Neo Iornia Session 10: Gale Force

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Dwight:
Dwight's HP rose!
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Dwight:
getting the XP from last sesh done, I don't think we're bothering with training this morning.

Tidus:
Tidus's Defense rose!
Thrice:
is that a threat
Warlord:
I want it when you got a boss worth of exp
Thrice:
they got like 70 or something

Nick:
86
Thrice:
and some of that went to the NPC
Thrice:
ANY LAST TIME ON IORNIA BALL Z

Sirksy 2:
you killed Pilaf

Sirksy 2:
like you killed the SHIT out of pilaf

Eliza:
I wasn't even part of that (smirk)
Warlord:
Yes I kind of need fucking recap

Nick:
"Everyone good to walk?" Nick is exhausted, but tries not to show it. He kept his position on guard through the night, unable to sleep with the looming threat

Sirksy 2:
Eliza wandered off into the wilderness, where she opted to go to some tower whilst ignoring all the warnings of some sketchy chick in a coat

Sirksy 2:
the warnings turned out to not be so ignorable and eliza like, got her soul held hostage or some shit

Nick:
Nonono

Nick:
let's call it what it is

Nick:
what it was called in universe

Nick:
a fortress

Sirksy 2:
indeed
Warlord:
Didn't you bring back a waifu with you or something

Nick:
no

Sirksy 2:
Nick wanted to go looking for her so he held Harriet at gunpoint, harriet considered pulling the trigger herself with telepathy

Nick:
unfortunately

Sirksy 2:
but eventually just went along

Nick:
AKA the Agi strat

Sirksy 2:
...telekinesis

Sirksy 2:
not telepathy

Sirksy 2:
gun whisperer

Nick:
I was gonna let it slide

Sirksy 2:
The same sketchy chick found Nick and Harriet and warned THEM

Sirksy 2:
and they were like "COOL LET'S GO"

Sirksy 2:
so they went

Nick:
Hey, remember when recaps contained accurate information?

Sirksy 2:
no?

Sirksy 2:
Thankfully, most of the guards were gone for reasons that are technically knowable but nobody paid enough attention so it's likely nobody remembers

Sirksy 2:
So they just had to fight this chick, who'd basically made herself a soul mantle as a sacrifice to gain some power or something from Giratina
Warlord:
A fucking Deino
Warlord:
Sellable for $20k

Sirksy 2:
they dropped her about 60 feet from the tower

Sirksy 2:
this kills the cultist

Nick:
Hekate retrieved Eliza's body, was going to fucking bury it before we came along, I threw a fit and she wishy-washily said "well maybe if you destroy the LARGEST GEM in the TALLEST TOWER"

Nick:
"or fuck my sister up a bit idk"

Sirksy 2:
she didn't know whether the focus would be with her sister, or in the tower

Sirksy 2:
or in a lake somewhere just hidden

Sirksy 2:
waiting for Gohan to come fuck things up

Nick:
but yeh we got out of there, then uh

Sirksy 2:
Now her little bro is, apparently, on the hunt forthe people who murdercated his sis. He doesn't know faces, but he DID send out a forest-wide message that swiggity swoogity, he's comin' for SOMEONE'S booty.

Nick:
Juju curse?

Sirksy 2:
said message consisted of a mist blanketing the forest for a solid ten minutes so that was probably noticeable

Nick:
The mist just kind of sign-languaged it to everyone
Warlord:
And I assume you told nothing about your insanity in-character, otherwise I'd probably ditch your asses at this point.
Warlord:
Let's be off
Warlord:
Seriously why is there a Deino.

Nick:
it was Hekate's

Nick:
it is gone

Sirksy 2:
Yeah it shouldn't be there

Eliza:
I have some pretty dank apples with me though, since I said I was gonna go grab some food for people.

Nick:
God damn it Eliza the apples do not make up for this.

Eliza:
Might be slightly tainted with soul remains and zombie poop

Eliza:
You killed a (wo)man
Thrice:
Hekate herself helped them out but then left to check on her sister, who is 1000% dead

Eliza:
You have yourself to blame

Eliza:
10000%

Nick:
I didn't kill her

Nick:
the fall did

Nick:
I was not in control of the fall
Thrice:
you slept through her death
Warlord:
It's 7:25, RP, immediately.
Thrice:
you are guilty of acedia
Thrice:
is 7:25 late

Nick:
"Everyone good to walk?" Nick is exhausted, but tries not to show it. He kept his position on guard through the night, unable to sleep with the looming threat
Warlord:
For a once every 2 weeks session yes

Ivan:
11 intuition Nick being exhausted

Eliza:
Eliza yawns and throws out her arms to regain her senses on how to walk and operate her body, "I need to study the effects of that high, that was something tremendously intense."

Nick:
8 Guile I guess (D)

Nick:
Fuck (D)
Warlord whispers: seriously, training exp
Warlord whispers: give it
You whisper to Warlord: you ought to know how to do it yourself by now
You whisper to Warlord: it's the same formula
Warlord whispers: it's been weeks
You whisper to Warlord: your highest skill rank is probably expert, so half the pokemon's level + 10

Ivan:
"I'm more than ready. Thought you would've been back here a while ago. What kept you?"
Nick: (( It's the morning after, isn't it? ))
Warlord:
(I don't know)
You whisper to Warlord: which is halved if you train the same pokemon twice
Warlord whispers: how many trainings then
Warlord whispers: I believe 5 for expert?
Nick: (( I rule yes bc fuck it ))
You whisper to Warlord: 5 yeah

Ivan:
Ivan could notice Nick being physically tired from not having blatantly slept less and still said what he said.

Nick:
"Look man, I dunno. She was off on one of her god damn highs, or something. It was a rough night."

Nick:
"Seriously, Eliza, don't do that again. Please?"
Thrice:
for the record, the uh
Thrice:
the message last night was not exactly private
Thrice:
everyone heard that
Warlord:
what message now?

Eliza:
"I think I'm still on it, those voicces were pretty loud if you asked me. Rings through my head like electrical signals." Eliza firmly holds onto her case of syringes, now back in her possession.

Eliza:
voices*
Nick: (( The exact message was: "Some of you may be wondering where I am! Well, don't worry I'm on my way! ETA: who knows, right? All this spirit traffic's a bitch!" The boy's voice shifts down low, into a playfully macabre timbre, "But when I get there...hahahaha! Shout-outs to whoever murdered my big sis! Hope ya enjoy the VIP treatment I'm givin' you, cause hoo boy, have I got some plans for ya! Run if you want, might buy you some time, but you know what they say: linger too long on death's doorstep, and you risk being invited in!" ))
Nick: (( accompanied by the FUCKING MIST ))
Nick: (( and GIANT-ASS GLOWING DEATH SIGIL IN THE SKY ))
Nick: (( whole forest got a glimpse of that ))
Thrice:
Before anyone can decide how best to be a jackass to the others, the sigil hovering above the tower flashes, changing hue from blue to violet, then to pale lavender. Each transition lights up the sky and burns the color into your eyes so that the whole world looks tinted for a second...except the last one. That one lasts more than a second. Like way more. Purple mist bellows out from the symbol in the sky, sinking toward the earth. It falls over the trees and blankets the entire forest. That's not going unnoticed. The already-cool air drops close to freezing. Condensation from the mist forms on your exposed skin, chilling you to the bone.
Thrice:
The mist coils around you, and any second you expect it to open its mouth and expose its forked tongue. Well...you're about halfway there. A voice emanates from the cold foggy depths. At first, it's just a hearty, boyish laugh, but then it clips into a lighthearted, slightly somber tone.
Nick: (( The dude does not know who it is ))
Thrice:
also
Thrice:
worryingly

Ivan:
"Whatever you did, we just need to get going ASAP. This forest is -possessed-, I tell you." He hoped they had nothing to do with whatever that message was.
Thrice:
trying to post all of that in the same post gave me a stack overflow

Eliza:
"I agree, let's get out of this cultist hell, please, and thank you."

