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 Warlord has connected.
 Thrice has connected.
 Warlord:
 I have enough shit now
 
 Nick:
 fuuuuuck.
 
 Nick:
 I forgot that I only have the one mouse between my laptop
 
 Nick:
 and my desktop
 Thrice:
 nice
 
 Eliza:
 nice
 
 Nick:
 I was going to give myself ownership
 Thrice:
 I could give you my old one but the wheel doesn't work so
 Thrice:
 you don't want it
 
 Nick:
 of all my shits
 Thrice:
 w
 
 Nick:
 On the laptop I mean
 Thrice:
 why didn't you just join with the correct name
 
 Nick:
 I can't join with the same name twice??
 
 Nick:
 that would be why
 Thrice:
 i mean
 
 Nick:
 Fine
 
 Nick:
 Kick me
 Thrice:
 why do you need both the laptop AND the desktop in here
 
 Nick:
 I can't leave
 
 Nick:
 I literally cannot leave of my own free will
 
 Nick:
 actually wait
 Agi is disconnected.
 Thrice:
 he forgot about alt f4
 Agidius:
 I did
 You have disconnected.
 Emergency has connected.
 Warlord has connected.
 Thrice has connected.
 Agi:
 I'll deal with it.
 Agi:
 ...shit. Right.
 Agi:
 That's what I actually needed, the new macros.
 Thrice:
 The night passes by uneventfully. Not even a peep breaks through Hugh's barrier. You wake in the morning to find Hugh, Lucernia, and the poor nameless grill up and about, preparing breakfast. They nod and invite you to stay and eat if you want, or Hugh can let you out now. Regardless, CRS approaches the lot of you, holding a few papers. These turn out to be photographs, and she asks if you've seen the people pictured in them before. Ivan recognizes them immediately, as the two drunken Rangers from the bar. She says that they're the victims, and that if you have any information about them, like how they could have incurred this Vassal's wrath, Lucernia could put it to great use
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza's spent her morning inspecting her precious Grass Pokemon. Between her berry picking attempts and mushroom heist with Shaman. When asked about the photos, she vaguely recalls them however doesn't know enough to comment about it.
 
 Eliza:
 Berries: 0 0 Mushroom Harvest: 7
 Agi:
 naisu
 
 Ivan:
 "Yeah, I was talking to those two earlier. They told me that they'd been attacked by Darkrai's vassal before for no real reason and that they'd found some people they thought they had killed. They're rangers and all, only fair they go and try to catch 'em."
 
 Eliza:
 "Fuck!" Eliza throws her botched berry attempts onto the ground. For all of her troubles Shaman hands her a very Tiny Mushroom. She sighs and pockets them.
 
 Nick:
 "Didn't they say they were going to look into that Rham guy?"
 
 (Crs):
 "Wow...They were attacked by a vassal of Darkrai, and survived?"
 
 (Crs):
 "Then went out looking for them... I wonder if those were their orders, or if they're just that stupid..."
 
 (Crs):
 "Rham? Who's that?"
 
 Ivan:
 "I told them about Rham, but he's Giratina's vassal. Unless you think Giratina and Darkrai are working together or whatever."
 
 Ivan:
 "Well their boss isn't with them there. They might've been acting out against orders."
 
 Nick:
 "Oh, jeez, I don't know a -thing- about Darkrai in all this."
 
 Hugh:
 "Giratina..."
 
 Hugh:
 "That's not impossible. We just can't wake the victims up."
 
 Nick:
 "I try to forget we even came across them in the first place."
 
 Hugh:
 "Stealing their souls might have a similar effect as Darkrai's slumber."
 
 Hugh:
 "...but I've never been witness to such a thing myself, so I cannot say."
 
 Eliza:
 The nurse sits herself down at the table, mumbling in expletives. She nods at Lucy and NRD, "You folk wouldn't happen to know what these lovely things are?" She reveals a small collection of foreign unidentifiable shrooms, "I've been flipping through books for days and I can't for the love of me find out what they are!"
 
 Nick:
 " 'Might?' Did we cover this when you were still off or something?"
 Eliza: (( Presented: 2 various mushrooms, and 1 mush from Virizion ))
 
 Nick:
 "Because I know I brought it up to her..." Nick jabs his thumb at (CRS).
 
 Ivan:
 "Well if you want to know anything about Giratina's vassal I'm more than happy to tell you." He gives a physical description. "He gave us a death threat then just pranced away playing his stupid fiddle, poofed into thin air. He called himself 'Rham.' "
 
 (Nrd):
 Maebh(whose name was actually revealed) looks the mushrooms over, but can't seem to identify the first two. The one you got from the Virizion's herbs, however... "Oh! That's...something special! It's a special type of Balm Mushroom."
 
 (Nrd):
 "It's super easy to snarf down! And it'll snap you out of practically anything. They're really hard to grow, though...where'd you find this??"
 
 Nick:
 snarf
 
 (Nrd):
 i'm what happens when you fuse Smart Rivi and Retard Rivi
 
 Nick:
 Perfectly fair.
 
 (Crs):
 "Hmm...You've been a lot of help. More than I could have expected from you guys..."
 
 (Crs):
 (snarf is an actual word)
 
 Nick:
 don't care she a catte now
 
 Nick:
 a cattepton
 
 Eliza:
 "The mystery of the mushrooms continues to elude the work of science..." Eliza holds the Balm shroom between her thumb and index, lifting it close to her face to inspect it, "Is that so? Guess these nature travels were actually worth something."
 
 Lucernia:
 "So, Giratina. That's even worse than Darkrai. But he sounds young..."
 
 Lucernia:
 "Perhaps he won't be as much of a threat as he could have otherwise been."
 
 Ivan:
 "Hope you guys can actually do something about it, as you can see the rangers aren't too successful so far." After Ivan had taken his chance to eat something not foraged by the dead Graveler, he finally went to go rummage through his bag to find the blatantly broken Covet TM with a crack through it before presenting it to Maebh. "Mable, was it? You still up for that trade? Covet for a thousand?"
 
 Eliza:
 She pulls out another Balm, "Looks like I've got two of them now."
 
 Nick:
 "Yeah, he was like... my age, or something. Maybe a little older."
 
 Nick:
 "It was SUPPOSED to be his sister, I think..."
 
 (Nrd):
 "Oh, that's not just a regular Balm Mushroom! It's a rare breed. And Balm mushrooms are rare enough as it is."
 
 (Nrd):
 did you call her mable able
 
 Ivan:
 (Y)
 
 (Nrd):
 "Uhh...it's Maebh... Like, "Mayv". With a B H! You know."
 
 Nick:
 No.
 
 Nick:
 No one knows.
 
 Maebh:
 "And, sure! I guess."|
 
 Lucernia:
 "We'll do better work than the Rangers, if we can track this upstart down."
 
 Eliza:
 "I'm aware that a normal Balm has limited curing properties with a small body toll. What's the difference in this one?" She wiggles the rare one.
 
 Maebh:
 She goes into more depth this time, explaining how its texture makes it super easy to eat, and its excellent restorative properties
 
 Maebh:
 Effectively, it's a Balm Mushroom that's eaten as a Swift Action instead of a Shift like normal, doesn't have a penalty, and can cure any Status except Freeze(even sleep)
 
 Ivan:
 "Sorry. May-iv then?." He was shocked she wasn't noticing anything wrong with it yet, he was ready with the excuse it got damaged in his travels.
 
 Nick:
 "You're going after him? Is that not going to, like, upset the balance of... ugh, I dunno."
 Eliza: (( Neat, thanks ))
 
 Nick:
 "All this Legendary stuff, man. Too many sides to keep track of."
 
 (Crs):
 "Who gives a damn about balance this, balance that? He's effectively killing people."
 
 (Crs):
 "I'm going to put a stop to that."
 
 Eliza:
 She notices Ivan approaching, almost standing to start a convo for a few minutes, "Sorry Ivan, you can talk now."
 
 Nick:
 "I'm not disagreeing."
 
 Maebh:
 Maebh hands over the thousand yenneroni, and takes a good look at the TM
 Maebh: (( 26 ))
 
 Eliza:
 >26
 
 Eliza:
 ur fuck
 
 Eliza:
 ed
 
 Maebh:
 I
 
 Maebh:
 meant to roll that secretly
 
 Nick:
 nice
 
 Maebh:
 but sure
 
 Nick:
 n i c e
 
 Nick:
 change her entire statblock now
 Ivan: (( what did you need, 12 ))
 
 Maebh:
 i may
 
 Maebh:
 now she's pathetic tech edu
 
 Maebh:
 just like Rivi
 
 Nick:
 perfect
 
 Nick:
 There were still a number of things that could've been
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza leans her head into her elbow and begins to hear portions of the religious convo. She looks at the backside of her free hand, trying to analyze her Brand.
 Nick: (( orite you still have that. ))
 Nick: (( I don't, get fukd ))
 Nick: (( when the Light Brigade comes I will be spared ))
 Eliza: (( i'll make sure to get you killed ))
 
 Maebh:
 "Uhh...hey wait, you didn't tell me this was cracked!"
 Nick: (( Don't you dare ))
 Eliza: (( i will ))
 
 Ivan:
 "Wait what? It was cracked?" 18
 
 Nick:
 you CHEEKY MOTHERFUCKER.
 
