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Claimed for fire dog. :3

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At PZ’s request, everyone’s agreed to meet in front of a shady industrial looking doorway, built into the miniscule ledge off of a sheer face cliffside not too far from Craggy Coast. Must be important, considering how far from the guild he’s taken everyone…

…”I’ve detected some intense energy spikes coming from this exact location, Zero and Infinity! Seriously, guys-guys-guys-[MAVERICKS], with all the power pumping out of this place, you’d swear a Heliolisk could mega-evolve, heheh!............Nothin’? Aww. But seriously, I picked up readings all the way from the g-g-g-g-guil-” His eyes go black for a minute, before abruptly starting back up again. “...Energy signatures from almost every registered human member of Thousand Arms, just like The Bos-” He flickers, “Err, that Klinklang. This demands our attention-[FEAR], but have no clue what could be down there… so stay saf-saf-saf-[LUCKY].”

Chapter 34: Crisis for Closure

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>>5417911
"...am I supposed to be feeling this? Because I'm not. At all."

>>5417906
I am Stern (Or Cava) and I don't approve of this message.

>>5417911
E-everyone? O-oh dear... this is gonna be the worst reunion ever.

>>5417911
"Safety is top priority! Don't get separated!"

>>5417911
"A heliolisk you say..."

>>5417916
"Worry not Sable! We're ready for anything!"

>>5417919
S-sure... yeah... no, this isn't something I can lie about. This is going to be really bad if they recognize me.

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>>5417911
"That's cool probably."

>>5417916
>>5417919
>>5417921
"You could just beat them up or something. That's how you prove you're better at your job than them!"

>>5417921
"You're not human now, so you'll be fiiiine! You want a snack for the nerves?"

Rolled 3 (1d6)

Rolling to spawn(distant doorway)

>>5417911
>casttform is... here!
alright, got the mission, who's ready to go find yet another manmade horror?

>>5417928
>Charles raises his arm
"I'm ready!"

>>5417921
"Stick with me. They won't get through to you on my watch."

>>5417924
I kind of did that the first time...
>>5417925
No, I... I feel sick...
>>5417935
I hope so...

>>5417936
"Oh, that's sad. Try and get better! You're not gonna die!"

>>5417938
>Sable is too nervous to joke about ghosts and death

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PZ approaches the door, expectant... while nothing happens. He wiggles his limbs a bit, and after a few tearing sounds, they slowly peel open automatically with a cough of dust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8iDhFSxIE
X-Naut Fortress, Paper Mario TTYD

Inside is a very inornate looking shelter, looking pristine in some places and overgrown with moss and the like in others. It's animated only by the flow of dust in the air and the low drone of electronics... somewhere.
"I'll just st-st-st-[WIMP OUT] here. I've spent exactly 4.3 seconds of my life in combat, I don't wanna be a liability if someone or something isn't feeling friendly in there..."

>>5417911
On the way to the cliffside, someone carried Tintoretto while he was sleeping out of pure pity. During which time he dreamed of a stage in production with only a few people attending.
"He's a mad man!"
"He seldom is a man, for he transfigured somehow."
"You speak in words I do not understand."
"Yet you dwell in a dwelling that only echoes your sentiments. If you ill need a beast like this, then why hear their rambles?"
They stopped talking; the simple one looked confused.
"Look, just shut up and give me the chance to control him! I feel he could be... interesting..."
"Very well, but heed my warning; those who fall stray from the shepherd's path will only face obliteration of their very soul. You puppet who you don't know."
"He was a killer!"
"Indeed, but did you only deduce that from what he has granted you? But enough talk, we have matters to deal with."
"Enough talk? That's it?!"
"'Let's go. The clock is ticking."
The other tries to get more information before it is swiftly declined.

Immediately afterward, Tintoretto wakes up in the middle of what Klinklang is talking about. The pain still lingers on, though he welcomes it.
“Err, that Klinklang. This demands our attention-[FEAR], but have no clue what could be down there…" He only stared at him like staring at paint dry. He doesn't at all care. The only things on his mind are one secret stash. Two, kill the rock. And three learn the secrets of Lolly's Lollis. After the whole talking, Tintoretto gets up and begins searching for whatever the secret stash that the Koffing was referring to. Likely, it'll just be completely unrelated.

>>5417940
"Wow! Pretty old! Let's go!"
Stern approaches!

If you see closely, that's Astor!

>>5417940
You've done well, PZ. I'll take it from here...
>Sable sighs and walks inside

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5417940
"You're fine PZ. We'll hand it from here!"
>Charles enters and searches for anything of interest, where by sight or by sound
"This place has seen better days..."

>>5417940
>moss?
>castform is already setting sun
Maroon? burn the moss. I REALLY don't want a repeatt of the archives

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>>5417940
"Oh sweet, moss." Vee admires the abandoned scenery. "This place is cool."
Vee looks for any conveniently-placed ventilation covers to bust open and crawl through, just like the video games teach you!

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5417950
Rolly

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5417940
Maroon follows the rest of the group into the strange facility, carefully eyeing the place.
"So what are we doing here? What is this place?" he asks, the question clearly intended for Sableye and PZ.
As he awaits an answer, he checks for anything of interest he could plunder such as rare metals, accessories, or simply something of fancy.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5417940
Citrine follows Sableye silently, keeping an eye out for anything-- or anyone-- suspicious. He's like a really, really big shadow. Made of rock.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5417940
>>5417945
>Sable looks for things! What kind of things? Probably only he knows!

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5417940
>noise identification
Mistral is here! Just moderately late and trailing behind the others. Peering around, he attempts to identify the source of that hum, ears twitching occasionally. "I wonder what that is?"

>>5417949
The air in the room dries considerably. It makes the dust a lot harder to breathe around, but it's a bit brighter too!
>>5417950
Vee has already lifted a loose grate and hopped inside no trepidation. He tumbles out of another grate in the doorway on the right of the room everyone's stepped into. There's another doorway on the left, too...
>>5417954
Between Castform's light and Charles' vigilance, he can just barley make out a near imperceptible line drawn through the air right where he, Maroon and Citrine are about to step!
>>5417954
This room looks mostly empty, save the two hallways on opposite sides. Maybe it's a buffer between the entrace and other rooms or something? a vestibule?
>>5417955
It's eerily still in here. It feels like there're no pokemon at all...
>>5417956
Keen Eye! Sable catches the same line.
>>5417961
Not Keen ear. It gets a little louder as you step inside...

>>5417963
Stop walking! Something's there!
>Sableye warning system!

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5417963
"Hmmmmm." Stern sniffs around.