Nick:
"Yeah, I know. We're skipping training. Harriet! Your group ready?"

Galf:
Galf's Defense rose!

Harriet:
"As ready as we'll ever be. I'm doubtful as to how good an idea it was to make camp last night... We've given up a lot of time."

Ivan:
"I figured that giant serf of Virizion would've been the worst of our problems. Turns out the whole forest is a hellhole."

Nick:
"Crack of dawn's good enough!"

Eliza:
Eliza finishes up collapsing their sleeping arrangement, "Alright, I'm good to go now for real." She slots the tent through her backpack rings and tries to figure out which way is which.

Eliza:
Survival: ( 14 )

Nick:
"Connough Valley isn't, like... affiliated with them, is it?"

Ciara:
"You said it..Albion never mentioned any of this. I feel like we should have known this..."

Nick:
"Maybe a little... uh... damn it, what's the word. It's normal there, yeah?"

Eliza:
"It's a more established place than just sitting out here in the middle of a forest trying to summon all kinds of satanic magic."

Nick:
"Granted." How many god damn times do we roll now

Nick:
just push towards civilization pls

Harriet:
i pre-rolled everything

Nick:
good

Harriet:
this does not help you much

Nick:
bad

Eliza:
we hug lil bro
Warlord:
We have Eliza's stupid apples, I don't remember the rules we read a month ago
Warlord:
We want to go towards civilization away from area with random cultists and demons
Warlord:
no exploring
Warlord:
foraging if required by meme mechanics
Warlord:
I think that's about right

Nick:
that's all I've ever wanted
Warlord:
If it had happened with me actually there I might have investment higher than zero
Warlord:
but no as is just fucking leave.
Thrice:
That's fair

Nick:
*eats candy corn*

Eliza:
(chew)
Thrice:
You're aided by what we call 'nature' this time. You DO have a map of the nearby area, and Harriet knows where Connough is, roughly. You can hook around the bay until you come to a river on its south end, and then follow that to the base of the mountain and skate the edge toward where the Valley itself is situated.

Nick:
"Dibs on the bath."
Thrice:
That, however, requires going to the bay - and if you recall, which I don't expect u to it's been years, Harriet and her peeps didn't particularly enjoy their stay there the first time. Never said WHY, really.
Nick:
Did they come from Connough?
Warlord:
What was even in the bay for why we wanted to go there?
Thrice:
Pokemon, originally
Nick:
That was the Pokemon hunting area he threw out session 1
Thrice:
And no, they did not
Thrice:
they went to the bay for pokemon as well
Thrice:
it did not go well for them
Warlord:
I think we mostly assumed it wasn't that far away
Nick:
We did.
Nick:
We, seemingly, were wrong.
Nick:
very wrong
Warlord:
well in-character I passively drop a mention of that being our destination at some point, how do they react?
Thrice:
Like people mostly
Thrice:
Harriet tells you that, yeah, it's possible to go there and you probably should go around the whole bay so you don't get lost
Thrice:
But there's a major fucking storm just
Thrice:
there
Nick:
y did u not mention this
Thrice:
you never asked her
Warlord:
"major storm" ?
Nick:
We have EYES, don't we
Thrice:
you're not at the bay
Warlord:
I assume you don't mean weather
Nick:
The SKY, usually, can indicate, to some degree
Nick:
What the weather is like
Warlord:
yes exactly
Thrice:
Black clouds that hover over part of the bay and just pour rain accompanied by howling winds in a very specific small spot
Nick:
in locations which aren't too far away
Tokens dropped onto map 'Iornia Regional Map' by player Agi (Player)

Nick:
"We can go around...?"

Nick:
"We've pissed off the trees already, I'd like to stay friends with the air as long as I can."
Thrice:
She say it's not impassable or anything, they just didn't want to deal with that shit

Ivan:
"It can't be that bad, right? It's not like there's flooding? Is it really more dangerous than a forest with evil sigils?"
Thrice:
Also thinks it's probably some Pokemon or swarm of 'em causing it, but that's basically the first fucking assumption for anything out in the wilderness

Nick:
yeah well that'd be wrong

Nick:
it's always cults

Eliza:
"I just want to get to the place, I remember why I liked the cities. But if you guys have some pretty nasty experiences there, I wouldn't mind taking a slower route and getting there safely. But if you're feeling more confident, feel free to be bold."

Eliza:
She addresses their allied group before her own.
Ivan: (( clearly it's the suicune cult's fault ))

Nick:
probably

Harriet:
"It's whatever. Just annoying." She shrugs, "Besides, I'm not the one hurting here. I remembered to bring a jacket."

Ivan:
He threw up his arms. "I don't really care, not like I have any business there. I'm just concerned with you know, our safety." He addresses Harriet. "Your group's the one that's been to both places, where do you think is honestly safer?"
Harriet: (( the forest is like, behind us - and where the group currently is. It's all forest ))
Ivan: (( As much distance as possible between the cult and us is probably for the best lol. ))

Harriet:
"Well, the bay's got the upper hand by being anywhere near the way we're going. The issue is whether we'd rather brave the rain than risk getting lost by straying away and trying to take a wider route around."

Ivan:
"Well I don't know about you, but getting drenched is better than stumbling into whoever sent out that message again."

Nick:
"Is getting lost really that much of a worry? It's between the mountains, right?"

Harriet:
"Yeah, I think the same. Be prepared to be fucking frozen. Rain and wind don't mix well."

Ivan:
Replying to Nick. "Normally? Not the worst. Right now? With what we know about this place? Getting lost isn't a risk we want to take."
Nick: (( I mean like is it -even- a risk, we can see the mountain ranges ))

Harriet:
just choose an option boys

Eliza:
^
Ivan: (( apparently we can get lost ))
Ivan: (( I take GM's word for it, mechanics are a thing ))
Nick: (( Also holy shit if I ever run a game I am throwing """"exploration"""" of this kind out the window ))
Ivan: (( Yes I want to go into flooded bay ))
Nick: (( Fine sure ))
Harriet: (( i mean right now you're just deciding whether to take the more comfortable path or the quicker one ))
Harriet: (( that's uh, the literal basics of exploration ))
Harriet: (( there aren't even any mechanics involved there ))
Harriet: (( but yeah it's obviously possible to get lost in a forest, for starters you could lose track of what mountains you're trying to go toward. ))
Harriet: (( there are three ranges near you ))

Eliza:
"I side with Ivan, let's just get there, truck through the storm ASAP." Eliza starts making more motions toward following the coastline.

