the questions with her or the prof and wait to hear back from her/them

>>3008456
Yes, I'm retarded.
>>3008335
Supporting this.

>>3008304
>>3008335
>>3008342
>>3008404
>>3008498
>>3008537

Before anything happens, you start making a back up of all the evidence you got so far to store it safely in your secret stash, a medium sized compartment hidden in the wall behind your bed. These power outages, could they be done on purpose? You ask Xatu if you are being paranoid, he nods serenely and hands you the notes that the professor gave you so you can keep them safe as well.
A little paranoia is almost a requirement in this line of work.

After everything is safely stored you and Xatu teleport to the district where the Hobo was heading in the videos. In a split second you find yourself in the middle of a dirty dilapidated street.

The street lighting is beyond poor, only one out of every three to four light poles are working, bums fill the place, the stench of smoke and garbage fill the air. Ever since Blackstone drove out of business the local silver refinery and bought the mines the living conditions here have only worsened as time goes by. The same could be said about almost all of this city.

You use the Devon scope in search for more Kecleon to no avail, better start walking and checking the tallest buildings. The place on the video Veicht took should be at least 10 stories tall.

Your partner fixes his gaze towards a particular building, he’s sensing something coming from there. You ask him if it’s the thing you saw on the video, he is not sure of what it is, he just knows something is in that building.
If you want to call for backup you should at least get proof of the cultist presence, right now, most officers have their hands full. You also take the chance to send some question to the professor regarding the case so he can ask Alexis discreetly about it.

You should
>Hide in the premises with the Devon scope in hand, watch out for any Kecleons
>Ask the bums about any strange sightings, (Require roll)
>Go with your partner’s hunch (Rolling for possible scenarios)
>Other/ write-in

>>3009159
>Go with your partner’s hunch

>>3009159
>Go with your partner’s hunch

>>3009159
>>Go with your partner’s hunch (Rolling for possible scenarios)

>>3009196
>>3009306
>>3009381

It’s not rare for Xatu to point you into the right direction, he’s got a knack to direct you into the right direction. It’s not something you can always rely on, but you can’t count the times it has helped you on your cases.
You make way to the building pointed by your mon, it’s not har to force the door open and make your way inside, being met with…
Roll a d3, taking second roll,

>1: Somebody being kept captive inside one of the various rooms of the building
>2: A room filled with notes and scribbles, you’ve been hearing steps behind you
>3: Hooded figures walking slowly trough the hallways, they seem to be meeting somewhere….

Last post of the night, session resumes tomorrow Monday, 7:00 pm MDT

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>3009527

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>3009527

I hate that we missed out on a week of Percy for this shit.

>>3009736
C'mon. It's pretty well written and a welcome change of scenery and mood.

But maybe it should be completely different quest. I do miss percy

>>3009736
>>3010007
Hopefully it will be relevant to Percy's quest when we arrive to Silverpoint

>>3010127
>>3009736
>>3010007
The cult is tied to the region's south side. The south had giants (like Yellow King) alongside the humans in the big bloody war. And there's not only humans but Pokemon NOT in Pokeballs working alongside humans, to an odd degree of physical coordination and strategy. The difference between the two sides was
>North = Construct/object Pokemon and proto-Pokeballs in the start of the trainer system
>South = Dragon types and Behemoths (giant mons) in a monarchy (or feudal style?) ruler/subjects system with both humans AND mons
and this is definitely a South Aztlan murder cult sacrificing shit to something that may or may not be a legendary. That "Entombed One” from >>3007940 definitely sounds like a legendary to me, but it's in Central Aztlan and not South Aztlan - and it might not be the same deity they doing these sacrificial murders for...
Something else odd is that the people being ritualistically killed have signs that point to them being WILLINGLY SACRIFICED. Are they really just secret followers of the faith (which I doubt) or did they get some of that ol' brainwashing shit going on?

Either way, I completely expect all this to be relevant in some way to the main quest. Already Silverpoint sounds like a far shitter city than Percy's hometown of North Pass - and Mediocre has not pulled any punches yet in his quest. He's got
>drugs and how they fuck people up (Succession War veteran in the manor)
>organized crime (Team Rocket confirmed to exist in-universe, and maybe Team Skull too? not sure about the others)
>tactical black ops (the way the rebellion rescued the leader from the prison, and the way the Blackstone 'security' goons suppressed the house full of other Whismur)
>Pokemon abuse (Kali and Growlithe, Dick and Alexandro until we sorted them out)
>Pokemon dying or being killed (Mimikyu until we saved him, all the mons Victoria flayed alive and turned into living dolls, Ghost Pokemon existing to an extent)
>Pokemon being eaten, people being eaten (all but shown)
>ancient warfare and modern warfare (legendary region-wide war and the Succession War, actual superancient metal bunkers made by a previous civilization, multiple war vets seen in the story with actual PTSD, multiple cases of guns in-story, and "I’m legally obliged to tell you that if the Aztlan republic finds itself participating in armed conflict, you as a Trainer are now legally bound to defend the integrity of the nation." from thread 6)
>children getting traumatized and worse (all of Victoria's existence, Dick getting his memories blurred/disrupted due to Victoria's influence, Percy getting body-puppeted into almost killing a mon with his bare fucking hands, etc.)
>illegal experimentation and craptons of "that's just wrong" tier shit (what we know of White Veil from Victoria interludes, and of course other obvious things you know the worst most degenerate anons of /vp/ and /trash/ would do in-universe)

I imagine /fly/ to be really chill with high above pics.