 Nick:
 I love it.
 
 Nick:
 great roll too
 
 Nick:
 14 Intuitino
 
 Nick:
 I notice no traps
 
 Eliza:
 Int: ( 10 )
 
 Maebh:
 "Well, yeah. I mean, look, isn't it obvious?"
 
 Ivan:
 He groans. "Sorry, I guess it must've cracked open recently on the way. We were almost killed in a burning building a few days ago."
 
 Nick:
 "Do you know what you're up against?" @Lucernia/CRS "I mean... you seem pretty well-informed, yeah? Have you been to their hideout before?"
 
 Eliza:
 "That was a terrible experience. Let's try and not do that again anytime soon."
 
 Maebh:
 "Ugh...it's...fine, I guess. I can fix it. I'll just be annoying..."
 
 (Crs):
 "We're not amateurs. ...well, technically speaking, I guess we are. But we're experienced and strong."
 
 Lucernia:
 "I'm confident in the abilities of my teammates. They haven't let me down to this day, and I doubt they will ever."
 
 Ivan:
 "Thanks for understanding. I'm sure you'll be able to fix it."
 
 Nick:
 "I'm not SAYING that, it's just..." Nick looks over at Eliza/Ivan, who seem sufficiently distracted by the TM thing. "...Look, she still insists it was all a dream, or a trip, but I've actually -been- there, and I think this whole thing is kinda personal."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza smugly grins to herself, "Can't say we can say the same among our group." in response to Lucy's confidence.
 
 Ivan:
 "SOMEBODY has to do it, Nick. Be glad they're volunteering."
 
 Hugh:
 "To answer your question, no, we haven't been to any hideouts. Until you came along, we had very few leads."
 
 Hugh:
 "But now, with my abilities, we're much closer to our goal."
 
 Hugh:
 "Or should I say, my connections?"
 
 Nick:
 "Should you?"
 
 Hugh:
 "Hahaha! I happen to know a pretty good fortuneteller. Batty as a loon, but excellent in her craft. If we can find her, we can find this boy... But, well, that's just a different goose we're chasing, isn't it?"
 
 Hugh:
 "At least this one won't bite us."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza waves off her hand and pulls her lovely shrooms back into her bag. "Alright..." She releases Passe onto the campsite and hops atop her trusty goat.
 
 (Crs):
 "We'll be fine. Worry about yourselves. From what you've said, you could be his next target."
 
 Nick:
 "Okay, sure, but what I'm trying to say is... yeah. That."
 
 Nick:
 "No, not that. I mean, that too, but - like, I know where their fortress is! Kind of! Roughly..." dat 1d6 Survival
 
 Lucernia:
 "Oh? Then why don't you tell us before you leave?"
 
 Nick:
 "And there was this room, and it knocked me -flat- on my ass when I went into it, there was this purple mist..."
 Eliza: (( Right, Thrice Eliza's upgraded her Survival to Adept ))
 Eliza: (( I forgot to mention it at level 8 ))
 
 Ivan:
 "Apparently Rham was not happy about them going in there. Not one bit. I didn't even go and he still wanted to kill me too because, uh, I was seen walking within a few feet of them. He's not the kind of guy who can be talked down or reasoned with."
 
 Nick:
 Nick racks his brain. "It's... okay, so we came from Boole, heading to Connough, it was before the bay with the crazy storm..."
 
 Nick:
 "They had basically no security, it was really weird..."
 
 Eliza:
 "He seemed like a nice enough fellow to me. If he really wanted to kill someone, why bother sending a message that threatens?"
 
 Nick:
 "Intimidation, duh."
 
 Eliza:
 "It'd be so much more convincing if he just finished the job."
 
 Nick:
 "He wants us to squirm."
 
 Eliza:
 "What's better than intimidation and fear? Actually being dead."
 
 Lucernia:
 "Regardless, I would rather keep him alive. I can't afford to kill someone like that right now. He's too valuable a source of information for us. Plus, he must pay his just dues...But that's for us to concern ourselves with."
 
 Lucernia:
 "I suppose we'll head in that direction, then...toward Boole?"
 
 Nick:
 "Yeah. I wish I could give you better directions than that..."
 
 Ivan:
 "Well he has the ability to teleport so I don't think he'd be super easy to contain. I don't know, if he was a rational person, maybe he gave us a fake name to spread around everywhere? That was his plan? I doubt it. He does definitely serve Giratina, they went to Giratina's satanic palace or whatever and he was mad about that specifically."
 
 Nick:
 "We'd been on the road for a real long time before we came across it. I think it was towards the mountains."
 
 Lucernia:
 cledarly he's pissed bc u got mud on the rug
 
 Lucernia:
 not bc they murdered his sister
 Warlord:
 Obviously I am omitting that
 
 Nick:
 that rug really pulled the room together
 
 Eliza:
 went nicely with the gas
 
 Maebh:
 "Aw, don't worry about that! Lucy n' I are pretty good at navigating the untamed wilds!"
 Warlord:
 It's not even a total lie for Ivan, he didn't see it
 
 Eliza:
 "Ahem." She turns to Hugh, "Am I to requite your escort to the edge of the barrier or are we free to leave?"
 
 Eliza:
 require*
 Warlord:
 At this point just assumes he's insane.
 
 Nick:
 Nick's greatful for the opportunity to pass off the responsibility to someone else
 
 Nick:
 grate
 
 Nick:
 not great
 
 Hugh:
 "Ah, I took the barrier down already. You can leave when you'd like."
 
 Eliza:
 "Excellent, I'm due for an appointment back in the Valley. I feel this would be a good time to part ways."
 
 Nick:
 "What even was that? Did a Pokemon make it?"
 
 Hugh:
 "If anyone sneaks up on us while we're awake, they'll never stand a chance."
 
 Hugh:
 "So, I'm none too worried about barriers at the moment."
 
 (Crs):
 "Made what? The barrier?"
 
 (Crs):
 "That was all Hugh's doing. I don't think a Pokemon could make one that big."
 
 Eliza:
 "Whether I leave with my initial group is still up for debate." Passe starts are movement away fromt he campsite, she thanks the fellow travelers for their food and hospitality.
 
 Nick:
 "Yeah, yeah, we're coming!"
 
 Nick:
 "Crazy. Anyway, nice to meet you guys, good luck. I'll let Ciara know we ran into you!"
 
 Lucernia:
 "Ah, please do, if you see her."
 Warlord:
 if she is not dead.
 
 (Crs):
 "Yeah, I'm sure she'd be happy to know. ...about her brother, I mean. She hasn't met the rest of us."
 
 Nick:
 We don't even know your name
 
 Nick:
 and never will
 
 Nick:
 Chick with 4 Phys Def
 
 Nick:
 that is your name now
 Thrice:
 not even evasion
 Thrice:
 just 4 defense
 Thrice:
 literally impossible
 
 Nick:
 ye
 Thrice:
 You break camp and head for the Valley, and I hope ya didn't forget you're still a day out
 
 Nick:
 She took one of those berries
 
 Nick:
 I sure didn't
 Thrice:
 7 8 1 8
 
 Nick:
 mmm.
 
 Eliza:
 death
 Warlord:
 Not complaining about another event when only a day out
 Warlord:
 best time for event
 
 Nick:
 but I wanted to report tho
 java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -12 error executing expression note2=substring(myNotes,statStart,statEnd).
 Thrice:
 As you trail over the hills, you spot someone in a shallow valley under a cliff. They seem backed into a corner. They have a single Pokemon out, but the attention they've attracted does not seem beneficial to that Pokemon. The person looks a little familiar, but only barely. Like you've seen them as a background actor in a movie, or something.
 Chloe: (( are we above said valley, then? ))
 
 Nick:
 "Hey! You doing alright down there?" Nick calls out
 Warlord: (( I would assume we can't see what is threatening them given the wording ))
 Warlord: (( oh they actually spawned at the bottom nevermind. ))
 
 Nick:
 yooo
 
 Nick:
 Blitzle/Zebstrika is lowkey one of my favorites
 Eliza: (( oh yeah same I was like where's the map ))
 Thrice:
 I'll make a mapp
 
 Chloe:
 I am going to hide
 
 Chloe:
 very much so
 Warlord: (( you have electric, you must sacrifice buizel at the blacksmith's to get a zebstrika. ))
 
 Chloe:
 never
 
 Chloe:
 I'm ALSO currently running around with 3 water types lel
 
 Irwin:
 nice, I happened to pump my SpDef
 Thrice:
 new map, spawn uh
 Thrice:
 where the arrow is
 Nick: (( I called out to her ))
 Warlord: (( let's figure out if this fuck is flying type or not I guess. ))
 Warlord: (( so it wasn't confirmed, but they are going to attack the person, right? ))
 Thrice:
 They sure seem t obe
 Thrice:
 I know, Agi
 Thrice:
 There was no reaction
 Nick: (( Shit ))
 
 Passefaro:
 Eliza while riding atop Passe charges right into the fray, into the largest cluster of electrics possible.
 Nick: (( she's deaf ))
 Nick: (( No init? Again, fine if so ))
 Eliza: (( oh ))
 
 Eliza:
 just kidding I guess
 Thrice:
 I don't put init on until I know you're fighting
 Nick: (( Don't worry I can enable it ))
 
 Nick:
 "Get their attention, Irwin! Eliza, you're up next!" Agility Training @ Irwin, Ivan, and Passefaro
 
 Nick:
 Binding my Ravager Orders on Irwin
 
 Nick:
 Nick uses 2 AP!
 