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>>5417963
"Sneaky." Vee sneaks over to the left doorway. It's a sneaky solo mission!

>>5417963
"Woah hold it! Stop!"
>Charles shouts to everyone near the line!

>>5417967
>>5417973
Citrine halts behind Sableye.

"What is it? I can't see anything, but I don't think anyONE is here..."

>>5417963
>>5417967
Maroon stops right in his tracks, and shoots back a confused look at Sableye before spotting the line and following it to its source.
"That's strange. . . I would've expected motion detectors for this place. . . not something like fishing line. . ."

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5417963
>casform, now fire type, uses weather ball!
>on the moss back at the entrance
>cast does not like moss

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5417963
>>5417975
"There's...some kind of barely visible line here..."
>Charles tries to asses where the laser is coming from or what it might do!

>>5417963
Tintoretto starts to look for the secret stash.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5417971
What will he find? Maybe he will die, maybe he will not, who knows?

>>5417975
>>5417976
Lord only knows what the guys are like anymore. This is probably rigged to some bomb or something. Don't touch it, whatever you do.

>>5417980
dice+1d20
Rolling rolling

Rolled 5, 4 = 9 (2d6)

>>5417986
For real this time!

>>5417985
". . ." Maroon steps over the line and keeps moving forward, keeping a closer watch on his surroundings.
"Are you guys going to be able to get over it?"

>>5417985
"Understood Sable. Can you find a way to disarm it? Or should we just find another way?"

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>5417988
GOD DANG IT.

>>5417978
"A line? A trip wire?"

>>5417992
"Might be. I'm just going to try to get around it rather than identify it tight now."

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5417989
>>5417990
Here, let me see if I can find where it's anchored.
>Sable travels to either side of the room, lookin'

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Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5417989
>>5417990
>>5417995
>crushed moooonblast to scatter some glitter through the air
"Ah, a nearly invisible wire?" Mistral asks as he shakes his head. The noise is much too pervasive to make anything of it. "Here, let me help. I can throw a little bit of dust into the air and we can get a better look at it. Granted, this isn't exactly like the movies, so... at least I tried?"

"Then I can know for next time whenever a super specific scenario like this one crops up again."

>>5417998
"Ah! Good idea Mistral!"
>Charles watches to see if the dust has the intended effect

>>5417982
Vee finds a another room, this one lined on one wall with a myriad of screens showing off different rooms. There's a locker room, some sparce cell-type rooms, a few views of different doors, and a ridiculously wide and open hangar. Too open, in fact, to fit in this cliffside... Oh, hey! It's Charles and everyone else! There's also a key and a couple buttons underneath each cam...
>>5417977
Fire! The moss shrivels and dies... mostly. Sprinklers emerge from the ceiling and shower everyone after a few seconds, during which the lines in the air disappear. They reappear once the spray's over and everyone's wet.
>>5417978
>>5417976
>>5417989
>>5417995
They seem to be projected from every corner of the room, you wouldn't be able to leave through either door without crossing one...
>>5417988
Tinto finds... dried moss, and wet moss!... maybe you could use it as tinder, or gross someone out?
>>5417991
wahp wahp.
>>5417998
Oh, wow, that's real clear. Everyone can see all of them. Wait, how'd they even get behind you at the entrance?

>>5418004
"Hm. . . That sure is an issue. . . Sableye, can you find what wires run to these things? I pretty sure I can fry them."

>>5418004
...oh shit. They know we're here...
Hey wait, the water...
Someone start another fire, the beams turn off when the sprinklers start.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5418004
"Wait a second. Castform, Maroon, start a fire or something, and I think we can go. The lines were gone for a second...? Could I just not see them?"

Citrine thinks. Were they really GONE?

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5418004
Tintoretto briefly considers eating it or sorting it by its color but both would only cause damnation. He must go deeper to find the stash...
Maybe he'll just throw it at Citrine later.

>>5418004
"Behind us now too? Dastardly. I wonder if I can liquefy and flow in-between them..."

>>5418007
"Hm? Oh! I didn't even realize! Smart thinking! Maroon? If you would be so kind?"

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Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5418004
Vee contemplates the likelihood of each button activating a trap of varying danger levels. He then thinks 'would my friends be mad at me if I pressed the buttons?'

Vee takes a key and presses the button under the locker room camera. No harm in trying, right? "Boom?"

>>5418008
"Oh, sorry Citrine you're already on that. Say, do you think I would be able to assist with Acid Spray? That would cause fumes wouldn't it? Set off the sprinklers?"

>>5418015
"It might set off a whole different alarm? I'm really not sure."

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5418016
"Hmm...Fair point. Hey, have you seen Vee anywhere?"
>Charles tries to search for signs of Vee!

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5418019
Huh? Vee? VEE!? WHERE'D VEE GO!?
>Sable looks for Vee signs

>>5418019
"I... haven't... shoot, what in the... what was the last time you guys saw him last? I haven't seen him since we entered..."

>>5418004
(my apologies I thought I could stay up longer but so tired)

>>5418004
"Well, uh, that's a lot more than I was expecting." He makes a quick glance behind. "How'd... that happen?"

>>5418007
>>5418011
"I hope that doesn't get me drenched," Mistral comments.

>>5418010
Hmm. Some of this moss is mixed with pokemon spores. They'd function as 1 use of leech seed and stun spore respectively. They feel tingly to the touch...
>>5418013
A light in front of the entry turns green with a click, and a few laser projectors recede into the wall. On another hallway cam, a faint silhouette can be seen drifting through the halls, pausing at doors and crossroads. doesn't seem like it's moving with a purpose...
>>5418008
With mistral's movie tricks, you can certainly tell that they were gone for a moment...
>>5417968
The good news is, you know the route to the cafeteria. The bad news is, it's a centuries old cafeteria!
>>5418020
Bind pipes up. "He's probably fine? I don't think he'd leave, and he's slippery enough to handle himself. Kinda shocked we all missed him, though..."
>>5418023
It is fine my child you killed moss

>>5418026
"There's a cafeteria if you go this way! I think. It's pretty old, so..."

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5418026
Tintoretto likes the feeling of the moss and collects both.
Anyway...
BE. FOCUSED.
FIND THE STASH.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5418026
Still, Bind. I can't stand the thought of him getting into trouble. If something finds him and he can't get away...
>>5418028
Eh? Oh, alright. Not sure what a 400 year old loaf of bread is gonna get us other than violently ill, so I'm gonna stay outta there.

>Sable looks around for a directory or something

>>5418026
"Alright, someone light a fire, let's get through here. Quickly."