>>3009736
It won the vote, it's a well written holiday special and a good change of pace. Go bitch elsewhere.

GUYS I THINK CORNELIUS IS BEHIND IT ALL

>>3010385
This is the exact right place to bitch about this, you goddamn mongrel.

>>3009647


Your steps resound on the empty hallways of the building , the psychic bird guides you trough the darkness, the unkempt building used to house the resident of the district when the industry bloomed, and still does to this day, even tough the homeless and wild Pokémon don’t pay any rent.

You and Xatu make way to the upper floors, the stairs leading to the eight one have long broken down, walking through the seemingly empty 7th floor you finally stumble onto a room that looks identical to the others, yours locked, partner confirms you this is the place. Room 713

The door is looked but that doesn’t stop you from forcing it open. The room seems normal at first glance until you notice a small trap door onto the ceiling, it should lead to the previously blocked floor. Opening reveals a ladder, you waste no time to climb it, trying to be as quiet as possible. It leads you to another room, one that seems different from the rest, judging by it having an actual mattress on the bed. The door is open, you can hear steps coming near you, peeking trough the open door you can see a group of people in the same dirty robes that the ones in Veicht’s videos used, judging by their statures, there’s either kids or midgets involved on this, or those small ones are Pokémon.
This is it! This is the place!
Still, you got no hard evidence that this people are linked to the murders, besides Veicht and the professor’s speculations.

You could try and convince the guys back at the station, so you can raid this place with all your firepower, maybe Professor Cornelius could help but the old coot hasn’t responded to your message.
Capturing one of the cultists to question him could be viable, but they seem to travel in group. And getting out of here without Xatu’s teleportation could prove difficult.
Or you could try and end this yourself, you got your gun and your partner with you.

>Go get the professor, try to convince the guys at the station
>Tail them, maybe you can get a chance and snatch one
>End this yourself
>Other/ write-in

>>3011826
>Tail them, maybe you can get a chance and snatch one
One takes too long, and the other will probably get us killed.

>>3011826
>Tail them, maybe you can get a chance and snatch one
When in doubt, teleport out!

>>3011860
>>3011894

Creeping behind the hooded figures, trying to keep yourself calm and unheard. The group of men and the small cultist whose robes are too big for them are leaded by a hunched figure with yellowish skin, he is carrying a small object on his right hand, a pendulum of sorts.

They walk towards the centers of the floor, various rooms had their walls and ceilings torn apart to make some sort of central meeting place. With the state of the place it’s a miracle the whole thing hasn’t crashed down upon them. There’s a makeshift throne too big for any human being at the center. A gargantuan figure walks towards it, he’s larger than any person you’ve seen before, but for some reasons his steps don’t make a sound. It’s like he’s floating. Covered in robes with the same patterns than the cultist, he sits down on the throne.

Another group or people approaches, you can hear moaning and grunting, they seem to be dragging someone else with them. How? All of the possible victims for the ninth rite should’ve been secured? Nobody was missing! Was the professor wrong? Or did he give you a fake list?

It’s an elderly man, he whimpers as he dragged onto the center of the room.

The man who dragged him approaches another of the cultists, he gives him a package containing various colorful pills that seem familiar.

Various cultist scatter, they go to get everything ready for the ritual, you kept yourself hidden behind a hallway, this could be your chance….

>Keep hidden, takes pictures and video of the ritual, this should be more than enough proof (Low DC)
>Try and follow one of the cultists that went to get the materials for the ritual, knock him out and get out of here! (Medium Dc)
>Try to stop the ritual, save the elderly man (Hard DC)
>SILVERPOINT POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDS IN THE AIR! (???)
>Other/write in

>>3012000
>>Try to stop the ritual, save the elderly man (Hard DC)
>Other/write in
Miracle Eye into Teleport on the Elderly man(only him), to the police station.

[Assuming teleporting multiple people, including one far away might be too difficult for Xatu]

>>3012036
The man is the only proof we need as a witness to the crime scene.

>>3012000
>Try and follow one of the cultists that went to get the materials for the ritual, knock him out and get out of here!
If possible, try to ruin enough materials so that the ritual can't happen, or at least is delayed.

>>3012000
>Keep hidden, takes pictures and video of the ritual, this should be more than enough proof (Low DC)
Don't be a hero, let's get rid of as much of the cult as we can in one raid.
Be sure to turn off flash and immediately send image with location to a superior.

>>3012000
>>3012036
>>3012103
>>3012145

I'm gonna leave this vote open for a while, we are nearing the end of this little side-story, the outcome will have a long-lasting effect on the main story as well as some of the characters.

After that, on Thursday we'll return to Percival.