 Eliza:
 "I've got a new syringe to test."
 
 Nick:
 Also, Mobilitze @ Passefaro
 
 Eliza:
 "Stay away from my cluster! I'm striking them all down at once!"
 
 Irwin:
 9 Leer @ Blitzle/Electrike, Cone 2
 
 Nick:
 "Oh yeah, I know!"
 
 Nick:
 "Try to save one of the horses for me. Not a delta, just a fan of 'em!"
 
 Eliza:
 "Hold your trophies after you've helped that girl out!"
 Warlord: (( so with technician, steel stab takes metal claw to DB 7. Does it still get +2 to 9? ))
 Nick: (( yes ))
 Thrice:
 player can change ther own Initiative, for the record
 Nick: (( Electric DOES resist steel tho ))
 Nick has received initiative.
 Irwin has received initiative.
 Warlord: (( it does yes. Maybe he is randomly a dark type and pursuit will be stab. ))
 
 Irwin:
 and thus the first and last instance of someone using a stat-lowering move occurred
 Irwin: (( I'd buy Dark/Steel. ))
 Irwin: (( Matches the Pawniard color scheme ))
 
 Baraka:
 Baraka moves in to pursue the Blitzle which is not actually running away!
 
 Baraka:
 6
 Thrice:
 I
 Thrice:
 I thijnk that's a cone 3 agi
 Baraka: (( so do I get to know if it is dark type or not ))
 
 Irwin:
 i-is it...?
 Thrice:
 oh, no
 Thrice:
 Guess that's how it works
 Thrice:
 You don't add STAB to that attack
 
 Baraka:
 Damage: 33, Physical
 
 Blitzle:
 Blitzle took major damage!
 
 Blitzle:
 The injury lowered the Speed stat!
 
 Blitzle:
 The injury lowered the Defense stat!
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza barks out to Passe, "Strike down the middle, we're going for the straight shot and smashing them all down at once!" Passe digs her hooves into the ground and gallops at full speed into a jumping ground slam! (Bulldoze+Rock Head) - 16
 
 Eliza:
 God.
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza makes the motions for rest in fucking peace.
 
 Passefaro:
 Passe smashes right into the ground, evading any attempts to stop her! (Using Mobilize)
 Baraka has received initiative.
 Passefaro has received initiative.
 
 Passefaro:
 Bulldoze @All of them Ground | Physical 2d8+10 | 54 CRITICAL HIT!
 Your Fluff
 Irwin: (( that's a fkcking crit is- ye ))
 
 Electrike 1:
 Electrike 1 took severe damage!
 
 Electrike 2:
 Electrike 2 took severe damage!
 
 Blitzle:
 Blitzle took severe damage!
 
 Blitzle:
 The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!
 
 Blitzle:
 The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!
 
 Blitzle:
 The injury lowered the Attack stat!
 
 Blitzle:
 The injury lowered the Speed stat!
 
 Blitzle:
 The injury lowered the Attack stat!
 
 Electrike 1:
 The injury lowered the Speed stat!
 
 Electrike 1:
 The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!
 
 Electrike 1:
 The injury lowered the Speed stat!
 
 Electrike 1:
 The injury lowered the Attack stat!
 
 Electrike 2:
 The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!
 
 Electrike 2:
 The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!
 
 Electrike 2:
 The injury lowered the Special Defense stat!
 
 Electrike 2:
 The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!
 
 Eliza:
 "The path is clear! Get in there!"
 
 Irwin:
 RosieoDonnel.gif
 Irwin: (( wait shit ))
 Irwin: (( Oprah ))
 Baraka: (( obviously these things were her pets. ))
 Irwin: (( that's who it was ))
 Irwin: (( same thing really w/e ))
 Eliza: (( I'm waiting to get bitched out on ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 The girl is astonished at these new arrivals, but apparently recognizes you. She waves at you briefly, relieved, before singing some sort of high-pitched chant that tears at your ears...but it's probably much worse for the thing it hits
 
 Familiar Girl:
 18
 
 Familiar Girl:
 it is
 
 Eliza:
 much worse
 
 Irwin:
 n I C E
 
 Familiar Girl:
 Damage: 57, Special | CRITICAL HIT!
 
 Electrike:
 Electrike took severe damage!
 
 Electrike:
 The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!
 
 Electrike:
 The injury lowered the Accuracy stat!
 
 Electrike:
 The injury lowered the Special Attack stat!
 
 Eliza:
 btfo
 
 Eliza:
 Iornian Idol
 Passefaro has received initiative.
 
 Irwin:
 In Which The Party Gets Crits
 
 Familiar Girl:
 The girl's chant echoes around her, creating a veil of sonic power. It's eerie and difficult to discern, distracting, but she doesn't seem bothered by it.
 Eliza: (( the first time I've ever seen Soundproof being useful ))
 
 Drifloon:
 0 Second verse, same as the first
 
 Drifloon:
 Nice
 
 Irwin:
 they're all dead chief
 
 Blitzle 1:
 Um, actually
 
 Blitzle 1:
 You know what
 
 Eliza:
 explosion
 
 Blitzle 1:
 How 'bout fuck this
 
 Blitzle 1:
 I'm out
 
 Irwin:
 sounds right
 
 Nick:
 fuck but I want it tho
 
 Blitzle 1:
 16 Maybe it'll fail to hop this fence that's here for some reason
 
 Blitzle 1:
 It doesn't
 
 Eliza:
 After you me you bitch
 
 Blitzle 1:
 that's not an interrupt
 
 Eliza:
 that sounds funny to say
 
 Nick:
 I guess that's right, we can trait
 
 Nick:
 *trade
 
 Eliza:
 that's right
 
 Eliza:
 he can't free turn me
 Nick: (( not yet ))
 
 Blitzle 1:
 It hops over the fence and bolts!
 
 Eliza:
 this zebra better have overland 20
 
 Nick:
 you motherfucker you did that on purpose
 Eliza has received initiative.
 Ivan has received initiative.
 
 Blitzle 1:
 elly/ivy's turn
 
 Eliza:
 no
 
 Eliza:
 fuck you
 Warlord: (( ball range is like what, movement range? ))
 Nick: (( Athletics +4 ))
 Nick: (( it's on the cheatsheet ))
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza gets off of Passe and takes a few steps before shooting something out of her cane right at the zebra! 8
 
 Blitzle 1:
 cheetsheat actually
 Nick: (( I still have a shenanigans to get it ))
 
 Eliza:
 "Let's see if this works." She bites her teeth waiting for the Sleep Syringe to kick in.
 Warlord: (( these things are weak as fuck decent odds to catch from full ))
 
 Eliza:
 oops
 
 Eliza:
 bites her teeth is wrong
 
 Blitzle 1:
 they could be like level 50 and still be OHKO'd by a bulldoze if they didn't invest in defenses
 
 Nick:
 it'd be impressive
 
 Eliza:
 semantics, lips*
 
 Blitzle 1:
 tho I'm going to try and experiment with something
 
 Blitzle 1:
 even if it'd make my entire token library kinda useless tbh
 Nick: (( "Everything gets sturdy?" ))
 
 Blitzle 1:
 no, just making HP no longer a stat you need to invest in, something that rises automatically
 Nick: (( Oh, like Doxy or whoever was saying ))
 
 Blitzle 1:
 cast I think
 
 Blitzle 1:
 but yeah
 
 Blitzle 1:
 anyway, you hit
 
 Blitzle 1:
 what does this do exactly
 Nick: (( assumedly, make them sneep ))
 
 Eliza:
 It's Sleep Powder
 
 Eliza:
 I got it from Seed Bag
 
 Blitzle 1:
 when did you get sleep powder
 
 Blitzle 1:
 well w/e
 
 Blitzle 1:
 Ivan's turn
 
 Blitzle 1:
 The Blitzle falls fast asleep! Nothing like a good stab in the spine for relaxation
 
 Eliza:
 "All your's Nixon!"
 
 Eliza:
 yours?
 
 Nick:
 the latter
 
 Blitzle 1:
 yours
 
 Eliza:
 wonky
 
 Blitzle 1:
 warlord do you intend to do anything this round
 
 Nick:
 "Nice shot!"
 Nick has received initiative.
 