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5418026
Maroon tilts his head, examining the remaining lasers. "Alright, let me just light something up," Maroon says, aiming to cause smoke by burning the leftover moss.
Maroon uses Flare Blitz and 'chucks' the fire on him at the moss, it splatters against the wall without control.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>5418026
"Well, if you're sure Bind. I'm going to keep on the look out though."

>Charles once more looks for how he can be useful in this situation.

>>5418033
"Yeah, I don't really wanna go there too. Although I think everything would've disappeared anyway...."

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>>5418026
"Oh." Vee is mildly dissatisfied that the buttons don't explode anything and/or shoot spikes from every wall, but lasers are cool too.

Vee checks out the cameras, specifically the hallways, watching the silhouette. "Hehehe..."
Vee tries to trap it in place with a well-timed button press. His friends can wait, he's got some lasering/trapping to do!

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5418042
Vee keeps forgetting to roll in his posts! How terrible.

>>5418038
The Arcanine hums with pleasure to see the moss catch alight so feverishly. The flames reflect off his dark eyes.
"Y'know. . . I still don't know what this place is or why we're here. Could someone explain that to me?" he asks.

>>5418038
WOAH CAREFUL!
Don't set the whole place on fire 'till we're out of it!

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5418026
>>5418047
>>5418046
"Maybe we could talk about that later when we're not all in the tunnel that's currently completely set ablaze?" Mistral reiterates, backing away from the quickly forming hazards. He looks to the exits and then back to the walls around him. "Eh... I'll chance it."
>triple axel acrobatics! Mistral attempts to move his way through the system!

>>5418046
"Not sure myself. PZ said something about energy readings like that Klingklang fellow? You know, from Sable's old organization?"

>>5418038
Maroon's expertly placed spark bounces between patches to light up the foliage periodically, even flaring up in the sprinklers like a trick birthday candle! with a long, continuous source of smoke, the sprinklers don't go out, and the guild has ample time to shuffle wherever they like without fear of time.
>>5418032
The flames. They speak to you. The way they waver and fold- they curve and peel away, showing you five dough seeds hidden in the last of the moss before they have a chance to burn away!
>>5418042
A loud buzz rings through the entire building as the lights in that wing shift to a stark red, and round circular plates roll over the doors in the shape's hallway! It frantically skitters over the door, looking panicked.

>>5418066
Citrine forges to the left at the front of the group, keeping an eye on Sable, since he's bodyguarding now.

"You think Vee went this way?"

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5418066
I'm gonna go... this way
>Sable heads off to find important stuff in the opposite direction from where he'd need to go to find Vee!! Does he actually find any?

>>5418066
Tintoretto quickly grabs the five dough seeds before the moss became a victim.
It's a shame that he didn't get a taste before it was gone.
"THE REMAINS ARE MINE!!!" Tintoretto gloats at the Castform.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5418066
"Anybody else hear that buzzing?"
>Charles comments on the buzzing

>>5418068
>>5418069
>Charles follows
>Charles also searches for things! Seems nothing came up last time
"Spot anything, Sable?"

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Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5418066
Vee presses more buttons, trying to block off the room.

He also presses a button for the lasers in >>5418068 Citrine's room. Hopefully he knows morse code!
".. / -.. --- -. .----. - / -.- -. --- .-- / -... .. -. .- .-. -.--"

Mistral flourishes in a wide midair pirouette, flicking shards of ice from his tails before spinning twice more through the lasers to his destination in a near irreplicable show of speed and precision... seconds before the sprinklers turn on, deactivating the lasers and everyone walks by normally.
>Left doorway - ...everything!
>Right Doorway - Security office + Vee

>>5418072
I heard something, but honestly, it's probably just the temperature control going off after being sealed for 4 centuries.
I'm hoping I find an office or lab or something before we get jumped by vengeful spirits out for blood.
>>5418077
>Left doorway

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5418077
Tintoretto scurries over to the security office

>>5418077
>>5418079
"Not a bad idea. Think you could make some positions for us?"
>Left doorway

>>5418066
"This'll clear up eventually," Maroon says, dismissing the smoke and fire to past the burning hallway to the next.

>>5418061
"Hmph," he grumbles, carefully checking the floors, walls, and ceilings for any other indication of security systems that may be hidden. "I never understood that, Thousand Arms, the what and why of it. I'd rather tear this place apart," he muses out loud.
"Is everyone safe?" he shouts back.

>>5418077
>Left doorway - ...everything!

>>5418081
He slams right into Vee screaming, "I HAVE AXQUIRED THE MOSS!!!!!"

>>5418077
He notes the lasers no longer being an issue and blinks. "Oh." Mistral pats himself down to try and remove most of the lingering smoke and goes to join the others in the...
>Left doorway - ...everything!

>>5418086
"You'd prefer to tear everything down than learn? Come now Maroon, where's your sense of discovery?"

>>5418074
>>5418089
The big seals on the door roll repeatedly in and out of place, grinding loudly with louder alarms going off, overlapping eachother. The lights flash rapidly between normal and emergency mode. The shape stops moving and sinks. It's shaking a little, presumably in fear. eventually, a nozzle drops from the ceiling, pumping a cloud of green into the hall. It stops moving entirely. Tinto comes just in time to catch this hidden camera prank show.

For everyone else, there's a fork in the path, leading a few different ways. There are tens of places to go, but most of them don't look too promising...
>BATTLE SIMULATOR
>BARRACKS
>STORAGE

>>5418100
"Hmm. If there's people here, let's go where they're probably staying...? Sable, you can stay back if you wanna."

>BARRACKS

>>5418100
"Hhmmmm. Shall we look in storage? Bound to be some supplies in there. Or the Barracks. might be where our targets are hunkered down."

>>5418074
Citrine does not know morse code. Thanks, amnesia!

>>5418100
>STORAGE
Might as well grab something before we dive into hell.

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Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5418100
Vee watches as the little shape thingy gets gassed.

"Oh."

"Did I do that?"

He unpresses the button and looks to see if he can find where everyone else went, maybe something else.
He is also worried he might've killed whatever the shape was. Poor shape. :<

>>5418100
>>5418109
>STORAGE
"Be right with you Sable."

>>5418105
"We'll catch up with you in a bit Citrine. Be careful!"

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5418100
>While they walk, Charles looks for any signs of their targets

>>5418100
>>5418109
>>5418114
>STORAGE
"Hey, I'd like to tag along as well. I wonder what kind of stuff is hidden away in here?" Mistral turns to look for Maroon. "Want to join in?"