>>3012036
+1

>>3012036
Supporting

>>3012000
Backing >>3012036

>A gargantuan figure walks towards it, he’s larger than any person you’ve seen before, but for some reasons his steps don’t make a sound. It’s like he’s floating.
This must be the resident Behemoth ruler of this area, the Yellow King analogue. Ghost type or a mon with Levitate?
>a hunched figure with yellowish skin
This could be any mon or sickly human.
>a pendulum of sorts
Symbolic or literal? Motion? Time?
>he gives him a package containing various colorful pills that seem familiar
They're using the drugs to make the victim complacent and willing to be sacrificed? There's never a sign of struggle at any crime scenes we know of. Wouldn't anyone try to call for help or draw attention or make a sign the moment they realize they're under the influence of something? Or are the cultist mons aware of this and actively stop them from doing anything until the drugs take hold?

>>3012380
the hunched yellow figure with a pendulum sounds an awful lot like a hypno

>>3012398
Oh fuck. We better hope Miracle Eye doesn't have any overt signs, or that the cultists can't figure out which mon used it.

>>3012380
>This must be the resident Behemoth ruler of this area, the Yellow King analogue. Ghost type or a mon with Levitate?
only floating ghost humanoid i can think of is dusknoir

>>3012036
alternatively just teleport to the guy then out.
i do also belive the people being teleported have to be willing but this guy seems drugged out of his mind so i dont think that will be a problem

>>3012036
>>3012280
>>3012372
>>3012380

Bringing the man to the station as a witness is your main concern, once he gives all the details to the rest of the forces there shouldn't be a long wait to raid this place.

You tell Xatu to teleport with the man, you'll stay behind since teleporting multiple people can prove hard for your mon, especially if they aren't close to him like the elderly man various meters away from you.


Xatu focuses on his target, the old man that's being used as a sacrifice using Miracle Eye to assure his teleportation doesn't miss the target from this distance.

His eyes shine brightly for a moment, some of the cultist seem to notice this bright glow of his eyes turning their heads onto your direction but you and Xatu remain hidden. You should act fast before they divert everyone's attention to you and your partner.

The potential victim seems mostly scared and confused, wishing to get out of here so he shouldn't put any resistance to the teleportation.

It's time to act.

>DC: 65 (Lowered thanks to the use of Miracle eye and you staying behind)

Best of three,

>>3013727
I got this anons.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>3013727

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>3013727

>>3013745
yeah boi!

>>3013745
>>3013746
Nice anon.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>3013727
>>3013745
We might not die after all.

>>3013745
Your partner takes a moment to give you a solemn look, he extends his healthy wing and pats you on the arm gently, it's his way to tell you to take care. You respond to him with a confident look. "I'll see you soon partner."

Xatu's body faintly glows for a split second before disappearing alongside the old man, much to the cultist confusions. From the sound they are making you can confirm all the small ones and a good part of the adult looking ones are in fact Pokémon.

This means you can ask the Capture and Defense Forces for backup, after you get out of here alive first.

The giant in the middle stands, he's easily over three meters tall, the only detail you can make of it's face is an eerily glowing red eye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jQbnaeQc0c

Letting out a strange pitched cry all the cultist scatter around, trying to find whoever did this. The cultist that noticed Xatu's miracle eye direct their leader to your position, he seemingly floats to you, mere meters separate you and him.

You got no time to spare, you can only hope that Xatu returns soon. You take your 9mm handgun out of it's holster and get ready for anything.

You can feel your heart start to accelerate as the figure approaches.

A familiar noise is heard, Xatu is back for you! Unfortunately, he's in the line of sight of the cult leader, he turns his attention to your partner as he single red eye glows with even more intensity.

>Cross your fingers, Xatu should teleport you out of here on time (DC:???)
>Grab your partner and run out of his line of sight before teleporting (DC:???)
>Shoot him to divert his attention to you
>Take your partner and jump through the window (DC:???)
>Tell your partner to hit him with a damaging move, stop him right here. (Which one?)
>Use a status inflicting move (Which one?)
>Other-write in

>>3013830
>>Take your partner and jump through the window (DC:???)

Our bullets will pass right through maybe, trying to cause a distraction might be really hard due to the noise in the room, grabbing your partner and attempting to run out of the line of sight, might be too hard for Xatu to teleport, but jumping out of the window, Xatu maaaaybe able to breifly hold you with her Talons, and struggle to bring you down to safety. (Assuming that Xatu isn't phsyically strong)

>I got you partner! You won't get us that easily you damn ghost!

>Lift and pull Xatu out of line of sight, and out the window. (Xatu's weigh 33lb's)

>>3013847
Just remembered his wing is broken, maybe some hurried psychic to slow our fall(probably will still hurt)

>>3013847
I don't like our odds in a fight, so I guess we can just hope we have a way of surviving an eight story fall. Supporting.

>>3013847
+1

>>3013847
>>3013858
>>3013891
>>3013901

You race to your partner and shout him about the window, he is way faster than you flying, but being incapable of doing so it would be faster if you lift him and take him with you.

You rush to the nearest window, you're going to jump out of the 8th floor, maybe there's a way to break down the fall, you risk a possible death to avoid the certain death that is staying in this room full of murderous insane cultist.

The giant creature roars as you run, his eye fixed on you and Xatu, it glows intensely.

Time to roll the dice.
Best of three.