Eliza:
"All those in favor of going more safely now, have my permission to trip me."
Ivan: (( now spawn water kyogre/suicune and kill us ))
Nick: (( he may ))
Nick: (( I'm sitting in voice chat ))
Eliza: (( I'll join when combat comes up ))
Nick: (( I think exploring might be even more critical to have it up than combat. ))
Eliza: (( unless you're all in it and wanting to fast forward ))
Nick: (( Exploring is clearly not an RP thing ))
Thrice: (( that's why i was just describing shit ))
Thrice: (( and not actually tlaking as the character until you started doing so ))
Eliza: (( join us if you'd like warlord, thrice ))
Eliza: (( we've having a gay ole time ))
Warlord:
soon
Thrice:
(tm)
Thrice:
You travel southward until you hit the coastline, and follow it northwest. Pokemon are out and about, but you ain't interested in those. Fuck Pokemon, right? A couple seem pretty interested in you, though, like a little bright-eyed pupper that follows u around for a bit, but eventually they all get the hint and leave ya bastards alone. Well, at least for a bit.
Thrice:
Bout half an hour later, more puppers show up, jogging alongside you. A violet mist rolls in, nipping at your heels with frigid winds. Out from the bushes jumps a rather large pupper, I believe they call them 'doggos' at that size, its eyes glowing a brilliant blue. It stares you down for a second, then throws its head back and laughs in a shrill bark. When it lowers its head, its eyes glow even brighter, crackling now with indigo flames.

Nick:
dang-ass coastal bushes

Nick:
well as LONG AS THEY DON'T AWOO

Nick:
we're probably good
Warlord:
So obviously hostile then, right? I am actively looking for anything to catch that isn't a meme.
Warlord:
Whatever water doggoo would not be that bad.
Warlord:
"that isn't a meme"

Eliza:
you got a pile of memes
Warlord:
Mightyena

Nick:
It's PTU they're probably ok who knows

Mightyena:
we get bite early
Warlord:
The houndour isn't even dark I could catch worse

Nick:
This is bad

Mightyena:
so we got that going for us, which is cool i guess
Warlord:
Like, uh...
Warlord:
I don't know what could I even catch that is worse.

Eliza:
a potted plant

Nick:
Potted plants are OP

Mightyena:
a pot plant*

Mari:
it's eliza'

Mari:
s
Warlord:
kill them all so we don't have to forage
Warlord:
we're eating wolf
Warlord:
the pooches are ?s

Nick:
Good idea
Warlord:
btw

Eliza:
"So, this sounds silly to ask but these weren't the things giving you trouble, right?" She says to Harriet.

Harriet:
"Uh, no. But...anything seem weird about that thing to you? Do these things normally laugh like that?"

Nick:
8

Eliza:
"Maybe it's the new hip howl that all the wolves are awooing about."

Ivan:
"I dunno, maybe they're deltas? They might actually be at all worth catching then!"

Nick:
Nick mumbles under his breath. "She said the other cultists don't USE Pokemon... maybe they're just images?"

Harriet:
Far as you know, Mightyena may or may not laugh on occasion

Harriet:
usually their eyes are specifically said to not be on fire tho

Harriet:
seems like it may endanger the pupper
Ivan: (( it is obviously the eyes yes ))

Eliza:
Eliza slides open her tablet case and gives the computer the task to figure out what's going on with these things.
Ivan: (( they are supposed to be hyenas, not wolves ))
Ivan: (( they fucking laugh ))
Ivan: (( despite being a really, really shitty representation of a hyena. ))

Nick:
I'm 90% sure that's a translation issue.

Nick:
Seemingly not.

Nick:
AIGHT SO.

Nick:
Agility Training, Ivan, Harriet, and Ciara I guess

Ciara:
"Uh...wait, that was the wrong choice, huh..."

Nick:
"Dig down!"

Tidus:
Tidus zoops into the center of the pack, dodging around their chomps, and burrows a hole deep, deep underground!

Ciara:
"Whatever! Harriet, your Pokemon has the advantage, get 'em!"

Ciara:
After You~

St. Clair:
This is a bad idea

St. Clair:
2 N-no, it's just gonna use a sparkle sparkle attack

Tidus:
F O L L O W M E

St. Clair:
Damage: 25, Special

Poochyena 7:
Poochyena 7 took major damage!

Poochyena 7:
The injury lowered the Defense stat!

Poochyena 7:
The injury lowered the Attack stat!

St. Clair:
I'm level 10 what do you want from me

Tidus:
Punching bag is good enough I guess

Poochyena 7:
also 10
Nick has received initiative.
Tidus has received initiative.

Mightyena:
Oh hai

Mightyena:
NOW PLAYING Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire Ace Remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGwtbPt9F8

Mightyena:
Welp let's go, test your memory boys

Mightyena:
The Mightyena opens its jaws, like it normally would, but just before it clamps down, its jaws turn purple and begin dripping with venom! 16

Mightyena:
oh

Mightyena:
Damage: 49, Physical | CRITICAL HIT!

Tidus:
it ded

Mightyena:
+Badly poisoned if it somehow survives that

St. Clair:
St. Clair took major damage!

St. Clair:
The injury lowered the Speed stat!

St. Clair:
The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!

Mightyena:
oh shit right

Mightyena:
+8

St. Clair:
St. Clair loses 12 hit points.
Eliza has received initiative.

Eliza:
Eliza twirls her cane, and takes slams a patch of some adhesive paper onto the back of Ivan's neck! X-Defense PATCH!

Eliza:
+2 CS in Defense

Ivan:
10 bulldoze

Ivan:
Damage: 27, Physical

Galf:
0 generic ember pooch 7
Ivan has received initiative.
Harriet has received initiative.

St. Clair:
St. Clair took moderate damage!

Mightyena:
Mightyena took moderate damage!

Poochyena 6:
Poochyena 6 took heavy damage!

Harriet:
"Oi! That was my Pokemon! Egh...Whatever, not the time."
Harriet has received initiative.

Ivan:
"Shit, sorry." 12

Harriet:
Harriet throws her pendant toward the Poochyena, and slashes into it! 5

Harriet:
Damage: 34, Special

Harriet:
14

Harriet:
"Not buying it! But I'll worry about that later!"

Poochyena 7:
Poochyena 7 took major damage!

Mightyena:
The Mightyena growls, but its eyes flash, and it seems to grow ever the fiercer! Its eyes burn brighter!

Mightyena:
It flashes you a smile and a wink.
19 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0

Poochyena:
Why hello there boi

Poochyena:
Let me tell u about a little something called

Poochyena:
teamwork

Poochyena:
14 It bites Ivan!

Poochyena:
Damage: 36, Physical

Ivan:
Ivan took moderate damage!

Poochyena 2:
AWOOOOO

Poochyena 2:
The injury lowered the Attack stat!
Healed up! Recovered 5 HP.
14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0
14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0

Poochyena 3:
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Poochyena 4:
I however can hit you

Poochyena 4:
20

Poochyena 4:
Damage: 34, Physical

Ivan:
Ivan took 18 damage.

Nick:
"Ivan, you're gonna want to get out of there! Tidus will be digging up soon!"

Nick:
"Harriet, get your Pokemon out of there!"

DeLacy:
-1 PLS DIE

DeLacy:
FUGG

Ciara:
"Oh, COME ON! Land a hit!"

Poochyena 5:
DIE BOI

Poochyena 5:
7

Poochyena 5:
Damage: 34, Physical

Colombo:
Colombo took heavy damage!