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5418113
Tintoretto is reeling in searing pain, as the gas gets into his lungs he becomes more and more nauseous.
"MORE STEP BRO!!"

>>5418093
"Hm? Well, if there's something to learn then we learn. For me, it's boredom," he replies.
>>5418100
Maroon heads straight for the Barracks to search for clothing and loot.

>>5418100
Astor is here!
"Let's go to the simulator!"

>>5418118
Vee is not sure why he seems to be having an episode, since the gas is in another room.

>>5418117
"Huh? Oh, sure, in a minute. I want to check this out first," he reassures his boss.

>>5418123
"MORE!!!"

Tintoretto finally notices that there's no gas.
"Hello fellow specimen, did you have the location of a stash"

>>5418133
"Uh, no. I keep my stashes of stuff in super secret places no one would ever look."
He continues looking at the cameras with interest. He's having fun.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5418134
"Hot the button, no way HOT that button!"
Vee is completely confused.
"Ugh let me try!"

>>5418136
"I'm doing pretty well myself."

>>5418138
Tintoretto presses THAT button neaby the cameras, From what you can guess, it's probably something to do with the ventilation and something something animatronic hallucinations?
No wait, something something explodes half the world?
No no no, something something, just says "That was easy?"
Whatever it was it all comes down to this.

>>5418105
>>5418114
>>5418117
Mistral, Sable, Bind, and Charles enter the storage room. It's mostly picked clean, but there are a few items sparsely left abandoned in boxes.
>Revive
>Max Revive
>TM Dragon Tail
>X attack
>White Herb
>Max Potion
>Box!
>Another Box!

They can't be, obviously, but the two boxes kind of remind you of the treasure boxes found in dungeons...

>>5418119
>>5418105
Citrine and Maroon walk through a wing eqipped with general living accomodations. The bathrooms, somewhere really rank smelling, and some not-locked locker rooms. Inside, there are some old over the top uniforms. They look somewhat like hazmat suits crossed with training gi, the kind of tacky thing only those kooky terrorist organisations would ever wear, like Plasma or Flare. There are little badges, of gilded Unown H stuck to each one. In the back, is an open doorway leading to another hall. You can feel... something, radiating off the uniforms. You can see an oddly round silhouette resting on the floor out there...
>>5418144
Until the locks reseal over there and slide back into place, just like before. At least nothing in there can get to the office now???
Astor alone drifts through the hallways of the last wing, to find metal protrusion in the wall. It's clearly a door, but the metal plates, clamps, bolts, and other ends on this thing are so big and heavy they extend entire feet from the wall. There's also another room off to the side of mostly glass and computers.

>>5418150
>Sable takes the Max Potion and starts looking in the boxes!

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>5418150
Rolling to spawn(looted storage)

>>5418150
Citrine looks around curiously. "Are these even clothes...?"

"I've got a bad vibe here, though, Maroon. You?"

Rolled 11 (1d11)

>>5418154
There's an Odd Keystone mixed in with the haul.

>>5418150
"Hm. These look neat."
>Charles takes one of the boxes

"This is the last time I walk into any human storage rooms..." Bind grumbles as he reaches into his ear fluff for coins.

>>5418150
...
"Well that was pointless..."
"Anyway, V!!!"
"My ultimate ally against the dankness... Would you be kind enough to read me this sacred book?"
Tintoretto hands the Eevee Lolly's Lollis.

>>5418150
"Strange. . ." Maroon comments, electing to snatch one of the suits for himself before approaching the round object.
>>5418155
"One hundred percent, but I think we can take it."

>>5418156
"Spiritomb? Is that you? Hello!"
>Charles waves
"Its been ages!"

>>5418150
"Huh"
Astor checks the other room

>>5418159
Why do you say that?
>>5418156
Oh, cool, Spiritomb's here. How's it goin'?
>>5418150
>Sable picks up the box Charle's didn't take, the X attack, and the Max Revive as well

Rolled 14 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5418161
"Yeah, we can."

Citrine approaches whatever-the-fuck the silhouette is and tries to look intimidating.

>+2 Intimidation

>>5418150
>>5418165
"Huh. Looted already? I guess we're just picking through the scraps, huh?" Mistral rummages and tips over the boxes. He notices the X-Attack and attempts for it, only for Sable to acquire it first. "Hey. Mind sharing the haul with the rest of the class?"

>>5418163
"...Spiritomb?"

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>>5418150
Vee can't seem to find all too much of interest. He attempts to open up the room with the shape thingy and gets up to go check if it's ok.

As he makes his way to figure out how to get to where he wants to be, he is offered a gift from Tintoretto >>5418160. "Oh, I... don't know how to read printrune. I can only guess short warnings and stuff."

Vee ventures out to check on the mysterious shape he inconvenienced earlier.

>>5418168
"Yeah! Over there! His keystone!"
>Charles points to the stone

>>5418168
What? Oh, sorry. You want this X Attack? Here, I'll put it in your stuff.
>X Attack transferred to Mistral's bag

>>5418163
>>5418165
>>5418168
>>5418171
In the camera room, a camera suddenly jerks toward the Odd Keystone and zooms in on it. Yep. That sure is an Odd Keystone. But what's that behind Stern?
"NEW MOURNERS!!!"
It's Spiritomb, that's who! From behind, Spiritomb pops out of the ground like a demented jack in the box to jumpscare Stern. At the same time, another face on the other side of Spiritomb jumpscares the camera and those behind it. Spiritomb hastily snatches up the Odd Keystone the group noticed as their obligatory merchant carpet pops out. They lean on their Odd Keystone.
"Welcome to our humble abode, the Epitaph. Locally owned, maybe locally grown. Just 324 pokecoins for a Forbidden Box and ALLLLLLL your dreams could come true~."
Their face contorts into multiple expressions at once before settling on a smile.

>>5418176
(From a distance)
"Hey Seals! It's been quite a while since we last saw! Two please!"

>>5418169
Tintoretto decides to tag along, to inconvenience them even more.

>>5418176
I'll take... Twenty. I've got more money than I can really spend at the moment.
>Sable gives the spirited salesman 6480P

>>5418176
"Heh eh! Oh Tomb! You and your jump scares! How have you been? Keeping yourself out of trouble? "
"And would you mind putting me down for 5 boxes please?"

>>5418176
Maroon feels a disturbance in his wallet.
>648P for two boxes.

>>5418174
"Thanks." Mistral accepts the X-Attack and files it away in his stuff.

>>5418176
"Huh. Wow. It's been a while, yes?" Mistral peeks into his coin case. There's a good minute of thought before he nearly empties it. "I'll take 12."