>55: Before you can reach the window, your legs stop as your body faces the monster. He has used “Mean Look” on you. At the very least your partner can escape.

>65: The “Mean Look” is directed at Xatu, he can’t teleport anymore but, he manages to break the fall

>85: You manage to get Xatu out of his line of sight in the nick of time, as you fall Xatu manages to use teleport

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>3013926
All down to this anon's may the dice gods bless us.

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>>3013936

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>3013926

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>>3013940
>95

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>>3013940

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>3013940
Blessed

>>3013958
>>3013936
Less so for you two.

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>>3013940
You rush to your partner as fast you can, carrying the surprisingly light flying type you avoid the perilous gaze of the giant, thank god these legs of yours still hold up since your days at the track team.
you smash through a window as the cloaked figure roars to his servants to chase after you, some of the Smeargles and Kecleons do, throwing themselves trough the window in a similar manner. But they don’t get a chance to catch you missing you by mere inches.

As you fall the only think you can do is hope that your partner reacts in time, as his body and yours glow he tries to concentrate during the short moments before you hit the ground.

Every day you wake up ready to put your life on the line to do what is right, it may sound a bit egocentric but that’s the truth.
And you’ve lost quite a lot, just to keep doing. countless hours of sleep, friends and acquaintances , your marriage, being around your kids.

It’s a shit job, with a shit pay. But someone has to do it.

If this is the end, then so be it.
You’ve done your job at least.

You sent the witness to the station, if he was being cooperative, and goddamn you hope he was reinforcements should arrive soon.

You close your eyes and brace yourself for impact.

You aren’t falling anymore. You find yourself back at the station, as you hoped, they send some agents to apprehend the suspect at the old building.

You corroborate the words of your suspect, and thanks to that’s more agents are mobilized, even the Capture and Defense forces are participating in this raid. They should arrive soon.

Dodged death once again. You smirk to yourself.

“Good job out there, partner”
Xatu’s aren’t naturally expressive, but even he can’t hide his relief over the situation.

>>3013979
So is that all for the Halloween session?

>>3013979
[Epilogue]

[Newcaster]: Yesterday, at 11:00 pm, Silverpoint police department and the capture and defense forces conducted a raid in a joint effort. The location of such event was an old housing building located in Old Stone Avenue #271

[Newcaster]: A group of 12 men and various wild Pokémon involved in the series of murders that had been terrorizing the city, as well as drug trafficking. The police and the C&D forces are still patrolling the area in search for any missing Pokémon or person involved.

[Newcaster]: It seems that the members of this group were in a cult and the reasons of the murders was as human sacrifices. Many of the people involved claim to have no recollection of participating in such things and are currently being questioned.

[Newcaster]: thanks to the efforts of the city police department, one can feel safe again as we walk trough the streets.
………………………….

Everything turned alright in the end, at least mostly. The Rookie was rescued in time during the raid, he’s taking some days off before reintegrating to the force. Xatu’s been healing alright, he should be able to fly again in a week.

Most of the cultists didn’t even remember being in a cult, or at least that’s their alibi. It checks out as an Hypno was captured alongside all of the other murderous Pokémon. But is hard to tell who’s lying and who’s telling the truth. Apparently, some experts in Psychic types are arriving soon to see who was actually under the influence of Hypno’s mind control. Some White Veil scientists you were told.

The ones that do remember being in the cult are either drug addicts who the cultist were feeding their habits, and straight up nut jobs who believe that the ritual was necessary for the greater good, going off about pleasing the “The Entombed One” to delay his arrival.

But this is still not over yet, Alexis and the other guy who were hanging with Johnny the night of his death are missing, as well as the Hobo that used Kecleon as camouflage. Even that gigantic Pokémon hasn’t shown up.

You went to professor Cornelius house after the raid, to confront him about the missing person on his notes.

You found him with an escape rope tied around his neck, hung himself in his bedroom.

>>3014009
>You found him with an escape rope tied around his neck, hung himself in his bedroom.
Escape rope being used like it was intended

I want to know if the Officer & Xatu went out to go eat/drink together, as Partners, who watch each other backs

>>3014009
After a long day interrogating suspects, and searching Cornelius house for any clues that could lead to the location of the missing suspects and the Giant Dusknoir you go out with Xatu for some dinner.

The two of you sit on the bar, you order a beer and a burger, Xatu wants some onion rings. Some people may think that eating alongside your mon is weird, but fuck em. Xatu is the closest friend you got. Been together since you started your journey as a runt, and the only one that stayed after you released everyone to the wild again. You’ve been trough thick and thin, and you wouldn’t trust your live to anybody else but him.

Xatu can’t say it with words, but he feels the same way.

As you both pass the time eating and drinking, reminiscing of the past, the bad days, the good days. You ask him if he’s fine continuing like this, the two of you aren’t getting any younger, and honestly right now being a detective is all you got going on. He reassures that no matter what, he’ll stick around as a partner. And you are thankful for that, without him around you would probably be dead already, he nods in agreement.

The flying type mon grabs your cellphone, he tells you that you’ve been putting something off for some time now. And after that close experience with death, you might as well do it now.