 Nick:
 "Get over there and keep it company, Irwin, I'm coming over with a ball!" Nick and Irwin both Sprint
 Warlord: (( can't sorry for sitting on it lol ))
 
 Nick:
 dang-ass gote in the way
 
 Passefaro:
 ill kill u
 Warlord: (( just delay for its turn after it is asleep ))
 Warlord: (( the scyther has fucking false swipe ))
 Warlord: (( and 8 movement ))
 
 Nick:
 Ooh nice
 Passefaro: (( watch out for the fence ))
 Passefaro: (( it might kill you ))
 Warlord: (( it flies ))
 Nick: (( Thrice if you want we could skip the part where I try and catch up and start the RP with the girl as I make capture attempts ))
 Nick: (( Stakes are p low on this ))
 Irwin has received initiative.
 Warlord: (( I delay until after it goes ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 The girl moves closer to you, and her howling cloak of sound is a little more annoying up close, but she has no interest in this Blitzle
 Baraka has received initiative.
 Passefaro has received initiative.
 Passefaro has received initiative.
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza turns and returns back to Passe and greets the Familar Girl as she leaves combat, "Are you alright?", she gestures concern.
 
 Nick:
 "Yeah, make sure she's fine, I can take it from here! Thanks for the sleep dart."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza and Passe are leaving combat to engage in RP
 Baraka has received initiative.
 Baraka has received initiative.
 
 Blitzle 1:
 5
 Eliza: (( and also fuck, I thought I'd just get the powders, I have to harvest them ))
 Nick: (( ...can it contest a Push maneuver? ))
 Eliza: (( my bad ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 no, it's asleep, but one could probably argue that pushing it would wake it up
 
 Familiar Girl:
 given that you can just shake allies awake
 Nick: (( That's fair ))
 Nick: (( gimme advantage on the push check tho ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 do you
 
 Familiar Girl:
 WANT to wake it up
 Nick: (( I want to push it ))
 Eliza: (( all of my hard work ))
 Baraka: (( just delay your push after the turn ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 in any case it's WArlord's turn
 
 Familiar Girl:
 the blitzle failed its save check
 Nick: (( The problem is that it's just ))
 
 Baraka:
 13 false swipe
 
 Baraka:
 Damage: 34, Physical
 Nick: (( one square out of range, entirely bc Passefaro was in the way ))
 
 Baraka:
 OFC not normal type
 Nick: (( naw man ))
 
 Nick:
 9 I roll to leapfrog the goat.
 
 Familiar Girl:
 The girl looks at Eliza confusedly, staring at her mouth as she speaks
 
 Familiar Girl:
 also how is it out of range
 
 Familiar Girl:
 your Athletics might be Pathetic but you have Novice Acrobatics so that evens out
 
 Familiar Girl:
 4+1 = 5
 Nick: (( orite ))
 Nick: (( I'm just a rattard ))
 Nick: (( Still leapfrogging the gote tho ))
 
 Blitzle 1:
 Blitzle 1 took major damage!
 
 Blitzle 1:
 The injury lowered the Attack stat!
 
 Blitzle 1:
 The injury lowered the Attack stat!
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza puzzingly returns the expression. "Oh, uh." She pulls out her notepad from her pocket, and scribbles the same words she spoke onto the paper, showing it to her.
 
 Eliza:
 we're theron now
 
 Nick:
 -2 "Let's gooo, Great Ball!"
 
 Nick:
 maan.
 
 Eliza:
 great
 
 Ivan:
 0 thanks friend.
 
 Familiar Girl:
 The girl chews her lip as her pen hovers over the paper. Eventually she writes, "We met in Boole. Why are you out here?"
 
 Nick:
 Nick holds his hand out. "Nah, man, I've got this!"
 
 Blitzle 1:
 The Blitzle kicks the balls away!
 Nick: (( That actually hits ))
 Nick: (( The Blitzle is Flanked ))
 
 Blitzle 1:
 true
 
 Blitzle 1:
 So yeah the 0 hits
 
 Ivan:
 pokeball 4
 
 Eliza:
 Mind: ( 17 )
 
 Blitzle 1:
 okay you didn't even subtract your trainer level
 
 Ivan:
 -5
 
 Blitzle 1:
 but I'm pretty goddamned sure that catches it
 
 Nick:
 check again to make sure
 
 Eliza:
 Mind for remembering who this is
 
 Blitzle 1:
 capture rate is 88
 
 Nick:
 dubz
 
 Nick:
 therefore you gotta roll dubz to catch it
 
 Nick:
 [d100
 
 Familiar Girl:
 and of course
 
 Nick:
 24
 
 Familiar Girl:
 it's female
 
 Nick:
 ha
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza returns the pad, "I'm doing some errands out for the Valley. What are you doing out here?"
 Ivan: (( I am not Eliza so I don't give it for free. We will trade. ))
 Nick: (( You fuuuck. ))
 
 Rhyhorn:
 Yes hello I am a Rhyhorn
 
 Rhyhorn:
 You like the Ground/Rock types, yes?
 
 Blitzle 1:
 Do you have a dick?
 
 Rhyhorn:
 Indeed I do
 
 Rhyhorn:
 L11, dunno if that's comparable
 
 Familiar Girl:
 it's exactly even
 
 Blitzle 1:
 this is also 11
 
 Blitzle 1:
 The Graveler was 12.
 
 Rhyhorn:
 It's +Speed -SpAttack, idk how much that fucks with BSR
 
 Familiar Girl:
 Her shawl and face are more ragged, her hair dirty, and her eyes a little more weary, but this seems to be the same deaf girl from Albion's lecture
 
 Rhyhorn:
 Continued in Discord
 
 Familiar Girl:
 Also seems to have taken her piercings out, because those aren't very practical in the wilderness
 
 Nick:
 "Gaah, so close!" Nick snaps in dejection
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza doesn't stop at the just exchanging the pad, she inspects the girl for any injuries and the such. After finding minimal damage but just some scuffing, she also does the same for her Ghost companion.
 
 Familiar Girl:
 She writes out, "I'm lost. Trying to find Connough."
 
 Familiar Girl:
 The ghost seems to be in basically tip top shape, weirdly enough
 
 Familiar Girl:
 not needing to eat'll do that
 Eliza: (( she doesn't have a name does she ))
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza flips the page, "We're actually returning there. What was your name again? I'm sure I haven't asked personally."
 
 Eliza:
 Along with the pen, she also hands her one of her packs of rations.
 
 Familiar Girl:
 "Sanya."
 
 Eliza:
 "Ah, that's right. Where's your team?"
 
 Nick:
 "You want to trade, maybe? That's like... the first Electric-type I've even -seen- so far!"
 
 Tidus:
 @Warlord
 
 Tidus:
 Dig Away is an amazing ability
 
 Tidus:
 You kinda needed better 'mon anyway
 
 Familiar Girl:
 sorry got distracted by my headphones falling the fuck apart
 
 Ivan:
 "Uh, yeah, sure. Surprised you want it so much, don't you got the weasel. What're you gonna offer?"
 
 Familiar Girl:
 swithing to my old ones I guess
 
 Nick:
 "I have her, yeah, but she's not going to get big enough for me to -ride-!"
 
 Nick:
 "I'll take a look when we get back into town... I've been collecting a lot."
 
 Eliza:
 hello darkness my old friend
 
 Familiar Girl:
 "Lost them. Can't find them."
 
 Eliza:
 "You think they've headed to the Valley? Again, if that's the place you're going. You can tag along with us."
 Eliza: (( Isn't Sanya from there though ))
 
 Ivan:
 "Alright. I'm not too attached to it. We'll arrange something whenever we can. Does that hick town even have a PC?"
 
 Familiar Girl:
 L19L Magnitude
 
 Nick:
 "Barely, but yeah."
 
 Nick:
 "I think they're running Shingles '98 on it. Crazy it's even compatible with the network."
 Eliza: (( this is the same drifloon that fucked Wilson ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 nah
 
 Familiar Girl:
 it was a Drifblim then
 Eliza: (( same soul ))
 Nick: (( Same Drifloon that WILL fuck Winston ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 'I'm going to the valley, yes. They...may be there. I hope."
 
 Ivan:
 "I doubt the people living there are the ones who installed it. Maybe somebody put it there years ago and nobody bothered to update it."
 
 Nick:
 "What's the deal over there, Eliza? You got all quiet, is she fine?"
 Warlord: (( very important, Scyther is not a normal type? ))
 
 Eliza:
 "You ever try talking to a deaf person before?"
 
 Eliza:
 She calls out to Nick.
 
 Nick:
 "Oh, shoot, she's deaf? I guess that's why she didn't respond..."
 
 Nick:
 Nick gives her a wave and a weak smile, not really knowing what to say
 
 Nick:
 "Cut it pretty close, huh? Good thing we came by."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza explains to the group that Sanya is missing her team she is going to the Valley.
 
 Nick:
 "Is that where they went?"
 
 Eliza:
 "Hopefully."
 
 Familiar Girl:
 No it doesn't get STAB on normal
 
 Eliza:
 "We're going there anyway, might as well bring her along."
 
 Nick:
 "Has she tried... tracking them? How long ago did they get separated?"
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza shoves the pad and pen toward Nick, "You should try. Charm her with your caligraphy."
 
 Nick:
 "Oh come on, really?"
 
 Nick:
 Nick awkwardly takes the pad and paper
 
 Nick:
 "Couldn't you just do it?"
 
 Ivan:
 "Don't look at me my signature is barely legible."
 
 Eliza:
 "I know what I want to do, you're the one who's adding conditions." She grabs Sanya's hand and helps her up onto Passe.
 