>>5418184
>>5418176
Citrine feels a disturbance in his wallet as well. Weird.

>4860P for 15 boxes

>>5418169
>>5418161
>>5418166
As Vee rolls the lock back out of the way, a little gas seeps out of the room, and a wave of drowsiness washes over Citrine and Maroon. It's dispersed enough that they can shake it off quickly enough. Approaching, the silhouette, it's revealed to be...

>>5418176
Bind picks up the TM and revive. He hands 1,296P to the Spiritomb, and turns away from the keystone with a loud "HMPH." He looks back to check if He's looking so he can give a second, even more powerful "HMMMMPH."

Astor finds a small monitor controlling a hologram showing a few pokemon in battle. A Kingdra, Duraludon, and a type: null are all shown receiving various attacks. From the numbers onscreen and their movements, it feels like their projected battle capabilities have been greatly inflated...

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5418190
Vee shows up and looks Citrine and Maroon, before turning to face the shape. "Sorry, my bad."

>>5418193
"Should we did it more?"

>>5418190
Maroon coughs up the sleeping gas, backing up towards fresh air. "What the hell?! Citrine! You alright?"

>>5418177
>>5418179
>>5418183
>>5418184
>>5418186
>>5418189
>>5418190

Spiritomb exchanges the money eagerly, slipping in a freebie along the way. The whole time, Spiritomb has another set of eyes on Bind, squinting smugly.
"Never. We have a way of finding trouble like we have a way of finding items. Speaking of..."
Spiritomb makes sure to hand out the Forbidden Boxes before glancing at the camera.
"Well, we already made out net-positive raiding this room before you showed up. We'll call the rest even. And forget what others say, DO spend it all in one place: us!"
Spiritomb laughs in cacophony before phasing into the wall. They drop a free Forbidden Box through the TV for Vee and Tintoretto, as well.

Once Spiritomb gets a floor's distance away, the boxes open in a budget-busting display of special effects to reveal their contents.

(rolls later)

>>5418199
Tintoretto completely jumps at the two Forbidden Boxes, collecting them both.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h60BfMEu6w
"Look V! We can make a skeescraper!"
Tintoretto stacks the two boxes together.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5418190
"What if..."
Astor tries to add one Arceus to the enemy

>>5418197
"Sorry!" Vee feels a little bad for getting two of his friends exposed to a dangerous toxic gas.

>>5418202
Vee looks at the dangerously tall tower. "Wow."

>>5418197
"Yeah, I'm fine-- how did that even..."

Citrine isn't used to attacks involving gas affecting him, since he doesn't breathe.

"Eugh..."

>>5418207
"Now cheik this..."
Tintoretto then makes the two boxes horizontally...
"IT'S AN INSIDE JOB!!"

>>5418205
Arceus... isn't in the program. Looks like the closest you can get is a normal type that can change types?

The figure is... a turquoise Klinklang, awakening from sleep.
"...You all again? I don't suppose you're here for pleasure...?"

>>5418222
". . . No? I just tag along with the others." Maroon replies, eyeing the Klinklang carefully.
"What are you doing here?"

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Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5418222
"Oh, hi!"

Vee did nothing wrong.

>>5418222
"Oh, it's you. Do you know what this place is? PZ told us he could sense a looooot of energy in here. People's energy. Uhh..."

"Right, no, you probably don't know. What Maroon asked is probably more important, what're you doing?"

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5418222
"Fuck you, add Arceus with a sick shotgun or explode"

>>5418222
Hm. Well, not much left in this closet... I guess let's go catch up with Citrine.
>Sable then walks in on this mess.
You...

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>>5418230
"Hi Sable!" Vee waves.

He is slightly dusty. Vent dust.

>>5418240
>Sable won't look away from the Klinklang, but he waves a hand at Vee

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>>5418223
"I have been searching for a place to be, something to do with myself, ever since you found me in that swamp. One day, I felt a compulsion to head in this direction. I'm looking for why."

>>5418228
Astor tries to improvise a rough representation of arceus to add to the simulation using a myriad of custom elements. Predictably, it's terrible!

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>>5418246
>Sable's just waiting for a reason, at this point.

>>5418256
Citrine steps lightly (how??) in front of Sableye.

>>5418246
"Okay, that's fair enough. Have you seen anyone else around here, other than us, or anything mysterious?"

>>5418199
SUMMARY:

Charles[6 Pool 11]: -1620 pokecoins
Sableguy[21 Pool 11]: -6480 pokecoins
Mistral[13 Pool 11]: -3888 pokecoins
Astor[3 Pool 11]: -648 pokecoins
Maroon[3 Pool 11]: -648 pokecoins
Citrine[16 Pool 11]: -4860 pokecoins
Bind[5 Pool 11]: -1296 pokecoins
Stern[1 Pool 11]: -0 pokecoins
Vee[1 Pool 11]: -0 pokecoins
Tintoretto[1 Pool 11]: -0 pokecoins

Total Forbidden Boxes purchased: 70 boxes

>>5418246
Maroon chuckles, "same."

Rolled 78, 57, 197, 181, 203, 65 = 781 (6d240)

>>5418264
Charles' Epitaph purchase

Rolled 92, 53, 222, 186, 36, 105, 100, 234, 87, 160, 91, 61, 86, 192, 31, 170, 228, 120, 38, 128, 31 = 2451 (21d240)

>>5419108
Sableguy's Epitaph purchase

Rolled 15, 27, 6, 83, 191, 169, 111, 114, 235, 120, 44, 140, 69 = 1324 (13d240)

>>5419111
Mistral's Epitaph Purchase

Rolled 197, 173, 155 = 525 (3d240)

>>5419118
Astor's Epitaph purchase

Rolled 222, 8, 63 = 293 (3d240)

>>5419121
Maroon's Epitaph purchase

Rolled 24, 240, 69, 18, 149, 20, 124, 44, 198, 205, 19, 128, 185, 217, 210, 58 = 1908 (16d240)

>>5419124
Citrine's Epitaph purchase

Rolled 166, 218, 39, 42, 35 = 500 (5d240)

>>5419125
Bind's Epitaph purchase

Rolled 19 (1d240)

>>5419132
Stern's Epitaph purchase

Rolled 196 (1d240)

>>5419137
I mean freebie

Also Vee's Epitaph freevee

Rolled 82 (1d240)

>>5419141
Tintoretto's Epitaph freebie

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It has been a considerable amount of time (although, from the character’s perspective, almost none at all, actually!) since this little expedition. Back in Capim Town after looking into this strange evil and asking around for anything that might help, you’ve been directed to a location by a concerned Togedemaru and some information from a local shopkeep.