You tell him that there’s no point in it, the kid is practically a man now, he doesn’t need you around. He’s got his step father anyways.

But he tells you that it may be time to mend bridges.

>Call your son
>No, too much of a hassle.

>>3014023
>Call your son

>>3014023
>Call your son
is it going to be Gareth?

>>3014024
>>3014028

You grunt, damn Xatu, for such a serious mon he can be pretty intrusive sometimes.

You dial his number, half hoping he doesn’t pick up.
….
…
…
[Gareth]: Hello?

[Detective Belascoaran]: Hey son… How's life?

>Halloween session End.

-Detective: Hector Belascoaran: Alive and in good condition

-Partner Xatu: Alive, recovering from his wing injury

-Rookie Ignacio Taibo: Alive, bit traumatized

-Professor Cornelius: Death via suicide (?)

-Previous investigator Detective Veicht: Missing, presumably dead.

-Total number of sacrifices: 8

-Detained: Most of the cultists

-Missing: Invisible Hobo, Alexis, Giant Dusknoir, ???, ???

>>3014038
Alright, next session is Thursday 2nd of november, 7:00 pm MDT, we return with our Pokémaniac Percy.

I still gotta post some pending extra write ins, probably will do that tomorrow.

Thanks for sticking by for this weird extra session, hopefully I can update more frequently starting this thursday.

Even though our investigation rolls were pretty bad, I'm glad that when our life & partner's life was on the line is when it mattered, even though I rolled like shit.

Thank you for this side-story QM, I enjoyed it.

>>3014044
That was some good shit man. A real good session. You're getting a bit better at this as you're going, but your English and grammar errors and typos are still the same as ever.

>>3014044
That was pretty good, a shame I missed it.

>>3014038
That was a fun little side story. Going to be glad to get back to business as usual with Percy though, the desire to see Ford's reaction when he realizes that we've managed to uncover more about the ruins in the couple of days we've been here then he has in his entire time here has been killing me.

>>3014038
some good worldbuilding and a nice session overall thanks for running.

but if you end up wanting to do a christmas themed one i think we should stick to percy

>>3014407

We should gets Fords poke-number Incase we have to translate on the fly

>>3014044
Liked the story, and it showed that you kinda have range outside of the situation we set up with Percy. It went long, but that just meant that you didn't cut corners to fit it inside the weekend.

Sableye, your team, Dick, the Gym Leader and you find yourselves in an ample old room, surrounded by walls of iron. The Golurks and Gollets barely acknowledge your presence, they just asked for confirmation about Dr Henry as the man that will help them.

The rugged archeologist looks at the place dumbfounded.

[Dr. Henry Ford]: Two years working as a gym leader, battling teens all day.

[Dr. Henry Ford]: Taking every free moment to explore this place

[Dr. Henry Ford]: And some kid just finds this in a couple days after arriving

He seems pissed at himself, covering is face in shame before asking you

[Dr. Henry Ford]: How did you get here?

After explaining him how Sableye guided you here, and your talk with the leader of the Golurks he seems even more confused.

[Dr. Henry Ford]: You talk to Pokémon….

Percy: It’s not talking! It’s more like a form of communication based on different visual and sound cues depending on the species! It’s not that weird if you take in account how almost every species of Pokémon can seemingly communicate with one another, of course it took me years of practice and observation, for example, did you know a lot of Pokémon have their own sign language? Not only differentiated by species but by regions! I noticed that the Golurks here ….

Dick: Yes, he can talk to Pokémon, now Percival, care to explain the Dr and I what is this place?

You tell them what the leader of the Golurks told you, how this is a bunker for an undescriptive threat and all that jazz. He seems pleasantly surprised, apparently, he wasn’t so off the mark, if you are telling the truth.

Since the “Ancient One” is currently occupied, they sent a Golett to assist Dr. Ford, he wasted no time and asked you to ask the Golett if he could read some ancient documents he’s carrying. The answer is yes, apparently, they can read the language their creators, this means Dr. Henry could translate most of it!

Dr. Henry starts to laugh, pretty loudly.

[Dr. Henry Ford]: I knew this gig would pay up! Hahaha dammit boy, your putting me to shame here

[Dr. Henry Ford]: If this Pokétalking of yours is the real deal, how about working as my assistant? C’mon boy!

>Stay here to help Dr Henry with its expedition while he’s at the gym as well as being a translator
>You can’t stay here, you are on a journey, but you could help him translate whenever you can (Give him your number)
>You are actually kind of busy at the time, got no time for history
>Ask what’s the pay first
>Other/ write-in

Regardless of your choice, the Dr. askes of you to stay for a while and help him translate some stuff, and maybe get a map of the place from the Pokémon
>Stay and help him with his investigation thoroughly, (This will take all day)
>You could help with a thing or two…. Stay until nightfall.
>Actually you kind of need to hit the road, you’ll help him later via video/message
>Other/ write-in

>>3018263
>You can’t stay here, you are on a journey, but you could help him translate whenever you can (Give him your number)
>Actually you kind of need to hit the road, you’ll help him later via video/message
There is a time limit if we want to do any league stuff and we can still keep in touch.