 Eliza:
 maybe my hand goes through her or something
 
 Nick:
 "Well YEAH, I don't know if we should just head back to town if we don't eve-" Nick scrawls it down in chickenscratch
 
 Eliza:
 spooky shit
 
 Familiar Girl:
 Sanya looks back and forth, mildly confused. She jerks her hand away from Eliza when it's grabbed, then looks somewhat apologetic for doing so
 
 Nick:
 (When did you get separated? We could track them down.)
 
 Nick:
 (Ivan's Pokemon has a good nose.)
 
 Eliza:
 "Right, I should've written that down." Passe looks disappointed. She ponders something.
 Nick: (( Oh, huh, Meowth has Tracker too ))
 Nick: (( but Galf has been our designated searchdog ))
 
 Eliza:
 General Education (For ISL - Iornian Sign Language): ( 7 )
 
 Nick:
 too bad she's from fuckn Sinnoh
 
 Nick:
 or some shit
 
 Familiar Girl:
 You don't know what she's trying to get across, unfortunately, and anything you might attempt could come out wrongly
 
 Familiar Girl:
 Don't want to accidentally hit on her or something. When she's finally given back the only method of communication she has here, she writes down that she hasn't attempted to track them; she plans to get back to her hometown, Connough, and have THEM do it
 
 Familiar Girl:
 Since they have more resources and aren't currently stranded in the wilderness
 
 Familiar Girl:
 You can't even eat ghosts
 
 Nick:
 Nick points again to the "WHEN" line. Has she been stranded for hours? Days?
 
 Nick:
 If they got separated recently then we could try to find them now
 
 Familiar Girl:
 She doesn ot appreciate your finger sass, but writes down 'A few days'
 
 Eliza:
 "Dammit, who knew that signing would be useful ever." She shrugs and walks over to Ivan, "That was a quick battle. How are you holding up?"
 
 Nick:
 Nick whistles
 
 Nick:
 Not that she can hear the whistling.
 
 Eliza:
 she reads that as you wanting to make out with her
 
 Eliza:
 you dirty pervert
 
 Ivan:
 Ivan tries to follow what's being written down. "Oh, I'm fine, 'Liza. I don't think they even got a single attack off, they were running in terror."
 
 Nick:
 Nick nods, agreeing that's probably the best course of action. "Alright. Connough it is."
 
 Ivan:
 "Your goat's bulldoze is some good shit."
 
 Nick:
 *()
 
 Nick:
 (I'm sure they're fine.)
 
 Ivan:
 "And she's just going to get help from the old hag in Connough, let her do something herself for once, nick."
 
 Familiar Girl:
 the dogs?
 
 Familiar Girl:
 no these things are fucked
 Nick: (( No, her teammates ))
 
 Familiar Girl:
 the one fatass horse has like 7 injuries
 
 Eliza:
 "I train proudly, I'm nothing without them in the heat of battle."
 
 Familiar Girl:
 from two attacks
 
 Familiar Girl:
 it's fuckin dead
 
 Eliza:
 take them for the forgery
 
 Eliza:
 more souls needed
 
 Nick:
 "Dude, her teammates have been gone for days. Long time to be stranded... surprised she's lasted this long on her own, being deaf and all. Lots of things you can miss..."
 
 Sanya:
 'How? I'm not. They may have killed each other by now.'
 
 Baraka:
 I am going to go with this Scyther being edgy enough that it cuts extra into the one that is already dead to make sure.
 
 Baraka:
 Cutcutcut
 Nick: (( I mean I said that, I didn't write it ))
 Nick: (( unless she lipread ))
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza calls out behind her shoulder, "What's the verdict here? Can we get back to town yet?"
 Nick: (( which I'm cool with ))
 
 Sanya:
 you wrote 'I'm sure they're fine'
 Nick: (( oh. ))
 
 Nick:
 (Who were your teammates again?)
 Eliza: (( isn't it your fav npcs ))
 
 Ivan:
 Ivan throws up his arms. "Does this really concern us? She's getting help from someone else anyway."
 
 Eliza:
 jondo and sal
 
 Nick:
 "Yeah, yeah, we're just helping her back to town."
 
 Sanya:
 'A Ranger named Jondo and a lazy woman named Sal.'
 
 Eliza:
 "What'dya think the rewards is when we get back?" She returns to the convo with Smooth Dealer Ivan
 Nick: (( ...damn, I actually don't think I have any reason to hate Sal this campaign. ))
 Nick: (( yet. ))
 Sanya: (( you stole her fuckin buizel ))
 Nick: (( yeah, that's reason for HER to hate ME. ))
 Eliza: (( she'll be in town ))
 Eliza: (( rival battle her ))
 Eliza: (( and lose ))
 
 Nick:
 (Oh, I remember her. She wanted my starter Pokemon)
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza remounts Passe and gestures Ivan to walk with her back to town.
 
 Sanya:
 'She wanted many things. She gets few of them. Sometimes you feel sorry for her. But not very sorry.'
 
 Eliza:
 Sorry isn't for sale for Sal
 
 Nick:
 (She liked Water pokemon, right? I've caught a bunch of delta Water types. Hope you find her.)
 
 Sanya:
 The Drifloon wrings its arms around Sanya's neck and floats along, kept behind her by air resistance
 
 Nick:
 so I can RUB IT IN HER FACE.
 
 Sanya:
 lewd
 
 Eliza:
 lewd
 
 Ivan:
 Ivan is content to leave Nick when Eliza prompts him to leave, thinking he will be able to handle the incredibly threatening zebras. "Honestly I could just see her say some bullshit like the journey was the real reward or something like that. Either way, she's supposed to be the gym leader, right? We're a lot stronger than when we humiliated ourselves on (name of reality show). That fuckin' Pachirisu."
 
 Nick:
 we're leaving god damn it
 
 Nick:
 I assumed this was happening as we were talking
 
 Eliza:
 we have to say it to Thrice
 
 Eliza:
 or we'lre not doing anything but standing around
 
 Nick:
 I'll stand on you
 
 Sanya:
 idc what you're doing as you talk
 
 Sanya:
 When you want to stop RPing then stop RPing and tell me ya wanna get on with it already
 
 Sanya:
 I can't do that for you
 Nick: (( I'm fine to move on ))
 Nick: (( was just idle conversation ))
 
 Eliza:
 hit start to skip cutscene
 Eliza: (( i'll just fill time til the next paragraph ))
 
 Sanya:
 You set back out toward the Valley. Sanya is no help at all, apparently not even knowing the way back to her hometown. When you approach the base of the mountain, however, you see a string of lights hanging above it. It looks similar to the northern lights, if they were made of rainbows. Sanya isn't at all surprised by this, but she does get a little pep back in her step upon seeing them. You eventually reach the town with no undue worries or setbacks
 Eliza: (( naisu ))
 
 Nick:
 (Is that normal?)
 
 Sanya:
 'It means the solstice is growing near.'
 
 Nick:
 which one?
 
 Nick:
 it's fkn Ireland, idk the climate
 
 Nick:
 I'd believe Winter but assume summer.
 Sanya:
 fall
 
 Nick:
 there we go.
 
 Eliza:
 "Well isn't this the sight, what's this I'm seeing?" She states openly to the guardswomans.
 Nick: (( if we get back and it turns out the two bodies are Jondo and Sal ))
 Nick: (( despite me taking the names down ))
 Eliza: (( two less rivals to think about ))
 
 Guardswoman:
 The arrow-happy archer nearly gives Eliza a few new studs, but Eithne stops her, "B-but, miss, aren't we meant to be on alert?"
 Baraka has received initiative.
 Baraka has received initiative.
 Baraka has received initiative.
 
 Eliza:
 triple init
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza leans back slightly, definitely flinching at the attempt.
 
 Eithne:
 "I know these people. My own family's not going to do anything here, now are they?" Nick's auntie turns to him, "So you're doing okay, then, are you? Still got your soul?"
 Nick:
 "Yees, Auntie Eithne. We heard about what's been going on, though..."
 
 Nick:
 *
 
 Ivan:
 "There was a search party sent out to try to, uh, get the souls back of those folks hit by Darkrai or Giratina or whoever."
 
 Nick:
 "Got a lot to report on."
 
 Eithne:
 "Oh, yeah. Those guys. Those Rangers from Boole, yeah? D'Arcy said he'd be leading 'em personally, really helps us out. Ailbhe doesn't like a lot of Ranger manpower here..."
 
 Sanya:
 Sanya slips around the entrance, but is stopped dead by an arrow at her feet. She jumps backward, thrown off guard, but the archer girl freaks out after getting a look at her.
 
 Ivan:
 "Well I'd hope they'd finally take some notice when their own were threatened." He still had a somewhat irrational disdain for them. "I'll leave the explaining to you, I've got business back here in Connough. You can find me at the inn."
 
 Nick:
 Nick flips open a notebook, and hands it over to Eithne. "I dunno if it's related, but... you don't recognize either of these names, do you?"
 
 Nick:
 obv the two dead trainers
 
 Guardswoman:
 "Ho-Oh's feathers, I didn't know you were coming back!"
 