Now armed with more than just a vague suggestion, they make their way to a nearby mountain ridge to hopefully come across this missing brother and stop any more wrongdoings by the "probably should've guessed was an actual cult."

Night has fallen and the tall pines surround you. The ground is rough and inclined, mostly dirt, rock, and sticks. Each step makes a noise somehow as you try to maintain balance on the uneven forest floor. Given the lack of sun in the sky, you’re not sure how much farther you need to keep going…

Cont. Chapter 33: Insomnia! - Crimp in the Fold

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>>5422024
"A nice night for a walk, huh?"

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5422024
Man, I hope this guy's just decided he wants to do camping or something. 'Course, when is anything so simple?
>Sable looks around for traces of the unseen brother

>>5422024
Armed with a new array of items (thanks, Spiritomb!) minus his Empowerment Seed, Citrine is ready to go.

"Do you guys mind if I take rearguard right now? I'll need to use a Vanish Seed when we encounter the cult, since they, uh, didn't know I was there last time."

Test

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5422024
>>5422026
"Super nice, alright! Hmm..."
Stern smells around.

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>>5422035
Vee seems to agree, at least partially.

>>5422029
"Simple is boring! At least we've got something interesting to do."

>>5422031
"I'll stay behind with you, if you gotta dash, I'll go in another direction." Vee hops up onto Citrine's back. "How about it?"

>>5422024
Maroon is following the rest of his guild mates with no real knowledge of what they're doing other than they're here to dismantle a cult that worships the darkness.
He frowns. How did they even discover this? Why didn't anyone explain anything to him? Did they and he had just forgotten? At this moment, he was just following everyone else with no reason or goal other than an inevitable battle, destruction.
Maroon glanced at the dark forest with hard eyes, imagining setting them ablaze and beating back this darkness that the lunatics seemed obsessed with. . .
"Yeah, destruction sounds nice."

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5422024
>>5422026
"Yeah, this part of the business just never gets old..."
Kaku tries perceiving stuff, like emotional energy type of stuff.

>>5422024
>>5422026
>>5422031
Brock, wearing his sunglasses regardless of the time of day, is hitching a ride on Citrine.
"It is brovee. Rarely get to be out at this hour."
Brock is rarely out at any hour.

>>5422037
I'd like simple a bit more tonight, since it's a disappearance.

>>5422037
"Sounds like a good idea, so long as you can make a big enough diversion."

>>5422026
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH...."
"Oh Ciao Vee!"
Tintoretto then runs off again, looking for that secret stash or maybe some way to find a way to read that book.

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>>5422045
"I can scream really loudly and run into the woods!" Vee offers. "Or I could sneak around like normal. They won't see me coming!"

>>5422040
>>5422041
>>5422042
"We'll see how the rest of this goes soon enough. Maybe we'll fight shadow demons again."

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5422024
"Wow it's been quite a while"
Astor vibes

>>5422046
"Oh hey! Brogna's here. Hey bro." Brock waves to the zooming Dreepy.
>>5422050
"Last time went pretty well. Maybe they'll have learned their lesson not to mess with us bros." Brock extends a brofist to Vee, his fellow passenger on the S.S. Citrine.

>>5422056
"You think this'll be easy, Mr. Leader?"

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>>5422056
Vee completes it. Boom.
"I'm not any more well-equipped than last time, though. I'll just have to hope I can find you quicker."

>>5422059
"I don't think it'll be a stroll in the woods boarbro. Heh heh heh! But don't worry, so long as we got our bros, we'll be fine." Brock is confident in both his puns and bros.
>>5422060
"You got this brovee. You've got practice now."

>>5422029
As he looks around Sable manages to quickly spot some strange particles fluttering about in the air. Almost like snowflakes despite the lack of any actual snow, they look to be coming from further ahead, traveling downwind. Strange...

>>5422035
Sniffing around, the air around seems to be tinged with a particular aroma. It's very faint and light, but it very much reminds you of being near a flower shop. There's also an intangible sweetness to it, too.

>>5422040
The emotional energy around them is much too muddled by the presence of his team, polluting the sense with their own, unrelated feelings. Excitement. Trepidation. Fear. Kaku doesn't seem like he'll be able to pull much from the supernatural for now.

>>5422052
He vibes on this cool, cloudy night.

>>5422065
Hey, uh... does anyone else see that? In the air there? I'm gonna go have a look.
>Sable follows the trail!

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>5422065
Rolling to spawn(forest path)

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>>5422066
"Don't stray too far! That's how they get you."

>>5422065
Vee looks around for any good escape routes or vantage points were the need to arise. He keeps his eyes peeled.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5422071
Rolly.

>>5422065
"It's kind of sweet smelling around here! Like a flower shop..."

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5422065
Maroon catches the floral scent as well, flowing it closer. Nothing is speaking with him or need him, he might as well investigate it further- if its danger then he'll turn it to ashes.
Maroon lets his nose guide him and bolts towards the source of the smell.

>>5422062
"Yeah, we'll totally be able to do this! Want a snack in preparation?"
Stern holds up an (RP) berry.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5422065
Tintoretto searches hard for that secret stash...

Rolled 14 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5422065
Citrine is being a stealthy boulder at the back of the group without using his Vanish Seed. He's moving in the general direction of the trail...?

>+2 Earthen Camouflage

>>5422046
"We should stick togetheeer!"
Stern calls out.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5422079
Brock settles in, just a sloth on a rock.
>+2 Harmless

>>5422080
Tintoretto quickly stops in his track and stares coldly at Stern.
"I'm here on a secret mission boopought to me by three... things. It means you can't join. Unless you don't talk about what happens. Then... Maybe."

>>5422087
"Hmm... I can keep a secret!"

>>5422066
>>5422071
>>5422073
Led by Sable, they proceed deeper and higher into the forest.

Vee sticks in the middle, attempting to look for any advantageous retreats or leverages. Unfortunately, it seems it's much too dark for him to spot anything aside from "just go back the way you came up." However, this method of rapid egress has the double-edged sword of becoming a tumbling hazard.

>>5422076
Maroon breaks away from the group, to his disadvantage or advantage, in the search for this strange smell.

>>5422078
Tintoretto goes looking for a stash! However, it just appears that you are in the middle of nowhere on a mountainside. No one has stashed anything here. On a bush, you do find a single ripe Chesto.