>>3018263
>You can’t stay here, you are on a journey, but you could help him translate whenever you can (Give him your number)
>Actually you kind of need to hit the road, you’ll help him later via video/message
PLOT PLOT PLOT PLOT PLOT

>>3018295
Supporting

>>3018263
>>You can’t stay here, you are on a journey, but you could help him translate whenever you can (Give him your number)
>Actually you kind of need to hit the road, you’ll help him later via video/message

Dude ought to get a Psychic type to help him telepathically translate. Actually, hey, maybe we could leave Kadabra with him for a while?

>>3018263
>You can’t stay here, you are on a journey, but you could help him translate whenever you can (Give him your number)
>Actually you kind of need to hit the road, you’ll help him later via video/message

We already spent a lot of time showing him around as-is, but we'll still help out where we can. Maybe after we finish things up as a trainer, we'll come back on a longer-term basis.

>>3018295
>>>You can’t stay here, you are on a journey, but you could help him translate whenever you can (Give him your number)
>>3018329
>>3018332
>>3018393
>>3018414

You’ll have to decline his offer, you got only two months to get as far on this journey as you can, besides you kind of made your companions wait long enough for you, but you could help him translate during your off-time.

>You and Dr.Henry Ford exchanged contact info!

[Dr. Henry Ford]: Well, I guess I’ll have to explore these antique cemeteries and uncover the secrets of the region by myself. Good luck on your journey kid, don’t go dying on me, I need those translations.

Dick stays for a bit to talk to the Gym leader, something about making a museum to help preserve the findings, sadly the funding Dr Henry Ford gets It’s no nearly enough for such project. He returns a bit disappointed and starts mumbling to himself.

Dick: If I would become the next head of Blackstone I could easily help the men, as a long term investment.

Dick:But that would mean competing against that asshole, and facing her and her sister

Dick:And Father won’t want to hear about this, at least until I get those badges…

Dick:Damn my impotence!

You make way to were Eli is, aparrently she’s hanging out with Gareth, you find the pair coaching Bug-man and Sand-Rider, the two frail mons are giving their best as they try to push around a wooden crate Eli filled with rocks.

Tremor and Jaws are not impressed.


Eli:C’MON YOU WIMPS! GIVE IT YOUR ALL! STRENGHTEN THOSE MUSCLES!

[Gareth]: I know you two can do it! But don’t overdo it!

Trubbish is drawing them while Honedge looks over his shoulder


[Honedge]: How are you naming this piece?
[Trubbish]: I was thinking “Undying will”
[Honedge]: May I suggest “An exercise on futility”

Sand-Rider weak body is giving up, he can’t push anymore, but Bug-man cheers him on, he leaves his box to push alongside Sand-Rider making a marginally better work.

Eli: Hey! No helping each other! We are building strength not trust!

[Gareth]: No, no, no, this is good! TEAM WORK!


The girl notices you walking alongside of Dick and goes to you, apparently she’s been spending the day helping out Gareth and sparring against trainers to give the college dropout and his team and example of a real battle, even Kali joined in for a while, mostly to snap pictures of Eli’s team and herself. But she left as soon as she heard you and Dick were coming.

Eli:About damn time! Alright, let’s hit the road!

Your little group goes back to the Hotel where Dick has left his ride, the trip won’t be too long, you should arrive to Madeleine town before nightfall, if everything goes alright.

Eli:Yo, you think your arm can handle camping?

>>3018518
You arm is still pretty hurt, resting in an actual bed could speed the process but you could camp away, it won't kill you.

Also, regarding your lodging, your maternal grandparents live in Madeleine town....

>Don't mention them, staying there always makes you uncomfortable since that incident where your Grandpa shoot your first Poké-friend with a shotgun.

>You don't really like it, but you and your group could use the free lodging, call your grandparent to let them know you are staying

>Other/ write-in

>>3018528
>You don't really like it, but you and your group could use the free lodging, call your grandparent to let them know you are staying
Honestly Gramps probably didn't know that we had made friends with it. Maybe let them know about it but mention we're also not super jazzed about it and decide as a group from there.

>>3018528
>Mention that you've got family in Madeleine, that you'll probably want to visit for a bit, but tell your friends you don't want to stick around their place longer than you have to.

Establish that it's an option, if need be, but one you don't want to take.

>>3018528
>>You don't really like it, but you and your group could use the free lodging, call your grandparent to let them know you are staying

Isn't dickgramps are paternal gramps? Or do I have it backwards?

>>3018573
Yeah, dickgramps is Percy's paternal grandfather he lives in north pass

Percy's maternal Grandfather shoot a Rattata Percy befriended during his early childhood, the shock made him a social recluse unwilling to talk with other humans.

Percy was selectively mute until he was 10, only communicating in Pokémon noises which lead to a fair share of bullying during his elementary school years.

>>3018586
ahhh I see. I guess I assumed that was they were the same grandfather when I read that story. Welp I still think we should go think of all.

>>3018528
>>You don't really like it, but you and your group could use the free lodging, call your grandparent to let them know you are staying

>>3018528
>You don't really like it, but you and your group could use the free lodging, call your grandparent to let them know you are staying

>>3018542
>>3018573
>>3018634
>>3018639


Percy: I think I can camp, but actually, I got some relatives at Madeleien, maybe we could stray with them.