Poochyena 6:
23

Poochyena 6:
Damage: 30, Physical

Ivan:
Ivan took 14 damage.

Ivan:
The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!
Galf whispers: add galf to initiative

Theresa:
put me in coach

Theresa:
Theresa cheers Ivan's corpse on! Helping Hand!
St. Clair has received initiative.
Benzene has received initiative.

Benzene:
9 PS

Poochyena 5:
Aw man u hitt me

Benzene:
PS @EAT DICK Poison | Physical 1d8+6 | 28
Your Fluff

Poochyena 5:
Poochyena 5 took heavy damage!
Ivan has received initiative.

Poochyena 5:
I WILL KILL U

DeLacy:
stg if i miss again

Nick:
Standard + Shift = Two Orders Agility Training (Harriet, Columbo, Benzene) Strike Again! (DeLacy, Ivan, Galf) Swift Action = After You! (Ivan)  "Making some plays here! Ivan, get a couple hits in before you back out! I can't have Tidus hold off much longer, Harriet, you need to get your Pokemon out of there!"
Nick has received initiative.

Ivan:
4 low sweep large dog

DeLacy:
18 Low sweep smol dog

DeLacy:
oh

Ivan:
Damage: 26, Physical

Nick:
Mobilze @ Ivan too, no AoOs

DeLacy:
Damage: 63, Special | CRITICAL HIT!

Poochyena 4:
Poochyena 4 took severe damage!

Theresa:
halp hand

Ivan:
36

Theresa:
+2 Acc, +10 damage

Ivan:
-2

Mightyena:
Mightyena took major damage!

Mightyena:
The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!
19 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0
19 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0

Mightyena:
The Mightyena falls low to the ground...the fire in its eyes flashes bright enough to blind you, and it throws its head back and laughs again! It cracks its neck and stares Ivan down, still giggling to itself, its teeth bared.
34 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0

Poochyena 2:
3

Poochyena 2:
nice

Poochyena 2:
Damage: 21, Physical

Galf:
Galf took 13 damage.

Galf:
12 thunder fang

Galf:
Damage: 34, Physical

Galf:
40

Mightyena:
The Mightyena takes the attack, but before it reels from the damage, a mist spews out from the point of impact, toward its fellow Poochers, spreading the impact around!

Poochyena 7:
Poochyena 7 loses 4 hit points.

Poochyena 2:
Poochyena 2 loses 4 hit points.

Poochyena 5:
Poochyena 5 loses 4 hit points.

Mightyena:
Mightyena loses 4 hit points.

Poochyena:
Poochyena loses 4 hit points.

Poochyena 6:
Poochyena 6 loses 4 hit points.

Poochyena 4:
Poochyena 4 loses 4 hit points.

Poochyena 3:
Poochyena 3 loses 4 hit points.

Mightyena:
It ruffles its ears at you, and then gets ready to strike!
Warlord:
28

Mightyena:
With the absolute biggest honkenest bite u ever did see...at...

Mightyena:
Its eyes wander around the battlefield, but it seems to decfide to just lay into the other doggo!

Mightyena:
19

Mightyena:
nice

Mightyena:
Damage: 78, Physical | CRITICAL HIT!

Galf:
Galf took severe damage!

Mightyena:
Its fangs drain the life from your doggo as it chomps down!

Mightyena:
Mightyena is healed and gains 35 hit points.

Galf:
The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!

Galf:
The injury lowered the Attack stat!

Galf:
The injury lowered the Accuracy stat!
Colombo has received initiative.

Harriet:
"Okay, that DEFINITELY isn't supposed to happen!"|

Mightyena:
The doggo snickers and sticks its tongue out at Harriet

Colombo:
10 Gonna kill the little doggo

Colombo:
Damage: 33, Physical

Poochyena 5:
Poochyena 5 took major damage!

Neal:
"Hang in there, man..."

Neal:
Super Potion - heal 35 HP
Neal uses 1 AP!

Ivan:
Ivan is healed and gains 35 hit points.

Ivan:
Ivan gained a tick of HP!

Ivan:
Ivan is healed and gains 3 hit points.
Eliza has received initiative.

Neal:
"Natural or not, I can match that healing!"

Eliza:
Eliza unsure where to slap a new sticker, slaps the flying pink thing on the back of the head with an X-Special.

DeLacy:
thanking u

Ivan:
"Thanks. Let's take out the little ones first, they're some kinda spooky ghost dogs, like the ones we saw at the waterfall!"

DeLacy:
i am going to die soon
2 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0

Eliza:
I'll be there to watch

Ciara:
"Are you sure?! Maybe it's just the big dog controlling them!"
Galf has received initiative.
Tidus has received initiative.

Harriet:
"...hope this is worth it." Harriet returns her fatdoggo

Tidus:
Tidus burrows up underneath the fainted Poochyena, sending it flying!

Nick:
Nick uses 1 AP!

Mightyena:
Oh hai motherfucker

Tidus:
5

Tidus:
3d8+10 | 35

Mightyena:
Mightyena took heavy damage!

Mightyena:
The injury lowered the Defense stat!

Poochyena:
Poochyena took major damage!

Poochyena 6:
Poochyena 6 took major damage!

Poochyena 3:
Poochyena 3 took major damage!

Poochyena 4:
Poochyena 4 took major damage!

Poochyena:
The injury lowered the Attack stat!

Poochyena 3:
The injury lowered the Attack stat!
Harriet has received initiative.

DeLacy:
18 I swear to me aunt may

DeLacy:
oh

DeLacy:
Okay can we stop calling me the useless one yet

DeLacy:
A torrent of bubbles!

DeLacy:
Damage: 39, Special

DeLacy:
Damage: 59, Special | CRITICAL HIT!

Mightyena:
The mist creeps in once more! The dog is looking pretty freaking worried, now. Scanning for an escape route.

Mightyena:
Mightyena loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena:
Poochyena loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena 3:
Poochyena 3 loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena 4:
Poochyena 4 loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena 6:
Poochyena 6 loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena 7:
Poochyena 7 loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena 5:
Poochyena 5 loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena 2:
Poochyena 2 loses 7 hit points.

Poochyena:
THAT';S NOT COOL MAN BUT IMMA KILL THIS GROUNDDOG ANYWAY

Poochyena:
7 get it it's like a groundhog but a dog

Tidus:
wanna bet m9

Poochyena:
Damage: 28, Physical

Tidus:
Tidus took 17 damage.

Poochyena 2:
15 A SOLDIER WITHOUT A COMPASS, ETC

Poochyena 2:
Damage: 33, Physical
Ciara uses 1 AP!

DeLacy:
PAIN, RESISTANCE, ETC

DeLacy:
24

DeLacy:
get fukt

DeLacy:
DeLacy took negigible damage!

Poochyena 3:
22 Die son

Poochyena 3:
Damage: 54, Physical | CRITICAL HIT!

Poochyena 3:
also a flonch

Tidus:
Tidus took 43 damage.

Tidus:
The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!

Tidus:
The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!
St. Clair has received initiative.
Tidus has received initiative.
Benzene has received initiative.

Benzene:
10 Whirlpool the healthy one

Benzene:
ur vortex'd

Poochyena 2:
So that hits

Benzene:
whirlpool @hello smol Water | Special 2d6+8 | 28
hold up whats my attack

Benzene:
+5

Benzene:
33 totes

Poochyena 2:
Poochyena 2 took major damage!