>>5422079
>>5422086
Citrine becomes almost indistinguishable from the background. Given the cover of the night, it seriously does help his ability to go incognito. There will be no one noticing him suddenly, that's for sure! Brock does an alright job of blending into said incognito rock. Almost like an off-colored moss.

Now ahead, you can hear things.

"...it not simple. You come back. Or bad happens. Understand?" A gruff and harsh voice snaps.

"L-Look, okay, I don't want any part in this! Just let me go, I won't say anything..."

"I said it not simple. Are you simple? Need remind?" It huffs, snarling. "We done. We go back now."

"N-No, please..."

You hear a chittering and clicking.

There's another voice. However, the speaker doesn't seem to be as panicked or commanding. The wind doesn't carry it far. "Hold... over... soon."

Seconds later, you hear a faint "...yes." There's a whole party out here it seems.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5422091
Still with me, Vee?
>Sable looks for more aerial oddities

>>5422089
"Hmm... that stems to be a serene idea. In fact, that's something wellll coming? Oregioal even... Why didn't I think of that?"
>>5422091
"UGH... This place isn't Treasure Town! Why didith I come here?? You wish to come with me Stern?"

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5422091
Vee hops off of Citrine and follows him a little ways away, sticking close to the trees.

>>5422093
"A little." Vee whispers from a slight distance.

Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5422091
Citrine tries to sneak closer to see exactly what's going on.

"Brock, hang onto my back, maybe. Out of sight," he whispers.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5422091
Maroon stops. He's heard that voice before- or at least he thinks he has.
If it's that damn Lycanroc then he's knocking his block off.
(Rolling to recognize.)

Rolled 17 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5422097
"You got it rockbro." Brock tries to become The Rock

>>5422097
>>5422101
Vee follows along at a distance. He knows he could never be as rock-like as Citrine and Brock.

>>5422095
Accidental roll here, use it for this. 8.

>>5422094
"Hm... Sure!"
Stern is now following Tintoretto!

>>5422091
"Okay that sounds bad, can we get the jump on few word guy?"

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5422091
Stern tries to discern any smells that might make the identities obvious!

>>5422093
>>5422095
There are many more little flakes in the air that it is difficult to miss the oddity. Your fingers feel tingly. Vee may also feel slightly tingly.

>>5422097
>>5422101
Citrine and Brock, a masterclass in deception and sneakery, manage to close the gap without even alerting the strangers on the mountain horizon. Peering past a strange clearing, you spot a portion of a shallow cave with tree roots dangling from above like many fingers waiting to grasp something. Underneath the strange sight, you spot another: a collection of Pokemon wearing robes. Notably, a towering Lycanroc clutching a jagged dark blade stands out from the others.

They all surround an unconscious Purrloin.

A Roselia looks blankly at the cat. "Why must we even bother? Shall we just be done with it?"

Lycanroc shakes his head. "We go through effort. No sense now."

"Don't we want to help them? Sometimes it just takes a little more convincing," Murkrow squawks.

>>5422098
The voice is familiar, although he's not sure of how familiar. It does remind him of that previous night. They must be related somehow.

>>5422121
The sweet flowery smell is originating from here. Where Citrine and Brock have posted up, it's strongest there. Not to mention the longer he continues sniffing, the more he feels sluggish and stiff. A sensation of pins and needles dances in his nasal cavity.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5422125
Hey Vee? Do you feel kinda... Tingly?
>Sable tries to determine why he tingles

>>5422125
Astor follows Citrine and Brock, in silence

>>5422111
"Wait, did you known the way to Trasher Town?"

>>5422125
Brock whispers to Citrine "Bruh... We gotta save that Purrloin. What's the plan, rockbro?"

>>5422125
"...shit. I really don't like this. At all. Brock, do we distract them or try to get out with the Purrloin? Snap decision here."

>>5422125
It's familiar enough to Maroon.
Maroon approaches the cave, with a bright smile and warm eyes.
"Preforming something?" he asks.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5422125

>>5422127
"Yeah, it's spooky." Vee shifts his eyes in thought. "I have an idea..."
He breathes onto his paws to see he can spot his breath. Perhaps the air is getting colder, or maybe it's them. Perhaps there's a spooky spirit running a spectral chill through the woods.
"I think an Ice-Type might be responsible, maybe a Ghost."

>>5422132
>>5422134
"Both bro? You got anything to draw their attention?" Brock taps Maroon as he passes by "Go for the Purrloin dogbro."

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5422125
"Where's the damn Musharna? I'm getting a bad feeling from this..."
Kaku tries to spot the elephant in the room

>>5422125
"W-whoa, this is kind of making me feel weird..."

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5422128
Thanks 4chan, very cool

>>5422129
"I don't think I've heard of that place!"

>>5422143
"I mOOn TREASURE Town!"

>>5422125
>>5422139
"Hey, psst! I think there's stun spore in the air! Watch out!"

>>5422139
"Yeah, I do, actually. Throw this. Luminous Orb."

Citrine gives Brock his Luminous Orb and prays their improvised flashbang will be a good enough distraction.

>>5422145
"Huh? Oh! Treasure town's that wrecked town nearby the encampment, there's a road that you can follow... But we might wanna get these guys first!"

Rolled 15 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5422148
"Gotta act fast then. Thanks boarbro."
>>5422149
"You got it rockbro." Brock's long arm winds up lika a catapult and launches it towards the Purrloin "Yeet!"
>Throw, +2 Strength

>>5422151
"Whoseisa these guys?"

>>5422157
"Cultists!"
Stern shout whispers.

>>5422139
"Noted."

>>5422127
It's a familiar feeling of numbness. He's not sure what exactly, but it's familiar. Obviously, it's not good.

>>5422134
The entire group turns to face the approaching Maroon. Without a sense of hesitation, the Lycanroc points at him with the tip of his blade. "You not be here."

A tense feeling takes a hold of the air around them as they all watch. Suddenly, a blast of wave-like psychic energy erupts from behind one of the visible cultists, and Maroon slumps over, also unconscious.

Lycanroc glances back before frowning. "This make difficult. We figure out later. The Speaker decide."

Roselia nods. "Very well. We can have the feral carry the... newcomer."

>>5422136
It just seems to be because of the night and the altitude. Hope you don't get sick because of heights! There is nothing spooky so far.

>>5422140
There are no elephants in the room, just cultists shrouded in darkness.

>>5422155
The Luminous Orb sails through the air before cracking against the ground and igniting in a great flash of light! It's not quite the flashbang they had been hoping for, but it does reveal all the others they couldn't see before.