Eli: Sweet! Free lodging! You the best weirdo. Well, 2nd best.

You make the phone call….

[Grandma]: Little Percy? Oh my, how are you?

After a rather awkward call (from your side) you tell your friends they will set up some rooms for you and your companions, you invite Dick but he declines since he rather not intrude too much.

………..

After a while all of you are riding on Dick’s pick-up truck, Alexandro rides shotgun while Eli, Gareth and you fill up the backseat. To save space most of your team are back in their balls, Houndour and Tremor are in the back of the truck.

You got some free time before you arrive at Madeleine town, and Dick even got wi-fi on his truck. It looks like Kali just uploaded Eli’s photos. According to her she really captures her teams “Badassnes”
You’ll use this little free time to:

>Come up with a training regime for your mons
>See the first video Dr. Henry Ford sent you
>Check Kali’s blog, what does she even posts anyway?
>Talk to Gareth about his training? (Or anything else, does he likes Poké-cosplay? Let him lead the convo?)
>Talk to Eli, seems like she has something on her mind
>Chat with Dick, is he alright?
>Chat with Alexandro the Bagon
>Get some rest.
>Other/ write-in

>See the first video Dr. Henry Ford sent you

>>3018688
>>See the first video Dr. Henry Ford sent you
>Talk to Eli, seems like she has something on her mind

>>3018688
>Talk to Eli, seems like she has something on her mind

>>3018688
>Talk to Eli, seems like she has something on her mind
also
>Check Kali’s blog, what does she even posts anyway?
it’s been a while

>>3018688
>See the first video Dr. Henry Ford sent you

>>3018688
>See the first video Dr. Henry Ford sent you
>Come up with a training regime for your mons

Social drama is all well and good, but we're still on a journey to attain all the gym badges, we can't neglect training our mons, especially now that we've got Prince, who's gonna need some serious training to close the gap between him and the others.

>>3018710
>>3018712
>>3018713
>>3018715
>>3018742
>>3018763

Seems like Dr. Ford didn’t waste any time, he sent you a 40 minutes video, while you watch it he explains to you that the Golurks gave him a map of the ruins so his exploration will sped up, the place is much bigger than he initially thought, the ruins run deep and the Golurks have asked something from him.

It seems that they want help to clear out the lower part of the ruins, mostly to reclaim the “Mauseoleum” where the last remains of this civilization stays. Not only that, the mons actually answered Henry’s question about what happened to the last living members of the Northern tribes and how this place got abandoned.

The explanation is actually quite logical.

Ages ago, strange men wearing iron plates, riding beast unknown came to the bunker, they proclaimed to be saviors that would show the light and the truth of this world to the men living here. They brought Fruits and Pokémon that were never seen before. They had knowledge that even the “Arcane Sage” was ignorant of.

They offered a deal, they wanted our people to join their cause, help them suppress the tribes of the south and claim these lands for their “Legitimate King”, the leaders, the sages, the men who’d been here the longest refused, as this Bunker was their protection to prepare for “The Liberation”, the day where the world would come to an end.

But the men in metal garments objected, theirs was a Holy Mission, if that day came to be, their Lord would surely protect those who serve them., he would send his Holy Servant to aid them, its power said to be unmatched, it’s thousand arms will always aid those who needs it, no matter the threat.

The young people living here, sick of being enclosed decided to part with the strangers. After hundreds of years waiting for the final day, their faith on the words of the “Arcane Sage” had dwindled greatly.

The only ones who remained where the old sages and the leader at the time. Who one by one perished alone, without no one to lead except for the Golurks and Goletts.
……….
Sounds like the beginnings of the spread of Arceusism in the region, during the conquest of Aztlan. He also sends you a message, he wants some input about what you would like to translate next.

>Notes from the Arcane Sage
>Old Creation Myth
>The war of the Crimson River


As you type the translation to the archeologist you can see Eli looking at you.

Percy: Are you finally interested on Poké-History?

Eli: Pfft, no, but I was wondering about this!

She points to your bracelet.

Eli:I mean, you, Dickie boy, and Blondie all wear it, and you only started using it recently, what’s up with that?

Eli:Izzat a friendship bracelet or something?

>Friendship Bracelet? Yeah, friendship bracelet
>Tell her the truth
>It’s a good luck charm!
>We good similar tastes in fashion accessories
>Other/ write-in

>>3018776
>We were being harassed by a powerful Psychic type Pokemon, these are keeping it from bothering us until we can find a way to properly deal with it.

It's sort of true, without revealing any of the awkward details.

Alright, last post of the night, session continues tomorrow, Friday 11:00 am MDT

>Other/ write-in
> It's just something that Dick gave me, we became "Poke-Bros" recently and gave it to me as a sign of being a fellow brother. Not sure why Blondie has one though...

No need to worry Eli over Victoria.

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>>3018797
+1

>>3018784
>>3018797
>>3018815
>>3019090
guys we gotta vote for what to translate next too

>>3018776
>We were being harassed by a powerful Psychic type Pokemon, these are keeping it from bothering us until we can find a way to properly deal with it.
also
>Notes from the Arcane Sage

GUYS
GUUUUUYS
>he would send his Holy Servant to aid them, its power said to be unmatched, it’s thousand arms will always aid those who needs it, no matter the threat.
>thousand arms
Hoopa Unbound?