 Eithne:
 "Hmm...can't say I do, no. Why?"
 
 Nick:
 "...sad to say, we're going to have to report them as dead, whoever they are..."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza uses Ivan's hugeness as a means to also leave the convo and head inside the town.
 
 Nick:
 "They only had one Pokemon left, it was defending their bodies. I brought its ball with me."
 
 Guardswoman:
 It's the guardswoman's turn to look surprised, "What? More?! By the flames, what's going on around here lately?"
 
 Nick:
 "The rest - their balls were scattered around, open. The Pokemon must have ran away, or been taken."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza steps into the inn, and greeted imediately by Harper, "Right, how's it goin'?"
 Ivan: (( I was waiting to observe the conversation if it was relevant in-character but it will probably be relevant only OOC ))
 Eliza: (( I'm doing my own thing I'm my own persons now ))
 
 Eithne:
 Eithne calms her down, then tells Nick to leave the report with her, and she'll sort it out. She also asks for the location so she can send a proper team out to collect the bodies
 Nick: (( oh ye two weeks ))
 Nick: (( He's still trapped ))
 Nick: (( Pokedexes don't give latitude/longitude do they ))
 
 Harper:
 "Oh, hello there. Dangerous out lately...Does...everything look okay outside the Valley?"
 Nick: (( I... I didn't think to write that down either way, did I (waiting) ))
 Nick: (( Pathetic survival biting me in the ass ))
 
 Eliza:
 "If you call murders and soul sucking madness... dangerous, then yes. It's quite eventful."
 
 Harper:
 "...are you saying you don't? My friends are out there, you know. Just because you're all jaded and nihilistic doesn't mean we all have to be."
 
 Nick:
 "It was a, uh... clearing, a couple..." Nick scratches his head, then thinks of a solution. "Ivan! He caught a Scyther there, you should be able to pull the coordinates from the capture records!"
 
 Ivan:
 "Well aside from the whole Darkrai thing, sure. Going off after those bandits was great. There were delta Scythers, Mienfoos, Bayleefs, the works. I even got one of these fuckers." He picks up the Beldum and wags it around. "He may not look like much now, but these things are fucking strong when they grow up."
 
 Exisal:
 Blink.
 
 Eliza:
 "Roses tinted lenses are the best kind." She steps up the counter, "A room for three please."
 
 Harper:
 isn't ivan long gone
 
 Nick:
 yeah but we can get him
 
 Nick:
 He wasn't addressing Ivan, just saying his name
 
 Harper:
 "Glad you kids had fun."
 
 Harper:
 "So are you counting this guy as two people now? I'll be happy to charge you for it..."
 
 Nick:
 but yeah, report with her
 
 Nick:
 and a very real reason IC to pump Survival.
 
 Ivan:
 He laughs and deflects the fat joke. "Nono Nick didn't die. Yet. So when was the last time you saw Vasko?"
 
 Harper:
 "Ghh..What?" He looks off-put by the sudden question, "What're...oh, he did call himself that, didn't he..."
 Nick: (( I def wouldn't have remembered that. ))
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza is curious at the question as well, "Speaking of names and stuff... is Vessia in?"
 
 Nick:
 "Also, Auntie, quick question - Ailbhe, she wasn't -serious- about killing the bandits, was she?"
 
 Harper:
 "...yeah, she is. She';s in the back, tending to some Pokemon."
 
 Harper:
 "Knock first, of course."
 
 Ivan:
 "Yeah, and the other guy?"
 
 Eliza:
 "Oh yeah, that too. Vasko was it?"
 
 Eithne:
 "Huh? Oh, probably, she was. Ailbhe has her own sense of justice. She can be...well, she can come off as brutal sometimes."
 
 Eithne:
 "But she does what she does for the good of her people...or that's what she says."
 
 Ivan:
 "He's the guy who paid for our room last time." To Eliza.
 
 Harper:
 Harper looks at Ivan incredulously, like he can't believe what he's saying, "W-what? What're you talking about, Ivan? That was just some drunk."
 
 Nick:
 "...well we didn't. For what it's worth. I... may have let one of them get away, since I really thought we were... Ivan scared me a bit back there."
 
 Ivan:
 "Yeah whatever, I guess a kid like you wouldn't know. Not old enough to drink." He goes to the bathroom to take a long awaited shit.
 
 Nick:
 He has been holding it for eight days.
 Ivan: (( exactly. ))
 Eliza: (( gotta shit to be healthy ))
 
 Eliza:
 nice
 
 Eithne:
 "Hmm...well, that's not too bad. One bandit isn't the end of the world."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza thanks Harper for the hotel key and drops the money amount for said room, "Good to see you're doing well. If Nick or Ivan asks for me, I'm taking a small stroll to the store."
 
 Exisal:
 WHY WAS I NOT RETURNED.
 
 Eliza:
 you dont have a nose
 
 Eliza:
 you can't smell
 
 Exisal:
 NOSES ARE FOR DISGUSTING HUMANS.
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza walks out the doors to notice that the beloved Gym Leader has been standing there the entire time, "Oh, what'dya know. It's Leader Ailbhe. Good day."
 
 Harper:
 "What am I, a parrot?"
 
 Harper:
 "They can look for you on their own."
 
 Nick:
 "Yeah. I dunno." Nick scratches his neck. "Just glad we didn't actually end up doing that... anyway. Good seeing you again. I think we're going to take the gym challenge before we head out, assuming she's up for it. Wish us luck!"
 
 Eithne:
 "You'll need it. Even getting to her is challenging...you sure your body's up for it?"
 
 Nick:
 fuck u mom I can do like five pushups
 
 Ailbhe:
 oh shit I am here aren';t I
 
 Ailbhe:
 I don't think I was supposed t obe
 
 Ailbhe:
 But oh well
 
 Nick:
 "My Pokemon are!" Nick pumps his fist. "It may've been a rough week for the valley, but I've gained some confidence in our team."
 
 Eliza:
 prepare to be fissured in the anus
 
 Eliza:
 your confidence is going right into that void young man
 
 Ailbhe:
 Ailbhe strolls along, humming to herself, but stops when Eliza calls her out, "Oh? Ah! You! You made it back alive? How surprising!"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "You've really outdone my expectations."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Are you the only one remaining of your group?"
 
 Nick:
 b r u t a l
 
 Eliza:
 "One of them is a chatterbox and the other one is on the stall. I'm free to wander about and take in the sights. But the task you've bestowed Ivan is done now."
 
 Eliza:
 "Sadly no heads, the rangers took their bodies."
 
 Nick:
 10 points from Gryffindor.
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Oh? Their bodies? So you killed them all? My, the blonde one nearly vomited at the very prospect, yet you claim he went through with it? Did his spine stiffen when the time for decision reared its head?"
 
 Eithne:
 "Well, I guess we'll all find out one way or another. You may as well have some fun in town, brighten the place up a little. And I mean that figuratively. The rainbow lights are getting obnoxious by this point."
 
 Eliza:
 "They don't have the spine to carry out an execution. No taps on Nixon could fix that. But no, there are no rites to be written."
 
 Nick:
 "Is the group we came in with still in town? We ran into Ciara's brother on the way back, he said to say hi for him."
 
 Exisal:
 13 I CHECK THE OPEN STALL FOR GRIMERS AND TRUBBISH TO PURGE.
 
 Nick:
 pfft
 
 Eithne:
 "I haven't seen them leave, so, likely. They must be enjoying the sights, or taking a break."
 Nick: (( Sanya already dipped right ))
 Nick: (( prob time for me to do the same ))
 
 Nick:
 Nick gives his thanks and moves tf on
 
 Eithne:
 sanya fuckin left forever ago yeah
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Good, good! If you'd lied to me, I might have had to rescind my rewards."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "And that would be such a shame, They're quite thought-out."
 Nick: (( should I just hop into this ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 you have the same color scheme as her, so you already belong in the scene
 
 Ailbhe:
 NES palette limitations dictate you're the one who's supposed to be here anyway
 
 Eliza:
 "Am I qualifed to recieve said rewards, or should I arrange another time to have Ivan come get them?" She pauses, "Pretty sure my fellow cohorts want to take your Gym Challenge."
 
 Nick:
 nice.
 
 Nick:
 "Hell yeah we do!"
 
 Nick:
 "Not gonna go like Rowurke's."
 
 Eliza:
 "Speak of the spineless. I present to you, Nixon."
 
 Nick:
 "H-hey, what kind of introduction is that?!"
 
 Eliza:
 "It's a good thing in this context."
 
 Nick:
 "Is it ever?!"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Oh, there's one for each of you. But if he wants his dues, he shall collect them himself."
 
 Ailbhe:
 She chuckles when you mention challenging her Gym, "Oh, that would be wonderful. Truly, it would make my night. But which night...how long would it take you to arrive? How long would you make me wait?"
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza gives a straight faced 'woo', she turns to Nick, "I'm not the climby type. How slow do you think Ivan will waddle?"
 
 Nick:
 "Honestly, I think the guy can carry his own weight. I'm going to be investing in climbing gear or I won't make it halfway up."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Aha...well, don't burn yourselves out too quickly, now."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Your rewards...come with me, won't you? There is a shrine in town, you know. It may pale in comparison to mine atop the mountain peak, but it, too, belongs to me, and I claim it as such. I've kept your gifts there."
 