Poochyena 2:
The injury lowered the Attack stat!

Poochyena 2:
The injury lowered the Defense stat!
Ivan has received initiative.
Nick has received initiative.

Ciara:
"Hit 'em hard again!"

Ciara:
pls

DeLacy:
4 BUB BULL

DeLacy:
nice

Tidus:
DIG AWAY DIG AWAY

Mightyena:
r u fkn kiddin me

DeLacy:
Damage: 33, Special

Poochyena 2:
Poochyena 2 took major damage!

Mightyena:
The Mightyena tanks the hit, barely clinging on!

Mightyena:
Mightyena loses 21 hit points.

DeLacy:
Oh, boy

DeLacy:
you naive fool

DeLacy:
Cruelty

Nick:
9 boltoss @ Poochyena

Nick:
Since mightos is dead

Mightyena:
Just before the doggo's last will is sapped, the fire disappears from its eyes with a final wink. Then it snaps back to reality and looks REALLY CONFUSED for a second. Then it dies.

Mightyena:
The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!

Nick:
73

Mightyena:
Mightyena loses 6 hit points.
Colombo has received initiative.
Capture Rate: 100

Poochyena:
Capture Rate:100

Poochyena:
You're good

Poochyena 3:
The pooch, without its leader, looks like it wants to fucking bail

Poochyena 3:
But it cannot

Poochyena 3:
because Init Sheetive is a fickle goddess

Poochyena 3:
Unless you want to let it fkn bail

Poochyena 3:
It would appreciate this
Warlord:
crash the plane with no survivors

Nick:
It can bail idk

Nick:
*idc

Neal:
"So...you sure you didn't see any weird dogs like this when you were gone?"

Nick:
"Dude, that's the first I've seen of them! I only really threw the ball at the end there to see if they were -real- or not."

Nick:
"Thought they could have been... shadow images, or something, like the water Pokemon before..."

Harriet:
Harriet watches the Poocher bail, "I think we ought to high-tail it ourselves. I've got a really bad feeling about all this..."

Nick:
"No kidding..."

Ivan:
"Those ominous voices who threaten people typically don't do it just for show. They might know where we are because of some voodoo magic. If we just get to a center they probably can't touch us."

Eliza:
"I wonder if they'll send anything else after us."

Nick:
"Is that how it works? Man, I dunno... l-look, we handled that pretty well, I think, but they might send something BIGGER next time."

Nick:
"If we get to town, I can get the Rangers on board, or SOMETHING! I can't live like this!"

Eliza:
"Let's get a move on then!"
Thrice:
And so you fucking bail, following the coastline. You get a little further along, just about ten minutes, and a sheet falls down over your eyes. Well, that's what it seems like. YOu can see the bay itself, but holy SHIT. A torrential wall of rain cascades down in front of you, stopping sharply at the treeline. You can literally walk one step forward into the rain, or one step back and out of it. The wind, however, is a little less precise. It whips and tears at your clothes and hair.
Thrice:
On ground level, a few Pokemon shield themselves from the elements with their weird lilyhats. If you peer way up into the sky, you can barely make out a few birds flitting about in the air, and also a fish that seems to have been caught by the hurricane-force gales, slung around comically(for you, less so for the fish).

Nick:
That

Nick:
or the fish caused it

Eliza:
what about the lilypad

Neal:
Neal and Ciara wrap their arms around themselves, and back out of the rain, "I...don't think this is good for our bandages... It's like jumping into a lake."

Nick:
"Whoo... okay, this is SUPER local, what the hell's going on there?"

Nick:
"Who pissed off which god?"
Warlord: (( magikarps? Lotads? I am interested. ))
Neal:
there is a new map
Neal:
ignore the uh
Neal:
the random upper bits
Neal:
no idea why they're on there
Neal:
RPGMaker musta just like
Neal:
shat itself
Nick:
I like this road
Nick:
this is a good road
Neal:
teach me to make my own maps I guess\
Tokens dropped onto map 'The Bay' by player Agi (Player)

Ivan:
"Yeeeeeeeah this is a lot worse than it looked from a distance. There might be even more voodoo bullshit causing this. Maybe the water god who hated Valdis? Valdis seems really unpopular."

Harriet:
Harriet yanks her hood down over her face, peering out the bottom, "Ugh...like I said, it's probably some Pokemon. If we can catch it or knock it out, then those guys can get through here safely and we can save some time. Or we could just go around..."

Harriet:
"Or it could be more fucking cultists."

Harriet:
"I dunno."

Nick:
"My vote was 'go around' from the beginning, seriously!"

Ivan:
"What way -isn't- dangerous?"

Harriet:
"That'll take a lot longer. We've already got hounds on our trail..."

Ivan:
"Everything's dangerous, at least this is quick and leads to some refuge."

Eliza:
Eliza stows her hat away and let's her braids flow freely behind her, "It's now or never, let's get this shit over with."

Nick:
"Rrgh..." Nick grits his teeth.

Eliza:
deja vu

Eliza:
etc

Harriet:
"Besides, if it's a Pokemon, all we have to do is catch it, right?" She says, as if that has EVER been the case.

Colombo:
Also

Colombo:
fuck you
Ivan: (( I was correct to let Houndour be the token casualty lol. ))

Nick:
"Whatever Pokemon's causing this, I don't think we're EQUIPPED to catch it."

Cirillo:
Cirillo is healed and gains 27 hit points.

Cirillo:
dang didn't even rly need a super

Ivan:
"Well we took out the one at the waterfall, right?"

Nick:
"Barely..."

Harriet:
"The big thing that nearly crushed Ciara, too. It's just a storm...pretty narrow area of influence, too."

Harriet:
"A lot of Pokemon can cause rain."

Ivan:
He just goes to start his trek inwards, carrying the fatass Slowpoke to use as a cannon.

Harriet:
"...not usually this much, though."

Nick:
"If there's one upside, it'll probably throw them off the trail."

Harriet:
Visibility here is fucking abysmal because of the rain and winds

Harriet:
It's hard enough to just keep your eyes open against the gale

Harriet:
But you can sort of make out shapes rattling around in the grass, holding their...hat things, and a couple more at the coastline. In the water, a few stone spires glow deep blue, and birds flock above them. They're very smol birds
Warlord: (( we supposed to creep up the map or what ))

Nick:
sorry, had to baffroom

Lombre:
This Pokemon can see you, but honestly does not gaf right now

Lombre:
It's pretty happy to be in the rain and ignores you

Fifi:
hoo fuck that was too far

Fifi:
I think

Lombre:
All the grass is Rough and Slow terrain

Lombre:
actually fuck it

Nick:
E V E R Y T H I N G

Lombre:
if something is both Rough and Slow I'm just going to call it Difficult Terrain

Lombre:
But it doesn't matter a whole lot here

Shellos:
hello i am salmon
Warlord:
Well we probably do not want to cause trouble with this many things here in the rain when there is probably a god too, I am not -dying- to catch one when I have a water

Shellos:
okay that was supposed to be sal - mon

Shellos:
not like

Shellos:
salmon
Warlord:
if they attack I will be happy to start catching

Passefaro:
nature walk bitch

Nick:
Curiousity gets the better of Nick

Swablu:
The Swablu all flap their wings in harmony, conducted by this particularly elegant motherfucker over here, flapping its wings like a baton

Swablu:
The wind beats you down in time with each flap, pulsing and ebbing. The spires glow brighter, and then dim, in the same rhythm
Warlord:
That is the main thing to catch if I didn't hate it, yes. Could still catch it to sell it, but I have a feeling that would aggro everything.
Warlord:
Ivan attempts to just proceed

Nick:
"Man... I don't even know if I could aim a ball in these conditions."