Covering his eyes with an arm, Lycanroc growls and looks around. Around him, his companions are disoriented but now very much alert. Roselia, Murkrow, Glameow, Parasect, and a Ribombee. Huh. You almost missed the Ribombee, actually.

"Attack! We are attacked!" Lycanroc howls.

"W-What? Where!?" Roselia looks around, trying to adjust their vision.

"No matter," Lycanroc huffs, rolling Maroon over and onto the Parasect and grabbing the Purrloin. "We go."

COMBAT START
LHG TURN

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5422169
"Attaaaaack!"
Stern jumps onto the Parasect with a Heat Crash!

>>5422174
Rolling at the mercy of DM

>>5422177
what

Rolled 3, 8 = 11 (2d20)

>>5422179
oops rolled wrong

>>5422169
Brock stares at the embarrassing attempt at a distraction, and promptly decides to forget about it.
>Brock used Amnesia
He still remembers, sadly.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5422169
Okay... this is kinda familiar. Should it be? Vee, do you have any ideas?
>Sable keeps thinking about being numb, and what would cause it. Could something be nearby?

>>5422159
"CULTISTS???"
Tintoretto screams so loud that it gives the whole entire group of cultists the exact location of where they are at.
They will surely come soon.

>>5422169
>>5422185
"I've got an odd feeling too, but we're just at an incline, bound to stat feeling a little weird eventually. I think we should try and find a way inside the cave, Sable. On our own terms this time."

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5422169
"What the fuck knocked out Maroon?! What can I even-- know what, it doesn't matter. No choice now. Hold on, Brock!"

Citrine crashes forward through the greenery in a Gyro Ball aimed straight at the primitively-speaking Lycanroc. Element of surprise...?

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5422169
"Really?"
Astor uses Brave Bird!

>>5422196
Brock is flopping and flipping atop of Citrine as he charges in!
"Suprise attack woooo!"

Rolled 3, 13 = 16 (2d20)

>>5422169
Kaku starts out quickly cutting the distance between him and Lycanroc with a Fake Out followed by a SLAP!
"Nuh-uh, you stay right there!"

>>5422190
Hm. I guess so, after all, I live in a freakin' cave. Guess we oughta find the place first, right? We can worry about... wierd-glowy-snow-stuff later. We have a Purrloin to rescue!

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Rolled 18 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5422169
>>5422190
>>5422204
"Keep your eyes open, and try not to fall asleep."
Vee tries to find a discreet entrance or way to break in to the cave.
He uses his knowledge of crime to look. Is it considered breaking and entering if it's just some random cave?

>>5422211
I... can't close my eyes, Vee.

>>5422215
"I don't know how to solve personal problems, Sable." Vee is unable to provide any support for his dear friend Sableye. Maybe someday they'll find a cure.

Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d20)

>>5422174
Stern goes flying from his concealment as a little ball of fire, slamming like a meteor into the unsuspecting group. The Parasect chitters out in pain as the mushroom is scorched by the heat. A cloud of spores explodes from the bug in response, almost causing Stern to inhale a full lungful! Maroon flops over, pressed to the ground awkwardly.

>>5422184
Brock's shorter short-term memory kicks in and now some other things have been lost to him. He does not know where he is, but he knows he must fight. He does distinctly remember the Orb not working right. Disappointment!

>>5422185
Sable seems oblivious to the fight as he tries to figure out the mystery of the strange flakes in the air... wait... now he remembers! It's a Stunning Spore, that's what it was.

He is now experiencing mild paralysis.

>>5422198
>>5422189
>>5422196
>>5422201
Lycanroc looks at the Tepig that suddenly appeared and the noise shouted by Tintoretto. "Attack! They attack there! Go other way!"

Fully alert, the Lycanroc watches as Citrine comes hurtling out of the tree line! Raising his blade to try and counter the moment he stops spinning, Kaku suddenly jumps in, ready to stop that idea from happening. The sidelining attacks cause the dog to lose its footing and stumble to the ground, flattened by the rolling pin that is Citrine.

It groans and growls out at the same time, dazed. Already hurtling through the air during this whole engagement, Astor then proceeds to slam into him. No reprieve!

>>5422211
The cave itself doesn't actually go anywhere. It's better to just call it a hole in the wall, now that the Luminous Orb lifted the darkness from the area. It does actually look like a comfy hangout. In any case, there are a host of shadows being cast on a nearby row of bushes. It might be a close call, however, to sneak so brazenly.

ENEMY TURN 1

They are in the process of fleeing away from the area. Clattering between their robes, you can see... something.

Purrloin turns around and begins to look utterly weak and pathetic to Citrine.
>Purrloin used Fake Tears!

"This is much too fast! We must leave this instant!" Roselia cries out, blanketing the area in a shower of water.
>Roselia used Water Sport!

Murkrow shrugs, fluttering onto the knocked-out Maroon. "I can fly away at any time." He starts snapping at something in the air.
>Murkrow (36) used Dream Eater on Maroon! (ROLL 1)

Ribombee buzzes around, panicked. Suddenly, Lycanroc is covered in a thick cloud of dust. The injuries dealt to him suddenly seem to... go away.
>Ribombee used Pollen Puff on Lycanroc!

Parasect chatters, snipping at the nearby as it shakes the mushroom cap around. A hazy yellow mist starts to form around the entire group in the cave.
>Parasect used Spore! (ROLL 2)

LHG TURN 2

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>5422221
>Maroon takes 142 damage.
>Murkrow restores 72 HP.
Rolling to awaken.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5422217
That's not... ugh... I can't close my eyes because I don't have eyelids, Vee. Sableyes don't have eyelids, it's just how it is.
>>5422221
Wait... I can't feel my legs! Vee, help! I can't move my legs! It's stun spore! We gotta get outta here!
>Sable tries to crawl over to a clearer area, preferably without alerting the entire forest

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5422221
Citrine promptly puts his entire weight on the hand the downed Lycanroc is holding the sword with.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5422221
"HEY!" Kaku looks at the bee.
"Stop that." Then slaps it.

Rolled 3, 6 = 9 (2d8)

>>5422221
"Be prepared everyone!"
Astor used Tailwind!

>>5422221
"Ciao there cootists!!! Are what you culting? Raising the dead? I know a few pointers!"

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5422221
Brock leaps off Citrine at the Ribombee, flashing a playing card like a badge "Special Agent Brody! You're under arrest perp!" He proceeds to try and land a flying Headbutt
>Headbutt on Ribombee

>>5422241
>206dmg + Flinch!

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5422221
"Wake up Maroooon!"
>>5422227
Stern burns Maroon with Heat Crash to activate Flash Fire!