 Nick:
 "...Alright. I'm game."
 
 Eliza:
 "I love shrines, they're so mysterious."
 
 Ailbhe:
 She opens her eyes slightly to squint at you with a bare-fanged smile, "That is, if you can trust me long enough to follow?"
 
 Nick:
 9 Intuition
 
 Eliza:
 Int: ( 7 )
 
 Eliza:
 gud
 
 Nick:
 Do people usually have fangs
 
 Eliza:
 they're cute
 
 Nick:
 those are teef
 
 Nick:
 the plural form of toof
 
 Nick:
 fangs are something different.
 
 Nick:
 "...Ladies first?"
 
 Nick:
 by which he of course means Eliza have fun
 
 Eliza:
 "I've very gulliable. But as long as we're going on this trip. I'll take one myself." She pulls out a blunt and lights it.
 
 Eliza:
 pretty sure it has an i
 
 Eliza:
 gullible?
 
 Nick:
 that's the one
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Well, come along then, children. To the gingerbread house, we go."
 
 Nick:
 "I don't like your metaphors."
 
 Eliza:
 "Ivan better get his ass outta here quiiiick..."
 
 Exisal:
 AREA SECURE NO TOXIC OOZE FOUND.
 
 Ailbhe:
 She leads you to a shrine made entirely of stained-glass-like quartz. The sun's light shining through it casts a cascade of rainbows onto the dusty air inside the cathedral. "Oh, there is nothing quick about that one."
 
 Nick:
 "Ooh."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Why, don't you trust me? Do you wish for your fighter boy to be here?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "There is nothing sinister about this chapel at the moment."
 
 Nick:
 "This place was built to catch the light, yeah?"
 
 Nick:
 "Okay, seriously, you're scarily good at making things sound vaguely sinister."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Well, yes. It would have been quite the design flaw were it meant for privacy."
 
 Ivan:
 Ivan goes after the others after seeing them enter the building from a good distance, having fully shat himself after a good eight days. "Good good you found Ahabe. Take it you already told her, right? We caught five of those bandits. One of them tried to burn a house down with us in it. Thanks for that!"
 
 Eliza:
 "It'sa not that I don't trust ya, it's just it'd be easier to collect the rewardsall at once..."
 
 Nick:
 I think it's like
 
 Nick:
 Alvie
 
 Ailbhe:
 "All actions in this chapel are, however blurrily, visible for all to see. This light will not wash away your sins, but paint them in all the colors of the rainbow."
 
 Nick:
 that's how I read it
 
 Ailbhe:
 awl-vuh
 
 Nick:
 n
 
 Nick:
 alvie
 Warlord:
 and the chipmunks
 
 Nick:
 we're the chipmunks
 
 Nick:
 you can be Theodore
 
 Eliza:
 "Rainbows?" She looks around at all of the colors, "I thought everything was already rainbows... Whoaa..."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "But sins painted so are quite dashing to look at."
 
 Ailbhe:
 if you call me alvie i will paint this cathedral in your blood
 
 Nick:
 Nick slowly pieces together that ain't a cigarette she's been smoking. "Oh, seriously..."
 
 Ailbhe:
 Ailbhe nods dismissively at Ivan, "Oh, yes, you all did make it, didn't you?" She looks around the chapel, "Fire should pose no obstacle here, no?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "It would be a beautiful sight, in fact..."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Not that fire is ever a threat to me."
 
 Passefaro:
 Passe nudges her ball and returns herself within.
 
 Nick:
 "...okay... wasn't much vague about that..."
 
 Nick:
 "You feeling alright, Priestess?"
 
 Eliza:
 "Fire is an ally for obtaining enlightenment maaan..."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Verily so. Now, your rewards...I believe I hung them in the back. I had them specially made, you know?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 nooses for all, fitted just right
 
 Eliza:
 "I wunder what my sin rainbow looksalike..." She trails off, obviously starting to fade into the world of highness
 
 Nick:
 Yeah that's
 
 Nick:
 what
 
 Nick:
 that's what I'm getting
 
 Ivan:
 Ivan very poorly attempts to put one and two together. "Oh, stereotypical haunted church. Is this where you have the gym battles?"
 
 Eliza:
 Focus: ( 4 )
 
 Ailbhe:
 "If you ever challenge me, you may find out."
 
 Nick:
 "You, ah. You don't say?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Here? Oh, heaven's flames, no. Why here of all places?"
 
 Nick:
 "What are we looking forward to?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "My cathedral is ten times this size."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "And there lie no mountains to mar its light with shadows."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "I wonder, would those of your caliber be able to see inside it? It's something I look forward to finding out."
 
 Ivan:
 "Oh, of course, why would it be something simple?"
 
 Ivan:
 "Anyway, let's see those rewards."
 
 Ailbhe:
 She leads you to the back of the cathedral, past the preacher's podium(itself made of crystal, and hung with black-and-gold drapery), and through a similarly-colored hanging curtain, with the very same symbol you saw just a day ago on a certain flag
 
 Nick:
 one which is SET ON FIRE.
 
 Ailbhe:
 No, but it is bordered in rainbow
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza is woobly wobbling and takes a squat near the crystal podium, watching her own rainbows being made along with the glass.
 Warlord: (( also the TM on the dead body was Air Cutter. I have nothing to use it. Agi has like, Swablu at least. ))
 Nick: (( Ooooh. ))
 Nick: (( She only has Gust right now ))
 Nick: (( Air Cutter might be an end-game moveslot ))
 Warlord: (( air cutter is not level up ))
 Warlord: (( I checked ))
 Nick: (( I will absolutely take/trade for that ))
 Nick: (( we'll handle it later ))
 
 Ivan:
 Ivan thinks it's strange the rangers have the same flag as this most definitely not evil church but says nothing.
 
 Nick:
 Nick got the whole story from Lucernia, so -shouldn't- be too worried, and ordinarily would not be
 
 Nick:
 but Ailbhe's behavior is seriously weirding him out
 
 Ailbhe:
 Back here is a rather ordinary-seeming gathering hall or dining chamber perhaps, with quartz tables laid out with dinnerware, but no food, "My apologies, but Lucerne's mass is soon, so I had to set the tables." In the very back of this room is a table with no dinnerware, but three items laid upon it. On one side is a set of padded cloth armor that radiates...temperature. The bordering on it is iridescent, and as it changes color, it transitions from hot, to warm, to cool, to cold. In the middle is a fist-sized teardrop gemstone that constantly emits a weak strobelight effect, and finally, there's a cloak that looks woven from faintly glowing, shifting feathers.
 
 Nick:
 not like
 
 Nick:
 coolth
 
 Nick:
 or warmth
 
 Nick:
 just temperature
 
 Ailbhe:
 indeed
 
 Ailbhe:
 read on
 
 Nick:
 Somehow I skipped -only- the part that explained that.
 
 Nick:
 "Whoaa, what's all this?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "For the large man, you wished for might, yes? That armor will strengthen you, in a way...more than raw power could hope. For you, woman, I think you'll find that stone quite useful somewhere down the line. And as for the little boy, a cloak woven from Ho-Oh's down."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Wearing it will give you the same aura as the Phoenix itself."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza laughs near uncontrollably, "Whoooa it's a rock! It's all sorts of colors!" She stumbles toward the table and picks up the neato gem, "I could look at this all day!"
 
 Nick:
 "...For real? Whoa."
 
 Nick:
 Nick moves over to give the cloak a feel
 
 Ailbhe:
 Right now, the cloak feels very slightly warm to the touch
 
 Ailbhe:
 Unlike the padded armor, that doesn't change
 
 Ivan:
 Ivan is paranoid enough that he's also somewhat unsettled, the main thing that puts him more at ease is when he notices that she's smoking Eliza's weed. He goes up and lightly touches it, feeling the heat it's radiating and halfway expecting it to singe him when he does so.
 Ivan: (( is it in mountain man size ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 It is
 
 Ailbhe:
 It's very large
 Nick: (( Also ))
 Nick: (( Don't forget about your Graveler gauntlet or w/e ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 It doesn't burn to touch, either, and doesn't stay hot for long - it quickly transitions to cool and back around again
 Warlord: (( I haven't ))
 Eliza: (( I get a strobelight ))
 Warlord: (( I doubt it will be worth the cash though ))
 Eliza: (( raves 24/7 ))
 Warlord: (( I probably can't see stats until I buy it but oh well. ))
 
 Nick:
 "The same aura as Ho-Oh, you were saying? What does that mean?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Haha...it gives you same abilities as I have: knowledge of and limited dominion over Ho-Oh's servants."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "That is only the cloak's secondary function, however..."
 
 Nick:
 "Ooh hoohoo, alright."
 
 Ivan:
 "Heh, I was wondering just what you had up your sleeve, Alibaba. This is what I'm talking about. What sort of enchantments or blessings or voodoo did you put into this?"
 
 Nick:
 "You mind if I try it on?"
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza sprawls out on the floor holding the gem toward the ceiling, "Everyone's askin' questions and shit, when's it my turn to assssszk?"
 