Nick:
Nick pulls out his dex, though, and gives them a scan

Finneon:
The fish flying through the air is equally as hated, and more forgotten. It seems able to control its trajectory, however

Harriet:
Proceeding without attacking anything goes pretty well, for a bit, but the wind pushes you back, and makes progress extremely slow. You pretty much have to sumo-stomp your way through at a certain point

Harriet:
you will find that Ivan is fairly well built for this

Harriet:
Nick and Eliza are not

Harriet:
roll athletics

Nick:
1 FUCK you.,

Nick:
FUCK ME.

Harriet:
I see.

Eliza:
ass: ( 14 )

Harriet:
Harriet is going to root herself in place with her Telekinesis, giving her a bonus 15

Ivan:
14

Harriet:
Everyone except Nick is good

Harriet:
Nick is flung into the water.

Nick:
Nick immediately drowns.

Eliza:
that's just like him deja vu

Nick:
This kills the Nick.

Nick:
"Gaaah!" Nick just uh

Nick:
flails.

Swablu:
The swablu are startled by Nick, but this one keeps its cool. Unfortunately, the two others near it lose their fucking minds and start squawking and getting the fuck out of there, which TOTALLY throws off the rhythm

Swablu:
This is not good

Nick:
Unfortunately his HP is too high for this to be a good thing

Nick:
fortunately, this is about to change.

Swablu:
The wind pauses for three seconds, but then surges stronger than ever!
Unresolved value "CStages".

Ivan:
Ivan groans and was going to go try to save Nick, but the much stronger wind makes him more strongly consider leaving him to drown, not sure if he can do much but just stand in place now. He attempts to yell out over the wind, pointing at the delta mon. "It's that tiny cloud bird!"
Thrice:
Everyone take 23 Special, Flying damage

Eliza:
Eliza took 12 damage.

Nick:
Nick took 13 damage.

Ivan:
Ivan took 14 damage.

Passefaro:
Passefaro took 19 damage. It's somewhat effective!
Ivan: (( curse my special defense injury ))

Fifi:
Fifi took 9 damage. It's not very effective...
Thrice:
note, if you are Flying-type, you do not take this damage
Thrice:
none of you
Ivan: (( are the wilds hurt? ))

Lotad:
Lotad took heavy damage!

Shellos:
Shellos took moderate damage!

Lombre:
Lombre took moderate damage!
Thrice:
The wilds are
Thrice:
the flying-type wilds are not

Polpo:
Polpo took 16 damage.

Fifi:
So who has Gravity?

Swablu:
NOW PLAYING Phantom Brave - Strange Wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nFRrLEStoc

Swablu:
The regal-looking Swablu flits around trying to get its FUCKING INSANE comrades back in line

Harriet:
"Ugh...Okay...that's worse than before..."

Ivan:
"You were right, Harriet! It's by a Pokemon. It's that puny little cloud bird. The one different from the rest!"

Harriet:
The wind, completely out of tune now, ebbs and flows like the tide. It's pretty low right now...

Eliza:
Eliza's voice is drowned out as well by the onslaught of windy shit, "How the fuck are we goinna deal with that?" She tries to cover herself to see further in.

Harriet:
Which, if you know anything about tides, is not a good sign.

Ivan:
"Take it out fast!"

Harriet:
"It can't JUST be that thing! There's gotta be something more!"

Nick:
"Glub, glub!"

Ivan:
"We don't got a choice cause of Nick down there. Go!"
Ivan: (( yes I am attacking it ))

Fifi:
8 Thundershock @ primary Swabbn

Swablu:
The Swabbu squawks in panic, then in WAY MORE PANIC

Swablu:
you hitt

Fifi:
2d6+8 | 28
Ivan: (( make the delta type be water/flying please ))

Swablu:
Swablu took major damage!

Fifi:
almost minimum let's go

Eliza:
flying ground

Swablu:
The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!

Swablu:
The injury lowered the Defense stat!

Passefaro:
Passefaro is healed and gains 19 hit points.

Passefaro:
Passefaro took 12 damage. It's somewhat effective!

Swablu:
The Swablu goes down in a masterful pirouette of thundery panic! It does the whole "fake fainting" swoon thing

Swablu:
Except it almost is not fake

Swablu:
The uh

Nick:
7 Throwing a ball at the weakened Swablu

Swablu:
the pillar is rather cold

Swablu:
And damp but like that's pretty freakin obv

Swablu:
It pulses with chilliness in tune with the wind, which is extremely erratic right now

Nick:
49

Swablu:
And only getting moreso
Capture Rate: 82

Swablu:
You catch the Swabbloo!
Ivan: (( type? ))

Nick:
This is bad.

Swablu:
Water/Flying

Nick:
Level 9 (waiting)
Ivan: (( anything else, such as the other swablus, want to attack? ))

Nick:
the proper plural is "Swablessing"
Thrice:
All the other Swablu FREAK THE FUCK OUT
Ivan: (( either way I will come in to try to take his 1d6 athletics ass out of the freezing water ))
Thrice:
And the wind dies down completely!
Thrice:
For a split second!
Thrice:
Then it rips through the whole area, now uncontrolled and hectic!
Thrice:
33 Special, Flying-type Damage

Nick:
Nick took 23 damage.

Ivan:
"...Well shit, you were right Harri-IIIIIITTTTTTAAAAAH"

Fifi:
Fifi took 14 damage. It's not very effective...

Lombre:
Lombre took heavy damage!

Lotad:
Lotad took major damage!

Ivan:
Ivan took 24 damage.

Shellos:
Shellos took heavy damage!

Passefaro:
Passefaro took 12 damage. It's somewhat effective!

Polpo:
Polpo took 26 damage.

Polpo:
The injury lowered the Accuracy stat!

Lombre:
Lombre loses 16 hit points.

Ivan:
The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!

Lotad:
Lotad loses 24 hit points.

Eliza:
Eliza took 22 damage.

Passefaro:
Passefaro is healed and gains 12 hit points.

Passefaro:
Passefaro took 27 damage. It's somewhat effective!

Passefaro:
The injury lowered the Speed stat!
Warlord: (( ow. ))
Thrice:
The wind chills you to the bone now...the driving rain becomes sleet, and then hail.
Thrice:
The pillar Nick is straddling(cuddling?) freezes over, encasing him in ice.

Passefaro:
I definitely don't like that

Nick:
I DON'T LIKE THIS.
Thrice:
You can try to get off the pillar in time
Thrice:
To avoid it

Nick:
I have acro???
Warlord: (( I could save Nick or get a 100% capture on a weakened Lombre ))
Thrice:
But I can't think of anything you;d use other than Athletics or -maybe- Acrobatics if you can give me a good reason
Warlord: (( not sure which choice is correct ))
Thrice:
or combat to break the ice
Thrice:
before it completely freezes you

Nick:
Fuck it man Nick was barely thinking clearly just from the lack of sleep.