>>3018776
>The war of the Crimson River

>>3018797
+1

>>3019152
No, Arceus.

Diamond: It is described in mythology as the Pokémon that shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms.
>>3018776
>>3018784
+1
Tell her to ask Kali for more details, though.

>Arcane Sage's notes

>>3018776
>>Notes from the Arcane Sage

>>3018776
>Notes from the Arcane Sage
>>3018797 for the whole bracelet thing

>>3018784
>>3018797
>>3019090
>>3019152
>>3019165
>>3019179
>>3019181
>>3019409

>The next video will be about the notes of the "Arcane Sage"

Percy: Oh, this thing? Eh yeah. It’s just something Dick gave me to… commemorate our newfound brotherhood!

Dick looks at you rather confused , you try to get him to play along.

Dick: That’s right, Brotherhood forged by the fierce fires of battle, our bond is as strong as steel.

Percy: Poké-Bros!

Dick: Did you really have to add the “Poké”?


Eli: Then why does Blondie have one?

Percy: I have no idea.

Eli: Alright… So you pair of boyfriends got matching bracelets? That’s pretty lame

[Alexandro]: It is lame, completely unmanly, 2/10 would not wear in public.

[Gareth]: I think it’s cool, I used to have something like that with… Nevermind.

The four of you keep moving trough the route, the desert ends and small pastures start to be seen, as you move farther away from Ibarra Village more vegetation comes forth.

Seems like there are various men in military uniform on the middle of the road, a spot check from the C&D forces? But they don’t tend to that kind of stuff, at least not in the middle of nowhere. It’s give you a strange vibe.

>You are just being paranoid, you got nothing illegal on your hands, just continue
>Actually, let’s try and avoid it, take an alternate off-road, the pick-up truck can handle it

OOC: sorry for the lateness anons, unexpected business ate away my morning

>You are just being paranoid, you got nothing illegal on your hands, just continue

We have nothing to worry about, this is just bait for something bad to take an alternate route. If anything the Gym Leader will vouch for Percy.

>>3019725
>>Actually, let’s try and avoid it, take an alternate off-road, the pick-up truck can handle it
Pretty sure the Mega Stone we carry was said to be illegal.

>>3019725
>Actually, let’s try and avoid it, take an alternate off-road, the pick-up truck can handle it
Because of the mega stone thing, and because I don't trust some checkpoint set up in the middle of nowhere.

>>3019725
>Actually, let’s try and avoid it, take an alternate off-road, the pick-up truck can handle it
Yeah I don't think these are C&D soldiers. Not out here in the middle of literal fucking nowhere. Fuuuuuuuuuuck that

>>3019725
>>Actually, let’s try and avoid it, take an alternate off-road, the pick-up truck can handle it

>>3019725
>>Actually, let’s try and avoid it, take an alternate off-road, the pick-up truck can handle it

>>3019739
>>3019744
>>3019755
>>3019776
>>3019786

You voice your concerns to your companions, it is quite strange for the C&D forces to put up a checkpoint in the middle of the road, they are almost always busy trying to maintain the ample population of Pokémon in check, and if they would set a checkpoint it would be nearer a settlement.

Besides, the Mega Stone and Abomasite you have with you, even if they are unusable, could still get you in trouble.

Dick: It is quite strange, alright, I saw an alternate road a while back, we could go for that.

Eli: Yeah, screw authorities!

[Gareth]: They are just doing their job, and didn’t you kept visiting the C&D outpost for bounties?

Eli:Because cash. Alright let’s take this baby off road!

Dick makes a U-turn and starts driving back, Eli starts citing examples of how “Authorities suck ass”, like she being unjustly arrested for her little battle back at Ibarra Village, and being arrested causing a little ruckus in front of convenience stores, or that time she got detained for vandalizing the bikes of some douches who had it coming.

Seems like Eli has a bit of trouble with the law. This fact doesn’t surprise anyone.

You start to suddenly hear other vehicles, a pair of motorcycles are getting near at full speed, they are being driven by the C&D members from the checkpoint.

>Take the most stable route and outspeed them! Pedal to the metal! (Requires roll)
>Take the rugged road, filled with irregular terrain, mud and rocks, their bikes will definitely have trouble getting by (Requires roll)
>Slow down, let them catch up and engage in a high speed Pokémon battle
>Stop altogether, see what's up with them, maybe you can talk it out!
>Other/ write-in

>>3019816
>Take the rugged road, filled with irregular terrain, mud and rocks, their bikes will definitely have trouble getting by (Requires roll)
We're in a pickup truck. These are made for off-road terrain and robustness, right? I say we go for this one, the stable route gives the bikes an advantage. Or maybe their bikes are for off-road too, who knows?

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>3019816
>>Take the most stable route and outspeed them! Pedal to the metal! (Requires roll)
RUNNING IN THE 90s

>>3019816
>Take the rugged road, filled with irregular terrain, mud and rocks, their bikes will definitely have trouble getting by
You'll never take us alive!