 Eliza:
 "This blinking flashy lights gotta have a catch..."
 
 Ailbhe:
 The room pulses with heat, then plummets to freezing cold before shakily regulating, "...Mind your tongue, boy. Learn the name of the High Priestess, if you value your time in my town and world." She nods at Nick and then rounds on Eliza, "If the cloak can be said to possess the aura of Ho-Oh, that stone possesses a bit of its power.
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Simply holding it will grant you some modicum of resilience against flame, and its energy can be harnessed for powerful attacks. Oh, and I believe it can cause reactions in some Pokemon..."
 Warlord:
 'and world'
 Warlord:
 also >boy
 Nick: (( You don't, by chance, have some sort of visual reference for this do ya ))
 Warlord:
 Age?
 Nick: (( Old enough to know better ))
 Nick: (( Powerful enough a position to call you "boy" even if she was 13 ))
 Warlord:
 well I have spam called her "hag"
 
 Eliza:
 "Oh, Ho-oh, oh? Izn't zat the Legendary Birb of Flame? Purhups the light of sun can be passed to my... lovely plants..."
 Warlord:
 token is just super anime moeshit.
 Nick: (( The token image is the fox Touhou character if that rings any bells ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 She's younger than Ivan, for sure, likely in her late 20s or early 30s
 
 Eliza:
 ran ran ruuuuu
 Nick: (( she's like mid-30s or something idk ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 Going by appearance anyway
 
 Ailbhe:
 could be in her 50s who knows
 Nick: (( or her 450s ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 she is a an apostle of the god of regeneration and rejuvenation after all
 
 Nick:
 "...I'm going to have to apologize for these two no matter where I go, aren't I?"
 
 Ailbhe:
 "If you want to save the skin on your back, I would suggest it."
 
 Eliza:
 "Yur not oldie enough, Nixie boy! Ah... ahaha!"
 
 Nick:
 "Ivan, you know the guy we ran into yesterday? She's, like, the head Priestess of his church..."
 
 Ailbhe:
 also to be fair this is about the least-Ran looking image of Ran out there
 
 Ailbhe:
 i literally used completely unrelated images that looked more like her
 Nick: (( it still has the silly hat ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 tho it does have the silly hat
 
 Eliza:
 silly hat
 
 Ivan:
 "Oh, of course, great high priestess. Please forgive a foreign pig like myself. Not easy for me to pronounce all these names." He is not even lying but is obviously not super sincere.
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Ah? You encountered a missionary of Ho-Oh's? I wasn't aware any were out and about this close to Connough Valley."
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza pulls herself up from the floor, with a very real lightbulb popping up in front of her, "Right on cuuuue! I wonder how gud the local forgers could augment the gem of the fiyah bird into something of something.... something grander?" She's mumbling to herself, it seems like a good idea though.
 
 Ailbhe:
 "Oh, I might not try that, were I you. Surely possible...but not here. I doubt that little girl has the necessary skills."
 
 Ailbhe:
 "You'll find that stone useful enough on its own, I should think."
 
 Ivan:
 "Seriously, though, I didn't mean any offense. How does this armor work?"
 
 Eliza:
 "Awwhh...ahhah.. oh." Disappointed this lass is.
 
 Nick:
 "Yeah, Lucernia? He didn't give a last name, or a title. Pretty distinctive name though, I think!" Nick cinches on the cloak.
 
 Ailbhe:
 "As it is armor, I would presume that it is meant to be worn on the person. The usual spot being the torso."
 
 Nick:
 d a m n
 
 Ailbhe:
 "It embodies Ho-Oh's wrath. Those who attack you shall regret it. I advise you to keep that wrath in mind when you consider your words."
 
 Ivan:
 He just goes to finally put it on, just letting out a small chuckle to try to shrug off the blatant insult.
 
 Eliza:
 Eliza takes another hit, a really big one, "WHEW! Now, THAT was a good one." Coulda been laughing at the joke or the big hit, who knows. Just staggers to stand up and manages to grab onto Nick's collar.
 
 Nick:
 "Heyheyhey!" Nick just fucking collapses rather than risk supporting her weight and tearing the damn thing
 
 Ivan:
 Of course he just laughs. "That must be some good shit, I should try some."
 
 Eliza:
 "Isn't this just fucking awesome?! Our deeds got us all of this cool shit! Whoooa, praise the suuuuuun!"
 
 Nick:
 "Come on, pull yourself together! You're embarrassing us~"
 
 Nick:
 SHIT
 
 Nick:
 NO TILDE
 
 Nick:
 MISSED THE !
 
 Ailbhe:
 "She's endangering you~"
 
 Eliza:
 It's like every hit she takes makes her age drop.
 
 Ivan:
 "Do you need an adult?"
 
 Nick:
 "APPARENTLY!"
 
 Eliza:
 "I AM AN ADULT!"
 
 Nick:
 "I don't buy that for a second." Nick, slowly, very slowly, helps her to her feet
 
 Ailbhe:
 "This is a place of worship. Should you continue to disrespect it, those gifts will not be all that you lose tonight."
 
 Nick:
 "I'm sorry, I'll get her out of here!"
 
 Nick:
 "We're very grateful!"
 
 Eliza:
 "Yessumaam, thanks ye for ze blessin'" She hooks her arm over Nick's neck.
 
 Ivan:
 He stops laughing. "Yeah...Sorry about my foreign tongue. We were actually looking to potentially do the league challenge if you're not busy. Maybe seeing us horribly lose that would raise your spirits, priestess?" He smirks.
 
 Ailbhe:
 "I do hope you survive the trek up my mountain. Dying on the way would deprive me of so much potential joy."
 Nick: (( but provide her with a different sort? ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 nah
 
 Ailbhe:
 then she wouldn't get to kill ya personally
 
 Nick:
 that bitch
 
 Ailbhe:
 "If you wish to challenge me, you must ascend the summit yourselves. It won't be an easy task, nor a quick one...Well, there's no telling what you'll get into up there."
 Nick: (( Next time on DBZ? ))
 Ivan: (( let me go off to see graveler's corpse? ))
 Eliza: (( yeah I wanna go to the store ))
 Nick: (( assuming you make it alive ))
 Eliza: (( im high as fuk ))
 Eliza: (( where's fen i need her ))
 Nick: (( I'm more or less done, I'd want to tell Ciara about Lucernia ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 tbh that all sounds like stuff that can be handled in gaidens
 Nick: (( ye ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 and I'd like it to be bc I needa sneep
 Ivan: (( sure ))
 Nick: (( XP from the blitzle and Electrike iges ))
 Ivan: (( Graveler's corpse is way too memetic/IC to not buy. ))
 Ivan: (( so I will fucking buy it. ))
 
 Eliza:
 $$$$$
 Nick: (( I'll pick up my 2000 moneys reward from the prof from the Bayleef ))
 
 Ailbhe:
 oh right, she also does give you money in the form of mundane gemstones, which amounts to 4000 credits each
 
 Nick:
 oh neat
 
 Ailbhe:
 40 Pokemon Experience and 3 TExp
 
 Irwin:
 Usual caveat of 1/2 towards the thing you used?
 
 Ailbhe:
 yeah
 Ivan: (( I need to be able to tell people that I killed the Graveler with my bare hands that I'm beating them with lol ))
 
 Irwin:
 Irwin gained 20 experience! (267) Level up! Gained 1 levels. Level 16
 
 Passefaro:
 Passefaro gained 40 experience! (470) Level up! Gained 1 levels. Level 21
 
 Passefaro:
 time for the goat to betray me
 
 Chloe:
 Chloe gained 15 experience! (252) Level up! Gained 1 levels. Level 16
 
 Irwin:
 Irwin gained 5 experience! (272) Level 16
 Baraka: (( what is scyther's next level for an attack ))
 
 Irwin:
 Irwin's Defense rose!
 Baraka: (( just blank ))
 
 Chloe:
 Chloe's SpDefense rose!
 
 Irwin:
 Fucking bam
 
 Irwin:
 With Ace Trainer, I can have 20 Defense
 
 Baraka:
 Level up macro fails on scyther OFC
 
 Ailbhe:
 make sure it has a level and Experience
 
 Irwin:
 pass ownership to me real quick
 
 Irwin:
 I'll check it
 
 Baraka:
 there
 
 Ailbhe:
 and it's at L17
 
 Baraka:
 Works now
 
 Baraka:
 Didn't have the formatting the macro was built for, the Base/Current thing that Thrice was using previously
 
 Eliza:
 Looks like I'll consider using my 3xp for retraining
 
 Baraka:
 Baraka's Speed rose!
 Emergency is disconnected.
 
 Baraka:
 Just wanted to confirm
 
 Baraka:
 I can trade now
 Warlord:
 Okay sure just trade now.
 Warlord:
 there.
 
 Nick:
 Bye-bye, Tidus
 
 Jecht:
 adorable
 Warlord:
 I figured it was higher level than 13 since you actually used it
 Warlord:
 doesn't matter OFC
 
 Jecht:
 L19.
 
 Jecht:
 Ripe for gym battles
 Warlord:
 Ah good shit.
 You have disconnected.