Nick:
I'll just use Athletics

Nick:
5
Thrice:
Try as you might to push yourself away, you're just too...Pathetic. You know, in that skill. Nick is flash-frozen to the pillar!
Thrice:
The water around the pillar freezes as well, in what we call a 'burst'! This happens with all the others, and the rock in the middle gets an even bigger blast of icy wind!

Nick:
So uh

Nick:
this means I'm the Avatar, right

Passefaro:
shave ur head

Harriet:
yep you'll take up in a hundred years

Harriet:
w

Ivan:
I leave Slowpoke on the ground and attempt to rush up, simultaneously slacking off during my rush in order to heal HP from the mass set damage.

Harriet:
"Fuck! What now?! What caused this?!"

Harriet:
you run two steps, then trip and roll the rest of the way

Harriet:
thus Slacking Off

Ivan:
of course

Ivan:
Ivan is healed and gains 30 hit points.

Eliza:
Eliza also tells Passe to get up there to help.

Harriet:
The water is absolutely frigid down here, but none of the Pokemon seem to be actively trying to do anything to you

Harriet:
If anything they're more fucking confused than you are

Polpo:
2 Well I am to them

Polpo:
is a confusion on lombre.

Polpo:
miss?

Harriet:
That definitely misses

Harriet:
With the weather and grass

Harriet:
Just being IN the water makes you take 21 Ice-type damage per round

Harriet:
okay that was a really fucking high roll

Harriet:
Special obv

Harriet:
Nick doesn't take this, being in stasis

Ivan:
Ivan took 12 damage.

Ivan:
So if nothing else is happening, I will just go and try to low sweep or whatever else to break the ice.

Lotad:
Lotad took moderate damage!

Fifi:
Fifi took 8 damage. It's not very effective...

Passefaro:
Passe juts out a long vine that will attempt to also smash Nick out of the ice, unless Ivan is just punching ice. 6

Lotad:
You'd have to make a few checks to get there - one to climb up(or jump) onto the ice, then one to maintain your balance while attacking, then of course the attack roll

Lotad:
plus the Focus roll required for any skill checks made during a round you took damage

Lotad:
when i said that all skills would be useful i meant it

Passefaro:
am i gud tho

Lotad:
You acutally miss the pillar.

Passefaro:
excellent

Ivan:
8 athletics to jump over onto it, 14 focus to stay balanced, 5 accuracy to break this fucking ice.

Passefaro:
nice
Ivan: (( so tell me where it fails ))

Lotad:
The focus check is actually required for -all- checks, it's what's known as a "precision skill check", if you fail it you take a penalty to the check

Lotad:
you can use Focus or Acrobatics to maintain your balance there
Ivan: (( what, 2 focus checks? ))
Ivan: (( ... ))

Lotad:
yeah - you take a penalty if you fail the check(I think they're like DC16 or some shit)

Lotad:
for every 4 it's under it's a -1 to the actual check
Ivan: (( you mean this is actually not something you made up? ))
Lotad: (( it is not ))

Ivan:
17

Fifi:
good shit
Ivan: (( the non focus checks were still fairly low ))

Passefaro:
godlike

Lotad:
sure i';ll let you just make one this time BOY, you make it over and hit the ice! Now roll your damage
Ivan: (( I made a focus check already ))
Ivan: (( do I need -three- total ))
Lotad: (( okay oyur first focus check was for balancing, like that was the actual skill check in question ))
Lotad: (( you'd normalyl need to make a focus check -before- that, to see if you can actually concentrate on your balancing ))
Lotad: (( that's what the precision checks represent ))
Lotad: (( but for now it's fine ))
Fifi: (( Voice is live again btw ))
Ivan: (( Have I succeeded or not ))
Lotad: (( yeah you have ))

Ivan:
Damage: 33, Physical

Nick:
Nick took 14 damage. It's not very effective...
Thrice:
You break through the ice and punch Nick in the gut! Or kick. Whatever. Either way, he's free, and can't even be angry because you saved him! So really you got to hit him for free.

Nick:
N I C E

Harriet:
"Okay, so... How the fuck do we stop this? Like, permanently?"

Nick:
Nick tries to say "ow" or "gah" or "jesus christ what the FUCK" but his lips/face are too numb so he just kinda burbles

Ivan:
"I'm not sure we fucking do!" He says as desperately trying to drag the useless caracass back to land.

Passefaro:
Passe hops up at the success and then realizes he's a grass goat, and wants the fuck out

Nick:
"Buh BURB! Buh -BURB-!"

Nick:
"IGGA GONTROW DEH!"

Harriet:
"...fuck did he say?"

Ivan:
"I know you coulda died! That's why we're getting the fuck out! I can't save you again!"

Harriet:
Harriet's hood catches the wind and nearly tugs her away, but she clutches onto her OWN rock, "OKAY, I ADMIT, BAD IDEA! Let's get the hell out of here!"

Nick:
The rock explodes into magma.

Passefaro:
Passe opts to have Ivan place Nick onto his back.
Passefaro: (( to shield him from ice ))

Ivan:
I use Nick as a shield.

Passefaro:
shit

Passefaro:
SHIIIT

Passefaro:
WE CAN'T BOTH USE HIM AS A SHIELD

Passefaro:
pce im fucking out
Ivan: (( so yes, can we get out of here ))
Ivan: (( that would be nice ))

Harriet:
The wind lashes at your backs on the way out, and you notice Neal and Ciara are a little further away than before.

Neal:
"Ugh...What'd you guys do out there? Is the rain going to stop?"

Neal:
"...it's been getting closer."

Eliza:
i fucked up the lombre bros before

Polpo:
2

Eliza:
"I need to prescribe something to our good friend Nixon."

Eliza:
"He is to never be near any body of water. No closer than five meters at any given time."

Ciara:
"Uh...uh-huh..I'm with Neal: what HAPPENED?"

Ivan:
"I -thought- it would be safer than dealing with the wolves with the evil sigil. I was wrong."

Nick:
"I gah da berb..."

Ciara:
"Why is he, like, sticking his tongue out and...all pale? Is he a zombie now?!"

Ivan:
"Some delta bird swept him into the water and he was frozen completely solid in a block of ice. He nearly fucking died."

Ciara:
"Oh! Uh...sorry for making fun of him, then... My condolences."

Neal:
"...you gonna carry him?"

Nick:
I'd like that I think mayb

Neal:
"I could try, but it might not be good for my condition..."

Nick:
The injury lowered the Defense stat!

Nick:
"Just... gimmyasec..."

Ivan:
"...I guess I don't have a choice, do I?" He said, looking at the very physically capable people surrounding him.

Neal:
"My condition is 'fucked up quite a bit', that's the medical term."

Nick:
"Gah... okay. Alright. Jesus."

Nick:
Nick shakes his head off and holds his hands against his face for the extra heat.

Nick:
It does not help/

Eliza:
"Just put him on Passe."

Neal:
"Well...we've still got some dry towels." He tosses one at Nick, "But we need to get on the road...the rain's creeping up on us."

Nick:
"Yeah, about that." Nick releases the Swablu.

Nick:
"This little gal was the ringleader, I think... kept them in sync, at least. Now that I've caught her, might be able to have her make them calm down..."

Neal:
"Do you seriously think that'll work? Is it worth the risk?"

Eliza:
"Do you want to try this brew of anti-aliment, Nixon?"

Ivan:
"It obviously wasn't the only one, it got -worse- after you caught it."

Nick:
"Well yeah, after I caught it it wasn't able to help out anymore!"

Ivan:
"I guess you can try and see what happens. While we stay far, far away from the frozen lake."

Nick:
Nick is healed and gains 35 hit points.

Nick:
" 'liza, I'm going to need something to make me a bit sturdier..."

Eliza:
"You sure it's time to be talking about that? I've got some enhancement pills if you're really in dire need, but uh."

Eliza:
Eliza flips open the cap on her cane and stabs Nick right in the shoulder, before much retort could come of him.

Nick:
"Just let me try this! I doubt it'll be able to stop the storm, but... maybe make it passable?!"

Eliza:
X-Defense

Nick:
fUCK

Eliza:
Special*

Ciara:
"I'm more worried about you making it BACK..."

Swablu:
Swablu loses 20 hit points.

Swablu:
Swablu is healed and gains 40 hit points.

Nick:
"I'm uh."

Nick:
"Probably going to need something to hold me down."

Ivan:
"Just let him try it. If it doesn't work we don't have to go in anywhere near as far as we did last time."

Harriet:
"Chain yourself to the big guy. Or a tree or something."

Nick:
"...You still have that Graveler?"

Ivan:
"Oh, right. The stupid Graveler!"

Eliza:
"I'm so fucking confused."

Talos:
The Graveler is extremely displeased at being finally released into fucking heavy rain.

Talos:
Weight : 231.5 lbs. / 105kg (5)

Nick:
>tfw you weigh more than Graveler

Ivan:
"Better than me going back in there. Just get out the rope and chain yourself to the sentient boulder."

Nick:
Welp

Nick:
We're doing this.

Nick:
29

Nick:
: |

Nick:
You are DOING this : |

Harriet:
The Graveler flips Ivan off and storms away into the...storm, with Nick

Nick:
"Uh... any chance I could borrow your hoodie, Harriet?"

Ivan:
17

Nick:
"Might make it suck a bit less."

Harriet:
"Uhhh...sure...I guess..? Just...give it back. God, it's fucking cold without that thing..." She';s a little weirded out but eventually hands it over, shivering in her t-shirt

Nick:
So yeah. Nick... mimics and motions to the Swablu

Nick:
"Alright, get back in there... looks like you were the one holding those guys together."

Nick:
"Make it less crazy, please! We're just trying to get through!"

Nick:
26

Eliza:
"I again, repeat my confusion."

Talos:
this retarded graveler thought it would be a good idea to forget rock throw

Talos:
mud sport, rock polish, and tackle were more important.

Swablu:
The Swablu, back in its element but DISTINCTLY MORE IONIZED THAN IT WOULD LIKE, shakes the water off its wings and flaps them, singing to its fellows to try and get them to cool their fucking jets bc they're still going crazy. Your Command roll substitutes for this thing and is more than sufficient - the burbs fall in line, mostly, ever the slightly calmer. Your Swablu rises into the air, then lowers back down, and attempts to conduct the others properly. Sub in your own Command here as well, boy

Eliza:
dont fuck up

Nick:
24

Swablu:
It's successful, for the most part! They all regain the same rhythym they had before, which uh...you'll remember wasn't exactly IDEAL for you. A lot better than the torrential chaos, I guess... Could be possible to change it around, maybe?

Nick:
"Alright, alright..." Nick braces against the Graveler. "Can we calm it down juuust a little bit more? A drizzle is fine, really!"

Swablu:
GEE I DON'T KNOW, CAN WE, TEACH

Swablu:
fuck

Swablu:
i hate maptool

Nick:
21 Y E S W E C A N

Nick:
mm

Swablu:
You sorta can. The WIND dies down a decent amount, but not the rain. They've slowed their tempo. STill, you could physically get through here now.

Nick:
fine good enough

Nick:
Nick motions to the rest of the party

Ivan:
Ivan comes through first. "So you think it worked?"

Nick:
"Yeah, think so!"

Eliza:
"Guess this was worth all of the trouble then, nice work."

Nick:
"Not really ideal, but..." Nick shrugs. "Whatever.

Harriet:
"...I want my hoodie back. I'm freezing."

Nick:
Nick leaves the swab'ms with the group for a bit while he runs Harriet's hoodie out to her

Talos:
The Graveler gives a tug on the rope as he runs back, tripping him out of spite in front of everybody.

Nick:
f u c k

Nick:
14 Acro

Talos:
22 athletics

Nick:
"Graaah!" Nick just fucking falls flat on his face

Nick:
"Come onnn, what the HELL!"

Talos:
Graveler folds two of its arms and makes a snarky comment in rock language about fucking rain.

Nick:
Nick unties the goddamn rope shoulda done that in the first place

Nick:
"Sorry..." He tries to brush off the shittiest parts. Likely fails. "Thanks."

Nick:
"Gonna have to get my own when we get to town..."

Harriet:
SHE'S PISSED. "NO! My hoodie! Dude, what the hell?!"

Nick:
"H-hey, I said I was sorry! I'll buy you a new one!"

Nick:
"Can we just get moving?!"

Harriet:
"Agh, it's whatever...Fuck, I'm gonna freeze..."

Ivan:
Ivan finally returns the Graveler. "It's not his fault. We all teamed up on this..." He lied, given only Nick and himself had done anything. "We have to make use of what we did now. It's safe now...Compartively, anyway. We're gonna go make the trek. That means you guys too." He nods over at the doctor and little girl.

Eliza:
"Yeah, let's go."

Ciara:
"Geh...yeah, fine. He made it back alive, so... Well, I'll have to have this dry-cleaned anyway. It can't get any worse."

Ivan:
Ivan rolled his eyes at this being the girl's primary concern with cultists and people being frozen alive but said nothing.

Nick:
I'm going to keep the choir of Swablu moving along with us
Thrice:
AND SO YOU CONTINUE ON YOUR UNMERRY WAY, EVENTUALLY GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF THE RAIN AND WIND. The Swablu see you off with random, meaningless chirps. You skirt around the bay entirely, and follow the river south toward the mountains in the distance. It takes you literal fucking days, but eventually, you see the bend in the range, around which surely lies the valley.
Thrice:
You walk aaaall the way to the bend, and the village lies ahead! Far ahead. You reach a canyon on your way, and it's there that a boy calls out to you, "Yooo! Finally, some peeps. Been here forever, ya know? Takes a lot outta ya, standin' around! What're ya here for? Trying to get out of the rain? Or are ya on the lam? For, oh, I dunno, murder, maybe??"
Thrice:
150 exp, to split as you may between the Pokemon you used this session
Thrice:
4 Texp

Benzene:
Benzene gained 150 experience! (352) Level up! Gained 4 levels. Level 18

Fifi:
Fifi's Attack rose!

Fifi:
Fifi's Attack rose!

Tidus:
Tidus's Speed rose!

Tidus:
Tidus's Speed rose!

Swablu:
Swablu's HP rose!

Swablu:
Swablu's Defense rose!

Swablu:
Swablu's Defense rose!
Warlord:
ember, accelerock, thunder fang, headbutt, howl, roar

Tidus:
2

Galf:
Galf's Defense rose!

Galf:
Galf's Defense rose!

Polpo:
Polpo's SpDefense rose!

Polpo:
Polpo's SpDefense rose!